Ἐρώτησις Ὁμήρου
Ἄνδρες ἀπ᾽ Ἀρκαδίης ἁλιήτορες, ἦ ῥ᾽ ἔχομέν τι;
Ἀνταπόκρισις Ἀρκάδων
Ὅσσ᾽ ἕλομεν λιπόμεσθ᾽, ὅσσ᾽ οὐχ ἕλομεν φερόμεσθα.
— Paton edition
Homer's Question
Fishermen from Arcadia, what have we?
The Answer
We left what we caught and carry what we did not catch.¹
— Paton edition
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