but now that he is grown and has reached the bounds of manhood, lo, he even prays me to go back again from these halls, being angered for his substance that the Achaeans devour to his cost.
νῦν δ' ὅτε δὴ μέγας ἐστὶ καὶ ἥβης μέτρον ἱκάνει , καὶ δή μ' ἀρᾶται πάλιν ἐλθέμεν ἐκ μεγάροιο , κτήσιος ἀσχαλόων , τήν οἱ κατέδουσιν Ἀχαιοί .
νῦν δέ ὅτε δή μέγας εἰμί καί ἥβη μέτρον ἱκάνω , καί δή ἐγώ ἀράομαι πάλιν ἔρχομαι ἐκ μέγαρον , κτῆσις ἀσχαλάω , ὁ ὁ κατέδω Ἀχαιός .