Verse
Odyssey
Book 24, Line 397 by Samuel Butler (English)
Then Dolios put out both his hands and went up to Odysseus. "Sir," said he, seizing his master's hand and kissing it at the wrist, "we have long been wishing you home: and now heaven has restored you to us after we had given up hoping. All hail, therefore, and may the gods prosper you [ olbios ]. But tell me, does Penelope already know of your return, or shall we send some one to tell her?"
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