τὼ δ' ἐπεὶ οὖν ὅπλοισιν ἐνὶ δεινοῖσιν ἐδύτην.
βάν ῥ' ἰ̈έναι: λιπέτην δὲ κατ' αὐτόθι πάντας ἀρίστους:
τοῖσι δὲ δεξιὸν ῆκεν ἐρῳδιὸν ἐγγὺς ὁδοῖο
Παλλὰς Ἀθηναίη. τοὶ δ` οὐκ ἴ̈δον ὀφθαλμοῖσι
νύκτα δι' ὀρφναίην. ἀλλὰ κλάγξαντος ἄκουσαν:
χαῖρε δὲ τῷ ὄρνιθ' Ὀδυσεύς, ἠρᾶτο δ' Ἀθήνῃ:
κλῦθί μοιμευ αἰγιόχοιο Διὸς τέκος, ἥ τέ μοι αἰεὶ
ἐν πάντεσσι πόνοισι παρίστασαι. οὐδέ σε λήθω
κινύμενος: νῦν αὖτε μάλιστά με φῖλαι Ἀθήνη:
δὸς δὲ πάλιν ἐπὶ νῆας. ἐϋκλεῖᾰς ἐφικέσθαι
ῥέξαντας μέγα ἔργον. ὅ κεν Τρώεσσι μελήσει:
So when the twain had clothed them in their dread armour, they went their way and left there all the chieftains. And for them Pallas Athene sent forth on their right a heron, hard by the way, and though they saw it not through the darkness of night, yet they heard its cry. And Odysseus was glad at the omen, and made prayer to Athene: "Hear me, child of Zeus, that beareth the aegis, thou that dost ever stand by my side in all manner of toils, nor am I unseen of thee where'er I move; now again be thou my friend, Athene, as ne'er thou wast before, and grant that with goodly renown we come back to the ships, having wrought a great work that shall be a sorrow to the Trojans."
