for often had his old sire, good Polyidus, told it him, to wit, that he must either perish of dire disease in his own halls, or among the ships of the Achaeans be slain by the Trojans;
πολλάκι γάρ οἱ ἔειπε γέρων ἀγαθὸς Πολύϊδος νούσῳ ὑπ' ἀργαλέῃ φθίσθαι οἷς ἐν μεγάροισιν , ἢ μετ' Ἀχαιῶν νηυσὶν ὑπὸ Τρώεσσι δαμῆναι ·
πολλάκις γάρ ἕ εἶπον γέρων ἀγαθός Πολύιδος νοῦσος ὑπό ἀργαλέος φθίω ἑός ἐν μέγαρον , ἤ μετά Ἀχαιός ναῦς ὑπό Τρώς δαμάζω ·