However then his mother told him not how great an evil had been brought to pass, that his comrade, far the dearest, had been slain.
δὴ τότε γ' οὔ οἱ ἔειπε κακὸν τόσον ὅσσον ἐτύχθη μήτηρ , ὅττί ῥά οἱ πολὺ φίλτατος ὤλεθ' ἑταῖρος .
δή τότε γε οὐ ὁ εἶπον κακός τόσος ὅσος τεύχω μήτηρ , ὅτι ἄρα ὁ πολύς φίλτατος ὄλλυμι ἑταῖρος .