Then upon me came sweet sleep in my weariness, for I had ever kept in hand the sheet of the ship, and had yielded it to none other of my comrades, that we might the sooner come to our native land.
ἔνθ' ἐμὲ μὲν γλυκὺς ὕπνος ἐπήλυθε κεκμηῶτα , αἰεὶ γὰρ πόδα νηὸς ἐνώμων , οὐ δέ τῳ ἄλλῳ δῶχ' ἑτάρων , ἵνα θᾶσσον ἱκοίμεθα πατρίδα γαῖαν ·
ἔνθα ἐγώ μέν γλυκύς ὕπνος ἐπέρχομαι κάμνω , ἀεί γάρ πούς ναῦς νωμάω , οὐ δέ τις ἄλλος δίδωμι ἑταῖρος , ἵνα ταχύς ἱκνέομαι πατρίς γαῖα ·