But now, since you keep me here and command me await your master, come, tell me of the mother of godlike Odysseus, and of the father, whom, when he went forth, he left behind him on the threshold of old age. Are they by chance still living beneath the rays of the sun? or are they now dead and in the house of Hades?
νῦν δ' ἐπεὶ ἰσχανάᾳς μεῖναι τέ με κεῖνον ἄνωγας , εἴπ' ἄγε μοι περὶ μητρὸς Ὀδυσσῆος θείοιο πατρός θ' , ὃν κατέλειπεν ἰὼν ἐπὶ γήραος οὐδῷ , ἤ που ἔτι ζώουσιν ὑπ' αὐγὰς ἠελίοιο , ἦ ἤδη τεθνᾶσι καὶ εἰν Ἀΐδαο δόμοισι . &quot; [0]
νῦν δέ ἐπεί ἰσχανάω μένω σύ ἐγώ ἐκεῖνος ἄνωγα , εἶπον ἄγε ἐγώ περί μήτηρ Ὀδυσσεύς θεῖος πατήρ τε , ὅς καταλείπω εἶμι ἐπί γῆρας οὐδός , ἤ πού ἔτι ζώω ὑπό αὐγή ἥλιος , ἤ ἤδη θνήσκω καί ἐν ᾍδης δόμος . &quot;