Thus I came, dear child, without tidings, nor know I anything of those others, who of the Achaeans were saved, and who were lost.
&quot; ὣς ἦλθον , φίλε τέκνον , ἀπευθής , οὐ δέ τι οἶδα κείνων , οἵ τ' ἐσάωθεν Ἀχαιῶν οἵ τ' ἀπόλοντο .
&quot; ὡς ἔρχομαι , φίλος τέκνον , ἀπευθής , οὐ δέ τις οἶδα ἐκεῖνος , ὅς τε σώζω Ἀχαιός ὅς τε ἀπόλλυμι .