for from such a father are you sprung, for which reason you do even speak wisely. Easily known is the seed of that man for whom the son of Cronos spins the thread of good fortune at marriage and at birth, even as now he has granted to Nestor throughout all his days continually that he should himself reach a sleek old age in his halls, and that his sons in their turn should be wise and most valiant with the spear.
τοίου γὰρ καὶ πατρός , ὃ καὶ πεπνυμένα βάζεις , ῥεῖα δ' ἀρίγνωτος γόνος ἀνέρος ᾧ τε Κρονίων ὄλβον ἐπικλώσῃ γαμέοντί τε γεινομένῳ τε , ὡς νῦν Νέστορι δῶκε διαμπερὲς ἤματα πάντα αὐτὸν μὲν λιπαρῶς γηρασκέμεν ἐν μεγάροισιν , υἱέας αὖ πινυτούς τε καὶ ἔγχεσιν εἶναι ἀρίστους . [0] [1]
τοῖος γάρ καί πατήρ , ὅς καί πέπνυμαι βάζω , ῥεῖα δέ ἀρίγνωτος γόνος ἀνήρ ὅς τε Κρονίων ὄλβος ἐπικλώθω γαμέω τε γείνομαι τε , ὡς νῦν Νέστωρ δίδωμι διαμπερές ἦμαρ πᾶς αὐτός μέν λιπαρός γηράσκω ἐν μέγαρον , υἱός αὖ πινυτός τε καί ἔγχος εἰμί ἄριστος .