In his talons he held a dove, and was plucking her and shedding the feathers down on the ground midway between the ship and Telemachus himself.
ἐν δὲ πόδεσσι τίλλε πέλειαν ἔχων , κατὰ δὲ πτερὰ χεῦεν ἔραζε μεσσηγὺς νηός τε καὶ αὐτοῦ Τηλεμάχοιο .
ἐν δέ πούς τίλλω πέλεια ἔχω , κατά δέ πτερόν χέω ἔραζε μεσηγύ ναῦς τε καί αὐτός Τηλέμαχος .