but I will make trial of my father, and see whether he will recognize me and know me by sight, or whether he will fail to know me, since I have been gone so long a time.
αὐτὰρ ἐγὼ πατρὸς πειρήσομαι ἡμετέροιο , αἴ κέ μ' ἐπιγνώῃ καὶ φράσσεται ὀφθαλμοῖσιν , ἦέ κεν ἀγνοιῇσι , πολὺν χρόνον ἀμφὶς ἐόντα . &quot;
ἀτάρ ἐγώ πατήρ πειράω ἡμέτερος , εἰ ἄν ἐγώ ἐπιγιγνώσκω καί φράζω ὀφθαλμός , ἤ ἄν ἀγνοέω , πολύς χρόνος ἀμφίς εἰμί . &quot;