So saying he sat down, and among them rose Mentor, who was a comrade of noble Odysseus. To him, on departing with his ships, Odysseus had given all his house in charge, that it should obey the old man and that he should keep all things safe.
ἦ τοι ὅ γ' ὣς εἰπὼν κατ' ἄρ' ἕζετο , τοῖσι δ' ἀνέστη Μέντωρ , ὅς ῥ' Ὀδυσῆος ἀμύμονος ἦεν ἑταῖρος , καὶ οἱ ἰὼν ἐν νηυσὶν ἐπέτρεπεν οἶκον ἅπαντα , πείθεσθαί τε γέροντι καὶ ἔμπεδα πάντα φυλάσσειν ·
ἦ τοι ὁ γε ὡς εἶπον κατά ἄρα ἕζομαι , ὁ δέ ἀνίστημι Μέντωρ , ὅς ἄρα Ὀδυσσεύς ἀμύμων εἰμί ἑταῖρος , καί ἕ εἶμι ἐν ναῦς ἐπιτρέπω οἶκος ἅπας , πείθω τε γέρων καί ἔμπεδος πᾶς φυλάσσω ·