And as a loving father greets his own dear son, who comes in the tenth year from a distant land—his only son and well-beloved, for whose sake he has borne much sorrow— even so did the brilliant swineherd then clasp in his arms godlike Telemachus, and kiss him all over as one escaped from death;
ὡς δὲ πατὴρ ὃν παῖδα φίλα φρονέων ἀγαπάζῃ ἐλθόντ' ἐξ ἀπίης γαίης δεκάτῳ ἐνιαυτῷ , μοῦνον τηλύγετον , τῷ ἔπ' ἄλγεα πολλὰ μογήσῃ , ὣς τότε Τηλέμαχον θεοειδέα δῖος ὑφορβὸς πάντα κύσεν περιφύς , ὡς ἐκ θανάτοιο φυγόντα · [1] [2]
ὡς δέ πατήρ ἑός παῖς φίλος φρονέω ἀγαπάζω ἔρχομαι ἐκ ἄπιος γαῖα δέκατος ἐνιαυτός , μόνος τηλύγετος , ὁ ἐπί ἄλγος πολύς μογέω , ὡς τότε Τηλέμαχος θεοειδής δῖος ὑφορβός πᾶς κυνέω περιφύομαι , ὡς ἐκ θάνατος φεύγω ·