Ah me, when Zeus has at length granted me to see the land beyond my hopes, and lo, I have prevailed to cleave my way and to cross this gulf, nowhere does there appear a way to come forth from the grey sea.
&quot; ὤ μοι , ἐπεὶ δὴ γαῖαν ἀελπέα δῶκεν ἰδέσθαι Ζεύς , καὶ δὴ τόδε λαῖτμα διατμήξας ἐπέρησα , ἔκβασις οὔ πῃ φαίνεθ' ἁλὸς πολιοῖο θύραζε ·
&quot; ὦ ἐγώ , ἐπεί δή γαῖα ἀελπής δίδωμι εἶδον Ζεύς , καί δή ὅδε λαῖτμα διατμήγω περάω , ἔκβασις οὐ πη φαίνω ἅλς2 πολιός θύραζε ·