THE -ILIAD* OF HOMERU3 
 
 VTTH A VERSE TRANSLATION. 
 
 BY 
 
 W. C. GREEN, M.A. 
 
 RECTOR OF HEPWORTH, SUFFOLK; LATE FELLOW OF KING'S 
 
 COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE, AND ASSISTANT MASTER IN 
 
 RUGBY SCHOOL. 
 
 VOL. I. 
 BOOKS I XII. 
 
 IJCotrtron : 
 LONGMANS AND CO. 
 
 1884 
 
PRINTED BY C. J. CLAY, M.A. & SON, 
 AT THE UNIVERSITY PRESS. 
 
PREFACE. 
 
 A TRANSLATION needs little or no preface : it is itself, 
 well or ill done, its own apology or condemnation. I 
 would therefore have met my reader unprefaced, had I 
 not wished to profess and briefly defend my old-fashioned 
 faith in verse as better than prose for translation of 
 poetry. 
 
 Prose or non-metrical translations of classical poets 
 have of late found much favour. Carlyle has somewhere 
 expressed his preference for them, saying ' we want what 
 the ancients thought and said, and none of your silly 
 poetry.' In spite of this, without wishing to disparage 
 good prose translations, I still hold to metre. 
 
 Granting that we do want to know and to know 
 accurately what the ancient poet thought and said, I 
 yet contend we can know this better with metre than 
 without. For we best know what an author thought 
 and said, if we receive from the translation the same 
 impression that an intelligent scholar receives from the 
 original. Now two things make up this impression : 
 first, the matter, or meaning of the words ; second, the 
 form or metre. Give up the latter entirely, and you 
 give up much : how much, the advocates of prose do not 
 sufficiently realize. 
 
iv PREFACE. 
 
 Those who would dispense with metre in translation 
 of poets argue pretty much as follows : 
 
 (1) A non-metrical version may by poetic diction 
 and rhythm read as poetry : our English Bible in the 
 poetical parts of the Old Testament is a signal example. 
 
 (2) You cannot exactly reproduce the form or metre 
 in another language : it is therefore better to give it up 
 entirely. 
 
 (3) You must by metre lose in fidelity to the original. 
 Argument (i) rests chiefly on the one example given. 
 
 But the Bible is an exceptional case : there were excep- 
 tional reasons for minute fidelity to the original. And 
 yet really no metre has been given up. For in Hebrew 
 poetry the place of metre is taken by a rhythm and 
 parallelism of thoughts ; and of this rhythm and paral- 
 lelism much has been preserved. With classical poets 
 the case is different. Their lines are strictly metrical ; 
 of certain lengths, framed after well-known rules of 
 quantity, feet, and pauses. And they produce on the 
 ear a certain pleasing impression in virtue of all this. 
 Will a poetical prose rendering produce the same ? If 
 extremely well done, no doubt it will please and be 
 effective in grand and striking passages ; in such as 
 have a beauty and dignity by thought and diction 
 independent of metre, and would, however pulled to 
 pieces, show 'disjecti membra poetae.' But even the 
 best poets are not always at this level : indeed they 
 would please less, and be wearisome in long poems, if 
 they were so. There is much that charms mainly by 
 metre, that is poetry mainly because it is verse. And 
 here the prose translation must fail : fail to satisfy the 
 reader or hearer, and fail to reproduce the whole effect 
 of the original. 
 
PREFACE. v 
 
 Briefly : In a prose translation of a poet must be lost 
 an additional charm in the grander parts, and probably 
 half the charm of the lower or average passages. 
 
 As to argument (2) : A fairly equivalent English 
 metre can surely be found, though it be not the identical 
 metre : a metre, I mean, which suits the subject, which 
 produces the same sort of pleasant impression as the 
 original. All will not agree as to what particular English 
 metre best represents this or that Greek one ; but we 
 need not therefore despair and reject metre altogether. 
 
 Argument (3) for prose is probably deemed the 
 strongest. To metre you must sacrifice meaning, more 
 or less. 
 
 Need you sacrifice much ? Do the disadvantages 
 here outweigh or even balance the advantages already 
 mentioned ? In my judgment they do not. Of Greek 
 poets certainly very close metrical translations are 
 possible: there are worthy examples to prove it. Doubt- 
 less metre makes the task of translating more difficult ; 
 rhymed metre probably so much so that we can hardly 
 expect a minutely faithful rhymed version of a long poem : 
 the necessities of rhyme will too often interfere with 
 meaning. But blank verse is compatible with great 
 closeness of rendering. And then there are, beside the 
 sound, some positive advantages in metre. For though 
 the translator bound by metre has more trouble, yet 
 that very trouble leads him to choose words more 
 forcible and poetic, words which otherwise he might 
 not have been at the pains to seek, nor would they have 
 been natural in prose. The result will then be an 
 absolute gain in point of sense and meaning, and a 
 greater terseness and vigour. 
 
 How close translation should be, is a question on 
 
vi PREFACE. 
 
 which opinions may differ : the ideal is ' The original, 
 the whole original, and nothing but the original, and 
 withal good readable English.' But this principle must 
 be worked out differently for different authors. Of some 
 the thoughts cannot be expressed in another language 
 without great changes of idiom and remoulding of 
 sentences. Others need little change. Of these last is 
 Homer, whose translator need not depart much from 
 the Greek in idiom and arrangement. While this makes 
 his task apparently easier, he yet has to guard against 
 being mean and poor w r hile trying to be literal and 
 simple. He has also to satisfy a larger number of 
 competent critics than the translator of a more difficult 
 and less popular author. 
 
 There is one positive objection to prose translations 
 of poets which I am unwilling to omit ; for, though 
 specially a schoolmaster's objection, it appears to me 
 real and well-grounded. Translations from the Greek 
 have three classes of readers : I. Englishmen who know 
 not Greek, but wish to know what Greek writers have 
 thought and said. 2. Scholars who like to re-peruse 
 their favourite authors and see how they can be worthily 
 presented in English. 3. Learners who thus help them- 
 selves to understand appreciate and render the classical 
 originals. Now for the first two classes, in poetry, 
 metrical translations are (I have contended) every way 
 the best. Remains the third class, the learners. To 
 these a close prose translation, though a help, is often 
 a fallacious help ; nay sometimes it proves a hindrance 
 to sound learning. For such a translation is apt ,to be 
 used merely to save trouble, to be read and learnt 
 almost by rote while the original is not half understood : 
 and this really rather lessens than increases the learner's 
 
PREFACE. vii 
 
 power of dealing with a Greek original. Accustomed 
 to depend upon such helps he is powerless without them, 
 and does not really improve either his Greek or his 
 English. Of course good translators are not responsible 
 for the abuse of their work by indolent students who 
 will choose short cuts to knowledge (or rather ignorance) : 
 but as even for honest learners prose translations of poets 
 are somewhat of a snare, one may be pardoned for 
 wishing them fewer, and preferring verse, which, while 
 a sufficient help, is plainly not liable to the same abuses. 
 
 A few words now on two points in my own transla- 
 tion. 
 
 First, as to increase in number of lines inevitable 
 when hexameters are rendered into ten-syllabled verse. 
 I am longer than some of my predecessors. This comes 
 partly from a more scrupulous retention of the recurring 
 epithets to names, patronymic titles, etc. ; partly because 
 I have preferred a closer reproduction of Homer's pauses 
 at the end of lines. I hope however not to be judged 
 needlessly diffuse, having aimed at enlarging (where a 
 syllable or two more was necessary) on what seemed 
 to invite enlargement to bring out the full force of the 
 original. 
 
 Next, as to proper names. Absolute consistency 
 seems only possible by such a strict transliteration of 
 Greek words as would bring upon us a host of outlandish 
 names intolerable to English eyes and ears. Generally 
 I have contented myself with familiar Latin terminations 
 and forms (e.g. Phoebus, Patroclus, Alexander, Olympus). 
 Some well-known English forms have been used (Helen, 
 Troy, Priam). I must indeed apologize for one trans- 
 gression of my own rule in the case of Achilles. Homer 
 has indifferently Achilleus and Achileus : for con- 
 
viii PREFACE. 
 
 venience I allowed myself the same choice, retaining the 
 Greek termination. I had some compunction about 
 it, but words of the Achilles length and quantity are, 
 especially with an epithet, hard to manage. But to 
 please all in this matter of names is impossible. And 
 should each critic change the names to his own favourite 
 spelling, few lines would be thereby vitiated. 
 
 I now leave my attempt to the mercy of my readers. 
 The Greek text is placed opposite the English a 
 novelty in a complete English version of Homer, and a 
 bold measure, as facilitating and challenging criticism. 
 But it will, I hope, make the volume more handy for 
 scholarly readers, who, when tired of the translator, will 
 always have as a companion Homer himself. 
 
 W. C. G. 
 
 RUGBY, 
 
 Nov. 1883. 
 
G. H. 
 
IAIAAOS A. 
 
 Aoi/zos /cat 
 
 aeiSe, Oed, 
 
 TJ fjivpC 'A^aiot? a\^e eOrj/cev, 
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 e'f ou S) ra TTpwra SLaaT^rrji' epia-avre 
 *A.Tpet&r]<; re ai/af dvSpwv real Sto? ' 
 
 vovaov ova crrparbv wpae KaKijv, o\eKOvro Se Xaot, 10 
 ovve/ca rov Xpucr7/i/ tfri/JLTja' dprjrfjpa 
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 Xpvo-eq) dvd (T/crjTrrpa), teal X/crcrero rrdvras 'A^aiou?, 15 
 'Arpet'&a Be pdXio-ra Svco, Koa^rope \awv' 
 "'ArpetSa re /cat a'XXot evKvrjfJii^e^ * Amatol, 
 v/jbiv fj,ev Oeol Soiev 'OXu/i-TTia Sw^ar e^o^re? 
 
 Tipidpoio TTO\LV ev S' ai/catf LKeadai' 
 S' e/^ot XOcrat re <f>i\riv rd r diroiva Se^ecrdaL 20 
 oi Ato? fta e/C7]/36\ov 'ATroXXcoz/a." 
 
ILIAD I. 
 > 
 
 The pestilence and the wrath of Achilleus. 
 
 SING, goddess Muse, the wrath of Peleus' son, 
 The wrath of Achileus with ruin fraught, 
 That to Achaians brought unnumbered woes, 
 And many mighty souls of heroes hurled 
 To Hades' home, but gave themselves a prey 
 To dogs and every fowl. For thus its end 
 The will of Zeus worked out, since at the first 
 Parted in strife those twain, the king of men 
 Atrides and the godlike Achileus. 
 
 And who of gods set these in strife to fight? 
 The son of Zeus a^nd Leto. He in wrath 
 Against the king had stirred throughout the hest 
 Fell plague, whereby the troops lay perishing : 
 Because Atrides shamed his holy priest 
 Chryses, who sought the swift Achaian ships 
 To free his daughter, bearing ransom large. 
 Archer Apollo's wreaths in hand he held 
 Upon a golden staff, and prayed to all 
 Achaia's chiefs, but chiefly to the twain 
 The sons of Atreus, marshals of the host : 
 "Atridae and well-greaved Achaians all, 
 O may the gods who hold Olympian halls 
 Vouchsafe you grace to spoil king Priam's town 
 And home return in peace! But set ye free 
 My daughter dear, and this my ransom take, 
 In reverence for the Archer son of Zeus." 
 
IAIAAO2 A. 
 
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 /SaXX** atiet 8e TTfpat z/e/cvrwy iccUovro Oajjieicu. 
 
ILIAD I. 
 
 Thereto while each Achaian cried consent- 
 The priest to reverence, the rich ransom take 
 It liked not Agamemnon Atreus' son, 
 But stern he drave him forth and fiercely spake : 
 "Thee, greybeard, let me by our hollow ships 
 Nor lingering now nor e'er returning find ; 
 Lest staff and wreaths of god avail thee nought. 
 Her I free not : old age shall find her first, 
 Far from her country in my Argive home, 
 Plying the loom and partner of my bed. 
 Go, chafe me not ; so wilt thou safer go." 
 
 He spake : the greybeard trembled and obeyed 
 The monarch's word, and silent passed along 
 The sandy margin of the sounding sea. 
 Then turned he far apart, and much he prayed 
 To king Apollo fair-haired Leto's son. 
 "O hear me, Silver-bow, who standest round 
 Chrysa and holy Cilia, mighty king 
 Of Tenedos, thou Sminthian god : if e'er 
 For thee I roofed a temple fair to view, 
 Or burned to thee fat thighs of bulls and goats, 
 Fulfil thou this my wish ! let now thy shafts 
 Upon the Danaan host avenge my tears." 
 
 He spake in prayer. Phoebus Apollo heard, 
 And from Olympus' heights in wrath down sped : 
 His bow and quiver closed his shoulders bore, 
 Whereon the arrows rattled, as in wrath 
 He moved. Like night he went : then sate apart 
 Far from the ships, whereat he loosed a shaft, 
 And loud and fearful sang the silver bow. 
 And first he smote the mules and nimble dogs ; 
 Then at the men themselves his pointed shaft 
 He aimed, and shot, and ever shot again, 
 That ceaseless burned the pyres of frequent dead. 
 
IAIAAO2 A. 
 
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 rfj BeKarrj T dyoprjvBe KdXeo-craro \aov 'AgiXXafc* 
 rc3 70/9 eVt fypecrl OrJKe 6ed \evKw\evos "Uprj' 55 
 
 KrjSero yap Aavaatv, f 6n pa OvycrKovras oparo. 
 o'l 8* eVel oui/ rjyepOev o^yepee^ re yevovro, 
 
 , vvv a/i/te nrakiv 7r\ay^dei>ra<; ot'co 
 aty dTTOvo(TTr)(Tiv y e* Kv Odvarov ye (frvyoi/jiev, 60 
 
 el Brj Ofiov TroXe/io? re Sa/j.a KOL Xotyu-o? 'A^atou?. 
 a\\' 076 ST; Tiva pavrw epeto/jLev fj iepfja 
 77 Kal 6veip07ro\ov (real yap r ovap etc Atd? earns), 
 09 etrrrj on, roaaov e^axraro ^ot/309 'ATroXXcoi/, 
 ?5i r' ap' o 7' eu^a)X^9 eTrtyLte/Lt^erai r* $' eKaro/jiffij^, 65 
 at ^ev 7Tft>9 dpvwv KVLO-TJS alyujv re re\eicov 
 j3ov\erat, dvridcras rf/jLiv drrb \oiyov d^vvai" 
 
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 KaX^a9 @ecrTop/S779, ol(ovorro\wv o% dpiaro<; y 
 09 $77 ra T' eovra rd r eVcroynez/a TT/JO T* eovra, 70 
 
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 rjv Sta /jiavrocrvvrjv, ryv ol Trope ^0^09 ' 
 o <7<^>tz/ ev^povecov dyoprjo-aro /cal 
 " eu 'A^tXei), /ce\eai pe, Sti^iX 
 ftfjviv 'ATroXXajz/o? eKar7]/3e\erao dvaicros. 75 
 
 roiydp ey(io epeco' cru Se crvvOeo, /cat /JLOL ofiocrcrov 
 TI /jLTJv IAOI 7rp6<j)pa)v eTrecrw Kal ^epa-lv dpijgeiv. 
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 Kpareei Kal ol rreiOovrai, 'A^aio/. 
 ydp /SacriXei/9, ore ^atcrerai, dvSpl 'X^prji' 80 
 
 et irep ydp re %6\ov ye Kal avrrjfiap 
 aXXa re Kal aeromadev e^et Korov, 6<j)pa 
 ev <rrr)@ea(Ti eolcri. &v Se <ppdaaL rj 
 
ILIAD I. 
 
 And now nine days throughout the host had gone 
 The arrows of the god ; but on the tenth 
 Achilleus to assembly called the host : 
 For so had white-armed Herd prompted him, 
 Who grieved at heart to see the Danaans die. 
 But when they mustered were and gathered all, 
 Then up and spake Achilleus fleet of foot : 
 "Atrides, now may we turn back, I ween, 
 And hie us home, if haply death we scape, 
 Since war and plague at once destroy the host. 
 Go to, some prophet ask we, or some priest, 
 Or dream-expounder (dreams too are of Zeus), 
 To say what moves Apollo's heavy wrath: 
 .If vow he blames or hecatomb unpaid. 
 So may he, gifted with the fat of lambs 
 And goats unblemished, ward from us our bane." 
 
 He spake and sate him down. To them straightway 
 Rose Calchas son of Thestor, best by far 
 Of augurs he ; who knew what was, and is, 
 And is to come, and by his prophet -craft, 
 Phoebus Apollo's gift, Achaia's ships 
 Had guided to the shores of Ilion. 
 He now right wisely mid their council spake: 
 ''Achilleus, dear to Zeus, thou bidst me tell 
 Wherefore Apollo, archer-king, is wroth. 
 Speak then I will: but covenant thou and swear 
 To help me readily by word and hand. 
 For I shall anger one, I trow, great lord 
 Of Argos, whom the Achaians all obey. 
 And stronger is a king, when wroth with one 
 Of lesser mark; for, if to-day his ire 
 He smother, yet at heart he nurses rage 
 For future wreaking. Think, wilt hold me safe?" . 
 
8 IAIAAO2 A. 
 
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 " Oapo-ricras fj,d\a elrre deorrpomov on olaOa' 85 
 
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 evxopevos Aai/aoicrt OeoTrpOTrtas dv 
 ov rt? eV^O fctWo? /tat eVt ^Oovl Sep/copevoio 
 aol /coi\rj<; Trapd vrjval /3apeia? %eipa<; liroiarei, 
 crv/j,7rdvTc0v Aavawv, ouS' 771; 'AyafJLe/jLvova 6t7r^9, 90 
 
 09 z/uz/ TTO\\OV apio~ros 'A^atc3i/ eu^erat elvai!' 
 
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 01)0 flTreXfO'e 6vyarpa KOL OVK aTreSe^ar' airoiva,, 95 
 
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 TrlfjLTT\avr\ oo-ae Be ol rrvpl \aprr erowvri eifcrrjv. 
 
 rrpcoriara Kate 6o~cr6fJ,evo<; rrpoo-eeirrev' 105 
 
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 oiicot e%eiv. Kal yap pa K.\vrai,/jLvyjo~Tpr)$ 7rpo/3e/3ov\a, 
 aXo%of, errel ov eOev ecm, 
 
ILIAD I. 
 
 Him answered then Achilleus fleet of foot : 
 "Be bold, and speak what god-given lore thou know'st. 
 For by Apollo loved of Zeus I swear, 
 From whom by prayer thou hast those prophecies 
 That to our chiefs thou show'st none, Calchas, none, 
 While I yet live on earth and see the light, 
 Beside our hollow ships shall lay on thee 
 A heavy hand ; of all the Danaans none, 
 Not even should'st thou Agamemnon name, 
 Who in our host claims far the foremost place." 
 
 Then took he heart and spake, that noble seer: 
 "Nor vow nor hecatomb unpaid he blames: 
 But for the priest (whom Agamemnon shamed, 
 Nor freed his daughter nor the ransom took), 
 For this the Archer wounds, and yet will wound, 
 Nor stay from pestilence his heavy hands, 
 Till to her sire the bright-eyed maid be given 
 Unpriced unransomed, and a hecatomb 
 To Chrysa sent: then soothed he may be won." 
 / He spake and sate him down. To them arose 
 Wide-ruling Agamemnon, Atreus' son, 
 In grievous wrath. High swelled his darkening heart 
 With fury: flamed, as blazing fire, his eyes. 
 To Calchas first with evil look he spake : 
 "Prophet of ills, ne'er spak'st thou good, I ween: 
 Thy heart loves ever evil to forebode, 
 Good word thou never spak'st nor brought'st to pass./ 
 And now thy god-given lore to Danaans tells X 
 
 How for this cause forsooth the Archer wounds, 
 That I for fair Chryseis would not take 
 The ransom rich. No, her I fain would hold 
 At home, to Clytemnestra's self preferred 
 My first- wed wife; for she is well her peer 
 
io IAIAAO2 A. 
 
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 125 
 
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 aXX' et ^tei/ Scwo-outrt yepa$ /JLyd0vfjLOi 'A^a^ot, 135 
 
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 145 
 
ILIAD I. ii 
 
 In form and feature, mind and handiwork. 
 
 Yet will I give her back, if need be so; 
 
 I will my people should not die but live. 
 
 But find me straight a prize, lest I alone 
 
 Of Argives prizeless go, which were not meet. 
 
 For witness all, my prize is reft away." 
 Answered diyine Achilleus strong of foot: 
 
 "Most noble son of Atreus, passing all 
 
 In love of plunder, how, I pray thee say, 
 
 Shall the great-souled Achaians give thee prize? 
 
 We know not yet of store of common wealth. 
 
 What from spoiled towns was won, that have we shared. 
 
 It were unmeet to gather this again 
 
 From all the host. Nay yield thou to the god 
 This handmaid now: and we Achaians all 
 Threefold and fourfold will repay, if Zeus 
 Grant us to sack the well-walled town of Troy." 
 Whom answering sovereign Agamemnon spake: 
 "Godlike Achilleus, gallant tho' thou be, 
 Think not to trick me thus: for well I ween 
 Thou wilt not overreach me nor pe/suade. 
 Would'st have me tamely, while thou hold'st a prize, 
 Sit down deprived? bid'st me restore the maid? 
 Nay, if the proud Achaians give a prize, 
 One to my mind, well worthy what I lose, 
 So be it : if not, myself will choose, and prize 
 From thee or Ajax or Odysseus take : 
 And he may rage his fill to whom I come. 
 But truly this hereafter we'll resolve. 
 Now come, a black ship to the sea divine 
 Drag we, fit oarsmen gathering; be her freight 
 A hecatomb; Chryseis fair-cheeked dame 
 Embark we then; and let some counsellor 
 Be captain; Ajax, or Idomeneus, 
 Godlike Odysseus, or, Pelides, thou, 
 
12 LVIAA02 A. 
 
 776 (TV Tlri\eL&r), TrdvTcov e/CTra/yXdraT' 
 
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ILIAD I. 13 
 
 Most terrible of men, that thou for us 
 May'st soothe by sacrifice the Archer-king." 
 
 Then scowling fierce spake fleet-foot Achileus: 
 "O clothed in shamelessness, thou covetous soul! 
 How shall Achaians heed with zeal thy word, 
 Beset the way, or stoutly fight the foe? 
 Not for the Trojan spearmen's sake came I 
 Hither to fight: they never did me wrong. 
 They ne'er drave off my oxen or my steeds, 
 Nor in thick-clodded Phthia, nurse of men, 
 Marred they my fruits: for wide between us lie 
 The shadowed mountains and the sounding sea. 
 But thee we followed, O most shameless king, 
 To gain thee pleasure : striving here to win 
 For Menelaus and for thee, bold hound, 
 Due satisfaction from the sons of Troy. 
 Of this thou reckest naught, nor dost regard. 
 And now thou threatenest for thyself to take 
 My prize a prize well earned by many a toil, 
 And freely given me by Achaia's sons. 
 Prize like to thine I never have, whene'er 
 The Achaians sack some well-built Trojan hold. 
 Yet the main work of never-resting war 
 My hands perform; but, if a sharing come, 
 Thine the large prize; mine lesser far yet loved, 
 War's labour done, I carry to my ships. 
 But now to Phthia will I go ; for thus 
 'Tis better far homeward with beaked ships 
 To turn: nor purpose I dishonoured here 
 With streams of wealth and pel/ to pamper thee." 
 
 Him answered Agamemnon King of men : 
 "Fly, if thy mind thereto is set. To stay 
 I beg thee not for me. There are with me 
 Others beside, to give me honour due,. 
 And chief of all is Zeus the counsellor. 
 Hateful above Zeus-nurtured kings art thou, 
 
14 IAIAAO2 A. 
 
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 el /taXa /caprepos <TCTL, 6eo<$ TTOV col TO y eoa)/<ev. 
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 " r)\6ov eyco 7rav(Tovo-a TO aov yue'i>o9, at /ce 
 
ILIAD 1. 15 
 
 Who lovest ever strife and wars and fights. 
 If strong thou art, Heaven gave thee this, I ween. 
 Home with thy ships returning and thy crews 
 King it o'er Myrmidons. I heed thee not, 
 Nor reck I of thy wrath. And furthermore 
 Thus will I threaten thee: whereas from me 
 Phoebus Apollo now Chryseis claims, 
 Her with my ship and with my rowers I 
 Will send, but will fair-cheeked Briseis take 
 Myself from out thy tent thy prize that thou 
 May'st know me thy liege lord, and each may dread., 
 To match with me or claim to be my peer.^- 
 
 He spake. Stung was Pelides; and his heart 
 Within his shaggy breast divided swayed: 
 Should he, his keen blade drawing from his thigh, 
 Scattering the throng between, Atrides slay; 
 Or choke his ire and curb his raging mood. 
 While thus he pondered in his heart and soul, 
 Baring the while his mighty blade, from heaven 
 Athend came, by white-armed Herd sent 
 Who loved at heart and cared alike for both. 
 Behind Pelides now she stood, and grasped 
 His yellow hair, to him alone revealed, 
 By none else seen. Achilleus in amaze 
 Turned him around : Pallas Athene straight 
 _He knew, and fearful seemed her shining eyes. 
 Then her with winged words he thus bespake : 
 "WTierefore, thou child of aegis-bearing Zeus, 
 Again art come? Is it belike to see 
 The outrage wrought on me by Atreus' son 
 King Agamemnon? Nay, but I will speak 
 What, as I deem, will even now be done : 
 His arrogance will lose him soon his life." 
 
 Athene*, stern-eyed goddess, made reply: 
 "I came to check thy rage, if thou'lt obey, 
 
1 6 IAIAAO2 A. 
 
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 " X/ 37 ) A 67 )^ o-(f)c0iTep6v ye. ded, eTro? elpvao-acOa^ 
 Kal fj,d\a Trep Ovpcp Ke%o\a)/J,evov' co? ^a^ ape LVOV. 
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ILIAD I. 17 
 
 From heaven by white-armed Here hither sent, 
 Who loves at heart and cares alike for both. 
 Come, cease from strife, nor finger thus thy sword: 
 But chide in words, as well I know thou wilt. 
 For thus I say, and so it shall be done; 
 Hereafter for this outrage shall be thine 
 Rich gifts three-fold. Obey us then, be stayed." 
 
 In answer spake Achilleus fleet of foot : 
 " Goddess, your double hest I must revere, 
 Tho' sorely wroth at heart. 'Tis better so. 
 Who heeds the gods, him too they surely hear." 
 
 He spake, laid heavy hand on silver hilt, 
 And in the sheath drove back his mighty blade, 
 Not disobedient to Athene's word. 
 She to Olympus sped, to join the gods 
 In the high halls of aegis-bearing Zeus. 
 
 Then Peleus' son again with furious words 
 Addressed Atrides, bating not his ire. 
 "Wine-laden, hound in eye, in heart a deer, 
 Nor for the war to arm thee with the host, 
 Nor to seek ambush with Achaian chiefs 
 Hast thou the hardihood. Such work to thee 
 Seems nothing less than death.^Poubtless thou deem'st 
 'Tis better far throughout our ample host 
 To rob of gifts whoe'er may gainsay thee; 
 Who eatest up thy people, tho' their king, 
 A people nothing worth : else of a truth 
 This insult, son of Atreus, were thy last. 
 But out I speak, and swear a mighty oath, 
 Yea, by this sceptre never more to bear 
 Or leaf or branch since first the mountain stem 
 Sever'd it left, never to sprout again, 
 For axe hath stripped its leaves and peeled its bark; 
 And now 'tis borne in hand, a sceptre smooth, 
 Such as Achaia's sons are wont to wield, 
 Who under Zeus are ministers of law 
 
 G. H. 2 
 
1 8 IAIAAO2 A. 
 
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 0)9 <f)dro Hrj\eiBri<?, TTOTL Be o-/ctJ7rrpov ySaXe yalrj 245 
 r)\oi(Ti TreTrapfievov, 'ero 8' avTos. 
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 7/81/6777)9 dvopovcre, \iyvs Tlv\ia)v dyoprjr^, 
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 KOI p,i]v roicriv eyaj peOofjiiKeov lie Hv\ov e\0wv, 
 
ILIAD I. 19 
 
 And guard the right: By this dread pledge I swear, 
 Time surely shall be when Achaians all 
 Shall wish Achilleus back; nor, though distrest, 
 Wilt thou avail to help, when thousands fall 
 Laid low in death by Hector's slaughtering hand. 
 Then thou with grief shalt rend thy heart within, 
 And rue the best Achaian foully wronged." j> 
 
 Pelides spake, and dashing to the ground 
 His golden-studded sceptre sate him down. 
 Against him raged Atrides. Then up sprang 
 Sweet-worded Nestor, Pylian speaker clear, 
 Whose tongue with tones sweeter than honey flowed. 
 Two generations of speech-gifted men 
 Had passed, who with him had been born and lived 
 In noble Pylos ; in the third reigned he. 
 He now right wisely mid their council spake : 
 " O shame ! what mighty grief approaches now 
 Achaia's land ! Full surely they will joy 
 Priam, and Priam's sons, and Trojans all 
 With gladdened heart if all that now is done 
 They once shall learn, the quarrel of you twain, 
 Great Danaan chiefs in council as in fight. 
 Obey me : ye are younger both than I. 
 For I ere now with braver did consort 
 Than ye, and yet they never slighted me. 
 Such men ne'er saw I, nor shall see, as these : 
 Pirithoiis, Dryas (shepherd of his folk), 
 Caeneus, Exadius, godlike Polypheme, < 
 Theseus the son of ^Egeus, peer of gods. 
 Strongest they lived of men that walked the earth ; 
 Strongest they were, and with the strongest fought, 
 The mountain-roaming Centaurs, whom they quelled 
 In rout terrific. I from Pylos came 
 
20 IAIAAOS A. 
 
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 el Brj crol irav epyov VTrei^o^ai, OTTI ice eiirys. 
 
 Brj ravr eVtreXXeo' fjirj yap efJLoL ye 295 
 
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ILIAD I. 21 
 
 And bore them companj^ from Apia's land 
 My distant home themselves did summon me. 
 And by myself I fought. Against them none 
 Of mortals now on earth could stand in fight. 
 They heard my counsel and obeyed my word : 
 Wherefore obey ye ; to obey were best. 
 Nor thou, though great, thus rob him of the maid, 
 But leave the prize Achaia's sons have given : 
 Nor thou, Pelides, strive against a king 
 Opposing ; more than equal honour claims 
 The sceptred king whose title is of Zeus. 
 If strong thou art, of goddess-mother born, 
 Yet higher he, for more men own his sway. 
 Then, son of Atreus, check thy rage ; 'tis I 
 Beseech thee 'gainst Achilleus slack this wrath, 
 Who to our whole Achaian host doth stand 
 A mighty bulwark of disastrous war." 
 
 Him answering sovereign Agamemnon spake : 
 "Yea, father, all thou say'st is fitly said. 
 But he would fain above all others be, 
 Would all control, of all be king, to all 
 Dictate. And here I mean not to obey. 
 Though warrior by the gods immortal made, 
 What ! hath he therefore liberty to rail ? ' J 
 
 Then godlike Achileus brake in and cried : 
 " Coward and worthless were I rightly called, 
 Should I to thee in all thou biddest yield. 
 Nay, order others thus, but not to me 
 Dictate, who mean no longer to obey. 
 This too I tell thee lay it well to heart : 
 I raise no violent hand to keep the maid 
 'Gainst thee or other, since ye take who gave. 
 But of all else beside my swift black ship 
 
22 IAIAAO2 A. 
 
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 epSov & 'ATToXXwi't TeXrjecraas e/faroyaySa? 315 
 
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 ' o 76 Ta\6v^Lov re fcal ^vpv^drrjv Trpoaeenrev, 320 
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 TOO 8' de/covre /Bdrrjv Trapd Olv aXo9 drpvyeroio, 
 ^Ivpii&ovwv 8' eVt re tcXiatas /cal vrjas IfceaOrjv. 
 TOV 8' evpov Trapd re K\Laiy /cal vr)l /J,e\alvrj 
 
 ov 8' a/?a TW 76 t8&}f yrjOrjaev *A^tXXeu9. 330 
 
 Tap/3ijo-avre /cal alBopeva) /3acri\rja 
 
ILIAD I. 23 
 
 Nought shalt thou seize and bear against my will. 
 
 Or if thou wilt, come try, that these may see : 
 
 Full soon thy dark blood round my spear shall flow.'^ 
 
 Thus strove the twain in wordy war, then rose : 
 Loosed was the council by the Achaian ships. 
 His tents and balanced ships Pelides sought 
 With all his comrades and Menoetius' son. 
 Atrides on the sea a swift barque launched 
 With twenty oarsmen picked, a hecatomb 
 Due to the god its freight : then led on board 
 Fair-cheeked Chryseis. Chiefest in command 
 Odysseus went, the many-counselled man. 
 
 These all embarked and sailed the watery way. 
 Then bade Atrides all the host be cleansed : 
 And cleansed they were and sea-wards cast their stains ; 
 And to Apollo slew full hecatombs 
 Of bulls and goats along the shore that bounds 
 The salt sea's fruitless plains : and to high heaven 
 Wreathed in the smoke therefrom the savour rose. 
 ""Thus toiled they through the host. Nor yet the strife 
 Did Agamemnon quit, as at the first 
 He threatened 'gainst Achilleus, but addressed 
 Talthybius and Eurybates, the twain 
 Who were his heralds and his active squires. 
 " Go seek ye out the tent of Peleus' son : 
 Thence lead fair-cheeked Briseis by the hand. 
 And if he give her not, myself will come 
 With more, and take her; which will fret him-worse." 
 
 He spake, and sent them forth, with stefn command. 
 Unwilling went they by the shore that bounds 
 The salt sea's fruitless plain, and reached anon 
 The tents and vessels of the Myrmidons. 
 Achilleus by his tent and black-hulled ship 
 Sitting they found ; nor joyed he at their sight. 
 And they, in dread and reverence for the king, 
 
24 IAIAAO2 A. 
 
 arrjrrjv, ovSe rl /JLIV rrpoo-efywveov ovf? epeovro' 
 
 avrdp o eyvw fjcms evl <f>pe(ri, (fxavrjaev re' 
 
 " ^aipere, /crjpvfces, Ato? dyye\ot ?;8e real 
 
 d<T(TOi> IT' ov rl fiOL i/yLt/ite? eTralrioi, aXX' 'Aya/jLe/jivcov, 335 
 
 ii a(f)a)L TrpoiTj B/3tj7;i8o9 ii>e/ca Kovpys. 
 
 aye, $ toy eves HaTpotcXees, egaye Kovprjv 
 cJHoiv 809 ayeiv. T&> 8' avrm paprvpoi, earcov 
 re 6ewv ftatcdpcov Trpos re OVTJTWV dvOpwirdyv 
 
 KOI 7T/?09 roO /3acriX^o9 d'K^vio^' ei TTote S' aure 340 
 epeio yevrjTai, dei/cea \oiyov dpvvai 
 
 ^ 7/9 o 7' o\oiyatv (f>peal Ouei, 
 
 ov&e TI olSe vofjaai apa Trpoacra) /ecu 
 
 OTTTTOJ? TTCtpd VT]V(J\ (TOOL fJia^OLVTO 
 
 W9 (f>dro, HdrpofcXos Se (f>t\a) eTreTretOeO* eraipay, 345 
 /c 8' dyayev /cXicr//^ Bpt,o-7)i$a KaXXnrdprjov, 
 Sw/ce 8' dyeiv. TW 8' avrt9 ITT/I/ irapd vrjas 
 ^ S' deicov<T ayua rolo-i yvvrj Kiev, avrdp ' 
 Satcpvaas ercipwv d(j>ap e^ero voafyi \iao-6efc, 
 Qlv e'<' aXo9 7roXt^9, opowv eirl olvoTra TTOVTOV' 350 
 
 wrpl <f>i\y ^pijo-aro ^elpa^ opeyvvs. 
 eirel p ere:e9 76 pivvvOdSiov irep eovra, 
 H.OL o^>e\\ev 'OXu/i7rto9 eyyva\igai 
 
 eTrj^' vvv 8' oi)8e /ze rvrOov eriaev. 
 rj yap fju 'Ar/36t^9 evpvKpeicov ' Aya/j,efjiva>v 355 
 
 r/TifjuTjaev' e\tiv yap e%ei yepas avTos aTTovpas" 
 0)9 ^>aro Sdtfpv %6&)^, TOU 8e ArXve Trorvia /Ar'jTrjp 
 ev (BevOecraiv aXo9 Trapd Trarpl yepovn. 
 
 8' dveSv 770X1779 a\G9 T;I;T' 0/1/^X77, 
 
 t pa Trdpoitf avrolo Kade^ero Sd/cpv ^eorro9, 360 
 
 re /-u^ /carepe^e, evio9 T* e'^ar' e^: T' 
 , rl K\aieis ; rt 8e <re <f>peva$ i'/cero 
 
ILIAD I. 25 
 
 Stood, nor a word addressed, nor question asked. 
 But quick his mind knew all ; and out he spake : 
 " Hail ! heralds : messengers of Zeus and men, 
 Draw near. Not ye, but Agamemnon's self, 
 Who sent you for Briseis, bears the blame. ./ 
 Ho there ! Zeus-born Patroclus, lead thou'mit 
 And to their escort give the maid. Themselves 
 Be witnesses before the blessed gods 
 And mortal men, aye, and this churlish king! 
 Haply in time the rest will need my hand 
 To ward foul bane. Fdr he with ruinous rage 
 Is all distraught, nor knows to look with care 
 Before and after,- that Achaia's host 
 Beside the sheltering ships may fight secure." 
 
 He spake. Patroclus straight obeyed his friend, 
 And led fair-cheeked Briseis from the tent 
 And to their escort gave. Then back again 
 They gat them to the Achaian ships, with whom 
 Unwilling went the woman. But her lord 
 Achilleus wept, and from his comrades turned, 
 And on the margin of the hoary sea 
 He sate him down apart ; and, as he gazed 
 Over the wine-hued main, right earnestly 
 With outstretched hands he prayed his mother dear. 
 " Mother, since short the span of life whereto 
 Thou barest me, honour at least to grant 
 High-thundering Zeus, Olympian lord, was bound : 
 But now no whit of honour hath he given, 
 For sovereign Agamemnon Atreus' son 
 Dishonours, robs me, claims and holds my prize." 
 
 He spake in tears. Whom his queen-mother heard, 
 Throned in the depths beside her aged sire. 
 Swift rose she, mist-like, from the hoary sea, 
 And sate before him as he wept, and stroked 
 With loving hand, and thus bespake her son. 
 " Why weep'st thou, child ? what grief hath touched thy heart ? 
 
26 IAIAAO2 A. 
 
 e^avBa, fjLr) KevOe fd&), "va etBopev 
 
 rrjv Be /3api) arevd^wv Trpoae^rj 7ro8a? w/cvs 
 
 ' TIT) rot ravra IBvtrj wavr dyopevco ; 365 
 
 ' e? ij/3r)v, lepi]v 
 
 Lev re KOI 
 
 l TCL fj.ev ev SdcTcravTO /jLcrd afyiviv fte? ' 
 8' eXoi^ 'Arpet&g Xpvcrrji&a fcaXkiTrdpyov. 
 
 i0' tepevs /caTrj/36\ov 'ATroXXwi/o? 370 
 
 vrjas ^A^aiwv ^a\KO^LTcova)v 
 \vor6fjiev6s re 6tr/arpa (frepcov r aTrepeicri aTroiva, 
 
 e%cov ev ^epal e/C7]/36\ov 'ATroXXw^o? 
 ava (TfcrjTTTpa), teal \LacreTO Travras Ajgnuovs, 
 *Arpei'>a Be /irtXicrra Bva), Kocr/jujrope \au>v. 375 
 
 evff a'XXoi fjiev Trai/re? 7rev<f)r)fJLr)o-av ' 
 al&elaOai, 6' iepjja Kal dj\ad Be%0ai a 
 aXX' ovfc ^Arpet^rj ' Aya^iefjivovi, rjvSave 
 d\\d /caters dtyi'r], Kparepov 8* eVt /JLV&OV ere\\ev. 
 Xa)6/jievo$ 8' 6 yepcov ird\iv ar^ero. TO to S' 'ATroXXwz/ 380 
 eva/j,evov iJKOvaev, eVel yu-aXa ot c^uXo? ?;e^, 
 7;/ce 8' eV 'ApyeiOKTt, KCLKOV ySeXo?' ot Se i^u Xaot 
 0vrj<TKOP eTrao-vvrepoi, rd 
 
 dvd crrparbv evpvv 'A^aioov. appi Be 
 
 dyopeve QeoTrpoTrlas eKaroio. 
 e-yw TrpwTGs Ke\6firjv Oeov Ixdo-KeaOai' 
 
 8' eTreira ^0X09 \d/3ev, al\jra 8' 
 i]7rei\r)O'V fivdov o Brj TereXO"/x6i/o9 earlv. 
 fjiev yap avv vrfi Oofj eXtVwTre? 'A^a/ot 
 Xpvarjv Tre/jLTTOvcTiv, dyovcri Be Boopa avatcti' 390 
 
 / 8e veov K\LorLr)6ev eftav tcrjpv/ces dyovres 
 rrjv fiou B6aav wle? ^A^aiwv. 
 aXXa av, el Bvvaaal ye, ireplcr^eo TraiBbs eVy 
 
ILIAD I. 27 
 
 Speak : hide it not : that so we both may know." 
 
 To whom deep groaning fleet-foot Achileus : 
 "Thou know'st : to thee who knowest, why tell all? 
 Thebe', Eetion's sacred town, we sought, 
 Sacked it, and hither brought back all the spoil. 
 All else was duly shared : for Atreus' son 
 Chryseis fair the Achaians had reserved. 
 But Chryses soon, priest of the Archer god, 
 Came to the mailed Achaians' vessels swift 
 To free his daughter, bearing ransom large. 
 Archer Apollo's wreaths in hand he bore 
 Upon his golden staff, and prayed to all 
 Achaia's sons, but chiefly to the twain, 
 The sons of Atreus, marshals of the host. 
 Thereto while each Achaian cried consent 
 The priest to reverence, the rich ransom take 
 It liked not Agamemnon Atreus' son, 
 But stern he drave him forth, and fiercely spake. 
 In wrath the greybeard gat him back : whose prayer 
 Apollo heard, for that he held him dear, 
 And at the Argives launched his deathful shaft. 
 Dead piled on dead fell thick ; the god's darts flew 
 Throughout the Achaian host. Then did our seer 
 Declare what well he knew, the Archer's will. 
 
 once the first I bade appease the god : 
 Whereat Atrides wroth uprose in haste 
 And spake the threat which now in deed is done. 
 For Chryses' daughter now to Chrysa's town 
 Bright-eyed Achaians in swift vessel send, 
 And bear the king his gifts : the other maid 
 Forth from my tent but now have heralds led, 
 Daughter of Briseus, whom the Achaians gave. 
 But guard thou, if thou canst, thy noble son. 
 
28 IAIAAO2 A. 
 
 e\6ov(T QvXvfjiTrovBe A ia \laai, el Trore Brj rt 
 
 rj eireu toV7]a-as KpaBirjv Ato9 rje rt epyw. 395 
 
 7roXXa/a yap aeo Trarpos evl /jLeyapoKTiv afcovcra 
 
 ei}^o//.eV?79, or e(j)rjcrda tceXaivefyei Kpovlwvi 
 
 air) ev aOavdroiaw dencea \OLJOV a^vvai, 
 
 iv ^vvBrjcrai, 'O\i)yLt7rtot rj0e\ov aXXot, 
 r' r/Se TIoaeiBdwv KOI ITaXXa? *A.0t]VTj. 400 
 
 e? fxarcpov 
 
 ov ^piapewv /ca\eov<Ti Oeoi, avBpes Be re 
 Alyalco^' o ydp avre fily ov Trarpos u 
 o? pa Trapd Kpoviwvi /caOe^ero /cvftel yatwv. 405 
 
 rov Kal vTreSBeicrav pd/capes Oeoi, ov&e r e^rjaav. 
 TWV vvv fJLiv /jLvyjaacra vrapefeo /cal \a{3e yovvcov, 
 ai icev TTW? ede\rjcnv eirl Tpcoecraiv dprj^ai, 
 roi)? Be /card TTpv^va^ re Kal d/jL(j) d\a e'Xcrat 'A^atoi;? 
 Krewo/JLevovs, T iva Trai/re? fhravp&vrai /JacrtX^o?, 410 
 
 yvto Be Kal 'ArpeiBijs evpvKpeicov ' 
 'i]v drrjv, or dpiarov ' 'A-^aiwv ovSev 
 
 rov 8' rjneiper eireira 0er^9 Kara BaKpv 
 " do fjioi, reKvov efjbov, rl vv ere rpe(j>ov alvd reKovcra ; 
 el'9* o0eXe9 Trapd vrjvo-lv dBaKpvros Kal dir^wv 415 
 
 ijcrOai, ejrel vv roi alaa jJiivvvOd Trep, ov ri fid\a Byv. 
 vvv B* dfjia r coKV/jLopos Kal otfu/ao? rrepl Trdvrwv 
 eVXeo. raj ere KaKrj aiay reKov ev fjieydpoio-tv. 
 rovro Be rot epeovcra eTro? Au reprriKepavvw 
 el/j? avrrj ?rpo9 "O\v/JL7rov dydvvi(f)ov, at Ke TrlOr^raL. 420 
 
ILIAD I. 29 
 
 Go to Olympus, and make suit to Zeus, 
 If ever yet thou hast by word or deed 
 Gladdened his heart. For oft I heard thee tell 
 The boastful story in thy father's halls, 
 How cloud-enwrapt Cronion thou didst save 
 From foul destruction, thou alone his friend 
 Among immortals, when Olympians all 
 Herd, Poseidon, Pallas, fain would bind 
 Their sire in chains. But, goddess, thou didst go 
 And rescue him from bonds, calling straightway 
 The hundred-handed to Olympus high, 
 Briareus by gods, by men Aegaeon named, 
 For he in strength was mightier than his sire. 
 He by Cronion's side then sate him down 
 Glorying in pride of power ; at whom the gods 
 Shrank terrified, nor dared to bind their king. 
 Of this remind him now, and sitting near 
 Clasp thou his knees ; if haply he may will 
 To lend the Trojans aid, but by the sea 
 And stranded sterns to pen Achaia's sons 
 In slaughter falling fast : that all may reap 
 What this their king has sown, and ev'n himself, 
 Wide-ruling Agamemnon Atreus' son, 
 His blind infatuate folly learn to rue, 
 When he the best Achaian foully wronged." 
 
 Him answered Thetis, while her tears fell fast : 
 "Ah me! my child! ah! wherefore bare I thee, 
 A hapless mother? O that by the ships 
 Thou'dst sit, away from tears, away from woe ! 
 Since short thy fated span, nor long thy days : 
 But now swift doom and grief at once are thine, 
 Beyond all others' lot. Wherefore indeed 
 In evil day my chamber saw thee born. 
 Yet will I seek Olympus' snow-capt height 
 And bear this suit to lightning-loving Zeus, 
 If he will hear. But sit thou still the while 
 
30 IAIAAO2 A. 
 
 aXXa (TV /Jiev vvv vrjval Traprjpevos (atcvTropoicriv 
 
 fiTjvC 'A%aiotcriv, 7ro\e/jiov 8' 
 
 Zei)9 jap 69 'Q/ceavov /zer* 
 
 ^#to9 e/3r} Kara Sacra, Oeol 8' apa Travres eirovro' 
 
 BcoBefcdrr} Be rot, avns eXevaerau Ov\v/jL7rov8e, 425 
 
 real TOT eTretra rot el/Jii Ato? TTOTL ^aX/toySare? So), 
 
 /cat /iii/ <yovi'dcro/jLa(,, /cal JJLIV Treiaecrdai, otco." 
 
 (9 apa (jxovtjcracr' aTrejSrjcreTO, rov 8' e'XtTr' avT.ov 
 ^wofJievov /card OVJAOV IV^WVOLO yvvai/cos, 
 rrjv pa /3iy aeicovTOs aTrrjupcov. avrdp 'OSvcraevs 430 
 9 Xpuar;^ Lcavev dycov teprjv eKaro^^t]v. 
 O'L 8' ore Brj \ifievos 7ro\vj26v6eos ei/T09 ILKOVTO, 
 icrria pev o-re/Xa^ro, 6e<rav 8' eV 
 larov B' lo-roBoKrj 7re\aaav irpoTovoiGiv v 
 Ara/97raX//ia)9, rtjv 8' et9 op/j,ov irpoepeacrav eper/jiols. 435 
 CAT 8' eum9 e/3a\ov, Kara Be Trpv/JLvijcri eBrjaav' 
 e/c Be KOI avrol (Balvov 7rl pr]jpJli>L 
 etc 8' eKaT6/ji{3i]v fiijcrav 
 e/c 8e X/3U(77;t9 ^09 /3^ 
 TTJV fjiev evretr' eVt /3a)yLto^ dycov 770X^77769 'O8ucrcreL'9 440 
 irarpl <f>i\u> ev %6pcrl Ti^, /cat yiui> Trpoo-eenrev' 
 " & XpucrTy, TT/DO yLt' cTTe/JL^e dia dvBpwv ' 
 TralBd re crol dye/j,ev, <l>o//3&>* 0' leprjv ef 
 pe^aL vjrep kavawv, o<f)p' /Xacro/zecr^a avcucra, 
 09 vvv 'Apryetoicrt, iroXvarova KrjBe* e^fj/cev" 445 
 
 0:9 eiTTtov ev ^epal rtfi], o Be Be^aro 
 TralBa (f)l\7)v. rol 8' w/ca 6ecp ieprfv e/ 
 earrjaav evB^rov irepl PW/JLOV, 
 
 8' eiretra KOI oL'Xoura9 dve\ovro. 
 
 8e 
 
 450 
 
 09 
 
ILIAD I. 31 
 
 By the swift-sailing ships, and, though thou rage 
 
 Against the Achaians, stir thee not in war. 
 
 Zeus to the noble Ethiops yesterday 
 
 Sped ocean-wards, to feast ; with whom the gods 
 
 All followed : on the twelfth day he will come 
 
 Back to Olympus. Then will I repair 
 
 Unto the palace brazen-floored of Zeus 
 
 And clasp his knees ; and he, I trust, will hear." 
 
 So spake she and was gone ; but left him there 
 Wrathful at heart for the fair-girdled maid 
 Whom they perforce had seized against his will. 
 Meanwhile Odysseus on to Chrysa sped 
 Bearing his freight the sacred hecatomb. 
 But when within the haven deep they came, 
 The sails they furled and in the black ship stowed, 
 And quickly by the mainstays to its bed 
 Lowered the mast ; then urged the ship by oars 
 On to her moorings, where from out the prow 
 Anchors they dropped, and made stern cables fast. 
 Out stepped themselves upon the beach, and out 
 Archer Apollo's hecatomb they took : 
 Out stepped Chryseis from the sea-borne ship, 
 Whom then Odysseus, many-counselled sage, 
 Led to the altar and delivered o'er 
 To her dear father's hands, as thus he spake : 
 " Chryses, from Agamemnon king of men 
 I come : to thee thy daughter, to the god 
 An offering for the Danaans' sake I bear, 
 A sacred hecatomb, to appease the king 
 Who smites the Argives now with grievous woes." 
 
 He spake and gave her. Chryses took with joy 
 His daughter dear. The god's rich hecatomb 
 They swiftly round the well-built altar range, 
 Then wash their hands, and raise the barley meal, 
 While loud with hands uplifted Chryses prayed : 
 " O hear me, Silver-bow, who standest round 
 
32 1AIAAO2 A. 
 
 Kl\\av re ^aOerjv, Tez/e'Soto re tct dvd 
 rjfjiev BJJ TTOT efjiV 7Tp09 e/cXue9 ev^apevoio, 
 Ti/j,r]cra<; /j,ev e/z-e, fieya 8' n|rao \abv 'A^atd) 
 778' ert /cat z/w yotoi roS' ejrLicp^rjvov eeX8a>p' 
 deiKea \oiybv CL/JLVVOV" 
 
 oO 8e /cXi/e 4>ot/3o? ' 
 avrdp eirei p* ev^avro KOI ouXo^ura? 7rpo/3a\oi>TO, 
 avepvaav pev Trpwra /cal ea<f>a%av /cal eBeipav, 
 
 T' efe'rayLto^ /fara re KVLGT] etcakv^rav 460 
 
 TroiijcravTes, eV avrwv 8' ca/jLodeTTjaav.^ 
 Kale 8' 7rt tr^twT;? o yepwv, eVt 8' aWoira olvov 
 Xet/3e' z^eoi 8e Tra/3* avrbv e^ov 7re/Lt7raj/3oXa ^epaiv. 
 avrap eVet /cara /A^pa /ca?; /cat o"7r\dj^va irdaavio, 
 
 ov T* apa raXXcc /cal a/i^)' o/3e\ol(Tiv ejreipav, 465 
 
 re Trepiffrpabews, epvaavro re Trdvra, 
 avrdp 7rel iravoravro TTOVOV TCTVKOVTO re 8atra, 
 
 avrdp eTrel TTOCT^O? /cat e'S^ruo? ef epoi^ ei/ro, 
 
 KovpOL [lev Kprjrrjpas eVecTTe'v|ra^To TTOTOLO, 470 
 
 v(t)fjLr)aav 8' apa Trdcriv eVapfa/xei'ot SeTrdeoraiv' 
 
 o'l 8e Travrj/jiepioi, /xoXTT/y $eo*' /Xacr/coi/ro, 
 
 KaXbv ae/8oi^7e9 Trai^ova, /covpoi 'A^atwz/, 
 
 O^re? 'JL/cdepyov' o 8e <f)peva repTrer d/covcov. 
 8' '/y'eXfO? /careBv /cat eVt /c^ec^a? r)\9ev, 475 
 
 8/7 Tore Koi/j,r t (ravTO irapd 
 ?J/AO? 8' rfpiyeveia (f)dvrj po 
 
 /cat TOT' eVetr' dvdyovro fjuerd (rrparbv evpvv 
 Toldiv 8' itcfjievov ovpov I'rj eftdepyos \\7r6\\cov. 
 o'l 8' iaTov <7Tij<7avT^ ', CLVCL ff UFTUt \6V/cd Treracra'ai'' 48 
 eV 8' avefjios Trpijaev yoteVoi/ UTTiov, d/jL<f)l 8e /c{)//a 
 trrcipg 7rop(f>vpeov fieya t'a^e ^7709 iov 
 
ILIAD /. 33 
 
 Chrysa and holy Cilia, mighty king 
 Of Tenedos ! my former prayer thou heard'st, 
 And honouring me didst heavily oppress 
 Achaia's host. Now grant my further wish, 
 And save at once the Danaans from foul bane." 
 
 He spake in prayer : Phoebus Apollo heard. 
 But, prayers now done, and barley duly strewn, 
 First they drew back and gashed the victims' throats, 
 Then flayed them, and cut out the thighs, on which 
 Enwrapped in double fat raw meats they placed. 
 These on cleft wood the old priest burned, and poured 
 Dark wine thereon : by him the young men stood, 
 And in their hands the five-pronged forks they held. 
 Then, when the thighs were burnt, and tasted now 
 The inner parts, the rest they cut up small, 
 Speared on the spits, and roasted all with care, 
 And drew therefrom. But when their toil was done 
 And ready was the meal, then feasted they, 
 Nor stinted was their soul of well-shared cheer. 
 And when desire of meat and drink was stayed, 
 The youths crowned high with wine the brimming bowls, 
 Poured offering due, and served the cups to all. 
 So these all day appeased the god with song, 
 The Achaian youth in choral paean sweet 
 Hymning the Archer, who with gladness heard. 
 But when the sun was set and darkness come, 
 Beside the stern-ropes of their ship they slept. 
 But when the dawn, rose-fingered, early-born, 
 Shone forth, then straight they loosed them from the land, 
 To seek again the wide Achaian host. 
 Archer Apollo sent a following gale. 
 Up went the mast, out fluttered the white sails, 
 The middle canvas bellying with the wind, 
 The dark wave roaring round the cleaving keel, 
 As still the vessel sped : she running swift 
 
 G. H. 
 
34 IAIAAO2 A. 
 
 7} 8' eOeev Kara Kvj^a SiaTrprio'crovo'a KeXevuov. 
 
 avrdp eVet p 'LKOVTO Kara crrparov evpvv ^ 
 
 vrja pev o'i ye p,t\aivav CTT ^Trelpoio epvacrav 485 
 
 v-^rov eVl -^ra^ddoi^, LTTO 8' ep/juara /j,aKpd rdvva-crav, 
 
 avrol Be (TK&vavTO Kara /cXicr/a? re i/ea? re. 
 
 avrap o prjvie i"rjv(ri iraprjfJLevo^ (aKViropoicriv, 
 Sioyevrjs HrjXrjos u/o?, 7ro8a? GOKVS 'A^tXXev?. 
 ovre TTOT ei<: ayoprjv TrcoXecrKero KV&idveipav 490 
 
 ovre TTOT e? 7ro\6fjiov, d\\a <f)6ivv6ecnce $l\ov Ktjp 
 avOi fjievwv, iroOeeaKe 8' dvrijv re TrroXe/jiov re. 
 aXX* ore 8/7 p IK TOLO BvcoBeKarTj yever* 770)9, 
 Kal rare Btj TT^O? "QXvfjLTrov iaav Oeol alev eoi>re9 
 Tra^re? o/za, Zeu9 8' ijpX 6 - . ert9 8' ov \r)6er > e^er^ewv 495 
 ?rat8o9 eov, aXX,' tf y dvebvo-ero Kv^a 0a\do- 0-779, 
 7/6/0/77 8' dve/3rj /j,eyav ovpavov Qv\vfj,7rov re. 
 evpev 8' evpvoTra Kpov&rjv arep rjfievov aXkwv 
 aKpordrr) Kopvfyfj 7roXu8etpa8o9 Ov\v/j,7rot,o, 
 Kal pa TrdpoiO' avrolo KaOe^ero, Kal Xa/3e yovvcov =00 
 o-Kairj' be^irepf) 8' ap' VTT dvOepewvos e\ov(ra 
 \iacroiJLevr) TTpocreeiTre A La Kpovtwva dvaKra' J? 
 " ZeO Trarep, et Trore 8/7 ere yu-er' aQava-ToiGiv ovrjaa 
 TI eireu rj epya, r68e ftot Kprjrjvov e'eX8a>/>. 
 TL^aov fjioi viov 09 wKVfJLOpwraro^ u\\wv 505 
 
 evrXer', arap /-uz/ vi)^ 76 ai/af dvbpwv ' AyafjLe/j,vwv 
 TjTi/jLijo-ev. \(DV yap e'^et yep as, avros aTrovpas. 
 aXXa <7U vrep ^t^y rlaov, 'OXu/ATTie fjLTjTiera ZeO, 
 r6<f>pa 8' eVt Tpcoeaai, riOet, Kpdros ufyp av 'A^atot 
 
 yLtw riatocriv, o^eXkcoaiv re e ri/j,fj." 510 
 
 0)9 <f>dro' rrjv 8' ou rt Trpocre^rj ve^eXyyepera Zevs, 
 
 Keav Brjv rjo~TO. ert9 8' &)9 r^aro yovvcov, 
 ^T' e/jL7re(f)vvla, Kal etpero SevTepov 
 
ILIAD I. 35 
 
 O'er fav'ring wave held on her steady way. 
 But when they reached the wide Achaian host, 
 Upon the land the black-hulled ship they drew 
 High on the sands, and shored her with long props ; 
 Then gat them to their several tents and ships. 
 In wrath the while sat Zeus-born Peleus' son, 
 Achilleus fleet of foot, by the swift ships : 
 Nor e'er to council, where men win renown, 
 Repaired he, nor to fight : yet pined at heart 
 There -biding, while he yearned for shout, and fray. 
 **But when the twelfth day dawned, then led by Zeus 
 The everliving gods Olympus sought 
 All in full host : nor Thetis then forgat 
 Her son's behest. Up from the wave she sprang, 
 And in the morning scaled the heights of heaven. 
 Where loud-voiced Cronides apart from all 
 On many-ridged Olympus' topmost peak 
 Sitting she found. Before him then she sate, 
 And suppliant with her left hand clasped his knees, 
 While touched her right his chin, and thus to Zeus 
 The sovereign son of Cronos made her suit :/ 
 " O Father Zeus, if mid immortals I 
 By word or deed e'er helped thee, grant my wish : 
 Honour my son. Swift-doomed indeed is he 
 Above all other ; but dishonoured now 
 To boot by Agamemnon king of men, 
 Who for himself hath seized and holds his prize. 
 But thou, Olympian Zeus the counsellor, 
 Avenge his wrong, and grant awhile to Troy 
 The vict'ry, till Achaians to my son 
 Due recompense and ample honour pay." 
 
 She spake : cloud-gathering Zeus no word replied, 
 But sat in silence long. Thetis his knees, 
 Once clasped, held clinging ; and again she asked : 
 
 32 
 
36 IAIAAO2 A. 
 
 " vTjfjLepres /J,ev Srj JJLOL VTroa^eo KCLI /cardvevaov, 
 
 rj aTToeiTT, eVet ov roi em 8eo9, o<f>p ev elBd) 515 
 
 oacov eyca fierd rraaiv dr^ordrrj debs ei/it." 
 
 rqv 8e fJiey' 0^77 era 9 Trpoae^T) vefaXTjyepeTa Zeu?' 
 1 r) ST} \olryta epy\ ore ft e-^Oo^oTrrjcraL e^)?7(7et5 
 "H/977, or* av p tpzOya-Lv ovetSetois eweea<riv. 
 rj Be KOI avrus /M altv ev dOavaTOicri, Oeoldiv 520 
 
 veixei, /cal re /j,e <f>r)&i f^d^rj Tpto(rcriv dprjyeiv. 
 d\\a av /J,ev vvv avns aTrocrr^e, p>rj TI vorjo-rj 
 "'H^?;' e/jiol Be xe ravra peXrjaerai o(f)pa 
 el & dye rot K(f)a\f) Karaveixro/j&i, o(f>pa 
 TOVTO yap eg efiedev ye per dOavaTOiai fieyta-rov 5:5 
 re/cficop' ov yap epov 7ra\ivdyperov oJ8' aTrar^Xoz/ 
 ouS' dreXevTTjTov, OTL Kev /ce<f>a\fj /caraveita-co" 
 
 r), Kal Kvaverjo-iv eir ofypvcri, vevcre Kpovlw 
 n(jij3p6(Tiai, 8' dpa ^alrai eTreppGLO-avro 
 /cparos CLTT ddavdroio, fieyav 8' e'Xe'Xtfez/ " 
 
 TW 7' ok /3ov\ev(7avTe Bier^ayev' rj p,ev eTrena 
 et? a\a aX.ro /3a0e2av dif aly\i]evro^ *Q\v[jL7rov, 
 Zei)? Be eov TT/JO? Ba>fj,a. Oeol 8' a/ua Trai/re? dvearav 
 ef eBpecov, (rcfrov Trarpbs evavriov' ovBe rt? er\rj 
 
 7rep%ofjievov, a\\ avriot, ecrrav cnravre^. 535 
 
 o fj,ev evOa KaOe^er' eVt Opovov' ovBe piv "Hpr) 
 
 IBova* ort ot avjjLffrpdao'aTO (Bov\d<$ 
 dpyvpoTre^a 0e'rt9, Ovydrr/p d\ioio yepovros. 
 avTi/ca KepTOfJLLOia-i Ata Kpovlcova Trpoo-r/vBa' 
 " Ti9 8' av TO/, Bo\ofJLrjra, 0ev ^v^pdcraaro y3ouXa? ; 540 
 ate/ rot, <f)i\ov early e'/ieO dirovocr^LV eovra 
 KpvTrrdBta <f>poveovra BiKa^ejJLev' ovBe TL TTCO yu-ot 
 TTpotypcw Ter\TjKa^ elirelv 7T09 OTTL vorjcrrjs" 
 
 rrjv 8' ?;/x6//3er' eiretra Trar/Jp dvBpocv re 6ev re' 
 
ILIAD I. 37 
 
 "Give me unfailing promise and thy nod, 
 
 Or say me nay : since fear thou canst not feel. 
 
 So shall I know for sure how far of all 
 
 The gods in heaven dishonoured most am I." 
 
 To whom indignant spake cloud-gathering Zeus : 
 " Disastrous works indeed : if urged by thee 
 I break with Here, when with galling words 
 She goad me. Who indeed with causeless spite 
 Doth ever chide among immortal gods, 
 And saith I aid the Trojans in the fight. 
 But now, lest Here' see thee, get thee gone, 
 Return : be mine the care to work this end. 
 Or stay : my head shall nod, that thou may'st trust. 
 For with immortals this is still from me 
 The greatest pledge : my word recall nor guile 
 Nor failure knows, if once I plight my nod." 
 
