So he spoke, and the minstrel, moved by the god, began, and let his song be heard, taking up the tale where the Argives had embarked on their benched ships and were sailing away, after casting fire on their huts, while those others led by glorious Odysseus were now sitting in the place of assembly of the Trojans, hidden in the horse;
ὣς φάθ' , ὁ δ' ὁρμηθεὶς θεοῦ ἤρχετο , φαῖνε δ' ἀοιδήν , ἔνθεν ἑλὼν ὡς οἱ μὲν ἐυσσέλμων ἐπὶ νηῶν βάντες ἀπέπλειον , πῦρ ἐν κλισίῃσι βαλόντες , Ἀργεῖοι , τοὶ δ' ἤδη ἀγακλυτὸν ἀμφ' Ὀδυσῆα ἥατ' ἐνὶ Τρώων ἀγορῇ κεκαλυμμένοι ἵππῳ ·
ὡς φημί , ὁ δέ ὁρμάω θεός ἄρχω , φαίνω δέ ἀοιδή , ἔνθεν αἱρέω ὡς ὁ μέν εὔσελμος ἐπί ναῦς βαίνω ἀποπλέω , πῦρ ἐν κλισία βάλλω , Ἀργεῖος , ὁ δέ ἤδη ἀγακλυτός ἀμφί Ὀδυσσεύς ἧμαι ἐν Τρώς ἀγορά καλύπτω ἵππος ·