for is the due of him who begins the kindness But come, tell me this, and declare it truly. How many years have passed since you entertained that guest, that unhappy guest, my son—as sure as ever such a man there was— my ill-starred son,
ἀλλ' ἄγε μοι τόδε εἰπὲ καὶ ἀτρεκέως κατάλεξον , πόστον δὴ ἔτος ἐστίν , ὅτε ξείνισσας ἐκεῖνον σὸν ξεῖνον δύστηνον , ἐμὸν παῖδ' , εἴ ποτ' ἔην γε , δύσμορον ; [0] [1]
ἀλλά ἄγε ἐγώ ὅδε εἶπον καί ἀτρεκής καταλέγω , πόστος δή ἔτος εἰμί , ὅτε ξενίζω ἐκεῖνος σός ξένος δύστηνος , ἐμός παῖς , εἰ ποτέ εἰμί γε , δύσμορος ;