for the men of Messene had lifted from Ithaca in their benched ships three hundred sheep and the shepherds with them.
μῆλα γὰρ ἐξ Ἰθάκης Μεσσήνιοι ἄνδρες ἄειραν νηυσὶ πολυκλήϊσι τριηκόσι' ἠδὲ νομῆας .
μῆλον1 γάρ ἐκ Ἰθάκη Μεσσήνιοι ἀνήρ ἀείρω ναῦς πολυκλήις τριακόσιοι ἠδέ νομεύς .