 The son of Cronos spake : and with black brows 
 He nodded : from the king's immortal head 
 Down drooping waved the rich ambrosial locks, 
 And huge Olympus to his centre shook. 
 
 hus counselled they and parted. In the deep 
 She plunged her from Olympus' radiant height ; 
 Zeus sought his palace. From their seats the gods 
 Rose one and all before their father : none 
 Dared bide his coming: all before him stood. 
 And in their midst upon his throne he sate. 
 But Here, when she saw him, knew full well 
 That Thetis with her lord had counsels joined, 
 The aged sea-god's silver-footed child: 
 And with keen words Cronion straight she chid: 
 "What god again, my wily-witted lord, 
 Hath joined thy counsels? Thus thou alway lov'st 
 Apart from me in secrecy of thought 
 To give thy judgment. Never yet hast dared 
 Frankly to tell me what thy mind conceives." 
 To whom replied the sire of gods and men : 
 
38 IAIAAO2 A. 
 
 " f/ Hp?7, firj $7) TTCLvras e/jiovs eVte'XTreo /JLV&OVS 54* 
 
 ' %a\.7Tol TOl (70PT aXo^O) 7Tp eOVCTrj. 
 
 aXX' OP fiep K eVtetAce? dtcove/JLev, ov T*<? e-rreiTa 
 
 ovT6 Oewp irpoTepos TOP eio-erai OVT dvOptoirW 
 
 ov e K eyayv dirdvevOe Oewv 606\o>/u vorja-ai, 
 
 fjiij ri <rv ravTO, e/caara Sietpeo firjo'e yLteraXXa." 550 
 
 TOP * rj^ei^er eTreira ySoajTTt? iro-rvia 
 " alvorare Kpovlbrj, TTOIOV TOP /J,V&OP ee 
 teal \lrjp ere Trdpos 7' OVT eipofiat, ovTe 
 aXXa fj,d)C evKTJXos TO, typd^eai aacr ede\rjo-0a. 
 PVP 8' atVa9 SaSowra Kara <f>pepa [JLIJ ere TrapeLirr) 
 
 erf9, OvyaTrjp O\LOLO 
 yap aol ye irape^ero Kal XoySe 
 otw tcaTapevaai eTtjrvfj,op 
 rjcrrjs, oXecrys Be 7roXea<? eVl pyvcrlv ' 
 
 ' d7rafjLei/36fj,epos Trpoaefyrj pe(f>e\r]yepeTa Zei)?' 560 
 " 8ai/jLOPL7), alel /j,ep oteai,, ovSe ere \ij0co, 
 TTprj^at 8' 6/47T775 01; Tt Svpijaeai,, a XX' aVo 0vfj,ov 
 /JLQ\\OP eyitol ecreat' TO 8e rot /cat ptyiop ecrTai. 
 el S' ovTO) TOVT eo~TLp, efjiol /zeXXet <f)i\op elvai. 
 dXX' dfceovaa tcdOrjcro, e/xo3 8' 7TL7rel6eo /J.V0W, 5 r > = 
 
 /XT; i>u rot ou ^(paicr^waiv OCTOL 6eoi etV eV 'OXi;/A7rft) 
 op I6p0\ ore /ce^ rot adirrovs %e6/?a? e'(/>6ta).'' 
 ? e<f>aT, eS$L(TP Be fiowTTis TTOTPia r/ Hp?7, 
 p' dtceovcra KaOijcrTO, eTriypd^-^rao-a (j)i\op /cfjp' 
 
 8' ai/ci 8c3/ia Ato? ^eol Qvpaviwves. 570 
 
 8' f/ H(ata-T09 ArXuTOTe^z/r>? ?Jp^;' dyopeveip, 
 
 17 8/} \olyia epya ra8* ecrcrerat, 01)8' er' dpercTci, 
 
ILIAD L 39 
 
 "Hope thou not, Here*, all my words to know. 
 Hard will they be for thee, although my wife. 
 What may be fitly heard, that none shall know 
 Of gods or men before 'tis told to thee : 
 What separate from the gods I will to plan, 
 Question not thou of this, nor curious pry." 
 
 To him made answer Herd, large-eyed queen: 
 "Dread Cronides, what words of thine are these? 
 Surely of old I have not questioned thee 
 Nor curious sought to pry. All undisturbed 
 Thou framest what thou wilt. Yet now at heart 
 I sorely fear Thetis hath cozened thee, 
 The aged sea-god's silver-footed child, 
 Who by thee sate this morn and clasped thy knees. 
 To her now, as I guess, thy nod is pledged, 
 To grant Achilleus honour, and to doom 
 The fall of thousands at the Achaian ships." 
 
 o her in answer spake cloud-gathering Zeus : 
 ''Thou guessest ever, wondrous consort mine, 
 Nor am I hid. Yet nothing canst thou do: 
 And from my heart wilt be the more estranged, 
 The which belike will work thee greater woe. 
 If this be so, 'tis I will have it so. 
 But sit thou silent, and obey my word, 
 Lest all the gods whom great Olympus holds 
 Avail thee nought against me, if in wrath 
 I come and on thee lay resistless hands." 
 
 He spake. Then trembled Here large-eyed queen, 
 And silent sate, curbing her soul perforce. 
 And grieved were all throughout the halls of heaven. 
 Whom then Hephaestus, far-famed smith, addressed, 
 His mother white-armed Herd bent to soothe: 
 "Disastrous works indeed will now be here, 
 No longer to be borne! if thus ye twain 
 
40 IAIAAO2 A. 
 
 el 8/} &<!>(*) eveKa Ovrjrwv epi&alverov a>Se, 
 
 ev 8e Oeolai KO\WOV eXavverov' ovSe TI 8curo9 575 
 
 eV#Xr;9 ecrrai 77809, eVet ra ^epeiova vitca. 
 
 firjTpl 8' 700 Trapdcfr'Tj/jLi, KOI avrfj Trep voeovo-rj, 
 
 Trarpl <f i'X&> eVt tfpa <f>epeiv A a, o<f>pa fir) avre 
 
 reiKeirjcri Trarijp, GVV & TJ/AIV Sacra rapa^rj. 
 
 ti Trep yap K e@e\T]criv 'OXi'yLtTno? dcrrepOTnjTijs 580 
 
 ^ e&pewv ffrv(f)\i^ai' o 'yap TTO\V 
 
 d\\a (TV TOV 
 
 cu? a/o' <f>rj, KOI di'a'i^as ^eVa? dfj.(f>iKi7re\\ov 
 
 l 0^X77 eV %6/pt T/^77, Kal fiiv TrpocreeiTrev' 585 
 
 rep e/jnj, Kal dvacr^eo /crj^ofj-evr} Trep y 
 <f)i\fjv Trep eewrav ev o(f>0a\fj,olo-i i&wfiai 
 evriv. Tore 8' OL Tt Sviijtrofjuu d^yv iievos irep 
 
 pya\eos yap 'Q\vfario<; dvrifyepecrOai. 
 rjSrj yap fie Kal aXXor' d\eeuevai, yLte/iacSra 590 
 
 ptye, ?ro8o9 reraywv, djro pr)\ov 6e(nrecrioio. 
 irav 8' ruiap (frepo/jujv, a/jua 8' rj\l<p Kara&Lvri 
 KaiTTrecrov ev AI//LMW, 0X1709 8' er &UJJLOS evfjev' 
 evOa fie 2uT*9 a^8pe? acfrap KOfiicravTO Trec-ovTa? 
 
 W9 ^>aro, fielbrjo'ev 8e ^ea Xei/^&)Xei/o9 "Hpii, 595 
 
 /jLei&ijcracra 8e 7Tflu8o9 8tfaro %etpt 
 avrdp o ro?9 aXXoio-t ^eot9 ev&tgia 
 olvo^oei, y\VKv reKrap ajro /cprjTtjpos dcfrv 
 trySecrT09 8' a/3* evwpro yeXcos /jLaKapfa-ai 6eoiaiv, 
 to9 t8oz> f/ H(f>ai(7TOv Bid $u>/j,ara ironrvvovra. 600 
 
 W9 rore /xe^ TTpoTrav rjfjiap 9 rje\iov 
 Saivvvr*, ovBe ri 6vpb<; e&evero 8atro9 610-779, 
 ou /zj}^ <f)6p/jLiyyo<; 7repiKa\\eos, 7jv 
 
 ', al aeibov dfieiftofievai oirl Ka\f}. 
 
ILIAD / 41 
 
 For sake of mortal men in quarrel strive 
 
 And stir such wrangling mid the gods. The feast 
 
 Will lose its savour, since the worse prevails. 
 
 My mother now I counsel, tho' herself 
 
 Be wise, to soothe our Father Zeus, that he 
 
 Chide not again and roughly mar our feast. 
 
 For if the Olympian Lightener will it so 
 
 To hurl us from our seats, he is indeed 
 
 By far the mightiest. Wherefore with soft words 
 
 See thou accost him : so the Olympian king 
 
 Forthwith to us shall graciously incline." 
 
 So spake he: then upleaping from his seat 
 In his dear mother's hand he placed a cup 
 Of double lip, and thus he spake to her: 
 "Be patient, mother mine, and bear thy load, 
 Tho' grieved thou be: lest thee, whom well I love, 
 Mine eyes may see sore smitten. Nought shall I 
 
 Avail to help thee then, howe'er I grieve; 
 
 For hard to cope with is Olympus' king. 
 
 Me once of old, when I to shield thee strove, 
 
 Seized by the foot he from heaven's threshold hurled. 
 
 All day I fell, and with the setting sun, 
 
 In Lemnos lit, scant life within me left ; 
 
 Whom then the Sintians rescued as I lay." 
 
 He spake. The white-armed goddess Herd smiled; 
 
 And smiling took the beaker from her son. 
 
 Then he, from left to right, to all the gods 
 
 Drew out and bare sweet nectar from the bowl. 
 
 And quenchless laughter stirred the blessed gods 
 
 Who saw Hephaestus panting through the hall. 
 Thus they through livelong day to set of sun 
 
 Made feast, nor lacked their soul the well-shared cheer: 
 
 Nor failed the bright lyre, which Apollo held, 
 
 Nor answering strains that voiceful Muses sang. 
 
42 IATAAOS A. 
 
 avrap eVel /careBv \ajJL7rpov <f>do<$ rJeXi'ofo, 605 
 
 O'L fj.ev KatcKeiovres eftav ol/covSe 
 
 TJ^L etcdo-Tw Bwfjua 7repiK\vTos dj 
 
 "H^atcrro? TTOiTjcre i8vty<Ti Trp 
 
 Zet? 8e TTpo? ov Xe^o? rji *Q\vfj,7rio<; d 
 
 ev6a Tra/309 KOifJLaO* ore JJLLV yXvicvs VTTVOS itcdvot. 610 
 
 ev6a Ka0v& dva/Sds, Trapa Be 
 
ILIAD L 43 
 
 But when the sun's refulgent light was set, 
 
 To lay them down they went, each to his home, 
 
 Where lame Hephaestus, smith renowned, had built 
 
 For each his several room with cunning skill. 
 
 And Zeus the Olympian Lightener sought his bed, 
 
 Wherein of old he still was wont to lie 
 
 Whene'er sweet sleep came o'er him : there clomb he 
 
 And slept, and gold- throned Herd by his side. 
 
IAIAAOS B. 
 
 'Ovctpos, dyoprj, vtvv a 
 
 "AXXot fJLev pa Oeoi re KOL dvepes i 
 evSov iravvv\ioi, A/a 8' OVK e^e vrjBvfJLO? V 
 aXX' c 76 /J,pfj,r)pi,%6 Kara <f>pei r a w? ' ' 
 
 i, 6\eaai Se TroXea? eTTt VT)va\v ' 
 i f ara &V/JLCV dpLcrTtj (fraiv 
 ITT 'A-TpetBrj ^K^a^efivovt, ov\ov oveipov. 
 KCLL fjiiv (fxovr/o-as 7rea TTTepoevra TrpocrrjvBa' 
 
 Wi, ov\e oveipe, 6ods eirl 
 e? K\i<rir]v ' A<ya/JL/j,vovo<; 'ArpetSao 
 
 i e rceXeve tcdprj KG/AC < 
 $irj' vvv yap tcev eXot TroXtz/ evpvdyviav 
 ov yap er* 
 
 ClQctVCLTQl (bpdfcoVTCil,' 7T6 r yV(lLi^l/'V "Y^P 
 
 (frdro, ftrj 8' ap oveipo*;, eVet TOV /JLV&OV aKOvaei 1 . 
 
 T "icave 6 oa<s eirl z/^a? ^A^aiwv, 
 ftr) 5' ap eV 'Arpet&rjv 'Aya/JLefjivova' TOV & 
 euSovr' eV K\iair), irepl 8' d/jL/Bpoato^ /ce%v0' 
 
 Necrropt, roy pa fidXto-ra yepovrwv Tt* 'AyafJLef 
 rco an 
 
ILIAD II. 
 
 The dream, the gathering, the tale of ships. 
 
 Now other gods and heroes chariot-borne 
 Slept all night long; but Zeus no deep sleep held; 
 But much in heart he pondered, by what way 
 To grant Achilleus honour and to doom 
 The death of many by the Achaian ships. 
 And to his mind this counsel seemed the best, 
 To send to Agamemnon AtreUs' son 
 The baneful Dream-god. Him he summoned straight, 
 And thus in winged words he spake his will : 
 "Go, hie thee to the swift Achaian ships 
 Thou baneful Dream-god: there seek out the tent 
 Of Agamemnon Atreus' son, and speak 
 From point to point exact as I command. 
 Bid him the flowing-haired Achaians arm 
 In hottest haste: for ample-streeted Troy 
 He now may take : no more two minds divide 
 The immortal holders of Olympian halls : 
 For Here' by her prayers hath bent them all, 
 And sorrows overhang the sons of Troy." 
 
 He spake : the Dream-god heard the word, and went 
 And quickly reached the swift Achaian ships. 
 Then sought he Agamemnon. Him he found 
 Lapped in ambrosial slumber in his tent. 
 And o'er his head he stood, in semblance like 
 To Nestor Neleus' son, of greybeards most 
 By Agamemnon prized. His outward form 
 The Dream-god wore, and thus bespake the king: 
 
46 
 
 IAIAAO2 B. 
 
 evpvayviav 
 
 yap 
 
 * e(j)rJ7rraL 
 
 6K 
 
 ere 
 
 , 'Arpeo? vie 8ai'<poi/o? ii 
 
 avvvj^Lov eiBeiv /3ov\7}CJ)6pov avBpa, 
 u> \aoi T* 7riT~pdc})aTai KOI rocrcra fjie^rp^ev. 
 i/Oi/ 8' If40ev fiW? cutfa' Ato? 8e TOL ayye\os 
 o? creu avevOev ewv fjieya /crj&erai, TJ$* \eaipei. 
 i d K\ev6 /cdprj 
 lr)' ivv yap KCV e\ot? 
 ' ov yap er 
 
 (f)pdovTai' 
 
 \t(r(TO/JLi>r), Tpcoecrcri Be 
 XXa (TV afiGiv e% 
 aipeLTco, evr* av ere fjie\i(f>pa)v VTTVOS avrfrj." 
 
 a? apa cfHovijcras aTreftijcreTO, rov S' G\nf avrov 
 ra cfrpoveovT* ava 0Vfj,ov a p ov Te\eecr6ai e/ji\\ov. 
 cfrrj yap o 7' atpijcreiv Upid/jiov TTO\IV rjfJMTl fceivcp, 
 vi']7rios, ovSe rd 77877, a pa Zeu? /i^Sero epya' 
 QrjaeiV ydp er' e/j,e\\ev hr a\yed re crro^a^a? re 
 Tpcocrl re KOL ^.avaolcn, Bed rcparepds vcr/j,ivas. 
 eypero S' ef VTTVOV, Oeirj o*e JJLLV 
 e^ero 8' opdwOeis, fJM\cucbv 8' ev&vve 
 KCL\OV I'Tjydreov, irepl 8e 
 Trocrcrl 8' i5?ro \L7rapolcnv e 
 
 8' ap tefJLoicriv j3d\ero 
 
 tca\d 7re8tXa, 
 dpyvp6rj\ov, 
 8e o-/crJ7rrpov 
 crvv Tc5 efBrj Kara vrjas 
 
 /iez/ pa ^ea Trpocre^jjcreTO fjiarcpcv "OXvjJLTrov 
 ^>oo)9 epeovcra KOI a'XXot? dOavdroicriv' 
 avrdp o tcypv/cecrcrt, \Lyv(f)06yyoicn /ce\evcrev 
 KTjpvcraeiv dyoprjvBe fcdprj KO/JLOCOVTO.? ' 
 o? /j,v /cijpvo-(?ov, Tol 8' rjyeipovTO 
 
 ?} 8e irpwrov jJLeyaOviiwv Ife yepovrcov 
 
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 50 
 
ILIAD II. 47 
 
 "Ho! sleep'st thou, son of Atreus valiant knight? 
 To sleep all night fits not the counsellor, 
 Who holds such hosts in charge, such various care. 
 Now mark me quickly: sent I am of Zeus 
 Who from afar guards well and pities thee. 
 The flowing-haired Achaians he bids arm, 
 In hottest haste : for ample-streeted Troy 
 Now mayst thou take : no more two minds divide 
 The immortal holders of Olympian halls : 
 For Here by her prayers hath bent them all, 
 And sorrows overhang the sons of Troy 
 From Zeus. Lay this to heart, nor let it fade 
 Forgot when honeyed sleep have set thee free." 
 
 So spake he and was gone ; but left him there 
 Thinking in heart what yet was not to be. 
 For Priam's city in that day to take 
 He hoped, poor fool ! nor knew the mind of Zeus ; 
 Who purposed yet to vex with woes and groans 
 Trojans and Danaans in the stubborn fight. 
 He woke from sleep: around him floated yet 
 The voice divine. Upright he sate: then donn'd 
 His tunic, soft of texture, fair to view, 
 New wrought: and o'er it threw an ample cloak, 
 And 'neath his bright feet bound his sandals fair. 
 Around his shoulders then his sword he slung, 
 Sword silver-studded; and his sceptre took, 
 Handed from sire to son, imperishable : 
 Then sought the vessels of the mail-clad host. 
 
 Now goddess Morn 'gan climb Olympus high, 
 To Zeus and all the immortal host of heaven 
 The harbinger of light, when Atreus' son 
 Bade shrill-voiced heralds to the assembly call 
 The flowing-haired Achaians. Loud and clear 
 The heralds cried; the people gathered fast. 
 
 But first the council summoned he to sit, 
 
48 IAIAAO2 B. 
 
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 TOI)? o 76 (rvy/ca\ecras irvicivrjv riprvvero j3ov\r)v' 
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 ov xpT) Travvv^iov euSeiv f3ov\r)(f>6pov avSpa, 
 cl> \aoi r 7riT6Tpd<f)aTai KOI Tocro-a {ie/jL7)\ev. 
 vvv $ IfjieOev fu^e? WKO,' Ato? Be rot, ayye\os 
 09 (rev avevOev ewv fjueya KijSerat njS' e\ealpi. 
 e/ce\eve Kczprj KOJJLOWVTCLS 'A^aiot? 
 iy' vvv yap /cev e\o/9 iroKiv evpvdyuiav 
 
 ov y(ip T 
 
 dddvaroi (f>pdovrai' eTreyva/jL^ev yap a 
 "H/37; \i<T(io^kvri, Tpa>e(T(ri, Be 
 K Ai09. o\\d ad o-fjo-iv e%e (f>pe<riv.' 0)9 o 76 
 a7ro7rra/zei/69, e/jue Be y\v/cv$ virvot dvfj/cev. 
 dyer, at /cev ?raJ9 6copTJo/j,ev vlas ^ 
 * eyra enreaiv Treiptja-o/Jiai, f) ^e/xi 
 teal (frevyeiv vv vrjval TTO\VK\IJLO-(, Ke\evo-(i)' 
 rftet9 B' d\\odev aXXo9 eprjTvav eTreeaaiv" 75 
 
 rj TOI o y W9 eiTrwv tear ap* efero, Toldi B* 
 Ne(7T&)/3, 09 pa HvXoto dva% r\v rjfJLaOoevro^' 
 o (7(f>iv eixfipovewv dyopYjaaTO KOI fJLereenrev 
 " cS <f)t\ot, 'Apyefov iiyr)Topes rjBe /jbeBovres, 
 el fJLev r^9 TOV oveipov 'A^atcG^ X\o9 evicnrev, 
 tyevBos Kev (f>a?fjLev /cal voa(j)ioljj,e0a /laXXoi^* 
 vvv Be iB' 09 pey apiaro? 'A^aiM ev^erai elvai. 
 aXX ayer , et Kev ?ra)9 6copyj^op,ev via? ' 
 W9 apa 
 
ILIAD II. 49 
 
 Beside the ship of Nestor Pylian king, 
 
 Council of high-souled elders ; and to these 
 
 When met he opened thus his counsel shrewd : 
 
 "Hear me, my friends. In night's ambrosial calm 
 
 But now the Dream-god sought me as I slept. 
 
 The guise of godlike Nestor he did wear 
 
 Exact to view, in stature, form, and face : 
 
 And o'er my head he stood, and thus he spake : 
 
 'Ho! sleep'st thou, son of Atreus valiant knight? 
 
 To sleep all night fits not the counsellor, 
 
 Who holds such hosts in charge, such various care. 
 
 Now mark me quickly : sent I am of Zeus, 
 
 Who from afar guards well and pities thee. 
 
 The flowing-haired Achaians he bids arm, 
 
 In hottest haste : for ample-streeted Troy 
 
 Now mayst thou take: no more two minds divide 
 
 The immortal holders of Olympian halls ; 
 
 For Here* by her prayers hath bent them all, 
 
 And sorrows overhang the sons of Troy 
 
 From Zeus. Lay this to heart.' These words he spake; 
 
 Took wing, was gone : and sweet sleep set me free. 
 
 Come, arm we, if we may, Achaia's sons. 
 
 But first will I make trial of their mood 
 
 By words (as well I may), and bid them fly 
 
 With many-benched ships : then follow ye, 
 
 One here one there, and speak to stay their haste." 
 
 He spake and sate him down. To them arose 
 Nestor, of sandy Pylos he the king, 
 Who now right wisely mid their council spake: 
 "Friends, kings and captains of our Argive host, 
 This dream had other of the Achaians told, 
 False might we deem it, and hold back the more. 
 But now the seer of the dream is he 
 Who claims among our host the chiefest place. 
 Then arm we, if we may, Achaia's sons." 
 
 He spake, and from the council led the way. 
 
 G. H. 4 
 
50 IAIAAO2 B. 
 
 ot 8' eTravea-Trjo-av ireiOovro re TroipevL \awv 85 
 
 o-K7)7rrov^oL /BacriXfjes. eTrevo-evovTO Be \aoL 
 
 rjvre e9vea etcrt iJ,e\icro'du>v dBivdcov 
 Trerprjs etc <y\a(f>vpfjs alel veov ep^o/jLevdcov' 
 fiorpvBov Be Trerovrai, evr' avOeai elapiVot(Ti,v' 
 at fAev T evOa aXt? TreTror^arat, a? Be re ev6a' 90 
 
 co? TWV eOvea 7ro\\d vewv airo teal K\M7i,da)V 
 TJIOVOS TrpOTrdpoiOe ftaOelrj? ecm^owvro 
 i\a$ov et? dyoptjv. yitera Se crfyiai oa era BeSrjet, 
 orpvvova-' levai, Ato? ayyeXds' ot ' dyepovro. 
 TTpr)%ei S' dyopij, VTTO Se crre^a^tfero 7<zta 95 
 
 \aoov I^OVTCOV, o/zaSo? 8' ^7^. evvea 8e o-^ea? 
 /3ooo)yre9 eprjrvov, el TTOT dirrfjs 
 d/covcreiav $e SLorpetyew 
 
 <r7rov&f] 8' efero Xao?, eprjrvOev Se 
 
 K\ayyf)s. dvd Se /cpeicov ' AyafJuefJLvwv 
 
 TO 
 
 avrdp dpa Zet)? SaJ/ce Sia/cropa d 
 8e ai/a Sw/cev Tle\07rt 
 
 avrdp o avre 
 
 Owtja/ccov e\L7rev 7ro\vapvi 
 avrdp o avT uecrr' ' hs^a^k^vovi XetTre 
 TroXkyaiv vqaoiai K.al "Apyei" Travrl dvdcrcreiv. 
 TO. o 7' epeicrdfjievos evre' 'Apyeloicri fier^v^a' 
 " <f>i\ot, ^pa)69 Aai/aot, Oepdirovres "Aprjos, no 
 
 Zeu? //-e /ieya KpovlBrjs arrj eve^Tjcre /Sapelrj, 
 
 o? ?rpti/ /Aei' /iot L'Trecr^ero /cal Karevevaev 
 
 evrefyeov dTroveeaOai, 
 vvv Be Ka/crjv aTrdrijv 0ov\evcraTO, /cat, fie fce\evei 
 
 "Ap709 i/ceo-Oai,, eVet TTO\VV ct'Xeo-a XaoV. 115 
 
ILIAD II. 51 
 
 Rose after him, obedient to their lord 
 
 The people's shepherd, all the sceptred kings; 
 
 While all around the troops were thronging fast. 
 
 As swarm the nations of the honey-bees 
 From hollow rock forth-pouring ever new, 
 And fly grape-clustered round the flowers of spring, 
 Wide-spread in flight but numerous everywhere; 
 So from the ships and tents their nations poured 
 A countless swarm along the sandy beach, 
 As troop on troop toward the assembly filed. 
 Among them Rumour blazed and urged them on, 
 The messenger of Zeus ; they mustered still 
 With mingled uproar. Groaned the earth beneath, 
 As down their thousands sate ; and great the din. 
 And these nine heralds shouting strove to stay 
 That they at length should cease their clamorous noise 
 And lend to Zeus-born kings attentive ear. 
 
 With much ado they sate, and in their seats 
 Were stayed, all clamour hushed. And now uprose 
 King Agamemnon: in his hand he grasped 
 A sceptre by the smith Hephaestus wrought : 
 Who gave it to Zeus Cronides the king, 
 He to the Argus-slaying courier god, 
 King Hermes to steed-lashing Pelops next, 
 Pelops to Atreus shepherd of his folk, 
 He dying to Thyestes rich in flocks; 
 Who left it last to Agamemnon's hand, 
 Lord of all Argos and of many isles. 
 On this he leant, and mid the Argives spake: 
 " Friends, Danaan heroes, Ares' henchmen ye, 
 Zeus Cronides hath bound me, cruel god, 
 Fast to a heavy fate ; whose nod once pledged 
 The sack of well-walled Troy and safe return. 
 Yet meant he but to lure me to my bane: 
 And now the strength of all my armies gone 
 Inglorious bids to Argos take my way. 
 
 42 
 
52 IAIAAOS B. 
 
 ovra) TTOV Ait /zeXXet vTrepjJLevel <f>i\ov elvai, 
 
 09 Sr) 7ro\\a(i)v TToXicov Kare^vae /cdprjva 
 
 7?S' en teal \vcreC rov yap Kpdros ecrrl fj,e<yi<TTOV. 
 
 yap roSe 7' eVrt Kal eao-ofjuevoto-i, 
 ovro) TOiovbe roo-ovSe re \aov ^ 
 
 dvbpdai Travporepoicrt,, reXo? 8' ov TTW rt, Trefy 
 ei 7Tp yap K eOeXoi/juev 'A^atot re Tpewe? re, 
 oprcia Triard ra^ovre^, dpiOfjb^Orj^evai, dfjL(f>a), 
 Tpcoe? IJLCV \eacr0ai, efyecmoi, oacroi eacriv, 
 7;//,et? S' e? Se/cdSa? ^taKOcr^LrjdeifJLev 'A^atot, 
 Tpcocov S' avSpa e/cao-rot eXot/ze#a olvo%oei>6iv, 
 /cei^ Se/caSe? Sevolaro 
 eya> (^rjjjbi 7rA,ea9 
 Tpft)&>i/, o? valovcri Kara TTTO\LV. aX)C eirLicovpoi 130 
 
 7ro\\ea)v K 7ro\LO)v ey^ecr7rd\oL avSpe? eveiai 
 oi fj,e fjieya TrXafoucrt /cat QUA: ettwo-' 0e\ovra 
 "I\t,ov e/CTrepaat,, ev vaio^evov TrroXieQpov. 
 evvia $rj j3ejBdaa-i Ato? fieyaXov eviavrol, 
 Kol ST) Sovpa aecrrjTre vewv KOI airdpra \e\vvTcu, 135 
 at Se irov rj^erepai r d\o%oi, /cal vrjTna, re/cva 
 CUIT* evl fjieydpoL? TroT&eyiievac a^i Se epyov 
 ai/Tft)9 d/cpdavrov, ov efo&ca Sevp* iKo/JLecrda. 
 rtXX* dye@\ W9 av eydo etTra), 7rei0u>fjL60a irdvres. 
 <f>vy(t)fAev uv vrjval (frfarjv 9 TrarpiBa yalav' 140 
 
 ov ydp en, Tpolrjv aiprjcro/jiev evpvdyviav" 
 (W9 (bdro, To2<JL 8e Qvy^ov evl (TTrjOecrcriv 
 iracri fierd 7r\T]6vv, oaoi ov /3ov\fj$ eTrdfcovcrav. 
 KivrjOrj ' dyoprj a59 KV/jbara /j,a/cpd 0a\dcrcrrj<;, 
 TTOVTOV 'I/cap ioio, rd fiev T Eu/309 T6 N6ro9 re 145 
 
 wpop* eVatfa9 Trar/309 Ato9 etc ve<f>e\da)v' 
 
ILIAD II. 53 
 
 So Zeus, methinks, will have it, Zeus the strong, 
 
 Who many cities' heads ere now hath bowed, 
 
 And yet will bow, whose might is over all. 
 
 Else sure 'twere shame for younger times to learn, 
 
 How this Achaian host so great, so fair, 
 
 In vain warred bootless war, fought fruitless fight, 
 
 With fewer foes; and yet no end is seen. 
 
 Fewer for should we, oath and compact made, 
 
 Both Trojans and Achaians count our tale 
 
 (Those Trojans only told whose home is Troy), 
 
 And we Achaians ranged in troops of ten 
 
 One Trojan choose for each to bear the wine, 
 
 'Tis many tens would lack a cupbearer. 
 
 So many fold I say Achaia's sons 
 
 Are of the Trojans true who dwell in Troy. 
 
 But then allies there are from many a town, 
 
 Spear-wielding men, who thwart and baulk my will 
 
 To sack the well-built hold of Ilion. 
 
 And now nine years of mighty Zeus are gone ; 
 
 Ships' timbers now have rotted, ropes are slack; 
 
 While yet our wives, methinks, and little ones 
 
 Sit in our halls and wait us: but the work 
 
 Lags unperformed for which we hither came. 
 
 Then come, obey we all, e'en as I say; 
 
 Take ship and fly to our dear fatherland: 
 
 For never shall we take wide-streeted Troy." 
 
 He spake, and stirred the soul of all the host 
 Who had not heard what he in council spake. 
 Then heaved the assembly, as with long sea waves 
 The Icarian main, by east or south wind stirred 
 Down sweeping from the clouds of Father Zeus. 
 
54 IAIAAOS B. 
 
 W9 S' ore KLvrjarj Tiifyvpos ftaOv \tjiov 
 
 <W9 TWV Trda^ dyoprj Kivij07j. rot S' d\a\ i r)T(p 
 
 eV ecrcrevovro, TTO^WV S' virevepOe KOVLTJ 150 
 
 ' aeipofievrj. rot 8' d\\ri\oicrt, /ce\vov 
 
 VTJGOV ?JS' e\K6fjL6v et? aXa Stay, 
 ovpovs r e^eKaOaipov' diirrj 8' ovpavov Ifcev 
 oifcafte le/JLevooV VTTO & rjpeov epfjuara vr]wv. 
 
 ev6a Kev 'ApyeloLaw VTrep/jiopa yocrro? ervftOrj, 155 
 
 el /J,r) 'A0r)vai7}v "Hprj ?rpo9 
 
 " W TTOTTOt, aljLO^OLO AtO? T6/CO9, d 
 
 ovro) Srj ol/covSe, <j>i\,r]v 9 irarpi^a yalav, 
 
 'Apyeloi (f)evJ;ovTai eV evpea vwra 
 
 tcd Se Kev ei%o)\r)v Hpidfjuq) /cal Tpcocrl XtVotev 160 
 
 'Apyefyv f ^\ev7]v, ^9 ewe/co, 7ro\\ol 'A^ata>i/ 
 
 eV Tpoly aTToXc^ro, ^4X979 a?ro TrarpiSos CUT 
 
 aXX' t^t i/Oi/ /cara Xao^ 'A 
 
 crot9 dyavols eTreecraiv eprjrve (fxara 
 
 ea vfjas aXa8' e\K/j,ev a/A0ieX/crcra9." 165 
 
 >ar', 0^8* aTriOrjae 6ea <y\avKa>7ri 
 ' Qv\v/JL7roio /capijvcov dt^aaa, 
 ' T/caz/e ^oa9 eVt z/j5a9 'A^ 
 evpev eTreiT 'OSvcrrja Au /jufJTiv drdXavrov 
 
 ' ov& o <ye 1/7709 ^VcreX/ioto /jLeXatvijs 170 
 
 ', eTret /^iy a%09 KpaSlrjv KOL OvfJLOv ifcavev. 
 
 fjievr) 7rpocre<j>7] 
 es AaepTidBr], TroKv 
 ovrco Srj ol/coi/Se, <j)L\r)v 9 TrarplSa yalav, 
 (f>ev^ea0 y ev vrjeaai TroXv/chrjiai Trecrovres, 175 
 
 /ca8 Se /cev ev%co\r)V Tlpidfjia) KCU Tpaxrt \tarovn 
 'Apyelrjv 'EiXevrjv, ^9 e'lveKO, TroXXol ' 
 
ILIAD II. 55 
 
 And as the tall corn heaves by west wind caught 
 Gusty and fierce, and bends with all its ears, 
 So heaved their whole assembly. They with shout 
 Pressed to the ships; upraised beneath their feet 
 The dust-cloud hung. Now bid they each his mate 
 To seize the ships and drag them to the sea: 
 Now clear they out the launching-grooves, with cries 
 That reach the welkin in their zeal for home : 
 Now from beneath the ships the props they knock. 
 
 And there the Argives in despite of fate 
 Had turned them homewards, but for Herd's word 
 Who to Athend thus her mind outspake. 
 " O shame ! Thou child of aegis-bearing Zeus, 
 Thou Tameless maid, shall then the Argive host 
 Thus homeward fly to their dear fatherland 
 Across the sea's broad ridges? Will they leave 
 A boast to Priam and, their Trojan foes 
 The Argive Helen, for whose sake at Troy 
 Achaians many far from home have died? 
 Nay, hie thee through the mailed Achaian host, 
 And with thy winning words each man restrain, 
 Nor let them seawards drag their rolling barks." 
 
 She spake. Stern-eyed Athene to the word 
 Not disobedient from Olympus' brow 
 Plunged darting down, and soon in hurrying course 
 To the swift vessels of Achaia came. 
 Odysseus then, in counsel peer of Zeus, 
 She found, where by his dark-hulled benched ship 
 Standing he touched it not for grief of soul. 
 Stern-eyed Athend near him stood and spake: 
 "Zeus-born Laertes' son, of many wiles, 
 Fly ye thus homeward to your fatherland 
 Rushing on board your many-benched ships? 
 And leave to Priam's and the Trojans' boast 
 The Argive Helen, for whose sake at Troy 
 
56 IAIAAO2 B. 
 
 ev Tpoly d7r6\ovro, <f)i\r]<> airo TrarplBos 
 Wi vvv Kara \abv 'A^atcGz/, fjLrjBe T' 
 B 1 dyavois eVeWcrw/ eprjrve <f)wra e/cao-rov, 180 
 
 T ea vrjas aXaS' e\Ke{j,ev ay 
 W9 $dd\ o Be gvverjKe deas oira 
 j3r) Se 6eew, a?ro 3e 'faalvav ySaXe' 
 
 KY)pVJ~ l&VpV/3dT7)S 'lOa/CyO-LOS, O? Ot 
 
 auro9 5' 'ATpet'Seco ' A.ya/JLe/j,vovo<; dvrlos l\0cov 185 
 
 Se'faro o/ aKr/Trrpov Trarpooiov, dcfrOirov alel' 
 crvv TO) e/3?) Kara vrjas ' 
 
 ov rwa fJbev /3acri,\rja /cal e^o-^ov dvSpa 
 rov 8' dyavols eTreecro-Lv eprjrvaao-Ke 
 11 Sai/JLOvi ', ou ere eot/ce tca/cbv 0)9 SetSta-crecr^at, 190 
 
 re /cddrjao /cal 
 7T&) o-d(f)a oZ<70' 0^0 
 
 vvv fjiev Treipdrai, rd%a 8' fyerat, via? ' 
 ev /3ov\f) S' ov Trdvres d/covcrafiev olov eeiirev. 
 M TL f X,o\wad^evo^ pe%rj /catcov vlas 'A^aiwv. 195 
 
 'Ov/jLos Be (j,eyas earl Siorpe(f)eos ^acrt'X.rjo^, 
 rifjurj S' eic A^09 eo-Tt,, (f)i\ei Be e /JLTjTiera 
 ov 6' av Bijfiov dvBpa tBvi, fioocovrd r 
 rbv o-fcrjTTTpa) e\,do-ao-fcev ofioK\ria-acrKe re 
 " BaipovS, arpe/za9 ^cro /cat d\\cov pvOov dicove, 
 01 aeo (feeprepoi, elaL' av B' a7rroX6^o9 ical dva\Ki<;, 
 ovre TTOT ev TroXeyLtw evapiOpios OVT evl /3ov\fj. 
 ov fj,ev 7ra)9 Trdvres ^aaiX-evcro^ev evddS' ' 
 OVK dyadov Tro\VKOipavir)' et9 Koipavos 
 
 u9, &> eBco/ce Kpovov irdl^ dyKV\ofjLTJreco 205 
 T tfBe QefjLLCTTas, Lva o-fyia-iv e/jif3ao-i\ev7]" 
 W9 o ye Koipavewv BieTre o-rparov' ot S' djoprjvBe 
 avns eTreacrevovTO vewv diro tcai K\icridtov 
 
ILIAD II. 57 
 
 Achaians many far from home have died? 
 Nay hie, thee through the host and tarry not, 
 And with thy winning words each man restrain, 
 Nor let them seawards drag their rolling barks." 
 
 She spake. He knew the goddess by her voice; 
 Started to run, a"nd from him cast his cloak : 
 And this Eurybates of Ithaca 
 Received, a herald and his follower. 
 But he to Agamemnon's presence came, 
 And from the hand of Atreus' son received 
 The sceptre, deathless heirloom of the house ; 
 And with it sought the mailed Achaians' ships. 
 
 /What king soe'er he met or man of mark, 
 Him stood he near, and stayed with winning words : 
 "Dear friend, it is not seemly thee with threats 
 To quell, as some mean coward. Yet thyself 
 Sit down, and bid the other troops be set. 
 Thou know'st not truly yet Atrides' mind. 
 He tries you now, but soon will punish sore 
 Achaia's sons. What he in council said 
 We heard not all. Then heed we, lest enraged 
 He work the Achaians woe. Great is the wrath 
 Of Zeus-born kings : whose right divine from Zeus 
 Doth spring, and Zeus all-wise doth love his own." 
 
 But saw he common man or clamorous found, 
 With sceptre smote he such, and roundly chid: 
 "Friend, sit thou still, and hear while others speak, 
 Thy betters : thou, a weak unwarlike wight, 
 Art reckoned nought in council as in fray. 
 All we Achaians cannot here be kings. 
 Not good divided sovereignty Let one 
 Be sovereign, one be king, on whom the son 
 Of crooked-counselled Cronos hath bestowed 
 Sceptre and laws, amid his folk to reign." 
 
 Thus ordered he the host with kingly care: 
 Who toward the assembly from the ships and tents 
 
58 IAIAAO2 B. 
 
 7rd\v(f)\oicr{3oi,o 
 
 alyia\q) fj,eyd\y /BpepeTai, a/j,apayi Be re TT 
 ew p e^ovTo, eprjrvOev 8e 
 8' eru [JLOVVOS djj,6Tpoe7rr)s e/ 
 09 67rea (frpeal fjcriv d/coafjid re 7ro\\d re ^7877, 
 
 drdp ov Kara Koa^ov epi^e/jievai, ySacrtXeOfrtz/, 
 * ort ot elaairo r ye\oliov ' KpyeLouriv 215 
 
 e ai/?)p WTTO "IXoz> rj\6ev. 
 o9 8' erepov TroBa' rtw 8e ot 
 , eVt o-rr)6os avvo^cDKore' avrdp virepOev 
 
 rjv 778' ' 
 
 rco fya/3 veiKeeaice. TOT avT 
 ofea Ke/c'X.rjycti^ \ey ove&ea. rep 8' ap' ' 
 K7rdy\a)s KOTCOVTO, ve/jLecrarjOev T' ez/l 
 avTap o /Jia/cpd ftowv ' Aya/jLe/jLvova velrcee pv 
 
 eo 8' aur' e7rt/Lte/i(/)eafc 7)8e ^artfet9 ; 225 
 
 TOL xakrcov K\iGiai y vroXXat 8e yvval/ces 
 elvlv evl /cXicrtry9 e^aiperoi, 9 rot 'A^atot 
 
 ITpCOTLCTTW &i$0/jLV, 6UT* ai^ 7TTO\le0pOV \(i)fJLV. 
 
 TI GTI KOI xpvaov eTrtSeyeat, 01^ /ce rt9 
 
 TpCOCOV iTTTToBd/jLOW ef 'IXtOU, ft09 CLTTOLVa, 
 
 ov /eez> 70) 8^<ra9 dydjco rj 
 
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 ov/cer 
 
ILIAD II. 59 
 
 Rushed back, with noise, as when the sounding sea 
 Upon a mighty beach the billow hurls 
 With crash of many waters echoing round. 
 
 Then sate the rest, and in their seats were stayed. 
 But still Thersites clamoured, only he, 
 Unruly-tongued. Unseemly words in store 
 He knew, to rail at kings in random wise 
 Disorderly, still uttering what he deemed 
 Among the Argives like to raise a laugh, 
 /^ncomeliest he of all to Ilion came. 
 Bandy his legs, lame of one foot was he : 
 His shoulders humped bent inwards toward his breast : 
 Above his head rose peaked, and thereon 
 Bristled a scanty crop of stubbly hair. 
 He to Achilleus and Odysseus most 
 Was hateful, whom he aye abused: but now 
 At godlike Agamemnon shrieked he out 
 Sharp-toned reproach. With whom indignant chafed 
 The Achaians wroth at heart ; but he his voice 
 Raised high, and Agamemnon thus he chid: 
 "What now, Atrides, blamest thou or lack'st? 
 With brass -thy tents are stored, and women- slaves 
 Full many are therein, a chosen spoil, 
 Whom we the Achaian host to thee have given 
 Before all others from each captured town.^ 
 Or art thou further covetous for gold, 
 That some steed-taming Trojan wight may bear 
 From Ilion, to redeem a son, whom I 
 Or some Achaian else have captive bound? 
 Or seek'st thou damsel fair to share thy bed, 
 Whom thou apart and for thyself wilt hold? 
 It fits thee not, a ruler as thou art, 
 In evil thus to plunge Achaia's sons. 
 Soft fools! disgrace! Achaian women sure, 
 
60 IAIAA02 B. 
 
 oifcaSe Trep avv vrjvo-l vea>/Jie8a, rovbe 8' edo/ 
 avrov evl Tpolrj ye pa 7re<rcreyu,ez/, o<f>pa to'rjTai, 
 ij pa rl ol %^yLtet9 Trpoora^vvo^ev %e real ov/ci. 
 o? fcal vvv 'A^tX^a, eo pey d/juelvova <f>a>Ta, 
 
 \,(0v yap e^et yepas, auro? aTrovpas. 240 
 
 OVK 'A^iX-^ p^oXo? <f>pecriv, d\\a 
 yap av, 'ArpetS^, vvv varara 
 &)9 ^>aro vei/celwv ' Ayajjuepvov 
 
 ro3 S' WACO. TrapLararo Sto? ' 
 
 vTroSpa l$wv ^aXeTrw ^vLiraire /jLv6q>' 245 
 
 ' aKpirofJuvde, \iyvs Trep ecov dyopijTr)? 
 tcr^eo, /XT/8' e^eX' olo? epL^epevat, Paa-Ckevcnv. 
 ov yap eyto treo (frrjfju ^epecorepov /Bporov a\\ov 
 e^evat,, OCTO-QL ap 'Arpet%9 VTTO "TXtoi/ rj\9ov. 
 TO) ou/c av ySacrtX^a? am cnofi e%cov dyopevois, 250 
 
 /cat cr^tz^ oveiSed re Trpofyepow, vocrrov re <^v\dcra-ot>^. 
 ovBe rl 7TO) crd(f)a iS/jLev OTTO)? ecrrai rdSe epya, 
 r) ev rje /ca/ccS? vocrTrjcrofJLev ute? 'A^atcSz/. 
 ro3 i/u^ 'ArpetSr) *Aya/JLe(JLvovi, Troijj.evt, Xacoz/, 
 ^aat 6v6t,8ia)Vy on ol jj,d\a vroXXa St8o)crtz/ 255 
 
 Aai^aot* crv Se Keprofjbetov dyopevew. 
 e/c rot epeco, TO 8e /cat reTe\ecrfjLevov 
 el K TL cr dcfrpaivovra Ki^ao^ai 9 z^y 
 
 eireLT 'OSvarji /cdprj wpoicnv eTreirj, 
 ert Trj\fjLa^oio Trarrjp /ceK\r)/jLevo^ elrjv, 260 
 
 i yu,^ eya> &e \aftwv airo (J>ev <f)l\a et/xara Bvaco, 
 y\aivav r' 77^6 ^trcoz/a, ra T' 
 
ILIAD If. 6 1 
 
 Achaian men no more ! let's e'en aboard 
 
 And hie us home; but leave him here in Troy 
 
 To chew his cud of honours as he may : 
 
 That he may see whether we too avail 
 
 To help him somewhat, or are nothing worth. 
 
 He e'en but now Achilleus, than himself 
 
 A better far, dishonoured; for he took 
 
 By open robbery and holds his prize. 
 
 In sooth Achilleus is not choleric, 
 
 But a good easy man : this insult else, 
 
 O son of Atreus, surely were thy last." 
 
 So spake Thersites, pouring foul abuse 
 On Agamemnon, shepherd of his folk. 
 But in a moment darting to his side 
 Godlike Odysseus stood, and with stern glance 
 Eyed him, and thus rebuked with words severe : 
 "Thersites, reckless babbler, tho' thou be 
 Clear-voiced in speech, restrain thee, nor be bold 
 Alone to rail against thy sovereign lords. 
 For worse than thee I deem not one of all 
 Who with the Atridae came to Ilion. 
 Wherefore take not kings' names upon thy lips, 
 Nor scoff at them, nor look to our return. 
 We know not yet aright how this shall be, 
 Or good or ill, if we Achaia's sons 
 Essay return. And dost thou sit and rail 
 At Agamemnon, shepherd of our folk, 
 The son of Atreus, speaking bitter words, 
 Because the Danaan heroes give him much? 
 But out I tell thee what shall e'en be done. 
 Thee should I find again thus fooling it, 
 May I Odysseus here no longer bear 
 My head upon my shoulders, nor be called 
 The father of my son Telemachus, 
 If straight I take thee not, strip off thy clothes, 
 Cloak, doublet, girdle, all that wraps thy loins, 
 
62 IAIAAO2 B. 
 
 avrov Be K\aiovra 0ods eVl 1/770,9 a 
 TreTrX^-y&W dyoprjdev deucea-cnv 
 
 0)9 dp* (f>rj, crKTJTrrpa) Be /jierd<f)pevov tfBe KOI wfjuco 265 
 7T\rjt;ev' o 8' IBvcoOrj, 6a\epov Be ol e/c<j)vye Sd/cpv. 
 <Tfiwi% 8* ai/jLdToeo'O'a ^era^pevov e^vTraveo-ri] 
 
 <TKrJ7TTpOV V7TO ^pV(T60V. O 8' dp' %6TO Tap^7)(7eV T6, 
 
 dXyrjcras 8\ d^pelov IScov, aTrofjLop^aro Sd/cpv. 
 01 Be KCLI dxyv/jievol irep eV auro5 rf$v ye\a(rcrav. 270 
 Be rt? eLTrecrKe IBcov e? 7r\7jcrlov a\\ov' 
 TTOTTOt, TI Brj fJivpC 'OSucTcrei)? O"0\d 0pyev 
 
 r edp%a)V dyaBds Tr6\epov re Kopvaawv 
 vvv Be roBe //.e/ dpLcrrov eV 'Xpyeioiaiv epe^ev, 
 C9 rbv \ay^7jrrjpa e7reo-/36\ov eo"% dyopd&v. 275 
 
 ov 6r\v IJLIV TraXiv avns dvrjcei Ovpbs dyrjvwp 
 veiiceieiv ffao-iXrjas oveiBeiois eireeora-iv" \^ 
 
 a;? faia-av rj 7r\r)0vs, dvd Be TrroXiTropOos 'OBvcr&evs 
 crfcfJTTTpov !%&>!>. Trapd Be y\av/ca)7ris 'AOrjvrj, 
 
 Kijpvtci, aicoTrav \aov dvcoyei,, 280 
 
 o5? afjua ff* ol TrpwTol re KOI \HTTCLTOI vies ' ' \^yai&v 
 /jt,v0ov aKovaeiav KOI eTTifypaa-craiaTo /3ov\ijv. 
 o o-fyiv ei>(j)pove(i)v dyoprjaaro KOI [jLeTeenrev' 
 " 'ATpeiBrj, vvv Bij <76, dva, eOeXovaiv 'A^atot 
 iracnv e\ey^iarTOv Befjuevai /jLepoTreo-ai PpoToiaiv, 285 
 
 ovBe rot e/creXeovcriv VTroo-^ecnv tfv irep VTrecrrav 
 evOdB 1 en crrei^ovTes air "Apyeos ITTTTO^OTOIO, 
 *I\iov eKTrepdavr evTefyeov aTroveeaOai' 
 a)9 re yap 77 TratSe? veapol xqpai re yvvai/ces 
 d\\ij\oia'iv oBvpovrai, ol/covBe veecrdai. 290 
 
 ri fj,7jv Kal TTOVOS earlv dvnyOevra veecrOai,' 
 Kal yap Tt? 0' eva fjirjva /juevcov diro 
 do"%a\da crvv vrjl TroXv^vyw, ov irep 
 
ILIAD IL 63 
 
 And to the swift ships send thee weeping sore, 
 Scourged from the assembly with unseemly blows." 
 He spake : and with the sceptre smote his back 
 And shoulders twain ; he bending winced, and let 
 The warm tear fall : a bloody weal rose up 
 Beneath the golden sceptre on his back. 
 Down sate he sore afraid ; and smarting yet 
 With helpless foolish look his tears he dried. 
 At whom the rest though grieved laughed cheerily, 
 And each his neighbour eyeing thus they spake : 
 " O marvel strange ! unnumbered noble works 
 Odysseus still hath wrought, in counsels good 
 A leader, and a marshaller of war. 
 But now of all his deeds he doth the best 
 Among the Argives, who hath checked the speech 
 Of this word-scattering and presumptuous fool. 
 
 Him sure his prideful soul no more will prompt 
 To rail at royalty with taunting words." 
 So spake the people. Then Odysseus rose, 
 
 Spoiler of cities, sceptre still in hand : 
 
 By whom stern-eyed Athene" in the guise 
 
 Of herald stood and bade the host be still, 
 
 That far and near alike Achaia's sons 
 
 Might hear his words and mark his counsel well. 
 
 He now right wisely mid the people spake : 
 /"My lord Atrides, thee the Achaians now 
 
 Are fain to make a byword and a shame 
 
 To all the tongues and tribes of mortal men. 
 
 Nor keep they good their word, which erst they pledged 
 
 While hither bent from Argos' horse-cropt plain, 
 
 Ne'er to return till well-walled I lion fell. 
 
 For as young children, or as widowed wives, 
 
 Among themselves they murmur of return. 
 
 'Tis true our toil might warrant homesick pain : 
 
 For, bide he one short month from wife and home, 
 
 The seaman frets in many-benched ship, 
 
64 IAIAAO2 B. 
 
 eiXecoffiv opivo^evrj re Oakaacra' 
 ' elVaro? ecm TrepirpOTrecov eviavros 295 
 
 TecrcrL TO> 01) i>e/-tecrtb//.' ' 
 do")(a\dav Trapd vi}v<n, Kopcovto-iv. aXXa /ecu 
 
 TOL Brjpov re fievew Keveov re veecrOai. 
 
 teal ^eivar eVl %povov, o(f>pa 
 ^ ereov KaX^a? navreverai rje Kal ovtci. 300 
 
 eu 7p 87) roSe tSyLtez^ eVt (f>pecrlv, (eVre Se Trdvres 
 
 ,) 01)9 ^ /crjpes e/Bav davdroto fyepovcrai 
 re /cal Trpcol^) or' e? AuXt'Sa 1/776? ' 
 TJyepeOovro /cared JIptayLtw /cal Tpwcrl 
 T^efc S' dp$L7repl Kprjvrjv iepovs Kara /Sw/Ltou? 305 
 
 epSo/j,ev dOavdroKTi rekfjeao-a 
 /ca\rj VTTO ir\aravLo"T(jL), f b6ev peev 
 ev&' e(f)dv7) fjueya o-rj/jia' Spa/cow errl vwra 
 rov p auro? 'OXv/^Trio? 77 /ce < 
 ^as vrpo? pa TrXardvicrrov opovaev. 310 
 
 S' ecraz/ arpovOolo veocrcroi, vrJTTia re/cva, 
 of&> 7r' d/cpoTara), Trera'Xoi? vTTOTreTrT^cSre?, 
 6/cTO)' drdp /j[>iJTr)p evaTT) r\v, fj re/ce re/cva. 
 ev0* o <ye TO?)? eXee^a KaTrjaOue TeTpiywras. 
 
 8' d^eTrordro oSvpofMevrj (f>i\a re/cva' 315 
 
 eXeXt^a/zei/o? irrepvyos \dftev dpfyiayyiciv. 
 avrdp eVel /cara re/cva <f)dye crrpovdolo Kal avrrjv, 
 TOV fjbev dp^ij\ov OrJKev 6eb<s 05 irep e 
 \dav <ydp piv eOrjKe Kpoi/ou 
 ?7//,et9 S' ecrraoT9 6avfj,dofjt,ev olov Irv^Orj. 320 
 
 0)9 ouv Setra TreXewpa ^eo5i/ ei<Trj\ff eKaro/JLftas' 
 avriK eTreira OeoTTpoTrecov dyopevev' 
 dveco eyevecrQe, Kaprj KO/JLOCOVTCS ' 
 pev roS' efave Tepas fj,eya /jurjnera 
 
ILIAD II. 65 
 
 Stayed by the wintry storms and surging sea : 
 And nine revolving years we now have spent 
 Abiding here. I blame not then the host 
 Who by the beaked ships impatient fret. 
 Eut } spite of all our ills, 'twere surely shame 
 To bide so long and empty then return. 
 Nay, courage, friends ! and stay awhile, to learn 
 If Calchas prophesy aright or no. 
 For this we know full well (whereof ye all 
 Are witnesses, whome'er the Fates of death 
 Or yesterday or earlier did not take) 
 How when Achaia's ships at Aulis met 
 Freighted with bane to Priam and to Troy, 
 we were slaying round about the well 
 On holy altars to the immortal gods 
 Full hecatombs beneath the plane-tree fair 
 Whence flowed the sparkling water how a sign, 
 A mighty sign, appeared : with blood-red back 
 A serpent terrible, whom to the light 
 The Olympian sire himself had sent, flashed forth 
 From the altar foot and toward the plane-tree sped. 
 There were a sparrow's young, her infant brood, 
 On topmost bough, close-couched beneath the leaves, 
 Eight, and the ninth the mother of the nest ; 
 These, chirping piteously, he ate, but she 
 The mother, fluttering near, her dear ones mourned. 
 Then writhing up he seized her by the wing 
 As shrieking round she flew. But when the brood 
 And sparrow he had eaten, of the sign 
 The god who sent it left a record plain, 
 For crooked-counselled Cronos' son to stone 
 Turned him. We stood and marvelled at the deed. 
 Amid our hecatombs such portents came. 
 Then straightway Calchas spake the will of heaven : 
 'Why are ye dumb, Achaians flowing-haired? 
 To us wise-counselled Zeus this marvel sends 
 
 G. H. 5 
 
66 IAIAA02 B. 
 
 6tytre\ecrrov, oov /cXeo? ov rror o\elrcu. 325 
 
 &$9 ovros Kara reicva <f)dye crrpovOolo KOI avrrjv, 
 OKTOO, drdp i^rjr^p evdrrj TJV f) re/ce reKva, 
 <W9 tffjiels rocraavra erea TroXe/ufo/iez; avdi, 
 TO) Searft) e TTO\IV alpyjao/jiev evpvdyviav.' 
 
 TCW? dyopeve' rd Srj vvv TTCLVTCL reXetrat. 330 
 
 ' aye fiijjbvere Trdvres, 
 o /ce acrru /Ae7 
 <t>a,T, 'Apyeloi Se /J.ey layov d/jnf)l Se vfje? 
 
 Kovd^a-av avaavTtov VTT ^A^aLwv 
 fj,v0ov eTraLvrja-avres 'QSvcro-rjos 6eioio. 335 
 
 roicri Se /cat fiereeiTre Teprjvio? iTrirora Necrrco/a' 
 " w TroTrot, 17 ST) Traial eoL/core^ dryopdaaOe 
 V7)7n,d%oi$, ot9 ov TI /j,e\i 7TO\fj,Tjui epja. 
 jrfj Brj avvOeaiai re Kal op/cia ^aerai r^iiv ; 
 eV irvpl Brj {3ov\ai re yevoiaro fjirjSed r dv&pwv 340 
 
 l r d/cprjroi, Kal Serial, ^9 7re7ri@fiev. 
 jdp eTreecra epiSalvo/jiev, ovSe ri ^77^09 
 evpefievai BwdfjieaOa, TTO\VV ^povov ev6d$ eovres. 
 
 v S' e6\ &)9 rrpLv, e-)(wv do-re/j,(f)ea (Bovkrjv 
 'Apyeioicri, /card Kparepds vcTfjiivas, 345 
 
 roucrSe 8' ea $>Qivv6eiv, eva Kal Svo, roL Kev 'A^a<c5i/ 
 v6o-<f)iv {3ov\evc0cr (avvo-is S' OVK eaaerai avroov) 
 rrplv "Apyocrft Ikvai rrp\v Kal Ato9 alyio^oio 
 
 rj re TfrevSos UTroV^eo-t9 ye Kal OVKL 
 u ydp ovv Karavevcrai vTrepuevea TLpoviwva 350 
 
 r&>, ore vrjvalv ev Go/cvTropoiaw eftaivov 
 \\pyeioi, Tpcueo'cn (f)6vov Kal Krjpa (frepovres, 
 dtfrpdrrrwv eirtBejp, evaiaifJM o-rjuara fyalvcov. 
 ra) fJLij Ti9 rrplv erreiyecrQco olKOvBe veeaOai 
 rrpiv riva Trap Tpcocov aXo^w KaraKOt,/ji7]6f]vai, 355 
 
ILIAD II. 67 
 
 Late coming, late fulfilled, yet whose renown 
 Shall never perish. As this snake devoured 
 The nestlings of the sparrow, and herself 
 Eight, and the ninth the mother of the brood 
 So shall we here for nine years wage a war, 
 And in the tenth take ample-streeted Troy.' 
 So spake he : and his words have now their end. 
 Then bide ye here, well-greaved Achaians all, 
 Till Priam's mighty citadel we win." 
 
 He spake. Loud roared the Argives, and around 
 The ships rebellowed to the Achaians' shout : 
 Godlike Odysseus' words such welcome met. 
 Then mid them Nestor spake, Gerenian knight : 
 " Strange ! how in very sooth like boys ye talk, 
 Mere babes, that know not aught of works of war ! 
 Where now will end our covenants? where our oaths? 
 Cast to the fire our counsels, manly plans, 
 Libations pure, and firm hand-plighted troth. 
 Since, idly wrangling thus in words, in deed 
 No help we find, though here we long have been. 
 Nay, son of Atreus, hold thou still, as erst, 
 Unshaken counsel, and through stubborn fight 
 Lead on the Argives. And let these begone 
 Accurst, these one or two, who now apart 
 Sev'ring their counsels from the common cause 
 (Counsels that shall not end in act), would go 
 Homeward to Argos ere the word be proved 
 Of aegis-bearing Zeus, if false or true. 
 For we, I say, had strong Cronion's pledge, 
 Upon that day when to the swift-borne ships 
 The Argives clomb, with death and doom to Troy : 
 Who flashed from right to left the auspicious sign. 
 Wherefore let no man haste to hie him home 
 Till to his bed some Trojan wife he win, 
 
68 IAIAAO2 B. 
 
 rco-acrOai 8' 'EXeu?;? opfjirj^ard re aTOvayas re. 
 el Se rt9 e/C7TQ7Xa>9 e#eXet oltcovbe veecrOai, 
 
 779 z>?709 evcraeXfioio fieXaivrjs, 
 TrpocrO* a\\(Dv Odvarov KOI TTOT/IO^ evltrvy. 
 d\\d aval; auro? T' eu /x^Seo TrelOeo r a\\(o' 360 
 
 ou rot, aTToffKijTOV evro? eaaerai, OTTL tee 
 Kplv avbpas Kara $>v\a, Kara 
 
 el 8e /cei/ W9 6/9^779 /ca/ rot TreiOwvTat, ' 
 
 yvoHTeai e r jrei0 > 09 ^' rjyefJLOvwv Karco^ 09 re i/u \awv, 365 
 
 778' 09 /c' ecr^Xo9 e^crt' /cara cr^>ea9 
 
 yvuxreat 8' r; /cat QeeTreaLr) TTO\LV OVK 
 
 77 dvSpwv /ca/coTTjTt, fcal d(j)pa$lr) Tr 
 
 roz^ 8' dTra/JLei/SofJievos Trpocrefprj /cpelcov ' 
 "77 /I-T}!/ a^r' dyopfj vitcas, yepov, vlas 'A^atwz/. 370 
 
 at 7a/3, Zei) re Trdrep /cat 'A07)vaLi] /cat 
 TOLOVTOL 8e/ca /-tot o-vfJbcj)pdSfJLOves elev ' 
 roJ /ee T^' rn^vaeie 7roXt9 IIp/ayLtoto 
 ^epalv v$> rjfjLereprjo-i, d\ovcrd re TrepOofievrj re. 
 aXXa /Ltot alylo^o^ Kpovi&rjs Zeu9 0X76' ebco/cev, 375 
 
 09 /^e /ier* dTrprjKTOvs epiSas /cat vei/cea /SaXXet. 
 /tat 7a/> 7&)z/ 'A^tXe^ re /za^cra/z-e^' en e/ca 
 
 et 8e TTOT' 69 76 yu-tay fiov\evcrofj,ev, oviceT eTretra 
 Tpaxrlv dvd/3\r)(Tis fca/cov eaarerai, or8' r)ftaiov. 380 
 
 ev fiev Tt9 So'pu Orj^daOco^ ev 8' dcnriSa 
 
 ev e Tt9 
 
 ev 8e Tt9 o 
 
 SOT&) 
 
 9 Are Travrj/jLepioi, arvyepm tcpivw/jLeO' *Apr)i. 385 
 
 v 70/3 7ravo-(i)\r) ye yLtereo-crerat, ouS' 
 
ILIAD II. 69 
 
 Avenging Helen's wrongful rape and groans. 
 
 But whoso longs thus sore to hie him home, 
 
 Let him upon his benched ship lay hand, 
 
 To meet an earlier death and earlier doom. 
 
 But thou, my liege, lay thine own counsel well, 
 
 And yet withal hear others : what I speak 
 
 Is not a word to cast away in scorn. 
 
 King Agamemnon, range by tribes and clans 
 
 Thy men ; that clan aid clan and tribe aid tribe. \_ 
 
 If thus thou do, and thus thy host obey, 
 
 Thou soon wilt know what chieftain bears him ill, 
 
 Or whoso of the host, and who is brave ; 
 
 For they will fight distinct : and thou wilt know 
 
 If heaven's decree forbid the city's fall, 
 
 Or coward men and ignorance of war." 
 
 Him answering sovereign Agamemnon spake : 
 "Father, in council thou art still the best 
 Of all Achaia's sons. I would O Zeus, 
 Athene" and Apollo ay, I would 
 I had ten counsellors like thee ! Full soon 
 Would royal Priam's city tottering nod 
 
 Beneath our hands taken and desolate. 
 
 But aegis-bearing Zeus, great Cronos' son, 
 
 Hath given me sorrows, who in thwarting strifes 
 
 And quarrels plunges me. For I but now 
 
 Strove with Achilleus for a woman's sake 
 
 In wordy war that I enraged began. 
 
 But should our counsels e'er be one again, 
 
 No longer then, no not for briefest space, 
 
 The Trojans shall delay their evil doom. 
 
 But to your meal, that battle we may join. 
 
 Let each whet well his spear, trim well his shield, 
 
 Let each feed well his coursers fleet of foot, 
 
 Look to his chariot well, with thought of war : 
 
 That we in conflict grim the livelong day 
 
 May try our cause : for respite shall be none 
 
70 IAIAAO2 B. 
 
 el /Z-T) vv% eXOovcra Bia/cpiveei fiievos dvBpwv. 
 
 IBpcDcrei pew rev re\afjua>v d/j,<f)l 
 
 a<T7Tt8o9 d/j,(f)if3poT7]s, 7T6pl 8' 
 
 IBpcoaei, Be rev TTTTTO? evoov dp/jua Tiraivwv. 
 
 ov Be K eywv diravevde /j,d%r)s eOe\ovra vorjcrco 
 
 (jLifJivd^eLV Trapd vrjv&l KopayviaLv, ov ol eVetra 
 
 apKiov eaaelrai (frvyeetv KVVCLS 778' olwvovs" 
 
 (? ecfraT, 'Apyeioi Be pey la-^ov, tw? ore KV/JLO, 
 d/crf) e<j) inlnj\fj, ore Kivrfo-rj NOTO? e\6(tiv, 
 7rpo/3\rJTL (T/coTreXti)' rov S' ov TTore KvjJLaTa \ei7ret 
 TravTol&v dvefjitov, or av ev& 77 ev9a 
 dvcrrdvres 8' opeovro fceSao-Oevres Kara vij 
 
 re icard K\icrlas, /cal belirvov e\ovro. 
 XXft) epe^e 6ev aieiyeverdwv, 
 ev%6fievo<; Odvarov re (frvyelv KOI /JLGO\OV v 
 avrdp o ftovv lepevcre dva% dvSptov ' 
 Trlova TrevraeTrjpov vTrepfJieve'i Kpovlcovt, 
 KLK\r)a'Kev Be yepovras dpio-rrjas Ha,va%cua)v, 
 Necrropa fj,ev irpwriaTa, /cal 'IBo/jievrja dva/cra, 
 avrdp eireir Ataz/re Bvco /cal TvBeos viov, 
 /CTOV B* avr 'QBvo-rja Att fJLrjrw drd\avrov. 
 avrofJ,aTO<; Be ol r)\6e jSorjv dyaOos Mei/eXao?' 
 77877 yap Kara Ovfjbov dBe\<f)e6v cw? eirovelro. 
 fBovv Be TrepiarTja-dv re /cal ov\o%vTa<; dve\ovTO. 
 Toiffiv 8' ev^ofjbevo^ /jLere<f)7j Kpeiwv ' ' AyaiJLe^vwv' 
 " ZeO KvBicrre fjueyicrre, Ke\aive<$>e<s } aldepc valwv, 
 fjurj TTplv eV r}e\iov Bvvai /cal eVt /cve(f>as e\0elv 
 Trpiv fj>e /card TrpTjves /3a\eeiv YIpid/juoLo 
 al0a\6ev, Trprjaai Be Trvpo? BTJIOLO Ovperpa, 
 Be yyrwvci Trepl (rrrjdecro'L Ba'l^ai 
 
ILIAD II. 
 
