For before the sons of the Achaeans set foot on the land of Troy, I had nine times led warriors and swift-faring ships against foreign people, and great spoil had ever fallen to my hands.
πρὶν μὲν γὰρ Τροίης ἐπιβήμεναι υἷας Ἀχαιῶν εἰνάκις ἀνδράσιν ἦρξα καὶ ὠκυπόροισι νέεσσιν ἄνδρας ἐς ἀλλοδαπούς , καί μοι μάλα τύγχανε πολλά .
πρίν μέν γάρ Τροία ἐπιβαίνω υἱός Ἀχαιός ἐνάκις ἀνήρ ἄρχω καί ὠκύπορος ναῦς ἀνήρ εἰς ἀλλοδαπός , καί ἐγώ μάλα τυγχάνω πολύς .