Then wouldst you not prate so much in your reading of signs, or be urging Telemachus on in his wrath, hoping for some gift for your house, if by chance he shall give it.
οὐκ ἂν τόσσα θεοπροπέων ἀγόρευες , οὐ δέ κε Τηλέμαχον κεχολωμένον ὧδ' ἀνιείης , σῷ οἴκῳ δῶρον ποτιδέγμενος , αἴ κε πόρῃσιν .
οὐ ἄν τόσος θεοπροπέω ἀγορεύω , δέ οὐ ἄν Τηλέμαχος χολόω ὧδε ἀνίημι , σός οἶκος δῶρον προσδέχομαι , εἰ ἄν πόρω .