Book V

Homeric Greek

1ἔνθ' αὖ Τυδεί̈δῃ Διομήδεϊ Παλλὰς Ἀθήνη

δῶκε μένος καὶ θάρσος, ἵν' ἔκδηλος μετὰ πᾶσιν

Ἀργείοισι γένοιτο ἰδὲ κλέος ἐσθλὸν ἄροιτο:

δαῖέ οἱ ἐκ κόρυθός τε καὶ ἀσπίδος ἀκάματον πῦρ

5ἀστέρ' ὀπωρινῷ ἐναλίγκιον, ὅς τε μάλιστα

Transliteration

1enth' au Tudeïdēi Diomēdeï Pallas Athēnē

dōke menos kai tharsos, hin' ekdēlos meta pasin

Argeioisi genoito ide kleos esthlon aroito:

daie hoi ek koruthos te kai aspidos akamaton pur

5aster' opōrinōi enalinkion, hos te malista

English · Butler

Then Pallas Athena put valor into the heart of Diomedes, son of Tydeus, that he might excel all the other Argives, and cover himself with glory. She made a stream of fire flare from his shield and helmet like the star that shines most brilliantly in summer after its bath in the waters of Okeanos - even such

Homeric Greek

λαμπρὸν παμφαίνῃσι λελουμένος ὠκεανοῖο:

τοῖόν οἱ πῦρ δαῖεν ἀπὸ κρατός τε καὶ ὤμων,

ὦρσε δέ μιν κατὰ μέσσον ὅθι πλεῖστοι κλονέοντο.

ἦν δέ τις ἐν Τρώεσσι Δάρης ἀφνειὸς ἀμύμων

10ἱρεὺς Ἡφαίστοιο: δύω δέ οἱ υἱέες ἤστην

Transliteration

lampron pamphainēisi leloumenos ōkeanoio:

toion hoi pur daien apo kratos te kai ōmōn,

ōrse de min kata messon hothi pleistoi kloneonto.

ēn de tis en Trōessi Darēs aphneios amumōn

10hireus Hēphaistoio: duō de hoi huiees ēstēn

English · Butler

a fire did she kindle upon his head and shoulders as she bade him speed into the thickest uproar of the fight. Now there was a certain rich and honorable man among the Trojans, priest of Hephaistos, and his name was Dares. He had two sons, Phegeus and Idaios, both of them skilled in all the arts of war.

Homeric Greek

Φηγεὺς Ἰδαῖός τε μάχης εὖ εἰδότε πάσης.

τώ οἱ ἀποκρινθέντε ἐναντίω ὁρμηθήτην:

τὼ μὲν ἀφ' ἵπποιιν, ὃ δ' ἀπὸ χθονὸς ὄρνυτο πεζός.

οἳ δ' ὅτε δὴ σχεδὸν ἦσαν ἐπ' ἀλλήλοισιν ἰόντες

15Φηγεύς ῥα πρότερος προί̈ει δολιχόσκιον ἔγχος:

Transliteration

Phēgeus Idaios te machēs eu eidote pasēs.

tō hoi apokrinthente enantiō hormēthētēn:

tō men aph' hippoiin, ho d' apo chthonos ornuto pezos.

hoi d' hote dē schedon ēsan ep' allēloisin iontes

15Phēgeus rha proteros proïei dolichoskion enchos:

English · Butler

These two came forward from the main body of Trojans, and set upon Diomedes, he being on foot, while they fought from their chariot. When they were close up to one another, Phegeus took aim first, but his spear went over Diomedes ‘s left shoulder without hitting him. Diomedes then threw, and his spear

Homeric Greek

Τυδεί̈δεω δ' ὑπὲρ ὦμον ἀριστερὸν ἤλυθ' ἀκωκὴ

ἔγχεος, οὐδ' ἔβαλ' αὐτόν: ὃ δ' ὕστερος ὄρνυτο χαλκῷ

Τυδεί̈δης: τοῦ δ' οὐχ ἅλιον βέλος ἔκφυγε χειρός,

ἀλλ' ἔβαλε στῆθος μεταμάζιον, ὦσε δ' ἀφ' ἵππων.

20Ἰδαῖος δ' ἀπόρουσε λιπὼν περικαλλέα δίφρον,

Transliteration

Tudeïdeō d' huper ōmon aristeron ēluth' akōkē

encheos, oud' ebal' auton: ho d' husteros ornuto chalkōi

Tudeïdēs: tou d' ouch halion belos ekphuge cheiros,

all' ebale stēthos metamazion, ōse d' aph' hippōn.

20Idaios d' aporouse lipōn perikallea diphron,

English · Butler

sped not in vain, for it hit Phegeus on the breast near the nipple, and he fell from his chariot. Idaios did not dare to bestride his brother's body, but sprang from the chariot and

Homeric Greek

οὐδ' ἔτλη περιβῆναι ἀδελφειοῦ κταμένοιο:

οὐδὲ γὰρ οὐδέ κεν αὐτὸς ὑπέκφυγε κῆρα μέλαιναν,

ἀλλ' Ἥφαιστος ἔρυτο, σάωσε δὲ νυκτὶ καλύψας,

ὡς δή οἱ μὴ πάγχυ γέρων ἀκαχήμενος εἴη.

25ἵππους δ' ἐξελάσας μεγαθύμου Τυδέος υἱὸς

Transliteration

oud' etlē peribēnai adelpheiou ktamenoio:

oude gar oude ken autos hupekphuge kēra melainan,

all' Hēphaistos eruto, saōse de nukti kalupsas,

hōs dē hoi mē panchu gerōn akachēmenos eiē.

25hippous d' exelasas megathumou Tudeos huios

English · Butler

took to flight, or he would have shared his brother's fate; whereon Hephaistos saved him by wrapping him in a cloud of darkness, that his old father might not be utterly overwhelmed with grief; but the son of Tydeus drove off with the horses, and bade his followers take them to the ships. The Trojans were scared when they saw the two sons of Dares, one of them in fright and the other lying dead by his chariot.

Homeric Greek

δῶκεν ἑταίροισιν κατάγειν κοίλας ἐπὶ νῆας.

Τρῶες δὲ μεγάθυμοι ἐπεὶ ἴδον υἷε Δάρητος

τὸν μὲν ἀλευάμενον, τὸν δὲ κτάμενον παρ' ὄχεσφι,

πᾶσιν ὀρίνθη θυμός: ἀτὰρ γλαυκῶπις Ἀθήνη

30χειρὸς ἑλοῦσ' ἐπέεσσι προσηύδα θοῦρον Ἄρηα:

Transliteration

dōken hetairoisin katagein koilas epi nēas.

Trōes de megathumoi epei idon huie Darētos

ton men aleuamenon, ton de ktamenon par' ochesphi,

pasin orinthē thumos: atar glaukōpis Athēnē

30cheiros helous' epeessi prosēuda thouron Arēa:

English · Butler

Athena, therefore, took Ares by the hand and said, "Ares, Ares, bane of men, bloodstained stormer of cities, may we not now leave the Trojans and Achaeans to fight it

Homeric Greek

Ἆρες Ἄρες βροτολοιγὲ μιαιφόνε τειχεσιπλῆτα

οὐκ ἂν δὴ Τρῶας μὲν ἐάσαιμεν καὶ Ἀχαιοὺς

μάρνασθ', ὁπποτέροισι πατὴρ Ζεὺς κῦδος ὀρέξῃ,

νῶϊ δὲ χαζώμεσθα, Διὸς δ' ἀλεώμεθα μῆνιν;

35ὣς εἰποῦσα μάχης ἐξήγαγε θοῦρον Ἄρηα:

Transliteration

Ares Ares brotoloige miaiphone teichesiplēta

ouk an dē Trōas men easaimen kai Achaious

marnasth', hoppoteroisi patēr Zeus kudos orexēi,

nōï de chazōmestha, Dios d' aleōmetha mēnin;

35hōs eipousa machēs exēgage thouron Arēa:

English · Butler

out, and see to which of the two Zeus will grant the victory? Let us go away, and thus avoid his anger." So saying, she drew Ares out of the battle, and set him down upon the steep banks of the Skamandros.

Homeric Greek

τὸν μὲν ἔπειτα καθεῖσεν ἐπ' ἠϊόεντι Σκαμάνδρῳ,

Τρῶας δ' ἔκλιναν Δαναοί: ἕλε δ' ἄνδρα ἕκαστος

ἡγεμόνων: πρῶτος δὲ ἄναξ ἀνδρῶν Ἀγαμέμνων

ἀρχὸν Ἁλιζώνων Ὀδίον μέγαν ἔκβαλε δίφρου:

40πρώτῳ γὰρ στρεφθέντι μεταφρένῳ ἐν δόρυ πῆξεν

Transliteration

ton men epeita katheisen ep' ēïoenti Skamandrōi,

Trōas d' eklinan Danaoi: hele d' andra hekastos

hēgemonōn: prōtos de anax andrōn Agamemnōn

archon Halizōnōn Odion megan ekbale diphrou:

40prōtōi gar strephthenti metaphrenōi en doru pēxen

English · Butler

So saying, she drew Ares out of the battle, and set him down upon the steep banks of the Skamandros. Upon this the Danaans drove the Trojans back, and each one of their chieftains killed his man. First King Agamemnon flung mighty Odios, leader of the Halizonoi, from his chariot. The spear of Agamemnon caught him on the broad of his back, just as he was turning in flight; it struck him between the shoulders and went right through his chest, and

Homeric Greek

ὤμων μεσσηγύς, διὰ δὲ στήθεσφιν ἔλασσε,

δούπησεν δὲ πεσών, ἀράβησε δὲ τεύχε' ἐπ' αὐτῷ.

Ἰδομενεὺς δ' ἄρα Φαῖστον ἐνήρατο Μῄονος υἱὸν

Βώρου, ὃς ἐκ Τάρνης ἐριβώλακος εἰληλούθει.

45τὸν μὲν ἄρ' Ἰδομενεὺς δουρικλυτὸς ἔγχεϊ μακρῷ

Transliteration

ōmōn messēgus, dia de stēthesphin elasse,

doupēsen de pesōn, arabēse de teuche' ep' autōi.

Idomeneus d' ara Phaiston enērato Mēionos huion

Bōrou, hos ek Tarnēs eribōlakos eilēlouthei.

45ton men ar' Idomeneus douriklutos encheï makrōi

English · Butler

his armor rang rattling round him as he fell heavily to the ground. Then Idomeneus killed Phaesus, son of Boros the Meonian, who had come from Varne. Mighty Idomeneus speared him on the right shoulder as he was mounting his chariot,

Homeric Greek

νύξ' ἵππων ἐπιβησόμενον κατὰ δεξιὸν ὦμον:

ἤριπε δ' ἐξ ὀχέων, στυγερὸς δ' ἄρα μιν σκότος εἷλε.

τὸν μὲν ἄρ' Ἰδομενῆος ἐσύλευον θεράποντες:

υἱὸν δὲ Στροφίοιο Σκαμάνδριον αἵμονα θήρης

50Ἀτρεί̈δης Μενέλαος ἕλ' ἔγχεϊ ὀξυόεντι

Transliteration

nux' hippōn epibēsomenon kata dexion ōmon:

ēripe d' ex ocheōn, stugeros d' ara min skotos heile.

ton men ar' Idomenēos esuleuon therapontes:

huion de Strophioio Skamandrion haimona thērēs

50Atreïdēs Menelaos hel' encheï oxuoenti

English · Butler

and the darkness of death enshrouded him as he fell heavily from the car. The squires of Idomeneus spoiled him of his armor, while Menelaos, son of Atreus, killed Skamandrios the son of Strophios, a mighty huntsman and keen lover of the chase. Artemis herself had taught him how to kill every kind of wild creature that

Homeric Greek

ἐσθλὸν θηρητῆρα: δίδαξε γὰρ Ἄρτεμις αὐτὴ

βάλλειν ἄγρια πάντα, τά τε τρέφει οὔρεσιν ὕλη:

ἀλλ' οὔ οἱ τότε γε χραῖσμ' Ἄρτεμις ἰοχέαιρα,

οὐδὲ ἑκηβολίαι ᾗσιν τὸ πρίν γε κέκαστο:

55ἀλλά μιν Ἀτρεί̈δης δουρικλειτὸς Μενέλαος

Transliteration

esthlon thērētēra: didaxe gar Artemis autē

ballein agria panta, ta te trephei ouresin hulē:

all' ou hoi tote ge chraism' Artemis iocheaira,

oude hekēboliai hēisin to prin ge kekasto:

55alla min Atreïdēs dourikleitos Menelaos

English · Butler

is bred in mountain forests, but neither she nor his famed skill in archery could now save him, for the spear of Menelaos struck him in the back as he was fleeing; it struck him between the shoulders and went right through

Homeric Greek

πρόσθεν ἕθεν φεύγοντα μετάφρενον οὔτασε δουρὶ

ὤμων μεσσηγύς, διὰ δὲ στήθεσφιν ἔλασσεν,

ἤριπε δὲ πρηνής, ἀράβησε δὲ τεύχε' ἐπ' αὐτῷ.

Μηριόνης δὲ Φέρεκλον ἐνήρατο, τέκτονος υἱὸν

60Ἁρμονίδεω, ὃς χερσὶν ἐπίστατο δαίδαλα πάντα

Transliteration

prosthen hethen pheugonta metaphrenon outase douri

ōmōn messēgus, dia de stēthesphin elassen,

ēripe de prēnēs, arabēse de teuche' ep' autōi.

Mērionēs de Phereklon enērato, tektonos huion

60Harmonideō, hos chersin epistato daidala panta

English · Butler

his chest, so that he fell headlong and his armor rang rattling round him. Meriones then killed Phereklos the son of Tekton, who was the son of Harmon, a man whose hand was skilled in all manner of cunning workmanship, for Pallas Athena had dearly loved him. He it was that made the ships for Alexander,

Homeric Greek

τεύχειν: ἔξοχα γάρ μιν ἐφίλατο Παλλὰς Ἀθήνη:

ὃς καὶ Ἀλεξάνδρῳ τεκτήνατο νῆας ἐί̈σας

ἀρχεκάκους, αἳ πᾶσι κακὸν Τρώεσσι γένοντο

οἷ τ' αὐτῷ, ἐπεὶ οὔ τι θεῶν ἐκ θέσφατα ᾔδη.

65τὸν μὲν Μηριόνης ὅτε δὴ κατέμαρπτε διώκων

Transliteration

teuchein: exocha gar min ephilato Pallas Athēnē:

hos kai Alexandrōi tektēnato nēas eïsas

archekakous, hai pasi kakon Trōessi genonto

hoi t' autōi, epei ou ti theōn ek thesphata ēidē.

65ton men Mērionēs hote dē katemarpte diōkōn

English · Butler

which were the beginning of all mischief, and brought evil alike both on the Trojans and on Alexander himself; for he heeded not the decrees of heaven. Meriones overtook him as he was fleeing, and struck him on the right buttock. The point of the spear went through the bone into the

Homeric Greek

βεβλήκει γλουτὸν κατὰ δεξιόν: ἣ δὲ διαπρὸ

ἀντικρὺ κατὰ κύστιν ὑπ' ὀστέον ἤλυθ' ἀκωκή:

γνὺξ δ' ἔριπ' οἰμώξας, θάνατος δέ μιν ἀμφεκάλυψε.

Πήδαιον δ' ἄρ' ἔπεφνε Μέγης Ἀντήνορος υἱὸν

70ὅς ῥα νόθος μὲν ἔην, πύκα δ' ἔτρεφε δῖα Θεανὼ

Transliteration

beblēkei glouton kata dexion: hē de diapro

antikru kata kustin hup' osteon ēluth' akōkē:

gnux d' erip' oimōxas, thanatos de min amphekalupse.

Pēdaion d' ar' epephne Megēs Antēnoros huion

70hos rha nothos men eēn, puka d' etrephe dia Theanō

English · Butler

bladder, and death came upon him as he cried aloud and fell forward on his knees. Meges, moreover, slew Pedaios, son of Antenor, who, though he was a bastard, had been brought up by Theano as one of her own children, for the love she bore her husband. The son of Phyleus got close up to him and drove a spear into the nape of his neck:

Homeric Greek

ἶσα φίλοισι τέκεσσι χαριζομένη πόσεϊ ᾧ.

τὸν μὲν Φυλεί̈δης δουρὶ κλυτὸς ἐγγύθεν ἐλθὼν

βεβλήκει κεφαλῆς κατὰ ἰνίον ὀξέϊ δουρί:

ἀντικρὺ δ' ἀν' ὀδόντας ὑπὸ γλῶσσαν τάμε χαλκός:

75ἤριπε δ' ἐν κονίῃ, ψυχρὸν δ' ἕλε χαλκὸν ὀδοῦσιν.

Transliteration

isa philoisi tekessi charizomenē poseï hōi.

ton men Phuleïdēs douri klutos enguthen elthōn

beblēkei kephalēs kata inion oxeï douri:

antikru d' an' odontas hupo glōssan tame chalkos:

75ēripe d' en koniēi, psuchron d' hele chalkon odousin.

English · Butler

it went under his tongue all among his teeth, so he bit the cold bronze, and fell dead in the dust.

Homeric Greek

Εὐρύπυλος δ' Εὐαιμονίδης Ὑψήνορα δῖον

υἱὸν ὑπερθύμου Δολοπίονος, ὅς ῥα Σκαμάνδρου

ἀρητὴρ ἐτέτυκτο, θεὸς δ' ὣς τίετο δήμῳ,

τὸν μὲν ἄρ' Εὐρύπυλος, Εὐαίμονος ἀγλαὸς υἱός,

80πρόσθεν ἕθεν φεύγοντα μεταδρομάδην ἔλασ' ὦμον

Transliteration

Eurupulos d' Euaimonidēs Hupsēnora dion

huion huperthumou Dolopionos, hos rha Skamandrou

arētēr etetukto, theos d' hōs tieto dēmōi,

ton men ar' Eurupulos, Euaimonos aglaos huios,

80prosthen hethen pheugonta metadromadēn elas' ōmon

English · Butler

And Eurypylos, son of Euaemon, killed Hypsenor, the son of noble Dolopion, who had been made priest of the river Skamandros, and was honored in the dêmos as though he were a god. Eurypylos gave him chase as he was fleeing before him, smote him with his sword upon the arm, and lopped his strong hand from off it. The bloody hand fell to

Homeric Greek

φασγάνῳ ἀί̈ξας, ἀπὸ δ' ἔξεσε χεῖρα βαρεῖαν:

αἱματόεσσα δὲ χεὶρ πεδίῳ πέσε: τὸν δὲ κατ' ὄσσε

ἔλλαβε πορφύρεος θάνατος καὶ μοῖρα κραταιή.

ὣς οἳ μὲν πονέοντο κατὰ κρατερὴν ὑσμίνην:

85Τυδεί̈δην δ' οὐκ ἂν γνοίης ποτέροισι μετείη

Transliteration

phasganōi aïxas, apo d' exese cheira bareian:

haimatoessa de cheir pediōi pese: ton de kat' osse

ellabe porphureos thanatos kai moira krataiē.

hōs hoi men poneonto kata kraterēn husminēn:

85Tudeïdēn d' ouk an gnoiēs poteroisi meteiē

English · Butler

the ground, and the shades of death, with fate that no man can withstand, came over his eyes. Thus furiously did the battle rage between them.

Homeric Greek

ἠὲ μετὰ Τρώεσσιν ὁμιλέοι ἦ μετ' Ἀχαιοῖς.

θῦνε γὰρ ἂμ πεδίον ποταμῷ πλήθοντι ἐοικὼς

χειμάρρῳ, ὅς τ' ὦκα ῥέων ἐκέδασσε γεφύρας:

τὸν δ' οὔτ' ἄρ τε γέφυραι ἐεργμέναι ἰσχανόωσιν,

90οὔτ' ἄρα ἕρκεα ἴσχει ἀλωάων ἐριθηλέων

Transliteration

ēe meta Trōessin homileoi ē met' Achaiois.

thune gar am pedion potamōi plēthonti eoikōs

cheimarrōi, hos t' ōka rheōn ekedasse gephuras:

ton d' out' ar te gephurai eergmenai ischanoōsin,

90out' ara herkea ischei alōaōn erithēleōn

English · Butler

Thus furiously did the battle rage between them. As for the son of Tydeus, you could not say whether he was more among the Achaeans or the Trojans. He rushed across the plain like a winter torrent that has burst its barrier in full flood; no dikes, no walls of fruitful vineyards can embank it when it is swollen with rain from heaven, but in a moment it comes tearing onward, and lays many a

Homeric Greek

ἐλθόντ' ἐξαπίνης ὅτ' ἐπιβρίσῃ Διὸς ὄμβρος:

πολλὰ δ' ὑπ' αὐτοῦ ἔργα κατήριπε κάλ' αἰζηῶν:

ὣς ὑπὸ Τυδεί̈δῃ πυκιναὶ κλονέοντο φάλαγγες

Τρώων, οὐδ' ἄρα μιν μίμνον πολέες περ ἐόντες.

95τὸν δ' ὡς οὖν ἐνόησε Λυκάονος ἀγλαὸς υἱὸς

Transliteration

elthont' exapinēs hot' epibrisēi Dios ombros:

polla d' hup' autou erga katēripe kal' aizēōn:

hōs hupo Tudeïdēi pukinai kloneonto phalanges

Trōōn, oud' ara min mimnon polees per eontes.

95ton d' hōs oun enoēse Lukaonos aglaos huios

English · Butler

field waste that many a strong man hand has reclaimed - even so were the dense phalanxes of the Trojans driven in rout by the son of Tydeus, and many though they were, they dared not abide his onslaught. Now when the son of Lykaon saw him scouring the plain and driving the Trojans pell-mell before him, he aimed an arrow and hit the front part of his cuirass near the shoulder: the arrow went right through the metal and pierced the flesh, so that the cuirass was covered with blood.

Homeric Greek

θύνοντ' ἂμ πεδίον πρὸ ἕθεν κλονέοντα φάλαγγας,

αἶψ' ἐπὶ Τυδεί̈δῃ ἐτιταίνετο καμπύλα τόξα,

καὶ βάλ' ἐπαί̈σσοντα τυχὼν κατὰ δεξιὸν ὦμον

θώρηκος γύαλον: διὰ δ' ἔπτατο πικρὸς ὀϊστός,

100ἀντικρὺ δὲ διέσχε, παλάσσετο δ' αἵματι θώρηξ.

Transliteration

thunont' am pedion pro hethen kloneonta phalangas,

aips' epi Tudeïdēi etitaineto kampula toxa,

kai bal' epaïssonta tuchōn kata dexion ōmon

thōrēkos gualon: dia d' eptato pikros oïstos,

100antikru de diesche, palasseto d' haimati thōrēx.

English · Butler

Now when the son of Lykaon saw him scouring the plain and driving the Trojans pell-mell before him, he aimed an arrow and hit the front part of his cuirass near the shoulder: the arrow went right through the metal and pierced the flesh, so that the cuirass was covered with blood. On this the son of Lykaon shouted in triumph, "Horsemen Trojans, come on; the bravest of the Achaeans is wounded, and he will not hold

Homeric Greek

τῷ δ' ἐπὶ μακρὸν ἄϋσε Λυκάονος ἀγλαὸς υἱός:

ὄρνυσθε Τρῶες μεγάθυμοι κέντορες ἵππων:

βέβληται γὰρ ἄριστος Ἀχαιῶν, οὐδέ ἕ φημι

δήθ' ἀνσχήσεσθαι κρατερὸν βέλος, εἰ ἐτεόν με

105ὦρσεν ἄναξ Διὸς υἱὸς ἀπορνύμενον Λυκίηθεν.

Transliteration

tōi d' epi makron aüse Lukaonos aglaos huios:

ornusthe Trōes megathumoi kentores hippōn:

beblētai gar aristos Achaiōn, oude he phēmi

dēth' anschēsesthai krateron belos, ei eteon me

105ōrsen anax Dios huios apornumenon Lukiēthen.

English · Butler

out much longer if King Apollo was indeed with me when I sped from Lycia hither."

Homeric Greek

ὣς ἔφατ' εὐχόμενος: τὸν δ' οὐ βέλος ὠκὺ δάμασσεν,

ἀλλ' ἀναχωρήσας πρόσθ' ἵπποιιν καὶ ὄχεσφιν

ἔστη, καὶ Σθένελον προσέφη Καπανήϊον υἱόν:

ὄρσο πέπον Καπανηϊάδη, καταβήσεο δίφρου,

110ὄφρά μοι ἐξ ὤμοιο ἐρύσσῃς πικρὸν ὀϊστόν.

Transliteration

hōs ephat' euchomenos: ton d' ou belos ōku damassen,

all' anachōrēsas prosth' hippoiin kai ochesphin

estē, kai Sthenelon prosephē Kapanēïon huion:

orso pepon Kapanēïadē, katabēseo diphrou,

110ophra moi ex ōmoio erussēis pikron oïston.

English · Butler

Thus did he vaunt; but his arrow had not killed Diomedes, who withdrew and made for the chariot and horses of Sthenelos, the son of Kapaneus. "Dear son of Kapaneus," said he, "come down from your chariot, and draw the arrow out of my shoulder."

Homeric Greek

ὣς ἄρ' ἔφη, Σθένελος δὲ καθ' ἵππων ἆλτο χαμᾶζε,

πὰρ δὲ στὰς βέλος ὠκὺ διαμπερὲς ἐξέρυσ' ὤμου:

αἷμα δ' ἀνηκόντιζε διὰ στρεπτοῖο χιτῶνος.

