Book II

Homeric Greek

1ἄλλοι μέν ῥα θεοί τε καὶ ἀνέρες ἱπποκορυσταὶ

εὗδον παννύχιοι, Δία δ' οὐκ ἔχε νήδυμος ὕπνος,

ἀλλ' ὅ γε μερμήριζε κατὰ φρένα ὡς Ἀχιλῆα

τιμήσῃ, ὀλέσῃ δὲ πολέας ἐπὶ νηυσὶν Ἀχαιῶν.

5ἥδε δέ οἱ κατὰ θυμὸν ἀρίστη φαίνετο βουλή,

Transliteration

1alloi men rha theoi te kai aneres hippokorustai

heudon pannuchioi, Dia d' ouk eche nēdumos hupnos,

all' ho ge mermērize kata phrena hōs Achilēa

timēsēi, olesēi de poleas epi nēusin Achaiōn.

5hēde de hoi kata thumon aristē phaineto boulē,

English · Butler

Now the other gods and the armed warriors on the plain slept soundly, but Zeus was wakeful, for he was thinking how to do honor to Achilles, and destroy many people at the ships of the Achaeans. In the end he deemed it would be best to send a lying dream to King Agamemnon;

Homeric Greek

πέμψαι ἐπ' Ἀτρεί̈δῃ Ἀγαμέμνονι οὖλον ὄνειρον:

καί μιν φωνήσας ἔπεα πτερόεντα προσηύδα:

βάσκ' ἴθι οὖλε ὄνειρε θοὰς ἐπὶ νῆας Ἀχαιῶν:

ἐλθὼν ἐς κλισίην Ἀγαμέμνονος Ἀτρεί̈δαο

10πάντα μάλ' ἀτρεκέως ἀγορευέμεν ὡς ἐπιτέλλω:

Transliteration

pempsai ep' Atreïdēi Agamemnoni oulon oneiron:

kai min phōnēsas epea pteroenta prosēuda:

bask' ithi oule oneire thoas epi nēas Achaiōn:

elthōn es klisiēn Agamemnonos Atreïdao

10panta mal' atrekeōs agoreuemen hōs epitellō:

English · Butler

so he called one to him and said to it, "Lying Dream, go to the ships of the Achaeans, into the tent of Agamemnon, and say to him word to word as I now bid you.

Homeric Greek

θωρῆξαί ἑ κέλευε κάρη κομόωντας Ἀχαιοὺς

πανσυδίῃ: νῦν γάρ κεν ἕλοι πόλιν εὐρυάγυιαν

Τρώων: οὐ γὰρ ἔτ' ἀμφὶς Ὀλύμπια δώματ' ἔχοντες

ἀθάνατοι φράζονται: ἐπέγναμψεν γὰρ ἅπαντας

15Ἥρη λισσομένη, Τρώεσσι δὲ κήδε' ἐφῆπται.

Transliteration

thōrēxai he keleue karē komoōntas Achaious

pansudiēi: nun gar ken heloi polin euruaguian

Trōōn: ou gar et' amphis Olumpia dōmat' echontes

athanatoi phrazontai: epegnampsen gar hapantas

15Hērē lissomenē, Trōessi de kēde' ephēptai.

English · Butler

into the tent of Agamemnon, and say to him word to word as I now bid you. Tell him to get the Achaeans instantly under arms, for he shall take Troy. There are no longer divided counsels among the gods; Hera has brought them to her own mind, and woe betides the Trojans." The dream went when it had heard its message, and soon reached the ships of the Achaeans.

Homeric Greek

ὣς φάτο, βῆ δ' ἄρ' ὄνειρος ἐπεὶ τὸν μῦθον ἄκουσε:

καρπαλίμως δ' ἵκανε θοὰς ἐπὶ νῆας Ἀχαιῶν,

βῆ δ' ἄρ' ἐπ' Ἀτρεί̈δην Ἀγαμέμνονα: τὸν δὲ κίχανεν

εὕδοντ' ἐν κλισίῃ, περὶ δ' ἀμβρόσιος κέχυθ' ὕπνος.

20στῆ δ' ἄρ' ὑπὲρ κεφαλῆς Νηληί̈ῳ υἷι ἐοικώς

Transliteration

hōs phato, bē d' ar' oneiros epei ton muthon akouse:

karpalimōs d' hikane thoas epi nēas Achaiōn,

bē d' ar' ep' Atreïdēn Agamemnona: ton de kichanen

heudont' en klisiēi, peri d' ambrosios kechuth' hupnos.

20stē d' ar' huper kephalēs Nēlēïōi huii eoikōs

English · Butler

Hera has brought them to her own mind, and woe betides the Trojans." The dream went when it had heard its message, and soon reached the ships of the Achaeans. It sought Agamemnon son of Atreus and found him in his tent, wrapped in a profound slumber. It hovered over his head in

Homeric Greek

Νέστορι, τόν ῥα μάλιστα γερόντων τῖ' Ἀγαμέμνων:

τῷ μιν ἐεισάμενος προσεφώνεε θεῖος ὄνειρος:

εὕδεις Ἀτρέος υἱὲ δαί̈φρονος ἱπποδάμοιο:

οὐ χρὴ παννύχιον εὕδειν βουληφόρον ἄνδρα

25ᾧ λαοί τ' ἐπιτετράφαται καὶ τόσσα μέμηλε:

Transliteration

Nestori, ton rha malista gerontōn ti' Agamemnōn:

tōi min eeisamenos prosephōnee theios oneiros:

heudeis Atreos huie daïphronos hippodamoio:

ou chrē pannuchion heudein boulēphoron andra

25hōi laoi t' epitetraphatai kai tossa memēle:

English · Butler

the likeness of Nestor, son of Neleus, whom Agamemnon honored above all his councilors, and said: - "You are sleeping, son of Atreus; one who has the welfare of his host and so much other care upon his shoulders should dock his sleep.

Homeric Greek

νῦν δ' ἐμέθεν ξύνες ὦκα: Διὸς δέ τοι ἄγγελός εἰμι,

ὃς σεῦ ἄνευθεν ἐὼν μέγα κήδεται ἠδ' ἐλεαίρει.

θωρῆξαί σε κέλευσε κάρη κομόωντας Ἀχαιοὺς

πανσυδίῃ: νῦν γάρ κεν ἕλοις πόλιν εὐρυάγυιαν

30Τρώων: οὐ γὰρ ἔτ' ἀμφὶς Ὀλύμπια δώματ' ἔχοντες

Transliteration

nun d' emethen xunes ōka: Dios de toi angelos eimi,

hos seu aneuthen eōn mega kēdetai ēd' eleairei.

thōrēxai se keleuse karē komoōntas Achaious

pansudiēi: nun gar ken helois polin euruaguian

30Trōōn: ou gar et' amphis Olumpia dōmat' echontes

English · Butler

one who has the welfare of his host and so much other care upon his shoulders should dock his sleep. Hear me at once, for I come as a messenger from Zeus, who, though he be not near, yet takes thought for you and pities you. He bids you get the Achaeans instantly under arms, for you shall take Troy.

Homeric Greek

ἀθάνατοι φράζονται: ἐπέγναμψεν γὰρ ἅπαντας

Ἥρη λισσομένη, Τρώεσσι δὲ κήδε' ἐφῆπται

ἐκ Διός: ἀλλὰ σὺ σῇσιν ἔχε φρεσί, μηδέ σε λήθη

αἱρείτω εὖτ' ἄν σε μελίφρων ὕπνος ἀνήῃ.

35ὣς ἄρα φωνήσας ἀπεβήσετο, τὸν δὲ λίπ' αὐτοῦ

Transliteration

athanatoi phrazontai: epegnampsen gar hapantas

Hērē lissomenē, Trōessi de kēde' ephēptai

ek Dios: alla su sēisin eche phresi, mēde se lēthē

haireitō eut' an se meliphrōn hupnos anēēi.

35hōs ara phōnēsas apebēseto, ton de lip' autou

English · Butler

Troy. There are no longer divided counsels among the gods; Hera has brought them over to her own mind, and woe betides the Trojans at the hands of Zeus. Remember this, and when you wake see that it does not escape you." The dream then left him, and he thought of things that were, surely not to be accomplished.

Homeric Greek

τὰ φρονέοντ' ἀνὰ θυμὸν ἅ ῥ' οὐ τελέεσθαι ἔμελλον:

φῆ γὰρ ὅ γ' αἱρήσειν Πριάμου πόλιν ἤματι κείνῳ

νήπιος, οὐδὲ τὰ ᾔδη ἅ ῥα Ζεὺς μήδετο ἔργα:

θήσειν γὰρ ἔτ' ἔμελλεν ἐπ' ἄλγεά τε στοναχάς τε

40Τρωσί τε καὶ Δαναοῖσι διὰ κρατερὰς ὑσμίνας.

Transliteration

ta phroneont' ana thumon ha rh' ou teleesthai emellon:

phē gar ho g' hairēsein Priamou polin ēmati keinōi

nēpios, oude ta ēidē ha rha Zeus mēdeto erga:

thēsein gar et' emellen ep' algea te stonachas te

40Trōsi te kai Danaoisi dia krateras husminas.

English · Butler

The dream then left him, and he thought of things that were, surely not to be accomplished. He thought that on that same day he was to take the city of Priam, but he little knew what was in the mind of Zeus, who had many another hard-fought fight in store alike for Danaans and Trojans.

Homeric Greek

ἔγρετο δ' ἐξ ὕπνου, θείη δέ μιν ἀμφέχυτ' ὀμφή:

ἕζετο δ' ὀρθωθείς, μαλακὸν δ' ἔνδυνε χιτῶνα

καλὸν νηγάτεον, περὶ δὲ μέγα βάλλετο φᾶρος:

ποσσὶ δ' ὑπὸ λιπαροῖσιν ἐδήσατο καλὰ πέδιλα,

45ἀμφὶ δ' ἄρ' ὤμοισιν βάλετο ξίφος ἀργυρόηλον:

Transliteration

egreto d' ex hupnou, theiē de min amphechut' omphē:

hezeto d' orthōtheis, malakon d' endune chitōna

kalon nēgateon, peri de mega balleto pharos:

possi d' hupo liparoisin edēsato kala pedila,

45amphi d' ar' ōmoisin baleto xiphos arguroēlon:

English · Butler

hard-fought fight in store alike for Danaans and Trojans. Then presently he woke, with the divine message still ringing in his ears; so he sat upright, and put on his soft shirt so fair and new, and over this his heavy cloak. He bound his sandals on to his comely feet, and slung his silver-studded sword about his shoulders; then he took the imperishable staff of his father, and sallied forth to the ships of the Achaeans.

Homeric Greek

εἵλετο δὲ σκῆπτρον πατρώϊον ἄφθιτον αἰεὶ

σὺν τῷ ἔβη κατὰ νῆας Ἀχαιῶν χαλκοχιτώνων:

ἠὼς μέν ῥα θεὰ προσεβήσετο μακρὸν Ὄλυμπον

Ζηνὶ φόως ἐρέουσα καὶ ἄλλοις ἀθανάτοισιν:

50αὐτὰρ ὃ κηρύκεσσι λιγυφθόγγοισι κέλευσε

Transliteration

heileto de skēptron patrōïon aphthiton aiei

sun tōi ebē kata nēas Achaiōn chalkochitōnōn:

ēōs men rha thea prosebēseto makron Olumpon

Zēni phoōs ereousa kai allois athanatoisin:

50autar ho kērukessi liguphthongoisi keleuse

English · Butler

and slung his silver-studded sword about his shoulders; then he took the imperishable staff of his father, and sallied forth to the ships of the Achaeans. The goddess Dawn now wended her way to vast Olympus that she might herald day to Zeus and to the other immortals, and Agamemnon sent the criers round to call the people in assembly; so they called them and the people gathered thereon.

Homeric Greek

κηρύσσειν ἀγορὴν δὲ κάρη κομόωντας Ἀχαιούς:

οἳ μὲν ἐκήρυσσον, τοὶ δ' ἠγείροντο μάλ' ὦκα:

βουλὴν δὲ πρῶτον μεγαθύμων ἷζε γερόντων

Νεστορέῃ παρὰ νηὶ̈ Πυλοιγενέος βασιλῆος:

55τοὺς ὅ γε συγκαλέσας πυκινὴν ἀρτύνετο βουλήν:

Transliteration

kērussein agorēn de karē komoōntas Achaious:

hoi men ekērusson, toi d' ēgeironto mal' ōka:

boulēn de prōton megathumōn hize gerontōn

Nestoreēi para nēï Puloigeneos basilēos:

55tous ho ge sunkalesas pukinēn artuneto boulēn:

English · Butler

and Agamemnon sent the criers round to call the people in assembly; so they called them and the people gathered thereon. But first he summoned a meeting of the elders at the ship of Nestor king of Pylos, and when they were assembled he laid a cunning counsel before them.

Homeric Greek

κλῦτε φίλοι: θεῖός μοι ἐνύπνιον ἦλθεν ὄνειρος

ἀμβροσίην διὰ νύκτα: μάλιστα δὲ Νέστορι δίῳ

εἶδός τε μέγεθός τε φυήν τ' ἄγχιστα ἐῴκει:

στῆ δ' ἄρ' ὑπὲρ κεφαλῆς καί με πρὸς μῦθον ἔειπεν:

60εὕδεις Ἀτρέος υἱὲ δαί̈φρονος ἱπποδάμοιο:

Transliteration

klute philoi: theios moi enupnion ēlthen oneiros

ambrosiēn dia nukta: malista de Nestori diōi

eidos te megethos te phuēn t' anchista eōikei:

stē d' ar' huper kephalēs kai me pros muthon eeipen:

60heudeis Atreos huie daïphronos hippodamoio:

English · Butler

and when they were assembled he laid a cunning counsel before them. "My friends," said he, "I have had a dream from heaven in the dead of night, and its face and figure resembled none but Nestor's. It hovered over my head and said, ‘You are sleeping, son of Atreus; one who has the welfare of his host and so much other care upon his shoulders should dock his sleep.

Homeric Greek

οὐ χρὴ παννύχιον εὕδειν βουληφόρον ἄνδρα,

ᾧ λαοί τ' ἐπιτετράφαται καὶ τόσσα μέμηλε:

νῦν δ' ἐμέθεν ξύνες ὦκα: Διὸς δέ τοι ἄγγελός εἰμι,

ὃς σεῦ ἄνευθεν ἐὼν μέγα κήδεται ἠδ' ἐλεαίρει:

65θωρῆξαί σε κέλευσε κάρη κομόωντας Ἀχαιοὺς

Transliteration

ou chrē pannuchion heudein boulēphoron andra,

hōi laoi t' epitetraphatai kai tossa memēle:

nun d' emethen xunes ōka: Dios de toi angelos eimi,

hos seu aneuthen eōn mega kēdetai ēd' eleairei:

65thōrēxai se keleuse karē komoōntas Achaious

English · Butler

‘You are sleeping, son of Atreus; one who has the welfare of his host and so much other care upon his shoulders should dock his sleep. Hear me at once, for I am a messenger from Zeus, who, though he be not near, yet takes thought for you and pities you. He bids you get the Achaeans instantly under arms, for you shall take Troy.

Homeric Greek

πανσυδίῃ: νῦν γάρ κεν ἕλοις πόλιν εὐρυάγυιαν

Τρώων: οὐ γὰρ ἔτ' ἀμφὶς Ὀλύμπια δώματ' ἔχοντες

ἀθάνατοι φράζονται: ἐπέγναμψεν γὰρ ἅπαντας

Ἥρη λισσομένη, Τρώεσσι δὲ κήδε' ἐφῆπται

70ἐκ Διός: ἀλλὰ σὺ σῇσιν ἔχε φρεσίν: ὣς ὃ μὲν εἰπὼν

Transliteration

pansudiēi: nun gar ken helois polin euruaguian

Trōōn: ou gar et' amphis Olumpia dōmat' echontes

athanatoi phrazontai: epegnampsen gar hapantas

Hērē lissomenē, Trōessi de kēde' ephēptai

70ek Dios: alla su sēisin eche phresin: hōs ho men eipōn

English · Butler

He bids you get the Achaeans instantly under arms, for you shall take Troy. There are no longer divided counsels among the gods; Hera has brought them over to her own mind, and woe betides the Trojans at the hands of Zeus.

Homeric Greek

ᾤχετ' ἀποπτάμενος, ἐμὲ δὲ γλυκὺς ὕπνος ἀνῆκεν.

ἀλλ' ἄγετ' αἴ κέν πως θωρήξομεν υἷας Ἀχαιῶν:

πρῶτα δ' ἐγὼν ἔπεσιν πειρήσομαι, ἣ θέμις ἐστί,

καὶ φεύγειν σὺν νηυσὶ πολυκλήϊσι κελεύσω:

75ὑμεῖς δ' ἄλλοθεν ἄλλος ἐρητύειν ἐπέεσσιν.

Transliteration

ōichet' apoptamenos, eme de glukus hupnos anēken.

all' aget' ai ken pōs thōrēxomen huias Achaiōn:

prōta d' egōn epesin peirēsomai, hē themis esti,

kai pheugein sun nēusi poluklēïsi keleusō:

75humeis d' allothen allos erētuein epeessin.

English · Butler

at the hands of Zeus. Remember this.’ The dream then vanished and I awoke. Let us now, therefore, arm the sons of the Achaeans. But it will be the right thing that I should first sound them, and to this end I will tell them to flee with their ships; but do you others go about among the host and prevent their doing so."

Homeric Greek

ἤτοι ὅ γ' ὣς εἰπὼν κατ' ἄρ' ἕζετο, τοῖσι δ' ἀνέστη

Νέστωρ, ὅς ῥα Πύλοιο ἄναξ ἦν ἠμαθόεντος,

ὅ σφιν ἐὺ φρονέων ἀγορήσατο καὶ μετέειπεν:

ὦ φίλοι Ἀργείων ἡγήτορες ἠδὲ μέδοντες

80εἰ μέν τις τὸν ὄνειρον Ἀχαιῶν ἄλλος ἔνισπε

Transliteration

ētoi ho g' hōs eipōn kat' ar' hezeto, toisi d' anestē

Nestōr, hos rha Puloio anax ēn ēmathoentos,

ho sphin eu phroneōn agorēsato kai meteeipen:

ō philoi Argeiōn hēgētores ēde medontes

80ei men tis ton oneiron Achaiōn allos enispe

English · Butler

He then sat down, and Nestor the king of Pylos with all sincerity and goodwill addressed them thus: "My friends," said he, "princes and councilors of the Argives, if any other man of the Achaeans had told us of this dream we should have declared it false, and would have had nothing to do with it.

Homeric Greek

ψεῦδός κεν φαῖμεν καὶ νοσφιζοίμεθα μᾶλλον:

νῦν δ' ἴδεν ὃς μέγ' ἄριστος Ἀχαιῶν εὔχεται εἶναι:

ἀλλ' ἄγετ' αἴ κέν πως θωρήξομεν υἷας Ἀχαιῶν.

ὣς ἄρα φωνήσας βουλῆς ἐξῆρχε νέεσθαι,

85οἳ δ' ἐπανέστησαν πείθοντό τε ποιμένι λαῶν

Transliteration

pseudos ken phaimen kai nosphizoimetha mallon:

nun d' iden hos meg' aristos Achaiōn euchetai einai:

all' aget' ai ken pōs thōrēxomen huias Achaiōn.

hōs ara phōnēsas boulēs exērche neesthai,

85hoi d' epanestēsan peithonto te poimeni laōn

English · Butler

if any other man of the Achaeans had told us of this dream we should have declared it false, and would have had nothing to do with it. But he who has seen it is the foremost man among us; we must therefore set about getting the people under arms." With this he led the way from the assembly, and the other sceptered kings rose with him in obedience to the word of Agamemnon; but the people pressed forward to hear.

Homeric Greek

σκηπτοῦχοι βασιλῆες: ἐπεσσεύοντο δὲ λαοί.

ἠύ̈τε ἔθνεα εἶσι μελισσάων ἁδινάων

πέτρης ἐκ γλαφυρῆς αἰεὶ νέον ἐρχομενάων,

βοτρυδὸν δὲ πέτονται ἐπ' ἄνθεσιν εἰαρινοῖσιν:

90αἳ μέν τ' ἔνθα ἅλις πεποτήαται, αἳ δέ τε ἔνθα:

Transliteration

skēptouchoi basilēes: epesseuonto de laoi.

ēüte ethnea eisi melissaōn hadinaōn

petrēs ek glaphurēs aiei neon erchomenaōn,

botrudon de petontai ep' anthesin eiarinoisin:

90hai men t' entha halis pepotēatai, hai de te entha:

English · Butler

and the other sceptered kings rose with him in obedience to the word of Agamemnon; but the people pressed forward to hear. They swarmed like bees that sally from some hollow cave and flit in countless throng among the spring flowers, bunched in knots and clusters;

Homeric Greek

ὣς τῶν ἔθνεα πολλὰ νεῶν ἄπο καὶ κλισιάων

ἠϊόνος προπάροιθε βαθείης ἐστιχόωντο

ἰλαδὸν εἰς ἀγορήν: μετὰ δέ σφισιν ὄσσα δεδήει

ὀτρύνουσ' ἰέναι Διὸς ἄγγελος: οἳ δ' ἀγέροντο.

95τετρήχει δ' ἀγορή, ὑπὸ δὲ στεναχίζετο γαῖα

Transliteration

hōs tōn ethnea polla neōn apo kai klisiaōn

ēïonos proparoithe batheiēs estichoōnto

iladon eis agorēn: meta de sphisin ossa dedēei

otrunous' ienai Dios angelos: hoi d' ageronto.

95tetrēchei d' agorē, hupo de stenachizeto gaia

English · Butler

even so did the mighty multitude pour from ships and tents to the assembly, and range themselves upon the wide-watered shore, while among them ran Wildfire Rumor, messenger of Zeus, urging them ever to the fore. Thus they gathered in a pell-mell of mad confusion, and the earth groaned under the tramp of men as the people sought their places.

Homeric Greek

λαῶν ἱζόντων, ὅμαδος δ' ἦν: ἐννέα δέ σφεας

κήρυκες βοόωντες ἐρήτυον, εἴ ποτ' ἀϋτῆς

σχοίατ', ἀκούσειαν δὲ διοτρεφέων βασιλήων.

σπουδῇ δ' ἕζετο λαός, ἐρήτυθεν δὲ καθ' ἕδρας

100παυσάμενοι κλαγγῆς: ἀνὰ δὲ κρείων Ἀγαμέμνων

Transliteration

laōn hizontōn, homados d' ēn: ennea de spheas

kērukes booōntes erētuon, ei pot' aütēs

schoiat', akouseian de diotrepheōn basilēōn.

spoudēi d' hezeto laos, erētuthen de kath' hedras

100pausamenoi klangēs: ana de kreiōn Agamemnōn

English · Butler

Thus they gathered in a pell-mell of mad confusion, and the earth groaned under the tramp of men as the people sought their places. Nine heralds went crying about among them to stay their tumult and bid them listen to the kings, till at last they were got into their several places and ceased their clamor. Then King Agamemnon rose, holding his scepter.

Homeric Greek

ἔστη σκῆπτρον ἔχων τὸ μὲν Ἥφαιστος κάμε τεύχων.

Ἥφαιστος μὲν δῶκε Διὶ Κρονίωνι ἄνακτι,

αὐτὰρ ἄρα Ζεὺς δῶκε διακτόρῳ ἀργεϊφόντῃ:

Ἑρμείας δὲ ἄναξ δῶκεν Πέλοπι πληξίππῳ,

105αὐτὰρ ὃ αὖτε Πέλοψ δῶκ' Ἀτρέϊ ποιμένι λαῶν,

Transliteration

estē skēptron echōn to men Hēphaistos kame teuchōn.

Hēphaistos men dōke Dii Kroniōni anakti,

autar ara Zeus dōke diaktorōi argeïphontēi:

Hermeias de anax dōken Pelopi plēxippōi,

105autar ho aute Pelops dōk' Atreï poimeni laōn,

English · Butler

Then King Agamemnon rose, holding his scepter. This was the work of Hephaistos, who gave it to Zeus the son of Kronos. Zeus gave it to Hermes, slayer of Argos, guide and guardian. King Hermes gave it to Pelops, the mighty charioteer, and Pelops to Atreus, shepherd of his people.

Homeric Greek

Ἀτρεὺς δὲ θνῄσκων ἔλιπεν πολύαρνι Θυέστῃ,

αὐτὰρ ὃ αὖτε Θυέστ' Ἀγαμέμνονι λεῖπε φορῆναι,

πολλῇσιν νήσοισι καὶ Ἄργεϊ παντὶ ἀνάσσειν.

τῷ ὅ γ' ἐρεισάμενος ἔπε' Ἀργείοισι μετηύδα:

110ὦ φίλοι ἥρωες Δαναοὶ θεράποντες Ἄρηος

Transliteration

Atreus de thnēiskōn elipen poluarni Thuestēi,

autar ho aute Thuest' Agamemnoni leipe phorēnai,

pollēisin nēsoisi kai Argeï panti anassein.

tōi ho g' ereisamenos epe' Argeioisi metēuda:

110ō philoi hērōes Danaoi therapontes Arēos

English · Butler

Pelops to Atreus, shepherd of his people. Atreus, when he died, left it to Thyestes, rich in flocks, and Thyestes in his turn left it to be borne by Agamemnon, that he might be lord of all Argos and of the isles. Leaning, then, on his scepter, he addressed the Argives. "My friends," he said, "heroes, squires of Ares, Zeus the son of Kronos has tied me down with atê.

