Homer's Odyssey δ 4.147-67
Syllables in bold are dynamically prominent according to the new theory of the ancient Greek pitch accent. Digammas occasionally obtrude. Translation © A. P. David 2022:
Samuel Butler’s translation with certain names Hellenised:
“My dear wife,” replied Menelaus, “I see the likeness just as you
do. His hands and feet are just like Odysseus'; so is his hair, with
the shape of his head and the expression of his eyes. Moreover, when
I was talking about Odysseus, and saying how much he had suffered on
my account, tears fell from his eyes, and he hid his face in his mantle.”
Then Pisistratus said, “Menelaus, son of Atreus, you are right in
thinking that this young man is Telemachus, but he is very modest,
and is ashamed to come here and begin opening up discourse with one
whose conversation is so divinely interesting as your own. My father,
Nestor, sent me to escort him hither, for he wanted to know whether
you could give him any counsel or suggestion. A son has always trouble
at home when his father has gone away leaving him without supporters;
and this is how Telemachus is now placed, for his father is absent,
and there is no one among his own people to stand by him.”
Greek text hyperlinked to lexica via Perseus (perseus.tufts.edu):
τὴν δ᾽ ἀπαμειβόμενος προσέφη ξανθὸς Μενέλαος:
‘οὕτω νῦν καὶ ἐγὼ νοέω, γύναι, ὡς σὺ ἐίσκεις:
κείνου γὰρ τοιοίδε πόδες τοιαίδε τε χεῖρες
ὀφθαλμῶν τε βολαὶ κεφαλή τ᾽ ἐφύπερθέ τε χαῖται.
καὶ νῦν ἦ τοι ἐγὼ μεμνημένος ἀμφ᾽ Ὀδυσῆι
μυθεόμην, ὅσα κεῖνος ὀιζύσας ἐμόγησεν
ἀμφ᾽ ἐμοί, αὐτὰρ ὁ πικρὸν ὑπ᾽ ὀφρύσι δάκρυον εἶβε,
χλαῖναν πορφυρέην ἄντ᾽ ὀφθαλμοῖιν ἀνασχών.’
τὸν δ᾽ αὖ Νεστορίδης Πεισίστρατος ἀντίον ηὔδα:
‘Ἀτρεΐδη Μενέλαε διοτρεφές, ὄρχαμε λαῶν,
κείνου μέν τοι ὅδ᾽ υἱὸς ἐτήτυμον, ὡς ἀγορεύεις:
ἀλλὰ σαόφρων ἐστί, νεμεσσᾶται δ᾽ ἐνὶ θυμῷ
ὧδ᾽ ἐλθὼν τὸ πρῶτον ἐπεσβολίας ἀναφαίνειν
ἄντα σέθεν, τοῦ νῶι θεοῦ ὣς τερπόμεθ᾽ αὐδῇ.
αὐτὰρ ἐμὲ προέηκε Γερήνιος ἱππότα Νέστωρ
τῷ ἅμα πομπὸν ἕπεσθαι: ἐέλδετο γάρ σε ἰδέσθαι,
ὄφρα οἱ ἤ τι ἔπος ὑποθήσεαι ἠέ τι ἔργον.
πολλὰ γὰρ ἄλγε᾽ ἔχει πατρὸς πάϊς οἰχομένοιο
ἐν μεγάροις, ᾧ μὴ ἄλλοι ἀοσσητῆρες ἔωσιν,