For had I learned that he was pondering this journey, he should truly have stayed here, how eager soever to be gone, or he should have left me dead in the halls.
εἰ γὰρ ἐγὼ πυθόμην ταύτην ὁδὸν ὁρμαίνοντα , τῷ κε μάλ' ἤ κεν ἔμεινε καὶ ἐσσύμενός περ ὁδοῖο , ἤ κέ με τεθνηκυῖαν ἐνὶ μεγάροισιν ἔλειπεν .
εἰ γάρ ἐγώ πυνθάνομαι οὗτος ὁδός ὁρμαίνω , τῷ ἄν μάλα ἤ ἄν μένω καί σεύω πέρ ὁδός , ἤ ἄν ἐγώ θνήσκω ἐν μέγαρον λείπω .