Telemachus, neither afterwards shall you be a base man or witless, if anything of your father's brilliant spirit has been instilled into you, such a man was he to fulfil both deed and word.
&quot; Τηλέμαχ' , οὐ δ' ὄπιθεν κακὸς ἔσσεαι οὐ δ' ἀνοήμων , εἰ δή τοι σοῦ πατρὸς ἐνέστακται μένος ἠύ , οἷος κεῖνος ἔην τελέσαι ἔργον τε ἔπος τε · [0]
&quot; Τηλέμαχος , οὐ δέ ὄπισθεν κακός εἰμί οὐ δέ ἀνοήμων , εἰ δή τοι σός πατήρ ἐνστάζω μένος ἐύς , οἷος ἐκεῖνος εἰμί τελέω ἔργον τε ἔπος τε ·