However, while he hears of you as yet alive he has joy at heart, and therewithal hopes each and every day that he shall see his dear son returning from Troy.
ἀλλ' ἤτοι κεῖνός γε σέθεν ζώοντος ἀκούων χαίρει τ' ἐν θυμῷ , ἐπί τ' ἔλπεται ἤματα πάντα ὄψεσθαι φίλον υἱὸν ἀπὸ Τροίηθεν ἰόντα ·
ἀλλά ἤτοι κεῖνος γε σύ ζῶ ἀκούω χαίρω τε ἐν θυμός , ἐπί τε ἔλπω ἦμαρ πᾶς ὁράω φίλος υἱός ἀπό Τροίαθεν εἶμι ·