now he was already handling the bow, turning it round and round, and trying it this way and that, lest worms might have eaten the horns, while its lord was afar.
ὁ δ' ἤδη τόξον ἐνώμα πάντη ἀναστρωφῶν , πειρώμενος ἔνθα καὶ ἔνθα , μὴ κέρα ἶπες ἔδοιεν ἀποιχομένοιο ἄνακτος .
ὁ δέ ἤδη τόξον νωμάω πάντῃ ἀναστρωφάω , πειράω ἔνθα καί ἔνθα , μή κέρας ἶψ ἔδω ἀποίχομαι ἄναξ .