So saying, he lifted up his staff before the face of all the gods, and Idaeus went his way back to sacred Ilios.
ὣς εἰπὼν τὸ σκῆπτρον ἀνέσχεθε πᾶσι θεοῖσιν , ἄψορρον δ' Ἰδαῖος ἔβη προτὶ Ἴλιον ἱρήν .
ὡς εἶπον ὁ σκῆπτρον ἀνέχω πᾶς θεός , ἄψορρος δέ Ἰδαῖος βαίνω πρός Ἴλιος ἱερός .