for to many did the Epeians owe a debt, seeing that we in Pylos were few and oppressed.
πολέσιν γὰρ Ἐπειοὶ χρεῖος ὄφειλον , ὡς ἡμεῖς παῦροι κεκακωμένοι ἐν Πύλῳ ἦμεν ·
πολύς γάρ Ἐπειός χρέος ὀφείλω , ὡς ἐγώ παῦρος κακόω ἐν Πύλος εἰμί ·