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The Odyssey 21.419–423
even from the chair where he sat, and let fly the shaft with sure aim, and did not miss the end of the handle of one of the axes, but clean through and out at the end passed the arrow weighted with bronze. But he spoke to Telemachus, saying:
“Telemachus, the stranger
τόν ῥʼ ἐπὶ πήχει ἑλὼν ἕλκεν νευρὴν γλυφίδας τε,
αὐτόθεν ἐκ δίφροιο καθήμενος, ἧκε δʼ ὀϊστὸν
ἄντα τιτυσκόμενος, πελέκεων δʼ οὐκ ἤμβροτε πάντων
πρώτης στειλειῆς, διὰ δʼ ἀμπερὲς ἦλθε θύραζε
ἰὸς χαλκοβαρής· ὁ δὲ Τηλέμαχον προσέειπε·