This the swineherd had himself built for the swine of his master, that was gone, without the knowledge of his mistress and the old man Laertes. With huge stones had he built it, and set on it a coping of thorn.
ἥν ῥα συβώτης αὐτὸς δείμαθ' ὕεσσιν ἀποιχομένοιο ἄνακτος , νόσφιν δεσποίνης καὶ Λαέρταο γέροντος , ῥυτοῖσιν λάεσσι καὶ ἐθρίγκωσεν ἀχέρδῳ ·
ὅς ἄρα συβώτης αὐτός δέμω ὗς ἀποίχομαι ἄναξ , νόσφι δέσποινα καί Λαέρτης γέρων , ῥυτός λᾶας καί θριγκόω ἄχερδος ·