Homeric Greek

Ζεύς με μέγα Κρονίδης ἄτῃ ἐνέδησε βαρείῃ,

σχέτλιος, ὃς πρὶν μέν μοι ὑπέσχετο καὶ κατένευσεν

Ἴλιον ἐκπέρσαντ' εὐτείχεον ἀπονέεσθαι,

νῦν δὲ κακὴν ἀπάτην βουλεύσατο, καί με κελεύει

115δυσκλέα Ἄργος ἱκέσθαι, ἐπεὶ πολὺν ὤλεσα λαόν.

Transliteration

Zeus me mega Kronidēs atēi enedēse bareiēi,

schetlios, hos prin men moi hupescheto kai kateneusen

Ilion ekpersant' euteicheon aponeesthai,

nun de kakēn apatēn bouleusato, kai me keleuei

115dusklea Argos hikesthai, epei polun ōlesa laon.

English · Butler

"My friends," he said, "heroes, squires of Ares, Zeus the son of Kronos has tied me down with atê. Cruel, he gave me his solemn promise that I should sack the city of Priam before returning, but he has played me false, and is now bidding me go ingloriously back to Argos with the loss of many people.

Homeric Greek

οὕτω που Διὶ μέλλει ὑπερμενέϊ φίλον εἶναι,

ὃς δὴ πολλάων πολίων κατέλυσε κάρηνα

ἠδ' ἔτι καὶ λύσει: τοῦ γὰρ κράτος ἐστὶ μέγιστον.

αἰσχρὸν γὰρ τόδε γ' ἐστὶ καὶ ἐσσομένοισι πυθέσθαι

120μὰψ οὕτω τοιόνδε τοσόνδε τε λαὸν Ἀχαιῶν

Transliteration

houtō pou Dii mellei hupermeneï philon einai,

hos dē pollaōn poliōn kateluse karēna

ēd' eti kai lusei: tou gar kratos esti megiston.

aischron gar tode g' esti kai essomenoisi puthesthai

120maps houtō toionde tosonde te laon Achaiōn

English · Butler

go ingloriously back to Argos with the loss of many people. Such is the will of Zeus, who has laid many a proud city in the dust, as he will yet lay others, for his power is above all. It will be a sorry tale hereafter that an Achaean host, at once so great and valiant, battled in vain against men fewer in number than themselves; but as yet the end is not in sight.

Homeric Greek

ἄπρηκτον πόλεμον πολεμίζειν ἠδὲ μάχεσθαι

ἀνδράσι παυροτέροισι, τέλος δ' οὔ πώ τι πέφανται:

εἴ περ γάρ κ' ἐθέλοιμεν Ἀχαιοί τε Τρῶές τε

ὅρκια πιστὰ ταμόντες ἀριθμηθήμεναι ἄμφω,

125Τρῶας μὲν λέξασθαι ἐφέστιοι ὅσσοι ἔασιν,

Transliteration

aprēkton polemon polemizein ēde machesthai

andrasi pauroteroisi, telos d' ou pō ti pephantai:

ei per gar k' etheloimen Achaioi te Trōes te

horkia pista tamontes arithmēthēmenai amphō,

125Trōas men lexasthai ephestioi hossoi easin,

English · Butler

Achaean host, at once so great and valiant, battled in vain against men fewer in number than themselves; but as yet the end is not in sight. Think that the Achaeans and Trojans have sworn to a solemn covenant, and that they have each been numbered - the Trojans by the roll of their householders, and we by companies of ten;

Homeric Greek

ἡμεῖς δ' ἐς δεκάδας διακοσμηθεῖμεν Ἀχαιοί,

Τρώων δ' ἄνδρα ἕκαστοι ἑλοίμεθα οἰνοχοεύειν,

πολλαί κεν δεκάδες δευοίατο οἰνοχόοιο.

τόσσον ἐγώ φημι πλέας ἔμμεναι υἷας Ἀχαιῶν

130Τρώων, οἳ ναίουσι κατὰ πτόλιν: ἀλλ' ἐπίκουροι

Transliteration

hēmeis d' es dekadas diakosmētheimen Achaioi,

Trōōn d' andra hekastoi heloimetha oinochoeuein,

pollai ken dekades deuoiato oinochooio.

tosson egō phēmi pleas emmenai huias Achaiōn

130Trōōn, hoi naiousi kata ptolin: all' epikouroi

English · Butler

think further that each of our companies desired to have a Trojan householder to pour out their wine; we are so greatly more in number that full many a company would have to go without its cup-bearer. But they have in the town allies from other places, and it is these that hinder me from being able to sack the rich city of Ilion.

Homeric Greek

πολλέων ἐκ πολίων ἐγχέσπαλοι ἄνδρες ἔασιν,

οἵ με μέγα πλάζουσι καὶ οὐκ εἰῶσ' ἐθέλοντα

Ἰλίου ἐκπέρσαι εὖ ναιόμενον πτολίεθρον.

ἐννέα δὴ βεβάασι Διὸς μεγάλου ἐνιαυτοί,

135καὶ δὴ δοῦρα σέσηπε νεῶν καὶ σπάρτα λέλυνται:

Transliteration

polleōn ek poliōn enchespaloi andres easin,

hoi me mega plazousi kai ouk eiōs' ethelonta

Iliou ekpersai eu naiomenon ptoliethron.

ennea dē bebaasi Dios megalou eniautoi,

135kai dē doura sesēpe neōn kai sparta leluntai:

English · Butler

But they have in the town allies from other places, and it is these that hinder me from being able to sack the rich city of Ilion. Nine of Zeus years are gone; the timbers of our ships have rotted; their tackling is sound no longer.

Homeric Greek

αἳ δέ που ἡμέτεραί τ' ἄλοχοι καὶ νήπια τέκνα

εἵατ' ἐνὶ μεγάροις ποτιδέγμεναι: ἄμμι δὲ ἔργον

αὔτως ἀκράαντον οὗ εἵνεκα δεῦρ' ἱκόμεσθα.

ἀλλ' ἄγεθ' ὡς ἂν ἐγὼ εἴπω πειθώμεθα πάντες:

140φεύγωμεν σὺν νηυσὶ φίλην ἐς πατρίδα γαῖαν:

Transliteration

hai de pou hēmeterai t' alochoi kai nēpia tekna

heiat' eni megarois potidegmenai: ammi de ergon

autōs akraanton hou heineka deur' hikomestha.

all' ageth' hōs an egō eipō peithōmetha pantes:

140pheugōmen sun nēusi philēn es patrida gaian:

English · Butler

the timbers of our ships have rotted; their tackling is sound no longer. Our wives and little ones at home look anxiously for our coming, but the work that we came hither to do has not been done. Now, therefore, let us all do as I say: let us sail back to our own land, for we shall not take Troy." With these words he moved the hearts of the multitude, so many of them as knew not the cunning counsel of Agamemnon.

Homeric Greek

οὐ γὰρ ἔτι Τροίην αἱρήσομεν εὐρυάγυιαν.

ὣς φάτο, τοῖσι δὲ θυμὸν ἐνὶ στήθεσσιν ὄρινε

πᾶσι μετὰ πληθὺν ὅσοι οὐ βουλῆς ἐπάκουσαν:

κινήθη δ' ἀγορὴ φὴ κύματα μακρὰ θαλάσσης

145πόντου Ἰκαρίοιο, τὰ μέν τ' Εὖρός τε Νότος τε

Transliteration

ou gar eti Troiēn hairēsomen euruaguian.

hōs phato, toisi de thumon eni stēthessin orine

pasi meta plēthun hosoi ou boulēs epakousan:

kinēthē d' agorē phē kumata makra thalassēs

145pontou Ikarioio, ta men t' Euros te Notos te

English · Butler

let us sail back to our own land, for we shall not take Troy." With these words he moved the hearts of the multitude, so many of them as knew not the cunning counsel of Agamemnon. They surged to and fro like the waves of the Ikarian Sea, when the east and south winds break from heaven's clouds to lash them;

Homeric Greek

ὤρορ' ἐπαί̈ξας πατρὸς Διὸς ἐκ νεφελάων.

ὡς δ' ὅτε κινήσῃ Ζέφυρος βαθὺ λήϊον ἐλθὼν

λάβρος ἐπαιγίζων, ἐπί τ' ἠμύει ἀσταχύεσσιν,

ὣς τῶν πᾶσ' ἀγορὴ κινήθη: τοὶ δ' ἀλαλητῷ

150νῆας ἔπ' ἐσσεύοντο, ποδῶν δ' ὑπένερθε κονίη

Transliteration

ōror' epaïxas patros Dios ek nephelaōn.

hōs d' hote kinēsēi Zephuros bathu lēïon elthōn

labros epaigizōn, epi t' ēmuei astachuessin,

hōs tōn pas' agorē kinēthē: toi d' alalētōi

150nēas ep' esseuonto, podōn d' hupenerthe koniē

English · Butler

or as when the west wind sweeps over a field of grain and the ears bow beneath the blast, even so were they swayed as they flew with loud cries towards the ships, and the dust from under their feet rose heavenward.

Homeric Greek

ἵστατ' ἀειρομένη: τοὶ δ' ἀλλήλοισι κέλευον

ἅπτεσθαι νηῶν ἠδ' ἑλκέμεν εἰς ἅλα δῖαν,

οὐρούς τ' ἐξεκάθαιρον: ἀϋτὴ δ' οὐρανὸν ἷκεν

οἴκαδε ἱεμένων: ὑπὸ δ' ᾕρεον ἕρματα νηῶν.

155ἔνθά κεν Ἀργείοισιν ὑπέρμορα νόστος ἐτύχθη

Transliteration

histat' aeiromenē: toi d' allēloisi keleuon

haptesthai nēōn ēd' helkemen eis hala dian,

ourous t' exekathairon: aütē d' ouranon hiken

oikade hiemenōn: hupo d' hēireon hermata nēōn.

155entha ken Argeioisin hupermora nostos etuchthē

English · Butler

towards the ships, and the dust from under their feet rose heavenward. They cheered each other on to draw the ships into the sea; they cleared the channels in front of them; they began taking away the stays from underneath them, and the welkin rang with their glad cries, so eager were they to return. Then surely the Argives would have had a return after a fashion that was not fated.

Homeric Greek

εἰ μὴ Ἀθηναίην Ἥρη πρὸς μῦθον ἔειπεν:

ὢ πόποι αἰγιόχοιο Διὸς τέκος Ἀτρυτώνη,

οὕτω δὴ οἶκον δὲ φίλην ἐς πατρίδα γαῖαν

Ἀργεῖοι φεύξονται ἐπ' εὐρέα νῶτα θαλάσσης,

160κὰδ δέ κεν εὐχωλὴν Πριάμῳ καὶ Τρωσὶ λίποιεν

Transliteration

ei mē Athēnaiēn Hērē pros muthon eeipen:

ō popoi aigiochoio Dios tekos Atrutōnē,

houtō dē oikon de philēn es patrida gaian

Argeioi pheuxontai ep' eurea nōta thalassēs,

160kad de ken euchōlēn Priamōi kai Trōsi lipoien

English · Butler

Then surely the Argives would have had a return after a fashion that was not fated. But Hera said to Athena, "Alas, daughter of aegis-bearing Zeus, unweariable, shall the Argives flee home to their own land over the broad sea, and leave Priam and the Trojans the glory of still keeping Helen, for whose sake so many of the Achaeans have died at Troy, far from their homes?

Homeric Greek

Ἀργείην Ἑλένην, ἧς εἵνεκα πολλοὶ Ἀχαιῶν

ἐν Τροίῃ ἀπόλοντο φίλης ἀπὸ πατρίδος αἴης:

ἀλλ' ἴθι νῦν κατὰ λαὸν Ἀχαιῶν χαλκοχιτώνων:

σοῖς ἀγανοῖς ἐπέεσσιν ἐρήτυε φῶτα ἕκαστον,

165μηδὲ ἔα νῆας ἅλα δ' ἑλκέμεν ἀμφιελίσσας.

Transliteration

Argeiēn Helenēn, hēs heineka polloi Achaiōn

en Troiēi apolonto philēs apo patridos aiēs:

all' ithi nun kata laon Achaiōn chalkochitōnōn:

sois aganois epeessin erētue phōta hekaston,

165mēde ea nēas hala d' helkemen amphielissas.

English · Butler

and leave Priam and the Trojans the glory of still keeping Helen, for whose sake so many of the Achaeans have died at Troy, far from their homes? Go about at once among the host, and speak fairly to them, man by man, that they draw not their ships into the sea." Athena was not slack to do her bidding.

Homeric Greek

ὣς ἔφατ', οὐδ' ἀπίθησε θεὰ γλαυκῶπις Ἀθήνη,

βῆ δὲ κατ' Οὐλύμποιο καρήνων ἀί̈ξασα:

καρπαλίμως δ' ἵκανε θοὰς ἐπὶ νῆας Ἀχαιῶν.

εὗρεν ἔπειτ' Ὀδυσῆα Διὶ μῆτιν ἀτάλαντον

170ἑσταότ': οὐδ' ὅ γε νηὸς ἐϋσσέλμοιο μελαίνης

Transliteration

hōs ephat', oud' apithēse thea glaukōpis Athēnē,

bē de kat' Oulumpoio karēnōn aïxasa:

karpalimōs d' hikane thoas epi nēas Achaiōn.

heuren epeit' Odusēa Dii mētin atalanton

170hestaot': oud' ho ge nēos eüsselmoio melainēs

English · Butler

that they draw not their ships into the sea." Athena was not slack to do her bidding. Down she darted from the topmost summits of Olympus, and in a moment she was at the ships of the Achaeans. There she found Odysseus, peer of Zeus in counsel, standing alone.

Homeric Greek

ἅπτετ', ἐπεί μιν ἄχος κραδίην καὶ θυμὸν ἵκανεν:

ἀγχοῦ δ' ἱσταμένη προσέφη γλαυκῶπις Ἀθήνη:

διογενὲς Λαερτιάδη πολυμήχαν' Ὀδυσσεῦ,

οὕτω δὴ οἶκον δὲ φίλην ἐς πατρίδα γαῖαν

175φεύξεσθ' ἐν νήεσσι πολυκλήϊσι πεσόντες,

Transliteration

haptet', epei min achos kradiēn kai thumon hikanen:

anchou d' histamenē prosephē glaukōpis Athēnē:

diogenes Laertiadē polumēchan' Odusseu,

houtō dē oikon de philēn es patrida gaian

175pheuxesth' en nēessi poluklēïsi pesontes,

English · Butler

standing alone. He had not as yet laid a hand upon his ship, for he felt grief and was sorry; so she went close up to him and said, "Odysseus, noble son of Laertes, are you going to fling yourselves into your ships and be off home to your own land in this way?

Homeric Greek

κὰδ δέ κεν εὐχωλὴν Πριάμῳ καὶ Τρωσὶ λίποιτε

Ἀργείην Ἑλένην, ἧς εἵνεκα πολλοὶ Ἀχαιῶν

ἐν Τροίῃ ἀπόλοντο φίλης ἀπὸ πατρίδος αἴης;

ἀλλ' ἴθι νῦν κατὰ λαὸν Ἀχαιῶν, μηδ' ἔτ' ἐρώει,

180σοῖς δ' ἀγανοῖς ἐπέεσσιν ἐρήτυε φῶτα ἕκαστον,

Transliteration

kad de ken euchōlēn Priamōi kai Trōsi lipoite

Argeiēn Helenēn, hēs heineka polloi Achaiōn

en Troiēi apolonto philēs apo patridos aiēs;

all' ithi nun kata laon Achaiōn, mēd' et' erōei,

180sois d' aganois epeessin erētue phōta hekaston,

English · Butler

are you going to fling yourselves into your ships and be off home to your own land in this way? Will you leave Priam and the Trojans the glory of still keeping Helen, for whose sake so many of the Achaeans have died at Troy, far from their homes? Go about at once among the host, and speak fairly to them, man by man, that they draw not their ships into the sea." Odysseus knew the voice as that of the goddess: he flung his cloak from him and set off to run.

Homeric Greek

μηδὲ ἔα νῆας ἅλα δ' ἑλκέμεν ἀμφιελίσσας.

ὣς φάθ', ὃ δὲ ξυνέηκε θεᾶς ὄπα φωνησάσης,

βῆ δὲ θέειν, ἀπὸ δὲ χλαῖναν βάλε: τὴν δὲ κόμισσε

κῆρυξ Εὐρυβάτης Ἰθακήσιος ὅς οἱ ὀπήδει:

185αὐτὸς δ' Ἀτρεί̈δεω Ἀγαμέμνονος ἀντίος ἐλθὼν

Transliteration

mēde ea nēas hala d' helkemen amphielissas.

hōs phath', ho de xuneēke theas opa phōnēsasēs,

bē de theein, apo de chlainan bale: tēn de komisse

kērux Eurubatēs Ithakēsios hos hoi opēdei:

185autos d' Atreïdeō Agamemnonos antios elthōn

English · Butler

and speak fairly to them, man by man, that they draw not their ships into the sea." Odysseus knew the voice as that of the goddess: he flung his cloak from him and set off to run. His squire Eurybates, a man of Ithaca, who waited on him, took charge of the cloak, whereon Odysseus went straight up to Agamemnon and received from him his ancestral, imperishable staff.

Homeric Greek

δέξατό οἱ σκῆπτρον πατρώϊον ἄφθιτον αἰεί:

σὺν τῷ ἔβη κατὰ νῆας Ἀχαιῶν χαλκοχιτώνων.

ὅν τινα μὲν βασιλῆα καὶ ἔξοχον ἄνδρα κιχείη

τὸν δ' ἀγανοῖς ἐπέεσσιν ἐρητύσασκε παραστάς:

190δαιμόνι' οὔ σε ἔοικε κακὸν ὣς δειδίσσεσθαι,

Transliteration

dexato hoi skēptron patrōïon aphthiton aiei:

sun tōi ebē kata nēas Achaiōn chalkochitōnōn.

hon tina men basilēa kai exochon andra kicheiē

ton d' aganois epeessin erētusaske parastas:

190daimoni' ou se eoike kakon hōs deidissesthai,

English · Butler

whereon Odysseus went straight up to Agamemnon and received from him his ancestral, imperishable staff. With this he went about among the ships of the Achaeans. Whenever he met a king or chieftain, he stood by him and spoke him fairly. "Sir," said he, "this flight is cowardly and unworthy.

Homeric Greek

ἀλλ' αὐτός τε κάθησο καὶ ἄλλους ἵδρυε λαούς:

οὐ γάρ πω σάφα οἶσθ' οἷος νόος Ἀτρεί̈ωνος:

νῦν μὲν πειρᾶται, τάχα δ' ἴψεται υἷας Ἀχαιῶν.

ἐν βουλῇ δ' οὐ πάντες ἀκούσαμεν οἷον ἔειπε.

195μή τι χολωσάμενος ῥέξῃ κακὸν υἷας Ἀχαιῶν:

Transliteration

all' autos te kathēso kai allous hidrue laous:

ou gar pō sapha oisth' hoios noos Atreïōnos:

nun men peiratai, tacha d' ipsetai huias Achaiōn.

en boulēi d' ou pantes akousamen hoion eeipe.

195mē ti cholōsamenos rhexēi kakon huias Achaiōn:

English · Butler

"Sir," said he, "this flight is cowardly and unworthy. Stand to your post, and bid your people also keep their places. You do not yet know the full mind of Agamemnon; he was sounding us, and ere long will visit the Achaeans with his displeasure. We were not all of us at the council to hear what he then said; see to it lest he be angry and do us a mischief;

Homeric Greek

θυμὸς δὲ μέγας ἐστὶ διοτρεφέων βασιλήων,

τιμὴ δ' ἐκ Διός ἐστι, φιλεῖ δέ ἑ μητίετα Ζεύς.

ὃν δ' αὖ δήμου τ' ἄνδρα ἴδοι βοόωντά τ' ἐφεύροι,

τὸν σκήπτρῳ ἐλάσασκεν ὁμοκλήσασκέ τε μύθῳ:

200δαιμόνι' ἀτρέμας ἧσο καὶ ἄλλων μῦθον ἄκουε,

Transliteration

thumos de megas esti diotrepheōn basilēōn,

timē d' ek Dios esti, philei de he mētieta Zeus.

hon d' au dēmou t' andra idoi booōnta t' epheuroi,

ton skēptrōi elasasken homoklēsaske te muthōi:

200daimoni' atremas hēso kai allōn muthon akoue,

English · Butler

for the timê of kings is great, and the hand of Zeus is with them." But when he came across some man from some locale who was making a noise, he struck him with his staff and rebuked him, saying, "What kind of daimôn has possessed you?

Homeric Greek

οἳ σέο φέρτεροί εἰσι, σὺ δ' ἀπτόλεμος καὶ ἄναλκις

οὔτέ ποτ' ἐν πολέμῳ ἐναρίθμιος οὔτ' ἐνὶ βουλῇ:

οὐ μέν πως πάντες βασιλεύσομεν ἐνθάδ' Ἀχαιοί:

οὐκ ἀγαθὸν πολυκοιρανίη: εἷς κοίρανος ἔστω,

205εἷς βασιλεύς, ᾧ δῶκε Κρόνου πάϊς ἀγκυλομήτεω

Transliteration

hoi seo pherteroi eisi, su d' aptolemos kai analkis

oute pot' en polemōi enarithmios out' eni boulēi:

ou men pōs pantes basileusomen enthad' Achaioi:

ouk agathon polukoiraniē: heis koiranos estō,

205heis basileus, hōi dōke Kronou païs ankulomēteō

English · Butler

"What kind of daimôn has possessed you? Hold your peace, and listen to better men than yourself. You are a coward and no warrior; you are nobody either in fight or council; we cannot all be kings; it is not well that there should be many masters; one man must be supreme - one king to whom the son of scheming Kronos has given the scepter and divine laws to rule over you all."

Homeric Greek

σκῆπτρόν τ' ἠδὲ θέμιστας, ἵνά σφισι βουλεύῃσι.

ὣς ὅ γε κοιρανέων δίεπε στρατόν: οἳ δ' ἀγορὴν δὲ

αὖτις ἐπεσσεύοντο νεῶν ἄπο καὶ κλισιάων

ἠχῇ, ὡς ὅτε κῦμα πολυφλοίσβοιο θαλάσσης

210αἰγιαλῷ μεγάλῳ βρέμεται, σμαραγεῖ δέ τε πόντος.

Transliteration

skēptron t' ēde themistas, hina sphisi bouleuēisi.

hōs ho ge koiraneōn diepe straton: hoi d' agorēn de

autis epesseuonto neōn apo kai klisiaōn

ēchēi, hōs hote kuma poluphloisboio thalassēs

210aigialōi megalōi bremetai, smaragei de te pontos.

English · Butler

Thus masterfully did he go about among the host, and the people hurried back to the council from their tents and ships with a sound as the thunder of surf when it comes crashing down upon the shore, and all the sea is in an uproar.

Homeric Greek

ἄλλοι μέν ῥ' ἕζοντο, ἐρήτυθεν δὲ καθ' ἕδρας:

Θερσίτης δ' ἔτι μοῦνος ἀμετροεπὴς ἐκολῴα,

ὃς ἔπεα φρεσὶν ᾗσιν ἄκοσμά τε πολλά τε ᾔδη

μάψ, ἀτὰρ οὐ κατὰ κόσμον, ἐριζέμεναι βασιλεῦσιν,

215ἀλλ' ὅ τι οἱ εἴσαιτο γελοίϊον Ἀργείοισιν

Transliteration

alloi men rh' hezonto, erētuthen de kath' hedras:

Thersitēs d' eti mounos ametroepēs ekolōia,

hos epea phresin hēisin akosma te polla te ēidē

maps, atar ou kata kosmon, erizemenai basileusin,

215all' ho ti hoi eisaito geloiïon Argeioisin

English · Butler

and all the sea is in an uproar. The rest now took their seats and kept to their own several places, but Thersites still went on wagging his unbridled tongue - a man of many words, and those unseemly; a monger of sedition, a railer against all who were in authority, who cared not what he said, so that he might set the Achaeans in a laugh.

Homeric Greek

ἔμμεναι: αἴσχιστος δὲ ἀνὴρ ὑπὸ Ἴλιον ἦλθε:

φολκὸς ἔην, χωλὸς δ' ἕτερον πόδα: τὼ δέ οἱ ὤμω

κυρτὼ ἐπὶ στῆθος συνοχωκότε: αὐτὰρ ὕπερθε

φοξὸς ἔην κεφαλήν, ψεδνὴ δ' ἐπενήνοθε λάχνη.

220ἔχθιστος δ' Ἀχιλῆϊ μάλιστ' ἦν ἠδ' Ὀδυσῆϊ:

Transliteration

emmenai: aischistos de anēr hupo Ilion ēlthe:

pholkos eēn, chōlos d' heteron poda: tō de hoi ōmō

kurtō epi stēthos sunochōkote: autar huperthe

phoxos eēn kephalēn, psednē d' epenēnothe lachnē.

220echthistos d' Achilēï malist' ēn ēd' Odusēï:

English · Butler

so that he might set the Achaeans in a laugh. He was the ugliest man of all those that came before Troy - bandy-legged, lame of one foot, with his two shoulders rounded and hunched over his chest. His head ran up to a point, but there was little hair on the top of it. Achilles and Odysseus hated him worst of all, for it was with them that he was most wont to wrangle; now, however, with a shrill squeaky voice he began heaping his abuse on Agamemnon.

Homeric Greek

τὼ γὰρ νεικείεσκε: τότ' αὖτ' Ἀγαμέμνονι δίῳ

ὀξέα κεκλήγων λέγ' ὀνείδεα: τῷ δ' ἄρ' Ἀχαιοὶ

ἐκπάγλως κοτέοντο νεμέσσηθέν τ' ἐνὶ θυμῷ.

