However, there are other kings of the Achaeans full many in seagirt Ithaca, both young and old. One of these by chance may have this place, since brilliant Odysseus is dead.
ἀλλ' ἦ τοι βασιλῆες Ἀχαιῶν εἰσὶ καὶ ἄλλοι πολλοὶ ἐν ἀμφιάλῳ Ἰθάκῃ , νέοι ἠδὲ παλαιοί , τῶν κέν τις τόδ' ἔχῃσιν , ἐπεὶ θάνε δῖος Ὀδυσσεύς ·
ἀλλά ἦ τοι βασιλεύς Ἀχαιός εἰμί καί ἄλλος πολύς εἰς ἀμφίαλος Ἰθάκη , νέος ἠδέ παλαιός , ὁ ἄν τις ὅδε ἔχω , ἐπεί θνήσκω δῖος Ὀδυσσεύς ·