And when they were come where was fair-haired Menelaus, wounded, and around him were gathered in a circle all they that were chieftains, the godlike hero came and stood in their midst, and straightway drew forth the arrow from the clasped belt;
ἀλλ' ὅτε δή ῥ' ἵκανον ὅθι ξανθὸς Μενέλαος βλήμενος ἦν , περὶ δ' αὐτὸν ἀγηγέραθ' ὅσσοι ἄριστοι κυκλόσ' , ὃ δ' ἐν μέσσοισι παρίστατο ἰσόθεος φώς , αὐτίκα δ' ἐκ ζωστῆρος ἀρηρότος ἕλκεν ὀϊστόν · [0] [1]
ἀλλά ὅτε δή ἄρα ἱκάνω ὅθι ξανθός Μενέλαος βάλλω εἰμί , περί δέ αὐτός ἀγείρω ὅσος ἄριστος κυκλόσε , ὁ δέ ἐν μέσος παρίστημι ἰσόθεος φώς , αὐτίκα δέ ἐκ ζωστήρ ἀραρίσκω ἕλκω ὀιστός ·