Suitors of my mother, overweening in your insolence, for the present let us make merry with feasting, but let there be no brawling; for this is a brilliant thing, to listen to a minstrel such as this man is, like the gods in voice.
&quot; μητρὸς ἐμῆς μνηστῆρες ὑπέρβιον ὕβριν ἔχοντες , νῦν μὲν δαινύμενοι τερπώμεθα , μη δὲ βοητὺς ἔστω , ἐπεὶ τόδε καλὸν ἀκουέμεν ἐστὶν ἀοιδοῦ τοιοῦδ' οἷος ὅδ' ἐστί , θεοῖς ἐναλίγκιος αὐδήν .
&quot; μήτηρ ἐμός μνηστήρ ὑπέρβιος ὕβρις ἔχω , νῦν μέν δαίνυμι τέρπω , μηδέ μηδέ βοητύς εἰμί , ἐπεί ὅδε καλός ἀκούω εἰμί ἀοιδός τοιόσδε οἷος ὅδε εἰμί , θεός ἐναλίγκιος αὐδή .