And Menelaus noted him, and debated in mind and heart whether he should leave him to speak of his father himself, or whether he should first question him and prove him in each thing.
νόησε δέ μιν Μενέλαος , μερμήριξε δ' ἔπειτα κατὰ φρένα καὶ κατὰ θυμόν , ἠέ μιν αὐτὸν πατρὸς ἐάσειε μνησθῆναι ἦ πρῶτ' ἐξερέοιτο ἕκαστά τε πειρήσαιτο .
νοέω δέ μιν Μενέλαος , μερμηρίζω δέ ἔπειτα κατά φρήν καί κατά θυμός , ἤ μιν αὐτός πατήρ ἐάω μιμνήσκω ἤ πρῶτος ἐξέρομαι ἕκαστος τε πειράω .