But when, as the seasons revolved, the year came in which the gods had ordained that he should return home to Ithaca, not even there had he made his escape from toils, even among his own people.
ἀλλ' ὅτε δὴ ἔτος ἦλθε περιπλομένων ἐνιαυτῶν , τῷ οἱ ἐπεκλώσαντο θεοὶ οἶκόνδε νέεσθαι εἰς Ἰθάκην , οὐδ' ἔνθα πεφυγμένος ἦεν ἀέθλων καὶ μετὰ οἷσι φίλοισι .
ἀλλά ὅτε δή ἔτος ἔρχομαι περιπέλομαι ἐνιαυτός , ὁ ὁ ἐπικλώθω θεός οἶκόνδε νέομαι εἰς Ἰθάκη , οὐδέ ἔνθα φεύγω εἰμί ἆθλος καί μετά ὅς φίλος .