Odyssey 20.199–200

Philoetius to the disguised Odysseus

χαῖρε, πάτερ ὦ ξεῖνε· γένοιτό τοι ἔς περ ὀπίσσω

ὄλβος· ἀτὰρ μὲν νῦν γε κακοῖς ἔχεαι πολέεσσι.

Greetings, father, my guest. May prosperity come to you

hereafter, though now you are held fast by many troubles.

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