for you took away and keep his prize. However let us still even now take thought how we may make amends, and persuade him with kindly gifts and with gentle words.
ἀλλ' ἔτι καὶ νῦν φραζώμεσθ' ὥς κέν μιν ἀρεσσάμενοι πεπίθωμεν δώροισίν τ' ἀγανοῖσιν ἔπεσσί τε μειλιχίοισι .
ἀλλά ἔτι καί νῦν φράζω ὡς ἄν μιν ἀρέσκω πείθω δῶρον τε ἀγανός ἔπος τε μειλίχιος .