I declared that after suffering many ills and losing all his comrades he would come home in the twentieth year unknown to all;
φῆν κακὰ πολλὰ παθόντ' , ὀλέσαντ' ἄπο πάντας ἑταίρους , ἄγνωστον πάντεσσιν ἐεικοστῷ ἐνιαυτῷ οἴκαδ' ἐλεύσεσθαι ·
φημί κακός πολύς πάσχω , ὄλλυμι ἀπό πᾶς ἑταῖρος , ἄγνωστος πᾶς εἰκοστός ἐνιαυτός οἴκαδε ἔρχομαι ·