yet even now, when he marked Odysseus standing near, he wagged his tail and dropped both his ears, but nearer to his master he had no longer strength to move.
δὴ τότε γ' , ὡς ἐνόησεν Ὀδυσσέα ἐγγὺς ἐόντα , οὐρῇ μέν ῥ' ὅ γ' ἔσηνε καὶ οὔατα κάββαλεν ἄμφω , ἆσσον δ' οὐκέτ' ἔπειτα δυνήσατο οἷο ἄνακτος ἐλθέμεν ·
δή τότε γε , ὡς νοέω Ὀδυσσεύς ἐγγύς εἰμί , οὐρά μέν ἄρα ὁ γε σαίνω καί οὖς καταβάλλω ἄμφω , ἆσσον δέ οὐκέτι ἔπειτα δύναμαι ἑός ἄναξ ἔρχομαι ·