Of Ithaca I am by birth, and my father is Odysseus, as sure as ever such a one there was;
ἐξ Ἰθάκης γένος εἰμί , πατὴρ δέ μοί ἐστιν Ὀδυσσεύς , εἴ ποτ' ἔην ·
ἐκ Ἰθάκη γένος εἰμί , πατήρ δέ ἐγώ εἰμί Ὀδυσσεύς , εἰ ποτέ εἰμί ·