It is for your sake that I have come here, to see you with my eyes, and to hear you tell whether my mother still abides in the halls, or whether by now some other man has wedded her, and the bed of Odysseus lies by chance in want of bedding, covered with foul spider-webs.
σέθεν δ' ἕνεκ' ἐνθάδ' ἱκάνω , ὄφρα σέ τ' ὀφθαλμοῖσιν ἴδω καὶ μῦθον ἀκούσω , ἤ μοι ἔτ' ἐν μεγάροις μήτηρ μένει , ἦέ τις ἤδη ἀνδρῶν ἄλλος ἔγημεν , Ὀδυσσῆος δέ που εὐνὴ χήτει ἐνευναίων κάκ' ἀράχνια κεῖται ἔχουσα . &quot;
σύ δέ ἕνεκα ἐνθάδε ἱκάνω , ὄφρα σύ τε ὀφθαλμός εἶδον καί μῦθος ἀκούω , ἤ ἐγώ ἔτι ἐν μέγαρον μήτηρ μένω , ἤ τις ἤδη ἀνήρ ἄλλος γαμέω , Ὀδυσσεύς δέ πού εὐνή χῆτος ἐνεύναιος κακός ἀράχνιον κεῖμαι ἔχω . &quot;