It was while asking for these that Iphitus met Odysseus, and gave him the bow, which of old great Eurytus had been accustomed to bear, and had left at his death to his son in his lofty house.
τὰς ἐρέων Ὀδυσῆϊ συνήντετο , δῶκε δὲ τόξον , τὸ πρὶν μέν ῥ' ἐφόρει μέγας Εὔρυτος , αὐτὰρ ὁ παιδὶ κάλλιπ' ἀποθνῄσκων ἐν δώμασιν ὑψηλοῖσι .
ὁ ἔρομαι Ὀδυσσεύς συνάντομαι , δίδωμι δέ τόξον , ὁ πρίν μέν ἆρα ἐφοράω μέγας Εὔρυτος , ἀτάρ ὁ παῖς καταλείπω ἀποθνήσκω ἐν δῶμα ὑψηλός .