But when they began to weave the web of speech and of counsel in the presence of all, Menelaus in truth spoke fluently, with few words, but very clearly, seeing he was not a man of lengthy speech nor of rambling,
ἀλλ' ὅτε δὴ μύθους καὶ μήδεα πᾶσιν ὕφαινον ἤτοι μὲν Μενέλαος ἐπιτροχάδην ἀγόρευε , παῦρα μὲν ἀλλὰ μάλα λιγέως , ἐπεὶ οὐ πολύμυθος οὐ δ' ἀφαμαρτοεπής · [0]
ἀλλά ὅτε δή μῦθος καί μῆδος1 πᾶς ὑφαίνω ἤτοι μέν Μενέλαος ἐπιτροχάδη ἀγορεύω , παῦρος μέν ἀλλά μάλα λιγύς , ἐπεί οὐ πολύμυθος οὐ δέ ἀφαμαρτοεπής ·