Seba.Health
The Odyssey 21.242–248
Eurymachus was now handling the bow, warming it on this side and on that in the light of the fire; but not even so was he able to string it; and in his noble heart he groaned, and with a burst of anger he spoke and addressed them:
“Out on it! Verily I am grieved for myself and for you all.
ὣς εἰπὼν εἰσῆλθε δόμους εὖ ναιετάοντας·
ἕζετʼ ἔπειτʼ ἐπὶ δίφρον ἰών, ἔνθεν περ ἀνέστη·
ἐς δʼ ἄρα καὶ τὼ δμῶε ἴτην θείου Ὀδυσῆος.
Εὐρύμαχος δʼ ἤδη τόξον μετὰ χερσὶν ἐνώμα,
θάλπων ἔνθα καὶ ἔνθα σέλᾳ πυρός· ἀλλά μιν οὐδʼ ὣς
ἐντανύσαι δύνατο, μέγα δʼ ἔστενε κυδάλιμον κῆρ·
ὀχθήσας δʼ ἄρα εἶπεν ἔπος τʼ ἔφατʼ ἔκ τʼ ὀνόμαζεν·