 No, not for briefest space till night shall come 
 And part the fury of the warriors. 
 Around each breast with sweat shall run the belt 
 That bears the ample shield, around the spear 
 Each hand shall ache, and every steed shall sweat 
 Straining laborious at the burnished car. 
 But whomso by the beaked ships I see 
 Skulking away from fight, it shall not serve 
 To save his carcase from the dogs and birds." 
 
 He spake. Loud roared the Argives, as the surf 
 By south wind stirred roars on a lofty shore, 
 Some jutting rock, where billows never fail 
 Driven on by all the varying winds that blow. 
 Then rose they up, and soon were all astir, 
 Dispersing to their ships, and in their tents 
 The smoking fires they lit, and took their meal. 
 And to the ever-living gods they brought, 
 Each to his own, due offerings, and they prayed 
 Escape from death and from the moil of war. 
 An ox did Agamemnon king of men 
 To strong Cronion slay, fat, five-year-old ; 
 Then called the elder of Achaia's chiefs, 
 Nestor the first, and king Idomeneus, 
 The two Ajaces then, and Tydeus' son, 
 Odysseus sixth, in counsel peer of Zeus. 
 Unbid came Menelaus good in fray, 
 For well he knew at heart his brother's care. 
 Ranged round the ox they raised the barley meal; 
 While mid them sovereign Agamemnon prayed : 
 "O Zeus, most glorious, mightiest, cloud-enwrapt, 
 Who dwellest in the heavens, grant that the sun 
 Set not, nor darkness fall, till I have dashed 
 Down in one headlong ruin Priam's halls 
 All charred and cindered, and with raging fire 
 His portals burned ; till I on Hector's breast 
 Have cleft the shirt rent by my brazen blade : 
 
72 IAIAAO2 B. 
 
 (5 payyaXeov' TroXee? S' dfj.(f> avrov eralpoi 
 
 ev Kovirjcriv oSaj; \aolaro yalav." 
 G09 e(f)a,T\ ouS' apa TTOJ ol eireKpaiaive KpcWa>z/, 
 aXX* o 7' eBe/cro uev ipd, TTOVOV B' a\iacrTov o<j>e\\ev. 420 
 
 avrap eirei p evgavro Kal oi/Xo^ura? TrpoftaXovro, 
 avepvaav pev Trpwra Kal ecr(f>aj;av KOL eBeipav, 
 T' ef irafjiov Kara re Kvlcrrj 
 TTOirjo-avTes, TT' avrwv ft 
 KOI TO. fjiev ap G-^L^rja-iv dtyvXkoicriv Kare/caiov, 425 
 
 <77rXa7^a S' ap* dinrelpavres VTrelpe^ov 'H^aicrroto. 
 avrap eirei Kara fjirjpa tear) /cal cr7r\dy^va Trdcravro, 
 y T apa rd\\a Kal dfJL<^> 6/3e\ol(Tiv eireipav, 
 re 7re/K(/>paSe'&>9, epvcravro re Trdvra. 
 avrdp eVet iravaavro TTOVOV rervKovro re Satra, 430 
 
 Saivvvr, ovbe TL OVJJLOS eSevero Satro? eta-r)?. 
 avrdp eVel Trocrto? Kal eSrjTVOs ef epov ei/ro, 
 rot? apa fivOcov ijpX Tepr^to? iTTTrora Necrrcop* 
 
 ) vvv ravra \ya>/jie0a, /jLrjS* eri ^rjpov 435 
 
 epyov o &rj Oeos 
 
 \abv KrjpvaaovTes dyeipovrcov Kara vfjas, 
 ls 8' dOpoot, wSe Kara crrparov evpvv ' 
 
 , 6(f)pa K Odcraov eyelpo/JLev ogvv "Aprja" 440 
 
 to? e(f>aT, ov&' diriO^o-e aval; dvbpwv ' 
 vKeo-crc \Lyv(f)66yyoi,o'i, Ke\evcrev 
 TroXe/Lto^Se KapTj KO/jLowvras ' 
 01 /J>ev eKTjpvo-o-ov, Tol & tjyelpovTo yLtaX* 
 OL 8' dfjL<f> ^Arpetcova Storpe^ee? ^SacrtX^e? 445 
 
 Ovvov tcplvovres, //.era Se <y\avKU)7ris 'AOijvrj 
 alyiS* e^ova epiri/juov, dyrjpaov ddavdrrjv re, 
 
ILIAD II. 73 
 
 While many comrades headlong in the dust 
 
 Fall round their chief and biting grip the ground." 
 
 He spake : Cronion to his prayer not yet 
 Fulfilment gave. The victim he received, 
 But doomed him heavier load of wretched toil. 
 
 But prayers now done, and strewn the barley meal, 
 First drew they back and gashed the victims' throats, 
 Then flayed them and cut out the thighs, on which 
 Enwrapt in double fat raw meats they placed. 
 And these on leafless splinters burned, then pierced 
 With spits, and o'er the fire the entrails held. 
 Then, when the thighs were burnt, and tasted now 
 The entrails, what remained they sliced up small, 
 Speared on the spits, and roasted all with care, 
 And drew therefrom. But when their toil was done 
 And ready was their meal, then feasted they, 
 Nor stinted was their soul of well-shared cheer. 
 And when desire of meat and drink was stayed, 
 Nestor, Gerenian knight, first took the word : 
 " Most glorious son of Atreus, king of men, 
 Great Agamemnon, let us now no more 
 Talk idly here, nor long delay the work 
 Given in our hands by heaven. Come, let the host 
 Of mailed Achaians by the heralds' cry 
 Be mustered through the ships. We chiefs, who here 
 Are met, throughout the wide Achaian host 
 Will pass, to rouse with speed the furious fight." 
 
 He spake : and Agamemnon king of men 
 Obeyed, and bid the shrill-voiced heralds call 
 The flowing-haired Achaians to the field. 
 The heralds cried : swift came the gathering host. 
 But round Atrides the Zeus-nurtured kings 
 Hasted to range their several troops : and there 
 Stern-eyed Athene with her aegis stood 
 That precious, never-aging, deathless targe, 
 
74 IAIAAO2 B. 
 
 TT?? eicarbv Ovcravoi Tray^pvcreoL 
 
 Trdvres evTrXe/cees, e/caro/z-/5oto? Be e/cacrros. 
 
 <rvv ry nraifydcrcrovcra Bieo-avro \aov ^A^atoov 450 
 
 orpvvovcr levai. ev Be o-Oevo? wp&e e/cdo-ra) 
 
 /capBly d\\7]fcrov 7ro\efAie/jLv ^JSe fjud^ea-Oai. 
 
 Toiai 8' ci<f)ap TroXe/Ltos <y\,v/cl(i)v yever* r) veevdai 
 
 lv vrjvai j\a(f)vpfj(7L (f)l\r)v 9 TrarplBa yalav. 
 
 rfvre Trvp dtSrjXov eTricfaeyei, acnrerov v\r]V 455 
 
 ovpeo? ev fcopvcfrfjs, e/caOev Be re fyaiverai avyrj, 
 
 ep%o/jLVQ)v djro / %O\,KOV OecTTreaioto 
 
 7ra/jL(f)ai>6cocra Bi alOepos ovpavbv l/cev. 
 
 &V B\ &)9 T' opviOwv Trererjvwv eOvea TroXXa, 
 
 rj ypdva)v f) /CVKVCOV BovX^oBelpcov, 460 
 
 ev \eifjLwvi Kavarplov d/jt,(j)l peedpa 
 evda teal evOa TTOTWVTCLI dya\\6/jieva 
 K\ayy)jBov TrpofcaOifyvrtov, afjuapayel Be re 
 d)9 TWV eOvea TroXXa veu>v airo KOI K\i(ridc0v 
 9 ireBtov 7rpo%eovTo ^tcafJbdvBpLov, avrdp VTTO %0(Dv 465 
 (TfjiepBaXeov /covd/3i%e TroB&v GLVTWV re tcai VJHT&V. 
 earav 8' ev Xet/u-oji/t 2 tea /juavB play dvOe/Jboevri 
 fivploi, ocrcra re <f>v\\a KOI dvOea ylyverai Spy. 
 rfvre fJLVidcov dBwdwv eOvea TroXXa, 
 
 ai re /card crraO/jLcv TroLfivijtov 7j\d(TKova-LV 470 
 
 Spy ev elapivf), ore re y\dyos uyyea Bevei, 
 roaaoi, CTTL Tpweaa-i, fcdprj Ko/juocovres 'Ap^atot 
 ev TreS/w icrravro, Biappalaai fie/Jiawres. 
 
 rovs 8', c9 r' aiTToXta vrXare' alycov atTroXot dvBpes 
 pela Bia/cplvcocnv, eirei tee vofjL< fjuyecoo-iv, 475 
 
 0)9 roi)9 tfye/Jioves Bie/cocrfjieov evOa /cai evda 
 * levai, fierd Be Kpeicov 'Aya/jLejj,v(i>v, 
 l Ke(f>a\rjv i/ceXo9 Att repTri/cepavva), 
 
ILIAD II. 75 
 
 Whose hundred tassels wave ablaze with gold, 
 
 Well-twisted all, each worth five score of kine 
 
 Flashing with this she sped her through the host, 
 
 And urged them on : strength in each heart she stirred 
 
 To wage unceasing war, unceasing fight. 
 
 And war they now deemed sweeter than to sail 
 
 In hollow ships to their dear fatherland. 
 
 As wasting fire o'er boundless forest flames 
 On mountain heights, and sheds its gleam afar, 
 So, as they went, from all their radiant mail 
 Through ether heaven-wards flashed a dazzling sheen. 
 
 And as the many tribes of winged fowl, 
 Of wild-geese or of cranes or long-necked swans, 
 In Asian meadow by Cayster's stream 
 Fly here and there in joyous pride of wing, 
 And clamorous light in shifting ranks the mead 
 All stir and chattering ; so from ships and tents 
 Their many nations to Scamander's plain 
 Forth poured. The ground beneath terrific rang 
 Battered by hoof of horse and tramp of men. 
 And in Scamander's flowery mead they stood 
 Countless as leaves and flowers in summer's prime. 
 As swarm the many tribes of thronging flies, 
 That round the cattle-sheds persistent roam 
 In spring-time when the pails with milk are brimmed ; 
 So numerous now against the Trojans stood 
 The flowing-haired Achaians on the plain, 
 All hotly bent to break their foemen's line. 
 
 And these as goatherds lightly part their flocks 
 Tho' wide and in the pasture blent so these 
 Their chieftains ranged, some here some there, for fight. 
 Among them sovereign Agamemnon's self, 
 In eye and head as lightning-loving Zeus, 
 
76 IAIAAO2 B. 
 
 / 
 
 "Apel Be %cov7)v, arepvov Be Hoo-eiBdwvi. 
 
 rjvre /3ovs dye\rj(f)i, pey* efo^o9 eTrXero rrdvrwv 480 
 
 ravpos (o yap re /Soecrcrt perarrpeirei dypo/jbevrjcriv), 
 
 TOIOV dp* 'Arpet'Brjv 0rjtce Zeu9 rjfjLan KeLiw, 
 
 6fC7rp7re ev iroXkoldL teal e^o^ov rjpweaaw. 
 
 eo-Trere vvv pot, MoOcrat, 'OXuyu,7rta Soj/iar' e%ov(rai, 
 (v/jiL<; yap deal eVre Trdpecne re tare re Trdvra, 485 
 
 ridels Be X^o? oZoy a/couo/xei/, ouSe r^ t8/^ez/) 
 oi rtz/e? rjyefjboves kava&v Kal KoLpavoi r\crav. 
 7T\r)6vv 8' OI;AC az^ 670) /JLvdrjcrof^ai 01)8' ovoprivw, 
 01)8' et yu,ot 8e/ca /Ltez^ y\waaai Se/ca Be dTOfJbar elev, 
 (frcovr) 8' dppr)KTos, ^d\Keov Be /JLOI, 17x0/3 eVet??, 490 
 
 et yu.?) 'OXuyLtTT^aSe? MoOcrat, Aio? aiyi6%oio 
 Ovyarepes, fjanjaalaff OCTOL VTTO "I\iov rj\6ov. 
 dp%ovs av vrjatv epea) vrjds re 
 
 Bota)ro)z/ fj,ev Hr)ve\ea)s Kal 
 'Ap/cecr/Xao? re TIpoQojjvwp re KXoWo9 re, 495 
 
 01 ff fr Tpir]v evepovro Kal Av\l8a Trerpijecrcrav 
 ^'Xplvov re ^KW\OV re TroXvKvrjiJLov r' 'Erea)i/6^, 
 Qeaireiav Tpaldv re Kal evpvjfppov MvKa\ijcra6v, 
 ol r daft "Apfju evepovro Kal Wi\ecrt,ov Kal '}Lpvdpa<$, 
 o'i r 'EXewz/ i%ov tfB* r "T\ijv Kal TLerecova, 500 
 
 ^lKa\erjv MeSeo5z/a T', evKripevov TrrokieOpov, 
 Kco7ra9 Evrpija-tv re 7ro\vrpr}pa)vd re lo-p7jv, 
 o'i re Kopwveiav Kal rcoirievff 'AXlaprov, 
 OL re H\dratav e%ov 778' ol T\Laavra ve^ovro, 
 oi OF tf T7ro9r)l3a$ el%ov, evKri/j,evov Trro\ie6pov, 505 
 
 'Oy%7)(7r6v & iepov, HoaiBrjiov dy\aov aXc7O9, 
 01 re TroKvardfyvkov "Apvrjv e%ov, OL re 
 
 re ^aOerjv 'AvOrjBova r ea^arococrav. 
 
ILIAD II. 77 
 
 In girth as Ares, with Poseidon's breast. 
 As in a herd the bull out-topping all 
 Is seen conspicuous 'mid the gathering kine, 
 Such in that day did Zeus Atrides make, 
 'Bove host and heroes all conspicuous seen. 
 ^Say now, ye dwellers in Olympian halls, 
 Ye Muses, say for ye are goddesses 
 Present at all, all knowing, we but hear 
 The rumour of the deeds and nothing know 
 Who were the Danaans' leaders, who their kings. 
 The host indeed I could not tell nor name, 
 No, not had I ten tongues, ten mouths withal, 
 A voice untiring, and a brazen heart ; 
 Unless the Olympian Muses, daughters they 
 Of aegis-bearing Zeus, should all record 
 Who came beneath the walls of Dion. 
 
 The chiefs I now will name and all their ships. 
 These led Boeotia's host, Peneleos 
 And Le'itus, with them Arcesilas 
 And Prothoenor fourth, and Clonius. 
 Their men were they that dwelt in Hyria 
 And rocky Aulis, Schoenus, Scolus too, 
 And Eteonus with its forest glens, 
 Thespeia, Graia, and the spacious plain 
 Of Mycalessus ; they of Harma's land, 
 Ilesium and Erythrae ; those who held 
 Eicon, and Hyla, Peteon withal, 
 Ocalea, and Medeon's well-built hold, 
 Gopae, Eutresis, Thisbe' haunt of doves, 
 And Coronea, and the grassy mead 
 Of Haliartus. Came Plataea's sons, 
 And they of Glisas, and the well-built hold 
 Of Lower Thebe, and the holy town 
 Onchestus with Poseidon's glorious grove, 
 And Arne" rich in grapes, and Midea, . 
 Nisa divine, Anthedon, border town. 
 
78 IAIAAO2 B. 
 
 rwv /Jiev rrevrr)KOvra z>ee? KLOV, ev &e eKacrrrj 
 
 KOVpOt, BoiOJTOJy eKCLrOV KOI IKOO~1, (BdlvOV. 
 
 OL &' 'Ao-rrXrjSov evaiov 1$ 'Qpfto/jLevov 
 rwv tfpx 'Ao-/cd\a(f)os fcal 'laX/ie^o?, fie? 
 oi)? re/ce 'Ac7Ti;o^7; So//,a> "A/cro/30? 'Afei'lSao, 
 irapdevos aiSolr), vTrepwiov elaavaftaa-a, 
 "Aprjt /cparepa)' o Se ol irape\e^aTO \dOprj. 515 
 
 rot9 Se rpirjicovra y\a<f)vpal 
 
 avrap Qco/crjcw 
 fie? 'I^troi; 
 ot Kv7rdpi(7(7ov e^pv TlvOcovd re Trerprjecrcrav 
 }Lplcrav re ^aOerjv K.CLI AauXtSa /cai TlavoTrrja, 520 
 
 (u T* 'AvejuLWpeiav KOI 'TdftTroXiv ajjufavepovro, 
 OL T* apa Trap Trora/jLov K.r)<f)i,crov Blov evcuov, 
 oi re A.i\ai(iv %p v 7r7 ?'/^ < > ^ 7rfc ^.rj^Lcrolo. 
 rot? S' a/ia recrcrapd/covra fjuekaivai, vrjes errovro. 
 ot fjbev <&ci)/c)j(Dv crrt^a? Icrracrav d^ierrovre^^ 525 
 
 Boft>Ta>y S' ^rr\T]v eir dpicrrepd 6a)pr)crcrovro. 
 Ao/cpwv 8* tfye/jiovevev 'OtX^o? radius Ata?, 
 , ov rt rotro? 76 ocro? TeXayLta)z^t09 Ata?, 
 u fjuelcov' o\lyos fiV erjv, \woOobprjj;, 
 67^6/77 8' e/cetcao-ro TlaveXXrjvas KOI 'A^atou?' 530 
 
 ot Ki)i>oz> T* evejjiovr *Qrroevrd re KaXXtapo^ re 
 re ^icdptyrjv re real Avyeids eparetvds 
 re poviov re JSoaypiov dfJL^n peeOpa. 
 ra> S' a/jba recrcrapdicovra jjueXaivai vrjes errovro 
 
 wv, OL vaiowrt rreprjv ieprjs 'EuySotT;?. 535 
 
 v/3otai/ eftou /J>evea rrvelovres 
 r' Rlperpidv re rro\vo~rd<j)v\6v 6' 
 r e<f)a\ov Atov T' alrrv 7rro\Le0pov, 
 
ILIAD II. 79 
 
 Fifty in all their ships that came : in each 
 Six score Boeotian warriors were aboard. 
 
 Aspledon's people next, and they withal 
 Of Minyan Orchomenus were there, 
 Led by Ascalaphus and lalmenus, 
 Two sons of Ares, whom Astyoche 
 Bare in the house of Actor Azeus' son, 
 A bashful maiden, whom in highest bower 
 Ares the mighty god in secret wooed. 
 With these stood thirty hollow ships in line. 
 
 Then came the Phocians, by Epistrophus 
 And Schedius led ; sons of Iphitus they, 
 And he the high-souled son of Naubolus : 
 From Cyparissus, and from Pytho's crags, 
 Crisa divine, Daulis and Panopeus, 
 From Anemoria and Hyampolis, 
 From fair Cephisus' banks, that godlike stream, 
 And from Lilaia at the river's source. 
 With two score black-hulled ships these chieftains came, 
 Who ranged the Phocian lines upon the left, 
 Close to Boeotia's sons, an armed host. 
 
 Came too the Locrians, by fleet Ajax led, 
 Ajax O'ileus' son, in stature less 
 Than Telamonian Ajax : small was he, 
 In linen breastplate clad, but with the lance 
 Of all Hellenes and Achaians best. 
 In Cynus, Opus, and Calliarus 
 His forces dwelt, in lovely Augeae, 
 Bessa, and Scarphe, Tarphd, Thronius, 
 Nigh to Boagrius' stream. Followed with him 
 Black ships two score, by Locrians manned, who hold 
 The lands that front Euboea's holy isle. 
 
 Euboea's sons, the Abantes breathing might, 
 From Chalcis came and from Eretria, 
 From Histiaea rich in clustering grapes, 
 Cerinthus on the sea, and the high hold 
 
So IAIAAO2 B. 
 
 ot' re K.dpvcrTOv e^ov r}8' ot ^rvpa vcuerdao-fcov. 
 
 T(>v avfl* rjyefJLovev* 'EXe^^wp ofo9 "Aprjos, 540 
 
 rc3 8' a//,' "A/3az'Te9 CTTOVTO 6ooi, oiruOev 
 
 Tecrcrapd/covTa fie\aivaL vfJ$ GTTOVTO. 545 
 
 ot 8' dp* 'AOrjvas el^oy, evKrifJLevov 7TTO\ie6pov, 
 'Epe^^r709 fJieyaXiJTopos, ov TTOT 'AOrjvr) 
 At09 OvydrTjp, T6K Be ^eiBcopos apovpa, 
 /cdS 8* ev 'A6r)vr)<$ eltfe, ecu evl TT'LOVI vrjw' 
 vOa 8e {Jbiv TavpoiGi /cal dpveiols l\dovra(, 550 
 
 J } A07]vai(DV 7Tpi,T6\\o/j,va)v eviavrwv' 
 
 Tft) 8' OV 7TCO Tfc9 6/^Ot09 llT i^O OV 10$ <yV6T 
 
 KQ(T^r\dai ITTTTOVS T teal dvepas d 
 
 Necrrwp 0*09 epi^ev' o yap irpoyevedrepo^ rjev. 555 
 
 TO) 8' aytta TrevTrjKovra jjiKaivai vrjes CTTOVTO. 
 
 Ata9 8' e/c SaXayLt?z^o9 a^ei^ SvoKaiBeKa vrjas. 
 (TTTJcre 8' aycov tV 'AOijval&v IGTCLVTO 
 
 ot 8' "Ap709 r' el^oz^ TlpvvOd re 
 
 Te (SaOvv /card KO\TTOV 
 
 ot T' e^oz/ Aiyivav Mao-^ra re /covpoi 
 
 TGOV avO* tfye/Jioveve fiorjv dyaObs 
 
 KOI %0eve\os Ka7ra^^o9 asya/c\ei,Tov 
 
 rotcrt 8' a/x,' EvpvaXo9 rpiraro^ /cle, iaoOeos ^>(9, 565 
 
 <TVfJL7rdvTC0v 8' r?7e? 
 
 8' a//,' oybwKOVTa peKaivai vfjes 
 ot 8e 
 
ILIAD II. 8 1 
 
 Of Dium, from Carystus and the homes 
 
 Of Styra. These did Elephenor lead 
 
 Scion of Ares he, Chalcodon's son, 
 
 Chief of a high-souled host, whom to the field 
 
 The fleet Abantes followed, o'er whose necks 
 
 Long flowed the hair behind : spearmen were they, 
 
 Eager with ashen lances forward thrust 
 
 To rend the corslet on their foemen's breasts. 
 
 Black ships two-score were this chiefs following. 
 
 They who in Athens dwelt, a well-built hold ; 
 Home of Erectheus mighty-souled, whom erst, 
 Tho' born the son of corn-providing Earth, 
 Athene" reared, daughter of Zeus, and placed 
 At Athens in her own rich-gifted shrine : 
 Where he with bulls and rams is duly sought 
 By Athens' sons, as circling years come round. 
 These ranks Menestheus son of Peteos led, 
 The like of whom was never mortal man 
 To marshal steeds and shielded warriors. 
 Nestor alone, his elder, rivalled him. 
 Black ships two score and ten his following. 
 
 Twelve ships did Ajax lead from Salamis, 
 And placed them where the Athenian columns stood. 
 
 From Argos and from Tiryns' massive walls, 
 Hermione' and Asine, lying both 
 On a deep bay, from Troezen, Eionae, 
 And vine-clad Epidaurus ; from the isle 
 Aegina, and from Mases too they came, 
 Achaian youth, by Diomedes led 
 Gallant in fray," and Sthenelus the son 
 Of far-famed Capaneus, with whom was joined 
 Third in command Euryalus, godlike wight 
 Of Talaon's kingly son Mecisteus born. 
 But chief was Diomedes good in fray : 
 And four-score black ships were their following. 
 
 Came dwellers in Mycenae, well-built hold, 
 G. H. 6 
 
82 IAIAA02 B. 
 
 dfyveiov re KopivOov ev/cTi/jievas re K.\ea)vds, 570 
 
 'Qpveids r evepovro ' Apaidvper)v r epareivrjv 
 
 Kal 'ZiKVtov', W dp "ASp^crro? TTputT fjL/3acri\6vev, 
 
 o'L & "T'jreprjcrl'rjv re /cat aiTreivrjv Tovoeaaav 
 
 TIe\\r)vr]v r el^ov, rj& AIJLOV d^evk^ovTO 
 
 Al<yia\6v r dvd Trdvra KOI dptf 'EtXl/crjv evpelav. 575 
 
 T&V e/carov WTJWV tfpxev /cpelwv y Aya{j,efj,vwv 
 
 J Ar/3et8779. a/j,a rut ye TTO\V rrXelarot, Kal dpiaroi 
 
 \aol errovr' ev S' auro? e'Sucrero vwporra %d\Kov 
 
 /cvSiowv, rcacriv 8e pereirperrev rjpcaeao-iv, 
 
 ovve/c apiaros erjv, TTO\V Be rrKeicrrovs dye Xaof'?. 580 
 
 ot 8' ^X ov K0 ^' r ]v AatceSaifJiova /crjrwecro-av, 
 <$>dpiv re ^Trdprrjv re rro\vrpr]pwvd re Meo-o-Tjv 
 Bpuo-eta? r evefiovro Kal Avyeids eparewds, 
 <H r dp y A/jLi>K\a<$ el%ov f/ E\o9 T* efaikov rrroKiedpov, 
 OL re Adav elypv ^ Oirv\ov d^eve^ovro' 585 
 
 rwv ot\aSeX0eo? tfpX e > @or)v d 
 ej;r)/covra ve&V drcdrepde Be 0a)pi]crcrovro. 
 ev 8' auro? Kie yen TrpodvfJLirjcri, 
 orpvvcov 7ro\ejj,6v8e' /judXicrra Be Zero 
 riaaaOai, 'EXez/-?;? op/jLij/jiard re o-rova^d^ re. 590 
 
 ot Be TlvXov r evepovro KOI 'Aprjvrjv epareivrjv 
 Kal Qpvov 'A\(f>eioio rropov Kal evKnrov AtVu, 
 Kal Kvjrapicrcnjevra Kal 'A/jLcfriyeveiav evaiov 
 Kal TIre\eov Kal f/ EXo? Kal Acapiov, evOa re povaai 
 dvrofjuevai, QdfjLVpw rbv pr)iKa rravcrav doiSfjs, 595 
 
 Ql%a\lr)0ev lovra Trap 1 l&vpvrov Ot^aXt^o? 
 (crrevro ydp ev-^o^evo^ vi,Kr)(re/j,ev, el rrep dv avral 
 fjLovaai, delSouev, Kovpai Ato? alyio^oio' 
 at Be ^oKwad^evai mrjpov Oeaav, avrdp doiBrfv 
 
ILIAD II. 83 
 
 Rich Corinth, and Cleonae's city fair ; 
 From Orneae's fields, and from the lovely lands 
 Of Araithyrea : they of Sicyon came, 
 Wherein Adrastus first held sovereignty : 
 From Hyperesia and Gonussa's heights, 
 Pellene', and the lands of Aegium, 
 Achaia's strand, broad Helice's domain. 
 Their ships five-score the son of Atreus led 
 Dread sovereign Agamemnon : most and best 
 By far his following was, and in their midst 
 Himself in brass of dazzling sheen was clad, 
 Proud that amid all heroes chief he shone, 
 Noblest and best, lord of the largest host. 
 
 From hollow Lacedaemon's many glens, 
 Pharis, and Sparta, Messa, haunt of doves, 
 From Bryseae, and from lovely Augeae, 
 Amyclae, Helos, stronghold on the sea, 
 From Laas, and from Oetylus they came : 
 These led by Menelaus good in fray, 
 Brother to Agamemnon. Sixty ships 
 Were theirs, and separate did they marshal them. 
 Mid them their chief in zeal and confidence 
 Urged them to war : and much his soul did crave 
 Vengeance for Helen's wrongful rape and groans. 
 
 From Pylos came they, from Arene' fair, 
 From Thryum, ford upon Alpheus' stream, 
 From well-built Aepy : Cyparissians too, 
 And those who in Amphigeneia dwelt, 
 Pteleum, and Helos, and in Dorium. 
 There met the Muses Thracian Thamyris 
 And quelled his song; what time from Eurytus, 
 Oechalia's king, and from his land he came. 
 For he would bear the palm in prideful words 
 So bragged he tho 7 the Muses' selves should sing, 
 The daughters they of aegis-bearing Zeus. 
 Then wroth they struck him blind : his song divine 
 
 62 
 
84 IAIAAO2 B. 
 
 d(j)e\ovTO /cal eic\e\adov KiOapiarvv), 600 
 
 rutv av0 J rj^epoveve Tepyvios iTTTrora Neo-ra>p, 
 TO> S' evevrjKovra <y\a<j)vpal vees eVrt^ow^TO. 
 
 ot ' e%ov 'Ap/caSlrjv VTTO KuXX?7z/779 0/309 alirv, 
 AiirvTiov Trapa rv/Apov, r iv avepes dy^LfjLa^rjrai, 
 ot 3>eveov T* evepovTO /cal *Op^o/*VW TTO\V /J,T)\OV 605 
 'PiTTTjv re ^Tparlrjv re KOL rive^oea a av 'EtVLO"]rr)V, 
 KOI Teyeyv el^ov KOI Mavriverjv eparewijv, 
 ^TV/JL^TJ^OV T el^ov /cal Happaalrjv eve/jLovro, 
 TGOV rjpx 'A7/catoto Trai'? /cpetcov 'AyaTrrjvayp 
 egrj/covra vewv' TroXee? 5' eV vrfi e/cdo-Trj 610 
 
 ai'Spe? ejBaivov, enriardfjievoL T 
 
 vfjas evo-aeXfJLOvs Trepdav eVl oivoira TTO 
 'ArpetS^?, eVel ou o-^)t 6a~kdacria epya 
 
 ot 8' apa BouTrpao-ioz/ re /cat "HXtSa Slav evaiov, 615 
 ocro-ov e(j) "Tp/julvr) /cal M.vpai,vo<; eo-^arococra 
 TrerpTj T fl\evlrj /cal 'AXetVioz/ evros eepyei, 
 TGOV av rea-crapes dp%ol ecrav, Se/ca S' dv&pl efcda-ra) 
 vfjes CTTOVTO Goal, TroXee? S' epftaivov 'ETretot. 
 TWV jjbev dp* ^ Kfji^ifia^o^ teal aXvrto? yyrjo-do-Qrjv, 620 
 vie? o /^ei/ KreaVof o &' a/)' Eu/ourou ' 
 TcGz/ 6 'A/JLapvyKei'&rjs ripx ev fcparepos 
 TWV Se TerdpT&v ?Jp%6 noXufeti'o 
 vto? 'AyacrOeveos AvyrjidSao dva/cros. 
 
 ot 8' e/c AouXt^toto ^^ivdtov 0* iepdwv 625 
 
 y at vaiovai Treprjv aXo?, "HXtSo? dvra, 
 
 , oz/ enters St/<^)tXo9 iTTTrora <l>uXei;9, 
 09 TTore AouXt^to^S' direvdo-craro Trarpl 
 
ILIAD II. 85 
 
 Was lost, his harper hand forgat her skill. 
 These warriors Nestor led, Gerenian knight : 
 And with him ninety hollow ships were ranged. 
 
 From Arcady, beneath Cyllend's steep 
 Hard by the tomb of Aepytus, they came, 
 Close-fighting men ; came they of Pheneos, 
 And of Orchomenus rich in many flocks, 
 Of Rhipe', Stratia, and Emspd's heights, 
 Of Tegea, and of Mantinea fair, 
 Stymphalus and Parrhasia's pasture land. 
 These all by sovereign Agapenor led 
 Ancaeus' son : sixty their tale of ships, 
 And in each ship embarked a numerous crew, 
 Brave sons of Arcady well-skilled in war. 
 To these had Agamemnon king of men 
 Himself supplied well-benched ships wherein 
 To cross the wine-hued main, for of the sea 
 And of the shipman's craft they had no lore. 
 
 Came they whose home was in Buprasium 
 And Elis the divine, from lands between 
 Hyrmind, Myrsinus the border-town, 
 The rock of Olenus, and Alisium. 
 Four were their chiefs, ten swift ships followed each, 
 Wherein Epeans many were embarked. 
 And these Amphimachus and Thalpius led, 
 Sons one of Cteatus, one of Eurytus 
 The son of Actor ; and Diores third, 
 Stout son of Amarynceus ; but the fourth 
 Polyxenus the godlike, of a king 
 Agasthenes the son of Augeus born. 
 
 They of Dulichium, and the sacred isles 
 Echinades, that lie across the firth 
 In front of Elis : these by Meges led, 
 A peer of Ares ; son of Phyleus he, 
 Phyleus that knight beloved of Zeus, who erst 
 Dulichium sought when angered at his sire. 
 
86 IAIAAO2 B. 
 
 TO) 8' diia reacrapd/covra fie\cuvai vries errovro. 630 
 
 avrdp 'OSuo-crei)? 7776 Ke^aXX^i/a? fjLeyaOvfJLOVS, 
 O'L p' 'lOd/c'rjv el%ov K.OL Nijpirov eivocrL(j)v\\ov, 
 Kal Kpoicv\ei eve/jiovro real Aly[\i7ra 
 O'L re ZdicvvOov %ov 778' o'l ^d/jio 
 O'L r rjTreipov e^oz/ 778' dvrnrepaia veiiovro. 635 
 
 TO) 8' dfjia vfjes CTTOVTO SvcoBe/ca 
 
 AlrcoXoov 8' 7776 Iro 00.9 ' AvSpal/Jiovos vlos, 
 ot TlXevpwv* eveiiovro /ecu "QXevov r)8e Hv\7]vr)v 
 XaX^t8a T* dty^iaKov KaXu8c5^a re Trerprjecra'av' 640 
 
 ov 70/3 er' Olvfjos /JLeyaXrjropos vlees tfaav, 
 ovS* dp* er avro? 771^, Odve 8e ^avOo^ MeXea7po9, 
 TW 8' eTrl Train ereraXro dvacra-e/jLev Alra)\olcnv. 
 rc3 8' a/^a reaaapaKovra yLteXaiz^.at z/r;e9 etrovro. 
 
 KpTjT&v 8' 'I8oyLtei/ei)9 8ou/3t/cXuro9 qyefjiovevev, 645 
 
 ot }Lvwa6v r el^ov Toprvvd re re^toecrcrai/, 
 AVKTOV M/X-^Toi/ re /cat dpyivQevra AVKCKTTOV 
 QCLLGTOV re 'Pvnov re, 7roXei9 ev 
 aXXot ^' ot KptJTijv eKaTo/jL7ro\iv 
 
 fiev dp* 'ISoyLte^e^ Sovpttc\,vTo<; rfye/jiovevev 650 
 
 r drdXavros 'Ez/faXtw avftpetyovTrj' 
 Total 8' ayLt' 6y$a>KovTa ^i\aivai vrjes errovro. 
 
 TX777roX6yLt09 8' f Hpa/cXet87;9 771^9 re /jLeyas re 
 etc f Po8ot> evvea vfjas cuyev ^oSlwv dyepobxav, 
 O'L f Po8oi/ dfjbfyeveLJLovro 8ta rpi^a KOO'^Oevre^, 655 
 
 AIV&OV *Iij\va-6v re ical dp<yivoevra Kd/jueipov. 
 rwv /lev TX777roXe/z-09 Sovpi,K\vr6<; 
 ov re/ce ^ Adrvo^eta fBiy 'RpafcXyely, 
 dyer ej; 'E^>up779, 7rora/j,ov drro 
 
 darea TroXXa Biorpe^ecov alfy&v. 660 
 
ILIAD II. 87 
 
 Black ships two-score were this chiefs following. 
 
 Odysseus led the high-souled Cephallenes, 
 From Ithaca with leaf-crowned Neritus, 
 And Crocylea, and craggy Aegilips, 
 Those of Zacynthus too, and Samos' isle, 
 And the mainland that fronts them o'er the strait. 
 All these Odysseus led, in counsel wise 
 A peer of Zeus ; and twelve the vessels were 
 With ruddy-painted cheeks that followed him. 
 
 Thoas Andraemon's son the Aetolians led, 
 Those of Pylene, Pleuron, Olenus, 
 Of sea-washed Chalcis, rocky Calydon. 
 For sons of high-souled Oeneus there were none 
 Yet left in life, nor he their sire ; and dead 
 Was Meleager of the yellow hair. 
 Thus Thoas o'er Aetolia reigned supreme ; 
 And forty black ships were his following. 
 
 Spear-famed Idomeneus the Cretans led. 
 From Gnossus they, from Gortyn strongly-walled, 
 Lyctus, Miletus, white Lycastus came ; 
 From Phaestus, Rhytium, well-built cities these : 
 With all that dwell in Greta's hundred towns. 
 Spear- famed Idomeneus their leader was, 
 With him Meriones, <a match in fight 
 For Enyalius, man-slaughtering Power. 
 And four-score black ships were their following, j 
 
 Tlepolemus, the son of Heracles, 
 Brave man and tall, nine ships from Rhodes led 
 Of lordly Rhodians : these in peoples three 
 Hold in that isle Lindus, lalysus, 
 And white Cameirus. Chieftain over these 
 Spear-famed Tlepolemus. Him Astyoche 
 Had borne to mighty Heracles, a bride 
 Whom he from Ephyra and Selleis' stream 
 Led off with spoil from many a captured hold 
 Of princely warriors. But Tlepolemus, 
 
88 IAIAAO2 B. 
 
 ' eVet ovv rpdfi evl /jueydpa) evTnj 
 
 ai>Ti/ca Trarpo? eoio (f>l\ov /jLrjrpcoa tcaretcTa, 
 
 TJ&TJ yrjpdo-KOVTa, AiKVfJLViov o^ov "Apijos. 
 
 al^ra Se vfjas eTrrj^e, TTO\VV 8' o 76 \aov aryei 
 
 fir) <f)ev<yc0v 7rl TTOVTOV' airei\'r]crav yap ol a\\oi 665 
 
 ftee? vtavot re /St?;? 'Hpa/cX^et?;?. 
 
 aura/3 o 7' e? f PoSoi' Ifez/ aXco/iez^o?, a\yea Trdd^cov' 
 
 rpi^Oa Se toicrjQev Ka,Ta<f>v\a&6v, ijSe (f>i\r)6ev 
 
 etc Ato?, o? re Oeolai, KOI av6pu>7roicri dvda-o-et,' 
 
 KO,l (J&LV 0(T7Te(TiOV 7T\OVTOV KaT6^V6 KpOVlWV. 6/O 
 
 au 'Zv/jLTjOev ayev rpeis vrja^ etVa?, 
 i)? 'A7\at?;5 Wo? XapoTrov re avarcros, 
 09 
 
 aXaTraSz/09 CT;^, Travpos Be ol eiTrero Xao9. 675 
 
 ot 8' apa Nlvvpov T' el%ov KpdjraOov re Kacroz/ re 
 /cat KaSz/ Ei;pu7rvXoto TTO\LV vrfcrovs re 
 au ^e/StTTTT^ re ^al "Avri(f>os tf 
 
 ?9 Se TpirjKovra j\a(j)vpal vees ecm^ocovro. 680 
 
 z/i)i/ au TOi)9 oo-o-oi, TO Tle\ao-jiKov "Apyos evaiov, 
 
 Ol T "AXOZ/ 01 T 'AXOTTT?!/ OL T TpTJ^LVa VefJLOVTO, 
 
 01 T el%ov <&6i7)v 778' 'EXXa&a /ca\\i,yvvcu/ca, 
 S' etcaXevvTO /cat r/ EXX77i/e9 /cat ' 
 
 vewv r)v a/309 'A^XXeu9. 685 
 
 aXX' ot x 7' ov TroXe/tou Su<77;^eo9 epvcoovro 
 ov yap erfv 09 rt9 cr^ti/ eVt o-rt^a9 ^rj 
 
 rr)v etc AvpV7]o~o~ov efetXero TroXXa /Jioyrjo-as, 690 
 
 Avpvr)cro~ov SiaTTOpOyjaas teal ret%ea 0/7/3779, 
 
ILIAD II. 89 
 
 When grown to manhood in the well-built hall, 
 
 His father's uncle slew, Licymnius named, 
 
 Scion of Ares, stricken well in years. 
 
 Then built he ships in haste, arid gathered folk 
 
 Full many, and fled an exile o'er the sea : 
 
 For vengeance sore the rest did threat, the sons 
 
 And grandsons all of mighty Heracles. 
 
 To Rhodos came he in his wanderings 
 
 Mid hardships sore ; and there they made their homes 
 
 Threefold in tribes distinct, and won the love 
 
 Of Zeus the sovereign lord of gods and men : 
 
 And wondrous wealth on them Cronion poured. 
 
 Three balanced ships from Syme' Nireus led, 
 Son of Aglaia and king Charopus, 
 Nireus, of all the Danaans comeliest he 
 To Ilion came save Peleus' blameless son : 
 Yet weak was he ; and scant his following. 
 
 They of Nisyrus, Casus, Crapathus, 
 And Cos, the city of Eurypylus, 
 And isles Calydnian : these Phidippus led 
 With Antiphus, two sons of Thessalus, 
 And he a prince the son of Heracles. 
 And with them thirty hollow ships were ranged. 
 
 Now tell I whom Pelasgian Argos sent, 
 From Alus, Alope', and Trachin's homes, 
 Phthia, and Hellas land of comely dames ; 
 Myrmidones, Hellenes, and withal 
 Achaians these were called : and of their ships 
 Two-score and ten Achilleus was the prince. 
 But of the horrid din of battle these 
 Took now no thought, for there was none to lead 
 Their ranks against the foe. For at his ships 
 Fleet-foot divine Achilleus idle lay, 
 Wroth for Briseis' sake, the fair-haired maid. 
 Her from Lyrnessus he by grievous toil 
 Had won, what time he spoiled Lyrnessus' town 
 
90 IAIAA02 B. 
 
 fcd8 Se ^/Lvvrjr efta\ev teal ^irLarpofyov ey%e(T I/AW povs, 
 
 7-779 o ye tcelr d^ewv, r-d-^a S' dva-Tijo-eaQai, 
 
 OL 8' el%ov <$>v\aKr)v KOI Tlvpao-ov dvOe/jLoevra, 695 
 
 ArfjArjTpos re/xei^o?, "Irwvd re fjLrjrepa /JL7j\a)V, 
 dy%id\6v r 'Avrpwva iSe HreXeov 
 TWV av npwrecrtXao? dprjios rj 
 fft)09 ewv' rore S' rj&r) e^ev Kara yala /J,e\aiva. 
 TOV &e KOL d{ju(})i,$pv(f)r)<> aXo^o? Qv^d/crj eXeXetTrro 700 
 KOI So/xo? rnu,Te\r)<s' TOV 5e /crave Aap8az>09 dvqp 
 vrjos dTroOpaxTKOVTa TTO\V TrpwricrTOV 'A^atcoz/. 
 ovSe pev ov& ot avap^oi, eaav, TroOeov ye pev d 
 d\\d crcfreas Koafjirjae TloSdptcrjs 
 
 avro/cao'iyvrjTos 
 
 yevefj' u 8' d/jua Trporepos Kal dpeiwv 
 IIpa)T6crtXao9 dprjio^. ovSe n \aoL 
 Sevovff tfyefJbovoSy irodeov ye fiev ea6\bv eovra. 
 ToS S' dfjua reo-crapd/covTa fJieXaivai vfjes GTTOVTO. 
 OL Se <3>epa9 eve/Aovro irapal BoifirjlSa \i 
 /cal FXa^upa? Kal evKTi/jLevrjv ' 
 
 'ASyLtTJroto ^>tXo? ?rat9 evSeKa wrjwv, 
 , TOV VTT' 'AS/z-^raj rexe Sla yvvaiKwv 
 
 , IleXtao Ovyarpwv eI8o9 npicrrij. 
 apa ^Tjdwvriv Kal QavuaKiTjv eve^ovro 
 
 rwv Be <&i\oKTijrr)<; tfpxev, rogav ev eZSw?, 
 eTTTa ve&v' eperai 8e eKacrrr) 
 e/j,/3e/3ao-av, TO^COV ev eiSores l<f>i, 
 
ILIAD II. 91 
 
 And Thebd's walls, and slew Epistrophus 
 And Mynes, spearmen stout, Evenus' sons 
 The royal offspring of Selepius. 
 Grieved for her sake Achilleus idle lay 
 Beside his ships, but fated soon to rise. 
 
 From Phylace and flowery Pyrasus 
 Demeter's plot, from Iton nurse of flocks, 
 And Antron by the sea, and Pteleos 
 With grassy meads, they came. Of these was chief 
 Warlike Protesilaiis when in life ; 
 But he already 'neath the black earth lay. 
 Whose wife in Phylace was left, her cheeks 
 In grief all torn, half built his widowed house. 
 For him a Dardan slew, as from the ship 
 Far first of all Achaians out he leapt. 
 And yet not princeless were his people left, 
 Tho' lost their prince : Podarces marshalled them, 
 Scion of Ares, son of Iphiclus 
 Rich lord of flocks (and he of Phylacus) ; 
 Own brother to the high-souled hero slain 
 Podarces was, but younger ; for in birth 
 Warlike Protesilaiis, as in strength, 
 Was first. And now his people did not lack 
 A leader, tho' they mourned a brave man slain. 
 Black ships two-score were this chiefs following. 
 
 From Pherae came they by the Boebian pool, 
 From Boebd, Glaphyrae, and the well-built town 
 lolcos. Ships eleven were these : their chief 
 Admetus' son Eumelus, to his sire 
 Born of his spouse Alcestis, godlike dame, 
 Of Pelias' daughters fairest far in form. 
 
 They of Methone and Thaumacia 
 And Meliboea and Olizon's rocks : 
 These led by Philoctetes, bowman skilled : 
 Seven ships ; and fifty rowers were in each, 
 Well skilled to use the bow in stubborn fight. 
 
92 IAIAAO2 B. 
 
 oXX* o [lev ev vrjaq) Kelro KpaTep* d\yea 
 ev tjryaQerj, 06 1, JJLLV \LTTOV vies * A 
 o^di^ovTa Kaico) o\o6<^>povos vSpov 
 o 76 Kelr d^ecov' rd^a Se fj,vr)crecr6ai e 
 
 Trapd vrjvcrl <>i,\otcTr)Tao dvatcros. 
 jiev ovS* ot dvap'xpi e<rav, iroOeov 76 fjLev 
 d\\d Me8a)i/ Koo-jjirja-ev, 'OtX^o? voQos fto?, 
 TOV p ere/cev f Pijvr) VTT 'OtX^t 7rro\t,7r6pda). 
 
 ot 5' el%ov TpiKK'rjv KOI 'lOco/jLTjv K\a)fjia/c6eo-crav, 
 01 r e%ov Ol%a\ir}v 7rp\w Rvpvrov 
 avO* q<yeio-6r)v 'Ao-K\r)7rcov Svo 
 ' dryaOw, IToSaXet^to? rjSe 
 rot? Se TpirjKOVTa j\a(f)vpal vies 
 
 ot 8' eyfov 'Op/jieviov, 01 re Kprjvrjv "TTrepeiav, 
 01 r fyov 'Ao-repiov Ttra^oto re \evfcd fcdprjva, 
 T(Sv tfpx EupuTTfXo? 'Rval/jLovos 07X0.05 fto?, 
 TO) S' oyLta reaaapaKovTa fjLe\aivai vrjes CTTOVTO. 
 ot S' "Apyia-crav e%ov KOI Tvprwvrjv eve/jbovro, 
 re ir6\iv r 'OXoocrcroz/a \evicr)v, 
 
 teyevrrdXe/ao? IIoXf7rotT7;9, 
 wo? HeipiOooio TOV dOdvaros re/cero 
 TOV p VTTO Heipidoq) Tetcero /cXuro? ' 
 rj/juaTi TO) ore ^rjpas ertVaro \axyrjevTas, 
 TOU9 S' e/c TIr)\iov were KOI AWlrceao-i 7re\a(ro-ev , 
 OVK oZo?, a/j,a rco 76 Aeovrevs 6'b? "Aprjos, 
 Uio? vTrepOvfjLOLo Kopwvov Kotz/et'Soo. 
 rot? 8' o/,ta TeaaapaKovTa fjie\ai,vai, vfjes CTTOVTO. 
 
 Tovvevs 8' eK Ku^>ou 7776 SvcoKaieifcoo-i vrjas' 
 TO) 8* 'E^t^i/65 CTTOVTO ^eveTTToXe^oi re Hepai/3ot,, 
 
ILIAD II. 93 
 
 But he in grievous pain lay in the isle 
 
 Of holy Lemnos, where Achaia's sons 
 
 Had left him suffering with an evil sore 
 
 From bite of death-designing water-snake. 
 
 There lay he in his pain : but at the ships 
 
 The Argives would full soon remembrance find 
 
 Of royal Philoctetes in their need. 
 
 And yet not princeless were his people left, 
 
 Tho' lost their prince ; for Medon marshalled them, 
 
 Oileus' bastard son, whom to his sire, 
 
 The ravager of cities, Rhen bare. 
 
 From Tricca, from Ithom's stony hill, 
 And from Oechalia, land of Eurytus. 
 These Podalirius and Machaon led 
 Two leeches good, sons of Asclepius. 
 And with them thirty hollow ships were ranged. 
 
 They of Ormenium came, and from the fount 
 Of Hyperea, from Asterium, 
 And from Titanus' glistening peaks ; their chief 
 Eurypylus Euaemon's glorious son : 
 And forty black ships were his following. 
 
 They of Argissa and Gyrtone came, 
 Orthe*, Elone", white Olosson's walls : 
 All led by Polypoetes staunch in war, 
 Son of Pirithoiis whom immortal Zeus 
 Begat. But Polypoetes to his sire 
 Pirithoiis Hippodamia bare, 
 A noble dame, wed on that day when he 
 The shaggy Centaurs punished sore, and forth 
 From Pelion to the Aethicians' border drave. 
 With him Leonteus, Ares' scion, ruled, 
 Of proud Coronus son of Caeneus born. 
 And forty black ships were their following. 
 
 Twenty and two the ships that Guneus led, 
 From Cyphus these ; and they that followed him 
 The Enienian and Perrhaebian host 
 
94 IAIAAO2 B. 
 
 ot Trepl AwScovrjv Sva^et/jiepov oiici eOevro, 
 01 r d/j-fi ifteprbv Tt,raprjo-Lov pya VC/JLOVTO, 
 09 p e? Tlrjveiov Trpolel ica\\ippoov vBcop. 
 ovS* o ye Hijveio) o-v/jL/jLio-yerat, dpyvpo&ivrj, 
 d\\d re /JLLV tcadvirepdev etrippeei rjvr e\atov' 
 opKov yap Seivov ^TL^O? vbaros eaTiv aTroppca^. 
 
 M.ayvr)T(0v 8' ^p^ev TlpoQoos Tev0pr]$6vos yto?, 
 o'l Trepl Tlrjveiov teal Il^Xtoy 6ivocrL(f)v\\ov 
 vaiecncov. TWV /J,ev YlpoOoos 6oos rjyepovevev, 
 rq> 8' afia reo-aapd/covra /jieXawat, vfjes TTOVTO. 
 
 ovrot, ap* rjye/JLoves Aava&v /cat Koipavoi r^aav. 
 rt9 T* dp TWV o%' aptcrro? erjv, av JJLOI, eWeTre, 
 
 CLITWV 778' iTTTTO)!;, OL CLfjJ 'Arpet'S^CTtV GTTOVTO. 
 
 'ITTTTOI, fJiev fjbey apKnai eaav QrjpTjTidSao, 
 
 ekavve TroSco/cea? opviOas (9, 
 
 oterea?, cna<^v\rj eVl vwrov eYcra?' 765 
 
 eV Tlrjpetrj Ope^r dpyvporoj-os ' 
 
 dvSpwv av fjuey aptcrro? e^z/ TeXa/taWo? Ata?, 
 o<^>p' 'A^tXeu? fjaqviev' o ydp TTO\V (fjepraros yev, 
 ITTTTOL & 01 (fropeedKOv d/uLVfjLOva Ylr)\e'ia)va. 770 
 
 * o fjuev ev vrjevo-i /copwvicri, TrovTOTropoicnv 
 
 vio-a^ ' Aya/jLefJLvovt, Troi/juevL Xaa5z/ 
 ?;, Xaot 8e Trapd p 
 
 repTTOvro /cal alyaverja-iv ievres 
 
 iv ff' 'LTTTTOL oe Trap* ap^aai oiai eacrrO9, 775 
 
 eTTTOfjievoi e\^.od peirrov re &e\ivov, 
 , apfjLaTa S' ev TreTrv/caa-fjLeva KGLTO aiHU 
 
ILIAD II. 95 
 
 In battle staunch, who made their homes around 
 
 Storm- vext Dodona's fields, or tilled the lands 
 
 Beside the lovely Titaresius, 
 
 Who his fair waters to Pencils gives, 
 
 Yet with Pencils' silver-eddying stream 
 
 Ne'er mingles, but above him over-laid, 
 
 As oil, flows on : for from that awful oath 
 
 The wave of Styx breaks forth his borrowed flood. 
 
 Came the Magnesians, led by Prothoiis 
 Tenthredon's son : about Pencils' stream 
 And Pelion's leaf-quivering woods they dwelt. 
 Of these the nimble Prothoiis was chief; 
 And forty black ships were his following. 
 
 These were the Danaans' leaders, these their kings. 
 But who was best of all, tell me O Muse, 
 Of men or steeds that followed Atreus' sons ? 
 Steeds far the best were they of Pheres' son ; 
 Eumelus drave them ; coursers fleet of foot, 
 As bird on wing, in hair and hue the same, 
 The same in age, with backs that level showed, 
 As by the line. These twain in Pieris, 
 Both mares, Apollo Silver-bow had bred 
 To bear swift terror thro' the field of war. 
 Of heroes Ajax son of Telamon i/ 
 
 Was far the best, while yet Achilleus' wrath 
 Endured : for mightiest far ev'n as the steeds 
 That bare him on was Peleus' blameless son. 
 But by the beaked sea-borne ships he lay, 
 With Agamemnon shepherd of the host 
 Exceeding wroth ; while by the surf-smit shore 
 His people took their pleasure with the quoit, 
 And javelin hurled, and bow : whose idle steeds 
 The clover and the marsh -bred parsley champed 
 Standing beside his chariot each. And these, 
 The chariots of the kings, stood at their tents 
 All covered close. And mourning for their chief, 
 
96 IAIAAO2 B. 
 
 <f)OiTcov ev9a /cal ev9a Kara arparov, ov&e 
 
 ot 8* dp' l&av (W9 ei re Trvpl ^jdwv rraaa vepoiTo' 
 yala 8' VTrodTevd^L^e Atl 0)9 repTTLfcepavva) 
 j(a)OfjLeva) ore T' d/j,(jn Tvtycoei yaiav 
 elv 'Apt/iot9, odi <f>acrl Tvcfxoeos 
 ew9 dpa rwv VTTO Troaal ueya areva-^i^ero yala 
 epxp/JLevwv' fjid\a 8' co/ca ^iercprjcraov 7re8toto. 
 
 Tpco&lv 8' 0776X09 r)\6e TToSrjvefjLos (o/cea 
 Trap Ato9 alyi6^(oi,o crvv dyyeKiy d\eyeivf)' 
 o't 8' dyopds dyopevov ITTL Tipidaoto 6vpr)(Tiv 
 rrdvres o/jLTjyepees, r^ev veoi 7;8e yepovres. 
 
 etcraro Se (frOoyyrjv vli Tlpidfioio TLoXirrj, 
 09 Tptocov (TKOTrbs le, TToBcofcelpcri, 7 
 TVfi^(D eV d/cpordrw Alav^rao yepovros, 
 Seypevos OTTTrore vavfyiv dipopfjurjOeiev ' 
 TO) /uz; eeicrafievr] 7rpoore<f>7) 7r6Sa9 cw 
 " co yepov, alei rot fivdoi $>L\oi, dicpnoi, elcrlv, 
 W9 TTOT' eTT* elprjvijs' iroKe^o^ 8' aXtao-ro9 opupev. 
 17 /iez/ ST) fjbd\a TroXXa /z,a^a9 elo"r)\v0ov d 
 oi/ TTCO rotoz/Se roo-o^Se re Xaoi^ O 
 ap <f>v\\oi(Ti coi/cores rj Tfra/jb 
 
 TreSloLO ^a^ao^voi irporl darv. 
 
 ol 8e yLtaXto-r' eTTireXXoyLtat eSSe 76 
 TroXXol 7ap ara ao-ry /ie7a Tlpidfjuov eirLicovpoi, 
 
 roicri e/cao-ro9 az>/)p o"rjfj,aiver(o olal Trep ap^ei, 805 
 
 Taw S' egrjyeio-Oa), Koo-fATjcrdfjuevos 
 W9 e<f)a0\ r/ E/cr&)p 8' oi/ TI ^ea 
 al^fra 8' e\V(T dyoprjv' ejrl rev^ea 8' ecraevovro. 
 8' wlvvvTO 7rv\at,, e/c 8' eoravro 
 
ILIAD II. 97 
 
 Beloved of Ares, to and fro his men 
 
 Roamed the wide camp nor mingled in the fight. 
 
 Now marched the host, as if devouring fire 
 O'erran the plain ; and earth beneath them groaned : 
 As when the lightning-loving Zeus in wrath 
 Lashes the earth above Typhoeus laid, 
 In Arime', where is his fabled bed : 
 So loudly groaned the earth beneath their feet 
 As on they trode. And swift they crossed the plain. 
 
 But Iris, courier fleet, wind-footed, came 
 From aegis-bearing Zeus with message dread 
 To Troy's assembled sons, who council held 
 At Priam's gate all mustered, young and old : 
 And standing near them fleet-foot Iris spake, 
 In utterance like Polites Priam's son ; 
 Who, as the Trojans' scout, on speed of foot 
 Reliant sat upon the topmost mound 
 Of aged Aesyetes' grave, to spy 
 When from the ships Achaia's host should move. 
 Like him in voice the fleet-foot Iris spake : 
 " Father, thou lovest ever endless words, 
 As erst in peace : but war is now astir, 
 War unabating. Truly oft ere now 
 Have I the battle of the warriors proved, 
 But never yet saw host so fair, so vast. 
 For they in number as the leaves or sand 
 Come o'er the plain, around our hold to fight. 
 Hector, to thee my charge I chiefly give : 
 This do. In Priam's city wide are met 
 Allies full many, and of differing tongues 
 From widely- scattered tribes. Let then each chief 
 Command in battle whom he rules at home, 
 Marshal and leader to his native band." 
 
 She spake : but Hector knew the voice divine, 
 And straight the council broke. To arms they rushed. 
 All gates were opened, out the people poured, 
 a. vt. *7 
 
98 IAIAAO2 B. 
 
 Trefot 6* iTTTrfjes re' 770X1)9 S' opv/jiay&os opwpei. 
 
 ear i Se Ti? irpoTrdpoiOe 7roXeo9 alirela /coXcovrj 
 ev 7re6Y&> aTrdvevOe, TreplSpo/jLos evda /cal evda, 
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ILIAD 77. 99 
 
 Both foot and horse, and loud arose their din. 
 
 Before the city stands a lofty hill 
 Apart, on every side around is plain : 
 Men call it Batiea, but the gods 
 Tomb of Myrine", nimble Amazon. 
 There then the Trojans and allies were ranged. 
 
 The Trojan ranks were led by Priam's son 
 Great Hector of the glancing plume : wfch him 
 Stood troops the most and best, fierce with the spear. 
 
 Anchises' gallant son the Dardans led, 
 Aeneas, whom in Ida's glens, to man 
 A goddess wedded, Aphrodite bare. 
 Nor only he ; with him Antenor's sons 
 Archelochus and Acamas were joined, 
 Brave pair, in every art of battle skilled. 
 
 Zelea's Trojans came, from Ida's foot, 
 Wealthy, who drank of black Aesepus' stream ; 
 These Pandarus led, Lycaon's noble son, 
 To whom Apollo's self had given the bow. 
 
 From Adrastea, from Apaesus' homes 
 From Pityea came they, from the heights 
 That crown Terea : these Adrastus led, 
 And Amphius in linen corslet clad, 
 Sons of Percosian Merops both, who knew 
 Above all others each prophetic art ; 
 Whereby his sons he still forbade to seek 
 The man-destroying war, but they no whit 
 Obeyed, for fates of black death led them on. 
 
 They of Percotd came, of Practium 
 Of Sestos, of Abydos ; they who held 
 Divine Arisbe" : these by Asius led 
 The son of Hyrtacus, a prince of men : 
 Asius, whom from Arisbd coursers bare 
 Large-limbed, bright bay, bred by Selleis' stream. 
 
 Hippothous led the fighters with the spear 
 
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ILIAD n. TOI 
 
 Who in Larissa's deep-soiled land abode, 
 Pelasgian tribes ; with whom Pylaeus ruled 
 Scion of Ares : sons of Lethus both, 
 Pelasgian Lethus son of Teutamus. 
 
 The Thracians Acamas and Piros led, 
 Whom with strong stream the sea of Helle* bounds. 
 
 The warrior Cicones Euphemus led, 
 From Ceas' royal son Troezenus sprung. 
 
 The Paeones, armed with their bended bows, 
 Pyraechmes led, from distant Amydon, 
 Where Axius flows, Axius, whose ample stream 
 With fairest water overspreads the plain. 
 
 Pylaemenes the Paphlagonians led, 
 Of shaggy breast, from the Henetians he, 
 Whence is a noble breed of mountain mules . 
 These in Cytorus dwelt and Sesamus, 
 And held their noble homes on either bank 
 Beside Parthenius' flood, in Cromna's land, 
 Aegialus, and the Erythinian heights. 
 
 The Halizonians came, by Hodius led, 
 And by Epistrophus, from Alybe', 
 A distant land, of silver ore the home. 
 
 The Mysians Chromis led, and Ennomus ; 
 An augur he, yet by his auguries 
 Escaped he not black death, but by the hand 
 Of the fleet-footed son of Aeacus 
 Fell in Scamander's stream, where of Troy's sons 
 Full many in havoc dire the hero slew. 
 
 Godlike Ascanius with Phorcys led 
 Phrygians from far Ascania, bold in fight. 
 
 Masthles and Antiphus the Maeonians led; 
 Sons of Talaemenes were they, and born 
 By lake Gygaea, their Maeonian ranks 
 Beneath the lofty mount of Tmolus bred. 
 
 Nastes the Carians led, of barbarous tongue, 
 Who held Miletus and the Phthirian height 
 
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ILIAD II. 103 
 
 Thick-roofed with leafage, and Maeander's stream, 
 
 And Mycale's high headland. These were ruled 
 
 By Nastes and Amphimachus, bright pair, 
 
 Nomion's children. To the war in gold 
 
 Bedecked, as is a girl the latter went, 
 
 Poor fool ! it saved him not from grievous bane ; 
 
 For in the river fell he by the hand 
 
 Of the fleet-footed son of Aeacus, 
 
 And all his gold the warlike victor took. 
 
 From Xanthus' eddying stream the Lycians came : 
 Whom blameless Glaucus and Sarpedon led. 
 
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ILIAD III. 
 
 The single combat of Alexander 'and Menelatts. 
 
 WHEN air were marshalled, with their leaders each, 
 Clamorous and loud the Trojans moved, as birds, 
 Ev'n as the cranes with clamour fill the sky 
 Who, flying winter and the furious storm, 
 Toward ocean's stream now wing their noisy way 
 To foes Pygmaean bearing death and doom, 
 And with the morning mist begin the strife. 
 But silent marched the Achaians, breathing might, 
 Inly resolved his fellow each to aid. 
 
 As o'er the mountain-tops when south winds blow 
 A mist is spread the shepherd loves it not, 
 Tho' robbers deem it better than the night 
 When but a stone-throw bounds the shortened ken ; 
 So rose beneath their feet the eddying dust, 
 As on they marched : and swift they crossed the plain. 
 
 But when the opposing armies now drew near, 
 The godlike Alexander in the van 
 Of Trojans flaunted him. A panther's skin 
 His shoulders bore, wherefrom his curved bow 
 And sword were slung, while in his hands two spears 
 He brandished armed with brass, and challenged forth 
 The bravest champions of the Argive host 
 To meet him, might to might, in combat dire. 
 Him Menelaus, loved of Ares, saw, 
 
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ILIAD III. 107 
 
 As striding on he came before the throng : 
 And straight rejoiced, ev'n with a lion's joy 
 Who finds a goodly prey some antlered deer 
 Or wild-goat in his hunger ; for with greed 
 The carcase he devours, tho' all around 
 Fleet-footed hounds and lusty hunters press : 
 So Menelaus joyed soon as he saw 
 The godlike Alexander, for he thought 
 The offender now to punish. From his car 
 Forthwith all armed down leapt he to the ground. 
 
