And as I pondered, this seemed to me to be the better way, to go first to the swift ship and the shore of the sea, and give my comrades their meal, and send them forth to make search.
ὧδε δέ μοι φρονέοντι δοάσσατο κέρδιον εἶναι , πρῶτ' ἐλθόντ' ἐπὶ νῆα θοὴν καὶ θῖνα θαλάσσης δεῖπνον ἑταίροισιν δόμεναι προέμεν τε πυθέσθαι .
ὧδε δέ ἐγώ φρονέω δοάσσατο κερδίων εἰμί , πρῶτος ἔρχομαι ἐπί ναῦς θοός καί θίς θάλασσα δεῖπνον ἑταῖρος δίδωμι προίημι τε πυνθάνομαι .