but he, before now, had been stricken by fate and had gone to the house of Hades, and Alcinous was now king, made wise in counsel by the gods.
ἀλλ' ὁ μὲν ἤδη κηρὶ δαμεὶς Ἄϊδόσδε βεβήκει , Ἀλκίνοος δὲ τότ' ἦρχε , θεῶν ἄπο μήδεα εἰδώς .
ἀλλά ὁ μέν ἤδη κήρ δαμάζω ᾍδης βαίνω , Ἀλκίνοος δέ τότε ἄρχω , θεός ἀπό μῆδος1 εἴδω .