αὐτὰρ ὃ μακρὰ βοῶν Ἀγαμέμνονα νείκεε μύθῳ:

225Ἀτρεί̈δη τέο δ' αὖτ' ἐπιμέμφεαι ἠδὲ χατίζεις;

Transliteration

tō gar neikeieske: tot' aut' Agamemnoni diōi

oxea keklēgōn leg' oneidea: tōi d' ar' Achaioi

ekpaglōs koteonto nemessēthen t' eni thumōi.

autar ho makra boōn Agamemnona neikee muthōi:

225Atreïdē teo d' aut' epimempheai ēde chatizeis;

English · Butler

Achilles and Odysseus hated him worst of all, for it was with them that he was most wont to wrangle; now, however, with a shrill squeaky voice he began heaping his abuse on Agamemnon. The Achaeans were angry and disgusted, yet none the less he kept on brawling and bawling at the son of Atreus. "Agamemnon," he cried, "what ails you now, and what more do you want?

Homeric Greek

πλεῖαί τοι χαλκοῦ κλισίαι, πολλαὶ δὲ γυναῖκες

εἰσὶν ἐνὶ κλισίῃς ἐξαίρετοι, ἅς τοι Ἀχαιοὶ

πρωτίστῳ δίδομεν εὖτ' ἂν πτολίεθρον ἕλωμεν.

ἦ ἔτι καὶ χρυσοῦ ἐπιδεύεαι, ὅν κέ τις οἴσει

230Τρώων ἱπποδάμων ἐξ Ἰλίου υἷος ἄποινα,

Transliteration

pleiai toi chalkou klisiai, pollai de gunaikes

eisin eni klisiēis exairetoi, has toi Achaioi

prōtistōi didomen eut' an ptoliethron helōmen.

ē eti kai chrusou epideueai, hon ke tis oisei

230Trōōn hippodamōn ex Iliou huios apoina,

English · Butler

"Agamemnon," he cried, "what ails you now, and what more do you want? Your tents are filled with bronze and with fair women, for whenever we take a town we give you the pick of them. Would you have yet more gold, which some Trojan is to give you as a ransom for his son, when I or another Achaean has taken him prisoner? or is it some young girl to hide and lie with?

Homeric Greek

ὅν κεν ἐγὼ δήσας ἀγάγω ἢ ἄλλος Ἀχαιῶν,

ἠὲ γυναῖκα νέην, ἵνα μίσγεαι ἐν φιλότητι,

ἥν τ' αὐτὸς ἀπονόσφι κατίσχεαι; οὐ μὲν ἔοικεν

ἀρχὸν ἐόντα κακῶν ἐπιβασκέμεν υἷας Ἀχαιῶν.

235ὦ πέπονες κάκ' ἐλέγχε' Ἀχαιί̈δες οὐκέτ' Ἀχαιοὶ

Transliteration

hon ken egō dēsas agagō ē allos Achaiōn,

ēe gunaika neēn, hina misgeai en philotēti,

hēn t' autos aponosphi katischeai; ou men eoiken

archon eonta kakōn epibaskemen huias Achaiōn.

235ō pepones kak' elenche' Achaiïdes ouket' Achaioi

English · Butler

which some Trojan is to give you as a ransom for his son, when I or another Achaean has taken him prisoner? or is it some young girl to hide and lie with? It is not well that you, the ruler of the Achaeans, should bring them into such misery. Weakling cowards, women rather than men, let us sail home, and leave this man here at Troy to stew in his own prizes of honor, and discover whether we were of any service to him or no.

Homeric Greek

οἴκαδέ περ σὺν νηυσὶ νεώμεθα, τόνδε δ' ἐῶμεν

αὐτοῦ ἐνὶ Τροίῃ γέρα πεσσέμεν, ὄφρα ἴδηται

ἤ ῥά τί οἱ χἠμεῖς προσαμύνομεν ἦε καὶ οὐκί:

ὃς καὶ νῦν Ἀχιλῆα ἕο μέγ' ἀμείνονα φῶτα

240ἠτίμησεν: ἑλὼν γὰρ ἔχει γέρας αὐτὸς ἀπούρας.

Transliteration

oikade per sun nēusi neōmetha, tonde d' eōmen

autou eni Troiēi gera pessemen, ophra idētai

ē rha ti hoi chēmeis prosamunomen ēe kai ouki:

hos kai nun Achilēa heo meg' ameinona phōta

240ētimēsen: helōn gar echei geras autos apouras.

English · Butler

Weakling cowards, women rather than men, let us sail home, and leave this man here at Troy to stew in his own prizes of honor, and discover whether we were of any service to him or no. Achilles is a much better man than he is, and see how he has treated him - robbing him of his prize and keeping it himself.

Homeric Greek

ἀλλὰ μάλ' οὐκ Ἀχιλῆϊ χόλος φρεσίν, ἀλλὰ μεθήμων:

ἦ γὰρ ἂν Ἀτρεί̈δη νῦν ὕστατα λωβήσαιο:

ὣς φάτο νεικείων Ἀγαμέμνονα ποιμένα λαῶν,

Θερσίτης: τῷ δ' ὦκα παρίστατο δῖος Ὀδυσσεύς,

245καί μιν ὑπόδρα ἰδὼν χαλεπῷ ἠνίπαπε μύθῳ:

Transliteration

alla mal' ouk Achilēï cholos phresin, alla methēmōn:

ē gar an Atreïdē nun hustata lōbēsaio:

hōs phato neikeiōn Agamemnona poimena laōn,

Thersitēs: tōi d' ōka paristato dios Odusseus,

245kai min hupodra idōn chalepōi ēnipape muthōi:

English · Butler

robbing him of his prize and keeping it himself. Achilles takes it meekly and shows no fight; if he did, son of Atreus, you would never again insult him." Thus railed Thersites, but Odysseus at once went up to him and rebuked him sternly.

Homeric Greek

Θερσῖτ' ἀκριτόμυθε, λιγύς περ ἐὼν ἀγορητής,

ἴσχεο, μηδ' ἔθελ' οἶος ἐριζέμεναι βασιλεῦσιν:

οὐ γὰρ ἐγὼ σέο φημὶ χερειότερον βροτὸν ἄλλον

ἔμμεναι, ὅσσοι ἅμ' Ἀτρεί̈δῃς ὑπὸ Ἴλιον ἦλθον.

250τὼ οὐκ ἂν βασιλῆας ἀνὰ στόμ' ἔχων ἀγορεύοις,

Transliteration

Thersit' akritomuthe, ligus per eōn agorētēs,

ischeo, mēd' ethel' oios erizemenai basileusin:

ou gar egō seo phēmi chereioteron broton allon

emmenai, hossoi ham' Atreïdēis hupo Ilion ēlthon.

250tō ouk an basilēas ana stom' echōn agoreuois,

English · Butler

and rebuked him sternly. "Check your glib tongue, Thersites," said be, "and babble not a word further. Chide not with princes when you have none to back you. There is no viler creature come before Troy with the sons of Atreus. Drop this chatter about kings, and neither revile them nor keep harping about homecoming.

Homeric Greek

καί σφιν ὀνείδεά τε προφέροις, νόστόν τε φυλάσσοις.

οὐδέ τί πω σάφα ἴδμεν ὅπως ἔσται τάδε ἔργα,

ἢ εὖ ἦε κακῶς νοστήσομεν υἷες Ἀχαιῶν.

τὼ νῦν Ἀτρεί̈δῃ Ἀγαμέμνονι ποιμένι λαῶν

255ἧσαι ὀνειδίζων, ὅτι οἱ μάλα πολλὰ διδοῦσιν

Transliteration

kai sphin oneidea te propherois, noston te phulassois.

oude ti pō sapha idmen hopōs estai tade erga,

ē eu ēe kakōs nostēsomen huies Achaiōn.

tō nun Atreïdēi Agamemnoni poimeni laōn

255hēsai oneidizōn, hoti hoi mala polla didousin

English · Butler

Drop this chatter about kings, and neither revile them nor keep harping about homecoming. We do not yet know how things are going to be, nor whether the Achaeans are to return with good success or evil. How dare you gibe at Agamemnon because the Danaans have awarded him so many prizes?

Homeric Greek

ἥρωες Δαναοί: σὺ δὲ κερτομέων ἀγορεύεις.

ἀλλ' ἔκ τοι ἐρέω, τὸ δὲ καὶ τετελεσμένον ἔσται:

εἴ κ' ἔτι σ' ἀφραίνοντα κιχήσομαι ὥς νύ περ ὧδε,

μηκέτ' ἔπειτ' Ὀδυσῆϊ κάρη ὤμοισιν ἐπείη,

260μηδ' ἔτι Τηλεμάχοιο πατὴρ κεκλημένος εἴην,

Transliteration

hērōes Danaoi: su de kertomeōn agoreueis.

all' ek toi ereō, to de kai tetelesmenon estai:

ei k' eti s' aphrainonta kichēsomai hōs nu per hōde,

mēket' epeit' Odusēï karē ōmoisin epeiē,

260mēd' eti Tēlemachoio patēr keklēmenos eiēn,

English · Butler

because the Danaans have awarded him so many prizes? I tell you, therefore - and it shall surely be - that if I again catch you talking such nonsense, I will either forfeit my own head and be no more called father of

Homeric Greek

εἰ μὴ ἐγώ σε λαβὼν ἀπὸ μὲν φίλα εἵματα δύσω,

χλαῖνάν τ' ἠδὲ χιτῶνα, τά τ' αἰδῶ ἀμφικαλύπτει,

αὐτὸν δὲ κλαίοντα θοὰς ἐπὶ νῆας ἀφήσω

πεπλήγων ἀγορῆθεν ἀεικέσσι πληγῇσιν.

265ὣς ἄρ' ἔφη, σκήπτρῳ δὲ μετάφρενον ἠδὲ καὶ ὤμω

Transliteration

ei mē egō se labōn apo men phila heimata dusō,

chlainan t' ēde chitōna, ta t' aidō amphikaluptei,

auton de klaionta thoas epi nēas aphēsō

peplēgōn agorēthen aeikessi plēgēisin.

265hōs ar' ephē, skēptrōi de metaphrenon ēde kai ōmō

English · Butler

Telemakhos, or I will take you, strip away from you all respect, and whip you out of the assembly till you go blubbering back to the ships." On this he beat him with his staff about the back and shoulders till he dropped and fell a-weeping.

Homeric Greek

πλῆξεν: ὃ δ' ἰδνώθη, θαλερὸν δέ οἱ ἔκπεσε δάκρυ:

σμῶδιξ δ' αἱματόεσσα μεταφρένου ἐξυπανέστη

σκήπτρου ὕπο χρυσέου: ὃ δ' ἄρ' ἕζετο τάρβησέν τε,

ἀλγήσας δ' ἀχρεῖον ἰδὼν ἀπομόρξατο δάκρυ.

270οἳ δὲ καὶ ἀχνύμενοί περ ἐπ' αὐτῷ ἡδὺ γέλασσαν:

Transliteration

plēxen: ho d' idnōthē, thaleron de hoi ekpese dakru:

smōdix d' haimatoessa metaphrenou exupanestē

skēptrou hupo chruseou: ho d' ar' hezeto tarbēsen te,

algēsas d' achreion idōn apomorxato dakru.

270hoi de kai achnumenoi per ep' autōi hēdu gelassan:

English · Butler

On this he beat him with his staff about the back and shoulders till he dropped and fell a-weeping. The golden scepter raised a bloody weal on his back, so he sat down frightened and in pain, looking foolish as he wiped the tears from his eyes. The people were sorry for him, yet they

Homeric Greek

ὧδε δέ τις εἴπεσκεν ἰδὼν ἐς πλησίον ἄλλον:

ὢ πόποι ἦ δὴ μυρί' Ὀδυσσεὺς ἐσθλὰ ἔοργε

βουλάς τ' ἐξάρχων ἀγαθὰς πόλεμόν τε κορύσσων:

νῦν δὲ τόδε μέγ' ἄριστον ἐν Ἀργείοισιν ἔρεξεν,

275ὃς τὸν λωβητῆρα ἐπεσβόλον ἔσχ' ἀγοράων.

Transliteration

hōde de tis eipesken idōn es plēsion allon:

ō popoi ē dē muri' Odusseus esthla eorge

boulas t' exarchōn agathas polemon te korussōn:

nun de tode meg' ariston en Argeioisin erexen,

275hos ton lōbētēra epesbolon esch' agoraōn.

English · Butler

laughed heartily, and one would turn to his neighbor saying, "Odysseus has done many a good thing ere now in fight and council, but he never did the Argives a better turn than when he stopped this man's mouth from prating further.

Homeric Greek

οὔ θήν μιν πάλιν αὖτις ἀνήσει θυμὸς ἀγήνωρ

νεικείειν βασιλῆας ὀνειδείοις ἐπέεσσιν.

ὣς φάσαν ἣ πληθύς: ἀνὰ δ' ὃ πτολίπορθος Ὀδυσσεὺς

ἔστη σκῆπτρον ἔχων: παρὰ δὲ γλαυκῶπις Ἀθήνη

280εἰδομένη κήρυκι σιωπᾶν λαὸν ἀνώγει,

Transliteration

ou thēn min palin autis anēsei thumos agēnōr

neikeiein basilēas oneideiois epeessin.

hōs phasan hē plēthus: ana d' ho ptoliporthos Odusseus

estē skēptron echōn: para de glaukōpis Athēnē

280eidomenē kēruki siōpan laon anōgei,

English · Butler

than when he stopped this man's mouth from prating further. He will give the kings no more of his insolence." Thus said the people. Then Odysseus rose, scepter in hand, and Athena in the likeness of a herald bade the people be still, that those who were far off might hear him and consider his council.

Homeric Greek

ὡς ἅμα θ' οἳ πρῶτοί τε καὶ ὕστατοι υἷες Ἀχαιῶν

μῦθον ἀκούσειαν καὶ ἐπιφρασσαίατο βουλήν:

ὅ σφιν ἐὺ φρονέων ἀγορήσατο καὶ μετέειπεν:

Ἀτρεί̈δη νῦν δή σε ἄναξ ἐθέλουσιν Ἀχαιοὶ

285πᾶσιν ἐλέγχιστον θέμεναι μερόπεσσι βροτοῖσιν,

Transliteration

hōs hama th' hoi prōtoi te kai hustatoi huies Achaiōn

muthon akouseian kai epiphrassaiato boulēn:

ho sphin eu phroneōn agorēsato kai meteeipen:

Atreïdē nun dē se anax ethelousin Achaioi

285pasin elenchiston themenai meropessi brotoisin,

English · Butler

in the likeness of a herald bade the people be still, that those who were far off might hear him and consider his council. He therefore with all sincerity and goodwill addressed them thus: - "King Agamemnon, the Achaeans are for making you a by-word among all humankind.

Homeric Greek

οὐδέ τοι ἐκτελέουσιν ὑπόσχεσιν ἥν περ ὑπέσταν

ἐνθάδ' ἔτι στείχοντες ἀπ' Ἄργεος ἱπποβότοιο

Ἴλιον ἐκπέρσαντ' εὐτείχεον ἀπονέεσθαι.

ὥς τε γὰρ ἢ παῖδες νεαροὶ χῆραί τε γυναῖκες

290ἀλλήλοισιν ὀδύρονται οἶκον δὲ νέεσθαι.

Transliteration

oude toi ekteleousin huposchesin hēn per hupestan

enthad' eti steichontes ap' Argeos hippobotoio

Ilion ekpersant' euteicheon aponeesthai.

hōs te gar ē paides nearoi chērai te gunaikes

290allēloisin odurontai oikon de neesthai.

English · Butler

making you a by-word among all humankind. They forget the promise they made you when they set out from Argos, that you should not return till you had sacked the town of Troy, and, like children or widowed women, they murmur and would set off homeward.

Homeric Greek

ἦ μὴν καὶ πόνος ἐστὶν ἀνιηθέντα νέεσθαι:

καὶ γάρ τίς θ' ἕνα μῆνα μένων ἀπὸ ἧς ἀλόχοιο

ἀσχαλάᾳ σὺν νηὶ̈ πολυζύγῳ, ὅν περ ἄελλαι

χειμέριαι εἰλέωσιν ὀρινομένη τε θάλασσα:

295ἡμῖν δ' εἴνατός ἐστι περιτροπέων ἐνιαυτὸς

Transliteration

ē mēn kai ponos estin aniēthenta neesthai:

kai gar tis th' hena mēna menōn apo hēs alochoio

aschalaāi sun nēï poluzugōi, hon per aellai

cheimeriai eileōsin orinomenē te thalassa:

295hēmin d' einatos esti peritropeōn eniautos

English · Butler

they murmur and would set off homeward. True it is that they have had toil enough to be disheartened. A man chafes at having to stay away from his wife even for a single month, when he is on shipboard, at the mercy of wind and sea, but it is now nine long years that we have been kept here;

Homeric Greek

ἐνθάδε μιμνόντεσσι: τὼ οὐ νεμεσίζομ' Ἀχαιοὺς

ἀσχαλάαν παρὰ νηυσὶ κορωνίσιν: ἀλλὰ καὶ ἔμπης

αἰσχρόν τοι δηρόν τε μένειν κενεόν τε νέεσθαι.

τλῆτε φίλοι, καὶ μείνατ' ἐπὶ χρόνον ὄφρα δαῶμεν

300ἢ ἐτεὸν Κάλχας μαντεύεται ἦε καὶ οὐκί.

Transliteration

enthade mimnontessi: tō ou nemesizom' Achaious

aschalaan para nēusi korōnisin: alla kai empēs

aischron toi dēron te menein keneon te neesthai.

tlēte philoi, kai meinat' epi chronon ophra daōmen

300ē eteon Kalchas manteuetai ēe kai ouki.

English · Butler

I cannot, therefore, blame the Achaeans if they turn restive; still we shall be shamed if we go home empty after so long a stay - therefore, my friends, be patient yet a little longer that we may learn whether the prophesyings of Kalkhas were false or true.

Homeric Greek

εὖ γὰρ δὴ τόδε ἴδμεν ἐνὶ φρεσίν, ἐστὲ δὲ πάντες

μάρτυροι, οὓς μὴ κῆρες ἔβαν θανάτοιο φέρουσαι:

χθιζά τε καὶ πρωί̈ζ' ὅτ' ἐς Αὐλίδα νῆες Ἀχαιῶν

ἠγερέθοντο κακὰ Πριάμῳ καὶ Τρωσὶ φέρουσαι,

305ἡμεῖς δ' ἀμφὶ περὶ κρήνην ἱεροὺς κατὰ βωμοὺς

Transliteration

eu gar dē tode idmen eni phresin, este de pantes

marturoi, hous mē kēres eban thanatoio pherousai:

chthiza te kai prōïz' hot' es Aulida nēes Achaiōn

ēgerethonto kaka Priamōi kai Trōsi pherousai,

305hēmeis d' amphi peri krēnēn hierous kata bōmous

English · Butler

whether the prophesyings of Kalkhas were false or true. "All who have not since perished must remember as though it were yesterday or the day before, how the ships of the Achaeans were detained in Aulis when we were on our way hither to make war on Priam and the Trojans. We were ranged round about a fountain offering hecatombs to the gods upon their holy altars, and there was a fine plane-tree from beneath which there welled a stream of pure water.

Homeric Greek

ἕρδομεν ἀθανάτοισι τεληέσσας ἑκατόμβας

καλῇ ὑπὸ πλατανίστῳ ὅθεν ῥέεν ἀγλαὸν ὕδωρ:

ἔνθ' ἐφάνη μέγα σῆμα: δράκων ἐπὶ νῶτα δαφοινὸς

σμερδαλέος, τόν ῥ' αὐτὸς Ὀλύμπιος ἧκε φόως δέ,

310βωμοῦ ὑπαί̈ξας πρός ῥα πλατάνιστον ὄρουσεν.

Transliteration

herdomen athanatoisi telēessas hekatombas

kalēi hupo platanistōi hothen rheen aglaon hudōr:

enth' ephanē mega sēma: drakōn epi nōta daphoinos

smerdaleos, ton rh' autos Olumpios hēke phoōs de,

310bōmou hupaïxas pros rha plataniston orousen.

English · Butler

We were ranged round about a fountain offering hecatombs to the gods upon their holy altars, and there was a fine plane-tree from beneath which there welled a stream of pure water. Then we saw a sign ; for Zeus sent a fearful serpent out of the ground, with blood-red stains upon its back, and it darted from under the altar on to the plane-tree.

Homeric Greek

ἔνθα δ' ἔσαν στρουθοῖο νεοσσοί, νήπια τέκνα,

ὄζῳ ἐπ' ἀκροτάτῳ πετάλοις ὑποπεπτηῶτες

ὀκτώ, ἀτὰρ μήτηρ ἐνάτη ἦν ἣ τέκε τέκνα:

ἔνθ' ὅ γε τοὺς ἐλεεινὰ κατήσθιε τετριγῶτας:

315μήτηρ δ' ἀμφεποτᾶτο ὀδυρομένη φίλα τέκνα:

Transliteration

entha d' esan strouthoio neossoi, nēpia tekna,

ozōi ep' akrotatōi petalois hupopeptēōtes

oktō, atar mētēr enatē ēn hē teke tekna:

enth' ho ge tous eleeina katēsthie tetrigōtas:

315mētēr d' amphepotato oduromenē phila tekna:

English · Butler

and it darted from under the altar on to the plane-tree. Now there was a brood of young sparrows, quite small, upon the topmost bough, peeping out from under the leaves, eight in all, and their mother that hatched them made nine. The serpent ate the poor cheeping things, while the old bird flew about lamenting her little ones; but the serpent threw his coils about her and caught her by the wing as she was screaming.

Homeric Greek

τὴν δ' ἐλελιξάμενος πτέρυγος λάβεν ἀμφιαχυῖαν.

αὐτὰρ ἐπεὶ κατὰ τέκνα φάγε στρουθοῖο καὶ αὐτήν,

τὸν μὲν ἀρίζηλον θῆκεν θεὸς ὅς περ ἔφηνε:

λᾶαν γάρ μιν ἔθηκε Κρόνου πάϊς ἀγκυλομήτεω:

320ἡμεῖς δ' ἑσταότες θαυμάζομεν οἷον ἐτύχθη.

Transliteration

tēn d' elelixamenos pterugos laben amphiachuian.

autar epei kata tekna phage strouthoio kai autēn,

ton men arizēlon thēken theos hos per ephēne:

laan gar min ethēke Kronou païs ankulomēteō:

320hēmeis d' hestaotes thaumazomen hoion etuchthē.

English · Butler

while the old bird flew about lamenting her little ones; but the serpent threw his coils about her and caught her by the wing as she was screaming. Then, when he had eaten both the sparrow and her young, the god who had sent him made him become a sign; for the son of scheming Kronos turned him into stone, and we stood there wondering at that which had come to pass.

Homeric Greek

ὡς οὖν δεινὰ πέλωρα θεῶν εἰσῆλθ' ἑκατόμβας,

Κάλχας δ' αὐτίκ' ἔπειτα θεοπροπέων ἀγόρευε:

τίπτ' ἄνεῳ ἐγένεσθε κάρη κομόωντες Ἀχαιοί;

ἡμῖν μὲν τόδ' ἔφηνε τέρας μέγα μητίετα Ζεὺς

325ὄψιμον ὀψιτέλεστον, ὅου κλέος οὔ ποτ' ὀλεῖται.

Transliteration

hōs oun deina pelōra theōn eisēlth' hekatombas,

Kalchas d' autik' epeita theopropeōn agoreue:

tipt' aneōi egenesthe karē komoōntes Achaioi;

hēmin men tod' ephēne teras mega mētieta Zeus

325opsimon opsiteleston, hoou kleos ou pot' oleitai.

English · Butler

and we stood there wondering at that which had come to pass. Seeing, then, that such a fearful portent had broken in upon our hecatombs, Kalkhas forthwith declared to us the oracles of heaven. ‘Why, Achaeans,’ said he, ‘are you thus speechless? Zeus has sent us this sign, long in coming, and long ere it be fulfilled, though its fame shall last for ever.

Homeric Greek

ὡς οὗτος κατὰ τέκνα φάγε στρουθοῖο καὶ αὐτὴν

ὀκτώ, ἀτὰρ μήτηρ ἐνάτη ἦν ἣ τέκε τέκνα,

ὣς ἡμεῖς τοσσαῦτ' ἔτεα πτολεμίξομεν αὖθι,

τῷ δεκάτῳ δὲ πόλιν αἱρήσομεν εὐρυάγυιαν.

330κεῖνος τὼς ἀγόρευε: τὰ δὴ νῦν πάντα τελεῖται.

Transliteration

hōs houtos kata tekna phage strouthoio kai autēn

oktō, atar mētēr enatē ēn hē teke tekna,

hōs hēmeis tossaut' etea ptolemixomen authi,

tōi dekatōi de polin hairēsomen euruaguian.

330keinos tōs agoreue: ta dē nun panta teleitai.

English · Butler

long in coming, and long ere it be fulfilled, though its fame shall last for ever. As the serpent ate the eight fledglings and the sparrow that hatched them, which makes nine, so shall we fight nine years at Troy, but in the tenth shall take the town.’ This was what he said, and now it is all coming true.

Homeric Greek

ἀλλ' ἄγε μίμνετε πάντες ἐϋκνήμιδες Ἀχαιοὶ

αὐτοῦ εἰς ὅ κεν ἄστυ μέγα Πριάμοιο ἕλωμεν.

ὣς ἔφατ', Ἀργεῖοι δὲ μέγ' ἴαχον, ἀμφὶ δὲ νῆες

σμερδαλέον κονάβησαν ἀϋσάντων ὑπ' Ἀχαιῶν,

335μῦθον ἐπαινήσαντες Ὀδυσσῆος θείοιο:

Transliteration

all' age mimnete pantes eüknēmides Achaioi

autou eis ho ken astu mega Priamoio helōmen.

hōs ephat', Argeioi de meg' iachon, amphi de nēes

smerdaleon konabēsan aüsantōn hup' Achaiōn,

335muthon epainēsantes Odussēos theioio:

English · Butler

This was what he said, and now it is all coming true. Stay here, therefore, all of you, till we take the city of Priam." On this the Argives raised a shout, till the ships rang again with the uproar. Nestor, horseman of Gerene, then addressed them.

