ἤπειρον εἰς ἄπειρον ἐκβάλλων πόδα → departing to the limitless mainland
going back: V. ἄψορρος, παλίσσυτος.
quiet: P. and V. ἥσυχος, ἡσυχαῖος, ἀπράγμων (Eur., Fragment), P. ἡσύχιος; see shy.