 Whom when the godlike Alexander knew 
 Conspicuous in the van, dismayed at heart 
 Back slunk he to his comrades, shunning fate. 
 As one who sees a snake in mountain glen 
 Shrinks with a start, a tremour thrills his limbs, 
 Back steps he, paleness o'er his cheeks is spread ; 
 So godlike Alexander, fearing sore 
 The son of Atreus gat him quickly back, 
 And hid him in the lordly Trojan throng. 
 Whom Hector saw, and chid with words of shame : 
 "Disastrous Paris, fairest form, thou pet 
 Of love-crazed women, guileful heart ! I would 
 Thou wert unborn or hadst unwedded died ! 
 So would I have it : thou wert better so 
 Than thus a curse and hateful sight to all. 
 Loud laugh, I ween, the Achaians flowing-haired ; 
 Who call thee doughtiest champion, ev'n because 
 Fair shows thy outward form, but now thy heart 
 Within no stoutness and no valour holds. 
 What ! wert thou such, when in the sea-borne ships 
 Gathering a trusty crew thou sail'dst the main, 
 And, mingling with a foreign folk, didst bring 
 A comely bride from out the Apian land 
 A wedded daughter to our warrior race, 
 To be thy father's, city's, people's bane, 
 Joy to thy foes, but to thyself disgrace? 
 
io8 IAIAAO2 T. 
 
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ILIAD III. 109 
 
 Canst them not bide when Menelaus comes 
 Beloved of Ares ? so thou mightest learn 
 What man is he whose blooming wife thou hast. 
 Thy harp will nought avail thee, nor the gifts 
 Of Aphrodite, nor thy flowing locks 
 And comely form, when low in dust thou liest. 
 Right timorous are the Trojans : surely else 
 A shirt of stones thou long ago hadst donned 
 As fitting wage of all thy evil work." 
 
 But godlike Alexander made reply : 
 " Hector, no more ! I own thy chiding just, 
 Nor undeserved. Thy heart is ever thus, 
 Unyielding, as an axe, that through the wood 
 By shipwright, who full deftly cleaves a spar, 
 Is driven, and forceful aids the manly stroke ; 
 So in thy breast the spirit unaffrayed. 
 Yet prithee flout not thus the lovely gifts 
 Of golden Aphrodite' ; for of gods 
 The glorious gifts may not be lightly scorned : 
 They freely give, none at his will can take. 
 But now, if thou wilt have me war and fight, 
 Bid Trojans and Achaians all be set, 
 And match ye me with Menelaus' self, 
 Beloved of Ares, here between the hosts 
 To fight for Helen and for all her wealth. 
 Whoe'er be victor and the stronger prove, 
 Take he both wealth and wife and bear them home : 
 But ye the rest a trusty friendship swear 
 And dwell in deep-soiled Troy, while they our foes 
 Return to Argos, and her horse-cropt plain, 
 And to Achaia, mother of fair dames." 
 
 He spake. Right glad was Hector at the word. 
 Forth to the midst he strode, grasping his spear 
 Midway, and back he waved the Trojan squares, 
 Who halted all and sate. Then at their foe 
 The flowing-haired Achaians bent their bows 
 
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ILIAD ///. in 
 
 With arrows aimed, and poised the missile stones, 
 But loud cried Agamemnon king of men : 
 " Hold, Argives, shoot not yet, Achaia's sons ! 
 For plumed Hector stands in act to speak." 
 
 He spake : they held their hands, and quickly hushed 
 Were still : then Hector thus to either host : 
 "Hear, Trojans, and well-greaved Achaians, hear 
 The word of Alexander, for whose sake 
 The quarrel hath arisen. He bids you all, 
 Both Trojans and Achaians, lay aside 
 Upon the fruitful ground your goodly arms, 
 While in the midst in single combat he 
 And Menelaus loved of Ares meet 
 For Helen and for all her wealth to fight. 
 Whoe'er be victor and the stronger prove, 
 Take he both wealth and wife and bear them home ; 
 While we the rest a trusty friendship swear." 
 
 He spake : but they were hushed and silent all. 
 To whom then Menelaus good in fray : 
 " Now hear ye me in turn : for 'tis my heart 
 The wrong most touches. This, I trow, at once 
 Shall part the Argive and the Trojan hosts : 
 Since for my quarrel and the first-wrought sin 
 Of Alexander ye have suffered sore. 
 And now of us whiche'er be doomed to die 
 Let death be his, but let the rest at once 
 Be parted. Wherefore bring ye here two lambs, 
 One white, one black, for earth and for the Sun, 
 And we for Zeus a third. And hither lead 
 Great Priam, that himself may swear the oaths. 
 (Since headstrong and unfaithful are his sons), 
 Lest some may mar our treaty sworn by Zeus ; 
 For younger men have ever wavering minds, 
 But when the grey-beard in a covenant shares, 
 Before him and behind alike he looks, 
 That what is best for both may still be done." 
 
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 r 'l&KT(0p Se Trporl aorrv Svco tcr}pv/ca<; eire/JLTrev 
 Kap7ra\i/jLCi)s apvas re <f>epeiv Tlpiafj,6v re /ca\ecr(rai,. 
 avrap 6 Ta\6v/3LOV Trpotrj icpeiwv ' &<yafj,e/jLV(i)v 
 
 y\a(f)vpa^ levat,, ?;S' api/a /ceXevev 
 i' o S' ap' ou/c dirlffijo^ 'Ayafj,efjLvovi &/&>. 120 
 
 ewrj ya\6q>, 'AvTrjvopiSao Sd 
 TTJV 'Az/T77^opiS?79 et^ez/ Kpelcov ' 
 AaoSiKTjv Tlpidpoio Ovyarpwv etSo9 dpL 
 rrjv $ evp ev /jieydpy ^ ^e peyav Icrrov vfyawev, 125 
 
 6* iTTTToSd/jLayv /ecu 
 01)9 e^ez^ eivetc eTracr^ov VTT* *Aprjos 7ra\a/j,da)v. 
 dy%ov & lara^evT] TTpo&etfyq ?ro8a9 tw/cea *Ipt9* 
 " SeO/)' t^t, vvpfya <j)i\7j, Iva 6ecrice\a epya tSijai 130 
 
 T/30)ft>J> ^' iTrTroSdfjbcov /cal 
 61 Trplv CTT' aXX^Xotcrt <f>epov 7ro\v$aK,pvv 
 ev TreS/o), o\ooio \i\.a io^evoi 7ro\e/JLoi,o, 
 ot Si) vvv earat (riyfj TroXe/AO? Se Tre 
 atnrUri tcercXi/jLevoi, Trapd 8' ey^ea fjua/cpd TreTnjyev. 135 
 avrdp 'AXefai/Spo9 /cat dp7]i<^i\o<^ MeyeXao9 
 /jLarcpys ey^elrjo-L fjua^crovrai Trepl <reio' 
 TO) Se /ce viKT^aavTi (f>i\rj Keic\r)crr) a/coins" 
 (W9 etVoOcra ^ea y\v/ci)v 'ipepov e/x/3aXe 0v/jt,a> 
 os re Trporepov KCLI aareos rJSe TOKJJCOV. 140 
 
ILIAD III. 113 
 
 He spake : Achaians all and Trojans joyed, 
 Hoping to rest them from the woful war. 
 Back to the lines their chariots then they drew, 
 And from them lighted down, and doffed their arms, 
 And laid them on the ground ; full near they were, 
 Host facing host, and short the space between. 
 Then Hector to the city with all haste 
 Two heralds sent, to bring the victim lambs 
 And summon Priam ; while Talthybius 
 By sovereign Agamemnon was despatched 
 To seek the hollow ships and bring their lamb, 
 Nor disobeyed his godlike lord's command. 
 
 Iris the while to white-armed Helen came 
 A messenger, in outer semblance like 
 Laodice a sister of her lord, 
 Fairest of Priam's daughters, whom to wife 
 Prince Helicaon had, Antenor's son. 
 Helen within her bower she found : a web 
 On ample loom she wove, a double cloak 
 Bright-hued she broidered o'er with many a bout 
 Of Troy's steed-tamers and their mail-clad foes, 
 Borne for her sake beneath the War-god's hand. 
 And standing near her thus fleet Iris spake : 
 " Hither, dear sister, hither come, to see 
 Of Troy's steed-tamers and their mail-clad foes 
 The wondrous deeds. Who on the plain of late 
 Each 'gainst the other threatened tearful war 
 With eager craving for the murderous fray, 
 Now silent sit, the din of battle hushed, 
 On shields reclined, with tall spears planted nigh. 
 But Menelaus soon, whom Ares loves, 
 And Alexander with long lance will fight 
 For thee, and thou shalt be the victor's bride," 
 
 So spake the goddess, and within her heart 
 Stirred a sweet longing for her former lord, 
 Her city and her parents. Straight she took 
 
 G. H. 8 
 
114 IAIAAO2 I\ 
 
 ex Oa\d^oio, repev Kara Sd/cpv 
 OVK oiTj' a/JLa rf) ye Kal d^Liro\OL Si? 
 AWprj HirOfjos Ovydrrjp KXu/iei'T? re ft 
 altya 8' 7rei6' i/cavov 06 L ^Katal rrv\ai rjcrav. V 14 = 
 ot & d/j,(f)l Tlpia/jiov /cal TLdvOoov rf&e V^OLT^V 
 AdfjLTrov re K.\vrlov 0' 'I/cerdovd T* ofyv "Ap^o?, 
 Qv/ca\eya)v re real 'Avrrjvcop, 'jreTrvv^evw d/JL<f)G), 
 BTjfjLoyepovTes 67rl %/caifjcri, 7rv\7j(7iv, 
 $r) TroXeyLtoto TreTravfjuevoi, a\X' dyopijTai 150 
 
 TeTTijecrcn eot/core?, ol re icaO* V\TJV 
 fa^o/jievoi, OTTO, \eipi6eo-aav ielcrw' 
 
 TOLOl. dpa TptoCOV ^777TOp69 T)VT CTTi TTVpyW. 
 
 o$ 8' o)9 ovv eiSovO* f E\evrjv 7rl Trvpyov iovcrav, 
 
 r)ica TTpo? aXX^Xof? eTrea 'jnepoevr dyopevov. 155 
 
 "ou vepecris Tpcoa? Kal evtcinj/JuSa<; ' 
 
 TotfJS' d/jL(f>l <yvvaiKi TTO\VV xpovov d\y 
 
 alvws dOavdryai, Seals els wira eoucev. 
 
 aXXa /cal <?, TOLIJ irep eova ', ev vrjval veecrOa), 
 
 fji^ rf/jLiv reKeecro-l r' oTrlcraco Trrjaa XtVotro." 
 
 0)9 ap' ecfrav, ITp/ayu-o? 8' f EXeV?;i/ eKaXeo-aaro 
 " Sevpo TrdpoiO* e\0ovcra, $>i\ov reVo?, Tfeu efielo, 
 6(f)pa iSy Trporepov re TTOCTIV Trrjovs re ^>tXov? re' 
 ou rt /ioi atrt?; ecrcri Qeol vv JJLOI, alnol el(7iv, 
 
 Oi fJLOL e(f)topfJL7)O-aV 7TO\e^OV 7TO\vSaKpVV ^A.'XCLiWV' 
 
 W9 fjLOL Kal Tovft dvSpa 7re\d>pi,ov e^ovo/jLijvys, 
 09 rt9 08' early *A^ato9 dvijp rjvs re fjueyas re. 
 TJ roi pev Ke(j)a\fj Kal p/0p9 aXXot eaaiv, 
 Ka\6v 8' OVTO) 670)^ oi/ 7TO) t8oz/ 6(f)0a\fioi(Tiv, 
 ov8' oura) yepapov /3acri\rji ydp dvSpl eoiKev" 
 
 TOI/ 8' 'EXe^T? /jLvdoLcnv d/jLel/3ero, Sia yvvaiicwv. 
 " at'8oto9 Te /Ltot eVcrt, </Xe eKvpe, 8eti/09 re" 
 
ILIAD III. 115 
 
 A shining veil and shrouded her therewith, 
 Then from the chamber sped, and aye she let 
 The pearly tear down fall : nor went alone ; 
 Two handmaids followed ; Aethra, daughter she 
 Of Pittheus, and the large-eyed Clymene. 
 And quickly to the Scaean gates they came. 
 There Priam, Lampus, Clytius, Panthoiis, 
 Thymoetes, Hicetaon (scion brave 
 Of Ares), there Antenor, and with him 
 Ucalegon, sage pair, sate in the gate ; 
 A reverend senate, now from war released 
 By length of days, yet still in council good, 
 Clear-voiced as crickets, who throughout the copse 
 Perched on the trees their ringing treble ply. 
 Such were Troy's leaders sitting on the tower. 
 And these, when Helen coming they espied, 
 Low to each other spake in winged words : 
 "That Trojans and well-greaved Achaians all 
 For such a woman long should suffer toils, 
 It is no blame. Full wondrously in face 
 To some immortal goddess she is like. 
 Yet let her even thus, tho' fair she be, 
 Take ship and go, nor here abide, to us 
 And to our children after us a bane." 
 
 So spake they all. But Priam called aloud : 
 "Helen, dear child, come hither, sit by me, 
 To see thy former husband, husband's kin, 
 And friends. I blame not thee, the gods I blame, 
 Who urged on me the Achaians' tearful war. 
 Come, name me now, I pray, yon stalwart man, 
 Whoe'er he be,. Achaian brave and tall. 
 His height indeed some other heads o'ertop ; 
 But wight so goodly saw I never yet 
 Or stately, for his mien bespeaks him king." 
 
 To whom made answer Helen, godlike dame : 
 "Honour for thee, dear father of my lord, 
 
 82 
 
n 6 IAIAAO2 T. 
 
 &)9 o(f>e\ev 6dvar6<$ {JLOL dbelv /catcos, oTTTrore Sevpo 
 vlel (7a> eTTOfjLTjv, Oaka^ov yvcorovs re \L7rovcra 
 TralSd re rrj\vyeT7)v Kal 6jJbrf\.LKLr]v dpareLvijv. 
 aXXa rd 7' OVK eyevovro' TO KOI K\alovcra 
 rovro Be TOI epea) o ^ dveipeai r)Se 
 o^ro? 7* 'Ar/Det'S?;? evpvKpeiwv ' 
 d/ji(j)6Tepov, {3ao-L\evs r dyaOos Kparepos r' 
 Sarjp CLVT eyL60? ecr/ce Kwairtbos, et TTOT' 771^ 76." 
 
 co? ^>aro, rw S' 6 yepcov tjjdacraro, <f>a>v7j(rev re 
 " to fiaKap 'Arpeif^, poiprjyeves, o 
 17 pa z/y rot TroXXot SeSprjaro tcovpoi * 
 rjSr} KOI t&pvytrjp elcrrfXvOov df 
 ev6a L&OV TrXe/a-roL'9 
 
 01 pa rore o-rparowvro Trap 
 
 Kal 0)^ eTTiKovos (0v ieTa TOICTIV 
 
 7Jfj,ari, TO) ore r' r)\6ov 'A/Ltaoz>e? dvridveipai' 
 d\\ y ov& ot roa-oi rjaav ocroi eXtVwTre? 
 
 Sevrepov avr ^OSvarja IStov epeeiv 6 
 " elif aye poi Kal rovSe, $>i\ov re/eo?, 09 rt9 08' 
 fjLclcov /J,ev Kecf)a\f) 'A.<yafj,e/jivovos 
 evpvrepos & a)/j,oicri, l$e crrepvoicn 
 
 fj,ev ol Kelrai eirl ^Oovl 7rov\v/3oreLpTj, 
 e /crt\09 W9 67rt7T&>XetT<zt o-r^a9 dvSpcov. 
 dpveiw /J,w 670) 76 ei-Wa) 777776(7 tyu,aXXw, 
 09 r' oiW /^67a TraJv Step^erat dpyevvdwv." 
 
 TOV S' ij/jLelfteT* 67Tid' 'EXei/T; Ato9 efcyeyavia' 
 11 OLT09 8' au AaepTidSr)? 770X^77x^9 'OSUO-0-6U9, 
 09 rpd<j)7) eV SrjjjLQ) 'I6d/C7]s rcpavafjs Trep 01/0-779, 
 
ILIAD III. 117 
 
 And reverent awe I feel. O that I then 
 Had welcomed evil death, when with thy son 
 Hither I came, my marriage-chamber left 
 And kin, and darling daughter, and fair troop 
 Of loved companions. But it was not so ; 
 And therefore weeping do I melt in tears. 
 But what thou ask'st and seekest I will tell. 
 Wide-ruling Agamemnon, Atreus' son, 
 Is yonder wight ; at once a noble king 
 And warrior stout : and husband's brother once 
 (If so indeed he was) to shameless me." 
 
 Thus she. The grey-beard gazed in awe, then spake : 
 " O blessed son of Atreus, happy born, 
 Favoured of fortune ! Little did I wot 
 Achaia's sons so many owned thy sway. 
 Long since I went to Phrygia, land of vines, 
 And saw a numerous host, swift horsemen all, 
 By Otreus and by godlike Mygdon led, 
 Phrygians, who mustered on Sangarius' bank. 
 For I was counted with them as ally, 
 What time the Amazons, those peers of men, 
 To battle came. Yet were not even they 
 In number as Achaia's bright-eyed sons." 
 
 Odysseus next the old man saw, and asked : 
 " Come, say again, dear child, whom see I here ? 
 Shorter than Agamemnon Atreus' son 
 He stands : but in the shoulders and the chest 
 Broader he shows. Upon the fruitful earth 
 His arms are laid : himself, as moves a ram, 
 Is pacing stately through the ranks of men. 
 Yea, to a thick-fleeced rain I liken him 
 Moving amid the flock of white-woolled sheep." 
 
 To whom made answer Helen, born of Zeus : 
 "Laertes' son is this, Odysseus hight, 
 The many-counselled man, whom Ithaca, 
 Though rugged land it be, claims for her son. 
 
n8 IAIAAO2 T. 
 
 TravTolov? re SoXou? KOI fJirjSea TTVKVO," 
 TTJV S' avr 'Avrrjvwp TreTrvvfJLevos dvrlov 
 " co yvvai, rj /j,d\a rovro erro? vrj/JLepres e 
 178?; yap KOI Sevpo TTOT rj\vOe 8to? 'Q&vcro-evs, 205 
 
 crev eveic dyyeXlrj^ crvv dprjicfriXa) Me^eXao)' 
 TOI)? S' 670) e^eivio-cra KCLI ev fjL6<ydpoi(ri, (f)i\rjaa, 
 d/j,<f>OTepQ)v Se tfrvrjv eSdrjv KOI firjbea TTVKVCL. 
 ' ore 8/) Tpcoecrcriv ev dypo/J,evoi(ri,v efJM%0V, 
 
 /JLev Me^eXao? i>7relpe^ev evpeas (OJJLOVS, 210 
 
 e^ofjievo) yepapwrepos r/ev 'OSuo-creu?. 
 aXX' ore S^ fj,v6ov$ KOI fjL^ea TTOO-LV v^aivov, 
 rf TQI fjuev Mez^eXao? eTTLTpo^dBrjv dyopevev, 
 Travpa pev, aXXa poka Xt7ea>9, eVet ov 7ro\v/j,vQo<; 
 ovft d<j)a/jLapToe7njs, el teal <yevei varepos rjev. 215 
 
 aXX' ore Srj TroXu/z-^rt? dva'tfeiev 'OSucro-eu?. 
 (rrdcncev, viral 8e t&eovce /cara ^Oovo^ ofi/jLara TT^fa?, 
 o-fcrJTrrpov S' oi/r' OTTLCTCO ovre TrpoTrprjves ev(a/j,a, 
 aXX' do-re/jL(j)es e^ea/ceis, d't'Spel ^>a)rt eo^/cco?' 
 ^>at^9 ^:e ^CLKOTOV re T^' e/jifjievai afypovd T' aurco?. 220 
 aXX' ore S/} OTTO- re /J,eyd\r]v etc crrrjBeo^ IT) 
 KOI 7rea vitydSecrcri, eotfcora ^ei^epirjcnv, 
 OVK av evretT* ^GBvarji y epiGGeiev /3^oro? aXXo?. 
 oiJ rore 7' c58' 'OSucr^o? dyaao-dfjieO' etSo? t8oz/re?." 
 
 TO rplrov avr AXavra ISciov epiew o <yepai6s' 225 
 
 "Tt9 T' ap' oS' aXXo? 'A^ato? a^?)p 771;? re yue^a? re, 
 efo^o? 'Apyeicov Ke<f)a\r)v re KCLI evpeas 
 
 TW S' 'EXei^?; raz^uTreTrXo? ayLtet/Sero, Sta 
 " ouro? 8' Ala? ecrrl TreXwpto?, tyicos 'A^ata;z'. 
 
 8' erepcodev evl KprfTeao-i 0eo$ 009 230 
 
 Se /zt^ KprjrcDV dyol Tjye 
 7roXXa/a yLtti/ ^elvLacrev dprji&iXos Mez/eXao? 
 
ILIAD III. 119 
 
 Each crafty wile and counsel shrewd he knows." 
 
 To her in turn the sage Antenor spake : 
 " Fair dame, this word of thine I warrant true. 
 For hither erst godlike Odysseus came, 
 Bearing a message to demand thee back, 
 With Menelaus, him of Ares loved. 
 I welcomed them as host within my halls, 
 And knew of both the form and counsels shrewd. 
 And when they mingled with the Trojan throng, 
 As there they stood, higher the shoulders broad 
 Of Menelaus rose : but when they sate, 
 Odysseus was the statelier of the twain. 
 Then when they spake and wove before us all 
 Their web of counsels, Menelaus spake 
 Right on with running flow, as brief in speech 
 But clear in tone ; not many words had he, 
 Nor random missed the mark, tho' younger born. 
 But when in turn the many-counselled man 
 Odysseus rose, he stood with look cast down 
 And eyes fixed on the ground : his royal staff 
 Nor back he swayed nor forwards, but unmoved 
 Held firm ; in semblance as some simple wight, 
 Whom surly one might deem or witless fool. 
 But when the full voice from his chest forth poured, 
 And words fast falling as the winter snow, 
 No mortal with Odysseus then might vie : 
 It was not then his form our wonder claimed." 
 
 Then saw he Ajax, and a third time asked : 
 "And who is this again, Achaian wight 
 Both brave and tall, who 'bove the Argive throng 
 Towers eminent by head and shoulders broad ? " 
 
 And answered long-robed Helen, godlike dame, 
 " Huge Ajax this, Achaia's bulwark strong : 
 And yonder, as a god, Idomeneus 
 Among his Cretans stands ; around him crowd 
 His chiefs. To him full often in our home 
 
120 IAIAAO2 T. 
 
 oiKto ev rjfjLerepw, OTrore J^pijrrjdev IKOITO. 
 
 vvv 8' aXXoL5 /JLev Trdvras opw ekiKWjras 
 
 of;? Kev ev yvolrjv /cal r ovvo/j,a ^vQ-^aal^riv' 235 
 
 Soi(u 8' ov ^vva^at, ISeeiv Kocr^Tope \awv, 
 
 Kdo-ropd 0' iTTTToSafjLov KOI TT^f dyadov TIo\vSevKa, 
 
 avTO/caaiyvijTco, rw poi fJLia <yelvaro /jLjjrrjp. 
 
 rj ov% ecr7recr6i]V Aa/ceSat/to^o? e' epareivrjs, 
 
 r) Sevpo /JLev eTTOvro veeaa evi TrovroTropoia-iv, 240 
 
 vvv avr OVK eOekovai ^d^rjv Kara^v^evai, dvSpatv, 
 
 aio"xea SetStore? /cal ovelSea vroXX' a /JLOI eariv." 
 
 eS? <f>dro, TOI)? 8' rjSr) fcdre^ev (frval^oos dla 
 ev Aa/ceSalpovi avQi, <f>i\y ev irarpfBt yalrj. 
 
 Kijpv/ces 8' dvd dffrv 0ev (f>epov op/cia Trtcrra, 245 
 
 dpve Svci) Kal olvov ev<f)pova, /capirbv dpovprjs, 
 dcr/ca) ev aljeiaj. (f>ep6 Se /cpijTijpa (fraeivov 
 tcrjpv^ 'ISaio? ijBe xpvcreia /cuvreXXa, 
 wrpvvev Be <yepovra irapicrTdiJbevos eTreeacriv. 
 " opcreo Aao/jLeSovTLdBrj. /caXeovaiv dpiaroi 250 
 
 TpOXOV & LTTTToSd/jLCOV KOL * K.yaiU) 
 
 e's TreSlov /caTaflfjvat, 'Lv op/cia mcrrd 
 avrdp 'AXefai'Spo? Kal dpriLfyiKos Mei/eXao? 
 fjiafcpys ey%elr](ri fia^crovr d^l ryvvaitci' 
 TO) 8e /ce vi/ctfo-avTi, yvvrj Kal KT7]/JiaO' eTroiro. 255 
 
 ol S' d\\OL (friXoTijTa Kal opKia Trio-rd ra/jbovres 
 vaioi/jt-ev Tpolrjv epiftwKaKa, roil Be veovrai 
 "A/070? e? iTTTTopoTov Kal 'A^attSa Ka\\iyvvaiKa" 
 &J5 (f)dro, plyijaev S' o jepcov, eKekevcre S' eralpoLs 
 
 ,' Tol 8' oTpa\ea)s eirLdovro. 260 
 
ILIAD III. 121 
 
 Was Menelaus, loved of Ares, host, 
 Whene'er from Crete he came. And now I see 
 The others all, Achaia's bright-eyed sons, 
 Whom I could well discern, and tell each name. 
 But two I see not, marshals of the host, 
 Steed-taming Castor, and, with clenched hand 
 Brave champion, Polydeuces. These to me 
 Own brothers were, and of one mother born. 
 Or came they not from Lacedaemon fair, 
 Or hither came indeed in sea-borne ships, 
 But will not enter now the fight of men, 
 Fearing my shame and deep reproach to hear ? " 
 
 Thus Helen spake. But they already slept 
 Fast bound in life-begetting earth, away 
 In Lacedaemon their dear fatherland. 
 
 Meanwhile the heralds through the city bare 
 The offerings to the gods to seal the oaths, 
 Two lambs, and wine the gladdener of the heart, 
 Fruit of the soil, in goatskin bottle slung. 
 A glittering bowl withal Idaeus bare, 
 And golden cups : then went he near and stood, 
 And thus aroused with words the aged king : 
 " Son of Laomedon arise ! The chiefs 
 Of Troy's steed-tamers and their mail-clad foes 
 Now summon thee to seek the plain below, 
 That thou may'st seal by faithful oath a truce. 
 For Menelaus, he whom Ares loves, 
 And Alexander shall in single fight 
 With lances long do battle for the dame : 
 And wealth and wife shall be the victor's meed. 
 But, for the rest, a trusty friendship sworn, 
 In deep-soiled Troy we still shall dwell, and they 
 Return to Argos and her horse-cropt plain, 
 And to Achaia land of comely dames." 
 
 He spake. The grey-beard shuddered, but his squires 
 He charged to yoke his steeds ; who swift obeyed. 
 
122 IA1AAO2 T. 
 
 av 8' ap eprj Hpia/jLos, Kara &' rjvia relvev 
 
 Trap Se ol 'Avrrjvcop 7repi/ca\\ea Ptfcrero Slcfrpov. 
 
 TO) oe ota Zttcaiwv TreoYoz/S' ^ov co/cea? ILTTTTOVS. 
 
 aXX' ore 77 p i/covro pera T/3c3a? KOI 'A^a-tou?, 
 
 6 5 f ITTTTWV a7ro/3ai/re? eVt ^dova 7rov\vf3oTei,pav 265 
 
 ? fjueao-ov Tpoocov KOI 'A^atcoz^ eo-r 
 
 wpvvTO 8* avTLK 7TLTa avo% dvSpoov ' 
 
 av 8' 'OSifcrei)? 7ro\V[J,7)Tis' drap rcijpv/ces dyavol 
 
 opKia TTLo-ra Oewv gvvayov, Kprjrrjpi Se olvov 
 
 , drap ftacrikevcnv vbcop eVt %et/3a? e^evav. 270 
 
 Se epvcro-d/jievos ^eipecrcri fid^aLpav^ 
 rj ol Trap f/<eo9 yLte^a /cov\eov alev acopro, 
 dpvwv e/c K6(f)a\ea)v rdfjuvev rp/^a?* avrdp eireira 
 Tpa>a)v Kal * hyai&v vel^av dp icrro t?. 
 ' 'ArpetS?;? fjueydX* eu^ero, ^etpa? dvaa^cov. 275 
 " ZeO Trdrep "ISijOev fjuebeayv, Kv^iare /j,eyiaT6, 
 T/eXto? ^' 09 Trdvr e^>opa9 /cat TTCLVT 
 ical Trorafiol /cal yala, KOI OL vTrevepde 
 
 rivvaOov, ort9 ' 7riop/cov ofjLo 
 
 fjidprvpot, eo-re, $v\dcrcreTe S' op/cia iridTa. 280 
 
 Mez>eXaoz/ 'A\e| r a^Spo9 KaraTrecfrvr], 
 
 ^\evr)v e^erco /cal Kr^fJiara Trdvra, 
 ' eV vrjecrdi vewpeQa TrovroTropoio-W 
 el Be K * AXegavSpov Krelvr) %avdbs MeveXaos, 
 Tpcoa9 eTret^' 'EXe^v /cal KT^ara TTOLVT diroSovvai,, 285 
 TiprjV 8' 'Ap7e/ot9 aTTOTivefJiev fyv TIV eoucev, 
 r) re Kal ecro-o/jLevoicn per dv0pa>7roi,o-i, 7re\7jrai. 
 el 8' az> eLtot rijt,rv ITtaLto9 Ilmofco re 
 
ILIAD III. 123 
 
 Then mounted Priam, and behind him stretched 
 
 The reins ; Antenor mounted by his side 
 
 The beauteous car : and so the twain drove on 
 
 Their fleet steeds plainwards thro' the Scaean gates. 
 
 But when they came where either host was set, 
 
 Leaving their steeds, upon the fruitful earth 
 
 They lighted down, and to the midst advanced 
 
 Between the Trojan and Achaian lines. 
 
 Then straight rose Agamemnon king of men, 
 
 Rose too Odysseus, many-counselled sage : 
 
 And now the reverend heralds duly brought 
 
 The offerings to the gods to seal the oaths, 
 
 And in the bowl they mixed the wine, and poured 
 
 Water upon the hands of all the kings. 
 
 Then with his hand Atrides drew the knife 
 
 That aye beside his mighty scabbard hung, 
 
 And from the lambs' heads cut the hairs ; and these 
 
 To Trojan and Achaian chiefs alike 
 
 The heralds parted. Then before them all 
 
 Loud with uplifted hands Atrides prayed : 
 
 "O Father Zeus, who rul'st from Ida's height, 
 
 Most glorious, greatest lord ; and thou bright Sun, 
 
 Thou who beholdest all and hearest all ; 
 
 Ye Rivers, and thou Earth, and ye twin powers 
 
 That vengeance wreak upon the dead below 
 
 Of human kind, whoe'er be here forsworn : 
 
 Witness ye all, and guard our faithful oaths. 
 
 If Alexander Menelaus slay, 
 
 Then keep he Helen, keep he all her wealth, 
 
 While we upon our sea-borne ships return. 
 
 But if it be that Alexander fall 
 
 By Menelaus of the yellow hair, 
 
 Then Helen and her wealth shall Troy restore, 
 
 And pay us such a fine as may be meet, 
 
 And be a law to rule an after age. 
 
 But if to me Priam and Priam's sons 
 
124 IAIAAO2 T. 
 
 OVK 
 
 avrp eyco /ca eireira ^aao^ai ewe/ca Troivs 290 
 
 CLV0L fJLevWV, 610)9 K TeXo? 7TO\e/jLOl,0 
 
 77, /cal djro crro/xa^ou? dpvwv rd/j,e 
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ILIAD III. 125 
 
 Such fine deny, should Alexander fall, 
 Then will I still fight on for recompense, 
 Abiding here till war's full end be won." 
 
 He spake, and with unpitying blade he cut 
 Right through the victims' throats, and laid the Jambs 
 Yet gasping on the ground, bereft of life, 
 Whose strength the blade had quelled. Then from the bowl 
 Drew they the wine, and from the cups forth poured : 
 And to the everliving gods they prayed, 
 While thus each Trojan and Achaian spake : 
 " Most glorious greatest Zeus, and ye the rest 
 Immortal gods ! grant, of the peoples twain 
 Whiche'er shall first break oath and dare the wrong, 
 That on the ground their brains may, as this wine, 
 Bespattered flow, theirs and their babes' withal ; 
 And be their wives to other. lords enslaved." 
 
 They prayed, but Zeus not yet their prayer confirmed. 
 To whom spake Priam son of Dardanus : 
 " Hear Trojans and well-greaved Achaians hear ! 
 I verily to Ilion's wind-swept towers 
 Will get me back : my eyes may not endure 
 To see my own dear son a combat wage 
 With Menelaus, him whom Ares loves. 
 Zeus and the gods immortal know, I ween, 
 Whom of the twain the doom of death awaits." 
 
 The godlike hero spake, and in the car 
 The lambs he laid, then gat him up, and stretched 
 The reins behind : Antenor by his side 
 Mounted the beauteous car, and so the twain 
 Backward in haste to Ilion took their way. 
 But Hector Priam's son, and with him joined 
 Godlike Odysseus, first marked out the ground, 
 Then took the lots, and in the brazen helm 
 Shook, to decide who first should hurl the spear : 
 While with uplifted hands the armies prayed, 
 And. thus each Trojan and Achaian spake: 
 
126 IAIAAO2 T. 
 
 " Zeu Trdrep "IBrjOev /jieBewv, /cvBiare //.eytcrre, 320 
 
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 ai|r opcwv' Ilapio? Se ^oc5? e/c K\rjpo<? opovaev. 325 
 
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 xdX/ceov, aura/3 eTretra ad/cos /Jieja re crri/Sapov re. 335 
 Kparl 8' eV l(j)0lp,(p Kvverjv evrvtcrov eOrj/cev 
 
 Bewov Be \6(j)o<; /cadvTrepOev evevev. 
 8' d\KLfjbOv 7^09, o o/ TraXa^^tz/ dprjpei. 
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 o? 8' eVet oi;^ e/cdrepOev O/JLL\OV Owpi'^drjcrav, 340 
 
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ILIAD III. 127 
 
 "O Father Zeus, whose sway from Ida's height 
 Is over all, most glorious, greatest king ! 
 Who of the twain hath brought these toils on all, 
 Grant he be slain and enter Hades' home, 
 While we in peace a trusty friendship swear." 
 
 So spake they all. Now with averted eyes 
 The mighty plumed Hector shook the helm, 
 And swiftly forth the lot of Paris leapt. 
 Then sate them down the armies by their ranks, 
 Each in his place, where his high-prancing steeds 
 Stood nigh, and where his well-wrought armour lay. 
 But Alexander, long-haired Helen's lord, 
 Around his shoulders donned his goodly arms. 
 First put he round his legs the greaves so fair, 
 With silver ankle-clasps made fast and sure ; 
 The corslet next around his breast he drew, 
 Lycaon's corslet, to his brother lent, 
 And fitting well : then from his shoulders slung 
 A silver-studded sword of brazen blade, 
 And shield both large and stout : his well-wrought helm 
 Then placed he on his mighty head, with crest 
 Of horse-hair nodding terribly above : 
 Then took a tough lance fitted to his hand. 
 And Menelaus armed him ev'n as he. 
 
 But when the twain their harness thus had donned 
 In either host, forth strode they to the midst 
 Of Trojans and Achaians. Dread their looks, 
 And awed were they that saw the sons of Troy 
 Steed-tamers, and Achaia's well-greaved men. 
 And now within the measured lists they stood 
 Full close, with quivering lances, mutual rage. 
 Then Alexander his long-shadowed spear 
 First cast, and struck upon Atrides' shield, 
 His orbed shield, nor brake the brazen plates, 
 But in the stout targe back the point was turned. 
 Then Menelaus second rose with lance 
 
128 IAIAAO2 T. 
 
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 ' o Se /cXlvdrj /cal d\evaro Krjpa fjie\aivav. 360 
 
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 rj ol pr)%ev i/juavra /9oo9 l<f>i Krapevoio' 375 
 
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ILIAD HL 129 
 
 Brass-tipped, and uttered prayer to father Zeus : 
 
 "O sovereign Zeus, grant vengeance on the man, 
 
 On godlike Alexander, who on me 
 
 First wrought the wrong! Quell him beneath my hands. 
 
 So may all shudder, ev'n the yet unborn, 
 
 Nor guest requite his kindly host with wrong." 
 
 He spake, and poising the long-shadowed spear 
 Cast it, and struck the shield of Priam's son, 
 His orbed shield. Through shield refulgent came 
 The forceful spear, through corslet richly wrought 
 Pressed firmly, and right onwards by the loins 
 Tore slashing through the tunic ; but aside 
 The hero bent, and shunned the gloomy death. 
 Then Atreus' son his silver-studded sword 
 Drew, lifted high, and smote the helm's front cone, 
 Snapt there the blade in three or four, and fell 
 In shivered splinters from the warrior's hand. 
 Then wailed Atrides as he heavenwards gazed: 
 "O Father Zeus, no god so harsh as thou ! 
 Surely, I said, for Alexander's wrong 
 I now shall venge me. But my sword is broke 
 Here in my hands, and from my grasp the spear 
 Sped on a bootless quest, nor slew I him." 
 
 He spake, and rushing furious seized the helm 
 Bushy with horse-hair crest, then turning dragged 
 Towards the well-greaved Achaian host his foe, 
 Choked by the broidered strap that pressed beneath 
 His tender neck, the strap that stretching round 
 Below the chin held firm in place the casque. 
 And surely he had dragged him off and won 
 Untold renown, but quick to mark his plight 
 ^Was Aphrodite, child of Zeus ; who brake 
 The thong (from hide of ox felled heavily), 
 And empty in his broad hand came away 
 The casque. And this toward the Achaian host 
 The victor whirling flung, and trusty squires 
 
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ILIAD III. 131 
 
 Received. But he again with brazen lance, 
 
 Intent to slay, upon his foeman rushed: 
 
 Whom Aphrodite rescued from his doom, 
 
 Full easily, ev'n as a goddess may ; 
 
 And deep in mist enshrouded bare him thence, 
 
 And in his perfumed fragrant chamber laid. 
 
 Then went she to call Helen. Her she found 
 
 Upon a lofty tower with Trojan dames 
 
 Full many around her. With her hand she plucked 
 
 Her perfumed veil and spake, in semblance like 
 
 An aged crone, comber of wool, who wrought 
 
 Fair 'work for Helen in her Spartan home 
 
 And loved her dearly. Like to her in form 
 
 Queen Aphrodite* showed, as thus she spake : 
 
 "Away, 'tis Alexander calls thee home. 
 
 There in his chamber by the carven bed 
 
 He waits thee bright in raiment and in limb : 
 
 Nor wouldst thou deem him come from combat dire 
 
 With foeman, but or going to the dance 
 
 Or resting from the dance but newly done." 
 
 She spake, and stirred the heart within her breast. 
 And when the. goddess by her beauteous neck, 
 Her lovely breast, and glittering eyes she knew, 
 Astonied then she stood, and thus she spake: 
 " Dread power ! why seek'st thou thus to cozen me ? 
 Wilt thou yet further to some peopled town 
 Of Phrygia lead me or Maeonia fair, 
 If haply there among speech-gifted men 
 Darling of thine there be? Because but now 
 O'er godlike Alexander hath prevailed 
 Brave Menelaus, and would homewards lead 
 Detested me, dost therefore hither come 
 With guileful tale? Go sit thou by him, thou, 
 The paths of gods forswearing ; nevermore 
 Toward Olympus turn thy feet: but still 
 Beside him weep and wail, and guard him well, 
 
 9-2 
 
132 IAIAA02 T. 
 
 ei9 o K6 cr i] aXo^oi> Tronj&erai, rj o ye BovXrjv. 
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ILIAD III. 133 
 
 Till for his wife he take thee or his slave. 
 But thither go I not it were foul shame 
 To tend his bed; so should I henceforth be 
 A mock and curse to all the dames of Troy. 
 Ev'n now of countless woes my heart is full." 
 
 Then godlike Aphrodit^ much in wrath : 
 "Chafe me not so, rash fool! lest in my rage 
 I leave thee to thyself, and hate thee sore 
 As once I dearly loved, and so devise 
 That thou of either host alike be loathed, 
 Trojans and Danaans : sad were then thy doom." 
 
 She spake: then trembled Helen, born of Zeus, 
 And went, enshrouded in white glistering veil, 
 Silent, unseen of all : the goddess led. 
 
 But when to Alexander's beauteous house 
 They came, the handmaids turned them to their work 
 In haste; but Helen, godlike dame, went on 
 To the highroofed chamber. Aphroditd then, 
 The laughter-loving goddess, took for her 
 And right against where Alexander stood 
 Set down a chair : and there did Helen sit, 
 The child of aegis-bearing Zeus, with eyes 
 Averted, and her lord thus roundly chid: 
 "Thou'rt come from war: would thou hadst perished there, 
 By doughty champion slain, my former lord ! 
 Surely thou once didst boast thee better man 
 Than Menelaus, he whom Ares loves, 
 In might and hands and lance. Go dare him then 
 Again in fight to meet thee. Yet would I 
 Bid thee be still, nor with the yellow-haired 
 Close might to might in fray, unwisely bold: 
 Lest by his spear thou find a speedy fall." 
 
 To her with ready answer Paris spake: 
 "Nay, lady, chide me not with hard reproach. 
 Athene helping, Menelaus now 
 Hath vanquished me ; but I hereafter him : 
 
134 IAIAAO2 T. 
 
 Kelvov 8' avris eyw' Trapd yap 6eoi eloi Kal 
 
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 ov yap TTca TTore fju cSSe 7' po$ (frp 
 
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 vijaw S' ev Kpavdrj ejjiiyrjv (f)iJ\6rrjTL Kal evvfj, 445 
 
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 rj pa, Kal tfpx e ^e^ocrSe KLWV' a/ta & elirer 
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 el' TTOV ecraOpricreiev *A\et;av$pov deoei&ea. 450 
 
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 rolcri Se Kal neTeenre dva% dv&pwv 'Aya/Ae/jLvcov' 455 
 
 " KeK\vre [iev, T/)c5e9 Kal kdpSavoi 7)8' ejrucovpoi, 
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 re Kal ecro-ouevoio-i, per dvOpwiroiai TreX^Tat." 460 
 
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ILIAD III. 135 
 
 For we no less than he have gods to aid. 
 
 But turn we now to softer wedded joys. 
 
 For never yet did love so fill my heart : 
 
 No, not when first from Lacedaemon fair 
 
 In sea-borne ships I carried thee away, 
 
 Till soon in Cranae's isle our loves were joined. 
 
 Never, as now, felt I so sweet desire." 
 
 He spake, and toward the bed he led the way ; 
 His consort followed him : and so the twain 
 Upon the shapely bed together lay. 
 
 Meanwhile Atrides, as a savage beast, 
 Ranged thro' the throng, if haply he might spy 
 The godlike Alexander: yet could none, 
 Nor Trojan nor renowned ally, disclose 
 To Menelaus then his foeman's place 
 Whom sure, if seen, for love they had not hid, 
 For all abhorred him like to gloomy death. 
 Then out spake Agamemnon king of men : 
 " Hear me, ye Trojans, Dardans, and allies ! 
 With Menelaus, loved of Ares, rests 
 Plain victory. Therefore yield ye up straightway 
 Both Argive Helen and her wealth withal, 
 And pay us such full fine as may be meet 
 And be a law to rule an after age." 
 
 Atrides spake : the Achaians all approved. 
 
IAIAAOZ A. 
 
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 opcropev, r) ffriXorrjTa /zer' d^orepotcri, 
 el 8' au 7T&>9 roSe Traat (f>i\ov Kal 7)81) 
 rj rot, pev oiKeoiTO TroXt? Ilpidfioto avarcros, 
 auTi? 8' 'Apyeiijv 'E^ei'Tjv Me^eXao? dyoiro" 
 0)9 e(f)a6\ at 8' eVe/Affai' 'A.0ijvah) re Kal 
 Tr\rj<Tiai ai y r)<r07)v, Kand Be T/3Cue<r(7t fjLeBe<T0rjv. 
 
ILIAD IV. 
 
 The breaking of the covenant and the joining of battle. 
 
 Now sate the gods with Zeus assembled all 
 On golden floor, while queenly Hebd bare 
 Nectar, their wine ; and they in golden cups 
 Pledged each the other gazing down on Troy. 
 Then straight the son of Cronos strove to chafe 
 Herd with cutting words of covert aim : 
 "Two goddess helpers Menelaus hath, 
 Here of Argos and Athene' queen 
 Of Alalcomenae ; yet they apart 
 Sit idle and amuse them looking on, 
 While laughter-loving Aphroditd walks 
 Ever beside his foe, and wards his doom, 
 And now hath saved him when he thought to die. 
 But victory full surely doth remain 
 With Menelaus, him whom Ares loves. 
 Debate we then what way these works shall end. 
 Rouse we again fell war and baleful strife, 
 Or knit we friendship now between these foes? 
 If this be good and pleasing to us all, 
 Then let king Priam's city stand and thrive, 
 And Argive Helen to her lord return." 
 
 He spake. Whereat low murmured twain who near 
 Together sate and planned the Trojans' bane, 
 Ev'n Her and Athene". Silent sate 
 
138 IAIAAO2 A. 
 
 ?; TOI ^A.6rjvair] d/cea)v fjv ovBe n elirev, 
 
 <TKvofJLevr) Att ira-rpi, ^0X09 Be /ui> dypios rjpeC 
 
 ' Hprj $ OVK e%aBc crrfjOos ^6\ov, aXXa TrpocrrjiiBa' 
 
 " alvorare KpoviBrj, TTOLOV rbv pvdov eetTre?. 25 
 
 TTWS eOe\eis a\iov Oelvai, TTOVOV 778' areXecrroi', 
 
 /8pc3 ^' ov iSptoaa fAoyw, Ka^errjv Se fioi ITTTTOI 
 
 \abv dyeipovo-g, HpidfjLfp KCLKCL rolo re iraicriv. 
 
 epS 1 ' drdp ov rot, Traz/re? eiraLveofiev deol aXXot." 
 
 Be /^eV o\6rj(ra^ 7rpoo-l(f)ij ve^eXrjyepera Zei?' 30 
 
 lrj, ri vv ere TIpla/JLO? TIpiafAOLo re 
 Tocrcra /ccucd pe^ovaLv, o T' ao-Trep^e 
 'IX/ou efaXaTTofat evfcrlfjLevov TTTO\ie6pov. 
 el Be (TV y etVeX^oucra Tr^Xa? /cal rel^ea pa/cpa 
 wpov /3e/3p(t)0oi$ Hpiapov Hpidpoio re TralSas 35 
 
 aXXoi>? re TpaJa?, rore Kev ^6\ov efa/ceVato. 
 ep^ov OTTO)? e'#eXet9, /AT} roOro 76 vet/cos OTriacra) 
 o-ol teal efjiol pey epco-jjLO, /ter' d/jL^orepoia-i yevrjTai. 
 a\\o Be TOL epect), cri) 5' evl <f>pe(rl /3aXXeo a-ycriv' 
 
 :al 670; pepaws Trokiv efaXa-Trafat 40 
 
 ^t rot </>/Xot dvepes eyyeyaacrw, 
 /JLIJ rt, Biarpiftew rbv epbv %b\ov y d\\a ^ edaat. 
 KOI yap eyw <rol Boa/ca eictov deicovrl ye BV/JLO). 
 at yap vir TjeX/a) re KOL ovpavu* darepbevri, 
 vaierdov(7i, TroXrjes e7rt^6ovici)v dvOpooTrcov, 45 
 
 rdayv IJLOI Trepl fcfjpt nea-Kero "!Xto9 /piy 
 Kal Hpiapos teal Xao9 ev^e\[w Hpidfjioio. 
 ov yap jjLOi Trore y8a)yu,o9 eBevero Batrds ettrrfi, 
 
 KVICTTJS re" TO 70^ \d%op,ev yepas 77/^6*5." 
 5' rj^ei^er eweira /8oa)7rt? irorvia "Hpr]' 50 
 
ILIAD IV. 139 
 
 Athen, nor spake aught, at father Zeus 
 
 Sullenly scowling, tho' wild wrath within 
 
 Was stirring her: but Herd in her breast 
 
 Pent not the swelling ire^and thus she spake : 
 
 " Dread Cronides, what word of thine is here ? 
 
 How canst thou render vain and void of end 
 
 My toil and sweat? who laboured, while my steeds 
 
 Sore wearied them, in mustering such a host, 
 
 The bane of Priam and of Priam's sons. 
 
 Do as thou wilt : but know withal that we 
 
 The other gods in no wise praise the deed." 
 
 To whom indignant spake cloud-gathering Zeus : 
 
 " O wondrous consort mine, wherein, I pray, 
 
 Do Priam and his sons against thee work 
 
 Such wrong, that thou art thus relentless bent 
 
 To sack the well-built hold of I lion ? 
 
 Nay, couldst thou enter gates and lofty walls, 
 And couldst thou tear with thine own teeth the flesh 
 Of Priam, Priam's sons, and people all, 
 Methinks then only would st thou bate thy wrath. 
 Well, work thy will ; let not this grievance grow 
 Hereafter to great strife 'twixt me and thee. 
 Yet further say I lay it well to heart 
 W T hene'er it be that I in turn am bent 
 To sack some city where thy darlings dwell, 
 Impede not thou my wrath, but grant me way. 
 My heart wills not what now I will to give : 
 For of all cities that beneath the sun 
 And starry heaven are populous with men 
 That tread the face of earth, most highly prized 
 Within my heart was sacred I lion, 
 And Priam's self, and tough-speared Priam's host. 
 For never stinted was my altar there 
 Of portioned feast, drink-offering, savoury fat, 
 The honour due that we immortals claim." 
 To whom made answer Herd, large-eyed queen : 
 
140 IAIAAO2 A. 
 
 " T) TOI efiol r/jefc pev TTO\V <>l\rarat elcri 
 
 *Apyo<? re ^Trdprrj re KOI evpvdyvia M.vKrjvrj' 
 
 ra9 BicnrepcraL, or* dv rot, drrkyQu*vrai Trepl /crjpt,' 
 
 rdajv ov roi, eyco Trpoo-tf i'crra/jiai, ovSe /j,eyalpa. 
 
 el Trep <ydp <f>dovea) re /cal ovrc el> biairepaai, 55 
 
 OVK dvva) fydoviovcr ', eVet 17 7ro\,v ^>eprepo9 eV<rt. 
 
 aXXa ^77 ^:at e/zoi^ Oepevai TTOVOV OVK dre\e(TTOv' 
 
 KOI yap eye* Oeos el/jii, 76^09 T e/zot evOev o6ev aol, 
 
 Kai fjue Trpeo-pvTaTrjv re/cero Kpo^o? dytcv\ofj,r]TT]S, 
 
 dpfyorepov, yevefj re Kal ovveica arj TrapdrcoLTis 60 
 
 /ce/c\r)fj,ai,' o~v Be Tracri, yLter* dOavdroia't dvd(Toreis. 
 
 a\X* TI roi fj,ev ravO* vwoel^o/jLev d\\ri\,oi(TLv, 
 
 (TOI fiev eyca <rv 3* epoi, eirl 8* etyovrai, Oeoi aXXot 
 
 dOdvaroL' av Be Qdcrcrov 'AOrjualy eVtreZXat 
 
 e\9elv e? T/3<wo)^ /fal 'AatcGz/ <$>v\Q7riv alvrjv, 65 
 
 Treipdv 8* W9 /cei> Tpa)e 
 
 apgaxriv TT pore pot, VTrep op/cia 
 
 ft)9 e</>ar', 01)8' diTLOrjcre Trarrjp dvBpcov re Oe&v re. 
 aJrtV 'AQTjvalijv eirea irrepoevra TrpocrrjvSa. 
 " aZ^Jra yitaX' 9 arparov e\6e perd Tpa)a9 ^at ' 
 * 9 /cei/ T/)&;e9 vTreptcvBavras ' 
 Trporepot, VTrep op/aa o*r)\rjcrao-0aL" 
 
 0)9 eljrwv (vTpvve Trdpos fjiefjiavlav 'KOrjwrjV, 
 ffrj Be tear Ov\vfMTTOLo KaprjvcDv dt^acra. 
 olov 8' da-rep* erj/ce Kpovov 7rai'9 djKvXoiJLiJTeco, 75 
 
 77 vavrrjcrt repa<; rje (rrparu) evpel \ad)v, 
 \a[j,7rp6v' rov Be re TroXXol dwo o-mvOrjpes levrtu' 
 rep elxvf Tjl^ev eVl ^Oova IIaXXa9 J A6r)V7j, 
 KaB 8' e0op* 9 neacrov. 6dfj,{3o<s 8' e^ev elcropowvras 
 
 Be r^9 etrrea'Ke IBoov 69 w\i)<rlov 
 
ILIAD IV. 141 
 
 " I hold indeed three cities far most dear ; 
 
 Argos, and Sparta, and, with spacious streets, 
 
 Mycenae. Sack thou these, whene'er thy heart 
 
 Shall hate them sore : it is not I will stand 
 
 A shield before them or begrudge their doom. 
 
 For if I grudge, and would forbid their fall, 
 
 Bootless my grudging : thou art stronger far. 
 
 But now my labour must not lack its end, 
 
 For I am god as thou, my birth as thine, 
 
 Of crooked-counselled Cronos eldest born, 
 
 Chiefest by birth, and in that I am called 
 
 Thy spouse, who art of all immortals king. 
 
 Then yield we each to the other, I to thee, 
 
 And thou to me : the rest will follow us, 
 
 The immortal gods. And now with speed command 
 
 Athene* that she seek the baleful strife 
 
 Of Trojans and Achaians, there to tempt 
 
 Troy's sons to wrong Achaia's glorious host 
 
 By first transgression of the plighted oaths." 
 
 She spake. The sire of gods and men obeyed : 
 And to Athene* thus in winged words : 
 " Hie thee full swiftly to the host, and seek 
 The Trojans and Achaians, there to tempt 
 Troy's sons to wrong Achaia's glorious host 
 By first transgression of the plighted oaths." 
 
 Thus urged he her who eager was before : 
 And swift down rushed she from Olympian heights. 
 And as a star swift-shooting, by the son 
 Of crooked-counselled Cronos sent, is seen, , 
 To wondering mariners a portent dire 
 Or to the embattled host bright doth it gleam, 
 Wide fly the scattered sparks so seemed to view 
 Pallas Athene* as to earth she shot. 
 Down leapt she in their midst. Awed at the sight 
 Were Troy's steed-tamers and their well-greaved foes : 
 And to his neighbour each one turned and said: 
 
i 4 2 IAIAAO2 A. 
 
 " f) p avris 7roXeyLt6? re /caicos KOL (f)v\07ri$ alvr) 
 ecrcreTai, r) (^iXoTfjra ^ter' dfj^fporepoLO'i, TIUTJCTIV 
 
 09 T 
 0)9 apa Tt9 eiTrecrKev aia^ re wwy re. 
 
 i) 8' aVSpl t/ceX?/ Tpwwv 
 
 Aao8o/ca) 'AvnjvopiSr], Kparepq) 
 
 Tlavbapov avrideov Si^rj/JLevr) ei TTOV etyevpoi. 
 
 evpe AVKZOVOS vlov d/jLv/jiovd re icparepov re 
 
 earaor' d/jL<f)i Se /JLIV Kparepal crr/^69 dcriridrawv 90 
 
 Xacw^, 01 ol eirovro CLTT AlcrrJTroio podcov. 
 
 dyyov &' UTTdfievfj eTrea TrrepoevTa, Trpoarjvoa' 
 
 "77 pd vv IJLOL TI TriOoLo, Avfcdovos vie %at'(f)pov ; 
 
 tcev Mei/eXow eiwrpoipev Tayyv tv, 
 Se Kev Tpw6c7<7t ^dpiv KOI 08o9 dpoio, 95 
 
 e/c irdvrwv Be /jLaXiara 'AXefa^Spa) 
 ro) /cez^ 8?) Trd/jLTrpc&Ta Trap' a^Xaa 
 ei K6 i$y Mei^eXaoz/ dpijiov 'Ar/jeo9 
 crw /3e\el SfArjOevra Trvpfjs liri^avT 
 aXX* a^' 6i(7Tvcrov Me^eXaou fCvSaXi/Jioio, 
 
 S' 'ATToXX&m \vKTjyevei, 
 
 TTpcoroyovwv pet; 
 
 vo(7Tr)(7as ieprjs 69 atrru ZeXe/779." 
 a 9 <ar' 'AOijvalrj, ro3 8e <f>peva<; ddpovi, ireWev. 
 
 (ru\a TO^QV evj;oov ld\ov alyos 105 
 
 dyptov, ov pd iror avros VTTO crrepvoio 
 TreTprjs eK/3aivovra, oe$eyfJLevo$ ev 
 
 (3e{3\TJKeL TTpOS (TTlJdoS' O 8' t7TTt09 6/ATTecre 
 
 TOV Kpa IK Ke<pa\rj^ eKKaiSe/cdScopa 
 
 /cal rd pev da/crjcras Kepao%6o<$ rjpape re/crew, 
 
ILIAD IV. 143 
 
 " Shall evil war and baleful strife again 
 Be ours? or is it friendly peace that Zeus 
 Would set between us, Zeus, who at his will 
 Deals forth the lot of war to mortal men?" 
 
 Thus spake each Trojan and Achaian wight. 
 Now in the Trojan throng the goddess plunged, 
 In semblance like a man, Antenor's son 
 Laodocus, stout spearman, seeking wide 
 If she might find the godlike Pandarus. 
 Lycaon's stout and blameless son she found, 
 Ev'n as he stood begirt by sturdy ranks 
 Of shielded followers from Aesepus' stream. 
 And standing near these winged words she spake : 
 " What ! wouldst thou do my bidding, warlike wight, 
 Lycaon's son? wouldst dare an arrow swift 
 To launch at Menelaus? Thou wouldst win 
 From all the Trojans thanks and high renown, 
 And from king Alexander chief of all. 
 From whom before all others thou wilt gain 
 Rich guerdon, if he see brave Atreus' son, 
 Slain by thine arrow, on the sad pyre laid. 
 Come then, at glorious Menelaus shoot. 
 But vow thou to Apollo Lycian-born, 
 Archer renowned, of first-born lambs to slay 
 A noble hecatomb when thou returnest 
 Home to Zeleia's sacred citadel." 
 
 Athend spake and won his foolish wit. 
 Then straightway from the case his polished bow 
 He bared, from horns of bounding wild-goat made, 
 Which erst himself beneath the breast had hit 
 Waiting its issue from a rocky cleft 
 In ambush: full in front 'twas struck, and fell 
 Backward upon the rock. Eight palms twice told 
 Measured the horns that from the head upgrew. 
 And these a cunning polisher of horn 
 Fashioned and joined together, and the whole 
 
144 IAIAAO2 A. 
 
 TTUV S' v \eirjvas ^pvaeijv eTredrj/ce Kopwvrjv. 
 
 KCLl TO pei> 6V KaTe0TJKe TO,VV<TCrd/J,eVO<;, 7TOTL 
 
 dy/c\.iva? irpoaOev Be (rd/cea a~%e9ov ea6\ol eraipoi, 
 fir) Trplv dvatgetav dprjioi vies 'A%aia}v 
 irpiv fiXrjcrdai, Mei'eXaoi' dprjiov 'Ar^eo? vlov. 115 
 
 avrdp b <rv\a 7rc5/za (ftaperpr)?, EK 8* e\er' lov 
 
 TTTepoevra, fjLe\ai,i'(*)v p/A oSvvdcov' 
 ' 7rl vevpf) Kare/coajjLee Tnnpov ola-rov, 
 T 'ATroXXwz/i \VKrjyevel /cXurordfw 
 dpvwv TTpwToyovwv pe^eiv tc\ecrr]V e/caro/jLprjv rio 
 
 oLKabe voo-rrjo-as lepfjs e? acrrf ZeXet'^?. 
 ?X/ce S' oyuoi) y\v(f)i$a<; re \aftwv KOI vevpa /Soewi' 
 vevprjv fj,6v fjua^w TreXacrez/, rofw Se o-lBrjpov. 
 avrdp eVel S?) /cy/eXorepe? yoteya rofo^ ereivev, 
 
 /8id?, vevprj Be pey* ia>x ev > aXro 8' oi-'crro? 125 
 
 ca#' opCkov eTrnrTea-Qat, /j,eveavccv. 
 ovSe <re0ev, Mei^eXae, ^eol fidfcapes \e\d6ovro 
 dOdvaroi,, TrpwrTj Be Ato? Ovydrrjp dye\Lrj, 
 i) TOL iTpoaOe o-raa-a /3eXo? e^eTrev/ce? dftwev. 
 TI Be rocrov pev eepyev d-rro %/>oo?, a$9 ore fi^jrrjp 130 
 
 ^epyrj /j,vlav } W tfBel Xeferat 
 ? 5' a^r' Wvvev 06 L faxTr^po 
 
 vve^ov /cat StTrXoo? TjvTero 
 ev 8' eirecre ^coorrrjpt, dprjpori Trucpbs o 
 Sta /z-e^ cip JwcrT/Jpo? eX^Xaro 8at8aXeoio, 
 ^al Sta 8wpr)Ko<; TroXvBaiBdXov rjpijpeKTro 
 
 rjV <f)6pL epVfjLd %/3009, 6/9/CO? d/COVTCDV, 
 
ILIAD IV. 145 
 
 Right deftly smoothed and tipped with golden crook. 
 
 This bow the hero strung, and with due care 
 
 Upon the ground down laid, while comrades true 
 
 Before him held their shields, lest up should start 
 
 Achaia's warrior sons too soon alarmed, 
 
 Ere yet the shaft might wound their warrior chief. 
 
 Then took he off the quiver lid, and chose 
 
 Therefrom an arrow, never shot before, 
 
 Well-feathered, laden sore with deathful pain. 
 
 This bitter shaft now laid he on the string, 
 
 And vowed to great Apollo Lycian-born, 
 
 Archer renowned, a noble hecatomb 
 
 Of first-born lambs to slay, when once returned 
 
 Home to Zeleia's sacred citadel. 
 
 Then notch and sinew-twisted string at once 
 He gripped and drew: close to his breast he brought 
 The string, and to the bow the arrow-head. 
 But when full stretched a mighty arc it showed, 
 Back sprang the whizzing bow, loud sang the string, 
 Forth leapt the pointed shaft, in eager haste 
 Down on the throng to urge its feathered flight. 
 
 Nor thee the blest immortal gods forgat, 
 O Menelaus. First to save was she, 
 The child of Zeus and driver of the spoil ; 
 Who stood before and turned the arrow keen. 
 She from the skin so kept it ev'n as when 
 A mother from her child in sweet sleep laid 
 Brushes aside a fly: and thitherwards 
 She guided it where met the golden clasps 
 That knit the belt, and where with double fold 
 The opposing corslet lay. Full on the belt 
 Close-fitting to the man the keen shaft lit: 
 Through broidered belt then drove its forceful way, 
 Through corslet richly-wrought pressed firmly on, 
 Through under-girdle which to save the skin 
 He wore, defence from missiles, chiefest guard, 
 
 G. H. 10 
 
146 IAIAAO2 A. 
 
 77 ol 7r\el(7TOv epvro' SiaTrpb 8e el'craro KOI 7-779. 
 V 8' ap ocrT09 eTreypa^ev %poa <a>T09, 
 8' eppeev alf^a /ceXatfe(^>e9 e cJretX^?. 140 
 
 9 8' ore Tt9 T' eXe'c^a^ra fyw/} <f>oivi/ci 
 
 rje Kaeipa, Traprjiov eppevai LTTTTO}' 
 Kelrat 8' ev 6a\ap,<t), TroXee? re /xtv rfprjcravro 
 <popeiv' $a(Ti\r)i Be /celrai aya\/jia, 
 
 & ITTTTO) eXarrjpi re /cuSo?' 
 roloi TOL, Mez/e'Aae, luavQyv ai/juan, pypol 
 
 re l$e acfrvpa, Ka)C virevepOev. 
 v S' ap evretra ava% av 
 elbev fJL\av alpa /carappeov e 
 
 Se real avros dpvji<f)i\o<s Me^eXao?* 
 a 9 8e t'Sci' vevpov re /cat Sy/eovs efcros 
 atyoppbv ol 6vfJLO$ evl o-rrjOeco-iv ajepBrj. 
 
 Kpelcov ' 
 
 8' eraipoi' 
 
 , Bdvarov vv TOL optct erapvov, 1.5 = 
 
 oZoz> 7T/oocrTr;cra9 TT/^O 'A^cKwi/ Tpwcrt fJid^ecrOai, 
 W9 cr' e/3a\ov Tp&)69, Kara 8' op/cia TTiard Trdrrjaav. 
 oil fjujv 7Tft>9 a\iov irekei op/aov alpd re apvwv 
 <r7rovSal T' aicpTjTOt, KOL ^>e^iai, ^79 eTreTriOfMev. 
 el Trep yap re /cal av-riic 'OXu/A?rto9 ou/c ereXeo-aev, 160 
 e/c 8e /cat o-^e reXet, cru^ re /Jieyd\a) aTrertcraz/, 
 cri)^ cr(f)rj(TiV tce(f)a\fJGi yvvai^i re /cat refceecroriv. 
 ev yap eyo) ro8e olSa xcara <f>peva teal Kara Ovpov' 
 eaaerai r^Jiap or' aV TTOT' oXwX^ "!Xt09 /p?; 
 /cal IlptayLto9 /cat Xao9 evfi/jLeXla) Hpid/jioio, 165 
 
 8e cr^)t^ K/?oj>t8779 v*fri%vffo$, alOepi vaiwv, 
 
ILIAD IV. 147 
 
 Yet forward e'en through this the arrow past 
 
 Furrowing with surface scratch the warrior's skin, 
 
 That straightway from the wound the dark blood flowed. 
 