Homeric Greek

τοῖσι δὲ καὶ μετέειπε Γερήνιος ἱππότα Νέστωρ:

ὦ πόποι ἦ δὴ παισὶν ἐοικότες ἀγοράασθε

νηπιάχοις οἷς οὔ τι μέλει πολεμήϊα ἔργα.

πῇ δὴ συνθεσίαι τε καὶ ὅρκια βήσεται ἥμιν;

340ἐν πυρὶ δὴ βουλαί τε γενοίατο μήδεά τ' ἀνδρῶν

Transliteration

toisi de kai meteeipe Gerēnios hippota Nestōr:

ō popoi ē dē paisin eoikotes agoraasthe

nēpiachois hois ou ti melei polemēïa erga.

pēi dē sunthesiai te kai horkia bēsetai hēmin;

340en puri dē boulai te genoiato mēdea t' andrōn

English · Butler

Nestor, horseman of Gerene, then addressed them. "Shame on you," he cried, "to stay talking here like children, when you should fight like men. Where are our covenants now, and where the oaths that we have taken? Shall our counsels be flung into the fire, with our drink-offerings and the right hands of fellowship wherein we have put our trust?

Homeric Greek

σπονδαί τ' ἄκρητοι καὶ δεξιαί, ᾗς ἐπέπιθμεν:

αὔτως γὰρ ἐπέεσσ' ἐριδαίνομεν, οὐδέ τι μῆχος

εὑρέμεναι δυνάμεσθα, πολὺν χρόνον ἐνθάδ' ἐόντες.

Ἀτρεί̈δη σὺ δ' ἔθ' ὡς πρὶν ἔχων ἀστεμφέα βουλὴν

345ἄρχευ' Ἀργείοισι κατὰ κρατερὰς ὑσμίνας,

Transliteration

spondai t' akrētoi kai dexiai, hēis epepithmen:

autōs gar epeess' eridainomen, oude ti mēchos

heuremenai dunamestha, polun chronon enthad' eontes.

Atreïdē su d' eth' hōs prin echōn astemphea boulēn

345archeu' Argeioisi kata krateras husminas,

English · Butler

Shall our counsels be flung into the fire, with our drink-offerings and the right hands of fellowship wherein we have put our trust? We waste our time in words, and for all our talking here shall be no further forward. Stand, therefore, son of Atreus, by your own steadfast purpose; lead the Argives on to battle, and

Homeric Greek

τούσδε δ' ἔα φθινύθειν ἕνα καὶ δύο, τοί κεν Ἀχαιῶν

νόσφιν βουλεύωσ': ἄνυσις δ' οὐκ ἔσσεται αὐτῶν:

πρὶν Ἄργος δ' ἰέναι πρὶν καὶ Διὸς αἰγιόχοιο

γνώμεναι εἴ τε ψεῦδος ὑπόσχεσις εἴ τε καὶ οὐκί.

350φημὶ γὰρ οὖν κατανεῦσαι ὑπερμενέα Κρονίωνα

Transliteration

tousde d' ea phthinuthein hena kai duo, toi ken Achaiōn

nosphin bouleuōs': anusis d' ouk essetai autōn:

prin Argos d' ienai prin kai Dios aigiochoio

gnōmenai ei te pseudos huposchesis ei te kai ouki.

350phēmi gar oun kataneusai hupermenea Kroniōna

English · Butler

leave this handful of men to rot, who scheme, and scheme in vain, to get back to Argos ere they have learned whether Zeus be true or a liar. For the mighty son of Kronos surely promised that we should succeed, when we Argives set sail to bring death and destruction upon the Trojans.

Homeric Greek

ἤματι τῷ ὅτε νηυσὶν ἐν ὠκυπόροισιν ἔβαινον

Ἀργεῖοι Τρώεσσι φόνον καὶ κῆρα φέροντες

ἀστράπτων ἐπιδέξι' ἐναίσιμα σήματα φαίνων.

τὼ μή τις πρὶν ἐπειγέσθω οἶκον δὲ νέεσθαι

355πρίν τινα πὰρ Τρώων ἀλόχῳ κατακοιμηθῆναι,

Transliteration

ēmati tōi hote nēusin en ōkuporoisin ebainon

Argeioi Trōessi phonon kai kēra pherontes

astraptōn epidexi' enaisima sēmata phainōn.

tō mē tis prin epeigesthō oikon de neesthai

355prin tina par Trōōn alochōi katakoimēthēnai,

English · Butler

For the mighty son of Kronos surely promised that we should succeed, when we Argives set sail to bring death and destruction upon the Trojans. He showed us favorable signs by flashing his lightning on our right hands; therefore let none make haste to go till he has first lain with the wife of some Trojan, and avenged the toil and sorrow that he has suffered for the sake of Helen.

Homeric Greek

τίσασθαι δ' Ἑλένης ὁρμήματά τε στοναχάς τε.

εἰ δέ τις ἐκπάγλως ἐθέλει οἶκον δὲ νέεσθαι

ἁπτέσθω ἧς νηὸς ἐϋσσέλμοιο μελαίνης,

ὄφρα πρόσθ' ἄλλων θάνατον καὶ πότμον ἐπίσπῃ.

360ἀλλὰ ἄναξ αὐτός τ' εὖ μήδεο πείθεό τ' ἄλλῳ:

Transliteration

tisasthai d' Helenēs hormēmata te stonachas te.

ei de tis ekpaglōs ethelei oikon de neesthai

haptesthō hēs nēos eüsselmoio melainēs,

ophra prosth' allōn thanaton kai potmon epispēi.

360alla anax autos t' eu mēdeo peitheo t' allōi:

English · Butler

till he has first lain with the wife of some Trojan, and avenged the toil and sorrow that he has suffered for the sake of Helen. Nevertheless, if any man is in such haste to be at home again, let him lay his hand to his ship that he may meet his doom in the sight of all. But, O king, consider and give ear to my counsel, for the word that I say may not be neglected lightly.

Homeric Greek

οὔ τοι ἀπόβλητον ἔπος ἔσσεται ὅττί κεν εἴπω:

κρῖν' ἄνδρας κατὰ φῦλα κατὰ φρήτρας Ἀγάμεμνον,

ὡς φρήτρη φρήτρηφιν ἀρήγῃ, φῦλα δὲ φύλοις.

εἰ δέ κεν ὣς ἕρξῃς καί τοι πείθωνται Ἀχαιοί,

365γνώσῃ ἔπειθ' ὅς θ' ἡγεμόνων κακὸς ὅς τέ νυ λαῶν

Transliteration

ou toi apoblēton epos essetai hotti ken eipō:

krin' andras kata phula kata phrētras Agamemnon,

hōs phrētrē phrētrēphin arēgēi, phula de phulois.

ei de ken hōs herxēis kai toi peithōntai Achaioi,

365gnōsēi epeith' hos th' hēgemonōn kakos hos te nu laōn

English · Butler

But, O king, consider and give ear to my counsel, for the word that I say may not be neglected lightly. Divide your men, Agamemnon, into their several tribes and clans, that clans and tribes may stand by and help one another. If you do this, and if the Achaeans obey you, you will find out who, both chiefs and peoples, are brave, and who are cowards; for they will vie against the other.

Homeric Greek

ἠδ' ὅς κ' ἐσθλὸς ἔῃσι: κατὰ σφέας γὰρ μαχέονται.

γνώσεαι δ' εἰ καὶ θεσπεσίῃ πόλιν οὐκ ἀλαπάξεις,

ἦ ἀνδρῶν κακότητι καὶ ἀφραδίῃ πολέμοιο.

τὸν δ' ἀπαμειβόμενος προσέφη κρείων Ἀγαμέμνων:

370ἦ μὰν αὖτ' ἀγορῇ νικᾷς γέρον υἷας Ἀχαιῶν.

Transliteration

ēd' hos k' esthlos eēisi: kata spheas gar macheontai.

gnōseai d' ei kai thespesiēi polin ouk alapaxeis,

ē andrōn kakotēti kai aphradiēi polemoio.

ton d' apameibomenos prosephē kreiōn Agamemnōn:

370ē man aut' agorēi nikāis geron huias Achaiōn.

English · Butler

you will find out who, both chiefs and peoples, are brave, and who are cowards; for they will vie against the other. Thus you shall also learn whether it is through the counsel of heaven or the cowardice of man that you shall fail to take the town." And Agamemnon answered, "Nestor, you have again outdone the sons of the Achaeans in counsel.

Homeric Greek

αἲ γὰρ Ζεῦ τε πάτερ καὶ Ἀθηναίη καὶ Ἄπολλον

τοιοῦτοι δέκα μοι συμφράδμονες εἶεν Ἀχαιῶν:

τώ κε τάχ' ἠμύσειε πόλις Πριάμοιο ἄνακτος

χερσὶν ὑφ' ἡμετέρῃσιν ἁλοῦσά τε περθομένη τε.

375ἀλλά μοι αἰγίοχος Κρονίδης Ζεὺς ἄλγε' ἔδωκεν,

Transliteration

ai gar Zeu te pater kai Athēnaiē kai Apollon

toioutoi deka moi sumphradmones eien Achaiōn:

tō ke tach' ēmuseie polis Priamoio anaktos

chersin huph' hēmeterēisin halousa te perthomenē te.

375alla moi aigiochos Kronidēs Zeus alge' edōken,

English · Butler

"Nestor, you have again outdone the sons of the Achaeans in counsel. Would, by Father Zeus, Athena, and Apollo, that I had among them ten more such councilors, for the city of King Priam would then soon fall beneath our hands, and we should sack it. But the son of Kronos afflicts me with bootless wranglings and strife.

Homeric Greek

ὅς με μετ' ἀπρήκτους ἔριδας καὶ νείκεα βάλλει.

καὶ γὰρ ἐγὼν Ἀχιλεύς τε μαχεσσάμεθ' εἵνεκα κούρης

ἀντιβίοις ἐπέεσσιν, ἐγὼ δ' ἦρχον χαλεπαίνων:

εἰ δέ ποτ' ἔς γε μίαν βουλεύσομεν, οὐκέτ' ἔπειτα

380Τρωσὶν ἀνάβλησις κακοῦ ἔσσεται οὐδ' ἠβαιόν.

Transliteration

hos me met' aprēktous eridas kai neikea ballei.

kai gar egōn Achileus te machessameth' heineka kourēs

antibiois epeessin, egō d' ērchon chalepainōn:

ei de pot' es ge mian bouleusomen, ouket' epeita

380Trōsin anablēsis kakou essetai oud' ēbaion.

English · Butler

But the son of Kronos afflicts me with bootless wranglings and strife. Achilles and I are quarreling about this girl, in which matter I was the first to offend; if we can be of one mind again, the Trojans will not stave off destruction for a day.

Homeric Greek

νῦν δ' ἔρχεσθ' ἐπὶ δεῖπνον ἵνα ξυνάγωμεν Ἄρηα.

εὖ μέν τις δόρυ θηξάσθω, εὖ δ' ἀσπίδα θέσθω,

εὖ δέ τις ἵπποισιν δεῖπνον δότω ὠκυπόδεσσιν,

εὖ δέ τις ἅρματος ἀμφὶς ἰδὼν πολέμοιο μεδέσθω,

385ὥς κε πανημέριοι στυγερῷ κρινώμεθ' Ἄρηϊ.

Transliteration

nun d' erchesth' epi deipnon hina xunagōmen Arēa.

eu men tis doru thēxasthō, eu d' aspida thesthō,

eu de tis hippoisin deipnon dotō ōkupodessin,

eu de tis harmatos amphis idōn polemoio medesthō,

385hōs ke panēmerioi stugerōi krinōmeth' Arēï.

English · Butler

the Trojans will not stave off destruction for a day. Now, therefore, get your morning meal, that our hosts join in fight. Whet well your spears; see well to the ordering of your shields; give good feeds to your horses, and look your chariots carefully over, that we may do battle the livelong day; for we shall have no rest, not for a moment, till night falls to part us.

Homeric Greek

οὐ γὰρ παυσωλή γε μετέσσεται οὐδ' ἠβαιὸν

εἰ μὴ νὺξ ἐλθοῦσα διακρινέει μένος ἀνδρῶν.

ἱδρώσει μέν τευ τελαμὼν ἀμφὶ στήθεσφιν

ἀσπίδος ἀμφιβρότης, περὶ δ' ἔγχεϊ χεῖρα καμεῖται:

390ἱδρώσει δέ τευ ἵππος ἐύ̈ξοον ἅρμα τιταίνων.

Transliteration

ou gar pausōlē ge metessetai oud' ēbaion

ei mē nux elthousa diakrineei menos andrōn.

hidrōsei men teu telamōn amphi stēthesphin

aspidos amphibrotēs, peri d' encheï cheira kameitai:

390hidrōsei de teu hippos eüxoon harma titainōn.

English · Butler

that we may do battle the livelong day; for we shall have no rest, not for a moment, till night falls to part us. The bands that bear your shields shall be wet with the sweat upon your shoulders, your hands shall weary upon your spears, your horses shall steam in front of your chariots, and if I see any man shirking the fight, or trying to keep out of it at the ships, there shall be no help for him, but he shall be a prey to dogs and vultures." Thus he spoke, and the Achaeans roared approval.

Homeric Greek

ὃν δέ κ' ἐγὼν ἀπάνευθε μάχης ἐθέλοντα νοήσω

μιμνάζειν παρὰ νηυσὶ κορωνίσιν, οὔ οἱ ἔπειτα

ἄρκιον ἐσσεῖται φυγέειν κύνας ἠδ' οἰωνούς.

ὣς ἔφατ', Ἀργεῖοι δὲ μέγ' ἴαχον ὡς ὅτε κῦμα

395ἀκτῇ ἐφ' ὑψηλῇ, ὅτε κινήσῃ Νότος ἐλθών,

Transliteration

hon de k' egōn apaneuthe machēs ethelonta noēsō

mimnazein para nēusi korōnisin, ou hoi epeita

arkion esseitai phugeein kunas ēd' oiōnous.

hōs ephat', Argeioi de meg' iachon hōs hote kuma

395aktēi eph' hupsēlēi, hote kinēsēi Notos elthōn,

English · Butler

your horses shall steam in front of your chariots, and if I see any man shirking the fight, or trying to keep out of it at the ships, there shall be no help for him, but he shall be a prey to dogs and vultures." Thus he spoke, and the Achaeans roared approval. As when the waves run high before the blast of the south wind and break on some lofty headland, dashing against it and buffeting it without ceasing, as the storms from every quarter drive them, even so did the Achaeans rise and hurry in all directions to their ships.

Homeric Greek

προβλῆτι σκοπέλῳ: τὸν δ' οὔ ποτε κύματα λείπει

παντοίων ἀνέμων, ὅτ' ἂν ἔνθ' ἢ ἔνθα γένωνται.

ἀνστάντες δ' ὀρέοντο κεδασθέντες κατὰ νῆας,

κάπνισσάν τε κατὰ κλισίας, καὶ δεῖπνον ἕλοντο.

400ἄλλος δ' ἄλλῳ ἔρεζε θεῶν αἰειγενετάων

Transliteration

problēti skopelōi: ton d' ou pote kumata leipei

pantoiōn anemōn, hot' an enth' ē entha genōntai.

anstantes d' oreonto kedasthentes kata nēas,

kapnissan te kata klisias, kai deipnon helonto.

400allos d' allōi ereze theōn aieigenetaōn

English · Butler

before the blast of the south wind and break on some lofty headland, dashing against it and buffeting it without ceasing, as the storms from every quarter drive them, even so did the Achaeans rise and hurry in all directions to their ships. There they lighted their fires at their tents and got dinner, offering sacrifice every man to one or other of the gods, and praying each one of them that he might live to come out of the fight.

Homeric Greek

εὐχόμενος θάνατόν τε φυγεῖν καὶ μῶλον Ἄρηος.

αὐτὰρ ὃ βοῦν ἱέρευσε ἄναξ ἀνδρῶν Ἀγαμέμνων

πίονα πενταέτηρον ὑπερμενέϊ Κρονίωνι,

κίκλησκεν δὲ γέροντας ἀριστῆας Παναχαιῶν,

405Νέστορα μὲν πρώτιστα καὶ Ἰδομενῆα ἄνακτα,

Transliteration

euchomenos thanaton te phugein kai mōlon Arēos.

autar ho boun hiereuse anax andrōn Agamemnōn

piona pentaetēron hupermeneï Kroniōni,

kiklēsken de gerontas aristēas Panachaiōn,

405Nestora men prōtista kai Idomenēa anakta,

English · Butler

offering sacrifice every man to one or other of the gods, and praying each one of them that he might live to come out of the fight. Agamemnon, king of men, sacrificed a fat five-year-old bull to the mighty son of Kronos, and invited the princes and elders of his host. First he asked Nestor and King Idomeneus, then

Homeric Greek

αὐτὰρ ἔπειτ' Αἴαντε δύω καὶ Τυδέος υἱόν,

ἕκτον δ' αὖτ' Ὀδυσῆα Διὶ μῆτιν ἀτάλαντον.

αὐτόματος δέ οἱ ἦλθε βοὴν ἀγαθὸς Μενέλαος:

ᾔδεε γὰρ κατὰ θυμὸν ἀδελφεὸν ὡς ἐπονεῖτο.

410βοῦν δὲ περιστήσαντο καὶ οὐλοχύτας ἀνέλοντο:

Transliteration

autar epeit' Aiante duō kai Tudeos huion,

hekton d' aut' Odusēa Dii mētin atalanton.

automatos de hoi ēlthe boēn agathos Menelaos:

ēidee gar kata thumon adelpheon hōs eponeito.

410boun de peristēsanto kai oulochutas anelonto:

English · Butler

the two Ajaxes and the son of Tydeus, and sixthly Odysseus, peer of gods in counsel; but Menelaos came of his own accord, for he knew how busy his brother then was. They stood round the bull with the barley-meal in their

Homeric Greek

τοῖσιν δ' εὐχόμενος μετέφη κρείων Ἀγαμέμνων:

Ζεῦ κύδιστε μέγιστε κελαινεφὲς αἰθέρι ναίων

μὴ πρὶν ἐπ' ἠέλιον δῦναι καὶ ἐπὶ κνέφας ἐλθεῖν

πρίν με κατὰ πρηνὲς βαλέειν Πριάμοιο μέλαθρον

415αἰθαλόεν, πρῆσαι δὲ πυρὸς δηί̈οιο θύρετρα,

Transliteration

toisin d' euchomenos metephē kreiōn Agamemnōn:

Zeu kudiste megiste kelainephes aitheri naiōn

mē prin ep' ēelion dunai kai epi knephas elthein

prin me kata prēnes baleein Priamoio melathron

415aithaloen, prēsai de puros dēïoio thuretra,

English · Butler

hands, and Agamemnon prayed, saying, "Zeus, most glorious, supreme, you who dwell in heaven, and ride upon the storm-cloud, grant that the sun may not go down, nor the night fall, till the palace of Priam is laid low, and its gates are consumed with fire.

Homeric Greek

Ἑκτόρεον δὲ χιτῶνα περὶ στήθεσσι δαί̈ξαι

χαλκῷ ῥωγαλέον: πολέες δ' ἀμφ' αὐτὸν ἑταῖροι

πρηνέες ἐν κονίῃσιν ὀδὰξ λαζοίατο γαῖαν.

ὣς ἔφατ', οὐδ' ἄρα πώ οἱ ἐπεκραίαινε Κρονίων,

420ἀλλ' ὅ γε δέκτο μὲν ἱρά, πόνον δ' ἀμέγαρτον ὄφελλεν.

Transliteration

Hektoreon de chitōna peri stēthessi daïxai

chalkōi rhōgaleon: polees d' amph' auton hetairoi

prēnees en koniēisin odax lazoiato gaian.

hōs ephat', oud' ara pō hoi epekraiaine Kroniōn,

420all' ho ge dekto men hira, ponon d' amegarton ophellen.

English · Butler

and its gates are consumed with fire. Grant that my sword may pierce the shirt of Hektor about his heart, and that full many of his comrades may bite the dust as they fall dying round him." Thus he prayed, but the son of Kronos would not fulfill his prayer. He accepted the sacrifice, yet none the less increased their toil continually.

Homeric Greek

αὐτὰρ ἐπεί ῥ' εὔξαντο καὶ οὐλοχύτας προβάλοντο,

αὐέρυσαν μὲν πρῶτα καὶ ἔσφαξαν καὶ ἔδειραν,

μηρούς τ' ἐξέταμον κατά τε κνίσῃ ἐκάλυψαν

δίπτυχα ποιήσαντες, ἐπ' αὐτῶν δ' ὠμοθέτησαν.

425καὶ τὰ μὲν ἂρ σχίζῃσιν ἀφύλλοισιν κατέκαιον,

Transliteration

autar epei rh' euxanto kai oulochutas probalonto,

auerusan men prōta kai esphaxan kai edeiran,

mērous t' exetamon kata te knisēi ekalupsan

diptucha poiēsantes, ep' autōn d' ōmothetēsan.

425kai ta men ar schizēisin aphulloisin katekaion,

English · Butler

He accepted the sacrifice, yet none the less increased their toil continually. When they had done praying and sprinkling the barley-meal upon the victim, they drew back its head, killed it, and then flayed it. They cut out the thigh-bones, wrapped them round in two layers of fat, and set pieces of raw meat on the top of them. These they burned upon the split logs of firewood, but they spitted the inward meats, and held them in the flames to cook.

Homeric Greek

σπλάγχνα δ' ἄρ' ἀμπείραντες ὑπείρεχον Ἡφαίστοιο.

αὐτὰρ ἐπεὶ κατὰ μῆρε κάη καὶ σπλάγχνα πάσαντο,

μίστυλλόν τ' ἄρα τἆλλα καὶ ἀμφ' ὀβελοῖσιν ἔπειραν,

ὤπτησάν τε περιφραδέως, ἐρύσαντό τε πάντα.

430αὐτὰρ ἐπεὶ παύσαντο πόνου τετύκοντό τε δαῖτα

Transliteration

splanchna d' ar' ampeirantes hupeirechon Hēphaistoio.

autar epei kata mēre kaē kai splanchna pasanto,

mistullon t' ara talla kai amph' obeloisin epeiran,

ōptēsan te periphradeōs, erusanto te panta.

430autar epei pausanto ponou tetukonto te daita

English · Butler

These they burned upon the split logs of firewood, but they spitted the inward meats, and held them in the flames to cook. When the thigh-bones were burned, and they had tasted the inward meats, they cut the rest up small, put the pieces upon spits, roasted them till they were done, and drew them off; then, when they had finished their work and the feast was ready, they ate it, and every man had his full share, so that all were satisfied.

Homeric Greek

δαίνυντ', οὐδέ τι θυμὸς ἐδεύετο δαιτὸς ἐί̈σης.

αὐτὰρ ἐπεὶ πόσιος καὶ ἐδητύος ἐξ ἔρον ἕντο,

τοῖς ἄρα μύθων ἦρχε Γερήνιος ἱππότα Νέστωρ:

Ἀτρεί̈δη κύδιστε ἄναξ ἀνδρῶν Ἀγάμεμνον,

435μηκέτι νῦν δήθ' αὖθι λεγώμεθα, μηδ' ἔτι δηρὸν

Transliteration

dainunt', oude ti thumos edeueto daitos eïsēs.

autar epei posios kai edētuos ex eron hento,

tois ara muthōn ērche Gerēnios hippota Nestōr:

Atreïdē kudiste anax andrōn Agamemnon,

435mēketi nun dēth' authi legōmetha, mēd' eti dēron

English · Butler

then, when they had finished their work and the feast was ready, they ate it, and every man had his full share, so that all were satisfied. As soon as they had had enough to eat and drink, Nestor, horseman of Gerene, began to speak. "King Agamemnon," said he, "let us not stay talking here, nor be slack in the work that heaven has put into our hands.

Homeric Greek

ἀμβαλλώμεθα ἔργον ὃ δὴ θεὸς ἐγγυαλίζει.

ἀλλ' ἄγε κήρυκες μὲν Ἀχαιῶν χαλκοχιτώνων

λαὸν κηρύσσοντες ἀγειρόντων κατὰ νῆας,

ἡμεῖς δ' ἀθρόοι ὧδε κατὰ στρατὸν εὐρὺν Ἀχαιῶν

440ἴομεν ὄφρα κε θᾶσσον ἐγείρομεν ὀξὺν Ἄρηα.

Transliteration

amballōmetha ergon ho dē theos engualizei.

all' age kērukes men Achaiōn chalkochitōnōn

laon kērussontes ageirontōn kata nēas,

hēmeis d' athrooi hōde kata straton eurun Achaiōn

440iomen ophra ke thasson egeiromen oxun Arēa.

English · Butler

"let us not stay talking here, nor be slack in the work that heaven has put into our hands. Let the heralds summon the people to gather at their several ships; we will then go about among the host, that we may begin fighting at once." Thus did he speak, and Agamemnon heeded his words.

Homeric Greek

ὣς ἔφατ', οὐδ' ἀπίθησεν ἄναξ ἀνδρῶν Ἀγαμέμνων.

αὐτίκα κηρύκεσσι λιγυφθόγγοισι κέλευσε

κηρύσσειν πόλεμον δὲ κάρη κομόωντας Ἀχαιούς:

οἳ μὲν ἐκήρυσσον, τοὶ δ' ἠγείροντο μάλ' ὦκα.

445οἳ δ' ἀμφ' Ἀτρεί̈ωνα διοτρεφέες βασιλῆες

Transliteration

hōs ephat', oud' apithēsen anax andrōn Agamemnōn.

autika kērukessi liguphthongoisi keleuse

kērussein polemon de karē komoōntas Achaious:

hoi men ekērusson, toi d' ēgeironto mal' ōka.

