for any woman weeps when she has lost her wedded husband, to whom she has borne children in her love, though he were far other than Odysseus, who, they say, is like the gods.
καὶ γάρ τίς τ' ἀλλοῖον ὀδύρεται ἄνδρ' ὀλέσασα κουρίδιον , τῷ τέκνα τέκῃ φιλότητι μιγεῖσα , ἢ Ὀδυσῆ' , ὅν φασι θεοῖς ἐναλίγκιον εἶναι .
καί γάρ τις τε ἀλλοῖος ὀδύρομαι ἀνήρ ὄλλυμι κουρίδιος , ὁ τέκνον τίκτω φιλότης μίγνυμι , ἤ Ὀδυσσεύς , ὅς φημί θεός ἐναλίγκιος εἰμί .