τὸν δ' ἠμείβετ' ἔπειτα γέρων Πρίαμος θεοειδής:
οὕτω πῃ τάδε γ' ἐστὶ φίλον τέκος ὡς ἀγορεύεις:
ἂλλ' εἴ τις καὶ ἐμεῖο θεῶν. ὑπερέσχεθε χεῖρα:
ὅς μοι τοιόνδ' ἧκεν ὁδοιπόρον ἀντιβολῆσαι.
αἴσιον. οἷος δὴ σὺ δέμας καὶ εἶδος ἀγητὸς:
πέπνυσαί τε νόῳ: μακάρων δ' ἔξεσσι τοκήων:
Then the old man, godlike Priam, answered him: "Even so, dear son, are all these things as thou dost say. Howbeit still hath some god stretched out his hand even over me, seeing he hath sent a way-farer such as thou to meet me, a bringer of blessing, so wondrous in form and comeliness, and withal thou art wise of heart; blessed parents are they from whom thou art sprung."