445hoi d' amph' Atreïōna diotrephees basilēes

English · Butler

that we may begin fighting at once." Thus did he speak, and Agamemnon heeded his words. He at once sent the criers round to call the people in assembly. So they called them, and the people gathered thereon. The chiefs about the son of Atreus chose their men and marshaled them, while Athena went among them holding her priceless aegis that knows neither age nor death.

Homeric Greek

θῦνον κρίνοντες, μετὰ δὲ γλαυκῶπις Ἀθήνη

αἰγίδ' ἔχουσ' ἐρίτιμον ἀγήρων ἀθανάτην τε,

τῆς ἑκατὸν θύσανοι παγχρύσεοι ἠερέθονται,

πάντες ἐϋπλεκέες, ἑκατόμβοιος δὲ ἕκαστος:

450σὺν τῇ παιφάσσουσα διέσσυτο λαὸν Ἀχαιῶν

Transliteration

thunon krinontes, meta de glaukōpis Athēnē

aigid' echous' eritimon agērōn athanatēn te,

tēs hekaton thusanoi panchruseoi ēerethontai,

pantes eüplekees, hekatomboios de hekastos:

450sun tēi paiphassousa diessuto laon Achaiōn

English · Butler

The chiefs about the son of Atreus chose their men and marshaled them, while Athena went among them holding her priceless aegis that knows neither age nor death. From it there waved a hundred tassels of pure gold, all deftly woven, and each one of them worth a hundred oxen. With this she darted furiously everywhere among the hosts of the Achaeans, urging them forward, and putting courage into the heart of each, so that he might fight and do battle without ceasing.

Homeric Greek

ὀτρύνουσ' ἰέναι: ἐν δὲ σθένος ὦρσεν ἑκάστῳ

καρδίῃ ἄλληκτον πολεμίζειν ἠδὲ μάχεσθαι.

τοῖσι δ' ἄφαρ πόλεμος γλυκίων γένετ' ἠὲ νέεσθαι

ἐν νηυσὶ γλαφυρῇσι φίλην ἐς πατρίδα γαῖαν.

455ἠύ̈τε πῦρ ἀί̈δηλον ἐπιφλέγει ἄσπετον ὕλην

Transliteration

otrunous' ienai: en de sthenos ōrsen hekastōi

kardiēi allēkton polemizein ēde machesthai.

toisi d' aphar polemos glukiōn genet' ēe neesthai

en nēusi glaphurēisi philēn es patrida gaian.

455ēüte pur aïdēlon epiphlegei aspeton hulēn

English · Butler

With this she darted furiously everywhere among the hosts of the Achaeans, urging them forward, and putting courage into the heart of each, so that he might fight and do battle without ceasing. Thus war became sweeter in their eyes even than returning home in their ships. As when some great forest fire is raging upon a mountain top and its light is seen afar, even so as they marched the gleam of their armor flashed up into the firmament of heaven.

Homeric Greek

οὔρεος ἐν κορυφῇς, ἕκαθεν δέ τε φαίνεται αὐγή,

ὣς τῶν ἐρχομένων ἀπὸ χαλκοῦ θεσπεσίοιο

αἴγλη παμφανόωσα δι' αἰθέρος οὐρανὸν ἷκε.

τῶν δ' ὥς τ' ὀρνίθων πετεηνῶν ἔθνεα πολλὰ

460χηνῶν ἢ γεράνων ἢ κύκνων δουλιχοδείρων

Transliteration

oureos en koruphēis, hekathen de te phainetai augē,

hōs tōn erchomenōn apo chalkou thespesioio

aiglē pamphanoōsa di' aitheros ouranon hike.

tōn d' hōs t' ornithōn peteēnōn ethnea polla

460chēnōn ē geranōn ē kuknōn doulichodeirōn

English · Butler

As when some great forest fire is raging upon a mountain top and its light is seen afar, even so as they marched the gleam of their armor flashed up into the firmament of heaven. They were like great flocks of geese, or cranes, or swans on the plain about the waters of Cayster, that wing their way hither and thither, glorying in the pride of flight, and crying as they settle till the fen is alive with their screaming.

Homeric Greek

Ἀσίω ἐν λειμῶνι Καϋστρίου ἀμφὶ ῥέεθρα

ἔνθα καὶ ἔνθα ποτῶνται ἀγαλλόμενα πτερύγεσσι

κλαγγηδὸν προκαθιζόντων, σμαραγεῖ δέ τε λειμών,

ὣς τῶν ἔθνεα πολλὰ νεῶν ἄπο καὶ κλισιάων

465ἐς πεδίον προχέοντο Σκαμάνδριον: αὐτὰρ ὑπὸ χθὼν

Transliteration

Asiō en leimōni Kaüstriou amphi rheethra

entha kai entha potōntai agallomena pterugessi

klangēdon prokathizontōn, smaragei de te leimōn,

hōs tōn ethnea polla neōn apo kai klisiaōn

465es pedion procheonto Skamandrion: autar hupo chthōn

English · Butler

of geese, or cranes, or swans on the plain about the waters of Cayster, that wing their way hither and thither, glorying in the pride of flight, and crying as they settle till the fen is alive with their screaming. Even thus did their tribes pour from ships and tents on to the plain of the Skamandros, and the ground rang as brass under the feet of men and horses.

Homeric Greek

σμερδαλέον κονάβιζε ποδῶν αὐτῶν τε καὶ ἵππων.

ἔσταν δ' ἐν λειμῶνι Σκαμανδρίῳ ἀνθεμόεντι

μυρίοι, ὅσσά τε φύλλα καὶ ἄνθεα γίγνεται ὥρῃ.

ἠύ̈τε μυιάων ἁδινάων ἔθνεα πολλὰ

470αἵ τε κατὰ σταθμὸν ποιμνήϊον ἠλάσκουσιν

Transliteration

smerdaleon konabize podōn autōn te kai hippōn.

estan d' en leimōni Skamandriōi anthemoenti

murioi, hossa te phulla kai anthea gignetai hōrēi.

ēüte muiaōn hadinaōn ethnea polla

470hai te kata stathmon poimnēïon ēlaskousin

English · Butler

on to the plain of the Skamandros, and the ground rang as brass under the feet of men and horses. They stood as thick upon the flower-bespangled field as leaves that bloom in season. As countless swarms of flies buzz around a herdsman's homestead in the season of spring when the pails are drenched with milk, even so did the Achaeans swarm on to the plain to charge the Trojans and destroy them.

Homeric Greek

ὥρῃ ἐν εἰαρινῇ ὅτε τε γλάγος ἄγγεα δεύει,

τόσσοι ἐπὶ Τρώεσσι κάρη κομόωντες Ἀχαιοὶ

ἐν πεδίῳ ἵσταντο διαρραῖσαι μεμαῶτες.

τοὺς δ' ὥς τ' αἰπόλια πλατέ' αἰγῶν αἰπόλοι ἄνδρες

475ῥεῖα διακρίνωσιν ἐπεί κε νομῷ μιγέωσιν,

Transliteration

hōrēi en eiarinēi hote te glagos angea deuei,

tossoi epi Trōessi karē komoōntes Achaioi

en pediōi histanto diarraisai memaōtes.

tous d' hōs t' aipolia plate' aigōn aipoloi andres

475rheia diakrinōsin epei ke nomōi migeōsin,

English · Butler

buzz around a herdsman's homestead in the season of spring when the pails are drenched with milk, even so did the Achaeans swarm on to the plain to charge the Trojans and destroy them. The chiefs disposed their men this way and that before the fight began, drafting them out as easily as goatherds draft their flocks when they have got mixed while feeding;

Homeric Greek

ὣς τοὺς ἡγεμόνες διεκόσμεον ἔνθα καὶ ἔνθα

ὑσμίνην δ' ἰέναι, μετὰ δὲ κρείων Ἀγαμέμνων

ὄμματα καὶ κεφαλὴν ἴκελος Διὶ τερπικεραύνῳ,

Ἄρεϊ δὲ ζώνην, στέρνον δὲ Ποσειδάωνι.

480ἠύ̈τε βοῦς ἀγέληφι μέγ' ἔξοχος ἔπλετο πάντων

Transliteration

hōs tous hēgemones diekosmeon entha kai entha

husminēn d' ienai, meta de kreiōn Agamemnōn

ommata kai kephalēn ikelos Dii terpikeraunōi,

Areï de zōnēn, sternon de Poseidaōni.

480ēüte bous agelēphi meg' exochos epleto pantōn

English · Butler

and among them went King Agamemnon, with a head and face like Zeus the lord of thunder, a waist like Ares, and a chest like that of Poseidon. As some great bull that lords it over the herds upon the plain, even so did Zeus make the son of Atreus stand peerless among the multitude of heroes.

Homeric Greek

ταῦρος: ὃ γάρ τε βόεσσι μεταπρέπει ἀγρομένῃσι:

τοῖον ἄρ' Ἀτρεί̈δην θῆκε Ζεὺς ἤματι κείνῳ

ἐκπρεπέ' ἐν πολλοῖσι καὶ ἔξοχον ἡρώεσσιν.

ἔσπετε νῦν μοι Μοῦσαι Ὀλύμπια δώματ' ἔχουσαι:

485ὑμεῖς γὰρ θεαί ἐστε πάρεστέ τε ἴστέ τε πάντα,

Transliteration

tauros: ho gar te boessi metaprepei agromenēisi:

toion ar' Atreïdēn thēke Zeus ēmati keinōi

ekprepe' en polloisi kai exochon hērōessin.

espete nun moi Mousai Olumpia dōmat' echousai:

485humeis gar theai este pareste te iste te panta,

English · Butler

As some great bull that lords it over the herds upon the plain, even so did Zeus make the son of Atreus stand peerless among the multitude of heroes. And now, O Muses, dwellers in the mansions of Olympus, tell me - for you are goddesses and are in all places so that you see all things, while we know nothing but by report - who were the chiefs and princes of the Danaans?

Homeric Greek

ἡμεῖς δὲ κλέος οἶον ἀκούομεν οὐδέ τι ἴδμεν:

οἵ τινες ἡγεμόνες Δαναῶν καὶ κοίρανοι ἦσαν:

πληθὺν δ' οὐκ ἂν ἐγὼ μυθήσομαι οὐδ' ὀνομήνω,

οὐδ' εἴ μοι δέκα μὲν γλῶσσαι, δέκα δὲ στόματ' εἶεν,

490φωνὴ δ' ἄρρηκτος, χάλκεον δέ μοι ἦτορ ἐνείη,

Transliteration

hēmeis de kleos oion akouomen oude ti idmen:

hoi tines hēgemones Danaōn kai koiranoi ēsan:

plēthun d' ouk an egō muthēsomai oud' onomēnō,

oud' ei moi deka men glōssai, deka de stomat' eien,

490phōnē d' arrēktos, chalkeon de moi ētor eneiē,

English · Butler

for you are goddesses and are in all places so that you see all things, while we know nothing but by report - who were the chiefs and princes of the Danaans? As for the common warriors, they were so that I could not name every single one of them though I had ten tongues, and though my voice failed not and my heart were of bronze within me, unless you, O Olympian Muses, daughters of aegis-bearing Zeus, were to recount them to me.

Homeric Greek

εἰ μὴ Ὀλυμπιάδες Μοῦσαι Διὸς αἰγιόχοιο

θυγατέρες μνησαίαθ' ὅσοι ὑπὸ Ἴλιον ἦλθον:

ἀρχοὺς αὖ νηῶν ἐρέω νῆάς τε προπάσας.

Βοιωτῶν μὲν Πηνέλεως καὶ Λήϊτος ἦρχον

495Ἀρκεσίλαός τε Προθοήνωρ τε Κλονίος τε,

Transliteration

ei mē Olumpiades Mousai Dios aigiochoio

thugateres mnēsaiath' hosoi hupo Ilion ēlthon:

archous au nēōn ereō nēas te propasas.

Boiōtōn men Pēneleōs kai Lēïtos ērchon

495Arkesilaos te Prothoēnōr te Klonios te,

English · Butler

and though my voice failed not and my heart were of bronze within me, unless you, O Olympian Muses, daughters of aegis-bearing Zeus, were to recount them to me. Nevertheless, I will tell the leaders of the ships and all the fleet together. Peneleos, Leitos, Arkesilaos, Prothoenor, and Klonios were leaders of the Boeotians.

Homeric Greek

οἵ θ' Ὑρίην ἐνέμοντο καὶ Αὐλίδα πετρήεσσαν

Σχοῖνόν τε Σκῶλόν τε πολύκνημόν τ' Ἐτεωνόν,

Θέσπειαν Γραῖάν τε καὶ εὐρύχορον Μυκαλησσόν,

οἵ τ' ἀμφ' Ἅρμ' ἐνέμοντο καὶ Εἰλέσιον καὶ Ἐρυθράς,

500οἵ τ' Ἐλεῶν' εἶχον ἠδ' Ὕλην καὶ Πετεῶνα,

Transliteration

hoi th' Huriēn enemonto kai Aulida petrēessan

Schoinon te Skōlon te poluknēmon t' Eteōnon,

Thespeian Graian te kai euruchoron Mukalēsson,

hoi t' amph' Harm' enemonto kai Eilesion kai Eruthras,

500hoi t' Eleōn' eichon ēd' Hulēn kai Peteōna,

English · Butler

Arkesilaos, Prothoenor, and Klonios were leaders of the Boeotians. These were they that dwelt in Hyria and rocky Aulis, and who held Schoinos, Skolos, and the highlands of Eteonos, with Thespeia, Graia, and the fair city of Mykalessos. They also held Harma, Eilesium, and Erythrae; and they had Eleon, Hyle, and Peteon;

Homeric Greek

Ὠκαλέην Μεδεῶνά τ' ἐϋκτίμενον πτολίεθρον,

Κώπας Εὔτρησίν τε πολυτρήρωνά τε Θίσβην,

οἵ τε Κορώνειαν καὶ ποιήενθ' Ἁλίαρτον,

οἵ τε Πλάταιαν ἔχον ἠδ' οἳ Γλισᾶντ' ἐνέμοντο,

505οἵ θ' Ὑποθήβας εἶχον ἐϋκτίμενον πτολίεθρον,

Transliteration

Ōkaleēn Medeōna t' eüktimenon ptoliethron,

Kōpas Eutrēsin te polutrērōna te Thisbēn,

hoi te Korōneian kai poiēenth' Haliarton,

hoi te Plataian echon ēd' hoi Glisant' enemonto,

505hoi th' Hupothēbas eichon eüktimenon ptoliethron,

English · Butler

Ocalea and the strong fortress of Medeon; Copae, Eutresis, and Thisbe the haunt of doves; Coronea, and the pastures of Haliartus; Plataea and Glisas; the fortress of Thebes the less; holy Onchestos with its famous grove of Poseidon; Arne rich in vineyards; Midea, sacred Nisa, and Anthedon upon the sea.

Homeric Greek

Ὀγχηστόν θ' ἱερὸν Ποσιδήϊον ἀγλαὸν ἄλσος,

οἵ τε πολυστάφυλον Ἄρνην ἔχον, οἵ τε Μίδειαν

Νῖσάν τε ζαθέην Ἀνθηδόνα τ' ἐσχατόωσαν:

τῶν μὲν πεντήκοντα νέες κίον, ἐν δὲ ἑκάστῃ

510κοῦροι Βοιωτῶν ἑκατὸν καὶ εἴκοσι βαῖνον.

Transliteration

Onchēston th' hieron Posidēïon aglaon alsos,

hoi te polustaphulon Arnēn echon, hoi te Mideian

Nisan te zatheēn Anthēdona t' eschatoōsan:

tōn men pentēkonta nees kion, en de hekastēi

510kouroi Boiōtōn hekaton kai eikosi bainon.

English · Butler

the fortress of Thebes the less; holy Onchestos with its famous grove of Poseidon; Arne rich in vineyards; Midea, sacred Nisa, and Anthedon upon the sea. From these there came fifty ships, and in each there were a hundred and twenty young men of the Boeotians.

Homeric Greek

οἳ δ' Ἀσπληδόνα ναῖον ἰδ' Ὀρχομενὸν Μινύειον,

τῶν ἦρχ' Ἀσκάλαφος καὶ Ἰάλμενος υἷες Ἄρηος

οὓς τέκεν Ἀστυόχη δόμῳ Ἄκτορος Ἀζεί̈δαο,

παρθένος αἰδοίη ὑπερώϊον εἰσαναβᾶσα

515Ἄρηϊ κρατερῷ: ὃ δέ οἱ παρελέξατο λάθρῃ:

Transliteration

hoi d' Asplēdona naion id' Orchomenon Minueion,

tōn ērch' Askalaphos kai Ialmenos huies Arēos

hous teken Astuochē domōi Aktoros Azeïdao,

parthenos aidoiē huperōïon eisanabasa

515Arēï kraterōi: ho de hoi parelexato lathrēi:

English · Butler

there were a hundred and twenty young men of the Boeotians. Askalaphos and Ialmenos, sons of Ares, led the people that dwelt in Aspledon and Orkhomenos the realm of Minyas. Astyoche a noble maiden bore them in the house of Aktor son of Azeus; for she had gone with Ares secretly into an upper chamber, and he had lain with her.

Homeric Greek

τοῖς δὲ τριήκοντα γλαφυραὶ νέες ἐστιχόωντο.

αὐτὰρ Φωκήων Σχεδίος καὶ Ἐπίστροφος ἦρχον

υἷες Ἰφίτου μεγαθύμου Ναυβολίδαο,

οἳ Κυπάρισσον ἔχον Πυθῶνά τε πετρήεσσαν

520Κρῖσάν τε ζαθέην καὶ Δαυλίδα καὶ Πανοπῆα,

Transliteration

tois de triēkonta glaphurai nees estichoōnto.

autar Phōkēōn Schedios kai Epistrophos ērchon

huies Iphitou megathumou Naubolidao,

hoi Kuparisson echon Puthōna te petrēessan

520Krisan te zatheēn kai Daulida kai Panopēa,

English · Butler

and he had lain with her. With these there came thirty ships. The Phocaeans were led by Schedios and Epistrophos, sons of mighty Iphitos the son of Naubolos. These were they that held Cyparissus, rocky Pytho, holy Crisa, Daulis, and Panopeus;

Homeric Greek

οἵ τ' Ἀνεμώρειαν καὶ Ὑάμπολιν ἀμφενέμοντο,

οἵ τ' ἄρα πὰρ ποταμὸν Κηφισὸν δῖον ἔναιον,

οἵ τε Λίλαιαν ἔχον πηγῇς ἔπι Κηφισοῖο:

τοῖς δ' ἅμα τεσσαράκοντα μέλαιναι νῆες ἕποντο.

525οἳ μὲν Φωκήων στίχας ἵστασαν ἀμφιέποντες,

Transliteration

hoi t' Anemōreian kai Huampolin amphenemonto,

hoi t' ara par potamon Kēphison dion enaion,

hoi te Lilaian echon pēgēis epi Kēphisoio:

tois d' hama tessarakonta melainai nēes heponto.

525hoi men Phōkēōn stichas histasan amphiepontes,

English · Butler

they also that dwelt in Anemorea and Hyampolis, and about the waters of the river Kephissos, and Lilaea by the springs of the Kephissos; with their chieftains came forty ships, and they marshaled the forces of the Phocaeans, which were stationed next to the Boeotians, on their left.

Homeric Greek

Βοιωτῶν δ' ἔμπλην ἐπ' ἀριστερὰ θωρήσσοντο.

Λοκρῶν δ' ἡγεμόνευεν Ὀϊλῆος ταχὺς Αἴας

μείων, οὔ τι τόσος γε ὅσος Τελαμώνιος Αἴας

ἀλλὰ πολὺ μείων: ὀλίγος μὲν ἔην λινοθώρηξ,

530ἐγχείῃ δ' ἐκέκαστο Πανέλληνας καὶ Ἀχαιούς:

Transliteration

Boiōtōn d' emplēn ep' aristera thōrēssonto.

Lokrōn d' hēgemoneuen Oïlēos tachus Aias

meiōn, ou ti tosos ge hosos Telamōnios Aias

alla polu meiōn: oligos men eēn linothōrēx,

530encheiēi d' ekekasto Panellēnas kai Achaious:

English · Butler

and they marshaled the forces of the Phocaeans, which were stationed next to the Boeotians, on their left. Ajax, the fleet son of Oileus, commanded the Locrians. He was not so great, nor nearly so great, as Ajax the son of Telamon. He was a little man, and his breastplate was made of linen, but in use of the spear he excelled all the Hellenes and the Achaeans.

Homeric Greek

οἳ Κῦνόν τ' ἐνέμοντ' Ὀπόεντά τε Καλλίαρόν τε

Βῆσσάν τε Σκάρφην τε καὶ Αὐγειὰς ἐρατεινὰς

Τάρφην τε Θρόνιον τε Βοαγρίου ἀμφὶ ῥέεθρα:

τῷ δ' ἅμα τεσσαράκοντα μέλαιναι νῆες ἕποντο

535Λοκρῶν, οἳ ναίουσι πέρην ἱερῆς Εὐβοίης.

Transliteration

hoi Kunon t' enemont' Opoenta te Kalliaron te

Bēssan te Skarphēn te kai Augeias erateinas

Tarphēn te Thronion te Boagriou amphi rheethra:

tōi d' hama tessarakonta melainai nēes heponto

535Lokrōn, hoi naiousi perēn hierēs Euboiēs.

English · Butler

but in use of the spear he excelled all the Hellenes and the Achaeans. These dwelt in Cynus, Opous, Calliarus, Bessa, Scarphe, fair Augeae, Tarphe, and Thronium about the river Boagrios. With him there came forty ships of the Locrians who dwell beyond Euboea.

Homeric Greek

οἳ δ' Εὔβοιαν ἔχον μένεα πνείοντες Ἄβαντες

Χαλκίδα τ' Εἰρέτριάν τε πολυστάφυλόν θ' Ἱστίαιαν

Κήρινθόν τ' ἔφαλον Δίου τ' αἰπὺ πτολίεθρον,

οἵ τε Κάρυστον ἔχον ἠδ' οἳ Στύρα ναιετάασκον,

540τῶν αὖθ' ἡγεμόνευ' Ἐλεφήνωρ ὄζος Ἄρηος

Transliteration

hoi d' Euboian echon menea pneiontes Abantes

Chalkida t' Eiretrian te polustaphulon th' Histiaian

Kērinthon t' ephalon Diou t' aipu ptoliethron,

hoi te Karuston echon ēd' hoi Stura naietaaskon,

540tōn auth' hēgemoneu' Elephēnōr ozos Arēos

English · Butler

of the Locrians who dwell beyond Euboea. The fierce Abantes held Euboea with its cities, Khalkis, Eretria, Histiaea rich in vines, Cerinthus upon the sea, and the rock-perched town of Dion; with them were also the men of Karystos and Styra; Elephenor of the race of Ares was in command of these; he was son of Khalkodon, and chief over all the Abantes.

Homeric Greek

Χαλκωδοντιάδης μεγαθύμων ἀρχὸς Ἀβάντων.

τῷ δ' ἅμ' Ἄβαντες ἕποντο θοοὶ ὄπιθεν κομόωντες

αἰχμηταὶ μεμαῶτες ὀρεκτῇσιν μελίῃσι

θώρηκας ῥήξειν δηί̈ων ἀμφὶ στήθεσσι:

545τῷ δ' ἅμα τεσσαράκοντα μέλαιναι νῆες ἕποντο.

Transliteration

Chalkōdontiadēs megathumōn archos Abantōn.

tōi d' ham' Abantes heponto thooi opithen komoōntes

aichmētai memaōtes orektēisin meliēisi

thōrēkas rhēxein dēïōn amphi stēthessi:

545tōi d' hama tessarakonta melainai nēes heponto.

English · Butler

Elephenor of the race of Ares was in command of these; he was son of Khalkodon, and chief over all the Abantes. With him they came, fleet of foot and wearing their hair long behind, brave warriors, who would ever strive to tear open the corselets of their foes with their long ashen spears. Of these there came fifty ships.

Homeric Greek

οἳ δ' ἄρ' Ἀθήνας εἶχον ἐϋκτίμενον πτολίεθρον

δῆμον Ἐρεχθῆος μεγαλήτορος, ὅν ποτ' Ἀθήνη

θρέψε Διὸς θυγάτηρ, τέκε δὲ ζείδωρος ἄρουρα,

κὰδ δ' ἐν Ἀθήνῃς εἷσεν ἑῷ ἐν πίονι νηῷ:

550ἔνθα δέ μιν ταύροισι καὶ ἀρνειοῖς ἱλάονται

Transliteration

hoi d' ar' Athēnas eichon eüktimenon ptoliethron

dēmon Erechthēos megalētoros, hon pot' Athēnē

threpse Dios thugatēr, teke de zeidōros aroura,

kad d' en Athēnēis heisen heōi en pioni nēōi:

550entha de min tauroisi kai arneiois hilaontai

English · Butler

Of these there came fifty ships. And they that held the strong city of Athens, the dêmos of great Erechtheus, who was born of the soil itself, but Zeus' daughter, Athena, fostered him, and established him at Athens in her own rich sanctuary. There, year by year, the Athenian youths worship him with sacrifices of bulls and rams.

Homeric Greek

κοῦροι Ἀθηναίων περιτελλομένων ἐνιαυτῶν:

τῶν αὖθ' ἡγεμόνευ' υἱὸς Πετεῶο Μενεσθεύς.

