Two generations of mortal men had passed away in his lifetime, who had been born and reared with him before in sacred Pylos.
τῷ δ' ἤδη δύο μὲν γενεαὶ μερόπων ἀνθρώπων ἐφθίαθ' , οἵ οἱ πρόσθεν ἅμα τράφεν ἠδ' ἐγένοντο ἐν Πύλῳ ἠγαθέῃ ,
ὁ δέ ἤδη δύο μέν γενεά μέροψ ἄνθρωπος φθίω , ὅς ἕ πρόσθεν ἅμα τρέφω ἠδέ γίγνομαι ἐν Πύλος ἠγάθεος ,