though round about me my comrades, one after another, sought to check me with gentle words:
ἀμφὶ δ' ἑταῖροι μειλιχίοις ἐπέεσσιν ἐρήτυον ἄλλοθεν ἄλλος ·
ἀμφί δέ ἑταῖρος μειλίχιος ἔπος ἐρητύω ἄλλοθεν ἄλλος ·