 As ivory stained with crimson woman's work 
 Of Caria or Maeonia, wrought to deck 
 The cheek of steeds, which in a chamber stored 
 Charioted knights full many pray to wear, 
 But for some king it lies, a double pride, 
 The steed's adorning and the driver's boast 
 Such, Menelaus, stained with blood were seen 
 Thy goodly thighs, thy knees, and ankles fair. 
 
 Then shuddered Agamemnon king of men 
 To see the black blood from the wound down flow: 
 And with him shuddered Menelaus' self 
 By Ares loved. But when the sinew-cord 
 That bound together head and shaft he saw 
 With both the barbs outstanding from the wound, 
 Returning courage gathered in his breast. 
 But sovereign Agamemnon 'mid the chiefs 
 Spake deeply groaning, while his brother's hand 
 He held, and with him groaned his comrades all. 
 " O brother dear, it was, meseems, thy death 
 I sealed by oath, who set thee forth to fight 
 Achaia's champion 'gainst the sons of Troy. 
 For lo ! the Trojans trampling under foot 
 The trusted oaths have struck thee. Yet not vain 
 The oath, the blood of lambs, the streams of wine, 
 The plighted hands whereto A we gave our trust. 
 For tho' the Olympian lord work not the end 
 At once, yet will he work it slow and sure : 
 And sinners pay with heavy usury, 
 With their own heads, their women, and their babes. 
 For there will come full well I know and feel 
 A day of doom to sacred Ilion 
 And Priam's self and tougti-speared Priam's host. 
 Then Zeus the son of Cronos, high-enthroned 
 
 10 2 
 
148 IAIAAO2 A. 
 
 az)ro9 7ri<rcre{rjo-iv epepvjv aljlBa iracriv 
 TrjaB' airarrj^ Korewv. rd fjiev ea-aerat, ov/c 
 aXXa uoi alvbv a%o? aeOev ecraerai, u> 
 at /ce Qdvys Kal TTOTUOV dva7r\rjo"7)s 
 /cal Kev eXe7^t(7T09 TroXuSn/aov "Apyos I 
 avri/ca jap /jLvrjaovrai 'A^atot Trarpt'So? 
 KaB Be fcev ev^coXrjv TIpidf4q> /cal Tpcoal 
 'Apyelyv t }L\evr)V. ceo $ oarea irvaei apovpa 
 KL/j,evov ev Tpolrj areXei/r^TO) eVt epyw. 
 Kal /ce Tt? wS' epeeu Tpobcov v 
 
 'eW^ ouTft>9 eVl IT aa i %6\ov reXecret' ' 
 
 a)9 Kal vvv aKiov arparbv rjyayev evdaS ' 
 
 Kal STJ e/3rj ouKovSe $l\7jv 69 TrarplBa yalav 
 
 vv Keivyaiv wrjvo'l, \i7r&)v dyaBbv Mei^eXaoz/.' 
 
 W9 TTore rt9 epeec Tore /JLOI yavoi evpela ^dtov" 
 
 TOV & eTTiOapcrvvcov 7Tpocre<f)r} %avdo<$ Me^eXao9* 
 " Bdpaei, urjSe rl TTO) 8eiStcrcreo \abv ^A^aioov. 
 OVK ev Kaipla) ofi) Trdyrj /3eXo9 3 aXXa irdpoiOev 
 elpvaaro 0x7x77/3 re Travalohos r)$ vjrevepOev 
 %a)fj,d re Kal /jLirprj, rrjv %aX/c^9 K 
 
 TOZ/ 8' dTrapeijSoaevos irpode^Tj xpetcov 'Ay 
 " at 7p 3?; ouTO)9 et^, </Xo9 w Mei/eXae. 
 eX/co9 8* LTjrrjp eVtyLtacrcreTa!, 778' eTTiOrjcrei 
 (f>dpua% a Kev Travcryei, p.e\aivdwv oSvvdcov 
 
 r), Kal Ta\0v/3iov Oelov KijpVKa Trpoa'rjvBa' 
 "TaX^vySt', OTTI ra^to-ra Ma^aoz^a Bevpo 
 ^>O)T' } A(7K\7j7riov want davaovos iijrrjpo*;, 
 o(f>pa IBy Me^eXaoi/ dprjiov dp%bv 'A^aitov 195 
 
 OWV ev 
 
ILIAD IV. 149 
 
 In his ethereal home, shall o'er them all 
 
 His darkling aegis shake, wroth with their guile: 
 
 So this transgression shall not lack its end. 
 
 Yet, Menelaus, shouldst thou die and close 
 
 Thy fated span, for thee I much shall mourn, 
 
 And shall with shame to thirsty Argos come. 
 
 For of their fatherland Achaians all 
 
 Will straight bethink them, and behind us we 
 
 Shall leave, to Priam's and the Trojans' boast, 
 
 The Argive Helen, while thy bones in Troy 
 
 Will lie and crumble for a bootless quest. 
 
 And haply then some haughty son of Troy, 
 
 Leaping in scornful wise upon the tomb 
 
 Of glorious Menelaus, thus will say : 
 
 * Ever, as now, end Agamemnon's ire ! 
 
 Who hither led for nought Achaia's host 
 
 And sought again his home with freightless ships, 
 
 The gallant Menelaus left behind.' 
 
 So some will say, belike. Then were I fain 
 
 Wide earth should gape and hide me evermore." 
 
 To whom with cheer his brother yellow-haired: 
 " Courage ! alarm not yet Achaia's host. 
 No mortal part the keen shaft pierced, 'twas stayed 
 In time by supple belt, and underneath 
 By frock and girdle wrought by armourer's hand." 
 
 Then sovereign Agamemnon answering spake: 
 " I pray it be so, Menelaus dear ! 
 But now a leech shall feel the wound, and lay 
 Kind salves thereon to lull the gloomy pains." 
 
 He spake, and to Takhybius turning him, 
 The sacred herald, thus to him gave charge : 
 "Talthybius, quickly call Machaon here 
 Son of Asclepius the blameless leech ; 
 That warlike Menelaus he may see, 
 Achaia's chieftain, whom with arrow shot 
 Some bowman skilled has struck, a son of Troy 
 
150 IAIAAO2 A. 
 
 Tpcocov fj Aviclwv, TO) pJkv /eXeo9 a/zyu Be 7reV#o9." 
 
 <W9 e^ar', ou8' dpa ol /crjpvt; diridr)o-ev dicovcras, 
 ftrj 8' Ikvai Kara \aov 'A^ataJy r %a\KO'%na)V(DV 
 TraTTTaivcov r)pwa Ma^aoi/a. TOV oe vorjcrev 200 
 
 ecrraor'* a/-i<l Se yutz^ Kparepal crrt^e? 
 
 aJz^, oT ot eirovro Tpimjs ef LTTTTO^OTOLO, 
 
 s eirea Trrepoevra 
 
 11 opa* *AcrK\7)7riaS7]. Ka\eeL icpeiwv ' 
 o(f>pa 18779 Me^eXaoz/ aprjiov 'Ar^oeo? woz', 205 
 
 oy rt? olo-revaas e/3a\ev, TO^COV ev etSco?, 
 T/5ft)&)i/ 77 AVKLCDV, ra> /iei/ AcXeo? a'/x/u Se irevOos" 
 
 W9 <f>dro, TO) 8' a/?a Ovpov evl arrjOeaaiv opivev, 
 ftav 8' Zei/ai /ca#' ofJuiKov ova crrparbv evpvv 'A^aicS^. 
 aXX' ore 8?; p' 'Uavov on %ai>6os Mei^eXao? 210 
 
 ySX^yLtez^o? ^i/, 7re/)t 8' avrov dyrjjepaO* oaaot, upicrToi 
 KVK\6a\ o 8* eV fJieaaoLo-L Traplararo laoOeos $&)?, 
 avri/ca 8' e/c ^(oarrjpo^ dprjpoTO? eXtcev oiarov' 
 TOV 8' e^eXicofjievoLo 7rd\Lv ayev o^ee? oytcoi. 
 Xucre 8e ot ^coartjpa I 7ravaio\ov 778' virevepdev 215 
 
 faJ/ia re #at /AirpTjv, rrjv ^aX/c^e? icapov aV8pe?. 
 avrdp eVel t8ei^ eX/co?, 00' efJiireae Tri/cpos otcrro?, 
 atyLt' e/c/jLvtyo-as eV a/?' ^Vfa cj)dp/jLa/ca et8ft)9 
 7Ta<7cr, ra ot 7 vrore Trarpl (f)i\a (frpovewv Trope 
 
 o'</?a fol dpfyeTrevovTo ^orjv dyaOov Meve\aov, 
 r6(f>pa 8' eVl Tpoowv crrl^e^ rj\v0ov d 
 01 8' aurt9 ^ara Tev^e eSvv, ^vr](javTO 8e 
 
 ev6* OVK av jBpL^ovra I'8ot9 ' AyafJie/jivova $iov, 
 ou8e KaraTTTGocro-ovT ou8' ot)/c edeXovra fjud^eadat,, 
 aXXa fjud\a o-TrevSovra fjid^rjv 9 xvSidveipav' 225 
 
 eacre /ca 
 
 /cat 701)9 
 
ILIAD IV. 151 
 
 Or Lycia, to his glory but our grief." 
 
 He spake: the herald heard, nor disobeyed, 
 But hied him through the mailed Achaian host 
 And for the hero gazed around. Full soon 
 Standing he saw him 'mid the shielded ranks, 
 His followers stout from Tricca's horse-cropt meads: 
 And standing near in winged words he spake: 
 " Arise, Asclepius' son ! our sovereign calls, 
 That warlike Menelaus thou mayst see, 
 The son of Atreus, whom with arrow shot 
 Some bowman skilled has struck, a son of Troy 
 Or Lycia, to his glory but our grief." 
 
 He spake, and stirred the soul within his breast. 
 Then through the throng they took their way, and crossed 
 The wide Achaian host. But when they came 
 Where wounded stood the hero yellow-haired, 
 And gathered round him now were all the chiefs, 
 Encircling him, as in their midst he showed 
 A godlike wight ; then straightway from the belt 
 Close-fitting did Machaon draw the shaft, 
 And, as he drew, the keen barbs backwards broke. 
 The supple belt then loosed he, and, beneath, 
 The frock and girdle wrought by armourer's hand. 
 But when he saw the wound where the keen shaft 
 Had lit, the blood he squeezed thereout, and spread 
 Thereon with skill kind salves, that Chiron erst 
 With friendly wisdom to his sire had given. 
 
 While thus round Menelaus good in fray 
 His friends their tendance gave, meanwhile advanced 
 The lines of Trojan shieldmen, and their foes 
 "Donned arms again, bethinking them of fight. 
 
 Then godlike Agamemnon might'st thou see 
 No slumberer, no, nor skulking cowardlike, 
 Nor loth to fight: but eager for the fray 
 Man's field of glory. Steeds he left and car 
 Inwrought with brass : and these his squire apart 
 
152 IAIAAO2 A. 
 
 , u/09 Hro\fjiaLov TleipatSao, 
 TU> fjid\a TroXX' CTre'reXXe Traptcr^e/JLev oTnrore tcev fiiv 
 yvla Xa/3?7 Kafjuaros TroXea? Sia Koipaveovra' 230 
 
 avrap o 7reo9 ewv 7re7ra>XeiTO o"r/^a? av$pwv. 
 Kai p 01)9 />fcez/ crTreuSoi/ra.? TSot Aavaatv 
 TOU5 fjt,a\a 6apcrvvecrK Trapio-rd/jievos 
 " ^Apjeloi, fj,r} TTCO TI fjieOiere OovpiBos 
 oi> yap 7rl tyevSecrcn, Trarrjp Zei)? ecrcrer' dpwyos, 235 
 ' ot Trep Trporepoi vjrep opiaa SrjXrjcravTo, 
 TOI avTwv Tepeva \pba yvTres eSovrai,, 
 avr aXo%ou? T6 <f)i\a<; Kal vrjTria refcva 
 ev vrjeacnv, eirrfv TrroXieQpov eX&)/z.ez//' 
 
 av /jLeOievTas HSoi, crrvyepov 7ro\e/JLoio, 240 
 
 rot? fid\a veirceiea-fce ^oKwrolcriv eTreecro-iv. 
 " \\pyeioi, iofjuopoi, e'Xey^ee?, ov vv cre/5ecr^e ; 
 riffl our&)9 to-TT^re TeOrjTrores ijvre veftpoi, 
 a'L r' eVel ovv eKapov 7roXeo9 tre&loio Oeovcrai, 
 ecrraa, ovS' dpa Tt9 cr<^i yu-era (f>pcrl yiyverai d\Kr). 245 
 
 t9 (7Tr)T6 T607)7r6T6S, OV$6 /JM^ecrOe. 
 
 re 
 
 epvar 
 
 o(j>pa I'SijT al K v/jLfjuv V7repo")(r) %etpa Kpovlcov;" 
 
 e9 o 76 KOLpavewv eVeTrcoXetro <7T/^a-9 dvSpwv. 
 ^X^6 8' eVl Kpijreo-cri, Kioav dvd ov\a/j,bv dvbpwv. 
 o'l $ d/JL(f) 'IBofj,vfja Safypova Ocoprjo-crovTO' 
 
 fj,ev evl 7T/?oyLta^ot9, <rvt et/K-eXo9 d\Krjv, 
 8' apa ot Trv/jbdras wrpvve (f)d\ayyas. 
 
 8' 'ISofjievfja TrpocnjvSa fjLi\i,'%loicnv' 
 
 Trepl fjiev ae r/co Aavaajv 
 evl TTToXeyLtft) 778' aXXota) eVt pyy, 
 
ILIAD IV. 153 
 
 Held snorting, ev'n Eurymedon the son 
 
 Of Ptolemaeus son of Piraos ; 
 
 To whom the king gave charge to hold them near, 
 
 Should e'er his limbs grow weary as he ranged 
 
 The numerous host : but he afoot moved on 
 
 Along the ranks. And whomso keen for fight 
 
 Among the swift-horsed Danaans he might see, 
 
 These stood he near, and spake full cheerily: 
 
 " Argives, your might impetuous slack not yet ! 
 
 For Zeus the father will not aid a lie. 
 
 But they who first dared break the plighted oaths, 
 
 Their tender flesh, I trow, shall vultures eat, 
 
 While we their wives beloved and infant babes 
 
 Bear off in ships when we their hold have ta'en." 
 
 But whom he marked as slack for hateful war, 
 
 These with rough words of wrath he roundly chid : 
 
 "Ye arrow-shooting Argives, sons of shame, 
 
 Have ye no honour ? Wherefore stand ye thus 
 
 Palsied with fear ; as fawns who, when they tire 
 
 Scouring the spacious plain, stand idly still, 
 
 No courage in their breast? So stand ye all 
 
 Palsied with fear, nor turn you to the fight. 
 
 What ! wait ye till your foes draw near, where ranged 
 
 Your fair-sterned vessels line the foam-flecked strand, 
 
 To see if Zeus will raise his hand to save?" 
 
 So moved he through the ranks and marshalled all. 
 Now to the Cretans came he, as he passed 
 The throng. Around the brave Idomeneus 
 They armed them : with the vanguard was the king 
 Like to a boar in might, his squire the while 
 Meriones roused the columns of the rear. 
 Whom sovereign Agamemnon joyed to see, 
 And kindly thus addrest Idomeneus: 
 "Idomeneus, choice honour give I thee 
 Above the swift-horsed Danaans, as in war, 
 So in each other work ; and at the feast 
 
154 IAIAAO2 A. 
 
 ?;&' ev Bal0\ ore irep re yepovatov aWoira olvov 
 'Apyelwv ol apio-rot, evl tcprjrrjpi, tcepwvrai. 2^0 
 
 el' Trep jap r aXXot ye tcdprj tfo/ioo>z/T9 'A^atot 
 Bairpov TTIVWO-LV, (7ov Be 7r\elov BeTras alei 
 rjx a>9 Trep e/jiol, ineeLv 'ore OV/JLOS dvcoyy. 
 
 Zpcrev TToXejJLovS oto? Trapo? ev^eai el/at." 
 rbv ' avr 'ISo/zei/eu? Kprjroov dyo$ dvrtov rjvba' 265 
 ;, fid\a /J,ei> rot, eywv ep/T/po? eratpo? 
 0^9 TO irpwrov virear^v real /carevevaa' 
 orpvve icdprj KOfjiocovras 
 /jLa-)^w/jieO\ eVel <7ui^ 7' 
 rolaiv 8' ai/ Odvaros KOI Kifie oV/crcra> 
 eVel irporepoi vtrep opKia $r)\ijcravTo." 
 
 v 
 
 raj Se KopvacreaOriv, d/jua be veifto? elirero 
 (W9 8' or' aTro crKOTTirjs el$ev i/e^) 
 ep%6/J,evov Kara TTOVTQV VTTO Zeffrvpoio l 
 TO) Se T' dvevOev eovri fjbe\dvrepov rfvre 
 fyalve'T lov Kara TTOVTOV, dyet, Be re \al\a7ra 7ro\\rjL>' 
 piyrjaev re iBwv, VTTO re <77reo9 rj\aae jjif)\a' 
 rolai a/ji Kidvrecrai, Biorpe^ecov al&wv 280 
 
 Bijiov 9 vroXe/xoi/ TTVKival KLVVVTO <f>d\ay<yes 
 Kvciveai, traicea'fo re KOI ey^eat 
 Kal TOU9 fJ.ev <yr)0r]cre IBoov tcpeiwv ' 
 teal afaas (f)ODi>ij(7a<; eirea Trrepoevra Trpoo-rjvBa' 
 " AXavT 'A/yyetwv yyrjTope ^a\Ko^iTwvwv ', 
 acfxioi /lev, ov <ydp eoifc, orpvve^ev ov n /ce\evci)' 
 avrd) ydp fj,a\a \aov dixoyere l< 
 al yap, Z,ev re Trdrep teal 'AOrfvatrj teal 
 Trdcriv Ovfjbbs evl (mjOeo-cri, yevoiro' 
 
ILIAD IV. 155 
 
 Whene'er the dark-red wine, the elders' due, 
 The bravest Argive chiefs mix in the bowl. - 
 For while the flowing-haired Achaians all 
 A measured portion drink, thy cup, as mine, 
 Stands ever full, to drink whene'er thou will. 
 Rise then to war, and match thy former boast." 
 
 To whom Idomeneus the Cretan king: 
 "Atrides, surely I thy comrade true 
 Will be, as erst I promised and was pledged. 
 But rouse the rest, Achaia's long-haired sons, 
 That we at once may fight : for truce and oaths 
 The Trojans now have broken : wherefore death 
 And woe hereafter is their portion due, 
 Who faithless and forsworn began the wrong." 
 
 He spake: Atrides glad at heart, passed on. 
 Then came he to the Ajaces, as he ranged 
 The throng of men. The twain were arming them, 
 A cloud of footmen following as they led. 
 As from some cliff the goatherd sees a cloud 
 Advancing o'er the sea, by whistling blast 
 Of west wind speed ; to whom afar it looms 
 Blacker, like pitch, as o'er the main it moves 
 Full fraught with heavy squall he at the sight 
 Shudders, and drives his flock beneath the cave 
 So did the embattled squares of noble youths 
 With either Ajax move to hostile war, 
 Dense, dark, of shield and lance a bristling wood. 
 These sovereign Agamemnon joyed to see, 
 And thus aloud in winged words addressed : 
 " Ajaces twain, of mail-clad Argive men 
 Commanders, you I bid not 'twere unmeet 
 Your troops to rouse ; for these ye freely urge 
 To fight amain. I would O Father Zeus 
 Athene' and Apollo such a heart 
 Were in the breast of all ! for then full soon 
 
156 IAIAA02 A. 
 
 T&> /ce 
 
 ixfi ij/lereprjat, a\ovcra re TrepOo/JLevrj re." 
 elirwv roy? fj,ev XtVez/ aurou, /3/J Be per a'XXot;?. 
 o ye Necrrop' erer^e, \iyvv Tlv\LO)V dyoprjrijv, 
 01/9 erapovs o-re\\ovra KOL orpvvovra /Jbd^eo-dat, 
 (i/jL(f)i jjbeyav He\dyovTa,'A.\dcrTopd re Xpo/uoz/ re 295 
 A.Tfjwvd re Kpeiovra JSiavrd re froi/neva \a&v. 
 fj,ev Trpwra <rvv LTTTTOLcnv KOL o%ecr(f)LV, 
 S' e^OTTide o-rrjcrev TroXea? re /cat e 
 e/Jiev 7ro\e/ioio' KCIKOVS 8' e? /JLeacrov 
 o(f>pa Kal OVK edeXwv Ti? dvayicair) TroXe/ufcH. 300 
 
 iTnrevo-iv fjuev Trpwr eVereXXero* roi)? 70^ dvcoyei, 
 or(f>ovi ITTTTOVS e^fjiev /jLrjBe K\oveecr6ai 
 i( /jirjBe rt? iTTTTOo-vvrj re teal tjvope7j(f)i, 
 olo? TTpoaO^ d\\cov fMefjLoTO) Tpwecrai 
 /jLTjS 1 dva-^wpeLra)' d\a r Tra^>v6repoi yap ecreade' 305 
 
 o? Be tc dvrjp diro wv o^ecov erep* * 
 
 do-0a), eTrel rj TTO\V 
 
 teal ol TrporepoL TroX/a? teal rel^e ejropOeov, 
 rovBe voov KOI Qvpvv evl crrrjOecra-Lv e^oi^Te?." 
 
 w? 6 yepcov wrpvve TraXat 7ro\ejjbcov ev et'Sw?. 310 
 
 /cal TOP /JLEV yrfOrjcre I&GOV Kpeiwv ' 
 Kai fjiiv fywvrjcras eirea Trrepoevra 
 " co yepovj eW* w? 0v/j,os evl ar^Oecro-L (j)i\oi<Tiv, 
 &)? rot yovvad* eTroiro, /3lrj Se roi e/^TreSo? eirj. 
 a\\a ere yrjpas reipei OIAOUOV' ft)? ofye\ev ri? 315 
 
 dv$p(t'V aXXo? e^eif) orv Be KOvpoTepoicri iierelvai" 
 
 rov S' rj/jLeifieT* eTrena TepijvLos iTnrora Ne<rr&)p' 
 " \\Tpe'lSij, fjbd\a fjiev Kev eyoov lOekoi^i Kal 
 &)? e/jiev ew? ore &lov ' Epev9a\ia)va 
 
ILIAD IV. 157 
 
 King Priam's town were nodding to its fall, 
 Taken and spoiled beneath our conquering hands." 
 
 He spake, and leaving these to others went. 
 Then found he Nestor, Pylian speaker clear, 
 Ranging his comrades, whom he urged to tight, 
 Around their captains, stalwart Pelagon, 
 Chromius, Alastor, royal Haemon too, 
 And Bias, princely shepherd of his folk. 
 Horsemen with steeds and cars in front he set : 
 Footmen behind, full many they and brave 
 The bulwark of the battle. But the weak 
 Midmost of all he drave, that they enclosed 
 Might, tho' unwilling, on compulsion fight. 
 Then charged he first the horsemen ; whom he bade 
 Keep horse in hand, nor throng disorderly. 
 " Let none " said he, u in horsecraft overbold 
 And manly strength, alone before the rest 
 Be hot to engage the foe, nor yet behind 
 Fall back, for so ye will the weaker prove. 
 And whoso from his chariot can attain 
 The foeman's chariot, let him thrust with lance 
 Still held in hand: far better is it so. 
 So did our sires of old o'erthrow and spoil 
 Cities and walls ; such was their wisdom then, 
 And such the spirit in their breasts that burned." 
 
 Thus urged the greybeard, skilled of old in war. 
 Whom sovereign Agamemnon joyed to see, 
 And thus aloud in winged words addressed: 
 " Father, I would that as thy spirit is 
 Within thy breast so were thy knees and strength 
 Still firm ! But age outwears thee, age alike 
 Waster of all. O were some other man 
 Thus old, and thou among the younger born !" 
 
 Whom Nestor answered then, Gerenian knight, 
 " I too, Atrides, fain would be as when 
 The godlike Ereuthalion I slew: 
 
158 1AIAAOS A. 
 
 aXX' ov TTft)? a/jia rcdvra 6eol Bo&av dvOpcjTroicriv. 3:0 
 
 el rore Kovpos ea, vvv avre fie 717/00.9 G 
 
 d\\d Kal (W9 iTTTrevcri yuereacro/iat tjBe 
 
 (Bov\f) Kal fMvOoLcn,' TO yap yepas earl <yepivrwv. 
 
 alx/jias 8' al^iaaaovo'i, vecarepoi,, o'i Trep efJLelo 
 
 cTrXorepoi yeydacri TreTTOiOaalv re /3ir)(f)iv." 
 
 w? e(f)ar\ 'Arpei'Srjs be 7rapa)^ero yrjQoo-vvos fcfjp. 
 evp vlov Hereto Weveo-dfja 7r\jji,7r7rov 
 ecrraor' dfjutyl 8' 'AOrjvaioi, /jL^ara)pe<; 
 avrdp o ifK^criov ecrrijicei, 7ro\vfjL7)Ti<? ' 
 Trap Be }.e(j)a\\,r)va)V dp,<f)l <7T/^e? ov/c d\a7ra$val 330 
 
 ov yap TTW cr<piv d/covero Xao? dvrrjs, 
 veov %vvopiv6[j,evai KLvvvro 
 Tpwcov iTTTroSd/jLcov Kal 'A%ai,(t)v' ot Be 
 ecrracrav, OTTTrore Trvpyos 'A^atcSz^ a'XXo? lire\6(t)v 
 Tpwwv op/jLtjcreie Kal dp^eiav TroKe^oio. 
 roi)9 Be IBoov veiKecrcre aval; dvBpwv ' 
 Kal cr(ea? ^xui//;cra? eVea Trrepoevra 
 " co vie ITeTectJO Siorpe<f)eos /SacrtX/yo?, 
 Kal dv, KaKolcn SoXoiai KeKacrpeve, KpSa\e6(f>pov, 
 rirrre KaraTrrcoa-aovre^ d^earare, pi^vere & aXXou? ; 340 
 r eireoiKe fjierd 7Tpo)Toi(n,i> 
 e yaa^? Kava-reiprj? 
 
 TTpcorco yap Kal &UTO? aKovd^ecrOov e/jielo, 
 OTTTrore Batra yepovaiv e<^orr\i^wfiev 'A^a/ot. 
 evda ^>/X' OTrraXea Kpea eB/juevai tfBe Kvrre\\a 
 ol'vov TTLvep,evai yiteX^Seo?, ofyp e6e\r]rov. 
 vvv Be <tXa>? %' 6po(pre Kal el BeKa rcvpyoi ' 
 vfjieiwv TrpOTrdpoiOe fjia-^olaro vrf\el 
 
 rbv 8' dp vTroBpa IBoov Trpoaety 
 "'ArpeiBr], TTOLOV ere evro? <f)vyev ep/co? oBovrcov. 350 
 
ILIAD IV. 159 
 
 But all at once the gods ne'er grant to man. 
 If young I was long since, and now -am old, 
 Old as I am, yet with the knights I go, 
 Counsel and words to give an old man's right. 
 Spears let the younger throw, who, later born, 
 For arms are fitter and in strength are bold." 
 
 He spake : Atrides glad at heart passed on. 
 Menestheus son of Peteos next he found, 
 Smiter of steeds. He stood, and round him thronged 
 Athenians, counsellors of fray : hard by 
 Odysseus stood, the many- counselled man ; 
 And with him, round about, no feeble ranks, 
 The Cephallenians. Idle stood they all : 
 Whose host not yet had heard the battle-cry, 
 For 'twas but now the advancing columns moved 
 Of Troy's steed-tamers and Achaia's sons. 
 Wherefore they kept their ground, and looked to see 
 When some battalion of Achaia's troops 
 Should charge the Trojans and begin the war. 
 These Agamemnon king of men beheld 
 And chid, and thus in winged words addressed: 
 " O son of Peteos a Zeus-nurtured king, 
 And thou in harmful wiles well skilled, shrewd heart, 
 Why cowering hold ye back and wait the rest ? 
 You twain it fits amid the foremost ranged 
 To stand and meet the burning fire of fight. 
 For to the feast first bidden are ye both 
 By me, when for our elders it is spread. 
 There gladly eat ye of the roast, and drink 
 The cups of honeyed wine whene'er ye will : 
 But gladly now would see battalions ten 
 Before yourselves wield ruthless blade in fray." 
 
 Then with grim glance the many-counselled man: 
 " What word hath leapt the barrier of thy teeth, 
 
160 IAIAAO2 A. 
 
 TTOK 3?) </>>75 7TO\fJLOtO fJ,60l/JLeV ', OTTTToV ' 
 
 Tpwcrlv e(f> iTTTroSdfjc.oio'iv eyelpofiev o%vv "Aprja, 
 otyeai, f)v e6e\rjdOd real ei icev TOI TO, fjL/J,ij\rj, 
 
 : 
 
 TrfXe/jid^OLO <f>l\ov irarepd irpo^d^Oicn fjLiyevra 
 Tpuxov iTTTroSd/jLwv. o-v Be TCLVT dve^u>\ia ySafet?." 355 
 TOV 8' 7rt,fj,iB>icra$ Trpoa-e^rj Kpeiwv 
 
 s Aaepndfy, 
 ovre ae veiKeiw Trepiaxriov ovre /ce\evco' 
 olBa yap 0)5 rot dvjj,os evi (mjOecrcn, (J)L\OLCTLV 360 
 
 Sijvea olSe' TO, ydp fypoveeis a r* eyco Trep' 
 ' Wi, ravra S' OTTicrdev dpea-crofjied', el TL KCLKOV vvv 
 eiprjrai' rd Se irdvra 6eol {jLera^wvia Oelev!' 
 
 to? etTTUtv TOVS JAW Xiwev avrov, /S/J Se per aXXov?. 
 evpe Be TuSe'o? viov VTrepdvpov Ato/i^Sea 365 
 
 eo-raor ev 0* ITTTTOLGI /cal ap/jLa<ri /co\\r)Toiat,v' 
 Trap &e ol eaTrj/cei, -,6eve\o<; 
 real TOV fj.ev vel/ceo-ae IScov /cpelcov ' 
 Kai fJLiv cfxDvtcras eirea Trrepoevra 
 " w /JLOL, Tu8eo? vie Satfipovos iTrTroBd/jLoio, 370 
 
 TI TTTtocrcreis, TI 8' oTrtTrreuet? TroXe/^oto ye(f)vpa<; ; 
 ov wv Tv&el y ft)8e (f>\av TTTwaKa^efiev rjev, 
 aXXa 7ro\v irpo <J)I\CDV erdpwv Srjioiat, ^d^ecrOaiy 
 a)? $d(Tav o'i jjiiv tSovro TrovevfJievov' ov yap e'ya) ye 
 rjVTTjcr ovBe tSov' irepl 8* d\\wv <f>a(rl yeveaOai,. 375 
 
 77 rot aev yap drep voXc/tou eurij/bjOe Nv/cijvas 
 feti^o? a/jC dvTidew Ho\vvelrcl, \aov dyeipav, 
 o'i pa rore arpa-rotovd* lepd 727)05 rei^ea 77/9775' 
 
ILIAD IV. 161 
 
 Atrides ? how canst call us slack in war ? 
 
 When we Achaians rouse the onset keen 
 
 'Gainst Troy's steed-taming sons, then, if thou wilt 
 
 And to such gear thou hast a mind, thou'lt see 
 
 The loving father of Telemachus 
 
 Blent in the battle with the Trojan van. 
 
 But these thy words are surely words of wind." 
 
 To whom the sovereign, when he knew him wroth, 
 Soft smiling spake, with words of altered mood: 
 "Zeus-born Laertes' son, of many wiles, 
 I chide thee not o'er much, nor yet command, 
 For, well I know, the soul within thy breast 
 Kind counsels holds, thou thinkest ev'n as I. 
 Go to, hereafter make we good if aught 
 Of ill hath now been said : and may the gods 
 Scatter such empty words adown the winds !" 
 
 He spake, and leaving these to others passed. 
 Then found he Diomedes Tydeus' son, 
 High-couraged chief, upon his well-framed car 
 Standing with steeds all yoked : and by his side 
 Stood Sthenelus the son of Capaneus. 
 Him sovereign Agamemnon saw and chid, 
 And thus aloud in winged words addressed : 
 u Ah me ! Thou son of Tydeus, valiant knight, 
 Why skulking cowardlike, why scanning thus 
 The battle bridge? Sure Tydeus loved not so 
 Timorous to cower, but of his comrades still 
 By far the foremost with the foe to fight: 
 As they have told who saw him at such work : 
 Myself nor met nor saw him ; but, they say, 
 Peerless above all other men was he. 
 For to Mycenae not in war he came 
 With godlike Polynices, as a guest, 
 To gather men, for those who then were bound 
 To march a host on Thebes sacred walls. 
 
 G. H. II 
 
1 62 IAIAAO2 A. 
 
 /cal pa fjiaXa \i(rcrovro Softer/ /cXetroi)? e 
 
 OL S' e6e\ov Sd/Aez/at /cal &rn)vOV o$9 e/ce\evov' 380 
 
 d\\a Ze?)? erpe^jre irapaidia ar/jjiara fyaivwv. 
 
 ol 8' eVel ovv a>%ovTO l$e irpo 6Bov eyevovro, 
 8' IKOVTO ftaQvcryoivov \e%7roii]v, 
 dyyeX^lrjv 7ri TvSrj areTXav 'A^aiot. 
 
 avrap o {3rj, TroXea? Se ki^craro KaS/jueicavas 385 
 
 ez/^' oi}8e fetz^d? ?rep eeoi/ iTnTrf^d-ra TuSeu? 
 Tappet, fiovvos ea)v iroKeaiv pera K.afj,e[oi(7iv. 
 aXX' o 7' de6\eveiv 7TpoKa\ieTO } irdvra S' ei///ca 
 prjiSlws' rolrj ol eirippoOos rjev "A.di^VTj. 390 
 
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 a^r dp dvep^ofjieva) TTVKIVOV \o%ov eiaav dyovres, 
 /covpovs TrevTrj/covra' Bvco 8' rjyiJTOpes 
 
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 ei7e$v\ eva 8' olov iij ol/covBe ve 
 Matoi/ 1 apa Tr/aoe^/ce, ^ea;y Tepdecrai 
 
 <yelvaro elo ^eprfa pd^r}, dyopfj Se T' d/jielvQ) 
 
 0)9 <f)dro, rbv 8' oi/ rt Trpoae^ij Kparepos 
 alSecrOels /SacriX^o9 evnrrlv alSoioio. 
 TOV S' i;i ? o9 Ka7rai/75o9 d/jLetyaro Kv$a\tp,oi 
 Sr), /AT) tyevSe eTTtc^rd^evo^ crdfya ei 
 Tot Trarepwv pey afjueivoves ev^ofieO^ elvcu. 
 
 Travporepov \aov d<yayov& VTTO Tt^o9 dpeiov, 
 repdeaai, 6ewv /cal Zrjvbs dpcoyfj' 
 
ILIAD IV. 163 
 
 And much the Mycenaeans they besought 
 
 To give them famed allies : and they to give 
 
 Were willing, and consented as they bade : 
 
 But Zeus, by threatening signs their purpose changed. 
 
 So these departing forward on their way 
 
 Came to Asopus' stream, deep-fringed with rush, 
 
 Banked with soft lawns. Tydeus to Thebe thence 
 
 In embassy Achaia's army sent. 
 
 Who came and found full many of Cadmus' sons 
 
 Feasting in mighty Eteocles' hall : 
 
 Nor trembled there, although a stranger guest 
 
 Alone amid the whole Cadmean throng, 
 
 Steed-driving Tydeus, but he challenged them 
 
 Their prowess to essay, and conquered all 
 
 With ease : such aid Athene to him lent. 
 
 Then Cadmus' sons, spurrers of steeds, enraged 
 
 Led out and placed for him, as back he went, 
 
 Close ambush fifty youths with leaders twain, 
 
 The son of Haemon, to immortals peer, 
 
 Maeon, and with him Lycophontes joined, 
 
 Son of Autophonus and staunch in war. 
 
 These also Tydeus sent to shameful doom : 
 
 He slew them all save one, whom he released 
 
 Home to return, ev'n Maeon, whom he spared 
 
 Obedient to the portents of the gods. 
 
 Such was Aetolian Tydeus, who a son 
 
 Begat in council better, worse in fight." 
 
 He spake : stout Diomedes answered nought, 
 Awed at the chiding of the reverend king. 
 Spake then the son of glorious Capaneus : 
 "Atrides speak not lies, who know'st the truth. 
 We boast ourselves far better than our sires. 
 We too seven-gated Thebe's city took, 
 Tho' neath its warrior walls a lesser host 
 We led ; for to the portents of the gods 
 We gave good heed and earned the help of Zeus, 
 
 II 2 
 
1 64 IAIAAO2 A. 
 
 Kelvot, 8e o-fyerepycnv dracrOa\irj(7LV oXoi/To. 
 
 Tc3 fJLr] IJLOL Trarepas 7ro0* 6/jioir) ev6eo rifjuf}" 410 
 
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ILIAD IV. 165 
 
 But they by their own folly were undone. 
 So prize me not our fathers as our peers." 
 
 To whom stout Diomedes, stern in glance : 
 " Friend, sit thou silent and obey my word. 
 With Agamemnon shepherd of the host 
 I fret not, that Achaia's well-greaved sons 
 He stirs to fight. His will the glory be, 
 If we Achaians rout the sons of Troy 
 And sacred Ilion fall, and his the grief, 
 Be we Achaians routed. Wherefore come 
 And let us twain take thought of valorous might." 
 
 He spake, and from his chariot to the ground 
 Leapt all in arms : and fearful rang the mail 
 Upon the monarch's breast, as swift he moved ; 
 That e'en the stoutest heart had quailed to hear. 
 
 As when upon a far-resounding shore 
 Wave after wave incessant following moves 
 By west wind roused ; far out at sea his crest 
 Each rears at first, then on the hard beach breaks 
 With mighty roar, and round the rocky points 
 Towers concave, spitting far the salt sea foam 
 So then incessant following, square on square, 
 Nor pause between, the Danaans moved to war. 
 Each leader gave his men the word ; the rest 
 Marched mute (within their breasts all voice so checked 
 That none would deem so vast a host was there), 
 And silent feared their captains. Gleamed on all 
 The varied mail wherewith their ranks were clad. 
 But for the Trojans as within the fold 
 Of some broad-acred lord the assembled ewes 
 Unnumbered stand, yielding the fresh white milk 
 With ceaseless bleating as they hear their lambs ; 
 So through the Trojans' ample host arose 
 Confused din Not one the shout of all, 
 Nor one their accent ; but their tongues were mixed, 
 And many were they called from many a land. 
 
1 66 IAIAAO2 A. 
 
 wpcre Be rovs /Jt,ev "Ap?;?,. row Be y\avKa)7ri<; ' 
 
 T rjBe <!>6/3o9 /eal V E/?J9 dfiOTOv /j,e/jiavla, 44 o 
 
 avBpo(f)6voio Kaa~LyvrjT7) erdprj re, 
 77 r 0X17?? pev TrptoTa Kopva-aerai, avrap eTreira 
 ovpava> eVT7?ptfe /ca/^ :at eVt ^^oz^l (Saivei. 
 r) crcfriv KOI rare vei/cos ofJLoiiov e/j,/3a\6 fiecrcra) 
 p%o/jLevrj /ca6* O/JLI\OV, o$e\\ovcra GTOVOV dvSpwv. 445 
 
 01 8' ore 877 p e? X^P OV ^ va fwiome? IKOVTO, 
 <TVV p eftdXov pwovs cri)v 8' ey^ea KOI fieve" dv&pwv 
 drdp at77r/8e9 ojjifyaXoecrcrai, 
 
 TroXvs 8' opv/xay8o9 opcupei. 
 8' a/Lt' olfjia>jr) T6 /tat ev^wKr) ire\ev dvbpwv 450 
 
 re /cat o\\viLeva)V, pee 8' ai/jiart yaia. 
 W9 8' ore %elfjLappoi, TrorafJLol icar opeacfx, pe 
 69 /JLHrydy/ceiav ^vfJL^d\\erov oftpiiio 
 Kpovvtov etc iieyd\a)v /coi\r)s evroorOe 
 rwv 8e re rrfkocre SOVTTOV ev ovpeaiv erc\ve Trot/jLrjV 455 
 o-yojjievwv yevero la^rj re (f>6/3os re. 
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 ov evl Trpo/j.d^oio'L, a\vo-idSr) 
 TOV p /3a\ev irpwro? rcopvOos (f>d\ov i 
 ev 8e /ierwTro) Tr^e, ireprjcre 8' a// ocrreov eicrw 460 
 
 ^aKKeif)' TOV Be (TKOTOS ocr&e 
 8', u9 ore Trvpyos, evl Kpareprj -u 
 TOV 8e TreaovTa iro&tov e\a{3ev Kpeiwv ' 
 Xa\^ci)8oyTta8^9, fteyaOvficov 0^09 'A/Ba 
 e\tce 8' V7re /3eXe&)v \e\nj [ievos o(f>pa TayictTa 465 
 
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 TrXeupa, ra ot f Kv^ravn Trap' <77rt8o9 ej;e<f)advQr], 
 ovTTjcre fucrra) ^akKrjpel, \vcre Be yvla. 
 
ILIAD IV. 167 
 
 These Ares roused ; stern-eyed Athene* these. . 
 
 Terror withal, and Rout, and Discord there 
 
 Relentless raging stood, the sister she 
 
 Of slaughtering Ares and his comrade true ; 
 
 Who small at first uprises, but anon 
 
 Her head strikes heaven, her tread is on the earth. 
 
 She now between them sowing common strife 
 
 Plunged in the throng, and swelled the warriors' groans. 
 
 But when upon one field the armies closed, 
 They met with targe, with spear, and strength of men 
 In brazen corslet clad : while bossy shield 
 Pressed shield, and loud arose the various din. 
 Wailing at once and glorying shouts were there, 
 Slayers and dying streamed with blood the ground. 
 
 As rivers twain, storm-flooded, from the heights 
 Down streaming, where the glens converging meet 
 Join all their watery weight from mighty wells 
 Within one hollow chasm ; whose throbbing beat 
 The distant shepherd in the mountains hears 
 So met the hosts with terror and with roar. 
 
 And first Antilochus slew a helmed wight 
 Brave in Troy's vanguard, Echepolus named, 
 Thalysius' son. Him first his foeman's spear 
 Struck on the thick-plumed helmet's foremost cone : 
 The brazen point, fixed in the forehead, passed 
 Within the bone, and darkness veiled his eyes. 
 Down crashed he tower-like in the stubborn fight. 
 Whose feet, as thus he lay, Chalcodon's son 
 King Elephenor seized the ruler he 
 Of the great-souled Abantes and aside 
 From out the missile shower 'gan drag in haste 
 To strip his arms, but short-lived was his speed. 
 For, as he dragged the corse, Agenor saw, 
 Great-souled Agenor, and his side that showed 
 Beyond the buckler, as he stooped, thrust through 
 With bras's-tipped spear, and loosed in death his limbs. 
 
1 68 IAIAA02 A. 
 
 <W9 TOV /Jiev \i7T6 Qviia4 t ITT azJrcS 5' epyov erv^Orj 470 
 dpya\eov Tpwcov /cal 9 A%aia)V ol Be \VKOL co9 
 d\\r)\oi<; eTTopovcrav, dvrjp ' dvBp* eBvo7rd\iev. 
 
 ev6' e/3aV 'AvOe/Jilcovos vlbv 
 rjideov Oakepov ^i^oeiaiov, ov irore 
 
 /canovcra Trap* o-^drjcnv S^oe^ro? 475 
 
 * t CTrel pa ro/cevcrtv afju ecrTrero fj,r)\a IBeadai. 
 
 iiv /cd\eov %ipoel<riaif ovSe roicevcriv 
 Opeirrpa <f>l\oi$ djreSco/ce, /JuvvvOdSios Be ol alwv 
 e r jr\eO > VTT Aiavros fieyaOu/jiov Sovpl ^>a^vn. 
 irpwrov yap /JLCV lovra /3d\e (rrrjOo^ Trapd fj^a^ov 480 
 
 SegioV dvriKpvs Se $i wfjuov %d\Kov ^7^09 
 rf\6ev. o S' eV Kovirjcrt, %afj,al irecrev, atyeipos a?, 
 rj pa r ev ela^evf) eXeo? peyaXoio 
 \eirj, drdp re ol ooi eir d/cpordrrj 
 rrjv fjuev ff dp/jLaTO7r7]yo^ dvrjp aWavi cri&rjpfp 485 
 
 egerafjC, o(f)pa irvv /cdfjL^] 
 rj [lev T* d&jJLevrj /ceirai, TrorafjLolo Trap 1 
 rolov ap* ^A.v6ejJbi^r]v ^i/Aoeicriov 
 Ata? Sioyevfjs. TOV 8' v Az>T<o9 
 HpiafiiBrj^ /caO* o/ju\ov dfcovTio-ev o^el Bovpl. 490 
 
 roO fiev dfjLa,pO\ o Be Aev/cov 'OBva-aeos ea-6\ov eralpov 
 j3ej3\ijKei ftovpwva, veicvv erepwcr epvovra' 
 rjpiire B* dptf) aura), veicpos Be ol eKireae %ei/)09. 
 
 TOV 8* 'OSu(jei)9 /jtd\a 0v/Jiov aTTOKTafJievoLO ^o\coOrjj 
 flrj Be Bid TTpo/Jid'^wv iceKOpvOfJievos aWoiri %a\K(*>, 495 
 aTTJ Be fj,d\' 771)9 i(ov t Kal dicbvTiae Bovpl (fiaeiixp 
 dfj,<f)l Tca,TCTr]vas. VTTO Be T/)c3e9 tcetcdBovTO 
 dvBpbs d/covTio-cravTOS. o B' ofy a\t,ov ySe\09 rj/cev, 
 * vlbv Hpidfj,oio vbdov 
 
ILIAD IV. 169 
 
 So fled his soul. But o'er him was dread work 
 Of Trojans and Achaians, who as^wolves 
 Rushed each at other grappling man with man. 
 
 There Telamonian Ajax threw and hit 
 Anthemion's son, young Simoisius, 
 In blooming prime : whom erst his mother bare 
 By banks of Simois, from Ida's height 
 Descending, for in tendance on their flocks 
 She with her parents followed whence his name 
 Was Simoisius. Never paid he back 
 His parents meed of nurture, for his span 
 Was short, by spear of great-souled Ajax slain. 
 For him advancing first he struck in front 
 Near the right breast. Straight through the shoulder came 
 The brazen spear, and he upon the ground 
 Fell prone in dust; ev'n as a poplar falls, 
 That in a meadow of some wide fen grows 
 Smooth-stemmed, whose boughs are clustered on its head : 
 And this some chariot-framer with bright blade 
 Cuts down to bend the felloe for a wheel 
 Of beauteous car. Adrying there it lies, 
 Along the river bank ; and such lay he, 
 Young Simoisius Anthemion's son, 
 By Zeus-born Ajax slain. Whom Antiphus 
 Of flashing corslet, son of Priam, sought 
 To strike, and hurled his keen lance 'mid the throng. 
 And him he missed, but struck upon the groin 
 Leucus brave comrade of Odysseus he 
 While dragging off a corse : who spear and all 
 Down fell, and from his hand the body slipped. 
 
 But at his death Odysseus much in wrath 
 Strode through the vanguard armed in burning mail, 
 And stood hard by and hurled a gleaming spear, 
 Gazing around him. Back the Trojans shrank 
 Soon as the hero hurled: nor flew the shaft 
 In vain, but hit Democoon, bastard son 
 
1 70 IAIAAO2 A. 
 
 09 ol *A/3vo69ev tf\0e, Trap" LTTTTWV wKeidwv. 500 
 
 rov p 'O8ucreL9 erdpoio i )(o\wcra^vo^ /3d\e Sovpi 
 Kopcnjv' i] 8' erepoio 8ta Kpordcfroto ireprfcrev 
 al'XjJiri ^a\K6Lrj' rov Se O-/COTO? ocrcre KoXvfyeV 
 
 $e Trecroov, dpd/Srjcre Se Tev^je ITT* avru). 
 8' VTTO re irpof^a^oi, /cal ^a/StyLto? r/ E/crwp' 505 
 'Apyetot Se j^eya I'a^ov, epixravro Se ve/cpovs, 
 Wvaav Se TTO\V TTporepco. ve^eo- 
 TlepydfJLou eKKariSwv, Tpwecrcri Se /ce/ 
 " opvvo-6\ iTTTTofra/jboi, Tpwes' prj el/cere ^d 
 
 ov <rcj)i \L9os %/5ft)9 ov$e o-lBrjpos 510 
 
 Ta/zecr/^poa /3a\\ofj,evoicnv. 
 ov fjir^v OV& 'A^tXeu? eVtSo? ?rat9 Tjv/cofJLOio 
 fjiapvarai, aXX' e?rt vr\vcn, ^o\ov OvfJiaXyea irecrcrei." 
 0)9 ^ar' <Z7TO TTToXio? Setz^o9 ^09* avrap *A^atou9 
 
 o9 0vydrr)p KV^LO-TTJ Tpiroyeveia, 515 
 
 Ka0* opiXov, Wi fJueOievra^ L$OLTO. 
 papvy/cetfyv Attwpea fj,olpa TreSrjcrev. 
 yap /3X^ro Trapd crfyvpov orcpioevn 
 e^irepTjV /3aXe Se Qpy/cwv dybs dvSpaJv, 
 Hetpoos *I/jL/3pacri$r)<;, 09 ap' KlvoOev el\ri\ov6eC 520 
 
 d/JL(j)OTepa) Be revovre /cal ocrria Xact9 ai 
 d r 7rrj\oi r r]crev' o 8' i;7rri09 
 
 e ^ e ^>tXot9 erapoiari 
 
 aTTOTrveicov. o 8' eTreSpa/jiev 09/3' /3a\ev Trep, 
 Iletpoo9, oura Se 8ou/)l Trap' opfyaKov' e/c S' apa Tracrat 
 'Xyvro %a[j,al ^oXaSe9, TOZ^ 8e CTKOTOS ocrcre 
 rbv 8e 6a9 Atra>Xo9 eVe<7crt'yLte^o9 /3aXe Sovpl 
 
ILIAD IV, 171 
 
 Of Priam, from Abydos where he fed 
 
 The fleet mares of his father now returned. 
 
 Him then Odysseus, for his comrade wroth, 
 
 Smote with his spear, a side-stroke on the skull, 
 
 And through and out of the other temple passed 
 
 The brazen point ; and darkness veiled his eyes. 
 
 Heavy he fell, his armour on him rang. 
 
 The van with glorious Hector then gave ground. 
 
 But loud the Argives shouted, and the dead 
 
 They dragged away, and forward far they rushed. 
 
 Whereat Apollo chafed, as from the tower 
 
 He viewed the strife below ; and thus he cried : 
 
 " Rouse ye, steed-taming Trojans ! yield not thus 
 
 To Argive foes in fray. Not stone their flesh 
 
 Nor iron, to resist the sharing blade, 
 
 So they be hit. No truly, nor does he 
 
 Achilleus son of fair-haired Thetis fight, 
 
 But nurses at the ships his heartfelt wrath." 
 
 So spake the dread god from the citadel. 
 Achaia's sons the while the child of Zeus 
 Tritogenia roused, most glorious queen, 
 Threading the throng where'er she saw them slack. 
 
 Dioreus son of Amarynceus there 
 Stern fate enchained : for him a jagged stone 
 On the right leg beside the ankle struck, 
 By Piros thrown, the son of Imbrasus, 
 A Thracian leader who from Aenus came. 
 The tendons twain and bones the ruthless stone 
 Deep entering shattered; backward in the dust 
 He fell, both hands outspreading to his friends 
 As forth he breathed his life. Upon him ran 
 Piros who threw the stone, and thrust with spear 
 Close by the navel; on the ground gushed out 
 His bowels all, and darkness veiled his eyes. 
 On Piros then Aetolian Thoas rushed, 
 And cast his spear and struck him on the breast 
 
172 IAIAAO2 A. 
 
 enepvov VTrep fia^olo, Trdyrj S' ev Trvevfiovi 
 dyx^o\ov Be ol ^\de 0o'a?, etc S' o^pifiov 
 eo-Trdaaro crrepvoio, epvo-aaro Be %l(f)os ogv, 530 
 
 rw o 76 yao-Tpa rv^re /jLearjv, e/c 8' aivvro OV/JLOV. 
 ' ou/c dire Sucre' TrepiaTrjcrav jap eraipoi 
 
 OL e fAeyav irep eovra /cal tydi/AOv KOI dyavov 
 
 coaav CLTTO o-(f>ela)v' o Be ^acrcrayLte^o? TreXe/xt^^. 535 
 
 w? Tft) y* ev Kovlrja'i, Trap 1 
 
 rj rot o fj.v QpytctoV o 8* ' 
 
 TroXXol Se Trepi/creivovro KOI aXXot. 
 
 ov/cerL epyov dvrjp ovoa-airo 
 o? Ti9 IT* a/3X?;T09 /cat dvovraros ofet ^aXyew 540 
 
 Kara /jLecrcrov, dyoi Be e ITaXXa? ' 
 e\ova', avrdp ySeXewz/ direpvicoi 
 TroXXot 70/3 T/3&XWI/ /cat 'A^atcoi/ vj/JLari, /cetvw 
 ev Kovirja-i Trap dXX^Xoto-t Terai/ro. 
 
ILIAD IV. 173 
 
 Above the pap. Fast in the lung was fixed 
 The brazen point; but Thoas came full near 
 And forced the weighty lance from out his chest; 
 And drew his keen-edged sword, with which he smote 
 Full on the belly, and reft his foe of life. 
 Yet stripped he not his arms; for round him stood 
 His comrades Thracians they, with tufted* locks 
 Crowning their heads, and lances long in hand 
 Who, tall and strong and awful though he was, 
 Yet thrust him back, and he perforce gave ground. 
 Thus side by side in dust those twain were stretched, 
 Of Thracians one, of mailed Epeans one 
 The chief: and many more around them fell. 
 
 There no man sure, who had among them come, 
 Had scorned their warlike work whoe'er unhurt 
 By throw or thrust of brazen point had roamed 
 Amid the fight, Athene as his guide 
 Holding his hand and warding forceful shafts. 
 For Trojans and Achaians prone in dust 
 That day full many side by side were laid. 
 
IAIAAOZ E. 
 
 aprrea. 
 
 ' av TvBeiBy Ato/^Set IlaXXa? ' 
 bootee /tei/o? Kal ddpa-os, iv e/cBrjXos perd irdcnv 
 \\pyeiOL<n, yevoiro IBe /cXe'o9 ecrdXcv apoiro. 
 Bale ol etc /copvOos re fcal a<r7rt'o9 a/ca/xaroz/ Trvp, 
 dcrrep' oirtopivw evaXly/ciov, o? re /j,d\L<TTa 5 
 
 \afjbirpov 7rafj,(f>aLvr]<7i, Xe\ou/<te^O9 'l/ceavoio. 
 rolov ol irvp Baiev diro Kparo? re Kal (SfLcov, 
 wpcre Be ILIV Kara pea-aav, 081, Tr\el(7Toi K\oveovro. 
 TJV Se rt9 v Tpcoeaa't Aap?;? a^z/eco? afjLVjjLcov, 
 
 'H^auJTOiO* Suet) Se ot u/ee9 yjcrr^z/, 10 
 
 'IBaios re, f^d^r}<^ ev elBore 7ra<77/9. 
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ILIAD V. 
 
 The prowess of Diomedes. 
 
 AND now to Diomedes Tydeus' son 
 Pallas Athene' might and daring gave, 
 That so mid all the Argives he might shine 
 Conspicuous forth, and win him brave renown. 
 From helm and buckler unabating fire 
 She kindled, fire as of the summer star 
 Rising all-glorious from his ocean bath : 
 Such fire from head and shoulders kindled she 
 And spurred him to the midmost throng of fight. 
 
 A man there was of Troy, Dares his name, 
 Rich, blameless, of Hephaestos priest, and sire 
 To Phegeus and Idaeus, stalwart sons, 
 A pair well-skilled in every feat of arms. 
 These issuing from their host opposing rushed 
 On Diomedes, charioted they twain, 
 He on the ground a footman moved to war. 
 And to each other when they now drew near, 
 First Phegeus threw long-shadowed lance, whose point 
 O'er the left shoulder of Tydides came, 
 Nor hit him: second then with brazen spear 
 Tydides rose, whose shaft left not his hand 
 In vain, but hit his breast between the paps 
 And hurled him from his steeds. Away in haste 
 Idaeus sped and left his beauteous car, 
 Nor dared to stand and shield his brother slain: 
 
176 IAIAA02 E. 
 
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ILIAD V. 177 
 
 For thus himself had surely not escaped 
 Black fate; but now Hephaestos rescued him 
 Close-veiled in night, that so his aged sire 
 Might not be grieved with utter loss of all. 
 But those his steeds the great-souled Tydeus' son 
 Drove from the throng and to his comrades gave 
 In charge to lead them to the hollow ships. 
 And all the great-souled Trojans, when they saw 
 Of Dares' sons one saved by flight, one slain 
 And prostrate by his car, were stirred in soul. 
 Then did stern-eyed Athene* by the hand 
 Impetuous Ares seize, and thus she spake: 
 " O Ares, Ares, bloodstained, bane of men, 
 Thou rampart-stormer, shall not now we twain 
 Leave Trojans and Achaians here to fight, 
 The Father granting glory where he will, 
 While we retire and shun the wrath of Zeus ? " 
 
 The goddess spake, and from the battle-field 
 Led out impetuous Ares, whom anon 
 She seated on Scamander's grassy bank. 
 Then did the Danaans turn the sons of Troy, 
 And every Danaan leader slew a foe. 
 First Agamemnon king of men dislodged 
 Tall Hodius from his car a prince was he 
 Of Halizonians : for, as first he turned, 
 Between the shoulders in the back his spear 
 Atrides fixed, and drave it through his breast. 
 Heavy he fell, his armour on him rang. 
 
 Then by Idomeneus was Phaestus slain, 
 Son of Maeonian Borus, who had come 
 From Tarne^s clodded soil. Him with long lance 
 Spear- famed Idomeneus, when now in act 
 To mount his steeds, through the right shoulder pierced. 
 Down from his car he dropt, in hateful night 
 Soon veiled: whom then the victor's squires despoiled. 
 
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ILIAD V. 179 
 
 But Menelaus slew with beechen spear 
 
 Scamandrius son of Strophius. In the chase 
 
 A cunning wight was he, a hunter good, 
 
 For Artemis herseJf had taught his hand 
 
 To strike all game that woodland mountains rear. 
 
 Yet nought could Artemis the arrow-queen 
 
 Avail him then, nor that far-shooting skill, 
 
 His former pride: but him did Atreus' son 
 
 The spear-famed Menelaus, as he fled, 
 
 Full on the back between the shoulders smite 
 
 With thrust of spear, and drave it through his breast. 
 
 Prone fell he, and his armour on him rang. 
 
 Meriones slew Phereclus son was he 
 Of worker deft in wood, Harmonides, 
 And knew himself all artful handiwork, 
 For Pallas loved him well. 'Twas he that first 
 For Alexander wrought the balanced ships, 
 Sad source of woe to Troy and to himself, 
 Since nought he knew of what the gods had doomed. 
 Him now Meriones o'ertook and smote 
 On the right buttock ; 'neath the bone straight on 
 The point came through the bladder. With a cry 
 Upon his knee he fell, death veiled his sight. 
 
 Meges Pedaeus slew, Antenor's son, 
 A bastard born, whom yet with kindly care 
 Divine Theano nurtured as her own, 
 To please her lord. Him spear-famed Phyleus' son 
 Approached and smote with keen lance 'neath the head 
 Upon the nape ; right on between the teeth 
 Below the tongue the broad point shared. In dust 
 He fell, and with his teeth the cold brass bit. 
 
 There did Evaemon's son Eurypylus 
 Divine Hypsenor slay: the son was he 
 Of high-souled Dolopion, whom a priest, 
 Scamander's priest, in honour as a god 
 The people held. Him then Eurypylus 
 
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ILIAD V. 181 
 
 Evaemon's noble son, ev'n as he fled 
 
 Before him, chased, outran, and swooping down 
 
 With falchion smote his shoulder. Severed clean 
 
 Fell arm and heavy hand upon the plain 
 
 All dripping blood, and o'er his eyes was spread 
 
 The veil of dark death and resistless doom. 
 
 Thus toiled the rest throughout the stubborn fray. 
 But for Tydides none might know with whom 
 He ranged, with Trojan or Achaian throng: 
 For o'er the plain he rushed, as in full flood 
 A storm-swoln torrent, that with hurrying stream 
 Breaks dyke and dam Nor dam compact may stay, 
 Nor stony fence of orchard rich in fruit 
 Stem the fierce tide, so sudden on it comes, 
 What time the heavy rains of Zeus down pour, 
 Wide wasting the fair works of vigorous hands. 
 So Troy's close ranks before Tydides fled, 
 Nor, many though they were, abode his might. 
 
 Whom when Lycaon's noble son perceived, 
 As o'er the plain he rushed and drove before 
 The routed columns, quick at Tydeus' son 
 He drew his curved bow, and with true aim 
 By the right shoulder struck him, as he charged, 
 Upon the hollow corslet. Through it flew 
 The arrow keen and onwards held its way ; 
 And straight the corslet showed the stain of blood. 
 Whereat loud cried Lycaon's noble son : 
 " Rise, great-souled Trojans, spurrers ye of steeds : 
 Achaia's best is smit, nor long, I ween, 
 Will bear the forceful shaft, if me in truth 
 The king, the son of Zeus, sped on my way, 
 When hitherwards from Lycia's land I came." 
 
 Boastful he spake : yet the keen shaft his foe 
 Quelled not : but from the throng retiring he 
 Before his steeds and chariot stood, and there 
 Thus spake to Sthenelus son of Capaneus : 
 
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ILIAD V. 183 
 
 "Rouse thee, kind son of Capane'us, quit the car 
 And from my shoulder draw this arrow keen." 
 
 So spake the chief: and Sthenelus from his steeds 
 Leapt to the ground, and by him stood, and drew 
 Right through and from the shoulder the swift shaft. 
 The blood upspirted through the twisted mail. 
 Then loud prayed Diomedes good in fray : 
 " Hear me, thou child of aegis-bearing Zeus, 
 Untamed ; if ever by my sire of yore 
 With kindly will in hostile war thou stood'st, 
 Befriend me now, Athene", and grant withal 
 That he may come within my lance's throw, 
 By me to fall, who me but now forestalled 
 And hit, and o'er me boasts, nor deems that I 
 Shall long behold the Sun-god's glorious light." 
 
 He spake in prayer: Pallas Athene heard, 
 Made light his feet below, his hands above, 
 And standing near in winged words addressed : 
 "Now, Diomedes, on the sons of Troy 
 Charge boldly: in thy breast I have inbreathed 
 Thy father's dauntless courage, such as erst 
 Shield-shaking Tydeus had, that noble knight. 
 Nay more, from veiling mist I purge thine eyes 
 That thou may'st well discern both god and man. 
 Wherefore, if god draw near to try thy force, 
 With other gods immortal fight thou not 
 Opposing ; but if Aphrodite" come, 
 Daughter of Zeus, and dare the brunt of war, 
 Spare not at her to thrust thy piercing point." 
 
 Stern-eyed Athene" spake, and went her way. 
 Tydides then amid the foremost throng 
 Plunged him again: whom, hotly bent before 
 To charge the foe, now threefold fury filled. 
 Ev'n as a lion, whom, his woolly flocks 
 While watching in the field, a shepherd wounds 
 With a light scratch as o'er the fence he leaps 
 
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ILTAD V. 185 
 
 Into the fold, nor quells him, but his strength 
 Provokes the more : The man stays not to guard, 
 But hides him in the sheep-sheds, while the flock 
 Defenceless all are scared and huddled close 
 One ori^the other crowd ; the furious beast 
 Successful leaps from out the high-walled fold 
 So fiercer yet in fury for his wound 
 Stout Diomedes mid the Trojans plunged. 
 
 Astynoiis and Hypiron there he slew, 
 Hypiron shepherd of his folk : the first 
 Above the breast he hit with brass-tipped lance, 
 The other with his mighty sword he smote 
 Close by the shoulder on the collar-bone, 
 And clove the shoulder from the neck and back. 
 Then these he left, and after Abas hied 
 And Polyidus, of Eurydamas 
 The sons : an aged dream-expounder he, 
 Whose dreams availed him nought to warn his sons 
 Of coming doom as to the war they went ; 
 For stalwart Diomedes slew them both. 
 Xanthus and Thoon next he turned to seek, 
 Two sons of Phaenops they, late-born, well-loved, 
 Whose sire by sad age worn no other son 
 Begat to leave as lord of all his wealth. 
 Both these the hero spoiled and reft of life, 
 And to their father nought but bitter grief 
 And wailing left : for nevermore alive 
 Welcomed he them returning from the war, 
 And strangers shared the orphaned heritage. 
 
 Two sons of Priam son of Dardanus 
 Now slew he, in one chariot mounted both, 
 Echemon named and Chromius : and as when 
 Leaping upon the kine a lion fells 
 With broken neck a heifer or a cow, 
 As through the copse they feed, so from their steeds 
 The son of Tydeus hurled them both tho' sore 
 
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ILIAD V. 187 
 
 Unwilling. Then their arms he stript, and gave 
 Their steeds for comrades to the ships to drive. 
 
 Him, as he wasted wide the ranks of men, 
 yneas marked, and hied him through the fight 
 And through the storm of spears to seek around 
 If he might find him godlike Pandarus. 
 Lycaon's stout and blameless son he found, 
 And stood before his face, and thus he spake: 
 " Where, Pandarus, where thy bow and feathered shafts 
 And fame? wherein none here with thee may vie, 
 And none in Lycia boasts a better skill. 
 Nay, come ; an arrow shoot, thy hands to Zeus 
 Duly upraised, at yonder conquering man 
 Whoe'er he be, that now hath wrought great scathe 
 Upon the Trojans and hath loosed the knees 
 Of many a gallant chief: if man he be, 
 And not some god who venges him on Troy 
 In wrath for holy dues unpaid: for then 
 The wrath of god doth press full heavily." 
 
