Then Odysseus spoke among them, making trial of the swineherd, to see whether he would strip off his own cloak and give it him, or command some other of his comrades to do so, since he cared for him so greatly:
τοῖς δ' Ὀδυσεὺς μετέειπε , συβώτεω πειρητίζων , εἴ πώς οἱ ἐκδὺς χλαῖναν πόροι , ἤ τιν' ἑταίρων ἄλλον ἐποτρύνειεν , ἐπεί ἑο κήδετο λίην ·
ὁ δέ Ὀδυσσεύς μετεῖπον , συβώτης πειρητίζω , εἰ πως ἕ ἐκδύω χλαῖνα πόρω , ἤ τις ἑταῖρος ἄλλος ἐποτρύνω , ἐπεί ἕ κήδω λίαν ·