But Telemachus went apart to the shore of the sea, and having washed his hands in the grey seawater, prayed to Athena:
Τηλέμαχος δ' ἀπάνευθε κιὼν ἐπὶ θῖνα θαλάσσης , χεῖρας νιψάμενος πολιῆς ἁλὸς εὔχετ' Ἀθήνῃ ·
Τηλέμαχος δέ ἀπάνευθε κίω ἐπί θίς θάλασσα , χείρ νίζω πολιός ἅλς1 εὔχομαι Ἀθήνη ·