But when, as I went, I was near the curved ship, then some god took pity on me in my loneliness, and sent a great, high-horned stag into my very path.
ἀλλ' ὅτε δὴ σχεδὸν ἦα κιὼν νεὸς ἀμφιελίσσης , καὶ τότε τίς με θεῶν ὀλοφύρατο μοῦνον ἐόντα , ὅς ῥά μοι ὑψίκερων ἔλαφον μέγαν εἰς ὁδὸν αὐτὴν ἧκεν .
ἀλλά ὅτε δή σχεδόν εἰμί κίω ναῦς ἀμφιέλισσα , καί τότε τις ἐγώ θεός ὀλοφύρομαι μόνος εἰμί , ὅς ἄρα ἐγώ ὑψίκερως ἔλαφος μέγας εἰς ὁδός αὐτός ἵημι .