δὴ τότ' ἔπειτ' ἠρᾶτο βοὴν ἀγαθὸς Διομήδης:

115κλῦθί μευ αἰγιόχοιο Διὸς τέκος Ἀτρυτώνη,

Transliteration

hōs ar' ephē, Sthenelos de kath' hippōn alto chamaze,

par de stas belos ōku diamperes exerus' ōmou:

haima d' anēkontize dia streptoio chitōnos.

dē tot' epeit' ērato boēn agathos Diomēdēs:

115kluthi meu aigiochoio Dios tekos Atrutōnē,

English · Butler

Sthenelos sprang from his chariot, and drew the arrow from the wound, whereon the blood came spouting out through the hole that had been made in his shirt. Then Diomedes prayed, saying, "Hear me, daughter of aegis-bearing Zeus, unweariable, if ever you loved my father well and stood by him in the thick of a fight, do the like now by me; grant me to come within a spear's throw of that man and kill him.

Homeric Greek

εἴ ποτέ μοι καὶ πατρὶ φίλα φρονέουσα παρέστης

δηί̈ῳ ἐν πολέμῳ, νῦν αὖτ' ἐμὲ φῖλαι Ἀθήνη:

δὸς δέ τέ μ' ἄνδρα ἑλεῖν καὶ ἐς ὁρμὴν ἔγχεος ἐλθεῖν

ὅς μ' ἔβαλε φθάμενος καὶ ἐπεύχεται, οὐδέ μέ φησι

120δηρὸν ἔτ' ὄψεσθαι λαμπρὸν φάος ἠελίοιο.

Transliteration

ei pote moi kai patri phila phroneousa parestēs

dēïōi en polemōi, nun aut' eme philai Athēnē:

dos de te m' andra helein kai es hormēn encheos elthein

hos m' ebale phthamenos kai epeuchetai, oude me phēsi

120dēron et' opsesthai lampron phaos ēelioio.

English · Butler

He has been too quick for me and has wounded me; and now he is boasting that I shall not see the light of the sun much longer."

Homeric Greek

ὣς ἔφατ' εὐχόμενος: τοῦ δ' ἔκλυε Παλλὰς Ἀθήνη,

γυῖα δ' ἔθηκεν ἐλαφρά, πόδας καὶ χεῖρας ὕπερθεν:

ἀγχοῦ δ' ἱσταμένη ἔπεα πτερόεντα προσηύδα:

θαρσῶν νῦν Διόμηδες ἐπὶ Τρώεσσι μάχεσθαι:

125ἐν γάρ τοι στήθεσσι μένος πατρώϊον ἧκα

Transliteration

hōs ephat' euchomenos: tou d' eklue Pallas Athēnē,

guia d' ethēken elaphra, podas kai cheiras huperthen:

anchou d' histamenē epea pteroenta prosēuda:

tharsōn nun Diomēdes epi Trōessi machesthai:

125en gar toi stēthessi menos patrōïon hēka

English · Butler

Thus he prayed, and Pallas Athena heard him; she made his limbs supple and quickened his hands and his feet. Then she went up close to him and said, "Fear not, Diomedes, to do battle with the Trojans, for I have set in your heart the spirit of your father, the horseman Tydeus. Moreover, I have withdrawn the veil from your eyes, that you know gods and men apart.

Homeric Greek

ἄτρομον, οἷον ἔχεσκε σακέσπαλος ἱππότα Τυδεύς:

ἀχλὺν δ' αὖ τοι ἀπ' ὀφθαλμῶν ἕλον ἣ πρὶν ἐπῆεν,

ὄφρ' εὖ γιγνώσκῃς ἠμὲν θεὸν ἠδὲ καὶ ἄνδρα.

τὼ νῦν αἴ κε θεὸς πειρώμενος ἐνθάδ' ἵκηται

130μή τι σύ γ' ἀθανάτοισι θεοῖς ἀντικρὺ μάχεσθαι

Transliteration

atromon, hoion echeske sakespalos hippota Tudeus:

achlun d' au toi ap' ophthalmōn helon hē prin epēen,

ophr' eu gignōskēis ēmen theon ēde kai andra.

tō nun ai ke theos peirōmenos enthad' hikētai

130mē ti su g' athanatoisi theois antikru machesthai

English · Butler

If, then, any other god comes here and offers you battle, do not fight him; but should Zeus' daughter Aphrodite come, strike her with

Homeric Greek

τοῖς ἄλλοις: ἀτὰρ εἴ κε Διὸς θυγάτηρ Ἀφροδίτη

ἔλθῃσ' ἐς πόλεμον, τήν γ' οὐτάμεν ὀξέϊ χαλκῷ.

ἣ μὲν ἄρ' ὣς εἰποῦσ' ἀπέβη γλαυκῶπις Ἀθήνη,

Τυδεί̈δης δ' ἐξαῦτις ἰὼν προμάχοισιν ἐμίχθη

135καὶ πρίν περ θυμῷ μεμαὼς Τρώεσσι μάχεσθαι:

Transliteration

tois allois: atar ei ke Dios thugatēr Aphroditē

elthēis' es polemon, tēn g' outamen oxeï chalkōi.

hē men ar' hōs eipous' apebē glaukōpis Athēnē,

Tudeïdēs d' exautis iōn promachoisin emichthē

135kai prin per thumōi memaōs Trōessi machesthai:

English · Butler

your spear and wound her." When she had said this Athena went away, and the son of Tydeus again took his place among the foremost fighters, three times more fierce even than he had been before. He was like a lion that some mountain shepherd has wounded, but

Homeric Greek

δὴ τότε μιν τρὶς τόσσον ἕλεν μένος ὥς τε λέοντα

ὅν ῥά τε ποιμὴν ἀγρῷ ἐπ' εἰροπόκοις ὀί̈εσσι

χραύσῃ μέν τ' αὐλῆς ὑπεράλμενον οὐδὲ δαμάσσῃ:

τοῦ μέν τε σθένος ὦρσεν, ἔπειτα δέ τ' οὐ προσαμύνει,

140ἀλλὰ κατὰ σταθμοὺς δύεται, τὰ δ' ἐρῆμα φοβεῖται:

Transliteration

dē tote min tris tosson helen menos hōs te leonta

hon rha te poimēn agrōi ep' eiropokois oïessi

chrausēi men t' aulēs huperalmenon oude damassēi:

tou men te sthenos ōrsen, epeita de t' ou prosamunei,

140alla kata stathmous duetai, ta d' erēma phobeitai:

English · Butler

not killed, as he is springing over the wall of a sheep-yard to attack the sheep. The shepherd has roused the brute to fury but cannot defend his flock, so he takes shelter under cover of the buildings, while the sheep, panic-stricken on being deserted, are smothered in heaps one on top of the other, and the angry lion leaps out over the sheep-yard wall. Even thus

Homeric Greek

αἳ μέν τ' ἀγχιστῖναι ἐπ' ἀλλήλῃσι κέχυνται,

αὐτὰρ ὃ ἐμμεμαὼς βαθέης ἐξάλλεται αὐλῆς:

ὣς μεμαὼς Τρώεσσι μίγη κρατερὸς Διομήδης.

ἔνθ' ἕλεν Ἀστύνοον καὶ Ὑπείρονα ποιμένα λαῶν,

145τὸν μὲν ὑπὲρ μαζοῖο βαλὼν χαλκήρεϊ δουρί,

Transliteration

hai men t' anchistinai ep' allēlēisi kechuntai,

autar ho emmemaōs batheēs exalletai aulēs:

hōs memaōs Trōessi migē krateros Diomēdēs.

enth' helen Astunoon kai Hupeirona poimena laōn,

145ton men huper mazoio balōn chalkēreï douri,

English · Butler

did Diomedes go furiously about among the Trojans. He killed Astynoos, and shepherd of his people, the one with a thrust of his spear, which struck him above the nipple, the other with a sword - cut on the collar-bone, that severed his shoulder from his neck and back. He let both of them lie, and went

Homeric Greek

τὸν δ' ἕτερον ξίφεϊ μεγάλῳ κληῖ̈δα παρ' ὦμον

πλῆξ', ἀπὸ δ' αὐχένος ὦμον ἐέργαθεν ἠδ' ἀπὸ νώτου.

τοὺς μὲν ἔασ', ὃ δ' Ἄβαντα μετῴχετο καὶ Πολύειδον

υἱέας Εὐρυδάμαντος ὀνειροπόλοιο γέροντος:

150τοῖς οὐκ ἐρχομένοις ὃ γέρων ἐκρίνατ' ὀνείρους,

Transliteration

ton d' heteron xipheï megalōi klēïda par' ōmon

plēx', apo d' auchenos ōmon eergathen ēd' apo nōtou.

tous men eas', ho d' Abanta metōicheto kai Polueidon

huieas Eurudamantos oneiropoloio gerontos:

150tois ouk erchomenois ho gerōn ekrinat' oneirous,

English · Butler

in pursuit of Abas and Polyidos, sons of the old man who read dreams, Eurydamas: they never came back for him to read them any more dreams, for mighty Diomedes made an end of them. He then gave chase to Xanthos and Thoon, the two sons of Phainops, both

Homeric Greek

ἀλλά σφεας κρατερὸς Διομήδης ἐξενάριξε:

βῆ δὲ μετὰ Ξάνθόν τε Θόωνά τε Φαίνοπος υἷε

ἄμφω τηλυγέτω: ὃ δὲ τείρετο γήραϊ λυγρῷ,

υἱὸν δ' οὐ τέκετ' ἄλλον ἐπὶ κτεάτεσσι λιπέσθαι.

155ἔνθ' ὅ γε τοὺς ἐνάριζε, φίλον δ' ἐξαίνυτο θυμὸν

Transliteration

alla spheas krateros Diomēdēs exenarixe:

bē de meta Xanthon te Thoōna te Phainopos huie

amphō tēlugetō: ho de teireto gēraï lugrōi,

huion d' ou teket' allon epi kteatessi lipesthai.

155enth' ho ge tous enarize, philon d' exainuto thumon

English · Butler

of them very dear to him, for he was now worn out with age, and begat no more sons to inherit his possessions. But Diomedes took both their lives and left their father sorrowing bitterly, for he nevermore

Homeric Greek

ἀμφοτέρω, πατέρι δὲ γόον καὶ κήδεα λυγρὰ

λεῖπ', ἐπεὶ οὐ ζώοντε μάχης ἐκνοστήσαντε

δέξατο: χηρωσταὶ δὲ διὰ κτῆσιν δατέοντο.

ἔνθ' υἷας Πριάμοιο δύω λάβε Δαρδανίδαο

160εἰν ἑνὶ δίφρῳ ἐόντας Ἐχέμμονά τε Χρομίον τε.

Transliteration

amphoterō, pateri de goon kai kēdea lugra

leip', epei ou zōonte machēs eknostēsante

dexato: chērōstai de dia ktēsin dateonto.

enth' huias Priamoio duō labe Dardanidao

160ein heni diphrōi eontas Echemmona te Chromion te.

English · Butler

saw them come home from battle alive, and his kinsmen divided his wealth among themselves. Then he came upon two sons of Priam, Echemmon and Chromios, as they were both in one chariot. He sprang upon them as a lion fastens on the

Homeric Greek

ὡς δὲ λέων ἐν βουσὶ θορὼν ἐξ αὐχένα ἄξῃ

πόρτιος ἠὲ βοὸς ξύλοχον κάτα βοσκομενάων,

ὣς τοὺς ἀμφοτέρους ἐξ ἵππων Τυδέος υἱὸς

βῆσε κακῶς ἀέκοντας, ἔπειτα δὲ τεύχε' ἐσύλα:

165ἵππους δ' οἷς ἑτάροισι δίδου μετὰ νῆας ἐλαύνειν.

Transliteration

hōs de leōn en bousi thorōn ex auchena axēi

portios ēe boos xulochon kata boskomenaōn,

hōs tous amphoterous ex hippōn Tudeos huios

bēse kakōs aekontas, epeita de teuche' esula:

165hippous d' hois hetaroisi didou meta nēas elaunein.

English · Butler

neck of some cow or heifer when the herd is feeding in a coppice. For all their vain struggles he flung them both from their chariot and stripped the armor from their bodies. Then he gave their horses to his comrades to take them back to the ships.

Homeric Greek

τὸν δ' ἴδεν Αἰνείας ἀλαπάζοντα στίχας ἀνδρῶν,

βῆ δ' ἴμεν ἄν τε μάχην καὶ ἀνὰ κλόνον ἐγχειάων

Πάνδαρον ἀντίθεον διζήμενος εἴ που ἐφεύροι:

εὗρε Λυκάονος υἱὸν ἀμύμονά τε κρατερόν τε,

170στῆ δὲ πρόσθ' αὐτοῖο ἔπος τέ μιν ἀντίον ηὔδα:

Transliteration

ton d' iden Aineias alapazonta stichas andrōn,

bē d' imen an te machēn kai ana klonon encheiaōn

Pandaron antitheon dizēmenos ei pou epheuroi:

heure Lukaonos huion amumona te krateron te,

170stē de prosth' autoio epos te min antion ēuda:

English · Butler

When Aeneas saw him thus making havoc among the ranks, he went through the fight amid the rain of spears to see if he could find Pandaros. When he had found the brave son of Lykaon he said, "Pandaros, where is now your bow, your winged arrows, and your renown as an archer, in respect of which no man

Homeric Greek

Πάνδαρε ποῦ τοι τόξον ἰδὲ πτερόεντες ὀϊστοὶ

καὶ κλέος; ᾧ οὔ τίς τοι ἐρίζεται ἐνθάδε γ' ἀνήρ,

οὐδέ τις ἐν Λυκίῃ σέο γ' εὔχεται εἶναι ἀμείνων.

ἀλλ' ἄγε τῷδ' ἔφες ἀνδρὶ βέλος Διὶ χεῖρας ἀνασχὼν

175ὅς τις ὅδε κρατέει καὶ δὴ κακὰ πολλὰ ἔοργε

Transliteration

Pandare pou toi toxon ide pteroentes oïstoi

kai kleos; hōi ou tis toi erizetai enthade g' anēr,

oude tis en Lukiēi seo g' euchetai einai ameinōn.

all' age tōid' ephes andri belos Dii cheiras anaschōn

175hos tis hode krateei kai dē kaka polla eorge

English · Butler

here can rival you nor is there any in Lycia that can beat you? Lift then your hands to Zeus and send an arrow at this man who is going so masterfully about, and has done such deadly work among the Trojans.

Homeric Greek

Τρῶας, ἐπεὶ πολλῶν τε καὶ ἐσθλῶν γούνατ' ἔλυσεν:

εἰ μή τις θεός ἐστι κοτεσσάμενος Τρώεσσιν

ἱρῶν μηνίσας: χαλεπὴ δὲ θεοῦ ἔπι μῆνις.

τὸν δ' αὖτε προσέειπε Λυκάονος ἀγλαὸς υἱός:

180Αἰνεία Τρώων βουληφόρε χαλκοχιτώνων

Transliteration

Trōas, epei pollōn te kai esthlōn gounat' elusen:

ei mē tis theos esti kotessamenos Trōessin

hirōn mēnisas: chalepē de theou epi mēnis.

ton d' aute proseeipe Lukaonos aglaos huios:

180Aineia Trōōn boulēphore chalkochitōnōn

English · Butler

and has done such deadly work among the Trojans. He has killed many a brave man - unless indeed he is some god who is angry with the Trojans about their sacrifices, and has set his hand against them in his anger." And the son of Lykaon answered, "Aeneas, I take him for none other than the son of Tydeus. I know him by his shield, the visor of his helmet, and by his horses.

Homeric Greek

Τυδεί̈δῃ μιν ἔγωγε δαί̈φρονι πάντα ἐί̈σκω,

ἀσπίδι γιγνώσκων αὐλώπιδί τε τρυφαλείῃ,

ἵππους τ' εἰσορόων: σάφα δ' οὐκ οἶδ' εἰ θεός ἐστιν.

εἰ δ' ὅ γ' ἀνὴρ ὅν φημι δαί̈φρων Τυδέος υἱὸς

185οὐχ ὅ γ' ἄνευθε θεοῦ τάδε μαίνεται, ἀλλά τις ἄγχι

Transliteration

Tudeïdēi min egōge daïphroni panta eïskō,

aspidi gignōskōn aulōpidi te truphaleiēi,

hippous t' eisoroōn: sapha d' ouk oid' ei theos estin.

ei d' ho g' anēr hon phēmi daïphrōn Tudeos huios

185ouch ho g' aneuthe theou tade mainetai, alla tis anchi

English · Butler

It is possible that he may be a god, but if he is the man I say he is, he is not making all this havoc without heaven's help, but has some god by his side who is shrouded in a cloud of darkness, and who turned my arrow aside when it had hit him.

Homeric Greek

ἕστηκ' ἀθανάτων νεφέλῃ εἰλυμένος ὤμους,

ὃς τούτου βέλος ὠκὺ κιχήμενον ἔτραπεν ἄλλῃ.

ἤδη γάρ οἱ ἐφῆκα βέλος, καί μιν βάλον ὦμον

δεξιὸν ἀντικρὺ διὰ θώρηκος γυάλοιο:

190καί μιν ἔγωγ' ἐφάμην Ἀϊδωνῆϊ προϊάψειν,

Transliteration

hestēk' athanatōn nephelēi eilumenos ōmous,

hos toutou belos ōku kichēmenon etrapen allēi.

ēdē gar hoi ephēka belos, kai min balon ōmon

dexion antikru dia thōrēkos gualoio:

190kai min egōg' ephamēn Aïdōnēï proïapsein,

English · Butler

I have taken aim at him already and hit him on the right shoulder; my arrow went through the breastplate of his cuirass; and I made sure I should send him hurrying to the world below, but it seems that I have not killed him. There must be a god who is angry with me. Moreover I have neither horse nor chariot.

Homeric Greek

ἔμπης δ' οὐκ ἐδάμασσα: θεός νύ τίς ἐστι κοτήεις.

ἵπποι δ' οὐ παρέασι καὶ ἅρματα τῶν κ' ἐπιβαίην:

ἀλλά που ἐν μεγάροισι Λυκάονος ἕνδεκα δίφροι

καλοὶ πρωτοπαγεῖς νεοτευχέες: ἀμφὶ δὲ πέπλοι

195πέπτανται: παρὰ δέ σφιν ἑκάστῳ δίζυγες ἵπποι

Transliteration

empēs d' ouk edamassa: theos nu tis esti kotēeis.

hippoi d' ou pareasi kai harmata tōn k' epibaiēn:

alla pou en megaroisi Lukaonos hendeka diphroi

kaloi prōtopageis neoteuchees: amphi de peploi

195peptantai: para de sphin hekastōi dizuges hippoi

English · Butler

In my father's stables there are eleven excellent chariots, fresh from the builder, quite new, with cloths spread over them; and by each of them there stand a pair of horses, champing barley and rye; my old father Lykaon urged me again and again when I was at home and on the point of starting, to take chariots and

Homeric Greek

ἑστᾶσι κρῖ λευκὸν ἐρεπτόμενοι καὶ ὀλύρας.

ἦ μέν μοι μάλα πολλὰ γέρων αἰχμητὰ Λυκάων

ἐρχομένῳ ἐπέτελλε δόμοις ἔνι ποιητοῖσιν:

ἵπποισίν μ' ἐκέλευε καὶ ἅρμασιν ἐμβεβαῶτα

200ἀρχεύειν Τρώεσσι κατὰ κρατερὰς ὑσμίνας:

Transliteration

hestasi kri leukon ereptomenoi kai oluras.

ē men moi mala polla gerōn aichmēta Lukaōn

erchomenōi epetelle domois eni poiētoisin:

hippoisin m' ekeleue kai harmasin embebaōta

200archeuein Trōessi kata krateras husminas:

English · Butler

horses with me that I might lead the Trojans in battle, but I would not listen to him; it would have been much better if I had done so, but I was thinking about the horses, which had been used to eat their fill, and I was afraid that in

Homeric Greek

ἀλλ' ἐγὼ οὐ πιθόμην: ἦ τ' ἂν πολὺ κέρδιον ἦεν:

ἵππων φειδόμενος, μή μοι δευοίατο φορβῆς

ἀνδρῶν εἰλομένων εἰωθότες ἔδμεναι ἄδην.

ὣς λίπον, αὐτὰρ πεζὸς ἐς Ἴλιον εἰλήλουθα

205τόξοισιν πίσυνος: τὰ δέ μ' οὐκ ἄρ' ἔμελλον ὀνήσειν.

Transliteration

all' egō ou pithomēn: ē t' an polu kerdion ēen:

hippōn pheidomenos, mē moi deuoiato phorbēs

andrōn eilomenōn eiōthotes edmenai adēn.

hōs lipon, autar pezos es Ilion eilēloutha

205toxoisin pisunos: ta de m' ouk ar' emellon onēsein.

English · Butler

such a great gathering of men they might be ill-fed, so I left them at home and came on foot to Ilion armed only with my bow and arrows. These it seems, are of no use, for I have already hit two chieftains,

Homeric Greek

ἤδη γὰρ δοιοῖσιν ἀριστήεσσιν ἐφῆκα

Τυδεί̈δῃ τε καὶ Ἀτρεί̈δῃ, ἐκ δ' ἀμφοτέροιιν

ἀτρεκὲς αἷμ' ἔσσευα βαλών, ἤγειρα δὲ μᾶλλον.

τώ ῥα κακῇ αἴσῃ ἀπὸ πασσάλου ἀγκύλα τόξα

210ἤματι τῷ ἑλόμην ὅτε Ἴλιον εἰς ἐρατεινὴν

Transliteration

ēdē gar doioisin aristēessin ephēka

Tudeïdēi te kai Atreïdēi, ek d' amphoteroiin

atrekes haim' esseua balōn, ēgeira de mallon.

tō rha kakēi aisēi apo passalou ankula toxa

210ēmati tōi helomēn hote Ilion eis erateinēn

English · Butler

the sons of Atreus and of Tydeus, and though I drew blood surely enough, I have only made them still more furious. I did ill to take my bow down from its peg on the day I led my band

Homeric Greek

ἡγεόμην Τρώεσσι φέρων χάριν Ἕκτορι δίῳ.

εἰ δέ κε νοστήσω καὶ ἐσόψομαι ὀφθαλμοῖσι

πατρίδ' ἐμὴν ἄλοχόν τε καὶ ὑψερεφὲς μέγα δῶμα,

αὐτίκ' ἔπειτ' ἀπ' ἐμεῖο κάρη τάμοι ἀλλότριος φὼς

215εἰ μὴ ἐγὼ τάδε τόξα φαεινῷ ἐν πυρὶ θείην

Transliteration

hēgeomēn Trōessi pherōn charin Hektori diōi.

ei de ke nostēsō kai esopsomai ophthalmoisi

patrid' emēn alochon te kai hupserephes mega dōma,

autik' epeit' ap' emeio karē tamoi allotrios phōs

215ei mē egō tade toxa phaeinōi en puri theiēn

English · Butler

of Trojans to Ilion as a favor to Hektor, and if ever I get home again to set eyes on my native place, my wife, and the greatness of my house, may some one cut my head off then and there if

Homeric Greek

χερσὶ διακλάσσας: ἀνεμώλια γάρ μοι ὀπηδεῖ.

τὸν δ' αὖτ' Αἰνείας Τρώων ἀγὸς ἀντίον ηὔδα:

μὴ δ' οὕτως ἀγόρευε: πάρος δ' οὐκ ἔσσεται ἄλλως,

πρίν γ' ἐπὶ νὼ τῷδ' ἀνδρὶ σὺν ἵπποισιν καὶ ὄχεσφιν

220ἀντιβίην ἐλθόντε σὺν ἔντεσι πειρηθῆναι.

Transliteration

chersi diaklassas: anemōlia gar moi opēdei.

ton d' aut' Aineias Trōōn agos antion ēuda:

mē d' houtōs agoreue: paros d' ouk essetai allōs,

prin g' epi nō tōid' andri sun hippoisin kai ochesphin

220antibiēn elthonte sun entesi peirēthēnai.

English · Butler

I do not break the bow and set it on a hot fire - such pranks as it plays me." Aeneas answered, "Say no more. Things will not mend till we two go against this man with chariot and horses and bring him to a trial of arms.

Homeric Greek

ἀλλ' ἄγ' ἐμῶν ὀχέων ἐπιβήσεο, ὄφρα ἴδηαι

οἷοι Τρώϊοι ἵπποι ἐπιστάμενοι πεδίοιο

κραιπνὰ μάλ' ἔνθα καὶ ἔνθα διωκέμεν ἠδὲ φέβεσθαι:

τὼ καὶ νῶϊ πόλιν δὲ σαώσετον, εἴ περ ἂν αὖτε

225Ζεὺς ἐπὶ Τυδεί̈δῃ Διομήδεϊ κῦδος ὀρέξῃ.

Transliteration

all' ag' emōn ocheōn epibēseo, ophra idēai

hoioi Trōïoi hippoi epistamenoi pedioio

kraipna mal' entha kai entha diōkemen ēde phebesthai:

tō kai nōï polin de saōseton, ei per an aute

225Zeus epi Tudeïdēi Diomēdeï kudos orexēi.