 To whom replied Lycaon's noble son : 
 "jEneas, of the mail-clad sons of Troy 
 Sage counsellor, to Tydeus' valiant son 
 I liken him in all. His shield I know, 
 And crested helm ; his steeds withal I see. 
 Yet know I not for sure he is no god. 
 But if the man I say, the valiant son 
 Of Tydeus, not unaided by a god 
 He rages thus, but some immortal power 
 Stands ever near, with shoulders wrapt in mist, 
 Who the swift shaft that reached him turned aside. 
 For I but now, who loosed a shaft at him, 
 On the right shoulder struck him, piercing through 
 The corslet's hollow plate, and fully thought 
 To hurl him down to Hades : yet withal 
 I quelled him not. Some wrathful god is here. 
 And steeds or car to mount with me are none : 
 
1 88 IAIAA02 E. 
 
 aXXa TTOV eV fJLeydpoicrt, Avtcdovo? ev$/ca 
 /caXol TrpcoTOTTayels veoTev^ees, d/jL(f)l Be 
 
 ' Trapd Be (7<t e/cdcrrti) Bl^uyes 'LTTTTOI, 195 
 
 fcpl \v/cov epeTTTo/jLf.voi, /cal o\vpa<>. 
 jjirjv fiOL fJLa\a 7ro\\a yepwv al^/jLrjrd Avtcdcov 
 eVereXXe So/xot? evi 
 /ju efceXeve KOI apfJiacTLV 
 
 Tpwe<7<7 Kara Kparepd? vcr/jiivas' 200 
 
 ov TnOo/jLrjv rj r av TTO\V /cepbiov ^ev 
 YTTTTCOV ^etSoyLtevo?, /.irj poi SevoLaro cfropfifj? 
 
 elkofAevwv, elcoQores e'S/te^at d^rfv. 
 \lirov, avrdp Trefc? 69 ''IXto^ el\r]\ov6a y 
 
 vvos' rd Se fi ov/c dpa fj,e\\ov ovr)<reiv. 205 
 <ydp Boiolaiv dpiaTrjeo-aiv e<f)f)Ka, 
 
 KOI ^ArpeiSrj, etc 8' d^orepouv 
 drpe/ces al/jb e&creva fta\a)V, rjyeipa Se /j,d\\ov. 
 rc3 pa Kafcf} dlcrr) dirb TracrcrdXov dyfcv\a 'ro^a 
 
 TW e\6{jL7]v ore v l\toi> et? epareivrjv 210 
 
 Tpcoeacn, (frepcov ^dptv "EtKropi Stw. 
 el Se /ce vocmjcra) /cal e( 
 
 re /ca 
 
 avrl/c GTreir cnf efieio /cdpr) rdfioi, d\\6rpio^ 
 
 el /jLT) eyoo rd$e ro^a fyaeivw ev irvpl Qelrjv 215 
 
 Xepcrl $ia/c\do-(ra<;' dvepwKia yap /xot 07r?;Set." 
 
 TOV 8' avr Alveias Tpawv dyo? dvrlov r)v$a' 
 "/iTyS' ouro)? dyopevs' Trdpos 8' ov/c ecrcrerat a 
 
 TTpiV 7* 7Tt VCO TO)S' dvSpl (7VV ITTTTOMTtV 
 
 dvTiftirjv e\,06vre crvv evrecri, 7reipr}drjvai. 
 aXX' ay e/juwv o^ecov e7ri/3r)<reo, o(f>pa i 
 
ILIAD V. 189 
 
 But in Lycaon's halls, I ween, are left 
 
 Chariots eleven, fair, newly-joined, fresh-made, 
 
 And o'er them cloths are spread ; and by them all, 
 
 Two for the yoke of each, their horses stand 
 
 Champing white barley and the grain of spelt. 
 
 To me indeed Lycaon, warrior old, 
 
 Within our well-built home gave frequent charge, 
 
 When to the war I went ; and bade me oft 
 
 On steeds and chariot mounted to lead on 
 
 The Trojan warriors through the stubborn fray. 
 
 But I obeyed him not tho' better far 
 
 Had been obedience for I spared my steeds, 
 
 Lest food should fail them, when our men were pent 
 
 In Troy, and they aye wont to eat their fill. 
 
 So them I left, and came to Ilion 
 
 Afoot, my bow my trust, and that methinks 
 
 Doomed to be bootless. For at chieftains twain 
 
 Already have I shot, at Tydeus' son, 
 
 And at the son of Atreus. Both I hit, 
 
 From both true blood I drew, yet roused the more. 
 
 Wherefore with evil luck my curved bow 
 
 Down from the peg I took upon that day 
 
 When I, to do the godlike Hector grace, 
 
 To lovely Ilion led my Trojan band. 
 
 But if I e'er return, and if my eyes 
 
 See country, wife, and high-roofed ample house, 
 
 May stranger foeman straight cut off my head, 
 
 If bow and shafts I break not with my hands, 
 
 And cast their splinters in the blazing fire : 
 
 For vain and helpless followers they are found." 
 
 To him ^Eneas Trojan chief replied : 
 " Nay, say not so : we will not deem it vain 
 Too soon, till thou and I against this man 
 With steeds and car have gone, and might to might 
 With weapons proved him. Wherefore come, and mount 
 My car, that thou mayst see what strain they be 
 
190 IAIAAO2 E. 
 
 L7T7TOI,, eirL(7rfJ,VOL 
 
 KpaLTrvd ad)C ev6a teal evBa 
 TOO tcai you 7ro\ivSe aawaerov, el irep av avre 
 Zei)? eTrl TvSe'l'Srj Afo/xrjSet KV&OS ope^rj. 225 
 
 a\\ aye vvv f^acmja KCLI rjvla <ri t ya\6evTa 
 5efat, eya) 8' I'TTTTCOV e7ri/3r)a-o/j.ai, ocfipa /la^eo/xaf 
 776 (TV rov&e SeSefo, /jLe\TJcrov(Tiv S' epol LTTTTOI." 
 TOV $ avre TrpcxreeiTre KVKCLOVOS dy\aos via?' 
 " Aij/e/a, av [lev auro? e^* rjvia KOI reco LTTTTCO' 230 
 
 oieerov, et irep av avre (f>e{3toae0a TuSeo? vlov' 
 
 pr) TOO aev Belcravre uarrjcreTov, ov$ eQeXrjrov 
 
 etc(j>epe/jLev TroXeuoio, reov (j)06yyov iroOeovre, 
 
 vwi 8* eVa^a9 ueyaOvfj-ov TfSeo? vios 235 
 
 aiT(o re Kreivy /cal eX-daarj acavv^a^ LTTTTOVS. 
 
 a\\d av 7' auro? e\avve re uppara teal Tew f i7nra>, 
 
 TOvBe 8' 70;^ eiriovTa Bebegouai, ofet Bovpl." 
 
 cu? apa (frwvrjaavres, e? appaTa 7roifci\a /3az>re<?, 
 e/i^e/iaaJr* eVt TvBet$y e^ov cJ/cea? iTTTroi;?.' 240 
 
 TOI)? Se iBe S^eVeXo? KaTrai/^to? ayXao? u/o?, 
 al-^jra ^e Ti;SeiS7?^ eVea TTTepoevra TTpoarjvBa' 
 " TuSei'S?; At6yLt77Se? e'^w icecap iapeve 
 av$p opoco /cpaTepoo ewl aol /zeyLtacor 
 Iv direXeOpov e^oi/ra?. o /ze^ TO^WV ev et'Sco?, 245 
 
 Ilai/Sapo?, v<'o? 8' avTe Avfcdovos ev^eTai elvaC 
 AtVe/a? S' f /o? /j.eya\rJTopo<; y Ay%Laao 
 
 e/cyeyduev, UTJTTJP Se o'i eaT 'A(j)poSiTTj, 
 
 dye &rj ^aa)/ze#' ecj) iTTTrwv, fJLrjBe /JLOI ourco? 
 
 6vve Bid Trpoad-^wv, atj TTO)? (j)i\ov rjTOp c,\eaays" 2=0 
 
 TOP 8' ap' VTTo&pa ISwv Trpoae^ij KpaTepos 
 
ILIAD V. 191 
 
 These steeds of Tros, well knowing to and fro 
 
 Swift o'er the plain to follow or to fly. 
 
 These twain will to the city bear us back 
 
 In safe retreat, if Zeus again shall grant 
 
 Glory to Diomedes Tydeus' son. 
 
 Then come, take thou the whip and shining reins, 
 
 And I will mount the car to fight the foe : 
 
 Or meet thou him, and be the steeds my care." 
 
 To whom replied Lycaon's noble son : 
 "^Eneas, keep the reins, and thine own steeds 
 Guide thou thyself : reined by the wonted hand 
 They will the better draw the curved car, 
 If back from Tydeus' son perforce we fly : 
 But may with fear be wild, and from the fray 
 Refuse to bear us, if they miss thy voice. 
 So, rushing on us, great-souled Tydeus' son 
 Shall slay us and drive off our firm-hoofed steeds. 
 Drive then thyself thy chariot and thy steeds, 
 While I his onset meet with pointed lance." 
 
 They spake, and mounting on the well-wrought car 
 Their fleet steeds on Tydides hotly urged. 
 Whom Sthenelus, noble son of Capaneus, saw, 
 And straight with winged words addressed his chief: 
 " O Diomedes, of my soul beloved, 
 Two warriors stout I see, full hotly bent 
 'Gainst thee to fight, with giant strength endued. 
 One is the skilful bowman Pandarus, 
 Lycaon's son he boasts himself; and one 
 .'Eneas, of Anchises, blameless sire, 
 Who boasts him born, and Aphrodite's self 
 His mother is. But come, and on our car 
 Retire we now, nor through the vanguard thus 
 Impetuous rush thou, lest thy life thou lose." 
 
 To whom stout Diomedes with stern glance : 
 
192 IAIAAO2 E. 
 
 " /JLIJ TI <d/3o^S' dyopev\ eVet ov&e ae Tretae/iev olv 
 
 ov jap pot yevvalov dXvatcd^ovri, fJid^eaOai 
 
 ovSe KaTaTTTuxro-eiV ert fJLOi /u-eVo? efiTreSov ecrrLv. 
 
 OKveiw S' iTnrwv e7ri/3aivfjLev, d\\d Kal aur&>9 255 
 
 dvriov elfi auraJv rpeiv fM ov/c ea IlaXXa? ' 
 
 rovro) 6' ov 7rd\Lv avns diroicreTOv oj/cee? Itnrot 
 
 afjL(f)a) d(f> Tj/j,el(0v, el <y ovv erepo? 76 
 
 a\\o &e TOL pO>, (7v S' Ivl 
 
 el K.ev ILOI 7ro\v/3ov\os 'AOijvTj /cOSo? opei;r] 260 
 
 d/j,<j)OTep(0 Krelvai, av Se rovcrSe pev o;/cea? ftnrovs 
 
 avrov epv/ca/ceeiv. ef avrvyo? rjvia retW?, 
 
 Alvelao 8' eVatfat //.e/zi/T^ez'O? ITTTTCOV, 
 
 IK 8' eXdcrai, Tpooow per ev/cvij/j,L$a$ *Aj(aiovs. 
 
 T?;? 7p rot 76^6)79 175 Tpa)l Trep evpvoTra Zeus 265 
 
 8&3^' uto? TTowrjv TavvjjiTJ&eos' ovve/c apicrrot, 
 
 iTTTToov ocraoi eacriv vir rjaj T' f/eXtov re. 
 
 r^9 yevefjs 
 
 \d6pri 
 
 Ttov ol ef eyevovro evl /JLeydpoKrt, 
 
 TOI)? yaez/ Tecrcrapas auro? e^ajz/ ar/raXX' eVl 
 
 TO) Se Su* Klveia Sto/cev, /jujjarcope (f)6/3ot,o. 
 
 el rovrco 76 \d/3oi/JLev, dpoLfJLeOd Kev /cXeo? e 
 
 w? ot yLtez/ Toiavra ?rpo9 aXX7JXot>9 dyopevov, 
 TO) Be rd% eyyvQev tf\0ov, e\avvovT cJ/cea9 ITTTTOVS. 275 
 TOJ> 7rpoTpo$ TrpocreeiTre Au/caoz/o9 07X^09 uto9* 
 
 Sa'typov, dyavov TuSeo9 ute, 
 oz) /9eXo9 co/ci) Ba^do-aaro, *7TLKpL<$ otcrro9* 
 
 y a^r' ey%eir) Treiprjao/jLai. al /ce TV^CO/JLL" 
 
 T) pa, Kal djj,7re7ra\d)v TTpotrj $o\(,%6o-Kiov 7^09, 280 
 
 l /3d\e TvBe'l'Sao KOUT daTriSa' rr^9 Se 
 
 7re\do-0rj. 
 
ILIAD V. 193 
 
 " Speak nought of flight : thou'lt not, I ween, prevail. 
 
 Tis not my inborn mood to skulk in war, 
 
 Or cower afraid : my courage still is firm. 
 
 And steeds to mount I am full loth : nay thus, 
 
 E'en as I am, will I to meet them go : 
 
 Pallas Athene doth forbid me fear. 
 
 Not both of these shall their swift steeds from us 
 
 Bear back again, if haply one escape. 
 
 This too I say, which lay thou well to heart : 
 
 If now Athene, many-counselled maid, 
 
 Grant glory to me, that I slay them both, 
 
 Then stay thou here our swift steeds, from the rail 
 
 Stretching the reins ; but on ^Eneas' steeds 
 
 Mind that thou rush, and from the Trojan host 
 
 To the well-greaved Achaians drive them off. 
 
 For they are of that strain which loud-voiced Zeus 
 
 Gave erst to Tros, a price for Ganymede 
 
 His son ; and therefore of all steeds the best 
 
 That live beneath the morning and the sun. 
 
 Anchises king of men stole of that stock ; 
 
 For, to Laomedon unknown, his mares 
 
 He to these stallions put : and of their breed 
 
 Were born within his stalls six foals. Of these 
 
 Himself kept four fed at the rack, but two 
 
 Gave to yneas, counsellors of flight. 
 
 These could we take, brave glory we should win." 
 
 So spake they to each other : swift the while 
 With flying steeds came on the foemen twain. 
 And first out spake Lycaon's noble son : 
 "Stout-hearted, valiant wight, brave Tydeus' son, 
 My swift shaft quelled thee not, my arrow keen ; 
 The spear now try I, hoping better speed." 
 
 He spake, and poising the long-shadowed lance 
 Cast it, and smote upon Tydides' shield : 
 And through it onwards flew the brazen point 
 And neared the corslet. Glorying o'er his foe 
 G. H. 13 
 
194 IAIAAO2 E. 
 
 Tc5 8 7rl fiaicpov avo" Av/tdovos dy\ad<> 
 "ySeySX^at /ceveoova SiajjiTrepes, ov&e d oio) 
 &7)pov er' dvcr^aeaBaL' e/jLol 8e pey 1 evftos eSco/cas" 285 
 rov 8' ov Tapftrjcras 7rpO(7(f)rj tcparepos 
 
 ru^e9' ara/9 ou /AT)^ cr<au 7' 
 aTroTrava-eaOai 7rp\v rj erepov <ye ireaovra 
 
 acraL "Aprja ToXavpivov TroXefiicrTrjv" 
 a)? <f)dfj,evo$ 7rpo67]/ce' ySeXo? 8' Wvvev 'AOrjvrj 290 
 
 plva Trap 1 6d>0a\,fiov, \evtcovs S' CTrepTjcrev oSo 
 TOV S' a?ro /iei/ y\a>cr(7av TrpvjJLVTjv rape 
 aiX^ri 8' ej;e\v07} Trapd veiarov dvOepewva. 
 ijpiTre 8' ef o^ewv, dpd^ijae 8e rev^e ITT avrw 
 alo\a Tra/jLc^avocovra, Traper peacrav Se ol ITTTTOI 295 
 
 to/cvTroSes' rov 8' av6i \V&T) tyvxr) re yite^o? re. 
 
 AtVe/a? 8' diropova-e avv ao-?r/8t Sovpi re 
 8e/cra? /-IT; TTCD'? ot epvaaiaro ve/cpov ' 
 afj.(f)l 8^ ap' avTu> fiaive \ewv w? 
 7rp6(706 8e ot 8opu T' ea^e /cal dtrjrlSa TTCLVTOG eforjp, 300 
 rov KTa/Jievat, /ie/Ltaco? 09 rt9 TOU 7' avrias e\6oi, 
 
 o 8e xepfjidSiov \d/3e %6tpt 
 epyov, o ov Bvo 7' ai/8pe <j>epoiev, 
 oloi vvv ftporol eld' o Be JLIV pea 7rd\\e /cal oZo9. 
 TCU J3d\ev Alvetao KCLT l<r%[ov, evOa re 7^77^09 305 
 
 io-%LO) evo-TpefyeTCLi, Korv\rjv 8e re fttz/ Ka\eov<Tiv' 
 6\dcro-e 8e ot KOTv\rjv, Trpbs 8' a/i^>&) p^fe TevovTe' 
 8' a?ro puvov TpTj^vs X/^O9. avTap o 7' ?;pft>9 
 7i/i)| r epnrwV) /cal epeicraTo %6tpt Tra^eiy 
 ils' d/j,(j)l 8e ocro-e tceXaivrj vv% eicd\vtyev. 310 
 
ILIAD V. 195 
 
 Loud shouted then Lycaon's noble son : 
 
 "Thou'rt smit right through the side, nor long, I trow, 
 
 Wilt bear the wound : great praise on thee I win." 
 
 To whom stout Diomedes nought affrayed : 
 " Missed is thy mark, not hit : but of you twain 
 Not both, I trow, shall this encounter end, 
 Ere one at least shall fall and glut with blood 
 Ares the warrior god of bull's-hide targe." 
 
 He spake and threw : Athene' sped the shaft, 
 That on the nose beside the eye it struck, 
 And by the white teeth passed : then at the root 
 The unyielding brass severed the tongue, and showed 
 With point protruding underneath the chin. 
 Down fell he from his car, upon him rang 
 His armour flexible of dazzling sheen, 
 While his fleet-footed steeds stood trembling by : 
 And there his life and strength were loosed and fled. 
 
 Out leapt ./Eneas with long lance and shield, 
 In fear Achaians should drag off the dead ; 
 And paced around him lion-like, in strength 
 Reliant, and before him held both spear 
 And orbed shield, eager to slay whoe'er 
 Should dare attack, and shouting terribly. 
 But he, the son of Tydeus, in his hand 
 A boulder seized, a mighty mass ; not two 
 Could bear it, such as mortals now are seen, 
 Yet lightly did he poise it, he alone. 
 With this he smote vEneas on the hip 
 Just where the thigh-bone in the socket turns 
 The cup 'tis called : crushed was the cup, and snapt 
 Were both the tendons, and the rugged stone 
 Tare off the skin : whereat upon his knee 
 The hero fell, and rested with broad hand 
 Propped on the ground, and dark night veiled his eyes. 
 
 132 
 
196 IAIAA02 E. 
 
 Kal vv fcev ev6* aVdXon-o ai/af dvSpwv Alveias, 
 el yLtr) dp oft) vorjcre Ato? Bvydrrjp 'A<j)po$iT7j, 
 MTrip 77 fiiv VTT 'Ayxlcry retce f3ovKO\eovTi' 
 d{jL<j)l 8* eov <f)i\ov vlov e^evaro TTij^ee \evKco, 
 Trpocrde Be ol TrevrXoto (fraewov irrvy^a icd\vtyev, 
 ep/co? e/j,v j3e\ea)v, /JLTJ rt? Aavawv Ta%VTra>'\,a)v 
 %a\Kov evl <TTY)6e(Tcri /3a\a)v IK, Ovfiov e\oiro. 
 
 rj fjiev eov (f)l\ov vlov 
 
 ov& v /o? KaTravrjo? e'X^ero <rvv06(ri,dc0v 
 Tacov a? eVereXXe ySo?)^ dyados Atoyu.^?;?, 
 aXX' o 76 roi)? i^ev eoi)? tfpvKa/ce /Jioovv^a 
 vocr<l)tv CLTTO ^XoiV/Sof, ef avrvyos rjvia reivas, 
 Alveiao 8* Ijrat^a^ tfaXXtr/H^a? LTTTTOVS 
 
 Tpcocov jae 
 Se &r)i7ri>\() erdpay 
 6fjir)\iKir)s on ol fypealv aprta 17877, 
 vrjvcrlv GTTL y\a(f)vpf]criv eXavvefiev. avrdp o 
 
 a Se Tvo'et'o'rjv fteOeTrev /cparepwvv^a^ LTTTTOVS 
 o Se Kvirpiv eVw^eTO vrj\el ya\icw, 
 o r dva\Ki<$ erjv 6e6<$, ov&e Oedwv 
 rdcov a'i r dvSpwv iro\^ov Kara Koipaveovo~iv, 
 our' ap 'AOyvairj ovre 7rro\i7rop6o<; 'Evvco. 
 aXX' ore 877 ' e/cfyave iro\vv KaO' opiKov OTrdfav, 
 zv& 67TopefayLte^09 peyaOvpov Tu8eo9 f/09 
 dfcprjv ovracre yjiipa fjLerdKfjLevo^ o%ei BovpL 
 
 eWap 8e Sopu %poo9 dvreroprjcrev 
 Sid TreTrXou, ov ol XapiT69 /cd/jiov avral, 
 VTrep 6evapo<$. pee 8' a/jL/Bporov alpa Qeolo, 
 
ILIAD V. 197 
 
 And then and there yEneas king of men 
 
 Had died, but Aphrodite child of Zeus 
 
 Was keen to mark his plight ; his mother she, 
 
 Who bare him to Anchises 'mid his herds. 
 
 She round her own dear son her white arms cast, 
 
 And of her shining robe before him threw 
 
 The veiling fold, to shield him from the shafts ; 
 
 Lest with the lance some fleet-horsed Danaan foe 
 
 Might pierce his breast and reave him of his life. 
 
 Thus from the field the goddess stole her son. 
 Nor then forgat the son of Capaneus 
 That compact and the charge upon him laid 
 By Diomedes good in fray, but checked 
 Apart from din of battle his own steeds 
 Firm-hoofed, by reins stretched from the chariot rail : 
 And rushing on ^Eneas' fair-maned steeds 
 Drove them toward Achaia's well-greaved host 
 From out the lines of Troy ; these to his friend 
 Dei'pylus, 'bove all his fellows dear, 
 Who knew to please his heart, he gave in charge 
 To drive to the hollow ships. To his own car 
 The hero then returned, and mounting grasped 
 The shining reins, and urged the hard-hoofed steeds 
 In eager gallop after Tydeus' son. 
 Cypris with ruthless point he now pursued, 
 Who was a weakling goddess, as he knew, 
 Nor of those twain that in the work of war 
 Do marshal men, Athene's self to wit, 
 Or dread Enyo, city-spoiler she. 
 But when he overtook her, following still 
 Throughout the throng, then great-souled Tydeus' son 
 Lunged out, and bounding on her with keen point 
 Smote on her tender hand ; at once the spear 
 Brake through the skin, passing the ambrosial robe, 
 The Graces' handiwork, above the palm, 
 Where hand joins wrist. Forth flowed ethereal blood 
 
198 IAIAA02 E. 
 
 T P L '/J*a/cpeacri 
 ov yap CTLTOV eBovcr\ ov irlvovd aWoTra olvov' 
 TOVVC/C dvaifJioves elcrt, KOI dQdvaioi Ka\eovrai. 
 r) 8e fieya Id^ovaa CLTTO eo Kdftfta\ev viov. 
 Kal TOV fj,ev /Jiera %e/?<rt epv 
 Kvavey ve<f>e\rj, pr) TIS kavautv Ta^v7rco\cov 
 %a\Kov evl aTTJdecra-L /3a\cav e/c OVJJLOV eXotro' 
 rfj 8' ejrl jJLaicpov avae ftorjv aryaOos 
 " elfce, Ate? Ovyarep, TroXe/xou KOI ^ 
 i] ov aX*9 OTTI ryvvai/cas dvd\tct,$a$ 
 el Be av <y e? TroXejAov 7ra)\rj(7eai, 77 re <r' oi'o) 
 piyrja-eiv 7ro\e/J>6v 76, ^al et % erepwOi, 7rv07]ai." 
 
 0)9 e(j>aO\ 77 8' aXuofo-' aTreyS^crero, relpero 5' 
 TTJV pev dp' *I/9t9 ekovcra iro 
 
 evpev ejreira /^"%^9 eV dpiarepd Oovpov "Aprja 355 
 
 ' rjept 8' 67^09 e/ce/cXtro /cat ra^e' iT 
 
 TroXXa XtcrcroyLteV^, xpvo-dfjLTTVKas rjreev ITTTTOVS. 
 " (j)L\e /cacriyvrjTe, Kopicrai re /ie 809 Te 
 
 9 v OXv/i7rov i/c&)/^at, 2V dOavdrtov eSo9 eVrtV. 360 
 
 eX/co9, o /xe /3poro<; ovTacrev dvrjp 
 , 09 ^0^ 76 /cat ay Atl irarpl fid 
 W9 <f>dro, rfj 8' ap' w Ap^9 S<w*: 
 ?} S' 69 Sitypov e/3aivev dicijxe/jLevT) (j>i\ov rjrop. 
 Trap Se ot ^Ipt9 efiaive KOI rjvia Xafero ^epcrtV, 365 
 
 fLaarL^ev 8' e\dav' rco 8' OLA: de/covTe TrerecrOrjv. 
 atya 8' eVe^tf' ILKOVTO Oewv e8o9, cuVu 
 
ILIAD V. 199 
 
 Nor blood, but juice such as to blessed gods 
 
 May flow, for earthly bread they eat not, no, 
 
 Nor drink they sparkling wine, wherefore their veins 
 
 Are bloodless, and of death they nothing know. 
 
 Then Aphrodite with a mighty cry 
 
 Dropped from her hold her son ; whom in his hands 
 
 Receiving straight Phoebus Apollo saved 
 
 Veiled in dark cloud, lest swift-horsed Danaan foe 
 
 Should smite with lance and reave him of his life. 
 
 But loud cried Diomedes, good in fray : 
 
 "Yield, daughter thou of Zeus, from war and strife. 
 
 Art not content weak women to beguile? 
 
 But if thou wilful wilt to war, I trow 
 
 That roughlier handled thou may'st come to quake 
 
 At very fame of war tho' elsewhere waged." 
 
 He spake. The goddess fled away distraught, 
 In anguish dire : whom wind-foot Iris took 
 And from the throng led out, burdened by pain, 
 Her fair skin dark distained. Anon she found 
 Impetuous Ares on the battle's left 
 Sitting. Beside him lay his spear in mist, 
 Beside him his fleet steeds. There knelt she down, 
 And of her brother dear with earnest prayer 
 She begged his steeds with golden frontlet bound : 
 "O brother dear, bear thou me out, and lend 
 Thy steeds, that to Olympus I may go, 
 The immortals' home. Sore burdened with a wound 
 Am I, a wound wherewith a mortal man 
 Smote me, the son of Tydeus, now so bold 
 That e'en with Zeus the Father he would fight" 
 
 She spake : his steeds with golden frontlet bound 
 The brother lent. She mounted straight the car, 
 Sorrowing at heart ; and Iris by her side 
 Mounted and grasped the reins, then with the lash 
 Drave on, and nothing loth the horses flew. 
 Swiftly they reached Olympus' towering height, 
 Home of the gods. Fleet wind-foot Iris there 
 
200 IAIAAO2 E. 
 
 ITTTTOV? (JT7J(76 
 
 \vaad e'f o^eW, irapa & dpftpoa-Lov ffaXev elSap' 
 rj 8' ev yovvaaL TTLTTTC Ato;^? 8*' 'A^po&iTi), 370 
 
 os 99. 77 8' dytcd? eXa^ero Ovyarepa r)V, 
 t re piv /carepege, ITTO? r' e(f>ar e/c r 
 "rt? vv ae rota'S* epefe, <^>/Xoz/ re'/co?, 
 
 et rt KCLKOV pe^ovdav evtt>7rfj;" 
 
 eireiTa <f3(\op/j,iSr}s 'A^poS/r^* 375 
 
 " ovrd pe TuSeo? 1^09 virepOvfjuos Ato/i^S?;?, 
 ovveK eyfi) (f)l\ov vlov vTregefapov 7ro\e/iotp 
 Alvelav, 09 6/iot Trdvrwv TTO\V (f>i\Taro^ GCTTIV. 
 ov yap eri, Tpcoc&v nal 'A^atcoi/ <f>v\o7rts alvrf, 
 aXX' 1787; Aaz>aot 76 /^al dOavdrouri /JLa^ovTai" 380 
 
 TT)^ 8' ?7^e/ y 8er > eireira Ai&vrj &la Oedcoy' 
 " TerXaOi, reicvov epov, teal dvdo-%eo KTjSofAevrj irep' 
 Tro\\ol yap $rj T\fjfJLev 'OXi^'/iTTta SwfjLar' e^o^re? 
 ef dvbpwv, ^a\e7r' aXye' eV d\\rj\joi(7i riQevres. 
 
 jj.ev "Aprjs, ore fjutv 9 Dro9 fcparepos r 'E^taXrT/?, 385 
 
 'AXa)^09, Brjcrav fcparepq) evl Secr/ioS' 
 e&> 8' e^ tcepd/jLy Se'Sera TpeicrKO-iSe/ca [irjvas. 
 teal vv fcev ev(F aTroXotro - Ap7/9 aro9 7ro\ejJLOio, 
 el p,rj /j,T)TpvLrj 7repiKa\\rj<; 'Hepl/3oia 
 
 ej7 egrjyyeikev' o 8' efeVXe-v/rey "ApTja 390 
 
 reipofjievov, ^aXe?ro9 8e e 86(7/109 e8a/ti>a. 
 ?; 8' r/ Hp77, ore /ity tcparepos 
 
 (,' rore Kal fuv dvrficecrTov \dfiev aXyo9. 
 ^ 8* 'At8?79 eV rotcrt TreXwpios WK.VV oiaTOv, 395 
 
 eyre * f 
 
ILIAD V. 201 
 
 The steeds from car unloosing placed in stall, 
 And provender divine before them cast : 
 But on Diond's lap, her mother dear, 
 The goddess Aphrodite fell, who clasped 
 In fond embrace her daughter, and with hand 
 Caressing stroked, and thus found words and spake : 
 "Who now, dear child, hath done thee this sad hurt, 
 Who of the sons of heaven, in wanton spite, 
 
 As though thyself hadst wrought some open wrong?" 
 And answer made the laughter-loving queen : 
 
 "The son of Tydeus, Diomedes proud, 
 
 Smote me, because I fain would bear from fight 
 
 ./Eneas my own son, whom dear I hold 
 
 Above all other. Surely now no more 
 
 Troy and Achaia wage the direful strife, 
 
 But Danaans e'en against immortals fight." 
 To whom divine Diond made reply : 
 
 " Endure, my child, and bear, altho' distrest. 
 
 Ofttimes we dwellers in Olympian halls 
 
 From men have much endured, while on ourselves 
 
 We lay full grievous woes. Ares endured, 
 
 When Otus with strong Ephialtes once, 
 
 Sons of Aloeus, bound him in strong chain ; 
 
 And in the brazen cell three months and ten 
 
 Fast bound he lay. And there had been an end 
 
 Of Ares the insatiate power of war, 
 
 Had not the step-dame of the rebel twain, 
 
 Fair Eriboea, his sad plight disclosed 
 
 To Hermes, who the war-god stole away 
 
 Now well-nigh worn and quelled by grievous bond. 
 
 And Herd too endured, when with the shaft 
 
 Of triple barb Amphitryon's mighty son 
 
 Upon the right breast smote her. Anguish sore 
 
 Gat hold upon her then. And, with the rest, 
 
 Hades, that giant god, endured to feel 
 
 The arrow swift : whom that same wight, the child 
 
202 IAIAAO2 E. 
 
 ev TLv\w ev vetcvecrcri, /3a\cov oSi&gtriv 
 avrap o /3f) 7rpo9 SoGyita Ato9 Kal fj,atcpov 
 d%ea)V, oSuvgai, TreTrapfJuevos' avrap OL 
 evu o-Tipapu) 7J\r)\aTO, /crjBe Se OVJJLOV. 400 
 
 cG 8' eVl Tlcurfcov o^vvrj^ara (f>dpfjLa/ca irao-aav 
 ' ov jjir)v yap TL KaradvrjTOs ye TETVKTO. 
 
 pifjioepyos, 09 OVK o6er CU<JV\CL pe^wv, 
 09 To^oiaiv eKTjSe Oeovs O'L "Q\v/jL7rov e^ovaiv. 
 (roi 8' ewl TOVTOV dvTj/ce Oea y\av/cu>7ri,s 'AOrjvT]. 405 
 
 vrjTTios, ovSe TO olSe /card (f>peva Ty8eo9 u/09, 
 OTrt /-taX* ov $7)vai,bs 09 dOavdroKTi, fjLa^7jTai t 
 ovSe TL JJLLV ?ratSe9 TTOTI yovvao'i, TraTnr drover t,v 
 e\Q6vT IK 7ro\6/JLOi,o /cal alvfjs SrjtoTrJTOs. 
 TO) vvv TvSe'l'&r)?, el /cal fj,d\a /caprepos ecmv, 410 
 
 (f>pa^ecrOo) fjirj r/9 ol dueivcov aelo 
 fir) Srjv AyyiaXeia Trepltypco 
 ef VTTVOV yooaxra (f>l\ovs olicrjas eyelprj, 
 KovplSiov Trodeovcra TTOCTLV, TOP apicrrov ' 
 IcftOlfjirj aXo^09 Ato/A7;8eo9 rrrTroSa/^oto." 415 
 
 17 pa, /cal dpfyoreprjcriv air t^c3 ^etpo9 of 
 d\0ero xeip, oovvat, $e KarijTTLOcovTO Papetai 
 at S* aur' ela-opooMrai, 'A0r]valrj re Kal f/ Hp?; 
 eVeecrcrt A/a Kpovi&rjv epeOifyv. 
 
 "ZeO Trdrep, rj pd TL /JLOL Ke^o\waeaL OTTI, /ce 
 T; fjid\a $rf Tiva KuVpt9 'A^attaSa)^ dvuelaa 
 Tpcocrlv a/za aTreo-dai, rou9 ^Oi/ K7ray\a (frfaijo'ev, 
 Ttov Tivd fcappe^ovcra 'A^atta8o)i/ evTreTrXcov 
 ?rp09 xpvaerj Trepovr) Kara/jbvgaTO %e?pa dpairjv" 425 
 
 vftwv re 0ea5j/ re, 
 
ILIAD V. ' 203 
 
 Of aegis-bearing Zeus, at Pylos smote 
 
 Among the dead, and gave him o'er to pain. 
 
 Then sought he high Olympus, hall of Zeus, 
 
 Grieving at heart, and pierced with pain, the shaft 
 
 Fast in his brawny arm, to vex his soul. 
 
 But Paeon spread his pain-assuaging salves 
 
 Upon the wound and healed him, for in sooth 
 
 Not wrought of mortal tissue was his frame. 
 
 A dauntless wight was he, of mighty works ! 
 
 Nor recked of lawless deeds : who with his bow 
 
 Vexed e'en the gods who hold Olympian halls. 
 
 But now on thee Athene 1 , stern-eyed power, 
 
 Hath urged this man. Poor fool ! nor in his mind 
 
 Doth Tydeus' son know this, that of a truth 
 
 He lives not long who with immortals fights. 
 
 Wherefore let Tydeus' son, for all his strength, 
 
 Look well, lest mightier foe than thee he meet : 
 
 Lest so Adrastus' daughter, prudent dame, 
 
 Steed-taming Diomedes' mighty spouse, 
 
 Aegialea, weeping wake from sleep 
 
 Through many a night her household, as she mourns 
 
 The husband of her youth, Achaia's prime." 
 
 She spake, and with both hands she wiped away 
 The juice ethereal from the wounded hand. 
 Healed was the hand, the heavy pains assuaged. 
 But Herd and Athene", as they saw, 
 With mocking words the son of Cronos stirred : 
 And thus Athene", stern-eyed power, began : 
 " O Father Zeus, wilt thou be much in wrath 
 At what I say? Full surely, as I ween, 
 Cypris was tempting some Achaian dame 
 To follow with the Trojans, whom she now 
 So strangely loves : and, with caressing touch 
 While some long-robed Achaian dame she urged, 
 On golden brooch she scratched her slender hand." 
 
 So spake she, and the sire of gods and men 
 
204 IAIAAO2 E. 
 
 /cai pa Ka\o-(rd[jievo$ Trpoo-e^rj -^pva-erjv 'A<f)po$tTi)v' 
 
 " ov rot,, Temov IJJLOV, Se&OTCU TroXe/z^'ta epya, 
 
 d\\d av y ipepoevra /j^erep^eo epya ydpoio' 
 
 ravra ' "Ap7)i, 6ou> /cal 'Affrjvg TTCLVTCL fieXrjcrei" 430 
 
 0)9 ot fiev roiavra TT/JO? d\\rj\ov$ dyopevov. 
 Alvela S' 7r6pov(T6 
 
 o ol avros 
 
 * o 7' ap* ovSe deov /j,eyav aero, liero S' ate/ 
 Alveiav Kretvai /cal ajro K\vrd rev^ea Sva-ai. 435 
 
 eireiT eTropovae KaraKra^evai 
 ol ecTTV(f)6 
 
 aXX* ore S^ TO reraprov eireo-avTO Satfiovi Zero?, 
 
 ercdepyos 'ATroXXw^' 
 /A7;Se Oeolaiv 440 
 
 Z<r' ede\e fypoveeiv, eirel ov vrore (f)v\ov O/JLOIOV 
 ddavdrwv re 6ewv %a/jLal ep^o^evwv r' d 
 w? (fxiTO, TuSetS?/? 8' az/e^afero rvrObv o 
 
 Alveiav 8* dirdrepOev oyntXou 6f)/cv 'ATroXXwi/ 445 
 
 riep7a//,ft> etV te/sj, o^t ot' ^770'? 76 rerv/cro. 
 
 rj rot, rov AT;T&) re /cal. "Apre/it? lo%eaipa 
 
 ev /jLeyd\a> d&vra) d/ceovro re Kvbaivov re' 
 
 avrdp o etScoXo^ reuf dpyvporo^o<^ 'ATroXXw^ 
 
 avra> r Klveia i/ce\ov /cal reveo-i, TOLOV, 450 
 
 Byovv dX\r}\cov d/jL(j)l arrrjQea&i fioeias 
 acr7Tt8a? evKVKkovs \aicrrjid re irrepoevra. 
 Si} rore dovpov "Aprja TTpoarjvBa $0^09 ' 
 
ILIAD V. 205 
 
 Was fain to smile : then called he to his side 
 And golden Aphrodite' thus addressed : 
 " Not given to thee, dear child, are works of war. 
 The works of wedlock seek thou and of love : 
 Those shall swift Ares and Athene" tend." 
 
 Such converse mid themselves immortals held. 
 But now did Diomedes good in fray 
 Upon /Eneas rush. Full well he knew 
 Apollo's sheltering hands were o'er him held, 
 Yet he not ev'n before the mighty god 
 Was awed to fear, but still pressed eager on 
 To slay the foe and strip his glorious arms. 
 Thrice then he rushed upon him, keen to slay, 
 And thrice Apollo dashed his glittering shield 
 Back with stern shock. But when in fourth assault, 
 As one divine, he charged, then with dread voice 
 Of warning spake the god who shoots from far : 
 " Beware, thou son of Tydeus, get thee back ! 
 Nor hope to match thy spirit with the gods : 
 For never can the race be equal made 
 Of gods immortal and earth-walking men." 
 
 So spake he, and Tydides gat him back 
 A little space, shunning Apollo's wrath 
 Whose arrow rangeth far. But he apart 
 From battle-throng in holy Pergamos, 
 There where his temple stood, ^Eneas laid. 
 And him indeed within the ample shrine 
 Leto with Artemis the arrow queen 
 Healed, and restored the glory of his limbs. 
 Meanwhile Apollo of the silver bow 
 A phantom framed, yEneas' very self 
 And armed exact ; around which phantom form 
 The Trojans and divine Achaians hewed 
 Each on the others' breasts the orbed shields 
 Of ox-hide and the winged bucklers light. 
 Then to swift Ares did Apollo speak ; 
 
206 IAIAAO2 E. 
 
 Ape? @poTO\oiye, fAiaifyove, Ti%6crt,7r\rJTa, 455 
 OVK av Sr) rovS* dvbpa ad^rj^ epv&aio 
 ; 09 vvv ye /cal av Au Trarpl 
 eBbv ovracre 
 
 avrdp eireir avra) JJLOL eTreo-avro SaijAovt, Zero?." 
 
 elirwv avros pei' e^efero Hepyd/Aw a/cprj, 460 
 
 Be o-Ti%a<; 0^X09 "Aprjs wrpvve fj,Te\0a>v, 
 el$6jjLVOS 'AtcdfJiavTi Goto r^yrjropi SprjKoov. 
 vidcri, Se TIpid/jiOLO Siorpe(j)e(T(7i, /ceXevev' 
 " co vlel? Hpid/Aoio Siorpe^eos ffacriXijos, 
 69 TL ert KreivecrOai edcrere \aov 'A^atot9 ; 465 
 
 T) e/9 o fcev d/ji(pl 77^X779 6V7roir)Tr}(7i 
 dvrjp ov Icrov eriofjiev ''RrcTOpt, 
 
 s f/09 fJieyaXriTopos ^Aj^lo-ao. 
 dX)C ayer etc ^XotVySoto Gawcropev eo-6\bv eraipov" 
 
 O)9 L7T(DV U)TpVV6 fjLV05 KOL dvfJLOV /cd(7TOV. 470 
 
 ev&* av 'ZapTnjSccv /j,d\a veltcecrev f/ &KTopa $iov' 
 
 ""E/crop, Trfj Brj rot, />teVo9 oi^erai, o Trpiv 
 
 ^579 TTOV drep \awv iroKiv e^e/jiev 778' 
 
 0109, crvv <ya/jL/3pol(n, /cacriyviJTOKri re 
 
 TWV vvv ov TIV eyw l&eeiv SvvafJL ov$e vorjaai,, 475 
 
 d\\d /caTaTrTttxra-ovcri, Kvves co9 a/jufn \eovra' 
 
 rffjieis 8' av fjLa^6/jio-d\ OL Trep r eTrifcovpoi eveifMev. 
 
 Kal yap ycov eiriicovpos ewv /j,d\a Trf\.60ev i/ca)' 
 
 rrj\ov ydp AVKLTJ, 'szdvOa) CTTL SivrjevTi, 
 
 ev& d\o^6v re (f>i\7jv e\iirov Kal VIJTTLOV vlov, 480 
 
 KaS Se /cTi)/j,ara TroXXa, rd e\Serat 09 K eTriSevfc. 
 
 d\\d Kal 0)9 AVKLOVS oTpvvw Kal /-teyiioz/ az)ro9 
 
 dvbpl fJLa^o-aadaC drdp ov rl uot, evOdBe Tolov 
 
 olov K 776 <f)epoiev 'Amatol 77 KBV dyoiev. 
 
 ea-T7]Ka<s, drop ov& aXXotat /ceXeJa? 485 
 
ILIAD V. 207 
 
 " O Ares, Ares, bloodstained, bane of men, 
 Thou rampart-stormer, canst not seek the fray 
 And force this man from fight, this Tydeus' son, 
 Who now ev'n with our Father Zeus would fight? 
 Cypris upon the wrist first wounded he, 
 Then on myself he charged, as one divine." 
 
 He spake, and sat on Pergamos' high tower, 
 While baneful Ares sought the Trojan lines, 
 And spurred them on. The form of Acamas 
 The Thracians' leader swift he took, and thus 
 The Zeus-descended sons of Priam urged : 
 "O sons of Priam Zeus-descended king, 
 How long yet will ye by Achaian hands 
 Suffer your people slain? Is't till they fight 
 Close on our well-framed gates? A man is fall'n 
 Whom ev'n as godlike Hector's self we prized, 
 ^Eneas, of great-souled Anchises son. 
 Come, save we from the throng our comrade true." 
 
 He spake, and spurred the mood and soul of each. 
 Sarpedon then the godlike Hector chid : 
 "Where, Hector, where is now that spirit fled 
 Which once thou hadst? Thou surely saidst that thou, 
 Without or people or allies to aid, 
 Wouldst hold the city safe : ay, thou alone, 
 With but thy brethren and thy sisters' lords. 
 Of these not one can I now see or find ; 
 But close they crouch, as hounds when lion's near ; 
 And we allies in Troy are they that fight. 
 For hither as ally I come from far 
 Far Lycia's^ land by Xanthus' eddying flood, 
 Where a loved wife and infant son I left 
 And store of wealth for needy men to crave. 
 Yet urge I on my Lycians, spite of all, 
 And burn to fight my foeman, though of mine 
 Nought here from field or house Achaian hand 
 Can drive or pillage. But thou standest still 
 
2o8 IAIAA02 E. 
 
 \aolaiv fJL6i>6/j,ev Kal d/jLVve/nevat 
 prj 7ro>9, &j<? dtylcn, \Lvov d\ovre Travdypov, 
 dv^paai Bv(Tjj,evee(7cn e\(op Kal Kvpua yewrjo-Qe, 
 ol Be Ta% eKTrepcrovcr* eu vaiOfjLevrjv TTO\IV vfirj 
 crol Be xprj ra&e iravra pe\6iv vv/cras re Kal r 
 
 >, Kpareprjv B 
 
 &)9 <j)dro ^aprrrjBcov, BaKe Be (frpevas r/ E#Topt 
 avTLKa 8' ef G^eW fz)z> rev-^ecnv a\ro ^a/nd^e, 
 rrd\\a)v 8' oea Bovpe Kara, arparov w%To irdvry 
 orpvvwv fj.a'^eo'ao'Oat, eyetpe Be fyv\o r jriv alvrjv. 
 01 8' e\\l%0i)<Tav Kal evavrioi ecrrav 'A^aitou. 
 
 to\Xee9 ovBe <j>6/3r]0ev. 
 <f>opeei tepas 
 
 'XiK/JicovTcov, ore re %av6r) 
 eTreiyo/Jievcov dve/jicov Kaprrov re Kal 
 a'l 8* v7ro\evKaivovrai d^vpfjaai, 0)9 TOT' 
 \evKol virepG* eyevovro Kovto-d\q), ov pa BL avrwv 
 ovpavov 69 rro\v^a\Kov eTreTrXrjyov 
 
 t\ 5J\ ' >/) N I / 'JL^? V ' 
 
 ot oe fj,evo<s ^eipwv ivvs <pepov. a/jL(p(, oe WKra 
 ^oOp09 "Ap?79 eKa\v^re f^d^r) Tpwea-aiv dpijywv, 
 rrdvrocr' erroL^o/JLevo^' rov Be Kpaiaivev efarads 
 
 OVJMOV eyeipai, eTrel iBe IIaXXa8' 'Adrjvi 
 >' f) ydp pa rre\ev kavaolaiv dprjyoov' 
 8' Klveiav aa\a TTLOVOS e'f a8uToto 
 rjK> Kal ev GrrjOeacri uevos f. 
 Klveias 8' ercipoio-t peOicrraro' rol 8e 
 C09 elBov a>6v re Kal dpre/iea rrpoo-iovra 
 
ILIAD V. 209 
 
 Nor even bidst the rest abide the fight 
 
 And save their wives. Nay see ye be not caught, 
 
 As in the meshes of a sweeping net, 
 
 And prove a prize and booty to your foes, 
 
 Who shall full soon your well-built city spoil. 
 
 But night and day be this thy double care, 
 
 While suing chiefs allied who come from far, 
 
 Flinch not thyself, but scape stern blame like mine." 
 
 So spake Sarpedon, and the biting word 
 Pierced Hector's soul. Down from his car straightway 
 Armed as he was he leapt upon the ground, 
 And waving two keen spears ranged through the host 
 Spurring to fight, and roused the combat dire. 
 Round wheeled the lines and faced the Achaian foe. 
 Close-massed the Argives waited, void of fear. 
 And as by wind the flying chaff is borne 
 O'er sacred threshing-floor at winnowing time, 
 When grain and chaff beneath the sweeping blast 
 Are parted by the yellow Queen of corn, 
 And husky heaps rise white ; so then with dust 
 Bloomed white the Achaian host, by hoof of horse 
 Struck upward to the brazen vault of heaven, 
 As now again they plunged them in the fight, 
 Their drivers turning rein. Foes straight on foes 
 Aimed furious hands : in night swift Ares veiled 
 The battle, as he moved him everywhere 
 Aiding the Trojans : for he thus fulfilled 
 Apollo's charge, that golden-falchioned god, 
 Who bade him rouse the Trojans' might, when now 
 Pallas Athend from the fray retired 
 He knew, for she was still the Danaans' aid. 
 But Phoebus' self from his rich-gifted shrine 
 Sent forth ^Eneas, shepherd of his folk, 
 And in his royal breast new courage breathed. 
 Amid his friends ^Eneas stood, who joyed 
 To see him in their midst alive and sound 
 G. H. 14 
 
210 IAIAAO2 E. 
 
 KOI fjbevos ecr6\ov %ovra. n,erd\\r)crdv ye /zei> ov rC 
 ov yap ea TTOI/O? aXXo9, ov *Apyvp6ro%os eyeipev 
 "Ap7;9 re j3poro\otybs "Ept? r' d/juorov 
 
 7-01)9 8' Afaz/re Svco teal 'O8i"7crei>9 /cat 
 wTpvvov Aai/aoi;? TroXe/ztfe^e^' o? Se *m avrou 520 
 
 oure /3/a? Tpwajy vTreBelSia-av ovre I 
 aXX' fj,evov ve$e\rjo-i eat/cores, a? re 
 
 earrjfjev ITT dfcpoTro\oi(rt,v opeaaiv 
 o^p 1 evSycrt, yaeVo? Bopeao /cal dX\a>v 
 dvepwv, 01 re vecfrea (TKioevra 525 
 
 \Lyvpfj(Ti, Siao-KiSvdcriv aeWe?. 
 oj? Aai/aot Tpcwa? jievov einrebov ovSe <f>e/3ovro. 
 S* az/' o/jLt\ov e^otra TroXXa 
 dvepe? ecrre rat d\Kifi>o 
 
 r' al$6LO-0e Kara tcparepds va^iva^. 530 
 
 alSo/Jievcov S' dvSpcov TrXeoz/e? croot ?; Tretyavrai,, 
 (frevyovTcov S' our' <z/3 /eXeo? cpwrai, ovre rt? aX/cr}." 
 ?;, A:al d/covTi&e Bovpl ^ooC?, /3aXe Se irpo^ov dvSpa, 
 erapov ^eyaOvfjiov ^LKowvra 
 
 , ov T/?a5e? 6/i&)9 Tlpid/jioio reKecrcriv 535 
 
 /, eVet ^009 ecj/ce /uera Trpwroicn f^d^ecrOai. 
 rov pa /car dcnrL^a Sovpl /3d\ev /cpelcuv ' 
 i] 8' oi)/c 7^09 epvro, Siajrpo Se eiaaro 
 veiaipr) 8' eV yaarpl Sid foa-rfjpos eXacrcrev. 
 SovTrrjcrev 8e Treacov, opd^Tjae Se Tev%e eV* ayra). =40 
 
 ez^^' aur' Alvelas Aavaoov e\ev dvbpas dpi 
 vie Ato/cX^o9 Kpijdwvd re 'Op<7iXo%6v re, 
 rwv pa Trarrjp pev evaiev evKTifievrj evl 
 ffioroio, yevos 8' r/v e/c Trorafj-olo 
 Oj 09 r evpv piei Tlv\lcov Bid yatrjs, 545 
 
ILIAD V. 211 
 
 And with good courage filled ; yet questioned nought : 
 Question their work forbade, which Silver-bow 
 With Ares bane of men amid them roused, 
 And Discord, that relentless raging power. 
 
 Meanwhile the Danaan host Ajaces twain 
 And Diomedes with Odysseus joined 
 Urged to the war, who of themselves full fain 
 Feared not the Trojans' might nor rapid charge, 
 But stood unmoved, as clouds in breathless calm 
 Stayed by Cronion on the mountain ridge 
 Lie motionless, while angry Boreas sleeps 
 And all the raging winds that blow amain 
 And scatter with shrill blast the shadowy rack. 
 So stood the Danaans firm, nor fled the foe. 
 Atrides ranged the throng, with words of cheer : 
 " O friends, be men, and bear a valiant heart ; 
 Feel shame each one before his fellow's eye 
 Through the stern fight : where'er with shame are fired 
 The warriors' spirits, more are saved than slain ; 
 But they that fly nor glory gain nor life." 
 
 He spake, and swiftly launched a spear, and smote 
 Great-souled ^Eneas' comrade, foremost chief, 
 Deicoon named, the son of Pergasus, 
 Whom like to Priam's sons the Trojans prized, 
 For keen he was amid the first to fight. 
 Him sovereign Agamemnon with the spear 
 Smote on his shield, which could not stay the lance, 
 For through and onward passed the point, and pierced 
 The belt beneath and in his belly stood. 
 Heavy he fell, his arms around him rang. 
 
 There did ^Eneas of the Danaans slay 
 Brave warriors, Crethon and Orsilochus : 
 Diodes' sons were they, whose father dwelt 
 In well-built Pherd, rich in worldly store. 
 He from Alpheiis' river drew his birth, 
 Whose water broad divides the Pylian land. 
 
 142 
 
212 IAIAAO2 E. 
 
 09 retcer 'Opcr/Xcr^oy 7ro\eecrcr avSpeeo-i avaicra' 
 'Opcr/Xo^o? 8' dp erucre &LOK\rja 
 etc Be Aio/cX?Jo9 BiBvpaove TralBe 
 KprjOcov 'Opcr/Xo^o? re, fJ>d%7]<s e et8ore 
 TO) fj,ev ap r}j3r)a-avTe fj,e\at,vda)v eVt 
 et9 ev7rw>\ov ap 'Apyeioicriv e 
 rjv 'ArpetBys y A.ya/jLfi,i>ovi, KOI Me^eXofw 
 
 ota) TO) 76 \eovre Svco opeo9 Kopv<f>fjo-i,v 
 
 Tpa(f>errjv VTTO 
 
 rco yaey ap 
 
 (TTa0fJLov<$ dvOpwTrwv /cepat^erov, o(f>pa KOI avr<a 
 
 dvBpwv ev Trahd/jLTja-i /carefcradev o%el ^aXtfa)* 
 
 TO id) TW %lpe<T(7LV V7T AlveidO SafJ,VT6 
 
 KaTTTrecreTTjv, e\drr)<Ti lot/cores v^jrr)\f)(Ti,v. 
 
 TCO Be irecrovT eXe^cre^ dprjifyiKos Me^eXao9, 
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 fjirj TI TrdOoi,, fjueja Be cr0a9 dTroa-fyrjXeie TTOVOLO. 
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 dvTiov dXkrj\ 
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 Alvetas 8' oi5 pelve, 606$ irep edov 7roXe/z.to"T?79, 
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 avTW Be aTpe(f)0evTe 
 
ILIAD V. 213 
 
 The river-god begat Orsilochus 
 
 O'er many men a king, and he in turn 
 
 Great-souled Diocles ; from Diocles then 
 
 Twin-brothers Crethon and Orsilochus 
 
 Were born, well-skilled in every art of war. 
 
 And these, to manhood grown, on dark-hulled ships 
 
 With Argive host to Ilion rich in steeds 
 
 Followed, to win renown for Atreus' sons, 
 
 For Agamemnon and his brother king : 
 
 But there by death's dark veil they found their end. 
 
 As lions twain, upon the mountain tops 
 
 Bred by their dam in deep and tangled wood, 
 
 Preying upon the kine and lusty sheep 
 
 Make havoc of the folds, until themselves 
 
 By hand and weapon keen of man are slain : 
 
 So by ^Eneas' hand o'ercome these twain 
 
 Fell prone, as fall the lofty forest pines. 
 
 Then stirred with pity for the fallen pair 
 Was warlike Menelaus. Through the van 
 Forward he hied him, armed in burning hiail, 
 With brandished spear ; whose spirit Ares urged 
 Willing him by ^Eneas' hand to die. 
 But great-souled Nestor's son Antilochus 
 Descried him as he went, and through the van 
 Followed in haste, for much he feared lest harm 
 Should take the royal shepherd of the host, 
 And so their labour all be spent in vain. 
 Ev'n now with hands and beechen spears upraised 
 The twain stood face to face, full fain to fight, 
 When lo ! beside the sheph'erd of the host 
 Antilochus stood close : ^Eneas then 
 Stayed not, keen warrior though he was, when thus 
 Two foemen waiting side by side he saw. 
 So to the Achaian host they dragged the dead, 
 And placed in friendly hands that luckless pair, 
 Then turned them back and mid the foremost fought. 
 
214 IAIAAO2 E. 
 
 Hv\cu/jLevea eXerrjv draXavrov "Aprji, 
 
 TOV /J>ev dp* 'Arpe&g; SovpiK\ei,To<; Me^eXao? 
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 'Azm'Xo;09 Ss M.vSwva /3aX' rjvio-^ov Oepdirovra, 580 
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 avrdp o y dad paivc&v evepyeos e/CTrecre StypOV 585 
 
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 " w <f>i\oi, olov 8/} 6av/j,dofj,ev r 'I^KTOpa SLOV 
 tjv r eftevcu /cal 6apcra\eov 
 
ILIAD V. 
 
 Pylaemenes, the war-god's peer, who led 
 The great-souled Paphlagonians' shielded lines, 
 There slew they. Menelaus spear-renowned, 
 The son of Atreus, pierced him as he stood 
 By thrust of lance, struck on the collar-bone. 
 And Mydon his attendant charioteer, 
 Atymnius' gallant son, ev'n as he turned 
 The firm-hoofed steeds, Antilochus hit with stone 
 Right on the elbow. From his hands the reins 
 Decked white with ivory dropped upon the ground. 
 Then rushed Antilochus on, and with the sword 
 Smote him upon the temple, that he fell 
 From out the well-wrought chariot, gasping sore, 
 Prone plunging head and shoulders in the dust. 
 There long he stood, for deep and soft the sand 
 Whereon he lit, till striking out his steeds 
 Laid him in dust. And these the victor lashed 
 And to the Achaian army drove away. 
 
 But Hector through the ranks descried their work, 
 And sped against them, shouting shrill : with whom 
 Followed the Trojan squares, in stout array, 
 By Ares and by queen Enyo led. 
 Beside Enyo Tumult, in the fray 
 Relentless, went ; Ares, his giant spear 
 Still brandishing in hand, with Hector moved, 
 And now before and now behind him strode. 
 
 Him shuddered Diomedes good in fray 
 To see : as one who roams some weary waste 
 Stands helpless at a river swift of stream 
 Down flowing to the sea the roaring foam 
 He sees, and backward starts ; so sudden then 
 Tydides gat him back : and thus he spake : 
 " O friends, on godlike Hector how amazed 
 We look, as spearman and as warrior bold. 
 
 2*5 
 
216 IAIAAO2 E. 
 
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ILIAD V. 217 
 
 But he one god at least hath ever near 
 
 To ward his bane. And yonder at his side 
 
 Moves Ares now in form of mortal man. 
 
 Face then the Trojans still, but slowly back 
 
 Give ground, nor rashly match with gods your might." 
 
 He spake : meanwhile the Trojans drew full near. 
 There Hector slew two wights well skilled in fray 
 Anchialus and Menesthes, in one car : 
 Whose fall in mighty Ajax Telamon 
 Deep pity stirred. Full near he went, and stood, 
 And threw his shining spear, and smote therewith 
 Amphius son of Selagus ; who dwelt 
 In Paesus, rich in hoards, in harvest rich ; 
 But froward destiny now led him on 
 Succour to bear to Priam and his sons. 
 Him on the belt smote Ajax Telamon 
 And in his belly the long-shadowed lance 
 Stood fixed : he heavy fell. To strip his arms 
 On rushed the glorious Ajax, but their spears, 
 Keen, flashing bright, the Trojans on him poured, 
 Whose sheltering targe received the countless shower. 
 Then on the corse he set his heel and drew 
 Therefrom his brazen spear, but could no more 
 From foeman's shoulders strip the armour fair ; 
 For missiles pressed him, and he feared the might 
 Of lordly Trojans pacing round the dead, 
 Who many and brave thronged on him with the lance ; 
 And tall and strong and awful though he was 
 They thrust him back, and he perforce gave ground. 
 
 Thus laboured they throughout the stubborn strife. 
 And now Tlepolemus, son of Heracles, 
 Brave man and tall, resistless destiny 
 Against divine Sarpedon roused to fight. 
 And when the twain advancing drew anigh, 
 The son and grandson of cloud-gathering Zeus, 
 His foeman first Tlepolemus thus addressed : 
 
2i8 IAIAAO2 E. 
 
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 eivai, eVet TroXXoV KELVCDV eiribeveai, 
 ol A 105 e^eyevovro eVt Trporepwv 
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 elvai, e/jiov Trarepa Opacrv^eiMvova 0v/jLO\eovra, 
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ILIAD V. 
 
 " Sarpedon, counsellor of Lycia's host, 
 
 What need constrains thee here to crouch, as wight 
 
 All ignorant of war? They surely lie 
 
 Who call thee son of aegis-bearing Zeus. 
 
 For much thou lackest of those heroes old 
 
 Who in the ages past of Zeus were born. 
 
 Not such, they say, was Heracles the strong, 
 
 My father staunch and bold, of lion heart : 
 
 Who for the horses of Laomedon 
 
 Came hither erst, leading six ships alone 
 
 And fewer men ; and yet of I lion 
 
 He razed the towers and widowed all the ways. 
 
 But thou art but a coward heart, and thine 
 
 A host that perish fast. No help, I ween, 
 
 Wilt thou, from Lycia come, to Trojans prove, 
 
 For all thy strength, but slain beneath my hand 
 
 Wilt pass full soon the portals of the dead." 
 
 To whom Sarpedon, Lycian chief, replied : 
 "Tlepolemus, that hero, well I wot, 
 On sacred Ilion destruction wrought 
 Through folly of one man, the noble king 
 Laomedon, who for a good deed done 
 Spake evil words of shame, nor gave the steeds, 
 The guerdon due for which he came from far. 
 But as for thee, death and dark doom, I say, 
 Thou here shalt find from me, and by my spear 
 Vanquished and slain shalt yield me proud renown 
 And Hades lord of noble steeds thy life." 
 
 So spake Sarpedon ; but Tlepolemus 
 Upraised his ashen spear. The lances long 
 Sped from both hands at once. Sarpedon smote 
 Full on his foeman's neck, and through and through 
 Passed the fell point and dark night veiled his eyes. 
 The left thigh of the other with long lance 
 
 219 
 
220 IAIAAO2 E. 
 
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ILIAD V. 221 
 
 Tlepolemus hit, and through it sped the point 
 In eager haste, and grazed the very bone : 
 But him as yet his father saved from bane. 
 
 Then from the field his godlike comrades bare 
 Divine Sarpedon, burdened by the length 
 Of trailing lance ; but none had marked or thought 
 Forth from the thigh to draw the ashen shaft 
 That he might mount the car, in their hot haste, 
 For much ado they had to tend him safe. 
 And on the other side Tlepolemus 
 Well-greaved Achaians from the battle bare. 
 Godlike Odysseus of the patient soul 
 Marked it, and sore his heart within him yearned. 
 But doubtful pondered he in thought and mind, 
 Whether to follow first the son of Zeus 
 Loud-thundering king, or of mean Lycian throng 
 To take the lives. But 'twas not fate that he, 
 Great-souled Odysseus, should with keen lance slay 
 The stalwart son of Zeus : wherefore his mind 
 Athend on the meaner Lycians turned. 
 There slew he Coiranus and Chromius, 
 Alastor and Alcander, Halius there, 
 Noemon, Prytanis. And now yet more 
 Of Lycians had the godlike hero slain, 
 Had not great Hector of the glancing plume 
 Been quick to mark his work. He through the van 
 Now forward moving, armed in burning mail, 
 Bore terror to the Danaans : but with joy 
 Sarpedon son of Zeus beheld him come, 
 And thus with piteous word bespake his friend : 
 " O son of Priam, leave me not to lie 
 A prey to Danaan foes, but bear me aid. 
 That done, I were content to leave my life 
 Within your walls, since 'twas not so to be 
 That I to home and fatherland restored 
 Should glad my much-loved wife and infant son." 
 
222 IAIAAO2 E. 
 
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 aXXa Traprji^ev, XeXt?7//,eVo9 o<f)pa rd-^La-ra 690 
 
 coo-atr' 'Apryelovs, 7ro\ewv 8' oVo Ovpov eXocro. 
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 i(f)0i{jiO$ He\d<ya)v, 09 ot ^)/Xo9 ^y eralpos* 695 
 
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ILIAD V. 223 
 
 He spake : but Hector of the glancing plume 
 Returned him not a word, but fleeted by 
 In eager haste to beat the Argives back 
 Soon as he might, and many foes to slay. 
 Divine Sarpedon then his godlike friends 
 'Neath the fair oak of aegis-bearing Zeus 
 Laid down ; and there the stalwart Pelagon, 
 His comrade dear, forced through and from the thigh 
 The ashen shaft. Swooning he sank, his eyes 
 With mist o'erspread ; but soon again he breathed, 
 And gales of Boreas blowing cool around 
 Fanned his weak gasping spirit back to life. 
 
 Meanwhile the Argives, though by Ares pressed 
 And brazen-helmed Hector, turned them not 
 Toward the black ships, nor yet made equal fight ; 
 But backward still retired, soon as they learned 
 That Ares' self amid the Trojans moved. 
 
 Whom first, whom last did Hector Priam's son 
 And brazen Ares in that battle slay? 
 
