Also I would say a word to my son that will be for his profit, namely, that he should not consort ever with the overweening suitors, who speak him fair but have evil plans thereafter.
παιδὶ δέ κεν εἴποιμι ἔπος , τό κε κέρδιον εἴη , μὴ πάντα μνηστῆρσιν ὑπερφιάλοισιν ὁμιλεῖν , οἵ τ' εὖ μὲν βάζουσι , κακῶς δ' ὄπιθεν φρονέουσι . &quot;
παῖς δέ ἄν εἶπον ἔπος , ὁ ἄν κερδίων ἐάω , μή πᾶς μνηστήρ ὑπερφίαλος ὁμιλέω , ὅς τε εὖ μέν βάζω , κακός δέ ὄπισθεν φρονέω . &quot;