But when they had put from them the desire of honey-hearted food, the much-enduring, brilliant Odysseus was the first to speak among his company, saying:
οἱ δ' ἐπεὶ οὖν σίτοιο μελίφρονος ἐξ ἔρον ἕντο , τοῖς δ' ἄρα μύθων ἦρχε πολύτλας δῖος Ὀδυσσεύς ·
ὁ δέ ἐπεί οὖν σῖτος μελίφρων ἐκ ἔρος ἵημι , ὁ δέ ἄρα μῦθος ἄρχω πολύτλας δῖος Ὀδυσσεύς ·