English · Butler

Mount my chariot, and note how cleverly the horses of Tros can speed hither and thither over the plain in pursuit or flight. If Zeus again grants glory to the son of Tydeus they will carry us safely back to the city. Take hold, then, of the whip and reins while I stand upon

Homeric Greek

ἀλλ' ἄγε νῦν μάστιγα καὶ ἡνία σιγαλόεντα

δέξαι, ἐγὼ δ' ἵππων ἀποβήσομαι ὄφρα μάχωμαι:

ἠὲ σὺ τόνδε δέδεξο, μελήσουσιν δ' ἐμοὶ ἵπποι.

τὸν δ' αὖτε προσέειπε Λυκάονος ἀγλαὸς υἱός:

230Αἰνεία σὺ μὲν αὐτὸς ἔχ' ἡνία καὶ τεὼ ἵππω:

Transliteration

all' age nun mastiga kai hēnia sigaloenta

dexai, egō d' hippōn apobēsomai ophra machōmai:

ēe su tonde dedexo, melēsousin d' emoi hippoi.

ton d' aute proseeipe Lukaonos aglaos huios:

230Aineia su men autos ech' hēnia kai teō hippō:

English · Butler

the car to fight, or else do you wait this man's onset while I look after the horses." "Aeneas." replied the son of Lykaon, "take the reins and drive; if we have to flee before the son of Tydeus the horses will go better for their own driver. If they miss the sound of

Homeric Greek

μᾶλλον ὑφ' ἡνιόχῳ εἰωθότι καμπύλον ἅρμα

οἴσετον, εἴ περ ἂν αὖτε φεβώμεθα Τυδέος υἱόν:

μὴ τὼ μὲν δείσαντε ματήσετον, οὐδ' ἐθέλητον

ἐκφερέμεν πολέμοιο τεὸν φθόγγον ποθέοντε,

235νῶϊ δ' ἐπαί̈ξας μεγαθύμου Τυδέος υἱὸς

Transliteration

mallon huph' hēniochōi eiōthoti kampulon harma

oiseton, ei per an aute phebōmetha Tudeos huion:

mē tō men deisante matēseton, oud' ethelēton

ekpheremen polemoio teon phthongon potheonte,

235nōï d' epaïxas megathumou Tudeos huios

English · Butler

your voice when they expect it they may be frightened, and refuse to take us out of the fight. The son of Tydeus will then kill both of us and take the horses. Therefore drive them yourself and I

Homeric Greek

αὐτώ τε κτείνῃ καὶ ἐλάσσῃ μώνυχας ἵππους.

ἀλλὰ σύ γ' αὐτὸς ἔλαυνε τέ' ἅρματα καὶ τεὼ ἵππω,

τὸν δὲ δ' ἐγὼν ἐπιόντα δεδέξομαι ὀξέϊ δουρί.

ὣς ἄρα φωνήσαντες ἐς ἅρματα ποικίλα βάντες

240ἐμμεμαῶτ' ἐπὶ Τυδεί̈δῃ ἔχον ὠκέας ἵππους.

Transliteration

autō te kteinēi kai elassēi mōnuchas hippous.

alla su g' autos elaune te' harmata kai teō hippō,

ton de d' egōn epionta dedexomai oxeï douri.

hōs ara phōnēsantes es harmata poikila bantes

240emmemaōt' epi Tudeïdēi echon ōkeas hippous.

English · Butler

will be ready for him with my spear." They then mounted the chariot and drove full-speed towards the son of Tydeus. Sthenelos, son of Kapaneus, saw them coming

Homeric Greek

τοὺς δὲ ἴδε Σθένελος Καπανήϊος ἀγλαὸς υἱός,

αἶψα δὲ Τυδεί̈δην ἔπεα πτερόεντα προσηύδα:

Τυδεί̈δη Διόμηδες ἐμῷ κεχαρισμένε θυμῷ,

ἄνδρ' ὁρόω κρατερὼ ἐπὶ σοὶ μεμαῶτε μάχεσθαι

245ἶν' ἀπέλεθρον ἔχοντας: ὃ μὲν τόξων ἐὺ̈ εἰδὼς

Transliteration

tous de ide Sthenelos Kapanēïos aglaos huios,

aipsa de Tudeïdēn epea pteroenta prosēuda:

Tudeïdē Diomēdes emōi kecharismene thumōi,

andr' horoō kraterō epi soi memaōte machesthai

245in' apelethron echontas: ho men toxōn eü eidōs

English · Butler

and said to Diomedes, "Diomedes, son of Tydeus, man after my own heart, I see two heroes speeding towards you, both of them men of might the one a skillful archer, Pandaros son of Lykaon, the other, Aeneas, whose sire is Anchises, while his mother is Aphrodite.

Homeric Greek

Πάνδαρος, υἱὸς δ' αὖτε Λυκάονος εὔχεται εἶναι:

Αἰνείας δ' υἱὸς μὲν ἀμύμονος Ἀγχίσαο

εὔχεται ἐκγεγάμεν, μήτηρ δέ οἵ ἐστ' Ἀφροδίτη.

ἀλλ' ἄγε δὴ χαζώμεθ' ἐφ' ἵππων, μηδέ μοι οὕτω

250θῦνε διὰ προμάχων, μή πως φίλον ἦτορ ὀλέσσῃς.

Transliteration

Pandaros, huios d' aute Lukaonos euchetai einai:

Aineias d' huios men amumonos Anchisao

euchetai ekgegamen, mētēr de hoi est' Aphroditē.

all' age dē chazōmeth' eph' hippōn, mēde moi houtō

250thune dia promachōn, mē pōs philon ētor olessēis.

English · Butler

Mount the chariot and let us retreat. Do not, I pray you, press so furiously forward, or you may get killed."

Homeric Greek

τὸν δ' ἄρ' ὑπόδρα ἰδὼν προσέφη κρατερὸς Διομήδης:

μή τι φόβον δ' ἀγόρευ', ἐπεὶ οὐδὲ σὲ πεισέμεν οἴω.

οὐ γάρ μοι γενναῖον ἀλυσκάζοντι μάχεσθαι

οὐδὲ καταπτώσσειν: ἔτι μοι μένος ἔμπεδόν ἐστιν:

255ὀκνείω δ' ἵππων ἐπιβαινέμεν, ἀλλὰ καὶ αὔτως

Transliteration

ton d' ar' hupodra idōn prosephē krateros Diomēdēs:

mē ti phobon d' agoreu', epei oude se peisemen oiō.

ou gar moi gennaion aluskazonti machesthai

oude kataptōssein: eti moi menos empedon estin:

255okneiō d' hippōn epibainemen, alla kai autōs

English · Butler

Diomedes looked angrily at him and answered: "Talk not of flight, for I shall not listen to you: I am of a race that knows neither flight nor fear, and my limbs are as yet unwearied. I am in no mind to mount, but will go against them even as I am; Pallas Athena bids me be afraid of no man, and even though

Homeric Greek

ἀντίον εἶμ' αὐτῶν: τρεῖν μ' οὐκ ἐᾷ Παλλὰς Ἀθήνη.

τούτω δ' οὐ πάλιν αὖτις ἀποίσετον ὠκέες ἵπποι

ἄμφω ἀφ' ἡμείων, εἴ γ' οὖν ἕτερός γε φύγῃσιν.

ἄλλο δέ τοι ἐρέω, σὺ δ' ἐνὶ φρεσὶ βάλλεο σῇσιν:

260αἴ κέν μοι πολύβουλος Ἀθήνη κῦδος ὀρέξῃ

Transliteration

antion eim' autōn: trein m' ouk eāi Pallas Athēnē.

toutō d' ou palin autis apoiseton ōkees hippoi

amphō aph' hēmeiōn, ei g' oun heteros ge phugēisin.

allo de toi ereō, su d' eni phresi balleo sēisin:

260ai ken moi poluboulos Athēnē kudos orexēi

English · Butler

one of them escape, their steeds shall not take both back again. I say further, and lay my saying to your heart - if Athena sees fit to grant me the glory of killing both, stay your horses here and make the reins fast to the rim of the chariot; then be sure you spring Aeneas' horses and drive them from the Trojan to the Achaean ranks.

Homeric Greek

ἀμφοτέρω κτεῖναι, σὺ δὲ τούσδε μὲν ὠκέας ἵππους

αὐτοῦ ἐρυκακέειν ἐξ ἄντυγος ἡνία τείνας,

Αἰνείαο δ' ἐπαί̈ξαι μεμνημένος ἵππων,

ἐκ δ' ἐλάσαι Τρώων μετ' ἐϋκνήμιδας Ἀχαιούς.

265τῆς γάρ τοι γενεῆς ἧς Τρωί̈ περ εὐρύοπα Ζεὺς

Transliteration

amphoterō kteinai, su de tousde men ōkeas hippous

autou erukakeein ex antugos hēnia teinas,

Aineiao d' epaïxai memnēmenos hippōn,

ek d' elasai Trōōn met' eüknēmidas Achaious.

265tēs gar toi geneēs hēs Trōï per euruopa Zeus

English · Butler

and lay my saying to your heart - if Athena sees fit to grant me the glory of killing both, stay your horses here and make the reins fast to the rim of the chariot; then be sure you spring Aeneas' horses and drive them from the Trojan to the Achaean ranks. They are of the stock that great Zeus gave to Tros in payment for his son Ganymede, and are the finest that live and move under the sun. King Anchises stole the blood by putting his mares to them without Laomedon's knowledge, and they bore him six foals.

Homeric Greek

δῶχ' υἷος ποινὴν Γανυμήδεος, οὕνεκ' ἄριστοι

ἵππων ὅσσοι ἔασιν ὑπ' ἠῶ τ' ἠέλιόν τε,

τῆς γενεῆς ἔκλεψεν ἄναξ ἀνδρῶν Ἀγχίσης

λάθρῃ Λαομέδοντος ὑποσχὼν θήλεας ἵππους:

270τῶν οἱ ἓξ ἐγένοντο ἐνὶ μεγάροισι γενέθλη.

Transliteration

dōch' huios poinēn Ganumēdeos, hounek' aristoi

hippōn hossoi easin hup' ēō t' ēelion te,

tēs geneēs eklepsen anax andrōn Anchisēs

lathrēi Laomedontos huposchōn thēleas hippous:

270tōn hoi hex egenonto eni megaroisi genethlē.

English · Butler

Four are still in his stables, but he gave the other two to Aeneas. We shall win great glory if

Homeric Greek

τοὺς μὲν τέσσαρας αὐτὸς ἔχων ἀτίταλλ' ἐπὶ φάτνῃ,

τὼ δὲ δύ' Αἰνείᾳ δῶκεν μήστωρε φόβοιο.

εἰ τούτω κε λάβοιμεν, ἀροίμεθά κε κλέος ἐσθλόν.

ὣς οἳ μὲν τοιαῦτα πρὸς ἀλλήλους ἀγόρευον,

275τὼ δὲ τάχ' ἐγγύθεν ἦλθον ἐλαύνοντ' ὠκέας ἵππους.

Transliteration

tous men tessaras autos echōn atitall' epi phatnēi,

tō de du' Aineiāi dōken mēstōre phoboio.

ei toutō ke laboimen, aroimetha ke kleos esthlon.

hōs hoi men toiauta pros allēlous agoreuon,

275tō de tach' enguthen ēlthon elaunont' ōkeas hippous.

English · Butler

we can take them." Thus did they converse, but the other two had now driven close up to them, and the son of Lykaon spoke first. "Great and mighty son," said

Homeric Greek

τὸν πρότερος προσέειπε Λυκάονος ἀγλαὸς υἱός:

καρτερόθυμε δαί̈φρον ἀγαυοῦ Τυδέος υἱὲ

ἦ μάλα σ' οὐ βέλος ὠκὺ δαμάσσατο πικρὸς ὀϊστός:

νῦν αὖτ' ἐγχείῃ πειρήσομαι αἴ κε τύχωμι.

280ἦ ῥα καὶ ἀμπεπαλὼν προί̈ει δολιχόσκιον ἔγχος

Transliteration

ton proteros proseeipe Lukaonos aglaos huios:

karterothume daïphron agauou Tudeos huie

ē mala s' ou belos ōku damassato pikros oïstos:

nun aut' encheiēi peirēsomai ai ke tuchōmi.

280ē rha kai ampepalōn proïei dolichoskion enchos

English · Butler

he, "of noble Tydeus, my arrow failed to lay you low, so I will now try with my spear." He poised his spear as he spoke and hurled it from him.

Homeric Greek

καὶ βάλε Τυδεί̈δαο κατ' ἀσπίδα: τῆς δὲ διὰ πρὸ

αἰχμὴ χαλκείη πταμένη θώρηκι πελάσθη:

τῷ δ' ἐπὶ μακρὸν ἄϋσε Λυκάονος ἀγλαὸς υἱός:

βέβληαι κενεῶνα διαμπερές, οὐδέ σ' ὀί̈ω

285δηρὸν ἔτ' ἀνσχήσεσθαι: ἐμοὶ δὲ μέγ' εὖχος ἔδωκας.

Transliteration

kai bale Tudeïdao kat' aspida: tēs de dia pro

aichmē chalkeiē ptamenē thōrēki pelasthē:

tōi d' epi makron aüse Lukaonos aglaos huios:

beblēai keneōna diamperes, oude s' oïō

285dēron et' anschēsesthai: emoi de meg' euchos edōkas.

English · Butler

He poised his spear as he spoke and hurled it from him. It struck the shield of the son of Tydeus; the bronze point pierced it and passed on till it reached the breastplate. Thereon the son of Lykaon shouted out and said, "You are hit clean through the belly; you will not stand out for long, and the glory of the fight is mine."

Homeric Greek

τὸν δ' οὐ ταρβήσας προσέφη κρατερὸς Διομήδης:

ἤμβροτες οὐδ' ἔτυχες: ἀτὰρ οὐ μὲν σφῶί̈ γ' ὀί̈ω

πρίν γ' ἀποπαύσεσθαι πρίν γ' ἢ ἕτερόν γε πεσόντα

αἵματος ἆσαι Ἄρηα, ταλαύρινον πολεμιστήν.

290ὣς φάμενος προέηκε: βέλος δ' ἴθυνεν Ἀθήνη

Transliteration

ton d' ou tarbēsas prosephē krateros Diomēdēs:

ēmbrotes oud' etuches: atar ou men sphōï g' oïō

prin g' apopausesthai prin g' ē heteron ge pesonta

haimatos asai Arēa, talaurinon polemistēn.

290hōs phamenos proeēke: belos d' ithunen Athēnē

English · Butler

But Diomedes all undismayed made answer, "You have missed, not hit, and before you two see the end of this matter one or other of you shall glut tough-shielded Ares with his blood." With this he hurled his spear, and Athena guided it on to Pandaros' nose near the eye.

Homeric Greek

ῥῖνα παρ' ὀφθαλμόν, λευκοὺς δ' ἐπέρησεν ὀδόντας.

τοῦ δ' ἀπὸ μὲν γλῶσσαν πρυμνὴν τάμε χαλκὸς ἀτειρής,

αἰχμὴ δ' ἐξελύθη παρὰ νείατον ἀνθερεῶνα:

ἤριπε δ' ἐξ ὀχέων, ἀράβησε δὲ τεύχε' ἐπ' αὐτῷ

295αἰόλα παμφανόωντα, παρέτρεσσαν δέ οἱ ἵπποι

Transliteration

rhina par' ophthalmon, leukous d' eperēsen odontas.

tou d' apo men glōssan prumnēn tame chalkos ateirēs,

aichmē d' exeluthē para neiaton anthereōna:

ēripe d' ex ocheōn, arabēse de teuche' ep' autōi

295aiola pamphanoōnta, paretressan de hoi hippoi

English · Butler

With this he hurled his spear, and Athena guided it on to Pandaros' nose near the eye. It went crashing in among his white teeth; the bronze point cut through the root of his to tongue, coming out under his chin, and his glistening armor rang rattling round him as he fell heavily to the ground. The horses started aside for fear, and

Homeric Greek

ὠκύποδες: τοῦ δ' αὖθι λύθη ψυχή τε μένος τε.

Αἰνείας δ' ἀπόρουσε σὺν ἀσπίδι δουρί τε μακρῷ

δείσας μή πώς οἱ ἐρυσαίατο νεκρὸν Ἀχαιοί.

ἀμφὶ δ' ἄρ' αὐτῷ βαῖνε λέων ὣς ἀλκὶ πεποιθώς,

300πρόσθε δέ οἱ δόρυ τ' ἔσχε καὶ ἀσπίδα πάντοσ' ἐί̈σην,

Transliteration

ōkupodes: tou d' authi luthē psuchē te menos te.

Aineias d' aporouse sun aspidi douri te makrōi

deisas mē pōs hoi erusaiato nekron Achaioi.

amphi d' ar' autōi baine leōn hōs alki pepoithōs,

300prosthe de hoi doru t' esche kai aspida pantos' eïsēn,

English · Butler

he was reft of life and strength. Aeneas sprang from his chariot armed with shield and spear, fearing lest the Achaeans should carry off the body. He bestrode it as a lion in the pride of strength, with shield and on spear before him and a cry of battle on his lips resolute to kill the first that should dare face him.

Homeric Greek

τὸν κτάμεναι μεμαὼς ὅς τις τοῦ γ' ἀντίος ἔλθοι

σμερδαλέα ἰάχων: ὃ δὲ χερμάδιον λάβε χειρὶ

Τυδεί̈δης μέγα ἔργον ὃ οὐ δύο γ' ἄνδρε φέροιεν,

οἷοι νῦν βροτοί εἰσ': ὃ δέ μιν ῥέα πάλλε καὶ οἶος.

305τῷ βάλεν Αἰνείαο κατ' ἰσχίον ἔνθά τε μηρὸς

Transliteration

ton ktamenai memaōs hos tis tou g' antios elthoi

smerdalea iachōn: ho de chermadion labe cheiri

Tudeïdēs mega ergon ho ou duo g' andre pheroien,

hoioi nun brotoi eis': ho de min rhea palle kai oios.

305tōi balen Aineiao kat' ischion entha te mēros

English · Butler

But the son of Tydeus caught up a mighty stone, so huge and great that as men now are it would take two to lift it; nevertheless he bore it aloft with ease unaided, and with this he struck Aeneas on the groin where the hip turns in the joint that is called the "cup-bone." The stone crushed this joint, and broke both the sinews, while its jagged edges tore away all the flesh.

Homeric Greek

ἰσχίῳ ἐνστρέφεται, κοτύλην δέ τέ μιν καλέουσι:

θλάσσε δέ οἱ κοτύλην, πρὸς δ' ἄμφω ῥῆξε τένοντε:

ὦσε δ' ἀπὸ ῥινὸν τρηχὺς λίθος: αὐτὰρ ὅ γ' ἥρως

ἔστη γνὺξ ἐριπὼν καὶ ἐρείσατο χειρὶ παχείῃ

310γαίης: ἀμφὶ δὲ ὄσσε κελαινὴ νὺξ ἐκάλυψε.

Transliteration

ischiōi enstrephetai, kotulēn de te min kaleousi:

thlasse de hoi kotulēn, pros d' amphō rhēxe tenonte:

ōse d' apo rhinon trēchus lithos: autar ho g' hērōs

estē gnux eripōn kai ereisato cheiri pacheiēi

310gaiēs: amphi de osse kelainē nux ekalupse.

English · Butler

The hero fell on his knees, and propped himself with his hand resting on the ground till the darkness of night fell upon his eyes. And now Aeneas, king of men, would have perished then and there, had not his mother, Zeus' daughter Aphrodite, who had conceived

Homeric Greek

καί νύ κεν ἔνθ' ἀπόλοιτο ἄναξ ἀνδρῶν Αἰνείας,

εἰ μὴ ἄρ' ὀξὺ νόησε Διὸς θυγάτηρ Ἀφροδίτη

μήτηρ, ἥ μιν ὑπ' Ἀγχίσῃ τέκε βουκολέοντι:

ἀμφὶ δ' ἑὸν φίλον υἱὸν ἐχεύατο πήχεε λευκώ,

315πρόσθε δέ οἱ πέπλοιο φαεινοῦ πτύγμα κάλυψεν

Transliteration

kai nu ken enth' apoloito anax andrōn Aineias,

ei mē ar' oxu noēse Dios thugatēr Aphroditē

mētēr, hē min hup' Anchisēi teke boukoleonti:

amphi d' heon philon huion echeuato pēchee leukō,

315prosthe de hoi peploio phaeinou ptugma kalupsen

English · Butler

him by Anchises when he was herding cattle, been quick to mark, and thrown her two white arms about the body of her dear son. She protected him by covering him with a fold of her own fair garment, lest some

Homeric Greek

ἕρκος ἔμεν βελέων, μή τις Δαναῶν ταχυπώλων

χαλκὸν ἐνὶ στήθεσσι βαλὼν ἐκ θυμὸν ἕλοιτο.

ἣ μὲν ἑὸν φίλον υἱὸν ὑπεξέφερεν πολέμοιο:

οὐδ' υἱὸς Καπανῆος ἐλήθετο συνθεσιάων

320τάων ἃς ἐπέτελλε βοὴν ἀγαθὸς Διομήδης,

Transliteration

herkos emen beleōn, mē tis Danaōn tachupōlōn

chalkon eni stēthessi balōn ek thumon heloito.

hē men heon philon huion hupexepheren polemoio:

oud' huios Kapanēos elētheto sunthesiaōn

320taōn has epetelle boēn agathos Diomēdēs,

English · Butler

Danaan should drive a spear into his breast and kill him. Thus, then, did she bear her dear son out of the fight. But the son of Kapaneus was not unmindful of the orders that Diomedes had given him. He made his own horses fast, away from the struggle, by binding the reins to the rim of the chariot.

Homeric Greek

ἀλλ' ὅ γε τοὺς μὲν ἑοὺς ἠρύκακε μώνυχας ἵππους

νόσφιν ἀπὸ φλοίσβου ἐξ ἄντυγος ἡνία τείνας,

Αἰνείαο δ' ἐπαί̈ξας καλλίτριχας ἵππους

ἐξέλασε Τρώων μετ' ἐϋκνήμιδας Ἀχαιούς.

325δῶκε δὲ Δηϊπύλῳ ἑτάρῳ φίλῳ, ὃν περὶ πάσης

Transliteration

all' ho ge tous men heous ērukake mōnuchas hippous

nosphin apo phloisbou ex antugos hēnia teinas,

Aineiao d' epaïxas kallitrichas hippous

exelase Trōōn met' eüknēmidas Achaious.

325dōke de Dēïpulōi hetarōi philōi, hon peri pasēs

English · Butler

Then he sprang upon Aeneas' horses and drove them from the Trojan to the Achaean ranks. When he had so done he gave them over to his chosen comrade Deipylos, whom he valued above all others as the one who was most like-minded with himself, to take them on to the ships.

Homeric Greek

τῖεν ὁμηλικίης ὅτι οἱ φρεσὶν ἄρτια ᾔδη,

νηυσὶν ἔπι γλαφυρῇσιν ἐλαυνέμεν: αὐτὰρ ὅ γ' ἥρως

ὧν ἵππων ἐπιβὰς ἔλαβ' ἡνία σιγαλόεντα,

αἶψα δὲ Τυδεί̈δην μέθεπε κρατερώνυχας ἵππους

330ἐμμεμαώς: ὃ δὲ Κύπριν ἐπῴχετο νηλέϊ χαλκῷ

Transliteration

tien homēlikiēs hoti hoi phresin artia ēidē,

nēusin epi glaphurēisin elaunemen: autar ho g' hērōs

hōn hippōn epibas elab' hēnia sigaloenta,

aipsa de Tudeïdēn methepe kraterōnuchas hippous

330emmemaōs: ho de Kuprin epōicheto nēleï chalkōi

English · Butler

He then remounted his own chariot, seized the reins, and drove with all speed in search of the son of Tydeus. Now the son of Tydeus was in pursuit of the Cyprian

Homeric Greek

γιγνώσκων ὅ τ' ἄναλκις ἔην θεός, οὐδὲ θεάων

τάων αἵ τ' ἀνδρῶν πόλεμον κάτα κοιρανέουσιν,

οὔτ' ἄρ' Ἀθηναίη οὔτε πτολίπορθος Ἐνυώ.

ἀλλ' ὅτε δή ῥ' ἐκίχανε πολὺν καθ' ὅμιλον ὀπάζων,

335ἔνθ' ἐπορεξάμενος μεγαθύμου Τυδέος υἱὸς

Transliteration

gignōskōn ho t' analkis eēn theos, oude theaōn

taōn hai t' andrōn polemon kata koiraneousin,

out' ar' Athēnaiē oute ptoliporthos Enuō.

all' hote dē rh' ekichane polun kath' homilon opazōn,

335enth' eporexamenos megathumou Tudeos huios

English · Butler

goddess, spear in hand, for he knew her to be feeble and not one of those goddesses that can lord it among men in battle like Athena or Enyo the waster of cities, and when at last after a long chase he caught her up, he flew at her and thrust his spear into the flesh of her delicate hand.

