§2.114.1ἀκούσας δὲ τούτων ὁ Θῶνις πέμπει τὴν ταχίστην ἐς Μέμφιν παρὰ Πρωτέα ἀγγελίην λέγουσαν τάδε. §2.114.2ἥκει ξεῖνος γένος μὲν Τευκρός, ἔργον δὲ ἀνόσιον ἐν τῇ Ἑλλάδι ἐξεργασμένος· ξείνου γὰρ τοῦ ἑωυτοῦ ἐξαπατήσας τὴν γυναῖκα αὐτήν τε ταύτην ἄγων ἥκει καὶ πολλὰ κάρτα χρήματα, ὑπὸ ἀνέμων ἐς γῆν ταύτην ἀπενειχθείς.
Upon hearing this, Thonis sent a message as quickly as possible to Memphis, to Proteus, saying as follows: "A stranger has arrived, a Teucrian by birth, who has committed an impious deed in Greece; for having deceived the wife of his own host, he has come bringing this very woman and very many treasures, having been driven to this land by the winds.
κότερα δῆτα τοῦτον ἐῶμεν ἀσινέα ἐκπλέειν ἢ ἀπελώμεθα τὰ ἔχων ἦλθε; §2.114.3ἀντιπέμπει πρὸς ταῦτα ὁ Πρωτεὺς λέγοντα τάδε. ἄνδρα τοῦτον, ὅστις κοτὲ ἐστὶ ἀνόσια ἐργασμένος ξεῖνον τὸν ἑωυτοῦ, συλλαβόντες ἀπάγετε παρʼ ἐμέ, ἵνα εἰδέω ὅ τι κοτὲ καὶ λέξει.
Shall we then allow him to sail away unharmed, or shall we deprive him of what he has come with?" To this, Proteus sent back a messenger saying as follows: "Seize this man, whoever he may be that has committed impious deeds against his own host, and bring him to me, so that I may know what on earth he will say."