τῷ δ' οὔ πώ τις ὁμοῖος ἐπιχθόνιος γένετ' ἀνὴρ

κοσμῆσαι ἵππους τε καὶ ἀνέρας ἀσπιδιώτας:

555Νέστωρ οἶος ἔριζεν: ὃ γὰρ προγενέστερος ἦεν:

Transliteration

kouroi Athēnaiōn peritellomenōn eniautōn:

tōn auth' hēgemoneu' huios Peteōo Menestheus.

tōi d' ou pō tis homoios epichthonios genet' anēr

kosmēsai hippous te kai aneras aspidiōtas:

555Nestōr oios erizen: ho gar progenesteros ēen:

English · Butler

with sacrifices of bulls and rams. These were commanded by Menestheus, son of Peteos. No man living could equal him in the marshaling of chariots and foot soldiers. Nestor could alone rival him, for he was older.

Homeric Greek

τῷ δ' ἅμα πεντήκοντα μέλαιναι νῆες ἕποντο.

Αἴας δ' ἐκ Σαλαμῖνος ἄγεν δυοκαίδεκα νῆας,

στῆσε δ' ἄγων ἵν' Ἀθηναίων ἵσταντο φάλαγγες.

οἳ δ' Ἄργός τ' εἶχον Τίρυνθά τε τειχιόεσσαν

560Ἑρμιόνην Ἀσίνην τε, βαθὺν κατὰ κόλπον ἐχούσας,

Transliteration

tōi d' hama pentēkonta melainai nēes heponto.

Aias d' ek Salaminos agen duokaideka nēas,

stēse d' agōn hin' Athēnaiōn histanto phalanges.

hoi d' Argos t' eichon Tiruntha te teichioessan

560Hermionēn Asinēn te, bathun kata kolpon echousas,

English · Butler

Nestor could alone rival him, for he was older. With him there came fifty ships. Ajax brought twelve ships from Salamis, and stationed them alongside those of the Athenians. The men of Argos, again, and those who held the walls of Tiryns, with Hermione, and Asine upon the gulf;

Homeric Greek

Τροιζῆν' Ἠϊόνας τε καὶ ἀμπελόεντ' Ἐπίδαυρον,

οἵ τ' ἔχον Αἴγιναν Μάσητά τε κοῦροι Ἀχαιῶν,

τῶν αὖθ' ἡγεμόνευε βοὴν ἀγαθὸς Διομήδης

καὶ Σθένελος, Καπανῆος ἀγακλειτοῦ φίλος υἱός:

565τοῖσι δ' ἅμ' Εὐρύαλος τρίτατος κίεν ἰσόθεος φὼς

Transliteration

Troizēn' Ēïonas te kai ampeloent' Epidauron,

hoi t' echon Aiginan Masēta te kouroi Achaiōn,

tōn auth' hēgemoneue boēn agathos Diomēdēs

kai Sthenelos, Kapanēos agakleitou philos huios:

565toisi d' ham' Eurualos tritatos kien isotheos phōs

English · Butler

Trozen, Eionae, and the vineyard lands of Epidaurus; the Achaean youths, moreover, who came from Aegina and Mases; these were led by Diomedes of the loud battle-cry, and Sthenelos son of famed Kapaneus. With them in command was Euryalos, son of king Mekisteus, son of Talaos; but Diomedes was chief over them all.

Homeric Greek

Μηκιστέος υἱὸς Ταλαϊονίδαο ἄνακτος:

συμπάντων δ' ἡγεῖτο βοὴν ἀγαθὸς Διομήδης:

τοῖσι δ' ἅμ' ὀγδώκοντα μέλαιναι νῆες ἕποντο.

οἳ δὲ Μυκήνας εἶχον ἐϋκτίμενον πτολίεθρον

570ἀφνειόν τε Κόρινθον ἐϋκτιμένας τε Κλεωνάς,

Transliteration

Mēkisteos huios Talaïonidao anaktos:

sumpantōn d' hēgeito boēn agathos Diomēdēs:

toisi d' ham' ogdōkonta melainai nēes heponto.

hoi de Mukēnas eichon eüktimenon ptoliethron

570aphneion te Korinthon eüktimenas te Kleōnas,

English · Butler

With them in command was Euryalos, son of king Mekisteus, son of Talaos; but Diomedes was chief over them all. With these there came eighty ships. Those who held the strong city of Mycenae, rich Corinth and Cleonae;

Homeric Greek

Ὀρνειάς τ' ἐνέμοντο Ἀραιθυρέην τ' ἐρατεινὴν

καὶ Σικυῶν', ὅθ' ἄρ' Ἄδρηστος πρῶτ' ἐμβασίλευεν,

οἵ θ' Ὑπερησίην τε καὶ αἰπεινὴν Γονόεσσαν

Πελλήνην τ' εἶχον ἠδ' Αἴγιον ἀμφενέμοντο

575Αἰγιαλόν τ' ἀνὰ πάντα καὶ ἀμφ' Ἑλίκην εὐρεῖαν,

Transliteration

Orneias t' enemonto Araithureēn t' erateinēn

kai Sikuōn', hoth' ar' Adrēstos prōt' embasileuen,

hoi th' Huperēsiēn te kai aipeinēn Gonoessan

Pellēnēn t' eichon ēd' Aigion amphenemonto

575Aigialon t' ana panta kai amph' Helikēn eureian,

English · Butler

Orneae, Araethyrea, and Licyon, where Adrastos reigned of old; Hyperesia, high Gonoessa, and Pellene; Aegium and all the coast-land round about Helike; these sent a hundred ships under the command of King Agamemnon, son of Atreus.

Homeric Greek

τῶν ἑκατὸν νηῶν ἦρχε κρείων Ἀγαμέμνων

Ἀτρεί̈δης: ἅμα τῷ γε πολὺ πλεῖστοι καὶ ἄριστοι

λαοὶ ἕποντ': ἐν δ' αὐτὸς ἐδύσετο νώροπα χαλκὸν

κυδιόων, πᾶσιν δὲ μετέπρεπεν ἡρώεσσιν

580οὕνεκ' ἄριστος ἔην πολὺ δὲ πλείστους ἄγε λαούς.

Transliteration

tōn hekaton nēōn ērche kreiōn Agamemnōn

Atreïdēs: hama tōi ge polu pleistoi kai aristoi

laoi hepont': en d' autos eduseto nōropa chalkon

kudioōn, pasin de meteprepen hērōessin

580hounek' aristos eēn polu de pleistous age laous.

English · Butler

and all the coast-land round about Helike; these sent a hundred ships under the command of King Agamemnon, son of Atreus. His force was far both finest and most numerous, and in their midst was the king himself, all glorious in his armor of gleaming bronze - foremost among the heroes, for he was the greatest king, and had most men under him.

Homeric Greek

οἳ δ' εἶχον κοίλην Λακεδαίμονα κητώεσσαν,

Φᾶρίν τε Σπάρτην τε πολυτρήρωνά τε Μέσσην,

Βρυσειάς τ' ἐνέμοντο καὶ Αὐγειὰς ἐρατεινάς,

οἵ τ' ἄρ' Ἀμύκλας εἶχον Ἕλος τ' ἔφαλον πτολίεθρον,

585οἵ τε Λάαν εἶχον ἠδ' Οἴτυλον ἀμφενέμοντο,

Transliteration

hoi d' eichon koilēn Lakedaimona kētōessan,

Pharin te Spartēn te polutrērōna te Messēn,

Bruseias t' enemonto kai Augeias erateinas,

hoi t' ar' Amuklas eichon Helos t' ephalon ptoliethron,

585hoi te Laan eichon ēd' Oitulon amphenemonto,

English · Butler

for he was the greatest king, and had most men under him. And those that dwelt in Lacedaemon, lying low among the hills, Pharis, Sparta, with Messe the haunt of doves; Bryseae, Augeae, Amyclae, and Helos upon the sea; Laas, moreover, and Oetylus; these were led by Menelaos of the loud battle-cry, brother to Agamemnon, and of them there were sixty ships, drawn up apart from the others.

Homeric Greek

τῶν οἱ ἀδελφεὸς ἦρχε βοὴν ἀγαθὸς Μενέλαος

ἑξήκοντα νεῶν: ἀπάτερθε δὲ θωρήσσοντο:

ἐν δ' αὐτὸς κίεν ᾗσι προθυμίῃσι πεποιθὼς

ὀτρύνων πόλεμον δέ: μάλιστα δὲ ἵετο θυμῷ

590τίσασθαι Ἑλένης ὁρμήματά τε στοναχάς τε.

Transliteration

tōn hoi adelpheos ērche boēn agathos Menelaos

hexēkonta neōn: apaterthe de thōrēssonto:

en d' autos kien hēisi prothumiēisi pepoithōs

otrunōn polemon de: malista de hieto thumōi

590tisasthai Helenēs hormēmata te stonachas te.

English · Butler

Laas, moreover, and Oetylus; these were led by Menelaos of the loud battle-cry, brother to Agamemnon, and of them there were sixty ships, drawn up apart from the others. Among them went Menelaos himself, strong in zeal, urging his men to fight; for he longed to avenge the toil and sorrow that he had suffered for the sake of Helen.

Homeric Greek

οἳ δὲ Πύλον τ' ἐνέμοντο καὶ Ἀρήνην ἐρατεινὴν

καὶ Θρύον Ἀλφειοῖο πόρον καὶ ἐύ̈κτιτον Αἰπὺ

καὶ Κυπαρισσήεντα καὶ Ἀμφιγένειαν ἔναιον

καὶ Πτελεὸν καὶ Ἕλος καὶ Δώριον, ἔνθά τε Μοῦσαι

595ἀντόμεναι Θάμυριν τὸν Θρήϊκα παῦσαν ἀοιδῆς

Transliteration

hoi de Pulon t' enemonto kai Arēnēn erateinēn

kai Thruon Alpheioio poron kai eüktiton Aipu

kai Kuparissēenta kai Amphigeneian enaion

kai Pteleon kai Helos kai Dōrion, entha te Mousai

595antomenai Thamurin ton Thrēïka pausan aoidēs

English · Butler

avenge the toil and sorrow that he had suffered for the sake of Helen. The men of Pylos and Arene, and Thryum where is the ford of the river Alpheus; strong Aipy, Cyparisseis, and Amphigenea; Pteleum, Helos, and Dorium, where the Muses met Thamyris, and stilled his minstrelsy for ever.

Homeric Greek

Οἰχαλίηθεν ἰόντα παρ' Εὐρύτου Οἰχαλιῆος:

στεῦτο γὰρ εὐχόμενος νικησέμεν εἴ περ ἂν αὐταὶ

Μοῦσαι ἀείδοιεν κοῦραι Διὸς αἰγιόχοιο:

αἳ δὲ χολωσάμεναι πηρὸν θέσαν, αὐτὰρ ἀοιδὴν

600θεσπεσίην ἀφέλοντο καὶ ἐκλέλαθον κιθαριστύν:

Transliteration

Oichaliēthen ionta par' Eurutou Oichaliēos:

steuto gar euchomenos nikēsemen ei per an autai

Mousai aeidoien kourai Dios aigiochoio:

hai de cholōsamenai pēron thesan, autar aoidēn

600thespesiēn aphelonto kai eklelathon kitharistun:

English · Butler

met Thamyris, and stilled his minstrelsy for ever. He was returning from Oechalia, where Eurytos lived and reigned, and boasted that he would surpass even the Muses, daughters of aegis-bearing Zeus, if they should sing against him; whereon they were angry, and maimed him. They robbed him of his divine power of song, and thenceforth he could strike the lyre no more.

Homeric Greek

τῶν αὖθ' ἡγεμόνευε Γερήνιος ἱππότα Νέστωρ:

τῷ δ' ἐνενήκοντα γλαφυραὶ νέες ἐστιχόωντο.

οἳ δ' ἔχον Ἀρκαδίην ὑπὸ Κυλλήνης ὄρος αἰπὺ

Αἰπύτιον παρὰ τύμβον ἵν' ἀνέρες ἀγχιμαχηταί,

605οἳ Φενεόν τ' ἐνέμοντο καὶ Ὀρχομενὸν πολύμηλον

Transliteration

tōn auth' hēgemoneue Gerēnios hippota Nestōr:

tōi d' enenēkonta glaphurai nees estichoōnto.

hoi d' echon Arkadiēn hupo Kullēnēs oros aipu

Aipution para tumbon hin' aneres anchimachētai,

605hoi Pheneon t' enemonto kai Orchomenon polumēlon

English · Butler

They robbed him of his divine power of song, and thenceforth he could strike the lyre no more. These were commanded by Nestor, horseman of Gerene, and with him there came ninety ships. And those that held Arcadia, under the high mountain of Cyllene, near the tomb of Aipytos, where the people fight hand to hand; the men of Pheneus also, and Orkhomenos rich in flocks;

Homeric Greek

Ῥίπην τε Στρατίην τε καὶ ἠνεμόεσσαν Ἐνίσπην

καὶ Τεγέην εἶχον καὶ Μαντινέην ἐρατεινὴν

Στύμφηλόν τ' εἶχον καὶ Παρρασίην ἐνέμοντο,

τῶν ἦρχ' Ἀγκαίοιο πάϊς κρείων Ἀγαπήνωρ

610ἑξήκοντα νεῶν: πολέες δ' ἐν νηὶ̈ ἑκάστῃ

Transliteration

Rhipēn te Stratiēn te kai ēnemoessan Enispēn

kai Tegeēn eichon kai Mantineēn erateinēn

Stumphēlon t' eichon kai Parrasiēn enemonto,

tōn ērch' Ankaioio païs kreiōn Agapēnōr

610hexēkonta neōn: polees d' en nēï hekastēi

English · Butler

of Rhipae, Stratie, and bleak Enispe; of Tegea and fair Mantinea; of Stymphelus and Parrhasia; of these King Agapenor son of Ankaios was commander, and they had sixty ships.

Homeric Greek

Ἀρκάδες ἄνδρες ἔβαινον ἐπιστάμενοι πολεμίζειν.

αὐτὸς γάρ σφιν δῶκεν ἄναξ ἀνδρῶν Ἀγαμέμνων

νῆας ἐϋσσέλμους περάαν ἐπὶ οἴνοπα πόντον

Ἀτρεί̈δης, ἐπεὶ οὔ σφι θαλάσσια ἔργα μεμήλει.

615οἳ δ' ἄρα Βουπράσιόν τε καὶ Ἤλιδα δῖαν ἔναιον

Transliteration

Arkades andres ebainon epistamenoi polemizein.

autos gar sphin dōken anax andrōn Agamemnōn

nēas eüsselmous peraan epi oinopa ponton

Atreïdēs, epei ou sphi thalassia erga memēlei.

615hoi d' ara Bouprasion te kai Ēlida dian enaion

English · Butler

and they had sixty ships. Many Arcadians, good warriors, came in each one of them, but Agamemnon found them the ships in which to cross the sea, for they were not a people that occupied their business upon the waters. The men, moreover, of Bouprasion and of Elis, so much of it as is enclosed between Hyrmine, Myrsinus upon the sea-shore, the rock Olene and Alesium.

Homeric Greek

ὅσσον ἐφ' Ὑρμίνη καὶ Μύρσινος ἐσχατόωσα

πέτρη τ' Ὠλενίη καὶ Ἀλήσιον ἐντὸς ἐέργει,

τῶν αὖ τέσσαρες ἀρχοὶ ἔσαν, δέκα δ' ἀνδρὶ ἑκάστῳ

νῆες ἕποντο θοαί, πολέες δ' ἔμβαινον Ἐπειοί.

620τῶν μὲν ἄρ' Ἀμφίμαχος καὶ Θάλπιος ἡγησάσθην

Transliteration

hosson eph' Hurminē kai Mursinos eschatoōsa

petrē t' Ōleniē kai Alēsion entos eergei,

tōn au tessares archoi esan, deka d' andri hekastōi

nēes heponto thoai, polees d' embainon Epeioi.

620tōn men ar' Amphimachos kai Thalpios hēgēsasthēn

English · Butler

The men, moreover, of Bouprasion and of Elis, so much of it as is enclosed between Hyrmine, Myrsinus upon the sea-shore, the rock Olene and Alesium. These had four leaders, and each of them had ten ships, with many Epeans on board. Their leaders were Amphimakhos and Thalpios - the one, son of Kteatos, and the other, of Eurytos - both of the race of Aktor.

Homeric Greek

υἷες ὃ μὲν Κτεάτου, ὃ δ' ἄρ' Εὐρύτου, Ἀκτορίωνε:

τῶν δ' Ἀμαρυγκεί̈δης ἦρχε κρατερὸς Διώρης:

τῶν δὲ τετάρτων ἦρχε Πολύξεινος θεοειδὴς

υἱὸς Ἀγασθένεος Αὐγηϊάδαο ἄνακτος.

625οἳ δ' ἐκ Δουλιχίοιο Ἐχινάων θ' ἱεράων

Transliteration

huies ho men Kteatou, ho d' ar' Eurutou, Aktoriōne:

tōn d' Amarunkeïdēs ērche krateros Diōrēs:

tōn de tetartōn ērche Poluxeinos theoeidēs

huios Agastheneos Augēïadao anaktos.

625hoi d' ek Doulichioio Echinaōn th' hieraōn

English · Butler

Their leaders were Amphimakhos and Thalpios - the one, son of Kteatos, and the other, of Eurytos - both of the race of Aktor. The two others were Diores, son of Amarynkes, and Polyxenos, son of King Agasthenes, son of Augeas. And those of Dulichium with the sacred Echinean islands, who dwelt beyond the sea off Elis;

Homeric Greek

νήσων, αἳ ναίουσι πέρην ἁλὸς Ἤλιδος ἄντα,

τῶν αὖθ' ἡγεμόνευε Μέγης ἀτάλαντος Ἄρηϊ

Φυλεί̈δης, ὃν τίκτε Διὶ̈ φίλος ἱππότα Φυλεύς,

ὅς ποτε Δουλίχιον δ' ἀπενάσσατο πατρὶ χολωθείς:

630τῷ δ' ἅμα τεσσαράκοντα μέλαιναι νῆες ἕποντο.

Transliteration

nēsōn, hai naiousi perēn halos Ēlidos anta,

tōn auth' hēgemoneue Megēs atalantos Arēï

Phuleïdēs, hon tikte Diï philos hippota Phuleus,

hos pote Doulichion d' apenassato patri cholōtheis:

630tōi d' hama tessarakonta melainai nēes heponto.

English · Butler

these were led by Meges, peer of Ares, and the son of valiant Phyleus, dear to Zeus, who quarreled with his father, and went to settle in Dulichium. With him there came forty ships.

Homeric Greek

αὐτὰρ Ὀδυσσεὺς ἦγε Κεφαλλῆνας μεγαθύμους,

οἵ ῥ' Ἰθάκην εἶχον καὶ Νήριτον εἰνοσίφυλλον

καὶ Κροκύλει' ἐνέμοντο καὶ Αἰγίλιπα τρηχεῖαν,

οἵ τε Ζάκυνθον ἔχον ἠδ' οἳ Σάμον ἀμφενέμοντο,

635οἵ τ' ἤπειρον ἔχον ἠδ' ἀντιπέραι' ἐνέμοντο:

Transliteration

autar Odusseus ēge Kephallēnas megathumous,

hoi rh' Ithakēn eichon kai Nēriton einosiphullon

kai Krokulei' enemonto kai Aigilipa trēcheian,

hoi te Zakunthon echon ēd' hoi Samon amphenemonto,

635hoi t' ēpeiron echon ēd' antiperai' enemonto:

English · Butler

With him there came forty ships. Odysseus led the brave Cephallenians, who held Ithaca, Neritum with its forests, Crocylea, rugged Aegilips, Samos and Zacynthus, with the mainland also that was over against the islands.

Homeric Greek

τῶν μὲν Ὀδυσσεὺς ἦρχε Διὶ μῆτιν ἀτάλαντος:

τῷ δ' ἅμα νῆες ἕποντο δυώδεκα μιλτοπάρῃοι.

Αἰτωλῶν δ' ἡγεῖτο Θόας Ἀνδραίμονος υἱός,

οἳ Πλευρῶν' ἐνέμοντο καὶ Ὤλενον ἠδὲ Πυλήνην

640Χαλκίδα τ' ἀγχίαλον Καλυδῶνά τε πετρήεσσαν:

Transliteration

tōn men Odusseus ērche Dii mētin atalantos:

tōi d' hama nēes heponto duōdeka miltoparēioi.

Aitōlōn d' hēgeito Thoas Andraimonos huios,

hoi Pleurōn' enemonto kai Ōlenon ēde Pulēnēn

640Chalkida t' anchialon Kaludōna te petrēessan:

English · Butler

with the mainland also that was over against the islands. These were led by Odysseus, peer of Zeus in counsel, and with him there came twelve ships. Thoas, son of Andraimon, commanded the Aetolians, who dwelt in Pleuron, Olenus, Pylene, Khalkis by the sea, and rocky Calydon, for the great king Oeneus had now no sons living, and was himself dead, as was also golden-haired Meleager, who had been set over the Aetolians to be their king.

Homeric Greek

οὐ γὰρ ἔτ' Οἰνῆος μεγαλήτορος υἱέες ἦσαν,

οὐδ' ἄρ' ἔτ' αὐτὸς ἔην, θάνε δὲ ξανθὸς Μελέαγρος:

τῷ δ' ἐπὶ πάντ' ἐτέταλτο ἀνασσέμεν Αἰτωλοῖσι:

τῷ δ' ἅμα τεσσαράκοντα μέλαιναι νῆες ἕποντο.

645Κρητῶν δ' Ἰδομενεὺς δουρὶ κλυτὸς ἡγεμόνευεν,

Transliteration

ou gar et' Oinēos megalētoros huiees ēsan,

oud' ar' et' autos eēn, thane de xanthos Meleagros:

tōi d' epi pant' etetalto anassemen Aitōloisi:

tōi d' hama tessarakonta melainai nēes heponto.

645Krētōn d' Idomeneus douri klutos hēgemoneuen,

English · Butler

Khalkis by the sea, and rocky Calydon, for the great king Oeneus had now no sons living, and was himself dead, as was also golden-haired Meleager, who had been set over the Aetolians to be their king. And with Thoas there came forty ships. The famous spearsman Idomeneus led the Cretans, who held Knossos, and the well-walled city of Gortys;

Homeric Greek

οἳ Κνωσόν τ' εἶχον Γόρτυνά τε τειχιόεσσαν,

Λύκτον Μίλητόν τε καὶ ἀργινόεντα Λύκαστον

Φαιστόν τε Ῥύτιόν τε, πόλεις εὖ ναιετοώσας,

ἄλλοι θ' οἳ Κρήτην ἑκατόμπολιν ἀμφενέμοντο.

650τῶν μὲν ἄρ' Ἰδομενεὺς δουρὶ κλυτὸς ἡγεμόνευε

Transliteration

hoi Knōson t' eichon Gortuna te teichioessan,

Lukton Milēton te kai arginoenta Lukaston

Phaiston te Rhution te, poleis eu naietoōsas,

alloi th' hoi Krētēn hekatompolin amphenemonto.

650tōn men ar' Idomeneus douri klutos hēgemoneue

English · Butler

Lyktos also, Miletus and Lykastos that lies upon the chalk; the populous towns of Phaistos and Rhytium, with the other peoples that dwelt in the hundred cities of Crete. All these were led by Idomeneus, and by Meriones, peer of murderous Ares.

Homeric Greek

Μηριόνης τ' ἀτάλαντος Ἐνυαλίῳ ἀνδρειφόντῃ:

τοῖσι δ' ἅμ' ὀγδώκοντα μέλαιναι νῆες ἕποντο.

Τληπόλεμος δ' Ἡρακλεί̈δης ἠύ̈ς τε μέγας τε

ἐκ Ῥόδου ἐννέα νῆας ἄγεν Ῥοδίων ἀγερώχων,

655οἳ Ῥόδον ἀμφενέμοντο διὰ τρίχα κοσμηθέντες

Transliteration

Mērionēs t' atalantos Enualiōi andreiphontēi:

toisi d' ham' ogdōkonta melainai nēes heponto.

Tlēpolemos d' Hērakleïdēs ēüs te megas te

ek Rhodou ennea nēas agen Rhodiōn agerōchōn,

655hoi Rhodon amphenemonto dia tricha kosmēthentes

English · Butler

All these were led by Idomeneus, and by Meriones, peer of murderous Ares. And with these there came eighty ships. Tlepolemos, son of Herakles, a man both brave and large of stature, brought nine ships of lordly warriors from Rhodes. These dwelt in Rhodes which is divided among the three cities of Lindos, Ialysos, and Kameiros, that lies upon the chalk.

Homeric Greek

Λίνδον Ἰηλυσόν τε καὶ ἀργινόεντα Κάμειρον.

τῶν μὲν Τληπόλεμος δουρὶ κλυτὸς ἡγεμόνευεν,

ὃν τέκεν Ἀστυόχεια βίῃ Ἡρακληείῃ,

τὴν ἄγετ' ἐξ Ἐφύρης ποταμοῦ ἄπο Σελλήεντος

660πέρσας ἄστεα πολλὰ διοτρεφέων αἰζηῶν.

Transliteration

Lindon Iēluson te kai arginoenta Kameiron.

tōn men Tlēpolemos douri klutos hēgemoneuen,

hon teken Astuocheia biēi Hēraklēeiēi,

tēn aget' ex Ephurēs potamou apo Sellēentos

660persas astea polla diotrepheōn aizēōn.

English · Butler

These dwelt in Rhodes which is divided among the three cities of Lindos, Ialysos, and Kameiros, that lies upon the chalk. These were commanded by Tlepolemos, son of mighty Herakles and born of Astyochea, whom he had carried off from Ephyra, on the river Selleis, after sacking many cities of valiant warriors.

