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[100] ἔμπης is answered by “τῶν πάντων” inf. 104; which is indeed the proper continuation of the sentence “ἀλλ᾽ ἔμπης . . ἡμετέροισιν”. The words “ἄλλοτε μέν τε . . γόοιο” are parenthetic, as the explanatory force of “μέν τε” is sufficient to show. Translate, ‘But still though often bewailing them all and grieving sore, as I sit in our halls —one moment, 'tis true, I ease my heart with lamentation, and then again I cease, for quickly comes surfeit of freezing grief—yet for all of my friends, however deeply touched—I sorrow not so much as for one.’ This arrangement of the clauses, marked by Wolf in his edition, seems best to bring out the meaning. Ameis regards it as too artificial, and begins the apodosis at “ἄλλοτε”, putting a full stop at “γόοιο”.

Homer's Odyssey. W. Walter Merry. James Riddell. D. B. Monro. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1886-1901.

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