Seba.Health
The Odyssey 4.804–807
Nay, the gods that live at ease suffer thee not to weep or be distressed, seeing that thy son is yet to return; for in no wise is he a sinner in the eyes of the gods.”
Then wise Penelope answered her, as she slumbered very sweetly at the gates of dreams:
εὕδεις, Πηνελόπεια, φίλον τετιημένη ἦτορ;
οὐ μέν σʼ οὐδὲ ἐῶσι θεοὶ ῥεῖα ζώοντες
κλαίειν οὐδʼ ἀκάχησθαι, ἐπεί ῥʼ ἔτι νόστιμός ἐστι
σὸς παῖς· οὐ μὲν γάρ τι θεοῖς ἀλιτήμενός ἐστι.