Lines 770–771
“Aye, verily the queen, wooed of many, is preparing our marriage, nor does she know at all that death has been made ready for her son.”
So would one of them speak; but they knew not how these things were to be. And Antinous addressed their company, and said:
“Good sirs,1 shun haughty speech
ἦ μάλα δὴ γάμον ἄμμι πολυμνήστη βασίλεια
ἀρτύει, οὐδέ τι οἶδεν ὅ οἱ φόνος υἷι τέτυκται.