Would that Apollo, of the silver bow, might strike Telemachus to-day in the halls, or that he might be slain by the suitors, as surely as for Odysseus in a far land the day of return has been lost.
αἲ γὰρ Τηλέμαχον βάλοι ἀργυρότοξος Ἀπόλλων σήμερον ἐν μεγάροις , ἢ ὑπὸ μνηστῆρσι δαμείη , ὡς Ὀδυσῆΐ γε τηλοῦ ἀπώλετο νόστιμον ἦμαρ . &quot;
αἴ γάρ Τηλέμαχος βάλλω ἀργυρότοξος Ἀπόλλων σήμερον ἐν μέγαρον , ἤ ὑπό μνηστήρ δαμάζω , ὡς Ὀδυσσεύς γε τηλοῦ ἀπόλλυμι νόστιμος ἦμαρ . &quot;