but as a first offering he cast into the fire bristles from the head of the white-tusked boar, and made prayer to all the gods that wise Odysseus might return to his own house.
ἀλλ' ὅγ' ἀπαρχόμενος κεφαλῆς τρίχας ἐν πυρὶ βάλλεν ἀργιόδοντος ὑός , καὶ ἐπεύχετο πᾶσι θεοῖσιν νοστῆσαι Ὀδυσῆα πολύφρονα ὅνδε δόμονδε .
ἀλλά ὁ! ἀπάρχω κεφαλή θρίξ ἐν πῦρ βάλλω ἀργιόδους ὗς , καί ἐπεύχομαι πᾶς θεός νοστέω Ὀδυσσεύς πολύφρων ὅς δόμονδε .