Hast thou not heard how I have done it long ago, and formed it of ancient times? now have I brought it to pass, that it should be thine to lay waste fortified cities into ruinous heaps.

Has it not come to your ears how I did it long before, purposing it in times long past? Now I have given effect to my design, so that by you strong towns might be turned into masses of broken walls.

Μη δεν ηκουσας οτι εγω εκαμον τουτο παλαιοθεν και απο ημερων αρχαιων εβουλευθην αυτο; τωρα δε εξετελεσα τουτο, ωστε να ησαι δια να καταστρεφης πολεις ωχυρωμενας εις ερειπιων σωρους·

Hast thou not heard long ago, how I have done it; and of ancient times, that I have formed it? now have I brought it to pass, that thou shouldest be to lay waste defenced cities into ruinous heaps.