And to bear him aid came Socus, a godlike man; close to Odysseus he came, and took his stand, and he spoke, saying: Odysseus, greatly to be praised, insatiate in wiles and in toil, this day shall you either boast over both the sons of Hippasus, for you have slain two such warriors and stripped them of their armour, or else struck by my spear shall you lose your life.
τῷ δ' ἐπαλεξήσων Σῶκος κίεν ἰσόθεος φώς , στῆ δὲ μάλ' ἐγγὺς ἰὼν καί μιν πρὸς μῦθον ἔειπεν ὦ Ὀδυσεῦ πολύαινε δόλων ἆτ' ἠδὲ πόνοιο σήμερον ἢ δοιοῖσιν ἐπεύξεαι Ἱππασίδῃσι τοιώδ' ἄνδρε κατακτείνας καὶ τεύχε' ἀπούρας , ἤ κεν ἐμῷ ὑπὸ δουρὶ τυπεὶς ἀπὸ θυμὸν ὀλέσσῃς . [0]
ὁ δέ ἐπαλέξω Σῶκος κίω ἰσόθεος φώς , ἵστημι δέ μάλα ἐγγύς εἶμι καί μιν πρός μῦθος εἶπον ὦ Ὀδυσσεύς πολύαινος δόλων ἄατος ἠδέ πόνος σήμερον ἤ δοιοί ἐπεύχομαι Ἱππασίδης τοιόσδε ἀνήρ κατακτείνω καί τεῦχος ἀπαυράω , ἤ ἄν ἐμός ὑπό δόρυ τύπτω ἀπό θυμός ὄλλυμι .