Beside it he placed for himself an inlaid seat, apart from the others, the suitors, lest the stranger, angered by their din, should loathe the meal, seeing that he was in the company of overweening men; and also that he might ask him about his father that was gone.
πὰρ δ' αὐτὸς κλισμὸν θέτο ποικίλον , ἔκτοθεν ἄλλων μνηστήρων , μὴ ξεῖνος ἀνιηθεὶς ὀρυμαγδῷ δείπνῳ ἁδήσειεν , ὑπερφιάλοισι μετελθών , ἠδ' ἵνα μιν περὶ πατρὸς ἀποιχομένοιο ἔροιτο .
παρά δέ αὐτός κλισμός τίθημι ποικίλος , ἔκτοθεν ἄλλος μνηστήρ , μή ξένος ἀνιάω ὀρυμαγδός δεῖπνον ἀδέω , ὑπερφίαλος μετέρχομαι , ἠδέ ἵνα μιν περί πατήρ ἀποίχομαι ἔρομαι .