for well and truly do you sing of the fate of the Achaeans, all that they wrought and suffered, and all the toils they endured, as though by chance you had yourself been present, or had heard the tale from another.
λίην γὰρ κατὰ κόσμον Ἀχαιῶν οἶτον ἀείδεις , ὅσσ' ἔρξαν τ' ἔπαθόν τε καὶ ὅσσ' ἐμόγησαν Ἀχαιοί , ὥς τέ που ἢ αὐτὸς παρεὼν ἢ ἄλλου ἀκούσας . [0]
λίαν γάρ κατά κόσμος Ἀχαιός οἶτος ἀείδω , ὅσος ἔργω τε πάσχω τε καί ὅσος μογέω Ἀχαιός , ὡς τε πού ἤ αὐτός πάρειμι ἤ ἄλλος ἀκούω .