Ah, would that flashing-eyed Athena might choose to love you even as then she cared exceedingly for glorious Odysseus in the land of the Trojans, where we Achaeans suffered woes. For never yet have I seen the gods so manifestly shewing love, as Pallas Athena did to him, standing manifest by his side. If she would be pleased to love you in such a way and would care for you at heart, then would many a one of them utterly forget marriage.
εἰ γάρ σ' ὣς ἐθέλοι φιλέειν γλαυκῶπις Ἀθήνη , ὡς τότ' Ὀδυσσῆος περικήδετο κυδαλίμοιο δήμῳ ἔνι Τρώων , ὅθι πάσχομεν ἄλγε' Ἀχαιοί - οὐ γάρ πω ἴδον ὧδε θεοὺς ἀναφανδὰ φιλεῦντας , ὡς κείνῳ ἀναφανδὰ παρίστατο Παλλὰς Ἀθήνη - εἴ σ' οὕτως ἐθέλοι φιλέειν κήδοιτό τε θυμῷ , τῶ κέν τις κείνων γε καὶ ἐκλελάθοιτο γάμοιο . &quot;
εἰ γάρ σύ ὡς ἐθέλω φιλέω γλαυκῶπις Ἀθήνη , ὡς τότε Ὀδυσσεύς περικήδομαι κυδάλιμος δῆμος ἐν Τρώς , ὅθι πάσχω ἄλγος Ἀχαιός - οὐ γάρ πω εἶδον ὧδε θεός ἀναφανδά φιλέω , ὡς ἐκεῖνος ἀναφανδά παρίστημι Παλλάς Ἀθήνη - εἰ σύ οὕτως ἐθέλω φιλέω κήδω τε θυμός , τῷ ἄν τις ἐκεῖνος γε καί ἐκλανθάνω γάμος . &quot;