But come now, tell me this, and declare it truly; whether I shall go on the self-same way with tidings to Laertes also, wretched man, who for a time, though grieving sorely for Odysseus, was still accustomed to oversee the fields, and would eat and drink with the slaves in the house, as the heart in his breast commanded him.
ἀλλ' ἄγε μοι τόδε εἰπὲ καὶ ἀτρεκέως κατάλεξον , ἦ καὶ Λαέρτῃ αὐτὴν ὁδὸν ἄγγελος ἔλθω δυσμόρῳ , ὃς τῆος μὲν Ὀδυσσῆος μέγ' ἀχεύων ἔργα τ' ἐποπτεύεσκε μετὰ δμώων τ' ἐνὶ οἴκῳ πῖνε καὶ ἦσθ' , ὅτε θυμὸς ἐνὶ στήθεσσιν ἀνώγοι ·
ἀλλά ἄγε ἐγώ ὅδε εἶπον καί ἀτρεκής καταλέγω , ἤ καί Λαέρτης αὐτός ὁδός ἄγγελος ἔρχομαι δύσμορος , ὅς τέως μέν Ὀδυσσεύς μέγας ἀχεύω ἔργον τε ἐποπτεύω μετά δμώς τε ἐν οἶκος πίνω καί ἔσθω , ὅτε θυμός ἐν στῆθος ἄνωγα ·