But when from hence too a safe return was showed him, and the gods changed the course of the wind that it blew fair, and they reached home, then truly with rejoicing did Agamemnon set foot on his native land, and he clasped his land and kissed it,
ἀλλ' ὅτε δὴ καὶ κεῖθεν ἐφαίνετο νόστος ἀπήμων , ἂψ δὲ θεοὶ οὖρον στρέψαν , καὶ οἴκαδ' ἵκοντο , ἦ τοι ὁ μὲν χαίρων ἐπεβήσετο πατρίδος αἴης καὶ κύνει ἁπτόμενος ἣν πατρίδα ·
ἀλλά ὅτε δή καί ἐκεῖθεν φαίνω νόστος ἀπήμων , ἄψ δέ θεός οὖρος στρέφω , καί οἴκαδε ἱκνέομαι , ἦ τοι ὁ μέν χαίρω ἐπιβαίνω πατρίς αἶα καί κυνέω ἅπτω ἑός πατρίς ·