Homeric Greek

ἄκρην οὔτασε χεῖρα μετάλμενος ὀξέϊ δουρὶ

ἀβληχρήν: εἶθαρ δὲ δόρυ χροὸς ἀντετόρησεν

ἀμβροσίου διὰ πέπλου, ὅν οἱ Χάριτες κάμον αὐταί,

πρυμνὸν ὕπερ θέναρος: ῥέε δ' ἄμβροτον αἷμα θεοῖο

340ἰχώρ, οἷός πέρ τε ῥέει μακάρεσσι θεοῖσιν:

Transliteration

akrēn outase cheira metalmenos oxeï douri

ablēchrēn: eithar de doru chroos antetorēsen

ambrosiou dia peplou, hon hoi Charites kamon autai,

prumnon huper thenaros: rhee d' ambroton haima theoio

340ichōr, hoios per te rheei makaressi theoisin:

English · Butler

he flew at her and thrust his spear into the flesh of her delicate hand. The point tore through the ambrosial robe which the Graces had woven for her, and pierced the skin between her wrist and the palm of her hand, so that the immortal blood, or ichor, that flows in the veins of the blessed gods, came pouring from the wound; for the gods do not eat bread nor

Homeric Greek

οὐ γὰρ σῖτον ἔδουσ', οὐ πίνουσ' αἴθοπα οἶνον,

τοὔνεκ' ἀναίμονές εἰσι καὶ ἀθάνατοι καλέονται.

ἣ δὲ μέγα ἰάχουσα ἀπὸ ἕο κάββαλεν υἱόν:

καὶ τὸν μὲν μετὰ χερσὶν ἐρύσατο Φοῖβος Ἀπόλλων

345κυανέῃ νεφέλῃ, μή τις Δαναῶν ταχυπώλων

Transliteration

ou gar siton edous', ou pinous' aithopa oinon,

tounek' anaimones eisi kai athanatoi kaleontai.

hē de mega iachousa apo heo kabbalen huion:

kai ton men meta chersin erusato Phoibos Apollōn

345kuaneēi nephelēi, mē tis Danaōn tachupōlōn

English · Butler

drink wine, hence they have no blood such as ours, and are immortal. Aphrodite screamed aloud, and let her son fall, but Phoebus Apollo caught him in his arms, and hid him in a cloud of darkness, lest some Danaan should drive a spear into his breast and kill him;

Homeric Greek

χαλκὸν ἐνὶ στήθεσσι βαλὼν ἐκ θυμὸν ἕλοιτο:

τῇ δ' ἐπὶ μακρὸν ἄϋσε βοὴν ἀγαθὸς Διομήδης:

εἶκε Διὸς θύγατερ πολέμου καὶ δηϊοτῆτος:

ἦ οὐχ ἅλις ὅττι γυναῖκας ἀνάλκιδας ἠπεροπεύεις;

350εἰ δὲ σύ γ' ἐς πόλεμον πωλήσεαι, ἦ τέ σ' ὀί̈ω

Transliteration

chalkon eni stēthessi balōn ek thumon heloito:

tēi d' epi makron aüse boēn agathos Diomēdēs:

eike Dios thugater polemou kai dēïotētos:

ē ouch halis hotti gunaikas analkidas ēperopeueis;

350ei de su g' es polemon pōlēseai, ē te s' oïō

English · Butler

and Diomedes shouted out as he left her, "Daughter of Zeus, leave war and battle alone, can you not be contented with beguiling silly women? If you meddle with fighting you will get what will make you shudder at

Homeric Greek

ῥιγήσειν πόλεμόν γε καὶ εἴ χ' ἑτέρωθι πύθηαι.

ὣς ἔφαθ', ἣ δ' ἀλύουσ' ἀπεβήσετο, τείρετο δ' αἰνῶς:

τὴν μὲν ἄρ' Ἶρις ἑλοῦσα ποδήνεμος ἔξαγ' ὁμίλου

ἀχθομένην ὀδύνῃσι, μελαίνετο δὲ χρόα καλόν.

355εὗρεν ἔπειτα μάχης ἐπ' ἀριστερὰ θοῦρον Ἄρηα

Transliteration

rhigēsein polemon ge kai ei ch' heterōthi puthēai.

hōs ephath', hē d' aluous' apebēseto, teireto d' ainōs:

tēn men ar' Iris helousa podēnemos exag' homilou

achthomenēn odunēisi, melaineto de chroa kalon.

355heuren epeita machēs ep' aristera thouron Arēa

English · Butler

the very name of war." The goddess went dazed and discomfited away, and Iris, fleet as the wind, drew her from the throng, in pain and with her fair skin all besmirched. She found fierce Ares waiting on the left of the battle, with his spear and his two fleet steeds resting on a cloud; whereon she fell on her knees before her brother and implored him to let her have his horses.

Homeric Greek

ἥμενον: ἠέρι δ' ἔγχος ἐκέκλιτο καὶ ταχέ' ἵππω:

ἣ δὲ γνὺξ ἐριποῦσα κασιγνήτοιο φίλοιο

πολλὰ λισσομένη χρυσάμπυκας ᾔτεεν ἵππους:

φίλε κασίγνητε κόμισαί τέ με δός τέ μοι ἵππους,

360ὄφρ' ἐς Ὄλυμπον ἵκωμαι ἵν' ἀθανάτων ἕδος ἐστί.

Transliteration

hēmenon: ēeri d' enchos ekeklito kai tache' hippō:

hē de gnux eripousa kasignētoio philoio

polla lissomenē chrusampukas ēiteen hippous:

phile kasignēte komisai te me dos te moi hippous,

360ophr' es Olumpon hikōmai hin' athanatōn hedos esti.

English · Butler

"Dear brother," she cried, "save me, and give me your horses to take me to Olympus where the gods dwell. I am badly wounded by a mortal, the son of Tydeus, who

Homeric Greek

λίην ἄχθομαι ἕλκος ὅ με βροτὸς οὔτασεν ἀνὴρ

Τυδεί̈δης, ὃς νῦν γε καὶ ἂν Διὶ πατρὶ μάχοιτο.

ὣς φάτο, τῇ δ' ἄρ' Ἄρης δῶκε χρυσάμπυκας ἵππους:

ἣ δ' ἐς δίφρον ἔβαινεν ἀκηχεμένη φίλον ἦτορ,

365πὰρ δέ οἱ Ἶρις ἔβαινε καὶ ἡνία λάζετο χερσί,

Transliteration

liēn achthomai helkos ho me brotos outasen anēr

Tudeïdēs, hos nun ge kai an Dii patri machoito.

hōs phato, tēi d' ar' Arēs dōke chrusampukas hippous:

hē d' es diphron ebainen akēchemenē philon ētor,

365par de hoi Iris ebaine kai hēnia lazeto chersi,

English · Butler

would now fight even with father Zeus." Thus she spoke, and Ares gave her his gold-bedizened steeds. She mounted the chariot sick and sorry at heart, while Iris sat beside her and took the reins in her hand. She lashed her horses on and they flew forward

Homeric Greek

μάστιξεν δ' ἐλάαν, τὼ δ' οὐκ ἀέκοντε πετέσθην.

αἶψα δ' ἔπειθ' ἵκοντο θεῶν ἕδος αἰπὺν Ὄλυμπον:

ἔνθ' ἵππους ἔστησε ποδήνεμος ὠκέα Ἶρις

λύσασ' ἐξ ὀχέων, παρὰ δ' ἀμβρόσιον βάλεν εἶδαρ:

370ἣ δ' ἐν γούνασι πῖπτε Διώνης δῖ' Ἀφροδίτη

Transliteration

mastixen d' elaan, tō d' ouk aekonte petesthēn.

aipsa d' epeith' hikonto theōn hedos aipun Olumpon:

enth' hippous estēse podēnemos ōkea Iris

lusas' ex ocheōn, para d' ambrosion balen eidar:

370hē d' en gounasi pipte Diōnēs di' Aphroditē

English · Butler

nothing loath, till in a trice they were at high Olympus, where the gods have their dwelling. There she stayed them, unloosed them from the chariot, and gave them their ambrosial forage; but Aphrodite flung herself on to the lap of her mother Dione, who threw her arms about her and caressed her,

Homeric Greek

μητρὸς ἑῆς: ἣ δ' ἀγκὰς ἐλάζετο θυγατέρα ἥν,

χειρί τέ μιν κατέρεξεν ἔπος τ' ἔφατ' ἐκ τ' ὀνόμαζε:

τίς νύ σε τοιάδ' ἔρεξε φίλον τέκος Οὐρανιώνων

μαψιδίως, ὡς εἴ τι κακὸν ῥέζουσαν ἐνωπῇ;

375τὴν δ' ἠμείβετ' ἔπειτα φιλομμειδὴς Ἀφροδίτη:

Transliteration

mētros heēs: hē d' ankas elazeto thugatera hēn,

cheiri te min katerexen epos t' ephat' ek t' onomaze:

tis nu se toiad' erexe philon tekos Ouraniōnōn

mapsidiōs, hōs ei ti kakon rhezousan enōpēi;

375tēn d' ēmeibet' epeita philommeidēs Aphroditē:

English · Butler

saying, "Which of the heavenly beings has been treating you in this way, as though you had been doing something wrong in the face of day?" And laughter-loving Aphrodite answered, "Proud Diomedes, the son of Tydeus, wounded me because I was bearing my dear son Aeneas, whom I love best of all humankind, out of the fight.

Homeric Greek

οὖτά με Τυδέος υἱὸς ὑπέρθυμος Διομήδης,

οὕνεκ' ἐγὼ φίλον υἱὸν ὑπεξέφερον πολέμοιο

Αἰνείαν, ὃς ἐμοὶ πάντων πολὺ φίλτατός ἐστιν.

οὐ γὰρ ἔτι Τρώων καὶ Ἀχαιῶν φύλοπις αἰνή,

380ἀλλ' ἤδη Δαναοί γε καὶ ἀθανάτοισι μάχονται.

Transliteration

outa me Tudeos huios huperthumos Diomēdēs,

hounek' egō philon huion hupexepheron polemoio

Aineian, hos emoi pantōn polu philtatos estin.

ou gar eti Trōōn kai Achaiōn phulopis ainē,

380all' ēdē Danaoi ge kai athanatoisi machontai.

English · Butler

And laughter-loving Aphrodite answered, "Proud Diomedes, the son of Tydeus, wounded me because I was bearing my dear son Aeneas, whom I love best of all humankind, out of the fight. The war is no longer one between Trojans and Achaeans, for the Danaans have now taken to fighting with the immortals."

Homeric Greek

τὴν δ' ἠμείβετ' ἔπειτα Διώνη, δῖα θεάων:

τέτλαθι τέκνον ἐμόν, καὶ ἀνάσχεο κηδομένη περ:

πολλοὶ γὰρ δὴ τλῆμεν Ὀλύμπια δώματ' ἔχοντες

ἐξ ἀνδρῶν χαλέπ' ἄλγε' ἐπ' ἀλλήλοισι τιθέντες.

385τλῆ μὲν Ἄρης ὅτε μιν Ὦτος κρατερός τ' Ἐφιάλτης

Transliteration

tēn d' ēmeibet' epeita Diōnē, dia theaōn:

tetlathi teknon emon, kai anascheo kēdomenē per:

polloi gar dē tlēmen Olumpia dōmat' echontes

ex andrōn chalep' alge' ep' allēloisi tithentes.

385tlē men Arēs hote min Ōtos krateros t' Ephialtēs

English · Butler

"Bear it, my child," replied Dione, "and make the best of it. We dwellers in Olympus have to put up with much at the hands of men, and we lay much suffering on one another. Ares had to suffer when Otos and Ephialtes, children of Aloeus, bound him in cruel bonds, so that he lay thirteen months imprisoned in a vessel of bronze.

Homeric Greek

παῖδες Ἀλωῆος, δῆσαν κρατερῷ ἐνὶ δεσμῷ:

χαλκέῳ δ' ἐν κεράμῳ δέδετο τρισκαίδεκα μῆνας:

καί νύ κεν ἔνθ' ἀπόλοιτο Ἄρης ἆτος πολέμοιο,

εἰ μὴ μητρυιὴ περικαλλὴς Ἠερίβοια

390Ἑρμέᾳ ἐξήγγειλεν: ὃ δ' ἐξέκλεψεν Ἄρηα

Transliteration

paides Alōēos, dēsan kraterōi eni desmōi:

chalkeōi d' en keramōi dedeto triskaideka mēnas:

kai nu ken enth' apoloito Arēs atos polemoio,

ei mē mētruiē perikallēs Ēeriboia

390Hermeāi exēngeilen: ho d' exeklepsen Arēa

English · Butler

Ares would have then perished had not fair Eeriboia, stepmother to the sons of Aloeus, told Hermes, who stole him away when he was already well-nigh worn out by the severity of his bondage. Hera, again, suffered when the mighty son of Amphitryon wounded her on the right breast with a three-barbed arrow, and nothing could assuage her pain.

Homeric Greek

ἤδη τειρόμενον, χαλεπὸς δέ ἑ δεσμὸς ἐδάμνα.

τλῆ δ' Ἥρη, ὅτε μιν κρατερὸς πάϊς Ἀμφιτρύωνος

δεξιτερὸν κατὰ μαζὸν ὀϊστῷ τριγλώχινι

βεβλήκει: τότε καί μιν ἀνήκεστον λάβεν ἄλγος.

395τλῆ δ' Ἀί̈δης ἐν τοῖσι πελώριος ὠκὺν ὀϊστόν,

Transliteration

ēdē teiromenon, chalepos de he desmos edamna.

tlē d' Hērē, hote min krateros païs Amphitruōnos

dexiteron kata mazon oïstōi triglōchini

beblēkei: tote kai min anēkeston laben algos.

395tlē d' Aïdēs en toisi pelōrios ōkun oïston,

English · Butler

So, also, did huge Hades, when this same man, the son of aegis-bearing Zeus, hit him with an arrow even at the gates of Hades, and hurt him badly. Thereon Hades went to the house of Zeus on great Olympus, angry and full of pain ; and the arrow in his brawny shoulder

Homeric Greek

εὖτέ μιν ωὐτὸς ἀνὴρ υἱὸς Διὸς αἰγιόχοιο

ἐν Πύλῳ ἐν νεκύεσσι βαλὼν ὀδύνῃσιν ἔδωκεν:

αὐτὰρ ὃ βῆ πρὸς δῶμα Διὸς καὶ μακρὸν Ὄλυμπον

κῆρ ἀχέων ὀδύνῃσι πεπαρμένος: αὐτὰρ ὀϊστὸς

400ὤμῳ ἔνι στιβαρῷ ἠλήλατο, κῆδε δὲ θυμόν.

Transliteration

eute min ōutos anēr huios Dios aigiochoio

en Pulōi en nekuessi balōn odunēisin edōken:

autar ho bē pros dōma Dios kai makron Olumpon

kēr acheōn odunēisi peparmenos: autar oïstos

400ōmōi eni stibarōi ēlēlato, kēde de thumon.

English · Butler

caused him great anguish till Paieon healed him by spreading soothing herbs on the wound, for Hades was not of mortal mold. Daring, head-strong, evildoer who recked not of his evil deed in shooting the gods that dwell in Olympus. And now Athena has egged this son of Tydeus on

Homeric Greek

τῷ δ' ἐπὶ Παιήων ὀδυνήφατα φάρμακα πάσσων

ἠκέσατ': οὐ μὲν γάρ τι καταθνητός γε τέτυκτο.

σχέτλιος ὀβριμοεργὸς ὃς οὐκ ὄθετ' αἴσυλα ῥέζων,

ὃς τόξοισιν ἔκηδε θεοὺς οἳ Ὄλυμπον ἔχουσι.

405σοὶ δ' ἐπὶ τοῦτον ἀνῆκε θεὰ γλαυκῶπις Ἀθήνη:

Transliteration

tōi d' epi Paiēōn odunēphata pharmaka passōn

ēkesat': ou men gar ti katathnētos ge tetukto.

schetlios obrimoergos hos ouk othet' aisula rhezōn,

hos toxoisin ekēde theous hoi Olumpon echousi.

405soi d' epi touton anēke thea glaukōpis Athēnē:

English · Butler

against yourself, fool that he is for not reflecting that no man who fights with gods will live long or hear his children prattling about his knees when he returns from battle. Let, then, the

Homeric Greek

νήπιος, οὐδὲ τὸ οἶδε κατὰ φρένα Τυδέος υἱὸς

ὅττι μάλ' οὐ δηναιὸς ὃς ἀθανάτοισι μάχηται,

οὐδέ τί μιν παῖδες ποτὶ γούνασι παππάζουσιν

ἐλθόντ' ἐκ πολέμοιο καὶ αἰνῆς δηϊοτῆτος.

410τὼ νῦν Τυδεί̈δης, εἰ καὶ μάλα καρτερός ἐστι,

Transliteration

nēpios, oude to oide kata phrena Tudeos huios

hotti mal' ou dēnaios hos athanatoisi machētai,

oude ti min paides poti gounasi pappazousin

elthont' ek polemoio kai ainēs dēïotētos.

410tō nun Tudeïdēs, ei kai mala karteros esti,

English · Butler

son of Tydeus see that he does not have to fight with one who is stronger

Homeric Greek

φραζέσθω μή τίς οἱ ἀμείνων σεῖο μάχηται,

μὴ δὴν Αἰγιάλεια περίφρων Ἀδρηστίνη

ἐξ ὕπνου γοόωσα φίλους οἰκῆας ἐγείρῃ

κουρίδιον ποθέουσα πόσιν τὸν ἄριστον Ἀχαιῶν

415ἰφθίμη ἄλοχος Διομήδεος ἱπποδάμοιο.

Transliteration

phrazesthō mē tis hoi ameinōn seio machētai,

mē dēn Aigialeia periphrōn Adrēstinē

ex hupnou gooōsa philous oikēas egeirēi

kouridion potheousa posin ton ariston Achaiōn

415iphthimē alochos Diomēdeos hippodamoio.

English · Butler

than you are. Then shall his brave wife Aigialeia, daughter of Adrastos, rouse her whole house from sleep, wailing for the loss of her wedded lord, Diomedes the bravest of the Achaeans."

Homeric Greek

ἦ ῥα καὶ ἀμφοτέρῃσιν ἀπ' ἰχῶ χειρὸς ὀμόργνυ:

ἄλθετο χείρ, ὀδύναι δὲ κατηπιόωντο βαρεῖαι.

αἳ δ' αὖτ' εἰσορόωσαι Ἀθηναίη τε καὶ Ἥρη

κερτομίοις ἐπέεσσι Δία Κρονίδην ἐρέθιζον.

420τοῖσι δὲ μύθων ἦρχε θεὰ γλαυκῶπις Ἀθήνη:

Transliteration

ē rha kai amphoterēisin ap' ichō cheiros omorgnu:

altheto cheir, odunai de katēpioōnto bareiai.

hai d' aut' eisoroōsai Athēnaiē te kai Hērē

kertomiois epeessi Dia Kronidēn erethizon.

420toisi de muthōn ērche thea glaukōpis Athēnē:

English · Butler

So saying, she wiped the ichor from the wrist of her daughter with both hands, whereon the pain left her, and her hand was healed. But Athena and Hera, who were looking on, began to taunt Zeus with their mocking talk, and Athena was first to speak. "Father Zeus," said she, "do not be angry with me, but I think the Cyprian must have

Homeric Greek

Ζεῦ πάτερ ἦ ῥά τί μοι κεχολώσεαι ὅττι κεν εἴπω;

ἦ μάλα δή τινα Κύπρις Ἀχαιϊάδων ἀνιεῖσα

Τρωσὶν ἅμα σπέσθαι, τοὺς νῦν ἔκπαγλα φίλησε,

τῶν τινα καρρέζουσα Ἀχαιϊάδων ἐϋπέπλων

425πρὸς χρυσῇ περόνῃ καταμύξατο χεῖρα ἀραιήν.

Transliteration

Zeu pater ē rha ti moi kecholōseai hotti ken eipō;

ē mala dē tina Kupris Achaiïadōn anieisa

Trōsin hama spesthai, tous nun ekpagla philēse,

tōn tina karrezousa Achaiïadōn eüpeplōn

425pros chrusēi peronēi katamuxato cheira araiēn.

English · Butler

been persuading some one of the Achaean women to go with the Trojans of whom she is so very fond, and while caressing one or other of them she must have torn her delicate hand with the gold pin of the woman's brooch."

Homeric Greek

ὣς φάτο, μείδησεν δὲ πατὴρ ἀνδρῶν τε θεῶν τε,

καί ῥα καλεσσάμενος προσέφη χρυσῆν Ἀφροδίτην:

οὔ τοι τέκνον ἐμὸν δέδοται πολεμήϊα ἔργα,

ἀλλὰ σύ γ' ἱμερόεντα μετέρχεο ἔργα γάμοιο,

430ταῦτα δ' Ἄρηϊ θοῷ καὶ Ἀθήνῃ πάντα μελήσει.

Transliteration

hōs phato, meidēsen de patēr andrōn te theōn te,

kai rha kalessamenos prosephē chrusēn Aphroditēn:

ou toi teknon emon dedotai polemēïa erga,

alla su g' himeroenta metercheo erga gamoio,

430tauta d' Arēï thoōi kai Athēnēi panta melēsei.

English · Butler

The sire of gods and men smiled, and called golden Aphrodite to his side. "My child," said he, "it has not been given you to be a warrior. Attend, henceforth, to your own delightful matrimonial duties, and leave all this fighting to Ares and to Athena."

Homeric Greek

ὣς οἳ μὲν τοιαῦτα πρὸς ἀλλήλους ἀγόρευον,

Αἰνείᾳ δ' ἐπόρουσε βοὴν ἀγαθὸς Διομήδης,

γιγνώσκων ὅ οἱ αὐτὸς ὑπείρεχε χεῖρας Ἀπόλλων:

ἀλλ' ὅ γ' ἄρ' οὐδὲ θεὸν μέγαν ἅζετο, ἵετο δ' αἰεὶ

435Αἰνείαν κτεῖναι καὶ ἀπὸ κλυτὰ τεύχεα δῦσαι.

Transliteration

hōs hoi men toiauta pros allēlous agoreuon,

Aineiāi d' eporouse boēn agathos Diomēdēs,

gignōskōn ho hoi autos hupeireche cheiras Apollōn:

all' ho g' ar' oude theon megan hazeto, hieto d' aiei

435Aineian kteinai kai apo kluta teuchea dusai.

English · Butler

Thus did they converse. But Diomedes sprang upon Aeneas, though he knew him to be in the very arms of Apollo. Not one whit did he fear the mighty god, so set was he on killing Aeneas and stripping him of his armor. Thrice did he spring forward with might and main to slay him, and thrice did Apollo beat back his gleaming shield.

Homeric Greek

τρὶς μὲν ἔπειτ' ἐπόρουσε κατακτάμεναι μενεαίνων,

τρὶς δέ οἱ ἐστυφέλιξε φαεινὴν ἀσπίδ' Ἀπόλλων:

ἀλλ' ὅτε δὴ τὸ τέταρτον ἐπέσσυτο δαίμονι ἶσος,

δεινὰ δ' ὁμοκλήσας προσέφη ἑκάεργος Ἀπόλλων:

440φράζεο Τυδεί̈δη καὶ χάζεο, μηδὲ θεοῖσιν

Transliteration

tris men epeit' eporouse kataktamenai meneainōn,

tris de hoi estuphelixe phaeinēn aspid' Apollōn:

all' hote dē to tetarton epessuto daimoni isos,

deina d' homoklēsas prosephē hekaergos Apollōn:

440phrazeo Tudeïdē kai chazeo, mēde theoisin

English · Butler

When he was coming on for the fourth time, equal to a daimôn, Apollo shouted to him with an awful voice and said, "Take heed, son of Tydeus, and draw off; think not to match yourself against gods, for men that

Homeric Greek

ἶσ' ἔθελε φρονέειν, ἐπεὶ οὔ ποτε φῦλον ὁμοῖον

ἀθανάτων τε θεῶν χαμαὶ ἐρχομένων τ' ἀνθρώπων.

ὣς φάτο, Τυδεί̈δης δ' ἀνεχάζετο τυτθὸν ὀπίσσω

μῆνιν ἀλευάμενος ἑκατηβόλου Ἀπόλλωνος.

445Αἰνείαν δ' ἀπάτερθεν ὁμίλου θῆκεν Ἀπόλλων

Transliteration

is' ethele phroneein, epei ou pote phulon homoion

athanatōn te theōn chamai erchomenōn t' anthrōpōn.

hōs phato, Tudeïdēs d' anechazeto tutthon opissō

mēnin aleuamenos hekatēbolou Apollōnos.

445Aineian d' apaterthen homilou thēken Apollōn

English · Butler

walk the earth cannot hold their own with the immortals." The son of Tydeus then gave way for a little space, to avoid the anger of the god, while Apollo took Aeneas out of the crowd and set him in sacred Pergamos, where his temple stood. There, within the mighty sanctuary, Leto and Artemis healed him and made him glorious to behold,

Homeric Greek

Περγάμῳ εἰν ἱερῇ, ὅθι οἱ νηός γε τέτυκτο.

ἤτοι τὸν Λητώ τε καὶ Ἄρτεμις ἰοχέαιρα

ἐν μεγάλῳ ἀδύτῳ ἀκέοντό τε κύδαινόν τε:

αὐτὰρ ὃ εἴδωλον τεῦξ' ἀργυρότοξος Ἀπόλλων

450αὐτῷ τ' Αἰνείᾳ ἴκελον καὶ τεύχεσι τοῖον,

Transliteration

Pergamōi ein hierēi, hothi hoi nēos ge tetukto.

ētoi ton Lētō te kai Artemis iocheaira

en megalōi adutōi akeonto te kudainon te:

autar ho eidōlon teux' argurotoxos Apollōn

450autōi t' Aineiāi ikelon kai teuchesi toion,

English · Butler

while Apollo of the silver bow fashioned a wraith in the likeness of Aeneas, and armed as he was. Round this the Trojans and Achaeans hacked at the bucklers about one another's breasts, hewing each other's round shields and light hide-covered targets. Then Phoebus Apollo said to Ares, "Ares, Ares, bane of men, blood-stained

Homeric Greek

ἀμφὶ δ' ἄρ' εἰδώλῳ Τρῶες καὶ δῖοι Ἀχαιοὶ

δῄουν ἀλλήλων ἀμφὶ στήθεσσι βοείας

ἀσπίδας εὐκύκλους λαισήϊά τε πτερόεντα.

