Seba.Health
The Odyssey 8.376–381
stood in the lists and beat time, and thereat a great din arose.
Then to Alcinous spoke goodly Odysseus: “Lord Alcinous, renowned above all men,2 thou didst boast that thy dancers were the best, and lo, thy words are made good; amazement holds me as I look on them.”
ῥηιδίως μεθέλεσκε, πάρος ποσὶν οὖδας ἱκέσθαι.
αὐτὰρ ἐπεὶ δὴ σφαίρῃ ἀνʼ ἰθὺν πειρήσαντο,
ὠρχείσθην δὴ ἔπειτα ποτὶ χθονὶ πουλυβοτείρῃ
ταρφέʼ ἀμειβομένω· κοῦροι δʼ ἐπελήκεον ἄλλοι
ἑστεῶτες κατʼ ἀγῶνα, πολὺς δʼ ὑπὸ κόμπος ὀρώρει.
δὴ τότʼ ἄρʼ Ἀλκίνοον προσεφώνεε δῖος Ὀδυσσεύς·