Odyssey 15.398–401

Eumaeus to the disguised Odysseus in his hut

νῶϊ δʼ ἐνὶ κλισίῃ πίνοντέ τε δαινυμένω τε

κήδεσιν ἀλλήλων τερπώμεθα λευγαλέοισι,

μνωομένω· μετὰ γάρ τε καὶ ἄλγεσι τέρπεται ἀνήρ,

ὅς τις δὴ μάλα πολλὰ πάθῃ καὶ πόλλʼ ἐπαληθῇ.

But the two of us will drink and feast here in the hut,

taking pleasure as we recall one another’s grievous troubles.

Afterward a man can find delight even in suffering,

if he has endured many things and wandered far.

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