[240] κηδόμενοί περ, ‘although we are in sorrow;’ and sorrow would naturally brood upon its own subject. Telemachus is unwilling to occupy Nestor's ear with his own troubles, beyond satisfying the purpose for which he came; so he seeks to change the conversation. Cp. Od.13. 296; Il.13. 292; 22.416.
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