Hear me, you proud suitors, who have beset this house to eat and drink ever without end, since its master has long been gone,
&quot; κέκλυτέ μευ , μνηστῆρες ἀγήνορες , οἳ τόδε δῶμα ἐχράετ' ἐσθιέμεν καὶ πινέμεν ἐμμενὲς αἰεὶ ἀνδρὸς ἀποιχομένοιο πολὺν χρόνον ·
&quot; κλύω ἐγώ , μνηστήρ ἀγήνωρ , ὅς ὅδε δῶμα χράω ἐσθίω καί πίνω ἐμμενής ἀεί ἀνήρ ἀποίχομαι πολύς χρόνος ·