for wondrous was the grace that Athena shed upon his head and shoulders; and she made him taller and sturdier to behold, that he might be welcomed by all the Phaeacians, and win awe and reverence, and might accomplish the many feats in which the Phaeacians made trial of Odysseus.
τῷ δ' ἄρ' Ἀθήνη θεσπεσίην κατέχευε χάριν κεφαλῇ τε καὶ ὤμοις καί μιν μακρότερον καὶ πάσσονα θῆκεν ἰδέσθαι , ὥς κεν Φαιήκεσσι φίλος πάντεσσι γένοιτο δεινός τ' αἰδοῖός τε καὶ ἐκτελέσειεν ἀέθλους πολλούς , τοὺς Φαίηκες ἐπειρήσαντ' Ὀδυσῆος .
ὁ δέ ἄρα Ἀθήνη θεσπέσιος καταχεύω χάρις κεφαλή τε καί ὦμος καί μιν μακρός καί πάσσων τίθημι εἶδον , ὡς ἄν Φαίαξ φίλος πᾶς γίγνομαι δεινός τε αἰδοῖος τε καί ἐκτελέω ἆθλος πολύς , ὁ Φαίαξ πειράω Ὀδυσσεύς .