For many sorrows has a son in his halls when his father is gone, when there are none other to be his helpers, even as it is now with Telemachus; his father is gone, and there are no others among the people who might ward off ruin.
πολλὰ γὰρ ἄλγε' ἔχει πατρὸς πάϊς οἰχομένοιο ἐν μεγάροις , ᾧ μὴ ἄλλοι ἀοσσητῆρες ἔωσιν , ὡς νῦν Τηλεμάχῳ ὁ μὲν οἴχεται , οὐ δέ οἱ ἄλλοι εἴσ' οἵ κεν κατὰ δῆμον ἀλάλκοιεν κακότητα . &quot;
πολύς γάρ ἄλγος ἔχω πατήρ παῖς οἴχομαι ἐν μέγαρον , ὅς μή ἄλλος ἀοσσητήρ εἰμί , ὡς νῦν Τηλέμαχος ὁ μέν οἴχομαι , οὐ δέ ἕ ἄλλος εἰμί ὅς ἄν κατά δῆμος ἄλαλκε κακότης . &quot;