δὴ τότε θοῦρον Ἄρηα προσηύδα Φοῖβος Ἀπόλλων:

455Ἆρες Ἄρες βροτολοιγὲ μιαιφόνε τειχεσιπλῆτα,

Transliteration

amphi d' ar' eidōlōi Trōes kai dioi Achaioi

dēioun allēlōn amphi stēthessi boeias

aspidas eukuklous laisēïa te pteroenta.

dē tote thouron Arēa prosēuda Phoibos Apollōn:

455Ares Ares brotoloige miaiphone teichesiplēta,

English · Butler

stormer of cities, can you not go to this man, the son of Tydeus, who would now fight even with father Zeus, and draw him out of the battle? He first went up to the Cyprian and

Homeric Greek

οὐκ ἂν δὴ τόνδ' ἄνδρα μάχης ἐρύσαιο μετελθὼν

Τυδεί̈δην, ὃς νῦν γε καὶ ἂν Διὶ πατρὶ μάχοιτο;

Κύπριδα μὲν πρῶτα σχεδὸν οὔτασε χεῖρ' ἐπὶ καρπῷ,

αὐτὰρ ἔπειτ' αὐτῷ μοι ἐπέσσυτο δαίμονι ἶσος.

460ὣς εἰπὼν αὐτὸς μὲν ἐφέζετο Περγάμῳ ἄκρῃ,

Transliteration

ouk an dē tond' andra machēs erusaio metelthōn

Tudeïdēn, hos nun ge kai an Dii patri machoito;

Kuprida men prōta schedon outase cheir' epi karpōi,

autar epeit' autōi moi epessuto daimoni isos.

460hōs eipōn autos men ephezeto Pergamōi akrēi,

English · Butler

wounded her in the hand near her wrist, and afterwards sprang upon me too, equal to a daimôn." He then took his seat on the top of Pergamos, while murderous Ares went about among the ranks of the Trojans, cheering them on, in the likeness of fleet Akamas chief of the Thracians.

Homeric Greek

Τρῳὰς δὲ στίχας οὖλος Ἄρης ὄτρυνε μετελθὼν

εἰδόμενος Ἀκάμαντι θοῷ ἡγήτορι Θρῃκῶν:

υἱάσι δὲ Πριάμοιο διοτρεφέεσσι κέλευεν:

ὦ υἱεῖς Πριάμοιο διοτρεφέος βασιλῆος

465ἐς τί ἔτι κτείνεσθαι ἐάσετε λαὸν Ἀχαιοῖς;

Transliteration

Trōias de stichas oulos Arēs otrune metelthōn

eidomenos Akamanti thoōi hēgētori Thrēikōn:

huiasi de Priamoio diotrepheessi keleuen:

ō huieis Priamoio diotrepheos basilēos

465es ti eti kteinesthai easete laon Achaiois;

English · Butler

He then took his seat on the top of Pergamos, while murderous Ares went about among the ranks of the Trojans, cheering them on, in the likeness of fleet Akamas chief of the Thracians. "Sons of Priam," said he, "how long will you let your people be thus slaughtered by the Achaeans? Would you wait till they are at the walls of Troy? Aeneas the son of Anchises has fallen, he whom we held in as high honor as Hektor himself. Help me, then,

Homeric Greek

ἦ εἰς ὅ κεν ἀμφὶ πύλῃς εὖ ποιητῇσι μάχωνται;

κεῖται ἀνὴρ ὃν ἶσον ἐτίομεν Ἕκτορι δίῳ

Αἰνείας υἱὸς μεγαλήτορος Ἀγχίσαο:

ἀλλ' ἄγετ' ἐκ φλοίσβοιο σαώσομεν ἐσθλὸν ἑταῖρον.

470ὣς εἰπὼν ὄτρυνε μένος καὶ θυμὸν ἑκάστου.

Transliteration

ē eis ho ken amphi pulēis eu poiētēisi machōntai;

keitai anēr hon ison etiomen Hektori diōi

Aineias huios megalētoros Anchisao:

all' aget' ek phloisboio saōsomen esthlon hetairon.

470hōs eipōn otrune menos kai thumon hekastou.

English · Butler

to rescue our brave comrade from the stress of the fight." With these words he put heart and soul into them all.

Homeric Greek

ἔνθ' αὖ Σαρπηδὼν μάλα νείκεσεν Ἕκτορα δῖον:

Ἕκτορ πῇ δή τοι μένος οἴχεται ὃ πρὶν ἔχεσκες;

φῆς που ἄτερ λαῶν πόλιν ἑξέμεν ἠδ' ἐπικούρων

οἶος σὺν γαμβροῖσι κασιγνήτοισί τε σοῖσι.

475τῶν νῦν οὔ τιν' ἐγὼ ἰδέειν δύναμ' οὐδὲ νοῆσαι,

Transliteration

enth' au Sarpēdōn mala neikesen Hektora dion:

Hektor pēi dē toi menos oichetai ho prin echeskes;

phēs pou ater laōn polin hexemen ēd' epikourōn

oios sun gambroisi kasignētoisi te soisi.

475tōn nun ou tin' egō ideein dunam' oude noēsai,

English · Butler

With these words he put heart and soul into them all. Then Sarpedon rebuked Hektor very sternly. "Hektor," said he, "where is your prowess now? You used to say that though you had neither people nor allies you could hold the town alone with your brothers and brothers-in-law. I see not one of them here;

Homeric Greek

ἀλλὰ καταπτώσσουσι κύνες ὣς ἀμφὶ λέοντα:

ἡμεῖς δὲ μαχόμεσθ' οἵ πέρ τ' ἐπίκουροι ἔνειμεν.

καὶ γὰρ ἐγὼν ἐπίκουρος ἐὼν μάλα τηλόθεν ἥκω:

τηλοῦ γὰρ Λυκίη Ξάνθῳ ἔπι δινήεντι,

480ἔνθ' ἄλοχόν τε φίλην ἔλιπον καὶ νήπιον υἱόν,

Transliteration

alla kataptōssousi kunes hōs amphi leonta:

hēmeis de machomesth' hoi per t' epikouroi eneimen.

kai gar egōn epikouros eōn mala tēlothen hēkō:

tēlou gar Lukiē Xanthōi epi dinēenti,

480enth' alochon te philēn elipon kai nēpion huion,

English · Butler

they cower as hounds before a lion; it is we, your allies, who bear the brunt of the battle. I have come from afar, even from Lycia and the banks of the river Xanthos, where I have left my wife, my infant son, and much wealth to tempt whoever is needy;

Homeric Greek

κὰδ δὲ κτήματα πολλά, τὰ ἔλδεται ὅς κ' ἐπιδευής.

ἀλλὰ καὶ ὧς Λυκίους ὀτρύνω καὶ μέμον' αὐτὸς

ἀνδρὶ μαχήσασθαι: ἀτὰρ οὔ τί μοι ἐνθάδε τοῖον

οἷόν κ' ἠὲ φέροιεν Ἀχαιοὶ ἤ κεν ἄγοιεν:

485τύνη δ' ἕστηκας, ἀτὰρ οὐδ' ἄλλοισι κελεύεις

Transliteration

kad de ktēmata polla, ta eldetai hos k' epideuēs.

alla kai hōs Lukious otrunō kai memon' autos

andri machēsasthai: atar ou ti moi enthade toion

hoion k' ēe pheroien Achaioi ē ken agoien:

485tunē d' hestēkas, atar oud' alloisi keleueis

English · Butler

nevertheless, I head my Lycian warriors and stand my ground against any who would fight me though I have nothing here for the Achaeans to plunder, while you look on, without even bidding your men stand firm in defense of their wives. See that you fall not into the

Homeric Greek

λαοῖσιν μενέμεν καὶ ἀμυνέμεναι ὤρεσσι.

μή πως ὡς ἀψῖσι λίνου ἁλόντε πανάγρου

ἀνδράσι δυσμενέεσσιν ἕλωρ καὶ κύρμα γένησθε:

οἳ δὲ τάχ' ἐκπέρσουσ' εὖ ναιομένην πόλιν ὑμήν.

490σοὶ δὲ χρὴ τάδε πάντα μέλειν νύκτάς τε καὶ ἦμαρ

Transliteration

laoisin menemen kai amunemenai ōressi.

mē pōs hōs apsisi linou halonte panagrou

andrasi dusmeneessin helōr kai kurma genēsthe:

hoi de tach' ekpersous' eu naiomenēn polin humēn.

490soi de chrē tade panta melein nuktas te kai ēmar

English · Butler

hands of your foes as men caught in the meshes of a net, and they sack your fair city forthwith. Keep this before your mind night and day, and beseech the leaders of your allies to hold

Homeric Greek

ἀρχοὺς λισσομένῳ τηλεκλειτῶν ἐπικούρων

νωλεμέως ἐχέμεν, κρατερὴν δ' ἀποθέσθαι ἐνιπήν.

ὣς φάτο Σαρπηδών, δάκε δὲ φρένας Ἕκτορι μῦθος:

αὐτίκα δ' ἐξ ὀχέων σὺν τεύχεσιν ἆλτο χαμᾶζε,

495πάλλων δ' ὀξέα δοῦρα κατὰ στρατὸν ᾤχετο πάντῃ

Transliteration

archous lissomenōi tēlekleitōn epikourōn

nōlemeōs echemen, kraterēn d' apothesthai enipēn.

hōs phato Sarpēdōn, dake de phrenas Hektori muthos:

autika d' ex ocheōn sun teuchesin alto chamaze,

495pallōn d' oxea doura kata straton ōicheto pantēi

English · Butler

on without flinching, and thus put away their reproaches from you." So spoke Sarpedon, and Hektor smarted under his words. He sprang from his chariot clad in his suit of armor, and went about among the host brandishing his two

Homeric Greek

ὀτρύνων μαχέσασθαι, ἔγειρε δὲ φύλοπιν αἰνήν.

οἳ δ' ἐλελίχθησαν καὶ ἐναντίοι ἔσταν Ἀχαιῶν:

Ἀργεῖοι δ' ὑπέμειναν ἀολλέες οὐδὲ φόβηθεν.

ὡς δ' ἄνεμος ἄχνας φορέει ἱερὰς κατ' ἀλωὰς

500ἀνδρῶν λικμώντων, ὅτε τε ξανθὴ Δημήτηρ

Transliteration

otrunōn machesasthai, egeire de phulopin ainēn.

hoi d' elelichthēsan kai enantioi estan Achaiōn:

Argeioi d' hupemeinan aollees oude phobēthen.

hōs d' anemos achnas phoreei hieras kat' alōas

500andrōn likmōntōn, hote te xanthē Dēmētēr

English · Butler

spears, exhorting the men to fight and raising the terrible cry of battle. Then they rallied and again faced the Achaeans, but the Argives stood compact and firm, and were not driven back. As the breezes sport with the chaff upon some goodly threshing-floor, when men are winnowing - while yellow Demeter blows with the wind to sift the chaff

Homeric Greek

κρίνῃ ἐπειγομένων ἀνέμων καρπόν τε καὶ ἄχνας,

αἳ δ' ὑπολευκαίνονται ἀχυρμιαί: ὣς τότ' Ἀχαιοὶ

λευκοὶ ὕπερθε γένοντο κονισάλῳ, ὅν ῥα δι' αὐτῶν

οὐρανὸν ἐς πολύχαλκον ἐπέπληγον πόδες ἵππων

505ἂψ ἐπιμισγομένων: ὑπὸ δ' ἔστρεφον ἡνιοχῆες.

Transliteration

krinēi epeigomenōn anemōn karpon te kai achnas,

hai d' hupoleukainontai achurmiai: hōs tot' Achaioi

leukoi huperthe genonto konisalōi, hon rha di' autōn

ouranon es poluchalkon epeplēgon podes hippōn

505aps epimisgomenōn: hupo d' estrephon hēniochēes.

English · Butler

from the grain, and the chaff- heaps grow whiter and whiter - even so did the Achaeans whiten in the dust which the horses' hoofs raised to the firmament of heaven, as their drivers turned them back to battle, and they bore down with might upon the foe. Fierce Ares, to help the Trojans, covered them

Homeric Greek

οἳ δὲ μένος χειρῶν ἰθὺς φέρον: ἀμφὶ δὲ νύκτα

θοῦρος Ἄρης ἐκάλυψε μάχῃ Τρώεσσιν ἀρήγων

πάντοσ' ἐποιχόμενος: τοῦ δ' ἐκραίαινεν ἐφετμὰς

Φοίβου Ἀπόλλωνος χρυσαόρου, ὅς μιν ἀνώγει

510Τρωσὶν θυμὸν ἐγεῖραι, ἐπεὶ ἴδε Παλλάδ' Ἀθήνην

Transliteration

hoi de menos cheirōn ithus pheron: amphi de nukta

thouros Arēs ekalupse machēi Trōessin arēgōn

pantos' epoichomenos: tou d' ekraiainen ephetmas

Phoibou Apollōnos chrusaorou, hos min anōgei

510Trōsin thumon egeirai, epei ide Pallad' Athēnēn

English · Butler

in a veil of darkness, and went about everywhere among them, inasmuch as Phoebus Apollo had told him that when he saw Pallas, Athena leave the fray he was to put courage into the hearts of the Trojans - for it was she who was helping the Danaans.

Homeric Greek

οἰχομένην: ἣ γάρ ῥα πέλεν Δαναοῖσιν ἀρηγών.

αὐτὸς δ' Αἰνείαν μάλα πίονος ἐξ ἀδύτοιο

ἧκε, καὶ ἐν στήθεσσι μένος βάλε ποιμένι λαῶν.

Αἰνείας δ' ἑτάροισι μεθίστατο: τοὶ δὲ χάρησαν,

515ὡς εἶδον ζωόν τε καὶ ἀρτεμέα προσιόντα

Transliteration

oichomenēn: hē gar rha pelen Danaoisin arēgōn.

autos d' Aineian mala pionos ex adutoio

hēke, kai en stēthessi menos bale poimeni laōn.

Aineias d' hetaroisi methistato: toi de charēsan,

515hōs eidon zōon te kai artemea prosionta

English · Butler

Then Apollo sent Aeneas forth from his rich sanctuary, and filled his heart with valor, whereon he took his place among his comrades, who were overjoyed at seeing him alive, sound, and of a good courage; but they could not ask him

Homeric Greek

καὶ μένος ἐσθλὸν ἔχοντα: μετάλλησάν γε μὲν οὔ τι.

οὐ γὰρ ἔα πόνος ἄλλος, ὃν ἀργυρότοξος ἔγειρεν

Ἄρης τε βροτολοιγὸς Ἔρις τ' ἄμοτον μεμαυῖα.

τοὺς δ' Αἴαντε δύω καὶ Ὀδυσσεὺς καὶ Διομήδης

520ὄτρυνον Δαναοὺς πολεμιζέμεν: οἳ δὲ καὶ αὐτοὶ

Transliteration

kai menos esthlon echonta: metallēsan ge men ou ti.

ou gar ea ponos allos, hon argurotoxos egeiren

Arēs te brotoloigos Eris t' amoton memauia.

tous d' Aiante duō kai Odusseus kai Diomēdēs

520otrunon Danaous polemizemen: hoi de kai autoi

English · Butler

how it had all happened, for they had too much pain with the turmoil raised by Ares and by Strife, who raged insatiably in their midst. The two Ajaxes, Odysseus and Diomedes, cheered the Danaans on, fearless of the fury and onset of the Trojans.

Homeric Greek

οὔτε βίας Τρώων ὑπεδείδισαν οὔτε ἰωκάς,

ἀλλ' ἔμενον νεφέλῃσιν ἐοικότες ἅς τε Κρονίων

νηνεμίης ἔστησεν ἐπ' ἀκροπόλοισιν ὄρεσσιν

ἀτρέμας, ὄφρ' εὕδῃσι μένος Βορέαο καὶ ἄλλων

525ζαχρειῶν ἀνέμων, οἵ τε νέφεα σκιόεντα

Transliteration

oute bias Trōōn hupedeidisan oute iōkas,

all' emenon nephelēisin eoikotes has te Kroniōn

nēnemiēs estēsen ep' akropoloisin oressin

atremas, ophr' heudēisi menos Boreao kai allōn

525zachreiōn anemōn, hoi te nephea skioenta

English · Butler

The two Ajaxes, Odysseus and Diomedes, cheered the Danaans on, fearless of the fury and onset of the Trojans. They stood as still as clouds which the son of Kronos has spread upon the mountain tops when there is no air and fierce Boreas sleeps with the other boisterous winds whose shrill blasts scatter the clouds in all directions - even so did the Danaans stand firm and unflinching against the Trojans.

Homeric Greek

πνοιῇσιν λιγυρῇσι διασκιδνᾶσιν ἀέντες:

ὣς Δαναοὶ Τρῶας μένον ἔμπεδον οὐδὲ φέβοντο.

Ἀτρεί̈δης δ' ἀν' ὅμιλον ἐφοίτα πολλὰ κελεύων:

ὦ φίλοι ἀνέρες ἔστε καὶ ἄλκιμον ἦτορ ἕλεσθε,

530ἀλλήλους τ' αἰδεῖσθε κατὰ κρατερὰς ὑσμίνας:

Transliteration

pnoiēisin ligurēisi diaskidnasin aentes:

hōs Danaoi Trōas menon empedon oude phebonto.

Atreïdēs d' an' homilon ephoita polla keleuōn:

ō philoi aneres este kai alkimon ētor helesthe,

530allēlous t' aideisthe kata krateras husminas:

English · Butler

The son of Atreus went about among them and exhorted them. "My friends," said he, "quit yourselves like brave men, and shun dishonor in one another's eyes amid the stress of battle. They that shun dishonor more often live than get killed,

Homeric Greek

αἰδομένων ἀνδρῶν πλέονες σόοι ἠὲ πέφανται:

φευγόντων δ' οὔτ' ἂρ κλέος ὄρνυται οὔτε τις ἀλκή.

ἦ καὶ ἀκόντισε δουρὶ θοῶς, βάλε δὲ πρόμον ἄνδρα

Αἰνείω ἕταρον μεγαθύμου Δηϊκόωντα

535Περγασίδην, ὃν Τρῶες ὁμῶς Πριάμοιο τέκεσσι

Transliteration

aidomenōn andrōn pleones sooi ēe pephantai:

pheugontōn d' out' ar kleos ornutai oute tis alkē.

ē kai akontise douri thoōs, bale de promon andra

Aineiō hetaron megathumou Dēïkoōnta

535Pergasidēn, hon Trōes homōs Priamoio tekessi

English · Butler

but they that flee save neither life nor name." As he spoke he hurled his spear and hit one of those who were in the front rank, the comrade of Aeneas, Deikoön son of Pergasus, whom the Trojans held in no less honor than the sons of Priam, for he was ever quick to place himself among the foremost. The spear of King Agamemnon struck his shield and went right through it, for the shield stayed it not.

Homeric Greek

τῖον, ἐπεὶ θοὸς ἔσκε μετὰ πρώτοισι μάχεσθαι.

τόν ῥα κατ' ἀσπίδα δουρὶ βάλε κρείων Ἀγαμέμνων:

ἣ δ' οὐκ ἔγχος ἔρυτο, διὰ πρὸ δὲ εἴσατο χαλκός,

νειαίρῃ δ' ἐν γαστρὶ διὰ ζωστῆρος ἔλασσε:

540δούπησεν δὲ πεσών, ἀράβησε δὲ τεύχε' ἐπ' αὐτῷ.

Transliteration

tion, epei thoos eske meta prōtoisi machesthai.

ton rha kat' aspida douri bale kreiōn Agamemnōn:

hē d' ouk enchos eruto, dia pro de eisato chalkos,

neiairēi d' en gastri dia zōstēros elasse:

540doupēsen de pesōn, arabēse de teuche' ep' autōi.

English · Butler

It drove through his belt into the lower part of his belly, and his armor rang rattling round him as he fell heavily to the ground.

Homeric Greek

ἔνθ' αὖτ' Αἰνείας Δαναῶν ἕλεν ἄνδρας ἀρίστους

υἷε Διοκλῆος Κρήθωνά τε Ὀρσίλοχόν τε,

τῶν ῥα πατὴρ μὲν ἔναιεν ἐϋκτιμένῃ ἐνὶ Φηρῇ

ἀφνειὸς βιότοιο, γένος δ' ἦν ἐκ ποταμοῖο

545Ἀλφειοῦ, ὅς τ' εὐρὺ ῥέει Πυλίων διὰ γαίης,

Transliteration

enth' aut' Aineias Danaōn helen andras aristous

huie Dioklēos Krēthōna te Orsilochon te,

tōn rha patēr men enaien eüktimenēi eni Phērēi

aphneios biotoio, genos d' ēn ek potamoio

545Alpheiou, hos t' euru rheei Puliōn dia gaiēs,

English · Butler

Then Aeneas killed two champions of the Danaans, Crethon and Orsilokhos. Their father was a rich man who lived in the strong city of Phere and was descended from the river Alpheus, whose broad stream flows through the land of the Pylians. The river begat Orsilokhos, who ruled over

Homeric Greek

ὃς τέκετ' Ὀρτίλοχον πολέεσσ' ἄνδρεσσιν ἄνακτα:

Ὀρτίλοχος δ' ἄρ' ἔτικτε Διοκλῆα μεγάθυμον,

ἐκ δὲ Διοκλῆος διδυμάονε παῖδε γενέσθην,

Κρήθων Ὀρσίλοχός τε μάχης εὖ εἰδότε πάσης.

550τὼ μὲν ἄρ' ἡβήσαντε μελαινάων ἐπὶ νηῶν

Transliteration

hos teket' Ortilochon poleess' andressin anakta:

Ortilochos d' ar' etikte Dioklēa megathumon,

ek de Dioklēos didumaone paide genesthēn,

Krēthōn Orsilochos te machēs eu eidote pasēs.

550tō men ar' hēbēsante melainaōn epi nēōn

English · Butler

many people and was father to Diokles, who in his turn begat twin sons, Crethon and Orsilokhos, well skilled in all the arts of war. These, when they grew up, went to Ilion with the Argive fleet in honor of Menelaos and Agamemnon

Homeric Greek

Ἴλιον εἰς εὔπωλον ἅμ' Ἀργείοισιν ἑπέσθην,

τιμὴν Ἀτρεί̈δῃς Ἀγαμέμνονι καὶ Μενελάῳ

ἀρνυμένω: τὼ δ' αὖθι τέλος θανάτοιο κάλυψεν.

οἵω τώ γε λέοντε δύω ὄρεος κορυφῇσιν

555ἐτραφέτην ὑπὸ μητρὶ βαθείης τάρφεσιν ὕλης:

Transliteration

Ilion eis eupōlon ham' Argeioisin hepesthēn,

timēn Atreïdēis Agamemnoni kai Menelaōi

arnumenō: tō d' authi telos thanatoio kalupsen.

hoiō tō ge leonte duō oreos koruphēisin

555etraphetēn hupo mētri batheiēs tarphesin hulēs:

English · Butler

sons of Atreus, and there they both of them reached the final outcome. As two lions whom their dam has reared in the depths of some mountain forest to plunder homesteads and carry off

Homeric Greek

τὼ μὲν ἄρ' ἁρπάζοντε βόας καὶ ἴφια μῆλα

σταθμοὺς ἀνθρώπων κεραί̈ζετον, ὄφρα καὶ αὐτὼ

ἀνδρῶν ἐν παλάμῃσι κατέκταθεν ὀξέϊ χαλκῷ:

τοίω τὼ χείρεσσιν ὑπ' Αἰνείαο δαμέντε

560καππεσέτην, ἐλάτῃσιν ἐοικότες ὑψηλῇσι.

Transliteration

tō men ar' harpazonte boas kai iphia mēla

stathmous anthrōpōn keraïzeton, ophra kai autō

andrōn en palamēisi katektathen oxeï chalkōi:

toiō tō cheiressin hup' Aineiao damente

560kappesetēn, elatēisin eoikotes hupsēlēisi.

English · Butler

sheep and cattle till they get killed by the hand of man, so were these two vanquished by Aeneas, and fell like high pine-trees to the ground.

Homeric Greek

τὼ δὲ πεσόντ' ἐλέησεν ἀρηί̈φιλος Μενέλαος,

βῆ δὲ διὰ προμάχων κεκορυθμένος αἴθοπι χαλκῷ

σείων ἐγχείην: τοῦ δ' ὄτρυνεν μένος Ἄρης,

τὰ φρονέων ἵνα χερσὶν ὑπ' Αἰνείαο δαμείη.

565τὸν δ' ἴδεν Ἀντίλοχος μεγαθύμου Νέστορος υἱός,

Transliteration

tō de pesont' eleēsen arēïphilos Menelaos,

bē de dia promachōn kekoruthmenos aithopi chalkōi

seiōn encheiēn: tou d' otrunen menos Arēs,

ta phroneōn hina chersin hup' Aineiao dameiē.

