But to Telemachus and his mother I would speak a gentle word, if by chance it may find favour in the minds of both.
Τηλεμάχῳ δέ κε μῦθον ἐγὼ καὶ μητέρι φαίην ἤπιον , εἴ σφωϊν κραδίῃ ἅδοι ἀμφοτέροιϊν .
Τηλέμαχος δέ ἄν μῦθος ἐγώ καί μήτηρ φημί ἤπιος , εἰ σφεῖς καρδία ἁνδάνω ἀμφότερος .