Mythology & Folklore
Book IX, 458: What Ulysses would say on landing in Ithaca
Translated by W. R. Paton (1916–18) · From The Greek Anthology (Loeb, vol. III, 1917)
Hail, Ithaca! After all my labours and the bitter woes of the sea, right glad am I to reach thy soil, in hope to see Laertes and my wife and glorious only son. Love of thee soothed my heart; I myself know that “nothing is sweeter than a man’s country and his parents.”
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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Anonymous (Greek Anthology). “Book IX, 458: What Ulysses would say on landing in Ithaca.” Translated by W. R. Paton. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-greek-anthology/492/.
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Anonymous (Greek Anthology). “Book IX, 458: What Ulysses would say on landing in Ithaca.” Translated by W. R. Paton. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-greek-anthology/492/.
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