For if Ithacan Odysseus himself were to come and be eager at heart to drive out from his hall the lordly suitors who are feasting in his house, then should his wife have no joy at his coming, though sorely she longed for him, but right here would he meet a shameful death, if he fought with men that outnumbered him.
εἴ περ γάρ κ' Ὀδυσεὺς Ἰθακήσιος αὐτὸς ἐπελθὼν δαινυμένους κατὰ δῶμα ἑὸν μνηστῆρας ἀγαυοὺς ἐξελάσαι μεγάροιο μενοινήσει' ἐνὶ θυμῷ , οὔ κέν οἱ κεχάροιτο γυνή , μάλα περ χατέουσα , ἐλθόντ' , ἀλλά κεν αὐτοῦ ἀεικέα πότμον ἐπίσποι , εἰ πλεόνεσσι μάχοιτο ·
εἰ πέρ γάρ ἄν Ὀδυσσεύς Ἰθακήσιος αὐτός ἐπέρχομαι δαίνυμι κατά δῶμα ἑός μνηστήρ ἀγαυός ἐξελαύνω μέγαρον μενοινάω ἐν θυμός , οὐ ἄν ἕ χαίρω γυνή , μάλα πέρ χατέω , ἔρχομαι , ἀλλά ἄν αὐτοῦ ἀεικής πότμος ἐφέπω , εἰ πλείων μάχομαι ·