Unhappy man! Yet he had birds of good omen, when he set out, birds upon the right. So I was glad of them, as I sent him on his way, and he went gladly forth,
ἦ τέ οἱ ἐσθλοὶ ἔσαν ὄρνιθες ἰόντι , δεξιοί , οἷς χαίρων μὲν ἐγὼν ἀπέπεμπον ἐκεῖνον , χαῖρε δὲ κεῖνος ἰών ·
ἦ τε ἕ ἐσθλός εἰμί ὄρνις εἶμι , δεξιός , ὅς χαίρω μέν ἐγώ ἀποπέμπω ἐκεῖνος , χαίρω δέ ἐκεῖνος εἶμι ·