Then among them the lord Aegyptius was the first to speak, a man bowed with age and wise with wisdom untold.
τοῖσι δ' ἔπειθ' ἥρως Αἰγύπτιος ἦρχ' ἀγορεύειν , ὃς δὴ γήραϊ κυφὸς ἔην καὶ μυρία ᾔδη .
ὁ δέ ἔπειτα ἥρως Αἰγύπτιος ἄρχω ἀγορεύω , ὅς δή γῆρας κυφός εἰμί καί μυρίος οἶδα .