Homeric Greek

Τληπόλεμος δ' ἐπεὶ οὖν τράφ' ἐνὶ μεγάρῳ εὐπήκτῳ,

αὐτίκα πατρὸς ἑοῖο φίλον μήτρωα κατέκτα

ἤδη γηράσκοντα Λικύμνιον ὄζον Ἄρηος:

αἶψα δὲ νῆας ἔπηξε, πολὺν δ' ὅ γε λαὸν ἀγείρας

665βῆ φεύγων ἐπὶ πόντον: ἀπείλησαν γάρ οἱ ἄλλοι

Transliteration

Tlēpolemos d' epei oun traph' eni megarōi eupēktōi,

autika patros heoio philon mētrōa katekta

ēdē gēraskonta Likumnion ozon Arēos:

aipsa de nēas epēxe, polun d' ho ge laon ageiras

665bē pheugōn epi ponton: apeilēsan gar hoi alloi

English · Butler

after sacking many cities of valiant warriors. When Tlepolemos grew up, he killed his father's uncle Likymnios, who had been a famous warrior in his time, but was then grown old. On this he built himself a fleet, gathered a great following, and fled beyond the sea, for he was menaced by the other sons and grandsons of Herakles.

Homeric Greek

υἱέες υἱωνοί τε βίης Ἡρακληείης.

αὐτὰρ ὅ γ' ἐς Ῥόδον ἷξεν ἀλώμενος ἄλγεα πάσχων:

τριχθὰ δὲ ᾤκηθεν καταφυλαδόν, ἠδὲ φίληθεν

ἐκ Διός, ὅς τε θεοῖσι καὶ ἀνθρώποισιν ἀνάσσει,

670καί σφιν θεσπέσιον πλοῦτον κατέχευε Κρονίων.

Transliteration

huiees huiōnoi te biēs Hēraklēeiēs.

autar ho g' es Rhodon hixen alōmenos algea paschōn:

trichtha de ōikēthen kataphuladon, ēde philēthen

ek Dios, hos te theoisi kai anthrōpoisin anassei,

670kai sphin thespesion plouton katecheue Kroniōn.

English · Butler

and fled beyond the sea, for he was menaced by the other sons and grandsons of Herakles. After a voyage. during which he suffered great hardship, he came to Rhodes, where the people divided into three communities, according to their tribes, and were dearly loved by Zeus, the lord, of gods and men; wherefore the son of Kronos showered down great riches upon them.

Homeric Greek

Νιρεὺς αὖ Σύμηθεν ἄγε τρεῖς νῆας ἐί̈σας

Νιρεὺς Ἀγλαί̈ης υἱὸς Χαρόποιό τ' ἄνακτος

Νιρεύς, ὃς κάλλιστος ἀνὴρ ὑπὸ Ἴλιον ἦλθε

τῶν ἄλλων Δαναῶν μετ' ἀμύμονα Πηλεί̈ωνα:

675ἀλλ' ἀλαπαδνὸς ἔην, παῦρος δέ οἱ εἵπετο λαός.

Transliteration

Nireus au Sumēthen age treis nēas eïsas

Nireus Aglaïēs huios Charopoio t' anaktos

Nireus, hos kallistos anēr hupo Ilion ēlthe

tōn allōn Danaōn met' amumona Pēleïōna:

675all' alapadnos eēn, pauros de hoi heipeto laos.

English · Butler

wherefore the son of Kronos showered down great riches upon them. And Nireus brought three ships from Syme - Nireus, who was the handsomest man that came up under Ilion of all the Danaans after the son of Peleus - but he was a man of no substance, and had but a small following.

Homeric Greek

οἳ δ' ἄρα Νίσυρόν τ' εἶχον Κράπαθόν τε Κάσον τε

καὶ Κῶν Εὐρυπύλοιο πόλιν νήσους τε Καλύδνας,

τῶν αὖ Φείδιππός τε καὶ Ἄντιφος ἡγησάσθην

Θεσσαλοῦ υἷε δύω Ἡρακλεί̈δαο ἄνακτος:

680τοῖς δὲ τριήκοντα γλαφυραὶ νέες ἐστιχόωντο.

Transliteration

hoi d' ara Nisuron t' eichon Krapathon te Kason te

kai Kōn Eurupuloio polin nēsous te Kaludnas,

tōn au Pheidippos te kai Antiphos hēgēsasthēn

Thessalou huie duō Hērakleïdao anaktos:

680tois de triēkonta glaphurai nees estichoōnto.

English · Butler

but he was a man of no substance, and had but a small following. And those that held Nisyrus, Carpathus, and Casus, with Cos, the city of Eurypylos, and the Calydnian islands, these were commanded by Pheidippos and Antiphos, two sons of King Thessalos the son of Herakles. And with them there came thirty ships.

Homeric Greek

νῦν αὖ τοὺς ὅσσοι τὸ Πελασγικὸν Ἄργος ἔναιον,

οἵ τ' Ἄλον οἵ τ' Ἀλόπην οἵ τε Τρηχῖνα νέμοντο,

οἵ τ' εἶχον Φθίην ἠδ' Ἑλλάδα καλλιγύναικα,

Μυρμιδόνες δὲ καλεῦντο καὶ Ἕλληνες καὶ Ἀχαιοί,

685τῶν αὖ πεντήκοντα νεῶν ἦν ἀρχὸς Ἀχιλλεύς.

Transliteration

nun au tous hossoi to Pelasgikon Argos enaion,

hoi t' Alon hoi t' Alopēn hoi te Trēchina nemonto,

hoi t' eichon Phthiēn ēd' Hellada kalligunaika,

Murmidones de kaleunto kai Hellēnes kai Achaioi,

685tōn au pentēkonta neōn ēn archos Achilleus.

English · Butler

And with them there came thirty ships. Those again who held Pelasgian Argos, Alos, Alope, and Trachis; and those of Phthia and Hellas the land of fair women, who were called Myrmidons, Hellenes, and Achaeans; these had fifty ships, over which Achilles was in command.

Homeric Greek

ἀλλ' οἵ γ' οὐ πολέμοιο δυσηχέος ἐμνώοντο:

οὐ γὰρ ἔην ὅς τίς σφιν ἐπὶ στίχας ἡγήσαιτο:

κεῖτο γὰρ ἐν νήεσσι ποδάρκης δῖος Ἀχιλλεὺς

κούρης χωόμενος Βρισηί̈δος ἠϋκόμοιο,

690τὴν ἐκ Λυρνησσοῦ ἐξείλετο πολλὰ μογήσας

Transliteration

all' hoi g' ou polemoio dusēcheos emnōonto:

ou gar eēn hos tis sphin epi stichas hēgēsaito:

keito gar en nēessi podarkēs dios Achilleus

kourēs chōomenos Brisēïdos ēükomoio,

690tēn ek Lurnēssou exeileto polla mogēsas

English · Butler

these had fifty ships, over which Achilles was in command. But they now took no part in the war, inasmuch as there was no one to marshal them; for Achilles stayed by his ships, furious about the loss of the girl Briseis, whom he had taken from Lyrnessos at his own great peril, when he had sacked Lyrnessos and Thebe, and had overthrown Mynes and Epistrophos, sons of king Euenor, son of Selepus.

Homeric Greek

Λυρνησσὸν διαπορθήσας καὶ τείχεα Θήβης,

κὰδ δὲ Μύνητ' ἔβαλεν καὶ Ἐπίστροφον ἐγχεσιμώρους,

υἱέας Εὐηνοῖο Σεληπιάδαο ἄνακτος:

τῆς ὅ γε κεῖτ' ἀχέων, τάχα δ' ἀνστήσεσθαι ἔμελλεν.

695οἳ δ' εἶχον Φυλάκην καὶ Πύρασον ἀνθεμόεντα

Transliteration

Lurnēsson diaporthēsas kai teichea Thēbēs,

kad de Munēt' ebalen kai Epistrophon enchesimōrous,

huieas Euēnoio Selēpiadao anaktos:

tēs ho ge keit' acheōn, tacha d' anstēsesthai emellen.

695hoi d' eichon Phulakēn kai Purason anthemoenta

English · Butler

when he had sacked Lyrnessos and Thebe, and had overthrown Mynes and Epistrophos, sons of king Euenor, son of Selepus. For her sake Achilles was still in grief, but ere long he was again to join them. And those that held Phylake and the flowery meadows of Pyrasus, sanctuary of Demeter ; Iton, the mother of sheep; Antrum upon the sea, and Pteleum that lies upon the grass lands.

Homeric Greek

Δήμητρος τέμενος, Ἴτωνά τε μητέρα μήλων,

ἀγχίαλόν τ' Ἀντρῶνα ἰδὲ Πτελεὸν λεχεποίην,

τῶν αὖ Πρωτεσίλαος ἀρήϊος ἡγεμόνευε

ζωὸς ἐών: τότε δ' ἤδη ἔχεν κάτα γαῖα μέλαινα.

700τοῦ δὲ καὶ ἀμφιδρυφὴς ἄλοχος Φυλάκῃ ἐλέλειπτο

Transliteration

Dēmētros temenos, Itōna te mētera mēlōn,

anchialon t' Antrōna ide Pteleon lechepoiēn,

tōn au Prōtesilaos arēïos hēgemoneue

zōos eōn: tote d' ēdē echen kata gaia melaina.

700tou de kai amphidruphēs alochos Phulakēi eleleipto

English · Butler

And those that held Phylake and the flowery meadows of Pyrasus, sanctuary of Demeter ; Iton, the mother of sheep; Antrum upon the sea, and Pteleum that lies upon the grass lands. Of these brave Protesilaos had been leader while he was yet alive, but he was now lying under the earth. He had left a wife behind him in Phylake to tear her cheeks in sorrow, and his house was only half finished, for he was slain by a Dardanian warrior while leaping foremost of the Achaeans upon the soil of Troy.

Homeric Greek

καὶ δόμος ἡμιτελής: τὸν δ' ἔκτανε Δάρδανος ἀνὴρ

νηὸς ἀποθρῴσκοντα πολὺ πρώτιστον Ἀχαιῶν.

οὐδὲ μὲν οὐδ' οἳ ἄναρχοι ἔσαν, πόθεόν γε μὲν ἀρχόν:

ἀλλά σφεας κόσμησε Ποδάρκης ὄζος Ἄρηος

705Ἰφίκλου υἱὸς πολυμήλου Φυλακίδαο

Transliteration

kai domos hēmitelēs: ton d' ektane Dardanos anēr

nēos apothrōiskonta polu prōtiston Achaiōn.

oude men oud' hoi anarchoi esan, potheon ge men archon:

alla spheas kosmēse Podarkēs ozos Arēos

705Iphiklou huios polumēlou Phulakidao

English · Butler

He had left a wife behind him in Phylake to tear her cheeks in sorrow, and his house was only half finished, for he was slain by a Dardanian warrior while leaping foremost of the Achaeans upon the soil of Troy. Still, though his people mourned their chieftain, they were not without a leader, for Podarkes, of the race of Ares, marshaled them; he was son of Iphiklos, rich in sheep, who was the son of Phylakos, and he was own brother to Protesilaos, only younger, Protesilaos being at once the elder and the more valiant.

Homeric Greek

αὐτοκασίγνητος μεγαθύμου Πρωτεσιλάου

ὁπλότερος γενεῇ: ὁ δ' ἅμα πρότερος καὶ ἀρείων

ἥρως Πρωτεσίλαος ἀρήϊος: οὐδέ τι λαοὶ

δεύονθ' ἡγεμόνος, πόθεόν γε μὲν ἐσθλὸν ἐόντα:

710τῷ δ' ἅμα τεσσαράκοντα μέλαιναι νῆες ἕποντο.

Transliteration

autokasignētos megathumou Prōtesilaou

hoploteros geneēi: ho d' hama proteros kai areiōn

hērōs Prōtesilaos arēïos: oude ti laoi

deuonth' hēgemonos, potheon ge men esthlon eonta:

710tōi d' hama tessarakonta melainai nēes heponto.

English · Butler

he was son of Iphiklos, rich in sheep, who was the son of Phylakos, and he was own brother to Protesilaos, only younger, Protesilaos being at once the elder and the more valiant. So the people were not without a leader, though they mourned him whom they had lost. With him there came forty ships.

Homeric Greek

οἳ δὲ Φερὰς ἐνέμοντο παραὶ Βοιβηί̈δα λίμνην

Βοίβην καὶ Γλαφύρας καὶ ἐϋκτιμένην Ἰαωλκόν,

τῶν ἦρχ' Ἀδμήτοιο φίλος πάϊς ἕνδεκα νηῶν

Εὔμηλος, τὸν ὑπ' Ἀδμήτῳ τέκε δῖα γυναικῶν

715Ἄλκηστις Πελίαο θυγατρῶν εἶδος ἀρίστη.

Transliteration

hoi de Pheras enemonto parai Boibēïda limnēn

Boibēn kai Glaphuras kai eüktimenēn Iaōlkon,

tōn ērch' Admētoio philos païs hendeka nēōn

Eumēlos, ton hup' Admētōi teke dia gunaikōn

715Alkēstis Peliao thugatrōn eidos aristē.

English · Butler

With him there came forty ships. And those that held Pherai by the Boebean lake, with Boebe, Glaphyrae, and the populous city of Iolkos, these with their eleven ships were led by Eumelos, son of Admetos, whom Alcestis bore to him, loveliest of the daughters of Pelias.

Homeric Greek

οἳ δ' ἄρα Μηθώνην καὶ Θαυμακίην ἐνέμοντο

καὶ Μελίβοιαν ἔχον καὶ Ὀλιζῶνα τρηχεῖαν,

τῶν δὲ Φιλοκτήτης ἦρχεν τόξων ἐὺ̈ εἰδὼς

ἑπτὰ νεῶν: ἐρέται δ' ἐν ἑκάστῃ πεντήκοντα

720ἐμβέβασαν τόξων εὖ εἰδότες ἶφι μάχεσθαι.

Transliteration

hoi d' ara Mēthōnēn kai Thaumakiēn enemonto

kai Meliboian echon kai Olizōna trēcheian,

tōn de Philoktētēs ērchen toxōn eü eidōs

hepta neōn: eretai d' en hekastēi pentēkonta

720embebasan toxōn eu eidotes iphi machesthai.

English · Butler

whom Alcestis bore to him, loveliest of the daughters of Pelias. And those that held Methone and Thaumacia, with Meliboia and rugged Olizon, these were led by the skillful archer Philoctetes, and they had seven ships, each with fifty oarsmen all of them good archers; but Philoctetes was lying in great pain in the Island of Lemnos, where the sons of the Achaeans left him, for he had been bitten by a poisonous water snake.

Homeric Greek

ἀλλ' ὃ μὲν ἐν νήσῳ κεῖτο κρατέρ' ἄλγεα πάσχων

Λήμνῳ ἐν ἠγαθέῃ, ὅθι μιν λίπον υἷες Ἀχαιῶν

ἕλκεϊ μοχθίζοντα κακῷ ὀλοόφρονος ὕδρου:

ἔνθ' ὅ γε κεῖτ' ἀχέων: τάχα δὲ μνήσεσθαι ἔμελλον

725Ἀργεῖοι παρὰ νηυσὶ Φιλοκτήταο ἄνακτος.

Transliteration

all' ho men en nēsōi keito krater' algea paschōn

Lēmnōi en ēgatheēi, hothi min lipon huies Achaiōn

helkeï mochthizonta kakōi oloophronos hudrou:

enth' ho ge keit' acheōn: tacha de mnēsesthai emellon

725Argeioi para nēusi Philoktētao anaktos.

English · Butler

all of them good archers; but Philoctetes was lying in great pain in the Island of Lemnos, where the sons of the Achaeans left him, for he had been bitten by a poisonous water snake. There he lay sick and in grief, and full soon did the Argives come to miss him.

Homeric Greek

οὐδὲ μὲν οὐδ' οἳ ἄναρχοι ἔσαν, πόθεόν γε μὲν ἀρχόν:

ἀλλὰ Μέδων κόσμησεν Ὀϊλῆος νόθος υἱός,

τόν ῥ' ἔτεκεν Ῥήνη ὑπ' Ὀϊλῆϊ πτολιπόρθῳ.

οἳ δ' εἶχον Τρίκκην καὶ Ἰθώμην κλωμακόεσσαν,

730οἵ τ' ἔχον Οἰχαλίην πόλιν Εὐρύτου Οἰχαλιῆος,

Transliteration

oude men oud' hoi anarchoi esan, potheon ge men archon:

alla Medōn kosmēsen Oïlēos nothos huios,

ton rh' eteken Rhēnē hup' Oïlēï ptoliporthōi.

hoi d' eichon Trikkēn kai Ithōmēn klōmakoessan,

730hoi t' echon Oichaliēn polin Eurutou Oichaliēos,

English · Butler

and full soon did the Argives come to miss him. But his people, though they felt his loss were not leaderless, for Medon, the bastard son of Oileus by Rhene, set them in array. Those, again, of Tricca and the stony region of Ithome, and they that held Oechalia, the city of Oechalian Eurytos, these were commanded by the two sons of Asklepios, skilled in the art of healing, Podaleirios and Machaon.

Homeric Greek

τῶν αὖθ' ἡγείσθην Ἀσκληπιοῦ δύο παῖδε

ἰητῆρ' ἀγαθὼ Ποδαλείριος ἠδὲ Μαχάων:

τοῖς δὲ τριήκοντα γλαφυραὶ νέες ἐστιχόωντο.

οἳ δ' ἔχον Ὀρμένιον, οἵ τε κρήνην Ὑπέρειαν,

735οἵ τ' ἔχον Ἀστέριον Τιτάνοιό τε λευκὰ κάρηνα,

Transliteration

tōn auth' hēgeisthēn Asklēpiou duo paide

iētēr' agathō Podaleirios ēde Machaōn:

tois de triēkonta glaphurai nees estichoōnto.

hoi d' echon Ormenion, hoi te krēnēn Hupereian,

735hoi t' echon Asterion Titanoio te leuka karēna,

English · Butler

and they that held Oechalia, the city of Oechalian Eurytos, these were commanded by the two sons of Asklepios, skilled in the art of healing, Podaleirios and Machaon. And with them there came thirty ships. The men, moreover, of Ormenios, and by the fountain of Hypereia, with those that held Asterios, and the white crests of Titanus, these were led by Eurypylos, the son of Euaemon, and with them there came forty ships.

Homeric Greek

τῶν ἦρχ' Εὐρύπυλος Εὐαίμονος ἀγλαὸς υἱός:

τῷ δ' ἅμα τεσσαράκοντα μέλαιναι νῆες ἕποντο.

οἳ δ' Ἄργισσαν ἔχον καὶ Γυρτώνην ἐνέμοντο,

Ὄρθην Ἠλώνην τε πόλιν τ' Ὀλοοσσόνα λευκήν,

740τῶν αὖθ' ἡγεμόνευε μενεπτόλεμος Πολυποίτης

Transliteration

tōn ērch' Eurupulos Euaimonos aglaos huios:

tōi d' hama tessarakonta melainai nēes heponto.

hoi d' Argissan echon kai Gurtōnēn enemonto,

Orthēn Ēlōnēn te polin t' Oloossona leukēn,

740tōn auth' hēgemoneue meneptolemos Polupoitēs

English · Butler

with those that held Asterios, and the white crests of Titanus, these were led by Eurypylos, the son of Euaemon, and with them there came forty ships. Those that held Argissa and Gyrtone, Orthe, Elone, and the white city of Oloosson, of these brave Polypoites was leader.

Homeric Greek

υἱὸς Πειριθόοιο τὸν ἀθάνατος τέκετο Ζεύς:

τόν ῥ' ὑπὸ Πειριθόῳ τέκετο κλυτὸς Ἱπποδάμεια

ἤματι τῷ ὅτε Φῆρας ἐτίσατο λαχνήεντας,

τοὺς δ' ἐκ Πηλίου ὦσε καὶ Αἰθίκεσσι πέλασσεν:

745οὐκ οἶος, ἅμα τῷ γε Λεοντεὺς ὄζος Ἄρηος

Transliteration

huios Peirithooio ton athanatos teketo Zeus:

ton rh' hupo Peirithoōi teketo klutos Hippodameia

ēmati tōi hote Phēras etisato lachnēentas,

tous d' ek Pēliou ōse kai Aithikessi pelassen:

745ouk oios, hama tōi ge Leonteus ozos Arēos

English · Butler

of these brave Polypoites was leader. He was son of Peirithoos, who was son of Zeus himself, for Hippodameia bore him to Peirithoos on the day when he took his revenge on the shaggy mountain savages and drove them from Mount Pelion to the Aithikes. But Polypoites was not sole in command, for with him was Leonteus, of the race of Ares, who was son of Koronos, the son of Kaineus.

Homeric Greek

υἱὸς ὑπερθύμοιο Κορώνου Καινεί̈δαο:

τοῖς δ' ἅμα τεσσαράκοντα μέλαιναι νῆες ἕποντο.

Γουνεὺς δ' ἐκ Κύφου ἦγε δύω καὶ εἴκοσι νῆας:

τῷ δ' Ἐνιῆνες ἕποντο μενεπτόλεμοί τε Περαιβοὶ

750οἳ περὶ Δωδώνην δυσχείμερον οἰκί' ἔθεντο,

Transliteration

huios huperthumoio Korōnou Kaineïdao:

tois d' hama tessarakonta melainai nēes heponto.

Gouneus d' ek Kuphou ēge duō kai eikosi nēas:

tōi d' Eniēnes heponto meneptolemoi te Peraiboi

750hoi peri Dōdōnēn duscheimeron oiki' ethento,

English · Butler

But Polypoites was not sole in command, for with him was Leonteus, of the race of Ares, who was son of Koronos, the son of Kaineus. And with these there came forty ships. Guneus brought two and twenty ships from Cyphus, and he was followed by the Enienes and the valiant Peraebi, who dwelt about wintry Dodona, and held the lands round the lovely river Titaresios, which sends its waters into the Peneus.

Homeric Greek

οἵ τ' ἀμφ' ἱμερτὸν Τιταρησσὸν ἔργα νέμοντο

ὅς ῥ' ἐς Πηνειὸν προί̈ει καλλίρροον ὕδωρ,

οὐδ' ὅ γε Πηνειῷ συμμίσγεται ἀργυροδίνῃ,

ἀλλά τέ μιν καθύπερθεν ἐπιρρέει ἠύ̈τ' ἔλαιον:

755ὅρκου γὰρ δεινοῦ Στυγὸς ὕδατός ἐστιν ἀπορρώξ.

Transliteration

hoi t' amph' himerton Titarēsson erga nemonto

hos rh' es Pēneion proïei kallirroon hudōr,

oud' ho ge Pēneiōi summisgetai argurodinēi,

alla te min kathuperthen epirreei ēüt' elaion:

755horkou gar deinou Stugos hudatos estin aporrōx.

English · Butler

who dwelt about wintry Dodona, and held the lands round the lovely river Titaresios, which sends its waters into the Peneus. They do not mingle with the silver eddies of the Peneus, but flow on the top of them like oil; for the Titaresios is a branch of dread Orcus and of the river Styx.

Homeric Greek

Μαγνήτων δ' ἦρχε Πρόθοος Τενθρηδόνος υἱός,

οἳ περὶ Πηνειὸν καὶ Πήλιον εἰνοσίφυλλον

ναίεσκον: τῶν μὲν Πρόθοος θοὸς ἡγεμόνευε,

τῷ δ' ἅμα τεσσαράκοντα μέλαιναι νῆες ἕποντο.

760οὗτοι ἄρ' ἡγεμόνες Δαναῶν καὶ κοίρανοι ἦσαν:

Transliteration

Magnētōn d' ērche Prothoos Tenthrēdonos huios,

hoi peri Pēneion kai Pēlion einosiphullon

naieskon: tōn men Prothoos thoos hēgemoneue,

tōi d' hama tessarakonta melainai nēes heponto.

760houtoi ar' hēgemones Danaōn kai koiranoi ēsan:

English · Butler

for the Titaresios is a branch of dread Orcus and of the river Styx. Of the Magnetes, Prothoos son of Tenthredon was commander. They were they that dwelt about the river Peneus and Mount Pelion. Prothoos, fleet of foot, was their leader, and with him there came forty ships. Such were the chiefs and princes of the Danaans.

Homeric Greek

τίς τὰρ τῶν ὄχ' ἄριστος ἔην σύ μοι ἔννεπε Μοῦσα

αὐτῶν ἠδ' ἵππων, οἳ ἅμ' Ἀτρεί̈δῃσιν ἕποντο.

ἵπποι μὲν μέγ' ἄρισται ἔσαν Φηρητιάδαο,

τὰς Εὔμηλος ἔλαυνε ποδώκεας ὄρνιθας ὣς

765ὄτριχας οἰέτεας σταφύλῇ ἐπὶ νῶτον ἐί̈σας:

Transliteration

tis tar tōn och' aristos eēn su moi ennepe Mousa

autōn ēd' hippōn, hoi ham' Atreïdēisin heponto.

hippoi men meg' aristai esan Phērētiadao,

tas Eumēlos elaune podōkeas ornithas hōs

765otrichas oieteas staphulēi epi nōton eïsas:

English · Butler

Such were the chiefs and princes of the Danaans. Who, then, O Muse, was the foremost, whether man or horse, among those that followed after the sons of Atreus? Of the horses, those of the son of Pheres were by far the finest. They were driven by Eumelos, and were as fleet as birds. They were of the same age and color, and perfectly matched in height.

Homeric Greek

τὰς ἐν Πηρείῃ θρέψ' ἀργυρότοξος Ἀπόλλων

ἄμφω θηλείας, φόβον Ἄρηος φορεούσας.

ἀνδρῶν αὖ μέγ' ἄριστος ἔην Τελαμώνιος Αἴας

ὄφρ' Ἀχιλεὺς μήνιεν: ὃ γὰρ πολὺ φέρτατος ἦεν,

770ἵπποι θ' οἳ φορέεσκον ἀμύμονα Πηλεί̈ωνα.

Transliteration

tas en Pēreiēi threps' argurotoxos Apollōn

amphō thēleias, phobon Arēos phoreousas.

andrōn au meg' aristos eēn Telamōnios Aias

ophr' Achileus mēnien: ho gar polu phertatos ēen,

770hippoi th' hoi phoreeskon amumona Pēleïōna.

