I would, O father Zeus, and Athena, and Apollo, that even now the suitors were thus subdued in our halls, and were hanging their heads, some in the court and some within the hall, and that each man's limbs were loosened, even as Irus now sits yonder by the gate of the court, hanging his head like a drunken man, and cannot stand erect upon his feet, or go home to whatsoever place he is accustomed to go, because his limbs are loosened.
αἲ γάρ , Ζεῦ τε πάτερ καὶ Ἀθηναίη καὶ Ἄπολλον , οὕτω νῦν μνηστῆρες ἐν ἡμετέροισι δόμοισι νεύοιεν κεφαλὰς δεδμημένοι , οἱ μὲν ἐν αὐλῇ , οἱ δ' ἔντοσθε δόμοιο , λελῦτο δὲ γυῖα ἑκάστου , ὡς νῦν Ἶρος κεῖνος ἐπ' αὐλείῃσι θύρῃσιν ἧσται νευστάζων κεφαλῇ , μεθύοντι ἐοικώς , οὐ δ' ὀρθὸς στῆναι δύναται ποσὶν οὐ δὲ νέεσθαι οἴκαδ' , ὅπη οἱ νόστος , ἐπεὶ φίλα γυῖα λέλυνται . &quot; [0] [1]
εἰ γάρ , Ζεύς τε πατήρ καί Ἀθήνη καί Ἀπόλλων , οὕτως νῦν μνηστήρ ἐν ἡμέτερος δόμος νεύω κεφαλή δαμάζω , ὁ μέν ἐν αὐλή , ὁ δέ ἔντοσθε δόμος , λύω δέ γυῖον ἕκαστος , ὡς νῦν Ἶρος κεῖνος ἐπί αὔλειος θύρα ἧμαι νευστάζω κεφαλή , μεθύω εἴκω1 , οὐ δέ ὀρθός ἵστημι δύναμαι πούς οὐ δέ νέομαι οἴκαδε , ὅπη ἕ νόστος , ἐπεί φίλος γυῖον λύω . &quot;