Her the godlike Telemachus was far the first to see, for he was sitting among the suitors, sad at heart, seeing in thought his noble father, should he by chance come from somewhere and make a scattering of the suitors in the palace, and himself win honor and rule over his own house.
τὴν δὲ πολὺ πρῶτος ἴδε Τηλέμαχος θεοειδής , ἧστο γὰρ ἐν μνηστῆρσι φίλον τετιημένος ἦτορ , ὀσσόμενος πατέρ' ἐσθλὸν ἐνὶ φρεσίν , εἴ ποθεν ἐλθὼν μνηστήρων τῶν μὲν σκέδασιν κατὰ δώματα θείη , τιμὴν δ' αὐτὸς ἔχοι καὶ δώμασιν οἷσιν ἀνάσσοι .
ὁ δέ πολύς πρῶτος εἶδον Τηλέμαχος θεοειδής , ἧμαι γάρ εἰς μνηστήρ φίλος τετίημαι ἦτορ , ὄσσομαι πατήρ ἐσθλός ἐν φρήν , εἰ ποθεν ἔρχομαι μνηστήρ ὁ μέν σκέδασις κατά δῶμα τίθημι , τιμή δέ αὐτός ἔχω καί δῶμα ὅς ἀνάσσω .