but I gave way, and swam back until I came to a river, where seemed to me the best place, since it was smooth of rocks, and besides there was shelter from the wind.
ἀλλ' ἀναχασσάμενος νῆχον πάλιν , ἧος ἐπῆλθον ἐς ποταμόν , τῇ δή μοι ἐείσατο χῶρος ἄριστος , λεῖος πετράων , καὶ ἐπὶ σκέπας ἦν ἀνέμοιο .
ἀλλά ἀναχάζω νήχω πάλιν , ἕως ἐπέρχομαι εἰς ποταμός , τῇ δή ἐγώ εἶδον χῶρος ἄριστος , λεῖος πέτρα , καί ἐπί σκέπας εἰμί ἄνεμος .