ἡ χαλεπὴ κατὰ πάντα Φιλίστιον, ἡ τὸν ἐραστὴν
μηδέποτ᾽ ἀργυρίου χωρὶς ἀνασχομένη,
φαίνετ᾽ ἀνεκτοτέρη νῦν ἢ πάρος. οὐ μέγα θαῦμα
φαίνεσθ᾽ ἠλλάχθαι τὴν φύσιν οὐ δοκέω.

καὶ γὰρ πρηϋτέρη ποτὲ γίνεται ἀσπὶς ἀναιδής;
δάκνει δ᾽ οὐκ ἄλλως ἢ θανατηφορίην.

— Paton edition

That persistently cruel Philistion, who never tolerated an admirer unless he had money, seems less insufferable now than formerly. It is not a great miracle her seeming so, but I don't believe her nature is changed. The merciless aspic grows tamer at times, but when it bites, it always means death.

— Paton edition

Cette Philistion toujours si désagréable, qui jamais, s’il n’avait pas d’argent, ne faisait bon accueil à son amant, paraît plus accueillante aujourd’hui qu’hier. Pas grand miracle à le paraître ! Mais qu’elle ait changé de nature, je n’en crois rien. Plus bénin aussi se fait parfois le cruel aspic, sans mordre autrement que d’une blessure mortelle.

— Waltz edition

Philistion, a difícil em todas as coisas, a que jamais sustentou um amante desprovido de dinheiro, ela hoje parece ser mais suportável do que fora outrora.
Não se revela uma grande surpresa, nem acredito que ela alterou a própria natureza.
Ora, também se torna boa a serpente insaciável quando não morde de um modo que traga a morte.

— Luiz Capelo

Philistion, a difícil em todas as coisas, a que jamais sustentou um amante desprovido de dinheiro, ela hoje parece ser mais suportável do que fora outrora.
Não se revela uma grande surpresa, nem acredito que ela alterou a própria natureza.
Ora, também se torna boa a serpente insaciável quando não morde de um modo que traga a morte.

— Luiz Capelo

Cette Philistion toujours si désagréable, qui jamais, s’il n’avait pas d’argent, ne faisait bon accueil à son amant, paraît plus accueillante aujourd’hui qu’hier. Pas grand miracle à le paraître ! Mais qu’elle ait changé de nature, je n’en crois rien. Plus bénin aussi se fait parfois le cruel aspic, sans mordre autrement que d’une blessure mortelle.

— Waltz edition

That persistently cruel Philistion, who never tolerated an admirer unless he had money, seems less insufferable now than formerly. It is not a great miracle her seeming so, but I don't believe her nature is changed. The merciless aspic grows tamer at times, but when it bites, it always means death.

— Paton edition

ἡ χαλεπὴ κατὰ πάντα Φιλίστιον, ἡ τὸν ἐραστὴν
μηδέποτ᾽ ἀργυρίου χωρὶς ἀνασχομένη,
φαίνετ᾽ ἀνεκτοτέρη νῦν ἢ πάρος. οὐ μέγα θαῦμα
φαίνεσθ᾽ ἠλλάχθαι τὴν φύσιν οὐ δοκέω.

καὶ γὰρ πρηϋτέρη ποτὲ γίνεται ἀσπὶς ἀναιδής;
δάκνει δ᾽ οὐκ ἄλλως ἢ θανατηφορίην.

— Paton edition