It was on an embassy in quest of these that Odysseus had come a far journey, while he was but a youth;
τῶν ἕνεκ' ἐξεσίην πολλὴν ὁδὸν ἦλθεν Ὀδυσσεὺς παιδνὸς ἐών ·
ὁ ἕνεκα ἐξεσία πολύς ὁδός ἔρχομαι Ὀδυσσεύς παιδνός εἰμί ·