But this is no true tale, as you tellest it; nay, some one of the immortals has slain the lordly suitors in wrath at their grievous insolence and their evil deeds.
ἀλλ' οὐκ ἔσθ' ὅδε μῦθος ἐτήτυμος , ὡς ἀγορεύεις , ἀλλά τις ἀθανάτων κτεῖνε μνηστῆρας ἀγαυούς , ὕβριν ἀγασσάμενος θυμαλγέα καὶ κακὰ ἔργα .
ἀλλά οὐ εἰμί ὅδε μῦθος ἐτήτυμος , ὡς ἀγορεύω , ἀλλά τις ἀθάνατος κτείνω μνηστήρ ἀγαυός , ὕβρις ἄγαμαι θυμαλγής καί κακός ἔργον .