First Eumaeus flung his sharp sword over his strong shoulders, and then put about him a cloak, very thick, to keep off the wind; and he picked up the fleece of a large, well-fatted goat, took a sharp javelin to ward off dogs and men,
πρῶτον μὲν ξίφος ὀξὺ περὶ στιβαροῖς βάλετ' ὤμοις , ἀμφὶ δὲ χλαῖναν ἑέσσατ' ἀλεξάνεμον , μάλα πυκνήν , ἂν δὲ νάκην ἕλετ' αἰγὸς ἐϋτρεφέος μεγάλοιο , εἵλετο δ' ὀξὺν ἄκοντα , κυνῶν ἀλκτῆρα καὶ ἀνδρῶν .
πρῶτος μέν ξίφος ὀξύς περί στιβαρός βάλλω ὦμος , ἀμφί δέ χλαῖνα ἕννυμι ἀλεξάνεμος , μάλα πυκνός , ἀνά δέ νάκος αἱρέω αἴξ εὐτρεφής μέγας , αἱρέω δέ ὀξύς ἄκων , κύων ἀλκτήρ καί ἀνήρ .