 First Teuthras the divine, Orestes then 
 
 Smiter of steeds, Trechus, Aetolian lance, 
 
 Oenomaiis, with Helenus Oenops' son, 
 
 Oresbius last, with supple girdle braced : 
 
 In Hyle dwelt he, busy lord of wealth, 
 
 On shelving margin of Cephisian lake, 
 
 And round him his Boeotian folk abode 
 
 The tenants of a fat and goodly land. 
 
 Now soon as Herd, white-armed goddess, saw 
 
 The Argives falling in the stubborn strife, 
 
 Athene^ she addressed in winged words : 
 
 " O shame ! Thou child of aegis-bearing Zeus, 
 
 Thou Tameless Maid, that word was then in vain, 
 
 Our pledge to Menelaus given, that he 
 
 Should raze the walls of Ilion and return, 
 
 If thus fell Ares we allow to rage. 
 
 But come, prepare we too impetuous might." 
 
224 IAIAAO2 E. 
 
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ILIAD V. 225 
 
 So spake she : and Athene", stern-eyed maid, 
 At once obeyed. Then Here goddess queen, 
 Daughter of mighty Cronos, went about 
 To harness forth her horses, shining bright 
 With golden frontlet, while upon her car 
 Full swiftly Hebe fixed the orbed wheels, 
 Brazen, eight-spoked, on iron axle set. 
 Their felloes are of never-rusting gold 
 Hooped round with brazen tire close-clamped thereon, 
 A marvel to behold ; of silver wrought 
 The naves that round about the axle turn. 
 The chariot-board is fast by thongs with gold 
 And silver decked, and circled by two rails. 
 The pole in front was silver, on whose end 
 Hebe now bound a fair and golden yoke, 
 And fair and golden neck- straps. 'Neath the yoke 
 Herd then led her horses fleet of foot, 
 All eager for the strife and shout of war. 
 Meanwhile the maid of aegis-bearing Zeus 
 Athene' loosed and on the Father's floor 
 Cast down her flowing mantle, broidered web 
 By her own hands and labour deftly wrought, 
 And donned the tunic of cloud-gathering Zeus, 
 And braced her armour for the tearful war. 
 Around her shoulders first the goddess cast 
 The tasselled aegis, awful targe, whose rim 
 Is crowned with Terror ; Discord too is there, 
 There Strength, there Havoc chilling all the blood, 
 There horrid monster Gorgon's horrid head, 
 That portent grim of aegis-bearing Zeus. 
 And on her head a helm of double cone 
 Four-plumed she set, of gold, figured with chiefs 
 Of five-score towns : then on the fiery car 
 Set foot, and grasped her lance, long, heavy, stout, 
 Wherewith she quells the hero ranks who chafe 
 That maiden daughter of a mighty Sire. 
 
 G. H. 15 
 
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ILIAD V. 227 
 
 Then Herd swiftly touched with lash the steeds. 
 Self-moved before them groaned the gates of heaven, 
 Kept by the Hours : for to the}r charge is given 
 Olympus and wide heaven, and now to ope 
 The massy cloud rolled back, and now to close. 
 There through these gates the goaded steeds they urged. 
 And Cronos' son sitting alone they found 
 On many-ridged Olympus' topmost peak. 
 There Here, white-armed goddess, stayed her steeds, 
 And Zeus supreme thus questioned and addressed : 
 "O Father Zeus, seems it not shame to thee 
 That Ares works destruction, laying low 
 Achaia's ranks so many and so brave, 
 Reckless, beyond all rule, a grief to me ; 
 While Cypris and Apollo Silver-bow 
 Sit at their ease and take delight herein, 
 Loosing this mad one, who no law doth know? 
 O Father, say, wilt thou be moved to wrath, 
 If Ares now with painful blow I smite 
 And chase him from the battle-field away?" 
 
 To whom in answer spake cloud-gathering Zeus : 
 " Go now, Athend driver of the spoil 
 Spur thou against him : she above all else 
 Is wont to punish him with grievous pains." 
 
 He spake : nor white-armed Herd disobeyed, 
 But lashed the steeds, who not unwilling flew 
 Midway between the earth and starry sky. 
 And far as man may see, who with his eyes 
 Scans the dim offing, seated on a peak 
 And o'er the dark sea gazing e'en so far 
 Bounded the neighing coursers of the gods. 
 But when to Troy and to the rivers twain, 
 Where Simois and Scamander join their floods, 
 They came, there Herd, white-armed goddess, stayed 
 
 152 
 
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ILIAD V. 229 
 
 And loosed her horses from the car, and shed 
 Thick mist around : while Simois clothed the mead 
 With blade ambrosial for their pasturage. 
 Onward afoot then went the goddess pair, 
 Soft-stepping as the timorous doves. But when 
 They came where most and bravest stood, around 
 Steed-taming Diomedes' mighty form 
 Close-massed, to flesh-devouring lions like, 
 Or savage boars, whose is no feeble strength, 
 Then Herd, white-armed goddess, stood and cried, 
 Taking the form of Stentor, mighty heart, 
 That hero brazen-voiced, whose shout was heard 
 Loud-sounding as of fifty other men : 
 " Shame, Argives ! Cravens base, for comely limbs 
 Alone admired. So long as to the war 
 Godlike Achilleus went, these sons of Troy 
 Ne'er ventured forth from their Dardanian gates, 
 For sore they feared his weighty lance. But now 
 Far from their town and by our ships they fight." 
 
 She spake, and stirred the mood and soul of each. 
 But quick Athene, stern-eyed goddess, sped 
 To Tydeus' son ; and by his steeds and car 
 She found the king, cooling the aching wound 
 That Pandarus with arrow-point had given. 
 For now the sweat 'neath the broad belt that braced 
 His orbed shield fretted the sore. With sweat 
 Distressed he was, and weary was his hand. 
 So lifting up the belt he wiped away 
 The dark blood clotted there. His horses' yoke 
 Then did the goddess touch, and thus she spake : 
 "Surely a son but little like himself 
 Tydeus begat. Tydeus, of stature small, 
 Was yet a fighter : e'en when I forbade 
 To seek the war or flash impetuous forth, 
 What time without Achaia's host he came 
 A messenger to Thebes, to Cadmus' sons, 
 
230 IAIAAO2 E. 
 
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ILIAD V. 231 
 
 A numerous throng. I bade him in their halls 
 
 To feast in peaceful guise ; but he, with soul 
 
 Valiant as heretofore, did challenge forth 
 
 The youth of Cadmus' land, and vanquished all, 
 
 And lightly vanquished such an aid was I. 
 
 And now by thee I stand, and guard thee sure, 
 
 And bid thee boldly with the Trojans fight. 
 
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 Steeps all thy limbs, or else, I trow, 'tis fear 
 
 Disheartening holds thee. Thus thou art no more 
 
 True seed of warlike Tydeus Oeneus' son." 
 
 To her stout Diomedes made reply : 
 " I know thee, goddess, daughter thou of Zeus 
 The aegis-bearer : wherefore I will speak 
 Frankly to thee my word ; nor hide the truth, 
 Nor me disheartening fear, nor sloth holds back, 
 But thy commandment bear I yet in mind. 
 'Twas thou forbadst me to oppose in fight 
 All other blessed gods : but, to the war 
 Should Aphrodite^ come, the child of Zeus, 
 Her with keen point thou chargedst me to wound. 
 Therefore I now myself retreat, and bade 
 The other Argives gather round me here : 
 For Ares marshals, as I know, the fray." 
 
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 " O Diomedes, of my soul beloved, 
 Nor Ares fear thou now, nor of the gods 
 Immortal any : such an aid am I. 
 But come, on Ares first thy firm-hoofed steeds 
 Turn thou, and smite him close, nor be thou awed 
 At this impetuous Ares, raging god, 
 Made all of mischief, shifting weather-vane : 
 Who two days back gave me and Herd pledge 
 With earnest words to fight as foe to Troy 
 And aid the Argive arms ; but now is found 
 Leagued with Troy's sons, his promise clean forgot." 
 
232 IAIAAO2 E. 
 
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ILIAD V. 233 
 
 So speaking she laid hand on Sthenelus 
 And pulled him back and from the driver's place 
 Forced to the ground, who sped in haste away. 
 Then on the car beside the godlike chief 
 Eager the goddess stept ; and loudly groaned 
 The oaken axle with unwonted weight, 
 Bearing a goddess dread and peerless man. 
 The whip and reins Pallas Athene* took, 
 And turned on Ares first the firm-hoofed steeds. 
 He even now huge Periphas had slain, 
 The best by far of all Aetolia's host, 
 Ochesius' noble son him had he slain, 
 That blood-stained Ares, when Athene came 
 With helm of Hades dark around her drawn, 
 To be of mighty Ares all unseen. 
 But soon as man-destroying Ares saw 
 The godlike Diomedes, there he left 
 Huge Periphas to lie where at the first 
 He slew him and bereft of life : but he 
 Straight at steed-taming Diomedes rushed. 
 And when the twain advancing drew anigh, 
 First Ares o'er the yoke and horses' reins 
 Lunged out with brazen lance, in haste to slay : 
 But with her hand Athene*, stern-eyed maid, 
 Seizing the spear, aside and from the car 
 Thrust it away to spend an idle speed. 
 Then second Diomedes good in fray 
 Attacked with brazen lance : which with strong force 
 Pallas Athene* drove deep in the flank 
 Below the ribs, where round the loins was girt 
 The girdle : there the hero with true aim 
 Wounded the god, and rent his comely skin, 
 And back drew out the shaft. Then roared amain 
 The brazen Ares, loud as thousands nine 
 May roar, or thousands ten on battle plain 
 Of men who meet in shock of martial fray. 
 
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ILIAD V. 235 
 
 And fear and trembling was on all, alike 
 On Trojan and Achaian host, so loud 
 Roared Ares, that insatiate god of war. 
 
 And as the air is dark with thunder clouds, 
 In sultry heat, when threatening swells the wind ; 
 So brazen Ares to Tydides' sight 
 Darkling was seen, as all in clouds enwrapt 
 To the wide heaven he took his upward way. 
 And swiftly came he to the gods' abode, 
 Olympus steep, and sate him down beside 
 Zeus Cronides in grief of heart, and showed 
 The ambrosial blood down flowing from the wound ; 
 While thus in winged words he made his moan : 
 "O Father Zeus, seems it not shame to thee, 
 Such foul destruction wrought ? The worst alway 
 We gods have suffered from each other's spite, 
 While doing mortals pleasure. And with thee 
 We all now quarrel : who begatst a maid 
 Mad, baneful, ever set on wrongful work. 
 For we the rest who in Olympus dwell 
 Obey thee, and each god submissive bows : 
 But her thou checkest nor by word nor deed, 
 But loosest free, because she is thy child, 
 Destroying plague. And Tydeus' son but now, 
 Presumptuous Diomedes, she hath loosed 
 Madly to rage against immortal gods. 
 Cypris first wounded he upon the wrist, 
 Smiting her close ; then on myself he rushed 
 Like one divine : but me my swift feet bare 
 Away : else had I long felt anguish there 
 Amid foul heaps of slain, or faint in swoon 
 Lain dead in life beneath his trenchant blows." 
 
 To whom with sternest glance cloud-gathering Zeus : 
 "Sit not by me, thou shifting weather-vane, 
 With whining plaint ! Hateful to me art thou 
 Above all gods who in Olympus dwell. 
 
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ILIAD V. 237 
 
 For alway strife them lov'st and wars and fights. 
 Thy mother's mood is thine, that brooks no check, 
 Nor yields thy mother Herd's mood ; whom I 
 Scarce by my words can tame. Wherefore I deem 
 'Tis by her prompting that thou suffer'st now. 
 Yet will I not endure that longer thus 
 Thou be in pain ; for thou art son of mine, 
 To me thy mother bare thee : surely else 
 Destroyer as thou art hadst thou been born 
 Of other god, thou hadst long since been hurled 
 Below the rebel sons of Uranus." 
 
 So spake he, and bade Paeon heal the ill : 
 And Paeon spread the pain-assuaging salves 
 Upon the wound, and healed him, for in sooth 
 Not wrought of mortal tissue was his frame. 
 And quick as fig-juice curdles the white milk 
 Liquid before, but, as 'tis stirred around, 
 Fast thickening into clots so swift the leech 
 Staunched with his simples the bold war-god's wound. 
 Him then did Hebd wash and clothe anew 
 In raiment fair ; and he in glorious pride 
 By Zeus the son of Cronos sate him down. 
 
 But to the halls of mighty Zeus returned 
 Here' of Argos and Athene queen 
 Of Alalcomenae, when they had stayed 
 Destroying Ares from his deeds of blood. 
 
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 yap <f>i\eeo-/cev oSoD 6?ri ot/c/a valcov. 15 
 
 ot ov r^9 TWI/ 76 TOT* rjpKecre \vypbv o\eOpov 
 7Tp6<T0ev VTravTidcras, dTOC ayLK^Q) OV/JLOV aTrrjvpa, 
 avrbv KOI OepaTrovra K.a\ij(riov, o? pa TO&' I 
 v<f)7jv logos' rew 8' d/jL^xo yalav eSvrrjv. 
 
ILIAD VI. 
 
 Prayer of Trojan matrons to Athene: Hector and Andromache. 
 
 THUS Trojans and Achaians were alone 
 To wage fell strife : and often to and fro 
 Alternate o'er the plain the battle rolled, 
 As each on each their brass-tipped spears they drove 
 Twixt Simois and Xanthus, rival floods. 
 
 And Ajax first, the son of Telamon, 
 Achaia's bulwark, brake the Trojan squares, 
 And gave his comrades light. A man he smote 
 Among the Thracians bravest, Acamas, 
 Eussorus' son, a warrior bold and tall. 
 Him smote he first upon his helmet's cone 
 Thick-plumed with horse-hair ; and the brazen lance 
 Fast in his forehead deep within the bone 
 Passed on; and deathly darkness veiled his eyes. 
 
 Fell then by Diomedes good in fray 
 Axylus son of Teuthranus, who dwelt 
 In fair Arisbe^s town, in substance rich 
 And loved of all men ' for, a loving host 
 To all, he dwelt beside the public way. 
 Yet of his guests was none to shield sad bane 
 By timely aid : but both were reft of life, 
 Himself and his esquire Calesius, 
 Who guided then his steeds as charioteer ; 
 Both fell and found beneath the earth a grave. 
 
240 IAIAAO2 Z. 
 
 Aprjaov &' Eupi/aXo? teal 'O(f>e\riov e%evdpi%ev' 
 j3fj Be H,T Aicrr)7rov KOI HrjSao-ov, ovs Trore 
 vrfis 'Afiapfiapeij re/c CL^V^QVI 
 Bou/coXta)z> T 771; f/09 dyavov 
 7rpecr/3i>TaTos yever), CTKOTIOV 8e e yewaro fjLTj 
 wotfjtaiv&v 8' evr' oeacn /J^iyrj ^tXor^rt /cat 
 
 T; S' v7TOKV(ra/J,ev7) SiSf/^aoz/e yeivaro 
 
 Bi/jia yvla 
 
 ' <TV\a' 
 
 8' 0/3' eirefyve /Lte^eTrroXe/z-o? 
 8' 'OSfcrej)? Tleprcwcnov e 
 tw, Tev/cpos S' 'Aperdova 
 ' *A/3\r)pov evrjparo Sovpl 
 /S?;?, "EXarot' Se az/a dvSp&v ' 
 vale Be Xari'toei/To? evppelrao Trap* o^Oas 
 
 alTreLvrjv. <&v\aicov S' eXe A^tro? 
 
 S' dp eTreira ftorjv dyaObs MeveXao? 
 >oz> eX'* LTTTTCO ydp ol drv^o/jLeva) TreBloio, 
 /evTe LLVpL/civo), ayicv\ov apu>ct 
 ' ev 7T/3COT&) pv/Jia) avTco [lev efiTJrrjv 40 
 
 ', y Trep ol d\\oi drv^ofjievoi (fioffeovro, 
 avTos S' e/c Bl<f>pOLO Trapd rpo^ov e^eKV\lcr6ij 
 
 eV Kovirjcrw eVl crro/xa. Trap Be ol ecrrvj 
 Me^eXao? 6^a}^ Bo\L i y6o'Kt,ov ey%o<>. 
 S' dp eTrecTa \aftwv eXXtcrcrero yovvcov' 45 
 t, 'Ar/3605 ute, (7i) S' afta Sefat diroiva' 
 TroXXa S' ey d(f)veiov irarpb^ Keipri\ia Kelrat, 
 re xpv&bs re TroXu/c/z^TO? re crtS^po?, 
 
ILIAD VI. 241 
 
 And now Euryalus slew Opheltius 
 With Dr.esus ; then ^Esepus he pursued 
 And Pedasus, whom Abarbarea erst, 
 Nymph of the spring, bare to Bucolion 
 A blameless chief. Bucolion was son 
 Of proud Laomedon, and eldest-born, 
 But born in secret of unwedded love. 
 And, as his flocks he fed, he wooed and won 
 The Naiad, who conceived and bare her lord 
 Twin sons. Their strength and goodly limbs in death 
 Mecisteus' son Euryalus now unnerved, 
 And the bright armour from their shoulders stripped. 
 Then fell by Polypoetes staunch in war 
 Astyalus ; by Odysseus' brazen spear 
 Pidytes of Percosus. Teucer slew 
 The godlike Aretaon ; Nestor's son 
 Antilochus with gleaming lance laid low 
 Ablerus ; Agamemnon king of men 
 Smote Elatus, who dwelt by Satnius' bank, 
 That river fair, in lofty Pedasus. 
 The hero Le'itus slew Phylacus 
 In flight : Eurypylus smote Melanthius. 
 
 By Menelaus, good in fray, alive 
 Adrastus now was ta'en. For o'er the plain 
 Rushing in terror, on a tamarisk plant 
 His steeds were caught, and broke the jutting pole 
 Before the curved car ; then to the town 
 They took their way with all the affrighted rout. 
 But from the car beside the wheel their lord 
 Rolled headlong out mouth downwards in the dust. 
 By him at once stood with long-shadowed lance 
 The son of Atreus : but Adrastus clasped 
 His captor's knees and suppliant thus he prayed : 
 " Give quarter, son of Atreus, and receive 
 A worthy ransom. With my wealthy sire 
 Lie many treasures stored, both brass and gold 
 
 G. H. l6 
 
242 IAIAAO2 Z. 
 
 K&V TOL xapLcrairo irarrjp dTrepeLai aTroiva, 
 
 5 
 
 o)9 (j)dro, TO) 8' dpa 6vfj,ov evl a'njOeo'O'iv optvev. 
 /cal BJJ /AW fd^ e/^eXXe 0oa9 7rl vtjas '., 
 Boocreiv to OepaTrovTi /cara^e/iev' aXX' 
 avrlo? rj\0e 6ewv, /cal 6/jLO/c\JJ(7a^ e?ro9 rjvBa' 
 
 " w 7T67TOV, GO J\leve\.ae, TIT) ce crv /crjOeai oi/ra>9 55 
 
 dvSpoov, T} <rol dpLcrra ireiroi-qrai /card ol/cov 
 
 7T/309 Tpaxav. rouv pr] Tt9 vTTeiccfrvyoi, al7ri>v o\e6pov 
 
 %elpd<; & rjfierepas, fJLrjS' ov riva yacrrepi prj' 
 
 Kovpov eovra <f>epoi' fJLrjB' 09 <f>vyoi, aXX' ajj,a 
 
 'iXi'of efaTToXotar' d/crjSea-TOi /cal dfyavroi" 60 
 
 &)9 eLTTtoV Trapeireicrev dBe\(f>i,ov (ppeva 
 aiGi^a TrapeiTToov' o 8' a?ro e6ev axraro 
 r)pu> "A&prjo-Tov. TOV Be /cpei'cov ' Ayape/Jivcov 
 ovra Kara \a7raprjv' o 8' dverpaTrer, \ 
 
 Necrro)/) 8' 'Apyeioicriv e/ceK\eTo /jua/cpov dvaas* 
 "cS <f)l\oi 77/30)69 Aavaoi, OepaTrovres "Aprjos, 
 
 erco, 0)9 /cez^ TrXetcrra (frepcov eirl vfjas 
 veicpovs dfjb TreBiov crvkrjo-eTe reOvijtoTas." 
 
 ,\ 1 \ * / V/lVf' 
 
 0)9 eiTTcov (t)Tpwe /Jievos /cat UUJJLOV e/cacrTOV. 
 evOa /cev avTG XpO)69 apiji(bi\(t)V VTT 
 v lXioi> elcrave^Tja-av, dva\/celr)(Ti, Ba/j,evTes, 
 el fjur} dp* Alveia re /cal f/ E/crop etTre 
 
 " Alvela re /cal "E/crop, eVel 7roi/09 v/^/ii fjLa\iara 
 
ILIAD VI. 243 
 
 And well-wrought iron : and from these my sire 
 Would give unstinted ransom, should he learn 
 That at the Achaian vessels yet I live." 
 
 He spake, and won the mind within his breast : 
 And now full soon his captive he had given 
 To his attendant squire to lead away 
 To the swift ships ; but Agamemnon came 
 Running to meet him, and reproachful cried : 
 " My gentle Menelaus, why of men 
 Such tender care ? thy house forsooth has found 
 Much good from sons of Troy! Of whom may none 
 Escape destruction dire beneath our hands ! 
 No not the man-child whom his mother bears 
 Yet in her womb, not even he ! but all 
 Of Ilion in one utter ruin die 
 Unwept, unburied, and be no more seen ! " 
 
 So spake the hero, and his timely word 
 Turned back his brother's heart. With thrust of hand 
 Divine Adrastus he repelled. And him 
 Beneath the ribs king Agamemnon smote, 
 That back he fell : then planting firm his heel 
 Upon his breast drew forth the ashen spear. 
 
 Then Nestor to the Argives cried aloud : 
 "Friends, Danaan heroes, Ares' henchmen true, 
 Let none lag now behind in greed of spoil, 
 That to the ships large booty he may bear. 
 But kill we men. Hereafter at your ease 
 Dead bodies o'er the plain ye may despoil." 
 
 He spake, and roused the mood and soul of each. 
 And there again before Achaia's sons 
 Beloved of Ares had the Trojan rout 
 Fled up to Ilion, quelled thro' coward fears ; 
 But to ^Cneas and to Hector's side 
 Came Helenus, and standing by them spake, 
 King Priam's son, and best of augurs he : 
 "^Eneas. and thou, Hector for on you 
 
 16 2 
 
244 IAIAAOS Z. 
 
 Tpcocov Kal AVKLCOV eyiceic\irai, ovveK apicrroi, 
 rrdcrav err Wvv ecrre fjid^ecrdai re cfrpoveeiv re, 
 crrrjr' avrov, Kal \abv epvKaKere rrpb rrvXdcov 
 rrdvrr) erroi%6/jievoi, rrplv avr ev %e/3crt yvvaiKwv 
 cfrevyovras rrecreeiv, Brjloicri, Be 
 avrap errei Ke (f>a\ayya 
 
 rjiiels fjiev Aavaoicri, ^a^cro/ie^' avdi, fj,evovre$, 
 Kal fjid\a reipo/jievol rrep' dvayKalrj yap ei 
 drdp crv 7r6\tvB6 ^erep^eo, elrre 
 cry Kal efjirj' rj Be %vvdyovcra yep aid? 
 vjjbv 'A0Tjva{ij<; yXavKWTriBo? ev rro\i aKprj, 
 ol^acra K\r)iBi 6vpa<$ lepolo B6fj,oto, 
 
 rrerr\ov, o ol BoKeei ^aptecrraro<i ijBe /jLeyicrrcx; 90 
 
 elvat, evl fjieydpo) Kal ol rro\v ^>/XraT09 avrfj, 
 Oelvai, 'AOrjvalrjs errl yovvacriv TjvKOfjboto, 
 Kal ol vrrocT'^ecrOai BvoKaiBeKa /3o09 evl vrfu> 
 ryi/t9 rjKecrras lepevcrefJLev, at K e\er]cnj 
 acrrv re Kal Tpwcov aXo^ou9 Kal vrjma reKva, 95 
 
 at Kev Tf&eo9 vlbv drroo"^r) 'IXtow Ipijs, 
 aypiov al^jJirjr^v, Kparepbv /jurjarcopa cfto/Soio, 
 cv Brj eyd) Kapricrrov 'A^aitov (frrjfjLl yeveaOai. 
 ot'S' 'A^tX^a rroO* coBe y* eBelBifnev, op%ap.ov dvBpwv, 
 ov rrep cf>acri, 6ed<s e^e/Afievat,' aXX' oBe \lr)v 100 
 
 Liaiverai' ov Tt9 ot Bvvarai u,evo$ avricbepi^eiv. 
 
 0)9 ecfraO', "EtKrwp 8' ov n KacrLyvrjra) drrldrjcrev. 
 avrUa 8' ef o^ecov %vv rev^ecnv aXro ^a/iafe, 
 rrd\\cov S' ofea Bovpe Kara crrparov ^%ero Trdvrr], 
 orpvvcov fjia^ecracrdai, eyetpe Be cpv\omv alvrjv. 105 
 
 ot B' eXe\l^6r)crav Kal evavrtoi earav \ 
 
ILIAD VI. 245 
 
 Above all else of Lycia and of Troy 
 
 The burden lies, since ye the best are found 
 
 For all emprize, of counsel or of war 
 
 Stand here, and rally, passing to and fro, 
 
 The host before the gates, ere yet again 
 
 Fleeing they cast them in their women's arms 
 
 And be a mock and triumph to their foes. 
 
 But when ye twain have heartened all the squares, 
 
 We biding here will with the Danaans fight, 
 
 Tho' wearied sore ; for pressing is the need. 
 
 But go thou, Hector, to the town, and there 
 
 Speak to our mother, thine and mine, that she 
 
 Gather the matrons to the citadel 
 
 And temple of Athene stern-eyed maid. 
 
 Where with a key the holy temple's door 
 
 Unlocking, whatso robe within her bowers 
 
 Fairest and largest seems and by herself 
 
 Is held most dear, this let her humbly lay 
 
 Upon Athene's knees, that long-haired maid. 
 
 Vow she likewise within her shrine to slay 
 
 Twelve yearling kine that never knew the goad, 
 
 If she will pity now the Trojans' town, 
 
 Their wives, their little ones, and keep afar 
 
 Tydeus' dread son from sacred Ilion : 
 
 Wild warrior he stout counsellor of flight : 
 
 Whom of Achaians strongest I esteem. 
 
 Not ev'n Achilleus ever feared we so, 
 
 Tho' prince of men and famed of goddess born. 
 
 But this our foe all measure doth outpass 
 
 In rage, and with his might may none compare." 
 
 He spake. Obedient to his brother's word 
 Was Hector : from his chariot to the ground 
 He leapt at once, all armed. Two lances keen 
 He brandished high, and went through all the host 
 Urging to fight, and roused the furious fray. 
 Round turned they all, and faced the Achaian foe. 
 
246 IAIAA02 Z. 
 
 'Apyeioi B* V7re-%wprjcrav, \fj%av Be 
 <l>dv Be riv dOavdrwv ef ovpavov d 
 Tpacrlv d\eijcrovra /careXQe/Jiev, co? 
 
 Be Tpweo-aiv efce/c\ero aafcpov dvaas' 
 
 V7Tp6vfjiOi T7)\K\'TJTol T 7TL/COVpOl, 
 
 dvepes eo~T6, <f)i\oi, / 
 
 av eyco /3eia) Trporl 
 
 fiovXevryo'i KCU ^/xere/ory? d\6%oiai,v 
 
 dprjcraaOai, virocr^eaOat, 8' e/caro/xySa?." 1 
 
 >vr}<Jas aTrefir) Kopv0alo\os "Etrcrcop' 
 
 d/jL(f)l Se /xtz^ a<f>vpd rvTrre KOI avykva Sep/ia icekaivov, 
 rj 7rv/J>a.Trj deev dairi^o^ o^akoeaaT]^. 
 'iTnroXo^oLo ird'i^ KOI TuSeo? 
 69 fJLea-ov d/jL<f)OTep(t)v J~vvLT f r)v /ieyu,ac3re /Jid^e 
 o? 5* ore 8?) O"X<E$OV rjaav eV d\\r}\oio-iv lo 
 TOV TTporepo? Trpocreenre fforjv dyado? 
 " T/? Se cry eVcrt, <epicrre, KaraOvrjT&v 
 ou //.T^ 7p TTOT' OTTCOTTCI yw,a%/7 e^t KV^ 
 TO Trplv' drdp fjirjv vvv ye TTO\V Trpoftefirj/ca? aTrdvrcov 125 
 era) Odpo-ei, or epov ^o\i^6cncLov 67^09 e/jieiva$. 
 &VO-TIJVCOV Be re 7ratSe9 eyLtoS yLtez/et dvTLOtocrtv. 
 el Be rt9 dBavdrcov ye Kar ovpavov el\r)\ov6a<$, 
 OVK av eyM ye 6eoi(riv eTrovpavioiO'i, /jLa^oifjurjv. 
 ovBe yap ovBe &pvavros vlos Kparepos Av/coepyos 130 
 Brjv TJV, 09 pa 6eolcriv eirovpavioicriv epi^ev, 
 09 TTore /jLatvojjievoio AKOVVCTOIO nOijvas 
 creOe Kar tfyddeov Nvo-rjiov' at S 1 aaa Trdaai 
 6vo-0\a xafjial /care^evav, VTT* dvBpo<f)6voio AvKovpyov 
 OeLvopevai fiov7r\7Jyi. At&jz/fcro9 Be ^ofB^dei^ 135 
 
 BvaeO* a\o9 /card icv^a, 0ert9 8' VTreBearo tc6\7T( 
 
ILIAD VI. 247 
 
 But backward fell the Argives, and gave o'er 
 
 The slaughter : for they deemed from starry heaven 
 
 Some power immortal surely had come down 
 
 To aid Troy's sons : so sudden round they turned. 
 
 But Hector to the Trojans cried aloud : 
 
 "Ye high-souled sons of Troy, and ye allies 
 
 Called from afar, quit you like men, my friends, 
 
 And of impetuous valour be your thought ; 
 
 While I to I lion take my way, and bid 
 
 Our greybeard senate and our wives with prayer 
 
 To sue the gods and promise hecatombs." 
 
 Thus plumed Hector spake, and went his way : 
 And oft about his ankles and his neck 
 The dark hide swaying smote him as he sped, 
 The outmost rim that girt his bossy shield. 
 
 Now Glaucus, offspring of Hippolochus 
 And Tydeus' son together in the midst 
 Between both armies met, all keen to fight. 
 Then first spake Diomedes, good in fray: 
 "And who, brave Sir, of mortal men art thou ? 
 For thee in fight, man's field of fame, I ne'er 
 Have heretofore beheld : but now thou art 
 Foremost by far of all in hardihood, 
 Who thus abidest my long-shadowed lance. 
 Luckless the sires whose sons my valour meet. 
 But if immortal thou from heaven art come, 
 W T ith heavenly gods it is not I will fight. 
 Not e'en the strong Lycurgus, Dryas' son, 
 Lived long, who strove against the heavenly gods : 
 He that of old o'er Nysa's holy hill 
 In headlong flight the Maenad nurses drove 
 Of frenzied Dionysus. One and all 
 Down on the ground they showered their sacred gear 
 Pricked by the ox-goad of the murderous man. 
 But Dionysus fled away, and dived 
 'Neath the sea wave, where Thetis in her lap 
 
24$ IAIAAO2 Z. 
 
 BeiBiora' Kparepos 'yap e%ev rpopos dv^pos 6/jLOK\fj. 
 
 TO} yikv eireir oBvaavro Oeol pela {cooi/re?, 
 
 Kai JAW rv(f)\ov edrjtce Kpovov TraiV ovB* ap ert Srjv 
 
 i]v, ejrel dQavaToicnv aTTTj^Oero irdcn Oeolcriv. 140 
 
 018' av lya) fiaKapecrcrL Oeols e0\oi/jLt, fJid^eaOai. 
 
 el Se r/5 e(7(7L /Bporwv ot dpovprjs /capjrov ebovcriv, 
 
 (icraov W\ w? KV Odo-aov o\eOpov TrelpaQ* r i/cr]ai" 
 
 TGV 8' dv6' 'iTTTToXo^OtO TrpOCTTJvBa (f)ai$lfjLO<> Ut09* 
 
 TLTJ yeverjv epeewets ; 14; 
 
 0177 Trep (j)ju\\(i)v yeverj, rolrj Be Kal dv&pwv. 
 
 <f>v\\a rof fj,ev r aff^iio? ^afiaBi^ %eei, a\\a oe y v\rj 
 
 ^ /H'-' v/ X- ^ rx,v^, i^-r U ix -5 \/ 
 Tr)\euo(i)(Ta (pvei, eapo? 6 eiriy Ljverai, coprj' 
 
 Tr) 
 
 0)9 dvSpwv yeverj rj fiev <f>vei rj 
 
 el 8* e0e\eis teal ravra Sarj/jLevai, 6$p ev 
 
 i^fjLeTeprjv <yever)v' TroXXot 8e /iii/ avSpes l 
 
 eart 7roX 
 
 8e SArv^O9 eo-fcev, o KepBiaTos yever 
 
 AloXiSrjs' o S* a/?a rXau/coi/ re/ceB' viov, 
 avrdp rXaO/co9 en/crev dfjuvfiova T3e\\epo(j)6vTr]v. 155 
 
 U\\O$ re Kal tjvopeqv epareivrjv 
 
 avrdp ol TIpoiTos /cafcd /JLIJCTCLTO OvfJLut, 
 09 p' e'/c Brj/jiov eXao-crev, eVet TroXi) <^>e/)repo9 ^e^, 
 ^ApyeicoV Zei/9 yap ot i5?ro (TKrjTTTpw eSd/jLaacrev. 
 TOJ Be yvvrj Tlpoirov eTrefirfvaro, oT "Az^reia, 160 
 
 KpVTTTaBirj (f)i\6rr}Ti /jLiyjj/jievcu' aXXa roz^ ou r^ 
 7re#' dyaOd (frpoveovra, Ba'fypova ^e\\epo(f>6vTrjv. 
 rj Be ^revcra^evT] Upolrov fiacri\r]a TrpocryvBa' 
 
 , co Hpolr, rj icdiCTave 
 
ILIAD VI. 249 
 
 Sheltered the affrighted god, for trembling sore 
 
 Thrilled through him at Lycurgus' threatening shout. 
 
 But he thereafter felt the wrath of gods 
 
 Who live in ease ; and stricken blind was he 
 
 By Cronos' son, nor long he lived when now 
 
 Of all immortal gods he bore the hate. 
 
 I therefore will not fight with blessed gods. 
 
 But if thou art a mortal, and of those 
 
 Who eat the fruit of earth, then draw thou near, 
 
 To find full soon destruction as thy end." 
 
 To whom replied Hippolochus' noble son : 
 " Great Tydeus,' son why ask of birth and race ? 
 As are the leaves, so is the race of man : 
 Leaves that the wind now sheds upon the ground, 
 But others sprout through all the greening grove 
 With spring renewed. Such is the race of men, 
 Now born to life, now fading to decay. 
 Yet if thou car'st to learn that thou may'st know 
 Our race aright, a race that many know, 
 A town there is, named Ephyre', embayed 
 In the horse-cropt plain of Argos ; there of yore 
 Dwelt Sisyphus, the, craftiest he of men, 
 The son of ^Eolus. And Sisyphus 
 Gat Glaucus for his son ; Glaucus in turn 
 Begat Bellerophon, a blameless wight. 
 To him the gods a manly beauty gave 
 That won all love ; but Proetus in his soul 
 Designed him harm, and from the Argive land 
 Drove forth ; for stronger far was he, a king, 
 Whose people 'neath his sceptre Zeus subdued. 
 For Proetus' wife, divine Antea, mad 
 With love, to secret pleasures of the bed 
 Wooed but not won that man of upright soul 
 The brave Bellerophon : wherefore she framed 
 A lying tale and thus to Proetus spake : 
 'Proetus, die thou, or slay Bellerophon, 
 
50 IAIAA02 Z. 
 
 o? fjk e6e\ev <f)L\,6rr)ri, fjayrj^evai ov/c e0e\ovcrrj.' 165 
 
 e3? <f>dro, roz> 8e ava/cra ^0X0? \dftev olov d/covaev. 
 
 Krelvai fJLev p d\eeive (crepdo-aaro yap TO ye OV/AM), 
 Se piv AvrcirjvBe, iropev S' o ye a^ara \vypd, 
 s ev TrivaicL Trru/crcS OvpofyOopa TroXXa, 
 S* rjvwyei &) TrevOepqi, ofyp aTroXotro. 170 
 
 avrdp o ftfj Av/ctrjvSe 6eu>v VTT dfjLVfjLovi, TTO/ATT^. 
 
 aXX* ore 8^ Kviciyv le ^dvOov re peovra, 
 
 7rpO(])povea)S /AW ene dva% Av/cirjs evpelrjs' 
 
 evvrjjjLap %eivicr(re Kai evvea /3o{)? lepevaev. 
 
 aXX' ore ST) SeKarrj ecfrdvrj po$o$dKrv\os 'Ha)9, 175 
 
 Kal rore fiiv epeeuve /cal yree o"fjfjLa ISecrOai, 
 
 orri pd ol ya/JL/3poio Trdpa Hpolroio (frepoiro. 
 
 avrdp ejrel Srj crijjj,a /ca/cov TrapeSegaro yafj,{3pov, 
 [lev pa Xipaipav d/jLcufjLaKerrjv e/ceX-evaev 
 . rj 3' dp* erjv Oelov yevos, ov& dvOpwirwv, 180 
 
 Trpocrde \ecov QTTiOev Se Spd/ccov, pe'cro-rj Se 
 
 Seivov aTTOTTveiovfra rrvpos fjuevos al6o^JLevoi,o. 
 
 KOI rrjv p,ev Kareirefyve Oeav repdeacri 
 
 Sevrepov av SoXu^oicrt fia^ijcraro 
 
 Kaprlarrjv Brj rijv ye l^d-^rjv <f)dro ^>v^evai> dvbpwv. 
 
 TO rplrov av tear err efyvev 'Afj,a6vas dvnaveipas. 
 
 TO) S' dp* dvep'xpiiivto TTVKIVOV S6\ov d\\ov v 
 
 rcptvas e/c AVKITJS evpeirjs ^wra? apArrovs 
 
 elo-e \6-%ov. rol S' ov ri rcakiv ol/covSe vkovro' 
 
 irdvras yap Kareirefyvev d /j,v fia)v BeXXepo^o^r?;?. 190 
 
 aXX* ore S/) ylyvcoafce deov ybvov TJVV eovra, 
 
ILIAD VI. 251 
 
 Who in his lust would fain have forced my bed,' 
 So spake she, but the king was wroth to hear. 
 To kill he shunned ; that deed he dared not do 
 For awe ; but forth to Lycia sent the man 
 Giving him fatal tokens graved they were 
 On folded tablet, many a deathful mark 
 Which to the father of his royal spouse 
 He bade him show, that he might surely die. 
 So with the blameless convoy of the gods 
 To Lycia forth he went. And when he came 
 To Lycia's land and Xanthus' flowing stream, 
 Broad Lycia's king no niggard honour gave. 
 Nine days he feasted him, nine beeves he slew. 
 But when the tenth rose-fingered dawn appeared, 
 Then questioned he his guest, and asked to see 
 What token for him he from Proetus brought 
 His daughter's lord. And soon as he received 
 The evil token of his daughter's lord, 
 He bade him first the unconquerable beast 
 Chimaera slay. A brood of gods was she, 
 Not men : the fore-part lion, serpent rear, 
 With she-goat trunk between ; and in dread wise 
 Forth breathed she furious tongues of flaming fire. 
 And her he slew, obeying wondrous signs 
 Sent of the gods. Then, for a second task, 
 He battled with the glorious Solymi. 
 More .stubborn fight of warriors, as he said, 
 Ne'er entered he. For his third bout he slew 
 The Amazons, those women peers of men. 
 Whence as he now returned, the Lycian king 
 Wove a close web of guile again, and chose 
 Broad Lycia's bravest sons ; who lay in wait, 
 But home returned not one ; Bellerophon, 
 That blameless champion, slew them each and all. 
 But when the king now knew him of a god 
 The noble seed, he kept him by his side, 
 
252 IAIAAO2 Z. 
 
 avrov fjLLv fcarepv/ce, SlSov ' o 76 Ovyarepa r^v, 
 
 0(t)K Be ol Ti/jt,r)S /3acri\r)iSos rifJLicrv Trdcrrjs' 
 
 fcal fjLijv ol AVKIOI refjievo^ rdpov e^o^ov aXXwi/, 
 
 Ka\bv (f>VTa\i,fjs KOI dpovprjs Trvpofiopoio. 195 
 
 rj 8' ereicev rpla re/cva Saifypovi BeXXepo^o^r^, 
 
 "laavSpov re ^at 'iTTTroXo^o^ teal 
 
 rj & erefc dvriOeov 2,ap7T7)$6va f xa\KOKopvarr)V. 
 aXX* ore Srj KOI icelvos aTrrj^Oero iracn Oeolaiv, 200 
 
 7} rot o /caTT Trebiov TO *AXr)iov oto? aXaro, 
 oi> Ovfjbov /careocov, TTOLTOV dvOpcoTrwv a 
 Be ol vlov "A/??;? aro? 
 2<o\v/j,oicri, /care/crave 
 rr)v Se xoKuKjafievr) xpvcrrjvios "A^re/it? e/cra. 
 
 8' e/jb CTL/CT6, KOI e/c Tov (f>7)fu 
 8e p e? Tpoirjis, KCLI /JLOL paXa ?rdXX' 
 *6tf alev dpio-reveiv /cal VTrelpo^ov e^evai a 
 
 7^05 Trarepcov ald'^yvk^ 
 r 'Efivpy eyevovro KOI ev Avicirj evpely. 
 
 rot yeves re ica aiparos ev^o/iai, evai, 
 0)9 (j)dro, yrjdrjaev 8e porjv dyaOos 
 
 aiirap o /zetXt^totcrt Trpocnjvo'a Troi^ieva \adov' 
 " rj pd vv fj,oi fetz^o? Trarpcoto? eVcrt TraXato?* 
 OtVeu? 7/3 Trore Sto? d/juvfjiova 
 ^eivKT* evl fieydpoio'iv ielfcocriv rj/ 
 ot 8e /cat d\\rj\oL(7L Tropov fetmjta Ka\d' 
 /x,ez/ ^wa-Trjpa SlSov fyoivwi 
 
ILIAD VI. 253 
 
 Gave him to wife his daughter, and the half 
 
 Of all his kingly honour : and of land 
 
 The Lycians portioned him a choice domain 
 
 To till and reap, fair fields of vines and corn. 
 
 There did his wife to brave Bellerophon 
 
 Three children bear : Isander eldest-bojn, 
 
 Hippolochus next, Laodamia third. 
 
 Laodamia to her bed received 
 
 Zeus the wise counsellor, and bare to him 
 
 Godlike Sarpedon of the brazen arms. 
 
 But when e'en good Bellerophon became 
 
 Hated of all the gods, he roamed alone 
 
 The wide Alean plain, eating his heart 
 
 In moodiness, and shunned the path of men. 
 
 His son Isander then did Ares slay, 
 
 Insatiate war-god, as he met in fight 
 
 The glorious Solymi : while in her wrath 
 
 Golden-reined Artemis his daughter slew. 
 
 Hippolochus my father was ; of him 
 
 I boast me born. To Troy he sent me forth 
 
 With many a charge, to bear me still the best 
 
 And overtop the crowd, nor shame the race 
 
 Of those my fathers who were far the best 
 
 In Ephyrd and in Lycia's ample land. 
 
 Such is the birth I boast, such is my blood." 
 
 He spake : but Diomedes good in fray 
 Rejoiced to hear. His spear he planted firm 
 Upon all-nurturing earth, and then addressed 
 With gentle words the shepherd of his folk : 
 "Then surely through our fathers by old tie 
 Thou art my friend. For godlike Oeneus once 
 Bellerophon the blameless in his halls 
 Did entertain and stayed him twenty days. 
 Gifts too as host and guest they then exchanged. 
 A belt gave Oeneus, bright with purple dye ; 
 
254 IAIAAO2 Z. 
 
 Be ^pvaeov Se'vra? dfjL(f)i,Kv7re\\ov, 220 
 
 KCLI fiLv eyco /careXenrov loov ev &>/uicr' efjLolcnv. 
 TvBea 8' ov /JLe/jLvij/Aai,, eVet p ert, rvrOov eovra 
 Ka\\i$> or ev tj/3r](7iv aVewXero Xao? 'A^aicwi/. 
 Tc3 z/i)^ ffol fjLev eya) fetz/o? <^>tXo9 "Apyel fj,e<7(7(j) 
 elfj,l, (TV 8' eV AvKiy, ore /cev T&V STJ/JLOV IKCO/JLCU. 225 
 
 ' d\\rj\cov d\ea>fjLeOa KOI 81 opikov' 
 /iei^ 7/3 e/zol T/acoe? K\eirol T' eTTL/covpot, 
 Kreiveiv, ov fee 6eo<$ re Troprj /cal Troaa 
 TroXXot 8' au crol 'A^atot evaipe^ev ov ice 
 
 8* aXX^Xot? eTra/Aetyo/jLev, o<f)pa /cal oi'Se 230 
 
 on %elvoi Trarpcoioi, ev^o/jLeQ 1 elvai? 
 c5<? apa (fxovijo-avre, /ca9* ILTTTTCOV dt'^avre, 
 
 r' aXX-facov \ajBerriv /cal Tria-raxravTO. 
 evQ* avre TXav/ca) Kpovio'Tjs <f)pevas efeXero Zeu9, 
 o? TT/DO? TvSetSTjv Aiofjirjo'ea rev^e apei/Bev 235 
 
 ot' evveajBoLwv. 
 re TruXa? /cat (f>rjyov r L/cavev, 
 d/j,(j) apa fjiiv Tpwcov aXo^ot ^eor ?;Se Ovyarpes 
 elpo/jievai TratSa? re Kao~iyvr)Tov<$ re era? re 
 :al Trocrm?. o 8' eireira Oeols evyzvQai dvwyet, 240 
 
 e^elrj^' TroXX^crt 8e /CTjSe' e^tJTrro. 
 aXX' ore S?) Hpid/jLoio Ibpov 7repi/ca\\e' 'Uavev, 
 alOovarjo-L rervyi^evov aura/3 eV aura) 
 
 eveaav 6d\ajJLOi ^ecrroio \i6oio, 
 d\\tj\a)v Be^/JLij^evoi,' evOa o~e TratSe? 245 
 
 TIpid/JLOlO TTapd JJLVrjO-TrjS d\6%Ol,(7l,V' 
 
 Kovpdcov 8' erepwdev evavrioi evSoOev av\rj<? 
 eaav reyeot, Oakapot, jfea'Tolo \i6oio, 
 d\\TJ\o)v BeS/jiTj/jievoi,' evOa Be yap/Spot 
 
ILIAD VI. 255 
 
 Bellerophon a double cup of gold, 
 
 Which, hither bound, I left behind at home. 
 
 But Tydeus I remember not : for he 
 
 Left me a little child when under Thebes 
 
 The army of Achaia found its doom. 
 
 Now therefore I to thee a friendly host 
 
 In middle Argos am, but thou to me 
 
 In Lycia, should I seek the Lycians' land. 
 
 But shun we each to meet the other's spear, 
 
 Ev'n in the throng. Many there be for me 
 
 To slay, or Trojans or renowned allies, 
 
 Whomso the god may grant and I outrun ; 
 
 And many of Achaia's sons there be 
 
 For thee to spoil when slain, whomso thou canst, 
 
 But now exchange we armour ; that all these 
 
 May know we claim such friendship through our sires." 
 
 So spake the twain, and leaping from their cars 
 Grasped each the other's hand and plighted faith. 
 And there did Zeus the son of Cronos blind 
 The wit of Glaucus, who, as thus his arms 
 He changed with Diomedes Tydeus' son, 
 Gave gold for brass, fivescore beeves' worth for nine. 
 
 Now soon as Hector to the Scaean gate 
 And to the oak-tree came, around him ran 
 The Trojans' wives and daughters ; who of sons, 
 Brothers, friends, husbands, questioned much and heard. 
 Then bade he each and all to pray the gods : 
 But sorrows had for many been ordained. 
 
 But when to Priam's palace now he came, 
 Surpassing fair, with polished colonnades 
 Wrought round it, and therein of polished stone 
 Were fifty chambers near together built, 
 Where Priam's sons slept with their wedded wives : 
 And toward the other side, within the court, 
 Twelve well-roofed chambers, near together built, 
 Of polished stone, for Priam's daughters these, 
 
256 JAIAA02 Z. 
 
 KOlfJLOOVTO UpldfJLOlO TTapd /JLVTJO-TIJS d\6^0i(jLV' 
 
 evBa ol iJTrioo'copos evavriT] 7J\v6e i^rjrrjp 
 
 AaoBiKrjv ecrdyova'a, Owyarpwv elBos dpia~Tr)V, 
 
 ev r apa ol <pv X 6L P^> OTO? ^ e<j>aT e/c r' 
 
 11 TZKVOV, TiTrre ~\.i7T(t)V 7ro\efjLov 6 paavv el\rj\ov6as ; 
 
 r) fjud\a Brj reipovcn SVO-WVV/JLOI, vies *A%aia)V 
 
 fiapvd^evoi irepl darv, ere 8' evQdSe OVJJLOS dvijicev 
 
 Z\66vr ef aKprjs TroXto? Att xe 
 
 d\\d fJLev ocf)pa /ce TOI yiteXi^Sea olvov 
 
 W9 <77rei<7y<; Atl Trarpl KOI aXXot? d 
 
 TTpWTOV, 7TLTa Be KdVTOS OVTJCTeai,, 0,1 K6 7Tir)(T0a. 260 
 
 dvbpl Be Ke/c/AijtoTt, fjbevos fjLeya olvo? de^ei, 
 w? TVVIJ KeK/j,rj/ca<; dfjuvvwv (rolcn ergo-iv." 
 
 TI)V S' TJfjLet/BeT eTreira jj,eyas /copvdaLo\o$ "R/cTcop' 
 " IJLIJ fjiot, olvov aeipe fjie\i(f)pova, TTOTVICL fjLrjrep, 
 IJLIJ p a7T07Uta)cr77?, fjueveos B* dXfcfjs re \d6w^ai,. 265 
 
 l 8' dviTTToicriv Atl \eijBefiev aWojra olvov 
 ' ovBe Try ecm, Ke\at,vecf)ei Kpovlcovi, 
 
 al \v6pu> ire7ra\ajiJLevov ev^erdacrdat,. 
 a CTI) /JLev TT/JO? VYJOV 'AOifpatvp; dye\elr}<; 
 ep%eo avv Qveecrcriv, do\\lcrcrao-a 
 iriirKov B\ 05 T/? rot ^a^teo-ra-TO? tfBe 
 eariv evl /jieydpo) Kal TOL iro\v ^tXraro? avrf}, 
 rbv Oes 'AQrjvaiTjs eirl yovvaa-iv ijvKOfjLoio, 
 /cal ol V7roor^ecrdai Bvo/calBe/ca ySoO? evl vrja) 
 rjvw q/cecrTas lepevaefjiev, ai K eteija-g 275 
 
 dcr-v re Kal Tpwwv aXo^oi;? Kal vijTria 
 
ILIAD VI. 257 
 
 Wherein his sons-in-law, those daughters' lords, 
 
 Beside their honoured wives were wont' to sleep : 
 
 There soon as Hector came, his mother mild 
 
 Leading Laodice", the fairest form 
 
 Of all her daughters, met him. To his hand 
 
 At once she clung, and thus found words and spake : 
 
 "My child, why hast thou left the battle bold 
 
 And hither come? Surely Achaia's sons 
 
 Accursed name .'distress us sore and fight 
 
 Around our very walls : and thee thy soul 
 
 Bade hither come and from our citadel 
 
 Upraise to Zeus thy supplicating hands. 
 
 But stay thou till I bring thee honeyed wine ; 
 
 That thou may'st first outpour to Father Zeus 
 
 And all the immortal host, and then thyself 
 
 Gain good therefrom, if thou wilt drink. For wine 
 
 Doth strengthen much the heart of wearied man, 
 
 As thou art wearied fighting for thy friends." 
 
 Answered great Hector of the glancing plume : 
 " No honeyed wine, my noble mother, bring : 
 Lest thou unbrace my limbs, and I forget 
 My might and valour. And with unwashed hands 
 I fear to pour the sparkling wine to Zeus. 
 To cloud-wrapt Cronos' son it may not be 
 That I, all stained with blood and gore, should pray. 
 Thou rather go with offerings due, and seek 
 The temple of the driver of the spoil- 
 Athene', gathering all the aged dames : 
 And whatso robe thou hast within thy bowers 
 Fairest and largest and by thine own self 
 Counted most dear, this do thou humbly lay 
 Upon Athene's knees, that long-haired maid : 
 And vow likewise within her shrine to slay 
 Twelve yearling kine that never knew the goad, 
 If she will pity now the Trojans' town, 
 Their wives and little ones, and keep afar 
 G. H. 17 
 
258 IAIAA02 Z. 
 
 at /cev TV 8eo9 vlov diroa-^r) 'IXt'of 
 
 dypiov alxjJLTjTijv, tcparepbv /Jbijartopa <ooto. 
 
 aXXa crv fjbev 7rp09 vrjbv 'Adrjvalrjs dye\eirjs 
 
 p%ev' eyw Be Tldpiv yLtereXeucroyuat o<f>pa /cdXecro'co, 280 
 
 at K e6e\y etTro^ro? aKove^ev. c? Se ol avOi 
 
 ryaia ^avoi' peya yap fjbiv 'OXv/*wiO9 j$rp<f> 
 
 Tpoxrl re /cat Hpid/j,<p jJLeya\r)Topi rolo re 
 
 el Kelvov ye iSoifJbi KareXOovr* "At'So? etcra), 
 
 (fyalTjv Kev <j>i\ov rjrop oltyos eK\e\a6ecr6ai" 285 
 
 &>? efyaff, rj Se fjLO\ovcra TTOTI peyap 
 K/c\eTO' rdl 8' dp 9 d6\\ia-<rav Kara acrrv 
 avrrj 8' e? 6a\afJLov KareftrjcreTo /crjcoevra, 
 evff ecrav ol TreTrXot, Tra^TroiicCKa epya yvvaucwv 
 2,lSovl&v, ra<? auro9 'AXefayS/)o? OeoeiSrjs 290 
 
 tfyaye ^iSoviTjdev, CTTtTrXflu? evpea TTOVTOV, 
 Tr)v 6Sbv rjv r ^\evr)V irep dvrjyayev evTrarepeiav. 
 T&V ev deLpafjuevr) e ~Encd^ (frepe Stopov ' 
 09 /caXXt<7T09 eiyi' iroiKi\^a(Tiv tjS 
 d(TT7)p 8* W9 d7re\a[j,7rev, e/cetro Se veiaros d\\o)v. 295 
 y8^ 8* teitu, TroXXal 8e perea-o-evovro yepataL 
 
 at 8* ore 1^709 'IKOVQV 'AOrj 1/779 eV TroXt 
 
 Ktcrcr7;/9, aXo^o? 'Avrijvopos i 
 TTJV yap Tpc3e9 eOrjKav 'AQrjvaiijs lepeiav. 300 
 
 at 8 o\o\vyfj iraGCii 'AQr/vrj 
 r) 8' apa ire7T\ov e\ovaa <&eav 
 'A0*r}valr)s eirl yovvaaiv 
 8' tjpdro At09 /coup?; 
 
 t, 8ta dedwv, 305 
 
ILIAD VI. 
 
 Tydeus' dread son from sacred Ilion, 
 
 A warrior wild, stout counsellor of flight. 
 
 Seek thou, I say, Athene, queen of spoil ; 
 
 To Paris I will go, and summon him, 
 
 If he will hear my voice. But O that earth 
 
 Would gape and whelm him there ! for a sad bane 
 
 In him the Olympian king hath reared for Troy 
 
 And high-souled Priam's self and Priam's sons. 
 
 Saw I but him to Hades plunged, I deem 
 
 My soul could clean forget her joyless woe." 
 
 So spake he. But the mother to her bowers 
 Turned her, and gave her women charge, who then 
 Gathered throughout the town the aged dames. 
 But to a fragrant chamber she went down 
 Where lay her robes, rich-broidered women's work, 
 Sidonian women, whom from Sidon's town 
 The godlike Alexander then did bring 
 O'er the wide sea, when in the self-same voyage 
 Home led he Helen, child of noble sire. 
 Of these one robe did Hecuba raise aloft 
 And to Athene* bear as gift, the robe 
 In broidery fairest and of amplest fold : 
 And like a star it shone, as ; neath the rest 
 Lowest it lay. The queen then took her way, 
 And many aged dames behind her sped. 
 
 Athene's temple in the upper town 
 When now they reached, fair-cheeked Theano oped 
 The doors before them, child of Cisseus she, 
 Wife of Antenor a steed-taming knight, 
 And by Troy's sons Athene's priestess made. 
 And while the matrons to Athene" all 
 Raised with a cry their hands, taking the robe 
 Fair-cheeked Theano laid it on the knees 
 Of flowing-haired Athene", and with prayer 
 And vow addrest the maid of mighty Zeus : 
 "O queen Athene*, city-saver thou, 
 
 172 
 
 259 
 
260 IAIAAO2 Z. 
 
 a%ov Srj 67^0? AtojitT7&eo9, 77^6 /cat auroz 
 TTpTjvea 09 Treaeeiv ^KCU&V 7rpo7rdpoL0e 
 o(f>pa rot avTi/ca vvv BvoKaiBeKa /3oi)9 eVt ^770) 
 771^9 77/eecrTa? lepevo-ojjiev, al K 6X6770-77? 
 
 re /cat Tpcoajz/ aXo^of? at vrjTria re/cva." 310 
 
 e'<ar' ev^o^evr], dveveve Be IlaXXa? 'AOijvi). 
 Ato? Kovprj 
 
 Ka\a, rd p auro? erev^e crvv dvSpdcriv ot TOT* apia"roi, 
 rjcrav evl Tpoly epificoXa/ci, re/croz/69 az^S/369, 315 
 
 ot x o/ eTTOiijo-av 6d\afiov Kal $w/j,a Kal av\r)v 
 
 re Uptd/ioto KOI f/ E/cTOpo9, eV ?roXt dicprj. 
 /CT&)p elo-r/Xde Stt^tXo9, eV S* apa %6tpt 
 7^09 e^' ei^SeKaTrrj^y' TrdpoiOe Be \dfJLirero Sovpos 
 al-XfJLr) %a\KeLT), Trepl Be xpvareos Oee iropKrj^. 320 
 
 TOI> S' e^p' eV 6a\d/j,q) 7rept,Ka\\ea rev^e eTrovra, 
 d&TriBa Kal dcaprjKa, Kal dyKV\a rof dfyowvra' 
 'Apfye/77 S' f EXe^77 /xer' apa B/JLCOTJO-L ^vvai^iv 
 T)O-TO, Kal dfjL(j)i,7r6\oio-t, Trept/cXura epya Ke\evev. 
 rov S' f/ E/crcop veiKecrcre IBciov alo"%pols eTreecrcrtv' 325 
 
 " Baifjbovi, ov nr}v Ka\a ^o\ov TOV$ evOeo 
 \aol pev <j>Qivv0ov(7L Trepl TTTO\IV alirv re 
 
 y creo S' ewex dvrr) re TrroXeyu-o? re 
 roS' d/jL^iBeBrje' crv 8' az/ fjia^eaaio Kal aXXw, 
 ov nvd TTOV fteQievra iBois crrvyepov TroXeyLtoto. 330 
 
 aXX' ava, /AT) rd^a dcrrv 7rupo9 Brjioio 
 TOV B* avre Trpocreeiirev 'AXefa^Spo? 
 " r/ E^rop, eVe/ fJLe Kar aicrav eveiKe&as ovB* vTrep alcrav, 
 
ILIAD VI. 261 
 
 Goddess divine, break Diomedes' lance, 
 And grant that he before our Scaean gates 
 Prone in the dust may fall : that so forthwith 
 We in thy fane may slay twelve yearling kine 
 That never knew the goad, if thou to Troy, 
 Her wives, and little ones, wilt mercy show." 
 So spake she praying : but denial stern 
 Pallas Athene' gave. And so they all 
 Made suit before the child of mighty Zeus. 
 
 Hector meanwhile to Alexander's house 
 Had gone : that fair house which himself had wrought 
 With men who then in deep-soiled Troy were best 
 For building-craft : who made him chamber, hall, 
 And court complete, hard by the spot where dwelt 
 Priam and Hector, in the upper town. 
 There entered Hector, loved of Zeus his hand 
 Grasping a spear, cubits eleven in length, 
 Whose shaft was shod with flashing brass bound on 
 By ring of gold there entered he, and found 
 The hero in his chamber, all intent 
 On his fair arms ; shield, corslet, curved bow, 
 He handled : while amid her women folk 
 Sat Argive Helen giving to her maids 
 Their task of glorious work. And Hector saw 
 And with reproachful words his brother chid : 
 " Friend, 'tis not well that in thy heart this wrath 
 Thou storest. Round our town and beetling wall 
 The people still are perishing in fight : 
 And for thy sake the shouting and the war 
 Blaze round this citadel : and thou thyself 
 Wouldst blame another, whomso thou shouldst see 
 Thus slack in hateful war. Then up, and arm, 
 Lest soon the city glow with foemen's fire." 
 
 Then godlike Alexander made reply : 
 lt Hector, because thy chiding is but just 
 Nor undeserved, I therefore now will speak ; 
 
262 IAIAAO2 Z. 
 
 TovveKa TOI epea)' av 8e avvOeo Kai fjuev a/covaov. 
 
 ov TOL e<ya) Tpobcov Toaaov %oX&> ouSe ve/jLeao-i 335 
 
 tffjLTjv ev 0a\d/jL(t), ede\ov 8' d%e 
 
 vvv Se fie 7rap6i7Tovcr > aXo^o? /x-aXa/cot? 
 
 cop/jiTja-' e? TroXeyLtoz/, So/ceet Se //-ot ooSe /cal 
 
 \WLOV ecraeaOaC VIKTJ S' eTra^e 
 
 dX)C aye vvv eirtftetvov, dpijia rev^ea Svco' 340 
 
 77 t^', eyco 8e pereipi, Ki^o-ec-Oat, Se cr' otiw." 
 
 &)9 (frdro, TOV S' oi/ Tt 7Tpo(re<f)r) KopvOaiokos "E/ereop. 
 TW 8' 'EXe^?; fjLvOocai, Trpo&rjvSa 
 
 A 6 ' o(/>eV rjfiari ra>, ore yu-e Trpoorov retce wrrjp, 345 
 
 7Tpo(f)epovo-a Kaicr) dvepoio 
 6t9 o/309 77 9 fcvpa 7ro\V(f>\olcr/3oi,o 
 evOa fie Kvp djroepcre Trdpos rdSe epya 
 avrdp eirel rdSe 7' coSe ^eol /catcd Te/c/jLrjpavro, 
 dvbpbs eTretr' a)(f)e\\ov dpelvovos elvai a/coins, 350 
 
 09 17877 ve/juecriv re Kai ata^ea TroXX' dvOpcoTrwv. 
 TOUT&) 8' our' dp vvv (f>peves eyLtTreSot ovr dp* oTrlacrw 
 earo-ovTCU' TO) Kai fjiiv iravpr]<jaQai otco. 
 aXX' dye vvv e'/creX#e Kai eeo T&58' eVl Stypw, 
 Sdep, eirel ere paXiaTa TTOVOS (ppevas dfjL<f)t,/3e/37]Kev 355 
 e/jielo KVVQS Kai 'A\edvSpov even? 
 
 67Tt Zet"9 OrJKe KttKOV jJLOpOV, W9 K 
 
 rrjv 8' 77/iet/3er' eVetra /JLeyas KopvQaioXos 
 " fj,ij pe Ka6i 'EXeV??, (f>i\eovad Trep' ovBe pe Trelcrei,?' 360 
 
ILIAD VI. 263 
 
 And heed and list thou well to what I say. 
 
 I not in wrath or spite to sons of Troy 
 
 Sat in my chamber, but to grief was fain 
 
 To give free way. Yet did my wife but now 
 
 With soft words turn my mood and rouse to war. 
 
 And I myself deem 'twill be better so ; 
 
 For victory doth shift from man to man. 
 
 Then come, and wait thou now but while I don 
 
 My arms for war ; or go : I after thee 
 
 Will follow, and, I trow, o'ertake thee fast." 
 
 He spake : but plumed Hector answered nought. 
 Whom Helen thus with kindly words addrest : 
 "Thou husband's brother mine who am a hound, 
 A cause of evil, and a name of fear 
 Best had it been, in that same day when first 
 My mother bare me, if a wind-storm dire 
 Had hurled me clean away, or to the hills, 
 Or to the billow of the sounding sea, 
 Whose waves had choked me ere all this had been. 
 But since the gods decreed such ills should come, 
 Oh ! had it but been mine to share the bed 
 Of better husband, who could feel of men 
 The indignant wrath and many words of shame. 
 But this my lord nor now is sound of mind, 
 Nor ever will be : wherefore too I deem 
 That he will reap reward as he hath sown. 
 But come, and enter now, and sit thee down 
 Upon this chair, thou brother of my lord ; 
 Whose soul it is that bears the brunt of toil 
 For me, vile hound, and for the infatuate sin 
 Of Alexander : since an evil doom 
 Zeus hath ordained for us, that we may be 
 A tale for minstrels of a later age." 
 
 But mighty plumed Hector made reply : 
 " Helen, no seat for me ; though kind thy wish : 
 Thou'lt not persuade me : for my soul at once 
 
264 IAIAAO2 Z. 
 
 77897 ydp fioi Ovfibs etrea-avTai 
 
 Tp(oea(7\ ot piy epelo 7ro6r}v direovTOS 
 
 d\\a (TV y opvv6i TOVTOV, eTreiyecrOa) Be real avro9, 
 
 <w 9 fcev efjL evrocrOev TroXto? Kara^dp^rj eovra. 
 
