He says that he is an ancestral friend of Odysseus, and that he dwells in Crete, where is the race of Minos.
φησὶ δ' Ὀδυσσῆος ξεῖνος πατρώϊος εἶναι , Κρήτῃ ναιετάων , ὅθι Μίνωος γένος ἐστίν .
φημί δέ Ὀδυσσεύς ξένος πατρώιος εἰμί , Κρήτη ναιετάω , ὅθι Μίνως γένος εἰμί .