and with him, bearing blazing torches, went true-hearted Eurycleia, daughter of Ops, son of Peisenor. Her long ago Laertes had bought with his wealth, when she was in her first youth, and gave for her the price of twenty oxen; and he honored her even as he honored his faithful wife in his halls, but he never lay with her in love, for he shunned the wrath of his wife.
τῷ δ' ἄρ' ἅμ' αἰθομένας δαΐδας φέρε κεδνὰ ἰδυῖα Εὐρύκλει' , Ὦπος θυγάτηρ Πεισηνορίδαο , τήν ποτε Λαέρτης πρίατο κτεάτεσσιν ἑοῖσιν πρωθήβην ἔτ' ἐοῦσαν , ἐεικοσάβοια δ' ἔδωκεν , ἶσα δέ μιν κεδνῇ ἀλόχῳ τίεν ἐν μεγάροισιν , εὐνῇ δ' οὔ ποτ' ἔμικτο , χόλον δ' ἀλέεινε γυναικός ·
ὁ δέ ἄρα ἅμα αἴθω δαίς1 φέρω κεδνός ἰδυῖα Εὐρύκλεια , Ὤπς θυγάτηρ Πεισηνορίδης , ὁ ποτέ Λαέρτης πρίαμαι κτέαρ ἑός πρωθήβης ἔτι εἰμί , εἰκοσάβοιος δέ δίδωμι , ἴσος δέ μιν κεδνός ἄλοχος τίνω ἐν μέγαρον , εὐνή δέ οὐ ποτέ μίγνυμι , χόλος δέ ἀλεείνω γυνή ·