Bark happily, my faithful dogs,
my swift-footed greyhounds,
dogs of the Achaeans and of Priam,
and untiring Cretan dogs of mine,
who follow Artemis,
she who all creation praises,
and you all worship her as a mother,
and woe to anyone who sees her naked.
Bark now and do not care, dogs,
for you have sacred ancestors:
the three-headed Cerberus guards the gates of Hades,
and Anubis guides the dead.