565ton d' iden Antilochos megathumou Nestoros huios,

English · Butler

Brave Menelaos pitied them in their fall, and made his way to the front, clad in gleaming bronze and brandishing his spear, for Ares egged him on to do so with intent that he should be killed by Aeneas; but Antilokhos the son of Nestor saw him

Homeric Greek

βῆ δὲ διὰ προμάχων: περὶ γὰρ δίε ποιμένι λαῶν

μή τι πάθοι, μέγα δέ σφας ἀποσφήλειε πόνοιο.

τὼ μὲν δὴ χεῖράς τε καὶ ἔγχεα ὀξυόεντα

ἀντίον ἀλλήλων ἐχέτην μεμαῶτε μάχεσθαι:

570Ἀντίλοχος δὲ μάλ' ἄγχι παρίστατο ποιμένι λαῶν.

Transliteration

bē de dia promachōn: peri gar die poimeni laōn

mē ti pathoi, mega de sphas aposphēleie ponoio.

tō men dē cheiras te kai enchea oxuoenta

antion allēlōn echetēn memaōte machesthai:

570Antilochos de mal' anchi paristato poimeni laōn.

English · Butler

and sprang forward, fearing that the king might come to harm and thus bring all their labor to nothing; when, therefore Aeneas and Menelaos were setting their hands and spears against one another eager to do battle, Antilokhos placed himself

Homeric Greek

Αἰνείας δ' οὐ μεῖνε θοός περ ἐὼν πολεμιστὴς

ὡς εἶδεν δύο φῶτε παρ' ἀλλήλοισι μένοντε.

οἳ δ' ἐπεὶ οὖν νεκροὺς ἔρυσαν μετὰ λαὸν Ἀχαιῶν,

τὼ μὲν ἄρα δειλὼ βαλέτην ἐν χερσὶν ἑταίρων,

575αὐτὼ δὲ στρεφθέντε μετὰ πρώτοισι μαχέσθην.

Transliteration

Aineias d' ou meine thoos per eōn polemistēs

hōs eiden duo phōte par' allēloisi menonte.

hoi d' epei oun nekrous erusan meta laon Achaiōn,

tō men ara deilō baletēn en chersin hetairōn,

575autō de strephthente meta prōtoisi machesthēn.

English · Butler

by the side of Menelaos. Aeneas, bold though he was, drew back on seeing the two heroes side by side in front of him, so they drew the bodies of Crethon and Orsilokhos to the ranks of the Achaeans and committed the two poor men into the hands of their comrades. They then turned back and fought in the front ranks.

Homeric Greek

ἔνθα Πυλαιμένεα ἑλέτην ἀτάλαντον Ἄρηϊ

ἀρχὸν Παφλαγόνων μεγαθύμων ἀσπιστάων.

τὸν μὲν ἄρ' Ἀτρεί̈δης δουρικλειτὸς Μενέλαος

ἑσταότ' ἔγχεϊ νύξε κατὰ κληῖ̈δα τυχήσας:

580Ἀντίλοχος δὲ Μύδωνα βάλ' ἡνίοχον θεράποντα

Transliteration

entha Pulaimenea heletēn atalanton Arēï

archon Paphlagonōn megathumōn aspistaōn.

ton men ar' Atreïdēs dourikleitos Menelaos

hestaot' encheï nuxe kata klēïda tuchēsas:

580Antilochos de Mudōna bal' hēniochon theraponta

English · Butler

They killed Pylaimenes peer of Ares, leader of the Paphlagonian warriors. Menelaos struck him on the collar-bone as he was standing on his chariot, while Antilokhos hit his charioteer and squire Mydon, the son of Atymnios, who was turning his horses in flight. He hit him with a stone upon the elbow, and the reins, enriched with white ivory, fell from his hands into the dust.

Homeric Greek

ἐσθλὸν Ἀτυμνιάδην: ὃ δ' ὑπέστρεφε μώνυχας ἵππους:

χερμαδίῳ ἀγκῶνα τυχὼν μέσον: ἐκ δ' ἄρα χειρῶν

ἡνία λεύκ' ἐλέφαντι χαμαὶ πέσον ἐν κονίῃσιν.

Ἀντίλοχος δ' ἄρ' ἐπαί̈ξας ξίφει ἤλασε κόρσην:

585αὐτὰρ ὅ γ' ἀσθμαίνων εὐεργέος ἔκπεσε δίφρου

Transliteration

esthlon Atumniadēn: ho d' hupestrephe mōnuchas hippous:

chermadiōi ankōna tuchōn meson: ek d' ara cheirōn

hēnia leuk' elephanti chamai peson en koniēisin.

Antilochos d' ar' epaïxas xiphei ēlase korsēn:

585autar ho g' asthmainōn euergeos ekpese diphrou

English · Butler

Antilokhos rushed towards him and struck him on the temples with his sword, whereon he fell head first from the chariot to the ground. There he stood for a while with his head and shoulders buried deep in the dust - for he had fallen

Homeric Greek

κύμβαχος ἐν κονίῃσιν ἐπὶ βρεχμόν τε καὶ ὤμους.

δηθὰ μάλ' ἑστήκει: τύχε γάρ ῥ' ἀμάθοιο βαθείης:

ὄφρ' ἵππω πλήξαντε χαμαὶ βάλον ἐν κονίῃσι:

τοὺς ἵμασ' Ἀντίλοχος, μετὰ δὲ στρατὸν ἤλασ' Ἀχαιῶν.

590τοὺς δ' Ἕκτωρ ἐνόησε κατὰ στίχας, ὦρτο δ' ἐπ' αὐτοὺς

Transliteration

kumbachos en koniēisin epi brechmon te kai ōmous.

dētha mal' hestēkei: tuche gar rh' amathoio batheiēs:

ophr' hippō plēxante chamai balon en koniēisi:

tous himas' Antilochos, meta de straton ēlas' Achaiōn.

590tous d' Hektōr enoēse kata stichas, ōrto d' ep' autous

English · Butler

on sandy soil till his horses kicked him and laid him flat on the ground, as Antilokhos lashed them and drove them off to the host of the Achaeans. But Hektor marked them from across the ranks, and with a loud cry rushed towards them, followed by the strong battalions of the Trojans.

Homeric Greek

κεκλήγων: ἅμα δὲ Τρώων εἵποντο φάλαγγες

καρτεραί: ἦρχε δ' ἄρα σφιν Ἄρης καὶ πότνι' Ἐνυώ,

ἣ μὲν ἔχουσα Κυδοιμὸν ἀναιδέα δηϊοτῆτος,

Ἄρης δ' ἐν παλάμῃσι πελώριον ἔγχος ἐνώμα,

595φοίτα δ' ἄλλοτε μὲν πρόσθ' Ἕκτορος, ἄλλοτ' ὄπισθε.

Transliteration

keklēgōn: hama de Trōōn heiponto phalanges

karterai: ērche d' ara sphin Arēs kai potni' Enuō,

hē men echousa Kudoimon anaidea dēïotētos,

Arēs d' en palamēisi pelōrion enchos enōma,

595phoita d' allote men prosth' Hektoros, allot' opisthe.

English · Butler

But Hektor marked them from across the ranks, and with a loud cry rushed towards them, followed by the strong battalions of the Trojans. Ares and dread Enyo led them on, she fraught with ruthless turmoil of battle, while Ares wielded a monstrous spear, and went about, now in front of Hektor and now behind him.

Homeric Greek

τὸν δὲ ἰδὼν ῥίγησε βοὴν ἀγαθὸς Διομήδης:

ὡς δ' ὅτ' ἀνὴρ ἀπάλαμνος ἰὼν πολέος πεδίοιο

στήῃ ἐπ' ὠκυρόῳ ποταμῷ ἅλα δὲ προρέοντι

ἀφρῷ μορμύροντα ἰδών, ἀνά τ' ἔδραμ' ὀπίσσω,

600ὣς τότε Τυδεί̈δης ἀνεχάζετο, εἶπέ τε λαῷ:

Transliteration

ton de idōn rhigēse boēn agathos Diomēdēs:

hōs d' hot' anēr apalamnos iōn poleos pedioio

stēēi ep' ōkuroōi potamōi hala de proreonti

aphrōi mormuronta idōn, ana t' edram' opissō,

600hōs tote Tudeïdēs anechazeto, eipe te laōi:

English · Butler

Diomedes shook with passion as he saw them. As a man crossing a wide plain is dismayed to find himself on the brink of some great river rolling swiftly to the sea - he sees its boiling waters and starts back in fear - even so did the son of Tydeus give ground.

Homeric Greek

ὦ φίλοι οἷον δὴ θαυμάζομεν Ἕκτορα δῖον

αἰχμητήν τ' ἔμεναι καὶ θαρσαλέον πολεμιστήν:

τῷ δ' αἰεὶ πάρα εἷς γε θεῶν, ὃς λοιγὸν ἀμύνει:

καὶ νῦν οἱ πάρα κεῖνος Ἄρης βροτῷ ἀνδρὶ ἐοικώς.

605ἀλλὰ πρὸς Τρῶας τετραμμένοι αἰὲν ὀπίσσω

Transliteration

ō philoi hoion dē thaumazomen Hektora dion

aichmētēn t' emenai kai tharsaleon polemistēn:

tōi d' aiei para heis ge theōn, hos loigon amunei:

kai nun hoi para keinos Arēs brotōi andri eoikōs.

605alla pros Trōas tetrammenoi aien opissō

English · Butler

Then he said to his men, "My friends, how can we wonder that Hektor wields the spear so well? Some god is ever by his side to protect him, and now Ares is with him in the likeness of mortal man. Keep your faces therefore towards the Trojans, but give ground backwards, for

Homeric Greek

εἴκετε, μηδὲ θεοῖς μενεαινέμεν ἶφι μάχεσθαι.

ὣς ἄρ' ἔφη, Τρῶες δὲ μάλα σχεδὸν ἤλυθον αὐτῶν.

ἔνθ' Ἕκτωρ δύο φῶτε κατέκτανεν εἰδότε χάρμης

εἰν ἑνὶ δίφρῳ ἐόντε, Μενέσθην Ἀγχίαλόν τε.

610τὼ δὲ πεσόντ' ἐλέησε μέγας Τελαμώνιος Αἴας:

Transliteration

eikete, mēde theois meneainemen iphi machesthai.

hōs ar' ephē, Trōes de mala schedon ēluthon autōn.

enth' Hektōr duo phōte katektanen eidote charmēs

ein heni diphrōi eonte, Menesthēn Anchialon te.

610tō de pesont' eleēse megas Telamōnios Aias:

English · Butler

we dare not fight with gods." As he spoke the Trojans drew close up, and Hektor killed two men, both in one chariot, Menesthes and Anchialos, heroes well versed in war. Ajax son of Telamon pitied them in their fall; he came close up and hurled his spear, hitting Amphios the son of Selagus, a man of great

Homeric Greek

στῆ δὲ μάλ' ἐγγὺς ἰών, καὶ ἀκόντισε δουρὶ φαεινῷ,

καὶ βάλεν Ἄμφιον Σελάγου υἱόν, ὅς ῥ' ἐνὶ Παισῷ

ναῖε πολυκτήμων πολυλήϊος: ἀλλά ἑ μοῖρα

ἦγ' ἐπικουρήσοντα μετὰ Πρίαμόν τε καὶ υἷας.

615τόν ῥα κατὰ ζωστῆρα βάλεν Τελαμώνιος Αἴας,

Transliteration

stē de mal' engus iōn, kai akontise douri phaeinōi,

kai balen Amphion Selagou huion, hos rh' eni Paisōi

naie poluktēmōn polulēïos: alla he moira

ēg' epikourēsonta meta Priamon te kai huias.

615ton rha kata zōstēra balen Telamōnios Aias,

English · Butler

wealth who lived in Paesus and owned much grain-growing land, but his lot had led him to come to the aid of Priam and his sons. Ajax struck him in the belt; the spear pierced the lower part of his belly, and he fell heavily to the ground. Then Ajax ran towards him to strip him

Homeric Greek

νειαίρῃ δ' ἐν γαστρὶ πάγη δολιχόσκιον ἔγχος,

δούπησεν δὲ πεσών: ὃ δ' ἐπέδραμε φαίδιμος Αἴας

τεύχεα συλήσων: Τρῶες δ' ἐπὶ δούρατ' ἔχευαν

ὀξέα παμφανόωντα: σάκος δ' ἀνεδέξατο πολλά.

620αὐτὰρ ὃ λὰξ προσβὰς ἐκ νεκροῦ χάλκεον ἔγχος

Transliteration

neiairēi d' en gastri pagē dolichoskion enchos,

doupēsen de pesōn: ho d' epedrame phaidimos Aias

teuchea sulēsōn: Trōes d' epi dourat' echeuan

oxea pamphanoōnta: sakos d' anedexato polla.

620autar ho lax prosbas ek nekrou chalkeon enchos

English · Butler

of his armor, but the Trojans rained spears upon him, many of which fell upon his shield. He planted his heel upon the body and drew out his spear, but the darts pressed so heavily upon him that he could not strip the goodly armor from his shoulders. The Trojan chieftains, moreover, many and

Homeric Greek

ἐσπάσατ': οὐδ' ἄρ' ἔτ' ἄλλα δυνήσατο τεύχεα καλὰ

ὤμοιιν ἀφελέσθαι: ἐπείγετο γὰρ βελέεσσι.

δεῖσε δ' ὅ γ' ἀμφίβασιν κρατερὴν Τρώων ἀγερώχων,

οἳ πολλοί τε καὶ ἐσθλοὶ ἐφέστασαν ἔγχε' ἔχοντες,

625οἵ ἑ μέγαν περ ἐόντα καὶ ἴφθιμον καὶ ἀγαυὸν

Transliteration

espasat': oud' ar' et' alla dunēsato teuchea kala

ōmoiin aphelesthai: epeigeto gar beleessi.

deise d' ho g' amphibasin kraterēn Trōōn agerōchōn,

hoi polloi te kai esthloi ephestasan enche' echontes,

625hoi he megan per eonta kai iphthimon kai agauon

English · Butler

valiant, came about him with their spears, so that he dared not stay; great, brave and valiant though he was, they drove him from them and he was beaten back.

Homeric Greek

ὦσαν ἀπὸ σφείων: ὃ δὲ χασσάμενος πελεμίχθη.

ὣς οἳ μὲν πονέοντο κατὰ κρατερὴν ὑσμίνην:

Τληπόλεμον δ' Ἡρακλεί̈δην ἠύ̈ν τε μέγαν τε

ὦρσεν ἐπ' ἀντιθέῳ Σαρπηδόνι μοῖρα κραταιή.

630οἳ δ' ὅτε δὴ σχεδὸν ἦσαν ἐπ' ἀλλήλοισιν ἰόντες

Transliteration

ōsan apo spheiōn: ho de chassamenos pelemichthē.

hōs hoi men poneonto kata kraterēn husminēn:

Tlēpolemon d' Hērakleïdēn ēün te megan te

ōrsen ep' antitheōi Sarpēdoni moira krataiē.

630hoi d' hote dē schedon ēsan ep' allēloisin iontes

English · Butler

Thus, then, did the battle rage between them. Presently the strong hand of fate impelled Tlepolemos, the son of Herakles, a man both brave and of great stature, to fight Sarpedon; so the two, son and grandson of great Zeus, drew near to one another, and Tlepolemos spoke first. "Sarpedon," said he, "councilor of the Lycians,

Homeric Greek

υἱός θ' υἱωνός τε Διὸς νεφεληγερέταο,

τὸν καὶ Τληπόλεμος πρότερος πρὸς μῦθον ἔειπε:

Σαρπῆδον Λυκίων βουληφόρε, τίς τοι ἀνάγκη

πτώσσειν ἐνθάδ' ἐόντι μάχης ἀδαήμονι φωτί;

635ψευδόμενοι δέ σέ φασι Διὸς γόνον αἰγιόχοιο

Transliteration

huios th' huiōnos te Dios nephelēgeretao,

ton kai Tlēpolemos proteros pros muthon eeipe:

Sarpēdon Lukiōn boulēphore, tis toi anankē

ptōssein enthad' eonti machēs adaēmoni phōti;

635pseudomenoi de se phasi Dios gonon aigiochoio

English · Butler

why should you come skulking here you who are a man of peace? They lie who call you son of aegis-bearing Zeus, for you are little like those who were of old his children. Far other was Herakles, my own brave and lion-hearted father, who came

Homeric Greek

εἶναι, ἐπεὶ πολλὸν κείνων ἐπιδεύεαι ἀνδρῶν

οἳ Διὸς ἐξεγένοντο ἐπὶ προτέρων ἀνθρώπων:

ἀλλ' οἷόν τινά φασι βίην Ἡρακληείην

εἶναι, ἐμὸν πατέρα θρασυμέμνονα θυμολέοντα:

640ὅς ποτε δεῦρ' ἐλθὼν ἕνεχ' ἵππων Λαομέδοντος

Transliteration

einai, epei pollon keinōn epideueai andrōn

hoi Dios exegenonto epi proterōn anthrōpōn:

all' hoion tina phasi biēn Hēraklēeiēn

einai, emon patera thrasumemnona thumoleonta:

640hos pote deur' elthōn henech' hippōn Laomedontos

English · Butler

here for the horses of Laomedon, and though he had six ships only, and few men to follow him, sacked the city of Ilion and made a wilderness of her highways. You are a coward, and your people are falling from you. For all your strength,

Homeric Greek

ἓξ οἴῃς σὺν νηυσὶ καὶ ἀνδράσι παυροτέροισιν

Ἰλίου ἐξαλάπαξε πόλιν, χήρωσε δ' ἀγυιάς:

σοὶ δὲ κακὸς μὲν θυμός, ἀποφθινύθουσι δὲ λαοί.

οὐδέ τί σε Τρώεσσιν ὀί̈ομαι ἄλκαρ ἔσεσθαι

645ἐλθόντ' ἐκ Λυκίης, οὐδ' εἰ μάλα καρτερός ἐσσι,

Transliteration

hex oiēis sun nēusi kai andrasi pauroteroisin

Iliou exalapaxe polin, chērōse d' aguias:

soi de kakos men thumos, apophthinuthousi de laoi.

oude ti se Trōessin oïomai alkar esesthai

645elthont' ek Lukiēs, oud' ei mala karteros essi,

English · Butler

and all your coming from Lycia, you will be no help to the Trojans but will pass the gates of

Homeric Greek

ἀλλ' ὑπ' ἐμοὶ δμηθέντα πύλας Ἀί̈δαο περήσειν.

τὸν δ' αὖ Σαρπηδὼν Λυκίων ἀγὸς ἀντίον ηὔδα:

Τληπόλεμ' ἤτοι κεῖνος ἀπώλεσεν Ἴλιον ἱρὴν

ἀνέρος ἀφραδίῃσιν ἀγαυοῦ Λαομέδοντος,

650ὅς ῥά μιν εὖ ἕρξαντα κακῷ ἠνίπαπε μύθῳ,

Transliteration

all' hup' emoi dmēthenta pulas Aïdao perēsein.

ton d' au Sarpēdōn Lukiōn agos antion ēuda:

Tlēpolem' ētoi keinos apōlesen Ilion hirēn

aneros aphradiēisin agauou Laomedontos,

650hos rha min eu herxanta kakōi ēnipape muthōi,

English · Butler

Hades vanquished by my hand." And Sarpedon, leader of the Lycians, answered, "Tlepolemos, your father overthrew Ilion by reason of Laomedon's folly in refusing payment to one who had served him well. He would not give your father the horses which he had come so far to fetch. As for yourself, you shall meet death by my spear. You shall yield

Homeric Greek

οὐδ' ἀπέδωχ' ἵππους, ὧν εἵνεκα τηλόθεν ἦλθε.

σοὶ δ' ἐγὼ ἐνθάδε φημὶ φόνον καὶ κῆρα μέλαιναν

ἐξ ἐμέθεν τεύξεσθαι, ἐμῷ δ' ὑπὸ δουρὶ δαμέντα

εὖχος ἐμοὶ δώσειν, ψυχὴν δ' Ἄϊδι κλυτοπώλῳ.

655ὣς φάτο Σαρπηδών, ὃ δ' ἀνέσχετο μείλινον ἔγχος

Transliteration

oud' apedōch' hippous, hōn heineka tēlothen ēlthe.

soi d' egō enthade phēmi phonon kai kēra melainan

ex emethen teuxesthai, emōi d' hupo douri damenta

euchos emoi dōsein, psuchēn d' Aïdi klutopōlōi.

655hōs phato Sarpēdōn, ho d' anescheto meilinon enchos

English · Butler

glory to myself, and your soul to Hades of the noble steeds." Thus spoke Sarpedon, and Tlepolemos upraised his spear.

Homeric Greek

Τληπόλεμος: καὶ τῶν μὲν ἁμαρτῇ δούρατα μακρὰ

ἐκ χειρῶν ἤϊξαν: ὃ μὲν βάλεν αὐχένα μέσσον

Σαρπηδών, αἰχμὴ δὲ διαμπερὲς ἦλθ' ἀλεγεινή:

τὸν δὲ κατ' ὀφθαλμῶν ἐρεβεννὴ νὺξ ἐκάλυψε.

660Τληπόλεμος δ' ἄρα μηρὸν ἀριστερὸν ἔγχεϊ μακρῷ

Transliteration

Tlēpolemos: kai tōn men hamartēi dourata makra

ek cheirōn ēïxan: ho men balen auchena messon

Sarpēdōn, aichmē de diamperes ēlth' alegeinē:

ton de kat' ophthalmōn erebennē nux ekalupse.

660Tlēpolemos d' ara mēron aristeron encheï makrōi

English · Butler

Thus spoke Sarpedon, and Tlepolemos upraised his spear. They threw at the same moment, and Sarpedon struck his foe in the middle of his throat; the spear went right through, and the darkness of death fell upon his eyes. Tlepolemos' spear struck Sarpedon on the left thigh with such force that it tore through the flesh and

Homeric Greek

βεβλήκειν, αἰχμὴ δὲ διέσσυτο μαιμώωσα

ὀστέω ἐγχριμφθεῖσα, πατὴρ δ' ἔτι λοιγὸν ἄμυνεν.

οἳ μὲν ἄρ' ἀντίθεον Σαρπηδόνα δῖοι ἑταῖροι

ἐξέφερον πολέμοιο: βάρυνε δέ μιν δόρυ μακρὸν

665ἑλκόμενον: τὸ μὲν οὔ τις ἐπεφράσατ' οὐδὲ νόησε

Transliteration

beblēkein, aichmē de diessuto maimōōsa

osteō enchrimphtheisa, patēr d' eti loigon amunen.

hoi men ar' antitheon Sarpēdona dioi hetairoi

exepheron polemoio: barune de min doru makron

665helkomenon: to men ou tis epephrasat' oude noēse

English · Butler

grazed the bone, but his father as yet warded off destruction from him. His comrades bore Sarpedon out of the fight, in great pain by the weight of the spear that was dragging from his wound. They were in such haste and stress as they bore him that no one thought of

Homeric Greek

μηροῦ ἐξερύσαι δόρυ μείλινον ὄφρ' ἐπιβαίη

σπευδόντων: τοῖον γὰρ ἔχον πόνον ἀμφιέποντες.

Τληπόλεμον δ' ἑτέρωθεν ἐϋκνήμιδες Ἀχαιοὶ

ἐξέφερον πολέμοιο: νόησε δὲ δῖος Ὀδυσσεὺς

670τλήμονα θυμὸν ἔχων, μαίμησε δέ οἱ φίλον ἦτορ:

Transliteration

mērou exerusai doru meilinon ophr' epibaiē

speudontōn: toion gar echon ponon amphiepontes.

Tlēpolemon d' heterōthen eüknēmides Achaioi

exepheron polemoio: noēse de dios Odusseus

670tlēmona thumon echōn, maimēse de hoi philon ētor:

English · Butler

drawing the spear from his thigh so as to let him walk uprightly. Meanwhile the Achaeans carried off the body of Tlepolemos, whereon Odysseus was moved to pity, and panted for the fray as he beheld them. He doubted whether to pursue the son of Zeus, or to make slaughter of the Lycian rank and file; it was not decreed, however, that he should slay the son of Zeus;

Homeric Greek

μερμήριξε δ' ἔπειτα κατὰ φρένα καὶ κατὰ θυμὸν

ἢ προτέρω Διὸς υἱὸν ἐριγδούποιο διώκοι,

ἦ ὅ γε τῶν πλεόνων Λυκίων ἀπὸ θυμὸν ἕλοιτο.

οὐδ' ἄρ' Ὀδυσσῆϊ μεγαλήτορι μόρσιμον ἦεν

675ἴφθιμον Διὸς υἱὸν ἀποκτάμεν ὀξέϊ χαλκῷ:

Transliteration

mermērixe d' epeita kata phrena kai kata thumon

ē proterō Dios huion erigdoupoio diōkoi,

ē ho ge tōn pleonōn Lukiōn apo thumon heloito.

oud' ar' Odussēï megalētori morsimon ēen

675iphthimon Dios huion apoktamen oxeï chalkōi:

English · Butler

Athena, therefore, turned him against the main body of the Lycians. He killed Koiranos, Alastor, Chromios, Alkandros, Halios, Noemon, and Prytanis, and would have slain yet more, had not great Hektor marked him, and sped

Homeric Greek

τώ ῥα κατὰ πληθὺν Λυκίων τράπε θυμὸν Ἀθήνη.

ἔνθ' ὅ γε Κοίρανον εἷλεν Ἀλάστορά τε Χρομίον τε

Ἄλκανδρόν θ' Ἅλιόν τε Νοήμονά τε Πρύτανίν τε.

