If the proud suitors shall secretly kill me in my hall, and divide among them all the goods of my fathers, I would that you should keep and enjoy these things yourself rather than one of these.
εἴ κεν ἐμὲ μνηστῆρες ἀγήνορες ἐν μεγάροισι λάθρη κτείναντες πατρώϊα πάντα δάσωνται , αὐτὸν ἔχοντά σε βούλομ' ἐπαυρέμεν , ἤ τινα τῶνδε ·
εἰ ἄν ἐγώ μνηστήρ ἀγήνωρ ἐν μέγαρον λάθρῃ κτείνω πατρώιος πᾶς δατέομαι , αὐτός ἔχω σύ βούλομαι ἐπαυρέω , ἤ τις ὅδε ·