but he before this had been stricken by fate and had gone to the house of Hades, and now there sat upon them in his turn Nestor of Gerenia, the warder of the Achaeans, holding a sceptre in his hands.
ἀλλ' ὁ μὲν ἤδη κηρὶ δαμεὶς Ἄϊδόσδε βεβήκει , Νέστωρ αὖ τότ' ἐφῖζε Γερήνιος , οὖρος Ἀχαιῶν , σκῆπτρον ἔχων .
ἀλλά ὁ μέν ἤδη κήρ δαμάζω Ἀίδης βαίνω , Νέστωρ αὖ τότε ἐφίζω Γερήνιος , οὖρος Ἀχαιός , σκῆπτρον ἔχω .