and lo, Menelaus was about to give him to his squire to lead to the swift ships of the Achaeans,
καὶ δή μιν τάχ' ἔμελλε θοὰς ἐπὶ νῆας Ἀχαιῶν δώσειν ᾧ θεράποντι καταξέμεν ·
καί δή μιν τάχα μέλλω θοός ἐπί ναῦς ̓ἀχαιός δίδωμι ὅς θεράπων κατάγω ·