ὡς φάθ'. ὁ δ' ἐξ ὕπνοιο μάλα κραιπνῶς ἀνόρουσε:
καί μιν φωνήσας ἔπεα πτερόεντα προσηύδᾱ:
σχέτλιός ἐσσι γεραιὲ. σὺ μὲν πόνου οὔ ποτε λήγεις:
οὔ νῠ καὶ ἄλλοι ἔασι, νεώτεροι υἷες Ἀχαιῶν.
οἵ κεν ἔπειτα ἕκαστον ἐγείρειαν βασιλήων
πάντῃ ἐποιχόμενοι: σὺ δ' ἀμήχανός ἐσσι γεραιέ:
So said he, but the other right swiftly sprang up out of sleep, and he spake and addressed him with winged words: "Hardy art thou, old sir, and from toil thou never ceasest. Are there not other sons of the Achaeans that be younger, who might then rouse each one of the kings, going everywhere throughout the host? But with thee, old sir, may no man deal."
