then the two sprang upon him and seized him. They dragged him in by the hair, and flung him down on the ground in sore terror, and bound his feet and hands with galling bonds, binding them firmly behind his back, as the son of Laertes commanded them, the much enduring, brilliant Odysseus;
τὼ δ' ἄρ' ἐπαΐξανθ' ἑλέτην ἔρυσάν τέ μιν εἴσω κουρίξ , ἐν δαπέδῳ δὲ χαμαὶ βάλον ἀχνύμενον κῆρ , σὺν δὲ πόδας χεῖράς τε δέον θυμαλγέϊ δεσμῷ εὖ μάλ' ἀποστρέψαντε διαμπερές , ὡς ἐκέλευσεν υἱὸς Λαέρταο , πολύτλας δῖος Ὀδυσσεύς ·
ὁ δέ ἄρα ἐπαίσσω αἱρέω ἐρύω1 τε μιν εἴσω κουρίξ , ἐν δάπεδον δέ χαμαί βάλλω ἀχεύω κῆρ , σύν δέ πούς χείρ τε δέω θυμαλγής δεσμός εὖ μάλα ἀποστρέφω διαμπερές , ὡς κελεύω υἱός Λαέρτης , πολύτλας δῖος Ὀδυσσεύς ·