δεύτερον αὖτ' Ὀδυσῆα ἰδὼν ἐρέειν' ὁ γεραιός:
εἰπ' άγε μοι καὶ τόνδε φίλον τέκος. ὅς τις ὅδ' ἐστί:
μείων μὲν κεφαλῇ Ἀγαμέμνονος Ἀτρείδαο:
εὐρύτερος δ' ὤμοισιν ἰ̈δὲ στέρνοισιν ἰ̈δέσθαι:
τεύχεα μέν οἱ κεῖται ἐπὶ χθονὶ πουλυβοτείρῃ:
αὐτὸς δὲ κτί̆λος ὡς ἐπιπωλεῖται στίχας ἀνδρῶν:
ἀρνειῷ μιν ἔγωγε ἐΐσκω πηγεσιμάλλῳ:
ὅς τ' οἰῶν μέγα πῶϋ διέρχεται ἀργεννάων:
And next the old man saw Odysseus, and asked: "Come now, tell me also of yonder man, dear child, who he is. Shorter is he by a head than Agamemnon, son of Atreus, but broader of shoulder and of chest to look upon. His battle-gear lieth upon the bounteous earth, but himself he rangeth like the bell-wether of a herd through the ranks of warriors. Like a ram he seemeth to me, a ram of thick fleece, that paceth through a great flock of white ewes."
