And I myself drew my sharp sword from beside my thigh and sat there, and would not suffer the powerless heads of the dead to draw near the blood until I had enquired of Teiresias.
αὐτὸς δὲ ξίφος ὀξὺ ἐρυσσάμενος παρὰ μηροῦ ἥμην , οὐ δ' εἴων νεκύων ἀμενηνὰ κάρηνα αἵματος ἆσσον ἴμεν , πρὶν Τειρεσίαο πυθέσθαι .
αὐτός δέ ξίφος ὀξύς ἐρύω1 παρά μηρός ἧμαι , οὐ δέ ἐάω νέκυς ἀμενηνός κάρηνον αἷμα ἆσσον εἶμι , πρίν Τειρεσίης πυνθάνομαι .