English · Butler

They were of the same age and color, and perfectly matched in height. Apollo, of the silver bow, had bred them in Perea - both of them mares, and terrible as Ares in battle. Of the men, Ajax, son of Telamon, was much the foremost so long as Achilles' anger lasted, for Achilles excelled him greatly and he had also better horses;

Homeric Greek

ἀλλ' ὃ μὲν ἐν νήεσσι κορωνίσι ποντοπόροισι

κεῖτ' ἀπομηνίσας Ἀγαμέμνονι ποιμένι λαῶν

Ἀτρεί̈δῃ: λαοὶ δὲ παρὰ ῥηγμῖνι θαλάσσης

δίσκοισιν τέρποντο καὶ αἰγανέῃσιν ἱέντες

775τόξοισίν θ': ἵπποι δὲ παρ' ἅρμασιν οἷσιν ἕκαστος

Transliteration

all' ho men en nēessi korōnisi pontoporoisi

keit' apomēnisas Agamemnoni poimeni laōn

Atreïdēi: laoi de para rhēgmini thalassēs

diskoisin terponto kai aiganeēisin hientes

775toxoisin th': hippoi de par' harmasin hoisin hekastos

English · Butler

but Achilles was now holding aloof at his ships by reason of his quarrel with Agamemnon, and his people passed their time upon the sea shore, throwing discs or aiming with spears at a mark, and in archery.

Homeric Greek

λωτὸν ἐρεπτόμενοι ἐλεόθρεπτόν τε σέλινον

ἕστασαν: ἅρματα δ' εὖ πεπυκασμένα κεῖτο ἀνάκτων

ἐν κλισίῃς: οἳ δ' ἀρχὸν ἀρηί̈φιλον ποθέοντες

φοίτων ἔνθα καὶ ἔνθα κατὰ στρατὸν οὐδὲ μάχοντο.

780οἳ δ' ἄρ' ἴσαν ὡς εἴ τε πυρὶ χθὼν πᾶσα νέμοιτο:

Transliteration

lōton ereptomenoi eleothrepton te selinon

hestasan: harmata d' eu pepukasmena keito anaktōn

en klisiēis: hoi d' archon arēïphilon potheontes

phoitōn entha kai entha kata straton oude machonto.

780hoi d' ar' isan hōs ei te puri chthōn pasa nemoito:

English · Butler

and in archery. Their horses stood each by his own chariot, champing lotus and wild celery. The chariots were housed under cover, but their owners, for lack of leadership, wandered hither and thither about the host and went not forth to fight. Thus marched the host like a consuming fire, and the earth groaned beneath them when the lord of thunder is angry and lashes the land about Typhoeus among the Arimi, where they say Typhoeus lies.

Homeric Greek

γαῖα δ' ὑπεστενάχιζε Διὶ ὣς τερπικεραύνῳ

χωομένῳ ὅτε τ' ἀμφὶ Τυφωέϊ γαῖαν ἱμάσσῃ

εἰν Ἀρίμοις, ὅθι φασὶ Τυφωέος ἔμμεναι εὐνάς:

ὣς ἄρα τῶν ὑπὸ ποσσὶ μέγα στεναχίζετο γαῖα

785ἐρχομένων: μάλα δ' ὦκα διέπρησσον πεδίοιο.

Transliteration

gaia d' hupestenachize Dii hōs terpikeraunōi

chōomenōi hote t' amphi Tuphōeï gaian himassēi

ein Arimois, hothi phasi Tuphōeos emmenai eunas:

hōs ara tōn hupo possi mega stenachizeto gaia

785erchomenōn: mala d' ōka dieprēsson pedioio.

English · Butler

Thus marched the host like a consuming fire, and the earth groaned beneath them when the lord of thunder is angry and lashes the land about Typhoeus among the Arimi, where they say Typhoeus lies. Even so did the earth groan beneath them as they sped over the plain.

Homeric Greek

Τρωσὶν δ' ἄγγελος ἦλθε ποδήνεμος ὠκέα Ἶρις

πὰρ Διὸς αἰγιόχοιο σὺν ἀγγελίῃ ἀλεγεινῇ:

οἳ δ' ἀγορὰς ἀγόρευον ἐπὶ Πριάμοιο θύρῃσι

πάντες ὁμηγερέες ἠμὲν νέοι ἠδὲ γέροντες:

790ἀγχοῦ δ' ἱσταμένη προσέφη πόδας ὠκέα Ἶρις:

Transliteration

Trōsin d' angelos ēlthe podēnemos ōkea Iris

par Dios aigiochoio sun angeliēi alegeinēi:

hoi d' agoras agoreuon epi Priamoio thurēisi

pantes homēgerees ēmen neoi ēde gerontes:

790anchou d' histamenē prosephē podas ōkea Iris:

English · Butler

as they sped over the plain. And now Iris, fleet as the wind, was sent by Zeus to tell the bad news among the Trojans. They were gathered in assembly, old and young, at Priam's gates, and Iris came close up to Priam, speaking

Homeric Greek

εἴσατο δὲ φθογγὴν υἷϊ Πριάμοιο Πολίτῃ,

ὃς Τρώων σκοπὸς ἷζε ποδωκείῃσι πεποιθὼς

τύμβῳ ἐπ' ἀκροτάτῳ Αἰσυήταο γέροντος,

δέγμενος ὁππότε ναῦφιν ἀφορμηθεῖεν Ἀχαιοί:

795τῷ μιν ἐεισαμένη προσέφη πόδας ὠκέα Ἶρις:

Transliteration

eisato de phthongēn huiï Priamoio Politēi,

hos Trōōn skopos hize podōkeiēisi pepoithōs

tumbōi ep' akrotatōi Aisuētao gerontos,

degmenos hoppote nauphin aphormētheien Achaioi:

795tōi min eeisamenē prosephē podas ōkea Iris:

English · Butler

with the voice of Priam's son Polites, who, being fleet of foot, was stationed as watchman for the Trojans on the tomb of old Aisyetes, to look out for any sally of the Achaeans. In his likeness Iris spoke, saying, "Old man, you talk idly, as in time of peace, while war is at hand.

Homeric Greek

ὦ γέρον αἰεί τοι μῦθοι φίλοι ἄκριτοί εἰσιν,

ὥς ποτ' ἐπ' εἰρήνης: πόλεμος δ' ἀλίαστος ὄρωρεν.

ἤδη μὲν μάλα πολλὰ μάχας εἰσήλυθον ἀνδρῶν,

ἀλλ' οὔ πω τοιόνδε τοσόνδέ τε λαὸν ὄπωπα:

800λίην γὰρ φύλλοισιν ἐοικότες ἢ ψαμάθοισιν

Transliteration

ō geron aiei toi muthoi philoi akritoi eisin,

hōs pot' ep' eirēnēs: polemos d' aliastos orōren.

ēdē men mala polla machas eisēluthon andrōn,

all' ou pō toionde tosonde te laon opōpa:

800liēn gar phulloisin eoikotes ē psamathoisin

English · Butler

In his likeness Iris spoke, saying, "Old man, you talk idly, as in time of peace, while war is at hand. I have been in many a battle, but never yet saw such a host as is now advancing. They are crossing the plain to attack the city as thick as leaves or as the sands of the sea.

Homeric Greek

ἔρχονται πεδίοιο μαχησόμενοι προτὶ ἄστυ.

Ἕκτορ σοὶ δὲ μάλιστ' ἐπιτέλλομαι, ὧδε δὲ ῥέξαι:

πολλοὶ γὰρ κατὰ ἄστυ μέγα Πριάμου ἐπίκουροι,

ἄλλη δ' ἄλλων γλῶσσα πολυσπερέων ἀνθρώπων:

805τοῖσιν ἕκαστος ἀνὴρ σημαινέτω οἷσί περ ἄρχει,

Transliteration

erchontai pedioio machēsomenoi proti astu.

Hektor soi de malist' epitellomai, hōde de rhexai:

polloi gar kata astu mega Priamou epikouroi,

allē d' allōn glōssa poluspereōn anthrōpōn:

805toisin hekastos anēr sēmainetō hoisi per archei,

English · Butler

thick as leaves or as the sands of the sea. Hektor, I charge you above all others, do as I say. There are many allies dispersed about the city of Priam from distant places and speaking divers tongues. Therefore, let each chief give orders to his own people, setting them severally in array and leading them forth to battle." Thus she spoke, but Hektor knew that it was the goddess, and at once broke up the assembly.

Homeric Greek

τῶν δ' ἐξηγείσθω κοσμησάμενος πολιήτας.

ὣς ἔφαθ', Ἕκτωρ δ' οὔ τι θεᾶς ἔπος ἠγνοίησεν,

αἶψα δ' ἔλυσ' ἀγορήν: ἐπὶ τεύχεα δ' ἐσσεύοντο:

πᾶσαι δ' ὠί̈γνυντο πύλαι, ἐκ δ' ἔσσυτο λαὸς

810πεζοί θ' ἱππῆές τε: πολὺς δ' ὀρυμαγδὸς ὀρώρει.

Transliteration

tōn d' exēgeisthō kosmēsamenos poliētas.

hōs ephath', Hektōr d' ou ti theas epos ēgnoiēsen,

aipsa d' elus' agorēn: epi teuchea d' esseuonto:

pasai d' ōïgnunto pulai, ek d' essuto laos

810pezoi th' hippēes te: polus d' orumagdos orōrei.

English · Butler

Therefore, let each chief give orders to his own people, setting them severally in array and leading them forth to battle." Thus she spoke, but Hektor knew that it was the goddess, and at once broke up the assembly. The men flew to arms; all the gates were opened, and the people thronged through them, horse and foot, with the tramp as of a great multitude.

Homeric Greek

ἔστι δέ τις προπάροιθε πόλιος αἰπεῖα κολώνη

ἐν πεδίῳ ἀπάνευθε περίδρομος ἔνθα καὶ ἔνθα,

τὴν ἤτοι ἄνδρες Βατίειαν κικλήσκουσιν,

ἀθάνατοι δέ τε σῆμα πολυσκάρθμοιο Μυρίνης:

815ἔνθα τότε Τρῶές τε διέκριθεν ἠδ' ἐπίκουροι.

Transliteration

esti de tis proparoithe polios aipeia kolōnē

en pediōi apaneuthe peridromos entha kai entha,

tēn ētoi andres Batieian kiklēskousin,

athanatoi de te sēma poluskarthmoio Murinēs:

815entha tote Trōes te diekrithen ēd' epikouroi.

English · Butler

horse and foot, with the tramp as of a great multitude. Now there is a high mound before the city, rising by itself upon the plain. Men call it Batieia, but the gods know that it is the tomb of lithe Myrrhine. Here the Trojans and their allies divided their forces.

Homeric Greek

Τρωσὶ μὲν ἡγεμόνευε μέγας κορυθαίολος Ἕκτωρ

Πριαμίδης: ἅμα τῷ γε πολὺ πλεῖστοι καὶ ἄριστοι

λαοὶ θωρήσσοντο μεμαότες ἐγχείῃσι.

Δαρδανίων αὖτ' ἦρχεν ἐὺ̈ς πάϊς Ἀγχίσαο

820Αἰνείας, τὸν ὑπ' Ἀγχίσῃ τέκε δῖ' Ἀφροδίτη

Transliteration

Trōsi men hēgemoneue megas koruthaiolos Hektōr

Priamidēs: hama tōi ge polu pleistoi kai aristoi

laoi thōrēssonto memaotes encheiēisi.

Dardaniōn aut' ērchen eüs païs Anchisao

820Aineias, ton hup' Anchisēi teke di' Aphroditē

English · Butler

Here the Trojans and their allies divided their forces. Priam's son, great Hektor of the gleaming helmet, commanded the Trojans, and with him were arrayed by far the greater number and most valiant of those who were longing for the fray. The Dardanians were led by brave Aeneas, whom Aphrodite bore to Anchises, when she, goddess though she was, had lain with him upon the mountain slopes of Ida.

Homeric Greek

Ἴδης ἐν κνημοῖσι θεὰ βροτῷ εὐνηθεῖσα,

οὐκ οἶος, ἅμα τῷ γε δύω Ἀντήνορος υἷε

Ἀρχέλοχός τ' Ἀκάμας τε μάχης εὖ εἰδότε πάσης.

οἳ δὲ Ζέλειαν ἔναιον ὑπαὶ πόδα νείατον Ἴδης

825ἀφνειοὶ πίνοντες ὕδωρ μέλαν Αἰσήποιο

Transliteration

Idēs en knēmoisi thea brotōi eunētheisa,

ouk oios, hama tōi ge duō Antēnoros huie

Archelochos t' Akamas te machēs eu eidote pasēs.

hoi de Zeleian enaion hupai poda neiaton Idēs

825aphneioi pinontes hudōr melan Aisēpoio

English · Butler

Aeneas, whom Aphrodite bore to Anchises, when she, goddess though she was, had lain with him upon the mountain slopes of Ida. He was not alone, for with him were the two sons of Antenor, Archilokhos and Akamas, both skilled in all the arts of war. They that dwelt in Telea under the lowest spurs of Mount Ida, men of substance, who drink the limpid waters of the Aesepos, and are of Trojan blood - these were led by Pandaros son of Lykaon, whom Apollo had taught to use the bow.

Homeric Greek

Τρῶες, τῶν αὖτ' ἦρχε Λυκάονος ἀγλαὸς υἱὸς

Πάνδαρος, ᾧ καὶ τόξον Ἀπόλλων αὐτὸς ἔδωκεν.

οἳ δ' Ἀδρήστειάν τ' εἶχον καὶ δῆμον Ἀπαισοῦ

καὶ Πιτύειαν ἔχον καὶ Τηρείης ὄρος αἰπύ,

830τῶν ἦρχ' Ἄδρηστός τε καὶ Ἄμφιος λινοθώρηξ

Transliteration

Trōes, tōn aut' ērche Lukaonos aglaos huios

Pandaros, hōi kai toxon Apollōn autos edōken.

hoi d' Adrēsteian t' eichon kai dēmon Apaisou

kai Pitueian echon kai Tēreiēs oros aipu,

830tōn ērch' Adrēstos te kai Amphios linothōrēx

English · Butler

men of substance, who drink the limpid waters of the Aesepos, and are of Trojan blood - these were led by Pandaros son of Lykaon, whom Apollo had taught to use the bow. They that held Adrasteia and the district of Apaesus, with Pityeia, and the high mountain of Tereia - these were led by Adrastos and Amphios, whose breastplate was of linen.

Homeric Greek

υἷε δύω Μέροπος Περκωσίου, ὃς περὶ πάντων

ᾔδεε μαντοσύνας, οὐδὲ οὓς παῖδας ἔασκε

στείχειν ἐς πόλεμον φθισήνορα: τὼ δέ οἱ οὔ τι

πειθέσθην: κῆρες γὰρ ἄγον μέλανος θανάτοιο.

835οἳ δ' ἄρα Περκώτην καὶ Πράκτιον ἀμφενέμοντο

Transliteration

huie duō Meropos Perkōsiou, hos peri pantōn

ēidee mantosunas, oude hous paidas easke

steichein es polemon phthisēnora: tō de hoi ou ti

peithesthēn: kēres gar agon melanos thanatoio.

835hoi d' ara Perkōtēn kai Praktion amphenemonto

English · Butler

these were led by Adrastos and Amphios, whose breastplate was of linen. These were the sons of Merops of Perkote, who excelled in all kinds of divination. He told them not to take part in the war, but they gave him no heed, for fate lured them to destruction. They that dwelt about Perkote and Praktios, with Sestos, Abydos,

Homeric Greek

καὶ Σηστὸν καὶ Ἄβυδον ἔχον καὶ δῖαν Ἀρίσβην,

τῶν αὖθ' Ὑρτακίδης ἦρχ' Ἄσιος ὄρχαμος ἀνδρῶν,

Ἄσιος Ὑρτακίδης ὃν Ἀρίσβηθεν φέρον ἵπποι

αἴθωνες μεγάλοι ποταμοῦ ἄπο Σελλήεντος.

840Ἱππόθοος δ' ἄγε φῦλα Πελασγῶν ἐγχεσιμώρων

Transliteration

kai Sēston kai Abudon echon kai dian Arisbēn,

tōn auth' Hurtakidēs ērch' Asios orchamos andrōn,

Asios Hurtakidēs hon Arisbēthen pheron hippoi

aithōnes megaloi potamou apo Sellēentos.

840Hippothoos d' age phula Pelasgōn enchesimōrōn

English · Butler

and Arisbe - these were led by Asios, son of Hyrtakos, a brave commander - Asios, the son of Hyrtakos, whom his powerful dark bay steeds, of the breed that comes from the river Selleis, had brought from Arisbe. Hippothoos led the tribes of Pelasgian spearsmen, who dwelt in fertile Larissa - Hippothoos, and Pylaios of the race of Ares, two sons of the Pelasgian Lethus, son of Teutamus.

Homeric Greek

τῶν οἳ Λάρισαν ἐριβώλακα ναιετάασκον:

τῶν ἦρχ' Ἱππόθοός τε Πύλαιός τ' ὄζος Ἄρηος,

υἷε δύω Λήθοιο Πελασγοῦ Τευταμίδαο.

αὐτὰρ Θρήϊκας ἦγ' Ἀκάμας καὶ Πείροος ἥρως

845ὅσσους Ἑλλήσποντος ἀγάρροος ἐντὸς ἐέργει.

Transliteration

tōn hoi Larisan eribōlaka naietaaskon:

tōn ērch' Hippothoos te Pulaios t' ozos Arēos,

huie duō Lēthoio Pelasgou Teutamidao.

autar Thrēïkas ēg' Akamas kai Peiroos hērōs

845hossous Hellēspontos agarroos entos eergei.

English · Butler

Hippothoos led the tribes of Pelasgian spearsmen, who dwelt in fertile Larissa - Hippothoos, and Pylaios of the race of Ares, two sons of the Pelasgian Lethus, son of Teutamus. Akamas and the warrior Peirous commanded the Thracians and those that came from beyond the mighty stream of the Hellespont.

Homeric Greek

Εὔφημος δ' ἀρχὸς Κικόνων ἦν αἰχμητάων

υἱὸς Τροιζήνοιο διοτρεφέος Κεάδαο.

αὐτὰρ Πυραίχμης ἄγε Παίονας ἀγκυλοτόξους

τηλόθεν ἐξ Ἀμυδῶνος ἀπ' Ἀξιοῦ εὐρὺ ῥέοντος,

850Ἀξιοῦ οὗ κάλλιστον ὕδωρ ἐπικίδναται αἶαν.

Transliteration

Euphēmos d' archos Kikonōn ēn aichmētaōn

huios Troizēnoio diotrepheos Keadao.

autar Puraichmēs age Paionas ankulotoxous

tēlothen ex Amudōnos ap' Axiou euru rheontos,

850Axiou hou kalliston hudōr epikidnatai aian.

English · Butler

and those that came from beyond the mighty stream of the Hellespont. Euphemos, son of Troizenos, the son of Ceos, was leader of the Ciconian spearsmen. Pyraikhmes led the Paeonian archers from distant Amydon, by the broad waters of the river Axios, the fairest that flow upon the earth.

Homeric Greek

Παφλαγόνων δ' ἡγεῖτο Πυλαιμένεος λάσιον κῆρ

ἐξ Ἐνετῶν, ὅθεν ἡμιόνων γένος ἀγροτεράων,

οἵ ῥα Κύτωρον ἔχον καὶ Σήσαμον ἀμφενέμοντο

ἀμφί τε Παρθένιον ποταμὸν κλυτὰ δώματ' ἔναιον

855Κρῶμνάν τ' Αἰγιαλόν τε καὶ ὑψηλοὺς Ἐρυθίνους.

Transliteration

Paphlagonōn d' hēgeito Pulaimeneos lasion kēr

ex Enetōn, hothen hēmionōn genos agroteraōn,

hoi rha Kutōron echon kai Sēsamon amphenemonto

amphi te Parthenion potamon kluta dōmat' enaion

855Krōmnan t' Aigialon te kai hupsēlous Eruthinous.

English · Butler

the fairest that flow upon the earth. The Paphlagonians were commanded by stout-hearted Pylaimenes from Enetae, where the mules run wild in herds. These were they that held Cytorus and the country round Sesamus, with the cities by the river Parthenios, Cromna, Aigialos, and lofty Erithinoi.

Homeric Greek

αὐτὰρ Ἁλιζώνων Ὀδίος καὶ Ἐπίστροφος ἦρχον

τηλόθεν ἐξ Ἀλύβης, ὅθεν ἀργύρου ἐστὶ γενέθλη.

Μυσῶν δὲ Χρόμις ἦρχε καὶ Ἔννομος οἰωνιστής:

ἀλλ' οὐκ οἰωνοῖσιν ἐρύσατο κῆρα μέλαιναν,

860ἀλλ' ἐδάμη ὑπὸ χερσὶ ποδώκεος Αἰακίδαο

Transliteration

autar Halizōnōn Odios kai Epistrophos ērchon

tēlothen ex Alubēs, hothen argurou esti genethlē.

Musōn de Chromis ērche kai Ennomos oiōnistēs:

all' ouk oiōnoisin erusato kēra melainan,

860all' edamē hupo chersi podōkeos Aiakidao

English · Butler

Cromna, Aigialos, and lofty Erithinoi. Odios and Epistrophos were leaders over the Halizoni from distant Alybe, where there are mines of silver. Chromis, and Ennomos the augur, led the Mysians, but his skill in augury availed not to save him from destruction, for he fell by the hand of the fleet descendant of Aiakos in the river, where he slew others also of the Trojans.

Homeric Greek

ἐν ποταμῷ, ὅθι περ Τρῶας κεράϊζε καὶ ἄλλους.

Φόρκυς αὖ Φρύγας ἦγε καὶ Ἀσκάνιος θεοειδὴς

τῆλ' ἐξ Ἀσκανίης: μέμασαν δ' ὑσμῖνι μάχεσθαι.

Μῄοσιν αὖ Μέσθλης τε καὶ Ἄντιφος ἡγησάσθην

865υἷε Ταλαιμένεος τὼ Γυγαίη τέκε λίμνη,

Transliteration

en potamōi, hothi per Trōas keraïze kai allous.

Phorkus au Phrugas ēge kai Askanios theoeidēs

tēl' ex Askaniēs: memasan d' husmini machesthai.

Mēiosin au Mesthlēs te kai Antiphos hēgēsasthēn

865huie Talaimeneos tō Gugaiē teke limnē,

English · Butler

for he fell by the hand of the fleet descendant of Aiakos in the river, where he slew others also of the Trojans. Phorkys, again, and noble Askanios led the Phrygians from the far country of Askania, and both were eager for the fray. Mesthles and Antiphos commanded the Meonians, sons of Talaimenes, born to him of the Gygaean lake.

Homeric Greek

οἳ καὶ Μῄονας ἦγον ὑπὸ Τμώλῳ γεγαῶτας.

Νάστης αὖ Καρῶν ἡγήσατο βαρβαροφώνων,

οἳ Μίλητον ἔχον Φθιρῶν τ' ὄρος ἀκριτόφυλλον

Μαιάνδρου τε ῥοὰς Μυκάλης τ' αἰπεινὰ κάρηνα:

870τῶν μὲν ἄρ' Ἀμφίμαχος καὶ Νάστης ἡγησάσθην,

Transliteration

hoi kai Mēionas ēgon hupo Tmōlōi gegaōtas.

Nastēs au Karōn hēgēsato barbarophōnōn,

hoi Milēton echon Phthirōn t' oros akritophullon

Maiandrou te rhoas Mukalēs t' aipeina karēna:

870tōn men ar' Amphimachos kai Nastēs hēgēsasthēn,

English · Butler

sons of Talaimenes, born to him of the Gygaean lake. These led the Meonians, who dwelt under Mount Tmolos. Nastes led the Carians, men of a strange speech. These held Miletus and the wooded mountain of Phthires, with the water of the river Maeander and the lofty crests of Mount Mycale. These were commanded by Nastes and Amphimakhos, the brave sons of Nomion.

Homeric Greek

Νάστης Ἀμφίμαχός τε Νομίονος ἀγλαὰ τέκνα,

ὃς καὶ χρυσὸν ἔχων πόλεμον δ' ἴεν ἠύ̈τε κούρη

νήπιος, οὐδέ τί οἱ τό γ' ἐπήρκεσε λυγρὸν ὄλεθρον,

ἀλλ' ἐδάμη ὑπὸ χερσὶ ποδώκεος Αἰακίδαο

875ἐν ποταμῷ, χρυσὸν δ' Ἀχιλεὺς ἐκόμισσε δαί̈φρων.

Transliteration

Nastēs Amphimachos te Nomionos aglaa tekna,

hos kai chruson echōn polemon d' ien ēüte kourē

nēpios, oude ti hoi to g' epērkese lugron olethron,

all' edamē hupo chersi podōkeos Aiakidao

875en potamōi, chruson d' Achileus ekomisse daïphrōn.

English · Butler

These were commanded by Nastes and Amphimakhos, the brave sons of Nomion. He came into the fight with gold about him, like a girl; fool that he was, his gold was of no avail to save him, for he fell in the river by the hand of the fleet descendant of Aiakos, and Achilles bore away his gold.

Homeric Greek

Σαρπηδὼν δ' ἦρχεν Λυκίων καὶ Γλαῦκος ἀμύμων

τηλόθεν ἐκ Λυκίης, Ξάνθου ἄπο δινήεντος.

Transliteration

Sarpēdōn d' ērchen Lukiōn kai Glaukos amumōn

tēlothen ek Lukiēs, Xanthou apo dinēentos.

English · Butler

and Achilles bore away his gold. Sarpedon and Glaukos led the Lycians from their distant land, by the eddying waters of the Xanthos.