And even as when most welcome to his children appears the life of a father who lies in sickness, bearing grievous pains, long wasting away, and some cruel god assails him, but then to their joy the gods free him from his woe, so to Odysseus did the land and the wood seem welcome; and he swam on, eager to set foot on the land.
ὡς δ' ὅτ' ἂν ἀσπάσιος βίοτος παίδεσσι φανήῃ πατρός , ὃς ἐν νούσῳ κεῖται κρατέρ' ἄλγεα πάσχων , δηρὸν τηκόμενος , στυγερὸς δέ οἱ ἔχραε δαίμων , ἀσπάσιον δ' ἄρα τόν γε θεοὶ κακότητος ἔλυσαν , ὣς Ὀδυσεῖ ἀσπαστὸν ἐείσατο γαῖα καὶ ὕλη , νῆχε δ' ἐπειγόμενος ποσὶν ἠπείρου ἐπιβῆναι . [0]
ὡς δέ ὅτε ἄν ἀσπάσιος βίοτος παῖς φαίνω πατήρ , ὅς ἐν νόσος κεῖμαι κρατερός ἄλγος πάσχω , δηρός τήκω , στυγερός δέ ἕ χράω δαίμων , ἀσπάσιος δέ ἄρα ὁ γε θεός κακότης λύω , ὡς Ὀδυσσεύς ἀσπαστός εἶδον γαῖα καί ὕλη , νήχω δέ ἐπείγω πούς ἤπειρος ἐπιβαίνω .