Friend, since you calledst this to my mind and spoke of it, they say that many suitors for the hand of your mother devise evils in your halls against your will.
&quot; ὦ φίλ' , ἐπεὶ δὴ ταῦτά μ' ἀνέμνησας καὶ ἔειπες , φασὶ μνηστῆρας σῆς μητέρος εἵνεκα πολλοὺς ἐν μεγάροις ἀέκητι σέθεν κακὰ μηχανάασθαι ·
&quot; ὦ φίλος , ἐπεί δή οὗτος ἐγώ ἀναμιμνήσκω καί εἶπον , φημί μνηστήρ σός μήτηρ ἕνεκα πολύς ἐν μέγαρον ἀέκητι σύ κακός μηχανάομαι ·