καί νύ κ' ἔτι πλέονας Λυκίων κτάνε δῖος Ὀδυσσεὺς

680εἰ μὴ ἄρ' ὀξὺ νόησε μέγας κορυθαίολος Ἕκτωρ:

Transliteration

tō rha kata plēthun Lukiōn trape thumon Athēnē.

enth' ho ge Koiranon heilen Alastora te Chromion te

Alkandron th' Halion te Noēmona te Prutanin te.

kai nu k' eti pleonas Lukiōn ktane dios Odusseus

680ei mē ar' oxu noēse megas koruthaiolos Hektōr:

English · Butler

to the front of the fight clad in his suit of mail, filling the Danaans with terror. Sarpedon was glad when he saw him coming, and besought him, saying, "Son of Priam, let me not he here to fall into the hands of the Danaans.

Homeric Greek

βῆ δὲ διὰ προμάχων κεκορυθμένος αἴθοπι χαλκῷ

δεῖμα φέρων Δαναοῖσι: χάρη δ' ἄρα οἱ προσιόντι

Σαρπηδὼν Διὸς υἱός, ἔπος δ' ὀλοφυδνὸν ἔειπε:

Πριαμίδη, μὴ δή με ἕλωρ Δαναοῖσιν ἐάσῃς

685κεῖσθαι, ἀλλ' ἐπάμυνον: ἔπειτά με καὶ λίποι αἰὼν

Transliteration

bē de dia promachōn kekoruthmenos aithopi chalkōi

deima pherōn Danaoisi: charē d' ara hoi prosionti

Sarpēdōn Dios huios, epos d' olophudnon eeipe:

Priamidē, mē dē me helōr Danaoisin easēis

685keisthai, all' epamunon: epeita me kai lipoi aiōn

English · Butler

Help me, and since I may not return home to gladden the hearts of my wife and of my infant

Homeric Greek

ἐν πόλει ὑμετέρῃ, ἐπεὶ οὐκ ἄρ' ἔμελλον ἔγωγε

νοστήσας οἶκον δὲ φίλην ἐς πατρίδα γαῖαν

εὐφρανέειν ἄλοχόν τε φίλην καὶ νήπιον υἱόν.

ὣς φάτο, τὸν δ' οὔ τι προσέφη κορυθαίολος Ἕκτωρ,

690ἀλλὰ παρήϊξεν λελιημένος ὄφρα τάχιστα

Transliteration

en polei humeterēi, epei ouk ar' emellon egōge

nostēsas oikon de philēn es patrida gaian

euphraneein alochon te philēn kai nēpion huion.

hōs phato, ton d' ou ti prosephē koruthaiolos Hektōr,

690alla parēïxen leliēmenos ophra tachista

English · Butler

son, let me die within the walls of your city." Hektor made him no answer, but rushed onward to fall at once upon the Achaeans and. kill many among them. His comrades then bore Sarpedon away and laid him beneath Zeus' spreading oak tree.

Homeric Greek

ὤσαιτ' Ἀργείους, πολέων δ' ἀπὸ θυμὸν ἕλοιτο.

οἳ μὲν ἄρ' ἀντίθεον Σαρπηδόνα δῖοι ἑταῖροι

εἷσαν ὑπ' αἰγιόχοιο Διὸς περικαλλέϊ φηγῷ:

ἐκ δ' ἄρα οἱ μηροῦ δόρυ μείλινον ὦσε θύραζε

695ἴφθιμος Πελάγων, ὅς οἱ φίλος ἦεν ἑταῖρος.

Transliteration

ōsait' Argeious, poleōn d' apo thumon heloito.

hoi men ar' antitheon Sarpēdona dioi hetairoi

heisan hup' aigiochoio Dios perikalleï phēgōi:

ek d' ara hoi mērou doru meilinon ōse thuraze

695iphthimos Pelagōn, hos hoi philos ēen hetairos.

English · Butler

Pelagon, his friend and comrade drew the spear out of his thigh, but Sarpedon lost his life-breath, and a mist came over his eyes. Presently he came to again, for the breath of the north wind as it played upon him gave

Homeric Greek

τὸν δ' ἔλιπε ψυχή, κατὰ δ' ὀφθαλμῶν κέχυτ' ἀχλύς:

αὖτις δ' ἐμπνύνθη, περὶ δὲ πνοιὴ Βορέαο

ζώγρει ἐπιπνείουσα κακῶς κεκαφηότα θυμόν.

Ἀργεῖοι δ' ὑπ' Ἄρηϊ καὶ Ἕκτορι χαλκοκορυστῇ

700οὔτε ποτὲ προτρέποντο μελαινάων ἐπὶ νηῶν

Transliteration

ton d' elipe psuchē, kata d' ophthalmōn kechut' achlus:

autis d' empnunthē, peri de pnoiē Boreao

zōgrei epipneiousa kakōs kekaphēota thumon.

Argeioi d' hup' Arēï kai Hektori chalkokorustēi

700oute pote protreponto melainaōn epi nēōn

English · Butler

him new life, and brought him out of the deep swoon into which he had fallen. Meanwhile the Argives were neither driven towards their ships by Ares and Hektor, nor yet did they attack them; when they knew that Ares was with the Trojans they retreated, but kept their faces still turned towards the foe. Who, then, was first and who last to be slain by Ares and Hektor?

Homeric Greek

οὔτε ποτ' ἀντεφέροντο μάχῃ, ἀλλ' αἰὲν ὀπίσσω

χάζονθ', ὡς ἐπύθοντο μετὰ Τρώεσσιν Ἄρηα.

ἔνθα τίνα πρῶτον τίνα δ' ὕστατον ἐξενάριξαν

Ἕκτωρ τε Πριάμοιο πάϊς καὶ χάλκεος Ἄρης;

705ἀντίθεον Τεύθραντ', ἐπὶ δὲ πλήξιππον Ὀρέστην,

Transliteration

oute pot' antepheronto machēi, all' aien opissō

chazonth', hōs eputhonto meta Trōessin Arēa.

entha tina prōton tina d' hustaton exenarixan

Hektōr te Priamoio païs kai chalkeos Arēs;

705antitheon Teuthrant', epi de plēxippon Orestēn,

English · Butler

They were valiant Teuthras, and Orestes the renowned charioteer, Trechos the Aetolian warrior, Oinomaos, Helenos the son of Oinops, and Oresbios of the gleaming belt,

Homeric Greek

Τρῆχόν τ' αἰχμητὴν Αἰτώλιον Οἰνόμαόν τε,

Οἰνοπίδην θ' Ἕλενον καὶ Ὀρέσβιον αἰολομίτρην,

ὅς ῥ' ἐν Ὕλῃ ναίεσκε μέγα πλούτοιο μεμηλώς,

λίμνῃ κεκλιμένος Κηφισίδι: πὰρ δέ οἱ ἄλλοι

710ναῖον Βοιωτοὶ μάλα πίονα δῆμον ἔχοντες.

Transliteration

Trēchon t' aichmētēn Aitōlion Oinomaon te,

Oinopidēn th' Helenon kai Oresbion aiolomitrēn,

hos rh' en Hulēi naieske mega ploutoio memēlōs,

limnēi keklimenos Kēphisidi: par de hoi alloi

710naion Boiōtoi mala piona dēmon echontes.

English · Butler

who was possessed of great wealth, and dwelt by the Cephisian lake with the other Boeotians who lived near him, owners of a fertile district.

Homeric Greek

τοὺς δ' ὡς οὖν ἐνόησε θεὰ λευκώλενος Ἥρη

Ἀργείους ὀλέκοντας ἐνὶ κρατερῇ ὑσμίνῃ,

αὐτίκ' Ἀθηναίην ἔπεα πτερόεντα προσηύδα:

ὢ πόποι αἰγιόχοιο Διὸς τέκος Ἀτρυτώνη,

715ἦ ῥ' ἅλιον τὸν μῦθον ὑπέστημεν Μενελάῳ

Transliteration

tous d' hōs oun enoēse thea leukōlenos Hērē

Argeious olekontas eni kraterēi husminēi,

autik' Athēnaiēn epea pteroenta prosēuda:

ō popoi aigiochoio Dios tekos Atrutōnē,

715ē rh' halion ton muthon hupestēmen Menelaōi

English · Butler

Now when the goddess Hera saw the Argives thus falling, she said to Athena, "Alas, daughter of aegis-bearing Zeus, unweariable, the promise we made Menelaos that he should not return till he had sacked the city of Ilion will be of none effect if we let Ares rage thus furiously. Let us go into

Homeric Greek

Ἴλιον ἐκπέρσαντ' εὐτείχεον ἀπονέεσθαι,

εἰ οὕτω μαίνεσθαι ἐάσομεν οὖλον Ἄρηα.

ἀλλ' ἄγε δὴ καὶ νῶϊ μεδώμεθα θούριδος ἀλκῆς.

ὣς ἔφατ', οὐδ' ἀπίθησε θεὰ γλαυκῶπις Ἀθήνη.

720ἣ μὲν ἐποιχομένη χρυσάμπυκας ἔντυεν ἵππους

Transliteration

Ilion ekpersant' euteicheon aponeesthai,

ei houtō mainesthai easomen oulon Arēa.

all' age dē kai nōï medōmetha thouridos alkēs.

hōs ephat', oud' apithēse thea glaukōpis Athēnē.

720hē men epoichomenē chrusampukas entuen hippous

English · Butler

the fray at once." Athena did not gainsay her. Thereon the august goddess, daughter of great Kronos, began to harness her gold-bedizened steeds.

Homeric Greek

Ἥρη πρέσβα θεὰ θυγάτηρ μεγάλοιο Κρόνοιο:

Ἥβη δ' ἀμφ' ὀχέεσσι θοῶς βάλε καμπύλα κύκλα

χάλκεα ὀκτάκνημα σιδηρέῳ ἄξονι ἀμφίς.

τῶν ἤτοι χρυσέη ἴτυς ἄφθιτος, αὐτὰρ ὕπερθε

725χάλκε' ἐπίσσωτρα προσαρηρότα, θαῦμα ἰδέσθαι:

Transliteration

Hērē presba thea thugatēr megaloio Kronoio:

Hēbē d' amph' ocheessi thoōs bale kampula kukla

chalkea oktaknēma sidēreōi axoni amphis.

tōn ētoi chruseē itus aphthitos, autar huperthe

725chalke' epissōtra prosarērota, thauma idesthai:

English · Butler

Hebe with all speed fitted on the eight-spoked wheels of bronze that were on either side of the iron axle-tree. The felloes of the wheels were of gold, imperishable, and over these there was a tire of bronze, wondrous to behold. The naves of the wheels were silver, turning round the axle upon either side. The car itself was made with plaited bands of gold and silver, and it had a double top-rail running all round it.

Homeric Greek

πλῆμναι δ' ἀργύρου εἰσὶ περίδρομοι ἀμφοτέρωθεν:

δίφρος δὲ χρυσέοισι καὶ ἀργυρέοισιν ἱμᾶσιν

ἐντέταται, δοιαὶ δὲ περίδρομοι ἄντυγές εἰσι.

τοῦ δ' ἐξ ἀργύρεος ῥυμὸς πέλεν: αὐτὰρ ἐπ' ἄκρῳ

730δῆσε χρύσειον καλὸν ζυγόν, ἐν δὲ λέπαδνα

Transliteration

plēmnai d' argurou eisi peridromoi amphoterōthen:

diphros de chruseoisi kai argureoisin himasin

entetatai, doiai de peridromoi antuges eisi.

tou d' ex argureos rhumos pelen: autar ep' akrōi

730dēse chruseion kalon zugon, en de lepadna

English · Butler

From the body of the car there went a pole of silver, on to the end of which she bound the golden yoke, with the bands of gold that were to go under the necks of the

Homeric Greek

κάλ' ἔβαλε χρύσει': ὑπὸ δὲ ζυγὸν ἤγαγεν Ἥρη

ἵππους ὠκύποδας, μεμαυῖ' ἔριδος καὶ ἀϋτῆς.

αὐτὰρ Ἀθηναίη κούρη Διὸς αἰγιόχοιο

πέπλον μὲν κατέχευεν ἑανὸν πατρὸς ἐπ' οὔδει

735ποικίλον, ὅν ῥ' αὐτὴ ποιήσατο καὶ κάμε χερσίν:

Transliteration

kal' ebale chrusei': hupo de zugon ēgagen Hērē

hippous ōkupodas, memaui' eridos kai aütēs.

autar Athēnaiē kourē Dios aigiochoio

peplon men katecheuen heanon patros ep' oudei

735poikilon, hon rh' autē poiēsato kai kame chersin:

English · Butler

horses Then Hera put her steeds under the yoke, eager for battle and the war-cry. Meanwhile Athena flung her richly embroidered vesture, made with her own hands, on to her father's threshold, and donned the shirt of Zeus, arming herself for battle. She threw her tasseled aegis about. her shoulders, wreathed round with Rout as with a

Homeric Greek

ἣ δὲ χιτῶν' ἐνδῦσα Διὸς νεφεληγερέταο

τεύχεσιν ἐς πόλεμον θωρήσσετο δακρυόεντα.

ἀμφὶ δ' ἄρ' ὤμοισιν βάλετ' αἰγίδα θυσσανόεσσαν

δεινήν, ἣν περὶ μὲν πάντῃ Φόβος ἐστεφάνωται,

740ἐν δ' Ἔρις, ἐν δ' Ἀλκή, ἐν δὲ κρυόεσσα Ἰωκή,

Transliteration

hē de chitōn' endusa Dios nephelēgeretao

teuchesin es polemon thōrēsseto dakruoenta.

amphi d' ar' ōmoisin balet' aigida thussanoessan

deinēn, hēn peri men pantēi Phobos estephanōtai,

740en d' Eris, en d' Alkē, en de kruoessa Iōkē,

English · Butler

fringe, and on it were Strife, and Strength, and Panic whose blood runs cold; moreover there was the head of the dread monster Gorgon,, grim and awful to behold, portent of aegis-bearing Zeus. On her head she set her helmet of gold, with four plumes, and coming to a peak both in front and behind - decked with the emblems of a hundred cities;

Homeric Greek

ἐν δέ τε Γοργείη κεφαλὴ δεινοῖο πελώρου

δεινή τε σμερδνή τε, Διὸς τέρας αἰγιόχοιο.

κρατὶ δ' ἐπ' ἀμφίφαλον κυνέην θέτο τετραφάληρον

χρυσείην, ἑκατὸν πολίων πρυλέεσσ' ἀραρυῖαν:

745ἐς δ' ὄχεα φλόγεα ποσὶ βήσετο, λάζετο δ' ἔγχος

Transliteration

en de te Gorgeiē kephalē deinoio pelōrou

deinē te smerdnē te, Dios teras aigiochoio.

krati d' ep' amphiphalon kuneēn theto tetraphalēron

chruseiēn, hekaton poliōn pruleess' araruian:

745es d' ochea phlogea posi bēseto, lazeto d' enchos

English · Butler

then she stepped into her flaming chariot and grasped the spear, so stout and sturdy and strong, with which she quells the ranks of heroes who have displeased her. Hera lashed the horses on, and the gates of heaven bellowed as they flew open of their own accord -gates over which the flours

Homeric Greek

βριθὺ μέγα στιβαρόν, τῷ δάμνησι στίχας ἀνδρῶν

ἡρώων, οἷσίν τε κοτέσσεται ὀβριμοπάτρη.

Ἥρη δὲ μάστιγι θοῶς ἐπεμαίετ' ἄρ' ἵππους:

αὐτόμαται δὲ πύλαι μύκον οὐρανοῦ ἃς ἔχον Ὧραι,

750τῇς ἐπιτέτραπται μέγας οὐρανὸς Οὔλυμπός τε

Transliteration

brithu mega stibaron, tōi damnēsi stichas andrōn

hērōōn, hoisin te kotessetai obrimopatrē.

Hērē de mastigi thoōs epemaiet' ar' hippous:

automatai de pulai mukon ouranou has echon Hōrai,

750tēis epitetraptai megas ouranos Oulumpos te

English · Butler

preside, in whose hands are Heaven and Olympus, either to open the dense cloud that hides them, or to close it. Through these the goddesses drove their obedient steeds, and found the son of Kronos sitting all alone on the topmost ridges of Olympus. There Hera stayed her horses, and spoke to Zeus the son of Kronos, lord of all.

Homeric Greek

ἠμὲν ἀνακλῖναι πυκινὸν νέφος ἠδ' ἐπιθεῖναι.

τῇ ῥα δι' αὐτάων κεντρηνεκέας ἔχον ἵππους:

εὗρον δὲ Κρονίωνα θεῶν ἄτερ ἥμενον ἄλλων

ἀκροτάτῃ κορυφῇ πολυδειράδος Οὐλύμποιο.

755ἔνθ' ἵππους στήσασα θεὰ λευκώλενος Ἥρη

Transliteration

ēmen anaklinai pukinon nephos ēd' epitheinai.

tēi rha di' autaōn kentrēnekeas echon hippous:

heuron de Kroniōna theōn ater hēmenon allōn

akrotatēi koruphēi poludeirados Oulumpoio.

755enth' hippous stēsasa thea leukōlenos Hērē

English · Butler

"Father Zeus," said she, "are you not angry with Ares for these high doings? how great and goodly a host of the Achaeans he has destroyed to my great grief, in violation of the order of things, while

Homeric Greek

Ζῆν' ὕπατον Κρονίδην ἐξείρετο καὶ προσέειπε:

Ζεῦ πάτερ οὐ νεμεσίζῃ Ἄρῃ τάδε καρτερὰ ἔργα

ὁσσάτιόν τε καὶ οἷον ἀπώλεσε λαὸν Ἀχαιῶν

μὰψ ἀτὰρ οὐ κατὰ κόσμον ἐμοὶ δ' ἄχος, οἳ δὲ ἕκηλοι

760τέρπονται Κύπρίς τε καὶ ἀργυρότοξος Ἀπόλλων

Transliteration

Zēn' hupaton Kronidēn exeireto kai proseeipe:

Zeu pater ou nemesizēi Arēi tade kartera erga

hossation te kai hoion apōlese laon Achaiōn

maps atar ou kata kosmon emoi d' achos, hoi de hekēloi

760terpontai Kupris te kai argurotoxos Apollōn

English · Butler

the Cyprian and Apollo are enjoying it all at their ease and setting this unrighteous madman on to keep on doing things that are not right. I hope, Father Zeus, that you will not

Homeric Greek

ἄφρονα τοῦτον ἀνέντες, ὃς οὔ τινα οἶδε θέμιστα;

Ζεῦ πάτερ ἦ ῥά τί μοι κεχολώσεαι, αἴ κεν Ἄρηα

λυγρῶς πεπληγυῖα μάχης ἐξαποδίωμαι;

τὴν δ' ἀπαμειβόμενος προσέφη νεφεληγερέτα Ζεύς:

765ἄγρει μάν οἱ ἔπορσον Ἀθηναίην ἀγελείην,

Transliteration

aphrona touton anentes, hos ou tina oide themista;

Zeu pater ē rha ti moi kecholōseai, ai ken Arēa

lugrōs peplēguia machēs exapodiōmai;

tēn d' apameibomenos prosephē nephelēgereta Zeus:

765agrei man hoi eporson Athēnaiēn ageleiēn,

English · Butler

be angry if I hit Ares hard, and chase him out of the battle." And Zeus answered, "Set Athena on to him, for she punishes him

Homeric Greek

ἥ ἑ μάλιστ' εἴωθε κακῇς ὀδύνῃσι πελάζειν.

ὣς ἔφατ', οὐδ' ἀπίθησε θεὰ λευκώλενος Ἥρη,

μάστιξεν δ' ἵππους: τὼ δ' οὐκ ἀέκοντε πετέσθην

μεσσηγὺς γαίης τε καὶ οὐρανοῦ ἀστερόεντος.

770ὅσσον δ' ἠεροειδὲς ἀνὴρ ἴδεν ὀφθαλμοῖσιν

Transliteration

hē he malist' eiōthe kakēis odunēisi pelazein.

hōs ephat', oud' apithēse thea leukōlenos Hērē,

mastixen d' hippous: tō d' ouk aekonte petesthēn

messēgus gaiēs te kai ouranou asteroentos.

770hosson d' ēeroeides anēr iden ophthalmoisin

English · Butler

more often than any one else does." Hera did as he had said. She lashed her horses, and they flew forward nothing loath midway betwixt earth and sky. As far as a man can see when he looks out upon the sea from some

Homeric Greek

ἥμενος ἐν σκοπιῇ, λεύσσων ἐπὶ οἴνοπα πόντον,

τόσσον ἐπιθρῴσκουσι θεῶν ὑψηχέες ἵπποι.

ἀλλ' ὅτε δὴ Τροίην ἷξον ποταμώ τε ῥέοντε,

ἧχι ῥοὰς Σιμόεις συμβάλλετον ἠδὲ Σκάμανδρος,

775ἔνθ' ἵππους ἔστησε θεὰ λευκώλενος Ἥρη

Transliteration

hēmenos en skopiēi, leussōn epi oinopa ponton,

tosson epithrōiskousi theōn hupsēchees hippoi.

all' hote dē Troiēn hixon potamō te rheonte,

hēchi rhoas Simoeis sumballeton ēde Skamandros,

775enth' hippous estēse thea leukōlenos Hērē

English · Butler

high beacon, so far can the loud-neighing horses of the gods spring at a single bound. When they reached Troy and the place where its two flowing streams Simoeis and Skamandros meet, there Hera stayed them and took them from the chariot. She hid them in a thick cloud, and Simoeis made ambrosia spring up for them to eat; the two goddesses then went on, flying like turtledoves in their eagerness to help the Argives.

Homeric Greek

λύσασ' ἐξ ὀχέων, περὶ δ' ἠέρα πουλὺν ἔχευε:

τοῖσιν δ' ἀμβροσίην Σιμόεις ἀνέτειλε νέμεσθαι.

αἳ δὲ βάτην τρήρωσι πελειάσιν ἴθμαθ' ὁμοῖαι

ἀνδράσιν Ἀργείοισιν ἀλεξέμεναι μεμαυῖαι:

780ἀλλ' ὅτε δή ῥ' ἵκανον ὅθι πλεῖστοι καὶ ἄριστοι

Transliteration

lusas' ex ocheōn, peri d' ēera poulun echeue:

toisin d' ambrosiēn Simoeis aneteile nemesthai.

hai de batēn trērōsi peleiasin ithmath' homoiai

andrasin Argeioisin alexemenai memauiai:

780all' hote dē rh' hikanon hothi pleistoi kai aristoi

English · Butler

When they came to the part where the bravest and most in number were gathered about mighty Diomedes, fighting like lions or wild boars of great strength and endurance, there

Homeric Greek

ἕστασαν ἀμφὶ βίην Διομήδεος ἱπποδάμοιο

εἰλόμενοι λείουσιν ἐοικότες ὠμοφάγοισιν

ἢ συσὶ κάπροισιν, τῶν τε σθένος οὐκ ἀλαπαδνόν,

ἔνθα στᾶσ' ἤϋσε θεὰ λευκώλενος Ἥρη

785Στέντορι εἰσαμένη μεγαλήτορι χαλκεοφώνῳ,

Transliteration

hestasan amphi biēn Diomēdeos hippodamoio

eilomenoi leiousin eoikotes ōmophagoisin

ē susi kaproisin, tōn te sthenos ouk alapadnon,

entha stas' ēüse thea leukōlenos Hērē

785Stentori eisamenē megalētori chalkeophōnōi,

English · Butler

Hera stood still and raised a shout like that of brazen-voiced Stentor, whose cry was as loud as that of fifty men together. "Argives," she cried; "shame on cowardly creatures, brave in semblance only; as long as Achilles was

Homeric Greek

ὃς τόσον αὐδήσασχ' ὅσον ἄλλοι πεντήκοντα:

αἰδὼς Ἀργεῖοι κάκ' ἐλέγχεα εἶδος ἀγητοί:

ὄφρα μὲν ἐς πόλεμον πωλέσκετο δῖος Ἀχιλλεύς,

οὐδέ ποτε Τρῶες πρὸ πυλάων Δαρδανιάων

790οἴχνεσκον: κείνου γὰρ ἐδείδισαν ὄβριμον ἔγχος:

Transliteration

hos toson audēsasch' hoson alloi pentēkonta:

aidōs Argeioi kak' elenchea eidos agētoi:

ophra men es polemon pōlesketo dios Achilleus,

oude pote Trōes pro pulaōn Dardaniaōn

790oichneskon: keinou gar edeidisan obrimon enchos:

English · Butler

fighting, his spear was so deadly that the Trojans dared not show themselves outside the Dardanian gates, but now they sally far from the city and

Homeric Greek

νῦν δὲ ἑκὰς πόλιος κοίλῃς ἐπὶ νηυσὶ μάχονται.

ὣς εἰποῦσ' ὄτρυνε μένος καὶ θυμὸν ἑκάστου.

Τυδεί̈δῃ δ' ἐπόρουσε θεὰ γλαυκῶπις Ἀθήνη:

εὗρε δὲ τόν γε ἄνακτα παρ' ἵπποισιν καὶ ὄχεσφιν

795ἕλκος ἀναψύχοντα τό μιν βάλε Πάνδαρος ἰῷ.

Transliteration

nun de hekas polios koilēis epi nēusi machontai.

hōs eipous' otrune menos kai thumon hekastou.

Tudeïdēi d' eporouse thea glaukōpis Athēnē:

heure de ton ge anakta par' hippoisin kai ochesphin

795helkos anapsuchonta to min bale Pandaros iōi.

