I have endured what no one on earth has ever done before—
I put to my lips the hands of the man who killed my son.
Ἔτλην δ' οἷ' οὔ πώ τις ἐπιχθόνιος βροτὸς ἄλλος,
ἀνδρὸς παιδοφόνοιο ποτὶ στόμα χεῖρ' ὀρέγεσθαι.
ἀνδρὸς παιδοφόνοιο ποτὶ στόμα χεῖρ' ὀρέγεσθαι.
Original text (Ancient Greek)
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Richmond Lattimore's translation | I have gone through what no other mortal on earth has gone through;
I put my lips to the hands of the man who has killed my children.