Aye, and Telemachus too will bear witness to this, your dear son, how that through no will or desire of mine I was accustomed to resort to your house to sing to the suitors at their feasts, but they, being far more and stronger, led me here of necessity.
καί κεν Τηλέμαχος τάδε γ' εἴποι , σὸς φίλος υἱός , ὡς ἐγὼ οὔ τι ἑκὼν ἐς σὸν δόμον οὐ δὲ χατίζων πωλεύμην μνηστῆρσιν ἀεισόμενος μετὰ δαῖτας , ἀλλὰ πολὺ πλέονες καὶ κρείσσονες ἦγον ἀνάγκῃ . &quot;
καί ἄν Τηλέμαχος ὅδε γε εἶπον , σός φίλος υἱός , ὡς ἐγώ οὐ τις ἑκών εἰς σός δόμος οὐ δέ χατίζω πωλέομαι μνηστήρ ἀείδω μετά δαίς1 , ἀλλά πολύς πλείων καί κρείσσων ἄγω ἀνάγκη . &quot;