“It is rather painful–but let’s let it be, even though it hurts us.
For, if it were at all possible for men to choose all things,
the first thing we would choose is the homecoming day of our father”
ἄλγιον, ἀλλ’ ἔμπης μιν ἐάσομεν, ἀχνύμενοί περ.
εἰ γὰρ πως εἴη αὐτάγρετα πάντα βροτοῖσι,
πρῶτόν κεν τοῦ πατρὸς ἑλοίμεθα νόστιμον ἦμαρ
Thus Telemachus says to the swineherd in front of his father in disguise.
We do thank you for your very excellent work .
Please kindly check again the verses should be 16.148-149
Thanks again! I changed the numbers and added in a line too.
Best wishes for the new year.