My child, a good thing is it in truth even to give to the immortals such gifts as be due; for never did my son—as sure as ever such a one there was—forget in our halls the gods that hold Olympus;
ὦ τέκος , ἦ ῥ' ἀγαθὸν καὶ ἐναίσιμα δῶρα διδοῦναι ἀθανάτοις , ἐπεὶ οὔ ποτ' ἐμὸς πάϊς , εἴ ποτ' ἔην γε , λήθετ' ἐνὶ μεγάροισι θεῶν οἳ Ὄλυμπον ἔχουσι · [0]
ὦ τέκος , ἦ ἄρα ἀγαθός καί ἐναίσιμος δῶρον δίδωμι ἀθάνατος , ἐπεί οὐ ποτέ ἐμός παῖς , εἰ ποτέ εἰμί γε , λανθάνω ἐν μέγαρον θεός ὅς Ὄλυμπος ἔχω ·