Therefore am I now come to your knees, if by chance you will be willing to tell me of his woeful death, whether you sawest it by chance with your own eyes, or heard from some other the story of his wanderings;
τοὔνεκα νῦν τὰ σὰ γούναθ' ἱκάνομαι , αἴ κ' ἐθέλῃσθα κείνου λυγρὸν ὄλεθρον ἐνισπεῖν , εἴ που ὄπωπας ὀφθαλμοῖσι τεοῖσιν ἢ ἄλλου μῦθον ἄκουσας πλαζομένου ·
τοὔνεκα νῦν ὁ σός γόνυ ἱκάνω , εἰ ἄν ἐθέλω ἐκεῖνος λυγρός ὄλεθρος ἐνέπω , εἰ πού ὁράω ὀφθαλμός τεός ἤ ἄλλος μῦθος ἀκούω πλάζω ·