Friend, here I am; stay you your hand and command your father stay his, lest in the greatness of his might he harm me with the sharp bronze in his wrath against the suitors, who wasted his possessions in the halls, and in their folly honored you not at all.
&quot; ὦ φίλ' , ἐγὼ μὲν ὅδ' εἰμί , σὺ δ' ἴσχεο εἰπὲ δὲ πατρὶ μή με περισθενέων δηλήσεται ὀξέϊ χαλκῷ , ἀνδρῶν μνηστήρων κεχολωμένος , οἵ οἱ ἔκειρον κτήματ' ἐνὶ μεγάροις , σὲ δὲ νήπιοι οὐδὲν ἔτιον . &quot;
&quot; ὦ φίλος , ἐγώ μέν ὅδε εἰμί , σύ δέ ἴσχω εἶπον δέ πατήρ μή ἐγώ περισθενέω δηλέομαι ὀξύς χαλκός , ἀνήρ μνηστήρ χολόω , ὅς ἕ κείρω κτῆμα ἐν μέγαρον , σύ δέ νήπιος οὐδείς τίνω . &quot;