Meanwhile steadfast Odysseus loosed the single-hooved horses and bound them together with the reins, and drove them forth from the throng, striking them with his bow, for he had not thought to take in his hands the bright whip from the richly adorned chariot;
τόφρα δ' ἄρ' ὃ τλήμων Ὀδυσεὺς λύε μώνυχας ἵππους , σὺν δ' ἤειρεν ἱμᾶσι καὶ ἐξήλαυνεν ὁμίλου τόξῳ ἐπιπλήσσων , ἐπεὶ οὐ μάστιγα φαεινὴν ποικίλου ἐκ δίφροιο νοήσατο χερσὶν ἑλέσθαι ·
τόφρα δέ ἄρα ὁ τλήμων Ὀδυσσεύς λύω μῶνυξ ἵππος , σύν δέ ἀείρω ἱμάς καί ἐξελαύνω ὅμιλος τόξον ἐπιπλήσσω , ἐπεί οὐ μάστιξ φαεινός ποικίλος ἐκ δίφρος νοέω χείρ αἱρέω ·