and he grasped the sceptre of his fathers, imperishable ever, and therewith took his way along the ships of the brazen-coated Achaeans.
εἵλετο δὲ σκῆπτρον πατρώϊον ἄφθιτον αἰεὶ σὺν τῷ ἔβη κατὰ νῆας Ἀχαιῶν χαλκοχιτώνων ·
αἱρέω δέ σκῆπτρον πατρώιος ἄφθιτος ἀεί σύν ὁ βαίνω κατά ναῦς Ἀχαιός χαλκοχίτων ·