But now let one hasten to call here the aged Dolius, my servant, whom my father gave me or ever I came here, and who keeps my garden of many trees, that he may straightway go and sit by Laertes, and tell him of all these things. So by chance may Laertes weave some plan in his heart, and go forth and with weeping make his plea to the people, who are minded to destroy his race and that of godlike Odysseus.
ἀλλά τις ὀτρηρῶς Δολίον καλέσειε γέροντα , δμῶ' ἐμόν , ὅν μοι δῶκε πατὴρ ἔτι δεῦρο κιούσῃ , καί μοι κῆπον ἔχει πολυδένδρεον , ὄφρα τάχιστα Λαέρτῃ τάδε πάντα παρεζόμενος καταλέξῃ , εἰ δή πού τινα κεῖνος ἐνὶ φρεσὶ μῆτιν ὑφήνας ἐξελθὼν λαοῖσιν ὀδύρεται , οἳ μεμάασιν ὃν καὶ Ὀδυσσῆος φθῖσαι γόνον ἀντιθέοιο . &quot;
ἀλλά τις ὀτρηρός Δολίος καλέω γέρων , δμώς ἐμός , ὅς ἐγώ δίδωμι πατήρ ἔτι δεῦρο κίω , καί ἐγώ κῆπος ἔχω πολύδενδρος , ὄφρα ταχύς Λαέρτης ὅδε πᾶς παρέζομαι καταλέγω , εἰ δή πού τις ἐκεῖνος ἐν φρήν μῆτις ὑφαίνω ἐξέρχομαι λαός ὀδύρομαι , ὅς μέμαα ἑός καί Ὀδυσσεύς φθίω γόνος ἀντίθεος . &quot;