for I will tell you with sure truth, and will hide nothing, how but lately I heard of the return of Odysseus, that he is near at hand in the rich land of the Thesprotians, and yet alive,
νημερτέως γάρ τοι μυθήσομαι οὐ δ' ἐπικεύσω ὡς ἤδη Ὀδυσῆος ἐγὼ περὶ νόστου ἄκουσα ἀγχοῦ , Θεσπρωτῶν ἀνδρῶν ἐν πίονι δήμῳ , ζωοῦ ·
νημερτής γάρ σύ μυθέομαι οὐ δέ ἐπικεύθω ὡς ἤδη Ὀδυσσεύς ἐγώ περί νόστος ἀκούω ἀγχοῦ , Θεσπρωτοί ἀνήρ ἐν πίων δῆμος , ζωός ·