But come now, tell me this, and declare it truly. Did all the Achaeans return unscathed in their ships, all those whom Nestor and I left, as we set out from Troy? Or did any perish by a cruel death on board his ship, or in the arms of his friends, when he had wound up the skein of war?
ἀλλ' ἄγε μοι τόδε εἰπὲ καὶ ἀτρεκέως κατάλεξον , ἢ πάντες σὺν νηυσὶν ἀπήμονες ἦλθον Ἀχαιοί , οὓς Νέστωρ καὶ ἐγὼ λίπομεν Τροίηθεν ἰόντες , ἦέ τις ὤλετ' ὀλέθρῳ ἀδευκέι ἧς ἐπὶ νηὸς ἠὲ φίλων ἐν χερσίν , ἐπεὶ πόλεμον τολύπευσεν ' .
ἀλλά ἄγε ἐγώ ὅδε εἶπον καί ἀτρεκής καταλέγω , ἤ πᾶς σύν ναῦς ἀπήμων ἔρχομαι Ἀχαιός , ὅς Νέστωρ καί ἐγώ λείπω Τροίαθεν εἶμι , ἤ τις ὄλλυμι ὄλεθρος ἀδευκής ἑός ἐπί ναῦς ἤ φίλος ἐν χείρ , ἐπεί πόλεμος τολυπεύω ̓ .