But when I, on my part, asked him that I might depart and commanded him send me on my way, he, too, denied me nothing, but furthered my sending.
ἀλλ' ὅτε δὴ καὶ ἐγὼν ὁδὸν ᾔτεον ἠδ' ἐκέλευον πεμπέμεν , οὐ δέ τι κεῖνος ἀνήνατο , τεῦχε δὲ πομπήν .
ἀλλά ὅτε δή καί ἐγώ ὁδός αἰτέω ἠδέ κελεύω πέμπω , οὐ δέ τις ἐκεῖνος ἀναίνομαι , τεύχω δέ πομπή .