For if you had found him yet alive in the land of Ithaca, then would he have sent you on your way with ample requital of gifts and good entertainment;
εἰ γάρ μιν ζωόν γ' ἐκίχεις Ἰθάκης ἐνὶ δήμῳ , τῷ κέν σ' εὖ δώροισιν ἀμειψάμενος ἀπέπεμψε καὶ ξενίῃ ἀγαθῇ ἡ γὰρ θέμις , ὅς τις ὑπάρξῃ . [0] [1]
εἰ γάρ μιν ζωός γε κιχάνω Ἰθάκη ἐν δῆμος , τῷ ἄν σύ εὖ δῶρον ἀμείβω ἀποπέμπω καί ξενία ἀγαθός ὁ γάρ θέμις , ὅς τις ὑπάρχω .