English · Butler

fight even at your ships." With these words she put heart and soul into them all, while Athena sprang to the side of the son of Tydeus, whom she found near his chariot and horses, cooling the wound that Pandaros had given him. For the sweat caused by the hand that bore the weight of his shield irritated the hurt: his arm was weary with pain, and he was lifting up the strap to wipe away the blood. The goddess laid her hand on the yoke

Homeric Greek

ἱδρὼς γάρ μιν ἔτειρεν ὑπὸ πλατέος τελαμῶνος

ἀσπίδος εὐκύκλου: τῷ τείρετο, κάμνε δὲ χεῖρα,

ἂν δ' ἴσχων τελαμῶνα κελαινεφὲς αἷμ' ἀπομόργνυ.

ἱππείου δὲ θεὰ ζυγοῦ ἥψατο φώνησέν τε:

800ἦ ὀλίγον οἷ παῖδα ἐοικότα γείνατο Τυδεύς.

Transliteration

hidrōs gar min eteiren hupo plateos telamōnos

aspidos eukuklou: tōi teireto, kamne de cheira,

an d' ischōn telamōna kelainephes haim' apomorgnu.

hippeiou de thea zugou hēpsato phōnēsen te:

800ē oligon hoi paida eoikota geinato Tudeus.

English · Butler

of his horses and said, "The son of Tydeus is not such another as his father. Tydeus was a little man, but he could fight, and rushed madly into the fray even when I told him not to do so. When he went all unattended as envoy to the city of Thebes among the Cadmeans, I bade him feast in their houses and be at peace;

Homeric Greek

Τυδεύς τοι μικρὸς μὲν ἔην δέμας, ἀλλὰ μαχητής:

καί ῥ' ὅτε πέρ μιν ἐγὼ πολεμίζειν οὐκ εἴασκον

οὐδ' ἐκπαιφάσσειν, ὅτε τ' ἤλυθε νόσφιν Ἀχαιῶν

ἄγγελος ἐς Θήβας πολέας μετὰ Καδμείωνας:

805δαίνυσθαί μιν ἄνωγον ἐνὶ μεγάροισιν ἕκηλον:

Transliteration

Tudeus toi mikros men eēn demas, alla machētēs:

kai rh' hote per min egō polemizein ouk eiaskon

oud' ekpaiphassein, hote t' ēluthe nosphin Achaiōn

angelos es Thēbas poleas meta Kadmeiōnas:

805dainusthai min anōgon eni megaroisin hekēlon:

English · Butler

but with that high spirit which was ever present with him, he challenged the youth of the Cadmeans, and at once beat them in all that he attempted, so mightily did I help him. I stand by you too to protect you, and I bid you be instant in fighting the Trojans;

Homeric Greek

αὐτὰρ ὃ θυμὸν ἔχων ὃν καρτερὸν ὡς τὸ πάρος περ

κούρους Καδμείων προκαλίζετο, πάντα δ' ἐνίκα

ῥηϊδίως: τοίη οἱ ἐγὼν ἐπιτάρροθος ἦα.

σοὶ δ' ἤτοι μὲν ἐγὼ παρά θ' ἵσταμαι ἠδὲ φυλάσσω,

810καί σε προφρονέως κέλομαι Τρώεσσι μάχεσθαι:

Transliteration

autar ho thumon echōn hon karteron hōs to paros per

kourous Kadmeiōn prokalizeto, panta d' enika

rhēïdiōs: toiē hoi egōn epitarrothos ēa.

soi d' ētoi men egō para th' histamai ēde phulassō,

810kai se prophroneōs kelomai Trōessi machesthai:

English · Butler

but either you are tired out, or you are afraid and out of heart, and in that case I say

Homeric Greek

ἀλλά σευ ἢ κάματος πολυᾶϊξ γυῖα δέδυκεν

ἤ νύ σέ που δέος ἴσχει ἀκήριον: οὐ σύ γ' ἔπειτα

Τυδέος ἔκγονός ἐσσι δαί̈φρονος Οἰνεί̈δαο.

τὴν δ' ἀπαμειβόμενος προσέφη κρατερὸς Διομήδης:

815γιγνώσκω σε θεὰ θύγατερ Διὸς αἰγιόχοιο:

Transliteration

alla seu ē kamatos poluaïx guia deduken

ē nu se pou deos ischei akērion: ou su g' epeita

Tudeos ekgonos essi daïphronos Oineïdao.

tēn d' apameibomenos prosephē krateros Diomēdēs:

815gignōskō se thea thugater Dios aigiochoio:

English · Butler

that you are no true son of Tydeus the son of Oeneus." Diomedes answered, "I know you, goddess, daughter of aegis-bearing Zeus, and will hide nothing from you. I am not afraid nor out of heart, nor is there any slackness in me.

Homeric Greek

τώ τοι προφρονέως ἐρέω ἔπος οὐδ' ἐπικεύσω.

οὔτέ τί με δέος ἴσχει ἀκήριον οὔτέ τις ὄκνος,

ἀλλ' ἔτι σέων μέμνημαι ἐφετμέων ἃς ἐπέτειλας:

οὔ μ' εἴας μακάρεσσι θεοῖς ἀντικρὺ μάχεσθαι

820τοῖς ἄλλοις: ἀτὰρ εἴ κε Διὸς θυγάτηρ Ἀφροδίτη

Transliteration

tō toi prophroneōs ereō epos oud' epikeusō.

oute ti me deos ischei akērion oute tis oknos,

all' eti seōn memnēmai ephetmeōn has epeteilas:

ou m' eias makaressi theois antikru machesthai

820tois allois: atar ei ke Dios thugatēr Aphroditē

English · Butler

I am only following your own instructions; you told me not to fight any of the blessed gods; but if Zeus' daughter Aphrodite came into battle I was to wound her with my spear. Therefore I am retreating, and bidding the other Argives gather in this place, for I know that Ares is now lording it in the field."

Homeric Greek

ἔλθῃσ' ἐς πόλεμον, τήν γ' οὐτάμεν ὀξέϊ χαλκῷ.

τοὔνεκα νῦν αὐτός τ' ἀναχάζομαι ἠδὲ καὶ ἄλλους

Ἀργείους ἐκέλευσα ἀλήμεναι ἐνθάδε πάντας:

γιγνώσκω γὰρ Ἄρηα μάχην ἀνὰ κοιρανέοντα.

825τὸν δ' ἠμείβετ' ἔπειτα θεὰ γλαυκῶπις Ἀθήνη:

Transliteration

elthēis' es polemon, tēn g' outamen oxeï chalkōi.

touneka nun autos t' anachazomai ēde kai allous

Argeious ekeleusa alēmenai enthade pantas:

gignōskō gar Arēa machēn ana koiraneonta.

825ton d' ēmeibet' epeita thea glaukōpis Athēnē:

English · Butler

"Diomedes, son of Tydeus," replied Athena, "man after my own heart, fear neither Ares nor any other of the immortals, for I will befriend you. Nay, drive straight at Ares, and smite him in close combat; fear not this raging madman, villain incarnate, first on one side and then on the other.

Homeric Greek

Τυδεί̈δη Διόμηδες ἐμῷ κεχαρισμένε θυμῷ

μήτε σύ γ' Ἄρηα τό γε δείδιθι μήτε τιν' ἄλλον

ἀθανάτων, τοίη τοι ἐγὼν ἐπιτάρροθός εἰμι:

ἀλλ' ἄγ' ἐπ' Ἄρηϊ πρώτῳ ἔχε μώνυχας ἵππους,

830τύψον δὲ σχεδίην μηδ' ἅζεο θοῦρον Ἄρηα

Transliteration

Tudeïdē Diomēdes emōi kecharismene thumōi

mēte su g' Arēa to ge deidithi mēte tin' allon

athanatōn, toiē toi egōn epitarrothos eimi:

all' ag' ep' Arēï prōtōi eche mōnuchas hippous,

830tupson de schediēn mēd' hazeo thouron Arēa

English · Butler

But now he was holding talk with Hera and myself, saying he would help the Argives and attack the Trojans; nevertheless he is with

Homeric Greek

τοῦτον μαινόμενον, τυκτὸν κακόν, ἀλλοπρόσαλλον,

ὃς πρῴην μὲν ἐμοί τε καὶ Ἥρῃ στεῦτ' ἀγορεύων

Τρωσὶ μαχήσεσθαι, ἀτὰρ Ἀργείοισιν ἀρήξειν,

νῦν δὲ μετὰ Τρώεσσιν ὁμιλεῖ, τῶν δὲ λέλασται.

835ὣς φαμένη Σθένελον μὲν ἀφ' ἵππων ὦσε χαμᾶζε,

Transliteration

touton mainomenon, tukton kakon, alloprosallon,

hos prōiēn men emoi te kai Hērēi steut' agoreuōn

Trōsi machēsesthai, atar Argeioisin arēxein,

nun de meta Trōessin homilei, tōn de lelastai.

835hōs phamenē Sthenelon men aph' hippōn ōse chamaze,

English · Butler

the Trojans, and has forgotten the Argives." With this she caught hold of Sthenelos and lifted him off the chariot on to the ground.

Homeric Greek

χειρὶ πάλιν ἐρύσασ', ὃ δ' ἄρ' ἐμμαπέως ἀπόρουσεν:

ἣ δ' ἐς δίφρον ἔβαινε παραὶ Διομήδεα δῖον

ἐμμεμαυῖα θεά: μέγα δ' ἔβραχε φήγινος ἄξων

βριθοσύνῃ: δεινὴν γὰρ ἄγεν θεὸν ἄνδρά τ' ἄριστον.

840λάζετο δὲ μάστιγα καὶ ἡνία Παλλὰς Ἀθήνη:

Transliteration

cheiri palin erusas', ho d' ar' emmapeōs aporousen:

hē d' es diphron ebaine parai Diomēdea dion

emmemauia thea: mega d' ebrache phēginos axōn

brithosunēi: deinēn gar agen theon andra t' ariston.

840lazeto de mastiga kai hēnia Pallas Athēnē:

English · Butler

With this she caught hold of Sthenelos and lifted him off the chariot on to the ground. In a second he was on the ground, whereupon the goddess mounted the car and placed herself by the side of Diomedes. The oaken axle groaned aloud under the burden of the awful goddess and the hero; Pallas Athena took the whip and reins, and drove straight at Ares. He was in the act of stripping huge Periphas, son of Ochesios and bravest of the Aetolians.

Homeric Greek

αὐτίκ' ἐπ' Ἄρηϊ πρώτῳ ἔχε μώνυχας ἵππους.

ἤτοι ὃ μὲν Περίφαντα πελώριον ἐξενάριζεν

Αἰτωλῶν ὄχ' ἄριστον Ὀχησίου ἀγλαὸν υἱόν:

τὸν μὲν Ἄρης ἐνάριζε μιαιφόνος: αὐτὰρ Ἀθήνη

845δῦν' Ἄϊδος κυνέην, μή μιν ἴδοι ὄβριμος Ἄρης.

Transliteration

autik' ep' Arēï prōtōi eche mōnuchas hippous.

ētoi ho men Periphanta pelōrion exenarizen

Aitōlōn och' ariston Ochēsiou aglaon huion:

ton men Arēs enarize miaiphonos: autar Athēnē

845dun' Aïdos kuneēn, mē min idoi obrimos Arēs.

English · Butler

Bloody Ares was stripping him of his armor, and Athena donned the helmet of Hades, that he might not see her; when, therefore, he saw Diomedes, he made straight for him and let Periphas lie where he had fallen. As soon as they were at close quarters he let fly with

Homeric Greek

ὡς δὲ ἴδε βροτολοιγὸς Ἄρης Διομήδεα δῖον,

ἤτοι ὃ μὲν Περίφαντα πελώριον αὐτόθ' ἔασε

κεῖσθαι ὅθι πρῶτον κτείνων ἐξαίνυτο θυμόν,

αὐτὰρ ὃ βῆ ῥ' ἰθὺς Διομήδεος ἱπποδάμοιο.

850οἳ δ' ὅτε δὴ σχεδὸν ἦσαν ἐπ' ἀλλήλοισιν ἰόντες,

Transliteration

hōs de ide brotoloigos Arēs Diomēdea dion,

ētoi ho men Periphanta pelōrion autoth' ease

keisthai hothi prōton kteinōn exainuto thumon,

autar ho bē rh' ithus Diomēdeos hippodamoio.

850hoi d' hote dē schedon ēsan ep' allēloisin iontes,

English · Butler

his bronze spear over the reins and yoke, thinking to take the life of Diomedes, but Athena caught the spear in her hand and made it fly harmlessly over the chariot. Diomedes then threw, and Pallas

Homeric Greek

πρόσθεν Ἄρης ὠρέξαθ' ὑπὲρ ζυγὸν ἡνία θ' ἵππων

ἔγχεϊ χαλκείῳ μεμαὼς ἀπὸ θυμὸν ἑλέσθαι:

καὶ τό γε χειρὶ λαβοῦσα θεὰ γλαυκῶπις Ἀθήνη

ὦσεν ὑπὲκ δίφροιο ἐτώσιον ἀϊχθῆναι.

855δεύτερος αὖθ' ὡρμᾶτο βοὴν ἀγαθὸς Διομήδης

Transliteration

prosthen Arēs ōrexath' huper zugon hēnia th' hippōn

encheï chalkeiōi memaōs apo thumon helesthai:

kai to ge cheiri labousa thea glaukōpis Athēnē

ōsen hupek diphroio etōsion aïchthēnai.

855deuteros auth' hōrmato boēn agathos Diomēdēs

English · Butler

Athena drove the spear into the pit of Ares' stomach where his under-belt went round him. There Diomedes wounded him, tearing his fair flesh and then drawing his spear out again. Ares roared as loudly as nine or ten thousand

Homeric Greek

ἔγχεϊ χαλκείῳ: ἐπέρεισε δὲ Παλλὰς Ἀθήνη

νείατον ἐς κενεῶνα ὅθι ζωννύσκετο μίτρῃ:

τῇ ῥά μιν οὖτα τυχών, διὰ δὲ χρόα καλὸν ἔδαψεν,

ἐκ δὲ δόρυ σπάσεν αὖτις: ὃ δ' ἔβραχε χάλκεος Ἄρης

860ὅσσόν τ' ἐννεάχιλοι ἐπίαχον ἢ δεκάχιλοι

Transliteration

encheï chalkeiōi: epereise de Pallas Athēnē

neiaton es keneōna hothi zōnnusketo mitrēi:

tēi rha min outa tuchōn, dia de chroa kalon edapsen,

ek de doru spasen autis: ho d' ebrache chalkeos Arēs

860hosson t' enneachiloi epiachon ē dekachiloi

English · Butler

men in the thick of a fight, and the Achaeans and Trojans were struck with

Homeric Greek

ἀνέρες ἐν πολέμῳ ἔριδα ξυνάγοντες Ἄρηος.

τοὺς δ' ἄρ' ὑπὸ τρόμος εἷλεν Ἀχαιούς τε Τρῶάς τε

δείσαντας: τόσον ἔβραχ' Ἄρης ἆτος πολέμοιο.

οἵη δ' ἐκ νεφέων ἐρεβεννὴ φαίνεται ἀὴρ

865καύματος ἐξ ἀνέμοιο δυσαέος ὀρνυμένοιο,

Transliteration

aneres en polemōi erida xunagontes Arēos.

tous d' ar' hupo tromos heilen Achaious te Trōas te

deisantas: toson ebrach' Arēs atos polemoio.

hoiē d' ek nepheōn erebennē phainetai aēr

865kaumatos ex anemoio dusaeos ornumenoio,

English · Butler

panic, so terrible was the cry he raised. As a dark cloud in the sky when it comes on to blow after heat, even so did Diomedes son of Tydeus see Ares ascend into the broad heavens. With all speed he reached high Olympus, home of

Homeric Greek

τοῖος Τυδεί̈δῃ Διομήδεϊ χάλκεος Ἄρης

φαίνεθ' ὁμοῦ νεφέεσσιν ἰὼν εἰς οὐρανὸν εὐρύν.

καρπαλίμως δ' ἵκανε θεῶν ἕδος αἰπὺν Ὄλυμπον,

πὰρ δὲ Διὶ Κρονίωνι καθέζετο θυμὸν ἀχεύων,

870δεῖξεν δ' ἄμβροτον αἷμα καταρρέον ἐξ ὠτειλῆς,

Transliteration

toios Tudeïdēi Diomēdeï chalkeos Arēs

phaineth' homou nepheessin iōn eis ouranon eurun.

karpalimōs d' hikane theōn hedos aipun Olumpon,

par de Dii Kroniōni kathezeto thumon acheuōn,

870deixen d' ambroton haima katarreon ex ōteilēs,

English · Butler

the gods, and in great pain sat down beside Zeus the son of Kronos. He showed Zeus the immortal blood that was flowing from his wound, and spoke piteously, saying, "Father Zeus, are you not angered by such doings? We gods are continually suffering in the most cruel manner at one another's hands while doing a favor for mortals; and we all owe you a grudge

Homeric Greek

καί ῥ' ὀλοφυρόμενος ἔπεα πτερόεντα προσηύδα:

Ζεῦ πάτερ οὐ νεμεσίζῃ ὁρῶν τάδε καρτερὰ ἔργα;

αἰεί τοι ῥίγιστα θεοὶ τετληότες εἰμὲν

ἀλλήλων ἰότητι, χάριν ἄνδρεσσι φέροντες.

875σοὶ πάντες μαχόμεσθα: σὺ γὰρ τέκες ἄφρονα κούρην

Transliteration

kai rh' olophuromenos epea pteroenta prosēuda:

Zeu pater ou nemesizēi horōn tade kartera erga;

aiei toi rhigista theoi tetlēotes eimen

allēlōn iotēti, charin andressi pherontes.

875soi pantes machomestha: su gar tekes aphrona kourēn

English · Butler

for having begotten that mad termagant of a daughter, who is always committing outrage of some kind. We other gods must all do as you bid us, but her you neither scold nor punish; you encourage her because the pestilent creature is your daughter. See how she has been inciting proud Diomedes to vent his rage on the immortal gods. First he went up to

Homeric Greek

οὐλομένην, ᾗ τ' αἰὲν ἀήσυλα ἔργα μέμηλεν.

ἄλλοι μὲν γὰρ πάντες ὅσοι θεοί εἰσ' ἐν Ὀλύμπῳ

σοί τ' ἐπιπείθονται καὶ δεδμήμεσθα ἕκαστος:

ταύτην δ' οὔτ' ἔπεϊ προτιβάλλεαι οὔτέ τι ἔργῳ,

880ἀλλ' ἀνιεῖς, ἐπεὶ αὐτὸς ἐγείναο παῖδ' ἀί̈δηλον:

Transliteration

oulomenēn, hēi t' aien aēsula erga memēlen.

alloi men gar pantes hosoi theoi eis' en Olumpōi

soi t' epipeithontai kai dedmēmestha hekastos:

tautēn d' out' epeï protiballeai oute ti ergōi,

880all' anieis, epei autos egeinao paid' aïdēlon:

English · Butler

the Cyprian and wounded her in the hand near her wrist, and then he sprang upon me too, equal to a daimôn. Had I not run for it I must either have lain there

Homeric Greek

ἣ νῦν Τυδέος υἱὸν ὑπερφίαλον Διομήδεα

μαργαίνειν ἀνέηκεν ἐπ' ἀθανάτοισι θεοῖσι.

Κύπριδα μὲν πρῶτον σχεδὸν οὔτασε χεῖρ' ἐπὶ καρπῷ,

αὐτὰρ ἔπειτ' αὐτῷ μοι ἐπέσσυτο δαίμονι ἶσος:

885ἀλλά μ' ὑπήνεικαν ταχέες πόδες: ἦ τέ κε δηρὸν

Transliteration

hē nun Tudeos huion huperphialon Diomēdea

margainein aneēken ep' athanatoisi theoisi.

Kuprida men prōton schedon outase cheir' epi karpōi,

autar epeit' autōi moi epessuto daimoni isos:

885alla m' hupēneikan tachees podes: ē te ke dēron

English · Butler

for long enough in torments among the ghastly corpses, or have been eaten alive with spears till I

Homeric Greek

αὐτοῦ πήματ' ἔπασχον ἐν αἰνῇσιν νεκάδεσσιν,

ἤ κε ζὼς ἀμενηνὸς ἔα χαλκοῖο τυπῇσι.

τὸν δ' ἄρ' ὑπόδρα ἰδὼν προσέφη νεφεληγερέτα Ζεύς.

μή τί μοι ἀλλοπρόσαλλε παρεζόμενος μινύριζε.

890ἔχθιστος δέ μοί ἐσσι θεῶν οἳ Ὄλυμπον ἔχουσιν:

Transliteration

autou pēmat' epaschon en ainēisin nekadessin,

ē ke zōs amenēnos ea chalkoio tupēisi.

ton d' ar' hupodra idōn prosephē nephelēgereta Zeus.

mē ti moi alloprosalle parezomenos minurize.

890echthistos de moi essi theōn hoi Olumpon echousin:

English · Butler

had no more strength left in me." Zeus looked angrily at him and said, "Do not come whining here, Sir Facing-bothways. I hate you worst of all the gods in Olympus, for you are ever fighting and making mischief. You have the intolerable and stubborn spirit of your mother Hera:

Homeric Greek

αἰεὶ γάρ τοι ἔρις τε φίλη πόλεμοί τε μάχαι τε.

μητρός τοι μένος ἐστὶν ἀάσχετον οὐκ ἐπιεικτὸν

Ἥρης: τὴν μὲν ἐγὼ σπουδῇ δάμνημ' ἐπέεσσι:

τώ σ' ὀί̈ω κείνης τάδε πάσχειν ἐννεσίῃσιν.

895ἀλλ' οὐ μάν σ' ἔτι δηρὸν ἀνέξομαι ἄλγε' ἔχοντα:

Transliteration

aiei gar toi eris te philē polemoi te machai te.

mētros toi menos estin aascheton ouk epieikton

Hērēs: tēn men egō spoudēi damnēm' epeessi:

tō s' oïō keinēs tade paschein ennesiēisin.

895all' ou man s' eti dēron anexomai alge' echonta:

English · Butler

it is all I can do to manage her, and it is her doing that you are now in this plight: still, I cannot let you remain longer in such great pain; you are my own off-spring, and it was by me that your mother conceived you; if, however, you had been the son of any other god, you

Homeric Greek

ἐκ γὰρ ἐμεῦ γένος ἐσσί, ἐμοὶ δέ σε γείνατο μήτηρ:

εἰ δέ τευ ἐξ ἄλλου γε θεῶν γένευ ὧδ' ἀί̈δηλος

καί κεν δὴ πάλαι ἦσθα ἐνέρτερος Οὐρανιώνων.

ὣς φάτο, καὶ Παιήον' ἀνώγειν ἰήσασθαι.

900τῷ δ' ἐπὶ Παιήων ὀδυνήφατα φάρμακα πάσσων

Transliteration

ek gar emeu genos essi, emoi de se geinato mētēr:

ei de teu ex allou ge theōn geneu hōd' aïdēlos

kai ken dē palai ēstha enerteros Ouraniōnōn.

hōs phato, kai Paiēon' anōgein iēsasthai.

900tōi d' epi Paiēōn odunēphata pharmaka passōn

English · Butler

are so destructive that by this time you should have been lying lower than the Titans." He then bade Paieon heal him, whereon Paieon spread pain-killing herbs upon his wound and cured him, for he was not of mortal mold. As the juice of the fig-tree curdles

Homeric Greek

ἠκέσατ': οὐ μὲν γάρ τι καταθνητός γ' ἐτέτυκτο.

ὡς δ' ὅτ' ὀπὸς γάλα λευκὸν ἐπειγόμενος συνέπηξεν

ὑγρὸν ἐόν, μάλα δ' ὦκα περιτρέφεται κυκόωντι,

ὣς ἄρα καρπαλίμως ἰήσατο θοῦρον Ἄρηα.

905τὸν δ' Ἥβη λοῦσεν, χαρίεντα δὲ εἵματα ἕσσε:

Transliteration

ēkesat': ou men gar ti katathnētos g' etetukto.

hōs d' hot' opos gala leukon epeigomenos sunepēxen

hugron eon, mala d' ōka peritrephetai kukoōnti,

hōs ara karpalimōs iēsato thouron Arēa.

905ton d' Hēbē lousen, charienta de heimata hesse:

English · Butler

milk, and thickens it in a moment though it is liquid, even so instantly did Paieon cure fierce Ares. Then Hebe washed him, and clothed him in goodly raiment, and he took his seat by his father

Homeric Greek

πὰρ δὲ Διὶ Κρονίωνι καθέζετο κύδεϊ γαίων.

αἳ δ' αὖτις πρὸς δῶμα Διὸς μεγάλοιο νέοντο

Ἥρη τ' Ἀργείη καὶ Ἀλαλκομενηὶ̈ς Ἀθήνη

παύσασαι βροτολοιγὸν Ἄρη' ἀνδροκτασιάων.

Transliteration

par de Dii Kroniōni kathezeto kudeï gaiōn.

hai d' autis pros dōma Dios megaloio neonto

Hērē t' Argeiē kai Alalkomenēïs Athēnē

pausasai brotoloigon Arē' androktasiaōn.

English · Butler

Zeus all glorious to behold. But Hera of Argos and Athena of Alalkomene, now that they had put a stop to the murderous doings of Ares, went back again to the house of Zeus.