However if this plan does not please you, but you choose rather that he should live and keep all the wealth of his fathers, let us not continue to devour his store of pleasant things as we gather together here, but let each man from his own hall woo her with his gifts and seek to win her;
εἰ δ' ὑμῖν ὅδε μῦθος ἀφανδάνει , ἀλλὰ βόλεσθε αὐτόν τε ζώειν καὶ ἔχειν πατρώϊα πάντα , μή οἱ χρήματ' ἔπειτα ἅλις θυμηδέ' ἔδωμεν ἐνθάδ' ἀγειρόμενοι , ἀλλ' ἐκ μεγάροιο ἕκαστος μνάσθω ἐέδνοισιν διζήμενος ·
εἰ δέ σύ ὅδε μῦθος ἀφανδάνω , ἀλλά βούλομαι αὐτός τε ζώω καί ἔχω πατρώιος πᾶς , μή ἕ χρῆμα ἔπειτα ἅλις θυμηδής ἔδω ἐνθάδε ἀγείρω , ἀλλά ἐκ μέγαρον ἕκαστος μνάομαι ἕδνον δίζημαι ·