“Dear friend, since you have said all that a man who is thoughtful could say or do, even one who was older than you are why, this is the way your father is, so you too speak thoughtfully. Easily recognized is the line of that man, for whom Kronos son weaves good fortune in his marrying and begetting, as now he has given to Nestor, all his days, for himself to grow old prosperously in his own palace, and also that his sons should be clever and excellent in the spears work.”