 KOI yap eyw ot/coi/S* eo-eXeixrofjucu, ocfrpa IBco/jiai, 365 
 
 olKrja<^ a\,o%6v re (friXrjv KCLI vr)Triov vlov' 
 
 ov yap olS* r) en G$>IV vTrbrpoTros 
 
 rj rjBrj fj? IITTO \epcrl Oeol ^a^bwcnv ' 
 
 0)9 apa <f>a)VJJ(Ta<; a7re/3r) K 
 al^jra S' far&jff i/cave 8o//.oy9 ev vaierdovra^, 370 
 
 01)8' evp 'AvSpo/Jid'xrjv \evfcoo\evov ev /J,eydpoi,(7i,v, 
 a\X' r] ye ^vv TraiSl KCLI d/jL<f){,7r6\w ei/TreTrXo) 
 Trvpya) e(f>e(TrrJKeL yoocoo-d re /JLVpo/JLevrj re. 
 "ElKTcop S* a$9 OVK evSov d/nvfjiova rer^ev dtcoiriv, 
 ecTTij 7r ovSbv Icov, /Aero, Be Bjj,corj(7iv eeiTrev 375 
 
 "el S' dye pot,, B/jiwal, vrj/jbeprea pvOrjcravOe. 
 Trfj e/3ij 'AvBpopdxr) Xeu/ca)Xez/09 e/c fieyapoio ; 
 776 TTTJ 9 ya\6(0v rj elvarepcov eiJ7reTr\wv 
 rj 69 ' ' A.6r)vair)<$ efot^erat, ev6a Trep a'XXat 
 Tpwal ev7r\oKafJLOi Beivrjv 6ebv \\acr K.QVTCLI ; " 380 
 
 rbv 8' avr orprjpr] rafxlrj 7T/309 pvOov eeiirev' 
 " r/ E/crop, eirel yitaX' dvwya? d\r)0ea 
 OVT Trrj 69 ya\6(0v r) elvarepwv 
 OUT' e'9 *A0i)vatrtfi e'fo/^erai, ev6a Trep aXXat 
 Tpcoal evTrXo/capoi, Bewr)v 6ebv l\d(TKOVTai, 385 
 
 aXX' ejrl Trvpyov eprj /jueyav 'IXtou, ovve/c d/cova'ev 
 reipeadai, Tpcoa?, fJLeya Be tcpdros elvai ' 
 fj /lev Br) ?rpo9 re^o9 eTTeiyo/juevr) 
 fjLat,vofj,evrj elicvla' (fiepei 8' afia TralBa 
 
ILIAD VI. 265 
 
 Hasteth to help the Trojans, who for me 
 Now absent sorely long. But rouse thou him, 
 Thy lord, and let himself make urgent speed 
 To overtake me yet within the town. 
 I do but hie me to my home, to see 
 My household and dear wife and infant son. 
 For nought I know if I again shall come 
 Returning to them, or the gods at once 
 Have doomed me by Achaian hands to fall." 
 
 Thus plumed Hector spake, and went his way. 
 And to his well-built house full soon he came : 
 But in her bowers white-armed Andromache* 
 He found not ; she with child and fair-robed nurse 
 Stood on the tower, and there she wept and wailed. 
 Then rinding not his blameless wife within 
 Back to the threshold Hector turned, and stood, 
 And thus amid the women folk he cried : 
 " Come, speak, ye women folk and tell me true : 
 Which way went hence white-armed Andromach 
 Leaving her bower? to husband's sister, say, 
 Or fair-robed wife of brother to her lord ? 
 Or to Athene's temple is she gone, 
 Where other Trojan dames with flowing locks 
 Make suit for mercy to that goddess dread?" 
 
 To whom an active housewife made reply : 
 "O Hector, since thou bidst us tell thee true, 
 Nor husband's sister now thy wife hath sought, 
 Nor fair-robed wife of brother to her lord, 
 Nor to Athene's temple is she gone, 
 Where other Trojan dames with flowing locks 
 Make suit for mercy to that goddess dread ; 
 But to the lofty tower of Ilion ; 
 For that she heard the Trojans were sore pressed, 
 Achaia's might prevailing. In hot haste, 
 Like to one mad, she sped her to the wall, 
 And with her went a nurse to bear the child." 
 
266 IAIAAO2 Z. 
 
 TJ pa yvvrj Tapir/, o S' aTrecravTo Sco/jLaros f/ &/cTO)p 390 
 Trjv avTrjv 6Bbv avri,$ evKTi^eva^ Kar dyvids. 
 evTe 7rv\as itcave Siepfto/jbevos peya aarv 
 
 (rfj yap e/^eXXe t,e%i[LevaL 7reS/o^8e), 
 pos evavTiT) rf\6e deovaa 
 
 , OvydrTjp fJLeyaXrjropos 'Her/eo^o?, 395 
 
 05 evaiev VTTO H\dfcw v^eo-ay, 
 ?;/??7 i>7ro7r\aKir}, KiXt/ceo-cr' avBpeo-cn dvdaa-wv' 
 rov Trep $rj OvyaTfjp e%e0' f/ ETopt ^a\KOKopvcrTfj. 
 rj ol eTreiT rjvT7](7\ a/j,a 8' ayLt^>/7roXo9 Kiev avry 
 Traio ejrl /co\7ry e^ofcr' draXtdtypova, vrJTTiov avTws, 400 
 ' EtfCTopiSrjv dyaTrrjrov, d\iy/ciov dcnept, aXo5, 
 rov p "Efcrwp Ka\eecrK6 ^KapavSpiov, avrdp ol a\\0i 
 'Aarvdva/cT' olo? yap epvero "l\uov f/ E/cro)p. 
 TI TOI o pep /jLelSrjcre iSwv e? TraiSa a-icoTry' 
 ^AvSpofjud^ij Se ol dy%i TraplaTaro Bd/cpv %eov(ra, 405 
 ev r dpa ol (j>v xeipl, eVo? T' efyar e/c T ovo^a^ev' 
 ere TO abv /LteVo?, ov& e\eaipet,<$ 
 
 TraiSd re vririaov /cal eju djuoov rj rd%a 
 
 o~ev eao/j,ai,' r%a yp o~e 
 
 Trdvres e^opfjLrjOevres. efj-ol Se /ce /cepoiov eir} 410 
 
 o~ev dcfra/jLapTOvo-rj jflova Svpevai' ov ydp er d\\7j 
 
 eo~rai, 6a\Tra)pij ) eVet av crv ye iror^ov 
 
 a\X' ^% 6 '' ovSe pot eari Trarrjp /cal Trorvia 
 
 77 rot ydp Trarep' dabv aTre/crave 8^09 'A^tXX,eu9, 
 
 etc Se 7r6\iv Trepcrev KtXt/ca)^ ev vaierdovaav, 415 
 
 r)/3rjv V^LTTV\OV' Kara 8' eicravev 'Her/a)i/a, 
 
 ov$e ILV e^evdpL^e (o-e/Sdao-aro ydp TO ye 
 
ILIAD VI. 267 
 
 She spake. But Hector from the house sped back 
 The self-same way along the well-built streets. 
 And when, as through the ample town he passed, 
 He neared the Scaean gates, wherethrough he meant 
 To issue on the plain, there in swift haste 
 Toward him came Andromache' his wife 
 Well dowered a daughter of Eetion she, 
 High-souled Ee'tion, who beneath the woods 
 Of Placus dwelt, in Thebe', from its site 
 Named Thebe' under Placus, and was king 
 Of a Cilician folk His daughter now 
 Was wed to Hector of the brazen arms. 
 She met him then, and with her went a nurse, 
 Who on her bosom held the tender child, 
 A babe as yet, in beauty as a star, 
 The darling son of Hector. Him his sire 
 Scamandrius, but the rest Astyanax 
 All named, the city's prince, for Hector was 
 Alone of Ilion's city prince and shield. 
 Silent he looked upon his son and smiled : 
 But near him came Andromache* in tears, 
 And clasped his hand, and thus found words and spake : 
 " Dear lord,, thy spirit bold will be thy bane. 
 Nor hast thou pity of thine infant son 
 Or of unhappy me, who soon from wife 
 Shall widow be, for soon Achaia's sons 
 Will all upon thee set and work thy death. 
 Then were it gain for me, if thee I lose, 
 To go beneath the earth : for comfort else 
 I shall have none, when thou thy fate hast found, 
 But sorrows. I no more a father have, 
 No more an honoured mother : for in truth 
 Godlike Achilleus slew my sire, and spoiled 
 That well-built city of Cilician folk 
 The lofty-gated Thebe'./ He, I say, 
 Ee'tion slew, yet stripped him not, that deed 
 
268 IAIAAO2 Z. 
 
 aXX' dpa fiiv /care/crje avv evreo-i Sat,a\eoi(Tiv 
 778' e-Trl Grip e%eev' irepl Be TrreXea? 
 vvfJL<j)ai ope<7TtaSe9, tcovpat, Ato 
 ot Se yitot eTrra KaviyvrjTOi ecrav ev jjueydpoicriv, 
 OL fj,6V Traz/re? to) /c/oi/ rj/jLari, "At'So? erc 
 jap icareire^ve TroSdprcrjs Sto? ' 
 eV el\nr6e(T(TL /cal dpyevvfjs otecra-Lv. 
 jjurjrepa 8', 77 ftacriXevev VTTO Tl\dfca) v\rjeo-crr), 425 
 
 TJ)Z> eTret ap 5ei)p' rjyay ap a\\oi<Tiv KTedreo-aw, 
 aty o ye TTJV dire\v(re \a/3(Jov dTrepeia-i? aTroiva, 
 Trar/309 S* ev peydpoio-t, /3a\' '' 
 "EtKTOp, drdp crv fjLOL ecro-fc Trarrjp KOI TTOTVLCL 
 >;Se /caa-yvr)TO$, av Be fjboi 6a\epos TrapaKolrijs. 430 
 
 aXX' dye vvv eKeaipe /cal avrov JJUI/JLV eVt irvpyw, 
 /jurj TralS' opfyaviicov 6r)r)s XVP 7 ) 1 ' re 
 \abv Se o-Trja-ov Trap* epiveov, evOa 
 
 eVrt TroXt? /cal eTrlBpo/Jiov evrXero 
 rj 7' eX^o^re? CTreiprjo-avP ol dpicrroi 435 
 
 >' AlWre Sua) Aral dyaK\vrov 'ISopevfja 
 ?;&' ayL6<^>' 'ArpetSa? al TuSeo? d\KLfJbov vlov' 
 vj TTOV rt9 cr<tz> evicnre BeoTrpoTTLCov ev et&)9, 
 17 z/y /cat aurcoi^ ^uyu-09 eiroTpvvei /cal dvcayei." 
 
 rr)v 8 avre 7rpo(7eet,7re fj,eyas /copv0alo\os f/ E/cra)/)' 440 
 "77 /cal eyLtol raSe iravra /i-eXet, yvvai,' aXXa /z,aX' atVco9 
 
 et /ce a/to9 W9 vocrcfriv aXvcrfcd^co TroXe/ioto. 
 oi5Se yLte OV/JLOS dvcoyev, eVel fiddov e^^evai 
 alel real Trpooroiai, yu-era Tpcoecrcrt /za^ecr^at, 
 dpvvfJLevos 7rarpo9 re /i,e7a Xeo9 ??S' e/i-o^ avrov. 
 
ILIAD VI. 269 
 
 For awe he dared not do, but burned him there, 
 
 Him and withal his arms of cunning work, 
 
 And o'er him raised a mound : and round the tomb 
 
 Grew elm-trees planted by the mountain-nymphs, 
 
 The daughters they of aegis-bearing Zeus. 
 
 And brothers seven, whom in my home I had, 
 
 All in one day to Hades' dwelling went, 
 
 For godlike fleet Achilleus slew them all 
 
 Among their slow-paced kine and white-wool'd sheep. 
 
 Then, for my mother, who beneath the woods 
 
 Of Placus dwelt a queen, when hither brought 
 
 With other wealth of spoil, he set her free 
 
 Back to return for ransom large received : 
 
 And in my father's halls she met swift death 
 
 Struck down by Artemis the arrow-queen. 
 
 But, Hector, thou to me art all in one, 
 
 Father and honoured mother, brother thou, 
 
 And thou my manly husband. Wherefore yield, 
 
 And pity feel, and here upon the tower 
 
 Remain, lest fatherless thou make thy child, 
 
 Widow thy wife. There by the fig-tree stay 
 
 The host, where- 'easiest is the town to scale, 
 
 The wall to breach. For thrice upon that side 
 
 The bravest foes assayed us, massed around 
 
 Ajaces twain and famed Idomeneus, 
 
 And round the Atridae and bold Tydeus' son ; 
 
 Or at the prompting of some cunning seer, 
 
 Or spurred by wit and counsel of their own." 
 
 And mighty plumed Hector made reply : 
 " All this, dear wife, I heed as well as thou : 
 But am sore shamed before the sons of Troy 
 And long-robed daughters, if in coward wise 
 I skulk apart from war. Nor doth my soul 
 Prompt me thereto ; for alway to be brave 
 I learnt, and in the Trojan van to fight, 
 Saving my father's glory and my own. 
 
270 1AIAAO2 Z. 
 
 ev yap eyaj roBe olSa Kara (f)peva /cal Kara OVJJLOV 
 
 eaaerat, rjfLap or av iror o\w\y v lXto9 ipij 
 
 real Uptaaos /cal Xao9 evuueXico TIpiduoio. 
 
 aXX* ov /jioi Tpoocov rocraov ae\et, a\yo<i oTrla-ffa), 450 
 
 ovr avrfjs 'E/cayS?;? ovre TIpidjj,oio avaKTOS 
 
 ovre Kaa-LyvJjTcov, o'i icev TroXee? re fcal ecrOXol 
 
 ev Kovlya-t, irecroiev vir dvSpdori, 
 
 ocro-ov <rv, ore tcev ? 'A^atcG^ 
 
 Safcpvoecraav ajrjrat, e\ev0epov tffj,ap ciTrovpas. 455 
 
 icat Kev ev "Apyei, eovaa Trpo? a\\r)<$ larov ixfraivoi,?, 
 
 teal Kev vBcop (fropeois Mecro-7/tSo? rj 'TTrepelrjs 
 
 TroXX' deKa^o/jLevrj, Kpareprj S' eTTi/ceio-er* dvaj/crj. 
 
 ical Trore TIS skrgffl IBcov /card Sd/cpv ^eovcrav' 
 
 <v Eropo9 ^3e yvvtj, 09 dp co-rev ecr fee ^a^eaQai 460 
 
 Tpcocov iTrTroSdfjLcov, ore "iXtoi/ a/^^eyLta^o^ro.' 
 
 009 TTore rt9 epeei, crol S' av veov eaaerai 0X709 
 
 'Xyrel roiovft dvSpos d/jLvveiv Sov\iov 
 
 d\\d fJLe redvijtoTa %UTT) Kara jala 
 
 irpLv Y en 0-379 re fforjs croO ^' eXtcrjOfjboio TrvQeo-fiai," 465 
 
 a)9 eiTTCtiV ov 7ratSo9 opefaro (f>alS{,fj,o$ " 
 aty 8* o ?rat9 7T/309 KO\ I JTOV evfovoio 
 /c\ivOrj id%(i)v, Trarpos <pl\ov 
 TapjSria-as %a\Kov re l$e \6(f>ov i 
 Seivov air d/cpoTdrrj^ rcopvOos vevovra voij(ras. 470 
 
 e/c 8' eyeXao-ae Trarrjp re ^>tXo9 fcal trorvia fjLijrrjp. 
 avTLK diro Kparos /copvO* eiXero <^atSt/-to9 r/ E/cra)/), 
 real rrjv fJ^ev Karedij/cev eVt %0ovl 7rafj,(f>av6ci)crav, 
 avrdp o ov (f>l\ov vlov eTrel icvcre TT^Xe re %ep(rlv, 
 elirev e7revj;dfj,evos Att T* d\\oicrlv re Oeolaiv' 475 
 
 " ZeO aXXot re 0eol, Bore ST; /cal rovSe <yve<T0ai, 
 
ILIAD VI. 27 1 
 
 For there will come my heart doth know full well 
 
 A day of doom to sacred Ilion, 
 
 And Priam's self, and tough-speared Priam's host. 
 
 Yet not so much the Trojans' woes to come 
 
 Heed I, nor woes of Hecuba herself, 
 
 Or sovereign Priam, or my brothers' fate, 
 
 Who many and brave, prone in the dust shall fall 
 
 By foemen's hands not these I heed as thee, 
 
 Whom mailed Achaian then shall lead away 
 
 A weeping slave, thy day of freedom lost. 
 
 And for a mistress thou shalt ply the loom 
 
 In Argos, and bear water from the fount 
 
 Messeis, or from Hypereia's well, 
 
 Unwilling, but oppressed by heavy need. 
 
 And haply he shall say who sees thee weep, 
 
 1 Lo here the wife of Hector, who in fight 
 
 Of Troy's steed-tamers bore him still the best, 
 
 When war was round the walls of Ilion.' 
 
 So shall one say hereafter, and anew 
 
 Thy grief be stirred, for loss of such a lord 
 
 To shield thee from the day of servitude. 
 
 O may I dead ere that enshrouded lie 
 
 Beneath the high-heaped earth, nor live to learn 
 
 Thee weeping, thee a ruffian captor's prey!" 
 
 So glorious Hector spake, and out he reached 
 His arms to take his child : whereat the boy 
 Back to the bosom of his well-girt nurse 
 Shrank with a cry, scared his own sire to see, 
 Fearing the gleaming brass and horse-plumed crest 
 That nodded grimly on the towering helm. 
 Out laughed the father and that queenly dame 
 His mother.' Straight his helm bright Hector doffed, 
 And on the ground all glittering laid it down. 
 Then fondly kissed and tossed aloft his son, 
 And spake in prayer to Zeus and all the gods : 
 " Zeus, and ye other gods, grant that my child 
 
272 IAIAA02 Z. 
 
 * 6fj,6v, o$9 teal eyco Trep, dpiTTpeTrea 
 ftiriv T dyaOov, /cal 'I\lov ifr 
 icai Trore ri? etTT^crt ' Trarpos 7' o8e 7roXX.ov 
 K 7ro\6fjLOV aviovTo,' (frepoi 8' evapo, jSporoevra 480 
 
 Srjiov av$pa, ^apelrj Se (f>peva 
 ? elTTobv d\6%oio <j)i\rjs ev %epalv 
 ' eov ' rj 8' apa ILIV KrjcuSei Segaro KO\TTW 
 SaKpvoev ye\d(rao-a. Trocrt? S' eXerjcre vorjaas, 
 
 Karepe^e, ITTO? T' efyar e/c T ovo^a^ev' 485 
 jLij /jiol TI \trjv a*aj/ 
 ov yap Tt? fJi vjrep alcrav dvjjp "Ai'St 
 fjiolpav 8' oy rtm <T?/U iretywy/jievov e^^evai dvSpatv, 
 ov KCLKOV, ov&e fjuev e<j6\6v, eTrrjv rd Trpdjra yevrjrai,. 
 d\~)C e? OLKOV lovcra rd cr avrf}s epya /co/jii^e, 490 
 
 ICTTOV r faafcdrijv re, KOI d/A^LTroXoicri /ceXeve 
 epyov eiroi-^eo-Oai. TroXe/^o? 8' dvE 
 'Kaai, fjbd\i(rra 8' e/iot, rot 'IXtw eyyeydaaiv. 
 
 0)9 
 
 8e ^)/\77 ol/covSe /3e/3r;:et 495 
 
 VTp07ra\iofjLev7), 6a\epov /card Bd/cpv %eovaa. 
 al^fra 8' eVet^' Scare 8o/xof9 ezJ vaierdovTas 
 
 dvbpocfrovoio, /ci^o-aTO 8' evSoOi vroXXa? 
 
 , rrjcriv 8e fyooz^ Tracr^crt^ evwpaev. 
 a'i fJLGv en, %a>bv <yoov "EtcTopa o5 eVt oi/cw. 500 
 
 ot) fya/9 /xtz^ er' ecfravro vTrorpOTrov etc 7ro\e/jLOLo 
 i^eadai,, 7rpo(j)vy6vTa /mevos /cal 
 
 vvev ev v \jr7j\olcri, 
 o 7* eVel /care8u /c\vrd rev^ 
 
 * eiretr dva acrrv, Troalv KpaiirvoiGi ireTTOiOca^. 505 
 ore T9 crraro9 
 
 8' 
 
ILIAD VI. 273 
 
 Be, as am I, among the sons of Troy 
 
 Conspicuous seen, in strength of war as good, 
 
 And reign a mighty prince in Ilion. 
 
 So shall each say, as frorh the field he comes, 
 
 'Surely the son is far beyond the sire.' 
 
 And may he homeward bear the gory spoil 
 
 From foeman slain, and make his mother's joy." 
 
 He spake and in his consort's arms he laid 
 The child : she pressed him to her bosom sweet, 
 Tearfully smiling. Pitying saw her lord, 
 Stroked with fond hand, and thus found words and spake: 
 "Dear heart, I pray thee grieve not overmuch. 
 For none will speed me to the grave undoomed. 
 But fate no man, I trow, hath e'er escaped, 
 Nor base nor brave, when once a mortal born. 
 But hie thee home and tend thy proper work, 
 The loom and distaff, and thy handmaids bid 
 Ply well their tasks : and war we men will mind, 
 
 All that are sons of Troy, and chiefly I." 
 
 Bright Hector spake, and took again his helm 
 
 Horse-plumed. His wife beloved then hied her home, 
 
 Lingering and turning oft, and weeping sore. 
 
 And now full soon the well-built house she reached 
 
 Of Hector bane to foemen : where within 
 
 Her many maids she found, and stirred in all 
 
 Loud wailing. They for Hector in his home 
 
 Loud wailed, tho' yet he lived : for from the war 
 
 He nevermore would come, they said, nor 'scape 
 
 The force and hands of his Achaian foes. 
 Nor lingered Paris in the lofty halls : 
 
 But soon as he had donned his armour bright 
 
 Of brass full richly wrought, he through the town 
 
 Bold in his active stride sped swiftly on. 
 
 As some sleek horse at stall and manger fed, 
 G. H. 18 
 
274 JAIAAO2 Z. 
 
 dTropprjgas Oelrj TreBloio Kpoawcov, 
 \ovea0ai evppeios Trora/jiolo, 
 
 vtyov Be /cdprj e%ei, dfA(bi Be 
 dfoo-ovrai,' o S' dyXaiijcfri 7re7ro#etf9, 
 pt/j,(f>a e yovva <pepei fiera rjdea Kal vopov ITTTTCOV' 
 w? vlbs Hpidfjioio IIapt9 Kara. Hepyd/jiov a/ 
 
 -0' etc xwprjs 061 y odpi^e 
 TOV Trporepos TrpoaeeiTrev 'A\efaz>Spo9 
 "rjOer, TI fid\a Srj ere real ecravfJievov fcarepv/ca 
 fojOvvtoVj ov& rj\0ov evalaifjiov co? e/teXeve?." 
 
 TOV 8' d7ra/jL6i/36ljLVOS 7TpO(7e(f)7} KOV0aLO\0<f ff KTO) 520 
 
 "SaifJiovi, OVK OLV r/9 rot avrfp, O9 
 
 epyov dn/JiTJo-eie /jLd%r)s, eirel aX/a/io9 e 
 
 aXXa A:a)^ /J,e0lr)<? re #al ou/c e'^eXet9* TO 
 
 d^vvrat, ev OVJJLW, W* vTrep aeOev alcr^e dicovw 
 
 ?rpo9 Tpa)a)z^, ot e%ov(ri, TTO\VV irbvov eivefca aelo. 525 
 
 aXX' lOfjiev' rd B' oiricrdev dpe(rcr6pe6\ al /ce TroOi, Zev? 
 
 BOOTJ e7rovpavloi(n, Oeois aleiyeviryaiv 
 
 Kprjrrjpa (mjaacrOat, e\,evdepov ev 
 
 etc Tpoly? ekda-avras evKvrjfJi&as ' 
 
ILIAD VI. 275 
 
 His halter broken, ranges o'er the plain 
 
 With stamping hoof, and seeks the flowing stream 
 
 Wherein he wont to bathe Exultant now 
 
 He tosses high his head, his mane around 
 
 Floats on his shoulders : bold in beauty's pride 
 
 His fleet limbs swiftly bear him to the haunt 
 
 And pasturage of horses Even so 
 
 Sped Paris Priam's son from Troy's high town, 
 
 In arms all glorious as the blazing sun, 
 
 Gay laughing, onward borne with speedy foot. 
 
 Hector, his godlike brother, he o'ertook 
 
 Full soon, ev'n as he turned to leave the spot 
 
 Where with his wife such converse he had held. 
 
 Whom godlike Alexander first addrest : 
 
 "Brother, I am a drag upon thy haste 
 
 By sloth, nor come I timely, as thou bad'st." 
 
 And answered Hector of the glancing plume : 
 "Dear brother, no man who should judge aright 
 Could scorn thy fighting prowess. Thou art brave, 
 But of thy own will slack and loth to war. 
 Whereat my heart is pained, oft as I hear 
 Reproaches cast on thee by sons of Troy, 
 Who bear in truth much labour for thy sake. 
 But go we now : all this in time to come 
 We may make good, if Zeus shall grant us grace 
 To the everliving gods of heaven to set 
 The bowl of freedom in our halls, when once 
 Achaia's well-greaved sons be chased from Troy." 
 
 1 8 2 
 
IAIAAOZ H. 
 
 Kal Alavros 
 
 ' V fl9 elTTcov 7rv\e(DV e^eaavro (fr 
 TCO ' a/jb 'AXe|fai>p09 KI aeX(eo9* eV 8' dpa 
 
 W9 Se ^eo? vavrrjcnv eekSopevoLcnv e 
 ovpoVy eVet ice /cd/Acoaiv ev^ecnr)^ eKdrycrLV 
 TTOVTOV ekavvowres, /ca^dra) 8' y?ro jvla \e\vvrai,, 
 W9 apa TW Tpcoeo-aLv e'eXSo/iei/otcri (fravyJTrjv. 
 e\eri)v o peis vlov 'ApijiOooio avatcros, 
 vaierdovTa Me^ecr^toz^, ov fcopvvrJTr)<; 
 'ApT; 1^009 Kal <&v\ofMe&ov(7a /3oc37rt9* 
 S' 'Htoz^^a /SaX' eyx 6 ^ o^voevn 
 avykv VTTO o-re^dvij^ ev^dX/cov, Xucre Be <yvla. 
 FXauA:o9 S' 'iTTTToXo^oto 7rat9, Av/clwv 0709 d 
 'I(f)ivoov /3d\e Sovpl Kara Kpareprjv vaulvrjv 
 
 , ITTTTWV e7rid\fj,evov wiceidwv, 
 ' o 8* ef ILTTTTWV ^;ayu,a8t9 TreVe, XVJ/TO Se 
 roi)9 3' cw9 ouz/ evorjcre Oed y\av/coi)7rt,<; ' 
 'Apyelovs oXercovTas evl /cpareprj va-pivr), 
 @7J pa /car Qv\v/j,7roio /caprjvcov dt^acra 
 
 "\\iOV 69 leprfv. T7J S' dl/T/05 
 
ILIAD VII. 
 
 The single combat of Hector and Aj'ax. 
 
 THUS glorious Hector spake, and from the gates 
 Rushed forth upon the field, and with him went 
 His brother Alexander, both in soul 
 On deeds of war and battle hotly bent. 
 And as to mariners a welcome boon 
 Heaven sends a following gale, when weary worn 
 Smiting the sea with polished pine-wood blades, 
 And failing limbs with toil are all unstrung : 
 So welcome to the Trojans came the twain. 
 
 There slew they foemen each. By Paris fell 
 Menesthius son of Areithoiis 
 A royal sire, who dwelt in Arnd's town ; 
 Him to club-wielding Areithoiis 
 Phylomedusa bare, his large-eyed queen. 
 And Hector struck Eioneus with lance 
 Of beech- wood, 'neath the helmet's brazen brim, 
 Upon the neck, and loosed in death his limbs. 
 But Glaucus offspring of Hippolochus, 
 Leader of Lycian men, struck with the spear 
 Iphinoiis amid the stubborn fight, 
 The son of Dexias, who but now had leapt 
 On his fleet steeds : his shoulder smit, he fell 
 From car to earth, his failing limbs unstrung. 
 
 These when Athene*, stern-eyed goddess, marked 
 Slaying the Argives in the stubborn fight, 
 Swift from Olympus' heights she darted down 
 To sacred Ilion ; where to meet her moved 
 
278 IAIAA02 H. 
 
 e /3ov\ro VI/CTJV. 
 TO> 76 avvavreaO^v Trapd 
 TJV Trporepos TrpocreeiTre aval; A^09 vios ' 
 "r/TTTe (TV &rj av pefiavla, Ato9 Ovyarep fj,eyd\oio, 
 17X^6? aTr' Qi>\i}fJL'jTOio ) ^670.5 Se <re 6vfj,o<$ avfj/cev ; 25 
 ^ a/a S?) Aai/aotcrt fJ,d%r]s erepaX/cea vl/crjv 
 8a>9, ?rel ou rt T/acSa? aTroXXu/z-e^ou? eXealpeis. 
 aXX' et /Aot ri iridoio, TO /cev ?raXi) /cep&tov elij. 
 vvv [lev TravcTcofjLev 7r6\e/jLov Kal SrjLorrjra, 
 0-rjn.epov' varepov avre pa^rjcrovr ', et9 o A:C Teicpwp 30 
 
 evpwcriv, eTrel cS? (j>i\ov CTrXero 0v/j,a> 
 ddavdrrjai,, SiairpaOeeiv roSe ao-rv" 
 rov 8* avre Trpo&eeiTre 6ea y\av/ca)7rt,s 'A0rjvrj' 
 " w8' eara), ercdepye' rd yap (frpoveovaa Kal avrrj 
 fj\6ov CLTT Ov\v/JL7roLO fjU6Ta Tpc3a? A:al 'A^atoi;?. 35 
 
 dXX' a7e, 7rc5? /JbejJbovas iroXe/JLov /caTaTravaefjiev avSpatv;" 
 
 Trjv 8' avre TTpoa-eeLire ava% Aio? u/o? ' 
 " f/ E/CTO/3O9 opera) [lev /cparepov 
 r)v TWO, irov Aavacov r rrpoKa\i(TO'erai, ol66ev 0*09 
 avriftiov fjLaxe<raa-0ai, eV 
 o? e A:' dyaaa-d/jLevo 
 otoi/ eTTOpaeiav TroXe/At^eyLtey r/ E/cropt 
 W9 e^ar', oi;8' aTrUhpre Bed 
 
 fiov\r}v, r) pa Oeolaiv tyijvSave pqnotwur. 45 
 
 Trap' f/ E/tTo/)' to}i/, at 
 
 f /e HpidjjLoio, Atl 
 y yu-ot iriBoio] Kao-lyvrjTO? 
 
ILIAD VII. 279 
 
 Apollo who from Pergamos above 
 
 Looked out and wished the victory to Troy. 
 
 Beside the oak those twain together met : 
 
 And first spake king Apollo son of Zeus : 
 
 "Why now again art from Olympus come, 
 
 Thou daughter of great Zeus, in eager haste, 
 
 Stirred by thy mighty soul? Is it to give 
 
 Balance of strength with victory in fight 
 
 To Danaan arms? since for the sons of Troy 
 
 Fast perishing no pity thou dost feel. 
 
 But could I win thee to it and it were 
 
 Far better so let us e'en stop to-day 
 
 The war and havoc. Fight they shall again 
 
 Hereafter, till they find the fated end 
 
 Of Ilion ; since thus, immortal queens, 
 
 To sack this city fair your souls are set." 
 
 To whom Athene*, stern-eyed power, replied : 
 " Far-shooter, be it so : for with that mind 
 Myself too from Olympus now am come 
 To seek the Trojan and Achaian hosts. 
 But say, how meanest thou to stay the fight?" 
 
 Then answered king Apollo son of Zeus : 
 " Rouse we steed-taming Hector's mighty soul, 
 If he will challenge forth some Danaan foe 
 To meet his single strength in deadly fray : 
 And they in wondering awe, Achaia's sons 
 The brazen-greaved, shall send one champion wight 
 Battle with godlike Hector to assay." 
 
 He spake : Athene", stern-eyed power, obeyed. 
 But Helenus, of Priam son beloved, 
 Knew in his soul this counsel which the gods 
 Were pleased to frame, wherefore he went and stood 
 By Hector's side, and thus to him he spake : 
 " Hector, thou son of Priam, peer of Zeus 
 In counsel, shall I win thee to my will? 
 I am thy brother. Bid the rest be set, 
 
280 IAIAAO2 H. 
 
 a'XXoi>9 fiev Ka6i<TOV TpcGa? KOL Trdvras ' 
 ai/ro9 Be TTpotedXeo-orcu 'A^at&Jy 09 rt9 
 dvriftiov fj-axecracrdcu eV ati'j? BrjiorrjrL 
 ov <ydp TToo roi /Jiolpa Oavelv /cal TTOT/JLOV e 
 0)9 7/3 70) 07T 1 aKovaa Oewv aleiyeverdcov." 
 
 \ v ^> f/T? ^>T A / **/] 
 
 &)? e^ac/ , &KTO>P o af re %a/^7 /ieya fjivuov 
 teal p 69 peeo-ov Iwv r Ypu>wv dveepye <j)d\ayyas, 
 fieo-aov Sovpos eXwv* rol S* iSpvvOrja-av c 
 tcdS 8' *Ayafj,e/j,vct)V elo-ev evKvrjiJi& 
 /cdB S' a/9* 'AOrjvatr} re real dpyvporo^o^ ' 
 opvt,(Ti eot/cores alyvmolcrw, 
 
 ' v^r)\fj Trarpos A 09 alyio^oio, 60 
 
 dv^pdcn repTrofjLevoi' ru>v Se (rri^e^ e'laro irvKval, 
 
 do-TTlffi Kal KOpv6e(T(7t, KOI Cy^eCTi 7TC(f)plKVlCU. 
 
 ol'rj be Ze(f>vpoio e^euaro TTOVTOV CTTL (fcpll; 
 
 opvvftevoto veov, peXavel Be re TTOVTO^ VTT CIVTTJS, 
 
 Tolai dpa <7r/^69 e'lar 'A^ata)^ re Tpwcov re 65 
 
 eV TreSta). f/ EA:r&)/) Se /ier' d^orepoicriv eenrev' 
 
 " KeK\vre /Ltei;, T/?c5e9 Aral evKvr/juiSes 'A%aiol, 
 
 0(f>p* eiTTCO 70, /Ji OvfJLOS 1/1 <TTrj0e(TCri K6\V6l. 
 
 oprcia /JLEV KpoviBrjs itytfwyos O^A: ereXea-cre^, 
 aXXa Ara/ca (frpovecov TeKfiaiperai d/jL^orepoHnv, 70 
 
 et9 o /cev ^ v/zet9 Tpoiyv evTrvpyov eX^re 
 ^ aurol Trapa wrjval Bafiyjere TrovroTropotcrw. 
 S' eV 7p eacriv dpicrTrjes Tlava%aia)v, 
 vvv ov Tiva Ov/JLO? /j,ol iLdyzcracrQai avwyei, 
 vp" era) etc TrdvTcov Trpofio^ e^i^vai "E/cropi Sip. 75 
 c5Se Be /jLvOeofiai, Zei)? 5' a/ji^C eTrl fidprvpo^ 
 el f^ev KV 6/xe Kelvos \y ravarj/cei 
 
ILIAD VII. 281 
 
 The sons of Troy and all Achaia's host : 
 
 But challenge forth thyself Achaia's best 
 
 To meet thy single strength in deadly fray. 
 
 For 'tis not yet thy destiny to die 
 
 And find thy doom ; this know I, who have heard 
 
 The utterance of the everliving gods." 
 
 He spake : but Hector joyed the word to hear. 
 Grasping his lance midway he stept between 
 The lines, and motioned back the Trojan squares. 
 Down sate they all : and down Achaia's sons, 
 A well-greaved host, at Agamemnon's word : 
 Down too Apollo of the silver bow, 
 And down Athen sat, in semblance these 
 As winged vultures, on the lofty oak, 
 Tree of their father aegis-wielding Zeus, 
 Right fain to see the men. Whose ranks sat dense 
 With shield and helm and spear a bristling wood. 
 As of the Zephyr newly rising runs 
 The shiver o'er the roughening main, wherewith 
 Black frowns the ocean such the seated ranks 
 Of Troy and of Achaia on the plain. 
 Then Hector in their midst spake thus to all : 
 " Hear, Trojans, and well-greaved Achaians, hear ! 
 That I may utter what my soul doth bid 
 Within my breast. High-throned Cronos' son 
 Our treaty sworn of late hath not confirmed, 
 But evils for us doth devise and doom ; 
 Till either ye shall take tower-girded Troy, 
 Or at the sea-borne ships yourselves be slain. 
 Then come with you are Panachaian chiefs 
 Of these whome'er his soul doth prompt with me 
 To fight, now draw he near, and forth from all 
 'Gainst godlike Hector stand a champion bold. 
 And thus I say and Zeus our witness be 
 If he slay me with falchion long and keen, 
 Strip he my arms and to the hollow ships 
 
282 IAIAA02 H. 
 
 ao)/jLa Se oi/caS* epov So/iemt TrdXiv, o(f>pa Trvpos //.e 
 T^jcGe? /eat Tpwcov aXo^ot XeXa;&><7t Oavbvra. 80 
 
 et Se /e' 70) roz> eX&>, 80)77 Se /iot eJ^o? 'A7roXXft)z>, 
 rev^ea (rv\r)cra<; oicra) Trporl "IXtoz/ iprjv 
 
 KOI Kpe/JiOd) TTpOTi V7JOV 'ATToXXftJ^O? eKUTOLO, 
 
 TOV Se ve/cvv eVt z^^a? e'i/crcreXyLtof? aTToScocrft), 
 
 e Tapxyo-axri /cdpij KOfiowvr^ 'A^aiot, 85 
 
 re ot yeuuxriv eVl TrXaret 'EXX^aTrwrw. 
 /ca/ TTOTC rt? etTrr/crt /cat otyiyovcov dv0pa>7rcov, 
 vrjl TToXu/cX^tSt 7rXea)z/ eVt olvoira TTOVTOV, 
 ' dvSpos fJLrjv ro'Se arj/jua irakat, KaTareOvrjtoTos, 
 ov TTOT dpiarevovra /care/crave ^atStyito? f/ E/crft)/3.' 90 
 
 w 9 Trore rt9 e'peet, TO S' e'/^oz/ /cXe'o9 ou TTOT' oXetrat. ' 
 
 W9 e<f>a0\ 01 S' apa 7raz/re9 a/c?)y eyevovro 
 cu^eaOev fj,ev avr/vaffQai, Setcraz/ S' u 
 o^e Se S?) Mez^eXao9 dvlcraro KCLI 
 ret/cet ove&i&v, fieya Se crre^a^/fero ^U/A&>* 95 
 
 17 /-t?;!/ ST) XCO/ST; raSe 7' eo-crerat alvoOev atVa>9, 
 et /Lt?7 Tt9 Aavaoov vvv r/ Ero/)09 dvrios 
 aXX' uyLtet9 /*ez> irdvres vBcop /cat yala 
 
 av6i e/caaroi d/crjpiot,, aXee9 avra)9* 100 
 
 S' e'7Gt>z> ai)ro9 dwprj^o^ai' avrdp VTrepOev 
 ireipar e^ovrat ev dOavaTOicn, OeoldLV." 
 0)9 apa (fxovrjaas /caTeBixrero reu%ea /caXa. 
 /ce rot Mei>eXae ^>a^?7 yStoroto reXeur/; 
 
 eV 7ra\dfjLr]o-iv, eVet ?roXi) fyeprepos tfev, 105 
 
 et AT dvatavre^ e\ov 
 
ILIAD VII. 283 
 
 Bear them away; but give my body back 
 
 Home to return, that men and wives of Troy 
 
 May to the dead allot due funeral fires. 
 
 But if Apollo grant the boast to me, 
 
 And I slay him, his arms then will I strip 
 
 And bear to sacred Ilion, and hang 
 
 In temple of Apollo archer god. 
 
 But to the well-benched ships I back will give 
 
 His corse ; that so Achaia's long-haired sons 
 
 May duly bury him, and o'er him raise 
 
 Beside broad Hellespont memorial mound. 
 
 Whereof in time to come a man may say 
 
 Of later generation, who shall sail 
 
 In many-seated ship the wine-hued main : 
 
 ' Lo, there the mound of man dead long ago, 
 
 A gallant chief whom glorious Hector slew.' 
 
 So shall they say : nor will my glory die." 
 
 He spake : whereat they all were hushed and still ; 
 Nor dared for shame refuse, for fear accept. 
 Till Menelaus now at last uprose 
 And spake amidst them, with reproachful words 
 Of taunt, while deeply groaned his soul within : 
 "O braggarts ye, Achaian women now, 
 Achaian men no more ! In very sooth 
 Shame will be ours, the foulest of the foul, 
 Unless some Uanaan now 'gainst Hector go. 
 But turn ye all to water and to earth, 
 Here as ye sit dull heartless lifeless clods, 
 Idly inglorious ! I to meet this foe 
 Myself will arm. Issues of victory 
 The gods immortal hold in heaven above." 
 
 He spake, and clad him in his armour fair. 
 There, Menelaus, had been seen for thee 
 Life's end by Hector's hands for stronger far 
 Was he had not Achaia's princes swift 
 Upstarting held thee; and the king himself, 
 
284 IAIAA02 H. 
 
 T' 'Arpei&ijs evpv/cpeLcov ^ 
 
 6 ^elpa, ITTO? T* e<ar' e/c T 
 , Mez>eXae Siorpecftes, ovSe TI ere 
 d<f>po(TVvr}s' dvd ' to"^eo Kij&o/jLevos Trep, 
 ' e'f epiSo? <rev dfteivovt fywrl /jLa^eaBa 
 TIpiafj,lSg, TOV re arvyeovat, KOI a\\oi. 
 teal S' 'AglXcife Tovrqy <ye pd^r) evi 
 eppiy* avTiftdX'fja'ai, o Trep creo iro\\ov dfiei 
 d\\a crv /JLCV vvv "ev Iwv fjierd edvo? eraipcov, 115 
 
 rouTft) 8e TTpofJiov aXXov dva<7Tr)(rov(7iv ' Amatol. 
 ei Trep dSeirjs T' eVrl *m et /j,60ov ear d/coprjros, 
 fjuv dairacritos <yovv Kafju^e^ev, ai 
 
 IC 7TO\fJLOiO KOl 
 
 TrapeiTrwV o 8* eTreLOero. TOV fj,ev 
 yr)06<7vvoi, Oepdirovres air wpayv rev^e e\ovro' 
 Neo-rwp 8' 'Apyeloio-iv dvidraro KOI fjuereeiTrev' 
 " w TTOTTOI, rj fjieya TrevOos 'A%aU8a jalav i/cdvei. 
 77 ^e y^ey' olfJuw^eLe yepcov l7T7nj\dra HqXevs, 125 
 
 09 Trore //,' elp6/j,vos fiey eyr^Oee oS eVl 
 
 irdvrwv 'Apyelcov epecov yeveqp re TOKOV re. 
 
 TOU? i^iJz/ eZ TTTwara-ovTas v(j) ''Rfcropi TrdvTas dfcovcrai, 
 
 7ro\\d Kev dOavdroKTt, ^lXa? az/a %6ipas deipai 130 
 
 &V/JLOV a7ro fjL\ea)v vvai BO/JLOV "AtSo? et'crft). 
 
 at 7/o, ZeO re irdrep Kal ' \0ijvaii) /cal "A7ro\\ov, 
 
 tffito/jC ft)? or' e?r* ooKvpoo) 
 
 dypopevoi Hv\ioi re Aral 
 
 Trap ret^ecra-tv, 'lapSdvov dfjutfrl peeQpa. 135 
 
ILIAD VII. 285 
 
 Wide-ruling Agamemnon Atreus' son, 
 
 Grasped thy right hand, and thus found words and spake : 
 
 " O Zeus-born Menelaus, thou aft mad, 
 
 Nor needst such madness. Nay, refrain thee now, 
 
 Though sorely grieved : nor thus from wilful spleen 
 
 Fight with a warrior stronger than thyself, 
 
 With Hector Priam's son ; whom ev'n the rest 
 
 In horror hold ; and him to meet in fight, 
 
 Man's field of fame, Achilleus shuddering shrinks, 
 
 Who yet is far thy better. Wherefore go, 
 
 Sit with thy throng of comrades : but for him 
 
 Another champion shall Achaia rouse. 
 
 Though dauntless he, and of the battle-din 
 
 Insatiate, yet to bend the knee in rest 
 
 He will, I ween, be fain, if he but 'scape 
 
 Such deadly warfare and such furious fight. 
 
 The hero spake, and turned his brother's mind 
 By timely words that won him. In glad haste 
 His squires disarmed the shoulders of their lord. 
 But Nestor mid the Argives rose and spake : 
 " O shame ! a mighty woe in truth assails 
 Achaia's land. Sure loudly now would wail 
 Peleus, the grey-beard knight, of Myrmidons 
 A counsel-giver good and speaker he : 
 Who once did ask of me, and joyed to hear, 
 As in his home he questioned and I told 
 The birth and lineage of each Argive chief. 
 Of whom could he now hear thus crouching all 
 'Neath Hector's challenge, oft would he upraise 
 His hands to gods immortal, that his soul 
 Leaving his limbs might enter Hades' home. 
 Ah ! could I but be young ! O Father Zeus, 
 Athene', and Apollo ! young, as when 
 On rapid Celadon's banks the gathered hosts 
 Of Pylians with Arcadian spearmen fought, 
 Near to the walls of Pheia by the flood 
 
286 IAIAAO2 H. 
 
 8' 'IZpevfldXicov TTpo/jLos IO-TCLTO, iabOeos 
 
 e^wv (o/Jioio-iv 'AprjiOooio dvaKTOS, 
 BLOV 'ApriiObov, TOV e7TLK\7jo'i-v KopvviJTTjv 
 dvBpes KiK\f](TKov Ka\\lcovol re yvvaiKes, 
 ovveK dp* ov TO^OKTL [JLa^ecTKeTO Bovpt re fjiaKpq), 140 
 aXXa o-iBrjpelrj KOpvvy pijyvvcrKe <>d\ayya<;. 
 TOV AvKoepyos 7re(j)ve SoXw, ov TI KpaTet ye, 
 
 ev oScS, r 60' dp y ov Kopvvr) ol 6\edpov 
 aLBrjpelij' Trplv ydp AvKoepyos V7ro(j)6ds 
 Bovpl jjLecrov Trepovrjcrev, o S' VTTTIOS ov'Bei, epeicrOri. 145 
 Tev%ea 8' e%evdpi%e, TO, ol Trope ^aX/ceo9 "Aptjs. 
 Kal ra fiev avTos eireiTa (f>6pet yLtera fjicoXov "Apqos' 
 avTap 7rel AvKoepyos evl /J,eydpoio~iv eyrjpa, 
 BajKe 8' 'Rpev0a\icovi, ^>tXa) OepaTrovTi, (fropfjvat. 
 TOV o ye reu^e' e^cov 7rpoKa\i^eTo jrdvTas dpl&Tovs' 150 
 ot Be /jLa\a Tpopeov Kal eBeiBiaav, ovBe rt9 ei 
 
 \ Odpael <*>' yevefj Be vewTaTOS eaKov dirdvTwv. 
 Kal /jLa^o/jLrjv ol eyco, BwKev Be /xot ev%os 
 TOV Br) urjXKTTOV Kal KapTtcrTOV KTavov dvBpa' 155 
 
 ydp rt9 eKeiTO Trapijopos ev6a Kal evda. 
 
 rj/Bcaoifjui,, /3lr) Be pot, efHTreBos eirj' 
 
 8' 01 Trep eaa-iv dpia-Trjes 
 ovB* 01 7r/oo<poi>e'ft)9 fjLe/jiaO' f/ ETopo9 dvTiov e\6elv" 160 
 ou9 veLKead 6 yepcov, 01 8' evvea irdvTes dveaTav. 
 
 TTO\V TrptoTicTTa ava dvBpo!)V ' 
 B* e?rt TvBet'Brjs wpTO KpaTepos 
 
ILIAD VII. 287 
 
 Of lardanus. For the Arcadians stood 
 
 A champion Ereuthalion, godlike wight, 
 
 With armour on his shoulders of a king, 
 
 Of Areithoiis a godlike king, 
 
 Whom men and fair-zoned women Clubman named, 
 
 For not with bow and arrows was he wont, 
 
 Or with long lance, to fight, but shattering brake 
 
 With iron-weighted club his foemen's squares. 
 
 Him not by strength, but guile, Lycurgus slew 
 
 In narrow way, where iron-weighted club 
 
 Served nought to ward his bane ; for him with spear 
 
 Lycurgus quick forestalled and in the waist 
 
 Pierced through : he backward falling smote the ground. 
 
 The victor then his armour stript, the gift 
 
 Of brazen Ares, and henceforth himself 
 
 Was wont to bear amid the toil of war. 
 
 But when Lycurgus in his halls grew old, 
 
 To Ereuthalion his beloved squire 
 
 He gave those arms to wear : and clad in these 
 
 He now did challenge all the best, and all 
 
 Sore feared and trembled, none to meet him dared. 
 
 But me my soul all-daring urged to cope 
 
 With his bold might me youngest of them all. 
 
 With him I fought, and glory to my arm 
 
 Athene gave : I slew him. Tallest he 
 
 And mightiest of the men that e'er I slew : 
 
 For giant-like he showed as there he lay 
 
 Toward either side extended loose and long. 
 
 Ah ! could I but be young, my strength be firm ! 
 
 Then soon would plumed Hector find a foe. 
 
 But as for ye, tho' Panachaian chiefs 
 
 Ye be, not ev'n the best with ready heart 
 
 Is bold to meet this Hector in the fight." 
 
 So did the grey-beard chide. But they upstood, 
 Nine chiefs in all. Rose Agamemnon first 
 By far, the king of men ; and following him 
 Stout Diomedes Tydeus' son uprose : 
 
88 IAIAA02 H. 
 
 8' eV Alavres Oovpiv eTTieifJLevot aX/a/z/, 
 -rolo-u 8' eV 'I8o/iez/ei>9 /cat oircuov 'IBopevfjos 165 
 
 8' eV Eupu7ruXo9 EuW/<toz/09 dy\ao<; u/6?, 
 
 ap* oi 7' e0e\ov TroXe/Aife/xei/ "E/^ropt Stw 
 rot9 5' airr9 fAereeiTre Teprjvios iTTTrora NeVrwp' 
 " /c\ijp(t) vvv 7re7rd\aade Sia/jLTrepes, 09 /f 
 
 /cal 8' auro9 o^ 6vfjiov ovija-ercu, al /ce (frv 
 
 BrjlOV eiC 7TO\fJLOLO Kal alvr}<$ $7)lOTt]TO$" 
 
 W9 e<j)a0\ o'i Be K\rjpov ea-rj/jLijvavro /ca<TTO<;, 175 
 
 eV 8' eftaKov /cvverj ^ 
 \aol 8' Tra-avro Oeolai 
 
 t9 ovpavov evpvv' 
 
 " Zev irdrep, rj Aiavra \a^e2v rj Tu8e'o9 u/oz/ 
 t; avrov fiacnXfja 7ro\v^pvcroio M.VKr)V7]$" 180 
 
 W9 ap' etyav, iraXkev Be Tepr)vio<$ LTTTrora Netrrajp, 
 e/c 8' eOopev /cX^po9 Kvverjs ov ap* rjde\ov avrol, 
 . /cfjpvj; Be cfrepcov dv opikov aTravry 
 
 Trdcriv dpi&Trjecra-Lv 'A%ata)v' 
 
 oi 8' oi5 rycyvaxr/covTes aTTTjvijvavTO eycacTT09. 185 
 
 aXX' ore 8>) roy i'/cave (frepcov dv opCKov dirdvTrj 
 09 pw eTTiypaTfras icwey fid\e, (paiBipos Ata9, 
 ?7 rot VTrecr^eQe %ep', o 8' ap' epfidkev dy^i 7rapa<7Tds, 
 yv< Be. tc\rjpov arj^a IBtibv, <yij Qr^e. Be 6vp,(p. 
 TOV /J,ev Trap ?ro8' euv ^a/xa8t9 ySaXe, (frobvrjo-ev re' 190 
 
ILIAD VII. 289 
 
 Then Ajax with his namesake, clothed in might 
 
 Impetuous both : followed Idomeneus, 
 
 And of Idomeneus the attendant squire 
 
 Meriones, peer of Enyalius 
 
 Man-slaughtering power : Eurypylus the next, 
 
 Evaemon's glorious son : uprose withal 
 
 Thoas Andraemon's son, and rose with him 
 
 Godlike Odysseus. These were willing all 
 
 Battle with godlike Hector to assay. 
 
 Nestor, Cerent's knight, then spake again : 
 
 "Now let your lots full throughly shaken say 
 
 Whose is the chance : for his it then will be 
 
 To bless with good Achaia's well-greaved sons, 
 
 And his own heart to gladden, if he 'scape 
 
 Such deadly warfare and such furious fight." 
 
 He spake : they marked each for himself a lot, 
 
 And cast them all in Agamemnon's helm. 
 
 The people prayed, with hands to gods upraised, 
 
 And thus spake each as toward wide heaven he looked : 
 
 "O Father Zeus, to Ajax fall the chance, 
 
 Or Tydeus' son, or to our liege himself, 
 
 The sovereign of Mycenae's golden town!" 
 
 So spake they all. Nestor Gerend's knight 
 Then shook ; and from the helm out leapt the lot 
 Which all desired, of Ajax. Through the throng 
 A herald bare it round from left to right, 
 And duly showed to all Achaian chiefs, 
 Who knew it not and each in turn disowned. 
 But when, as round the throng he bare the lot, 
 The he'rald came to him who graved thereon 
 His token sure and cast it in the helm 
 To glorious Ajax he outstretched his hand, 
 Wherein the other dropt it standing nigh, 
 And on the lot the mark he saw and knew 
 Rejoicing in his heart ; then on the ground 
 He cast it by his foot, and thus he spake: 
 G. H. 19 
 
290 IAIAAOS H. 
 
 "<w <f)l\ot, } rj rot K\rjpos eyLto?, %atp6> Se Kal avros 
 
 Ov/jito, eVel So/cea) vi/crjae/jiev f/ E/eropa &LOV. 
 
 aXX* ayer', o<p' a> eyco TroKeprjia rev^ea 
 
 roffrp* u//-et9 v%eo-Qe Att Kpoviuvi avatcti 
 
 (nyfj e(j) vjj,Lcov, r iva pr) TpcGe? 76 T 
 
 rje Kal d^a^ir^v, eirel ov riva SelSt,fj,ev e/ 
 
 ou yap r/5 /ze ^S/>7 ye etcuiv deKovra S 
 ovSe TI IBpelrj, ejrel oJ8' e'/^e vrj'iSd y* 
 \7rofjiat ev "%a\a/jilvi, yeveo-Qcu re Tpacfre/jiev re. 
 
 cS? e(j)a0', 01 S' ev%ovro Ail Kpovlowi 
 c5Se 8e rt? e'i7To-K iScav et? ovpavov evpvv' 
 " Zev Trdrep "ISrjOev ftebewv, /cvBia-Te /JLeyicrre, 
 So? VLKrjV AiavTi Kal d<y\abv eu^o? dpeaOai. 
 
 el 8e /cal f/ E/croa Trep >tXeet? /cal KrjSeai avrov, 
 
 i(rr)V d^orepoLcri ftlrjv Kal KV$OS oiraa-crov 
 ce)9 ap' efyav, Ata? 3e Kopvaaero vwpoiri, 
 avrdp eirel Brj irdvra irepl %pot ecrcraro 
 o-evar eTreuff olo? re TreXcopto? ep^erat "Ap?;?, 
 09 T' eZ(7iz^ TroXejao^Se yu.er' dvepas, 01/9 re Kpovicov 
 6vfjio/36pov 
 
 ap' Ala9 wpro 
 
 /3\ocrvpoicri 7rpo<ra)7racrt* vepOe Se 
 
 TOZ^ Se /tat 'Apyetot /^e'y' lyrjOeov ela-opocovres, 
 Tp<wa9 Se rpo/i09 ati/09 vTrtfXvOe yvia e/tao-rov, 
 r/ Eropt T' aurc3 QV/JLOS Ivl arrjQeo-cri, Trdracro-ev' 
 aXX* ou 7T&)9 ert et^ez^ uTrorpecrat oi)S' dva&vvai 
 u-^r \awv e'9 o/itXoz^, eVet Trpo/caXecrcraTO 
 
ILIAD VII. 291 
 
 " O friends, the lot is surely mine : whereat 
 I too, as ye, am glad ; for I do think 
 To conquer glorious Hector. Come ye then, 
 And, while I don my panoply of war, 
 Pray to the son of Cronos, Zeus the king, 
 In silence by yourselves, that none may hear 
 Among the Trojans ; or aloud and plain 
 Since, whatso chance, we stand in fear of none. 
 For none by force shall drive me 'gainst my will, 
 Will how he may ; nor yet by craft of war ; 
 For I am no such witless fool, I trow, 
 The son and fosterling of Salamis." 
 
 He spake : they prayed Zeus Cronides the king ; 
 And thus spake each as toward wide heaven he looked : 
 "O Father Zeus, who rul'st from Ida's height, 
 Most glorious, greatest, grant to Ajax now 
 To win the victory and glorious boast ; 
 Or, if thou lov'st and car'st for Hector too, 
 To both give equal might and equal fame." 
 
 So spake they : Ajax armed himself the while 
 In dazzling mail. And when around his limbs 
 His armour all complete he now had donned, 
 Forth sped he, as the giant Ares goes, 
 When to the -field he moves to mix with men 
 Whom Cronos' son hath matched to fight amain 
 With furious rage of soul-devouring strife ; 
 So giant Ajax showed, as he arose, 
 Achaia's bulwark, smiling with grim face ; 
 Whose feet below him bore him striding on, 
 As high he brandished his long-shadowed lance. 
 And him the Argives greatly joyed to see, 
 But trembling dread thrilled through each Trojan's knees. 
 Nay ev'n of Hector's self within his breast 
 Loud beat the heart : yet might he now no more 
 Shrink back or hide him in his people's throng, 
 Who challenged forth a foeman to the fight. 
 
 192 
 
292 IA1AAO2 H. 
 
 Ata9 8' eyyv0V ?yX0e tyepcov ad/cos r/vre irvpyov, 
 
 e7TTa/36eiov, o ol Tu%/o? icape rev^wv, 220 
 
 % apiOTO?, r "T\rj evi OLKia valcw, 
 09 ol eTTolrjaev GCLK.OS alo\ov eirrapoeiov 
 ravpcov ^aTpetyecov, ITTI 8* 07800^ TjXaae %a\/c6v. 
 TO irpoa-de crrepvoio fyepwv TehafjLtovios Ata9 
 cr-rj pa /^aX' f/ Ero/309 77^9, aTreikrjcras ce TrpocrTjvoa' ::s 
 
 eicreat, oloOev 0*09 
 
 olot ycal kavaolcriv apicrTrjes fjiereacrw, 
 
 Kal fJLer 'A^tXX?;a prj^Tjvopa 6vfJLo\eovra. 
 
 aXX' o /tei/ eV vijeo-<7i, Kopavivi TrovTOTropoicriv 
 
 Kelr aTTo/jLrjvio-as 'Ayajj,e/jivovi Troiftevi, \awv, 230 
 
 riels 8' 6/xei/ rotot ot av ae6ev 
 
 TOZ> S' avre TrpocreeiTre fieyas Kopv9aio\o<; " 
 "Alav Sioyeves TeXa/^w^e, icoipave XacGz^, 
 /IT; rt /^eu T^ure 7ratSo9 afyavpov Treiprjri^e 235 
 
 ?;e yvvai/cos, rj ov olSev TroXe/^jta ep7a. 
 avrop eywv ev olSa /jLa%a$ T* dvopo/CTacrlas re. 
 oI8' e?rt Segid, otS' eV dpio-repd vay/jirjcrai, j3a>v 
 a%a\er)v, TO /W eort ra\avpivov TroXeyLtifetz^' 
 olSa S' eVatfat fi66ov iTnrcov co/ceidcov, 240 
 
 oZSa S' e^l (7Ta$iy Brjlw pekTreaOai "Ap7)i. 
 aXX' ou 7p <r' edeXco /Ba\eeLv TOIOVTOV eovra 
 \d6prj oTTLTTTevo-as, aXX' dfifyaoov, ai Ke TV^WIML?' 
 
 TI pa, Kal d/jL7re7ra\wv irpotr) Bo\i^o(7KLov 7^09, 
 Kal ftd\ev Ataz^T09 Seti/oi' aaKos eTrra/Boeiov 245 
 
 aKporarov Kara %a\Kov } 09 078009 ?}e^ CT 
 
ILIAD VII. 293 
 
 And Ajax drew anigh, with tower-like targe, 
 
 Brazen, sevenfold with hides, which Tychius wrought 
 
 By armourer's craft, of leather-cutters he 
 
 The deftest, who at Hyl dwelt. 'Twas he 
 
 For Ajax made his lightly-wielded targe, 
 
 With hides of well-grown bulls sevenfold, whereon 
 
 An eighth and outer plate of brass he laid. 
 
 This shield before his breast did Ajax bear, 
 
 The son of Telamon, and stood full nigh 
 
 To Hector, as with threat'ning words he spake : 
 
 "Hector, alone and singly thou wilt now 
 
 Learn well what chiefs are with the Danaans left, 
 
 Beside Achilleus, battle-breaking wight 
 
 Of lion heart. He lies indeed retired 
 
 Among his beaked sea-borne ships, in wrath 
 
 With Agamemnon shepherd of our hosts : 
 
 But we are such as well may cope with thee, 
 
 Not I alone, but many. Wherefore come, 
 
 Make thou beginning of the fight and fray." 
 
 But mighty plumed Hector made reply : 
 " Zeus-born Ajax son of Telamon, 
 Thou prince of peoples, do not try me thus, 
 As weakling child or woman thou would'st try 
 Who knoweth nothing of the works of war. 
 Battles and bloody fields I know full well. 
 I know to left or right nimbly to turn 
 The dry bull's hide when battle stout and hard 
 I wage : I know through turmoil of swift steeds 
 To charge amain : I know, where foot meets foot, 
 To make the music that fell Ares loves. 
 But guard thee ! for I would not wish to strike 
 By spying unawares a foe like thee ; 
 But openly, if I may hit my mark." 
 
 He spake, and poising the long-shadowed lance 
 Cast it, and struck the dread seven-hided targe 
 Of Ajax on the outer orb of brass, 
 
294 IAIAA02 H. 
 
 ef Be Bid TTTU^a? y\6e Bat'fov ^aX#09 dreiprjs, 
 ev rfj 8' e/SBo/jLarrj pwcp o^ero. Bei/repos avre 
 
 /cal jBd\e TlpiajjilBao tear d(77rlBa 
 
 KOl Bid 6obp7)KOS 7TO\vBaiBd\OV ?// 
 
 1)9 Be irapal \a7rdprjv BidfjiTjcre 
 * o 8e K\iv6f) KOI d\evaro Krjpa 
 
 <ruv p e-Treow, \eiovcn, cot/cores co/JLCxfrdyoio-LV 
 
 f) aval KaTrpoiaiv, raw re crOevos ov/c dXcuraBvov. 
 
 HpiafJLiBr)? fjiev eireira pecrov ad/cos ovraae Bovpl, 
 
 ovB J epprjgev ^aXo9, dveyvd^Orj 8e ol al^jirj' 
 
 Ata9 8' dcnrlBa vv%ev 67raX/Aez/09, rj Be BiaTrpo 260 
 
 rj\v9ev eyxefy, crrf^eXtfe 8e juv /LteyLtaaJra, 
 
 rfiijBijv 8* av^kv eirrf^Oe, /J,e\av 8' dveicrjKiev aif^a. 
 
 aXX* ou8* 0)9 aTreXrjye fid^T)^ KopvOaioXos " . 
 
 aXX' dvaxaao-dpevos \L6ov e'lXero 
 
 Ket/J,evov ev 7re8/&), /j,e\ava, rprj^yv re jjieyav re' 265 
 
 ro5 f3d\ev AIWT09 Beivov cra:o9 
 
 psiorcrov eTrojJifyd^iov, TrepLrj'^rjo'ev 8* dpa 
 
 Bevrepos aur* Ata9 TroXu fiel^ova \dav deif. 
 
 ?>' "> ' C> \ * ' /> ^ 
 
 ^/c eTnoivrjcras, eirepeia-e oe iv cnreKeupov, 
 
 etaw 8' dcnrlB' ea%e ftaXwv yu-uXoe 
 
 fiKatye 8e ot ^>t'Xa yovvaO*' o 8* 
 
 do'TrlB* evi^pifK^Oei^' rov 8' aZ"^' dopOcoaev j 
 
 ical vv /ce Brj ^<^e'ecrcr' avrocr%eBov ovrdfyvro, 
 
 el JJLTJ Kijpv/ces, Ato9 ayyeXot ?;8e /cat dvBpwv, 
 
ILIAD VII. 295 
 
 The eighth and surface plate. Through six stout folds 
 
 The brazen point unwearied clove a way, 
 
 And in the seventh was stayed. Second in turn 
 
 Then Zeus-born Ajax his long-shadowed lance 
 
 Cast forth, and smote upon the orbed shield 
 
 Of friam's son. Through shield refulgent came 
 
 The forceful shaft, through corslet richly-wrought 
 
 Pressed firmly on, and mowed the tunic through 
 
 With severing edge, close to the wearer's side, 
 
 Who quickly bending shunned the gloomy death. 
 
 Then forth with hasty hands plucked both at once 
 
 The lances long, and on each other ran, 
 
 Like unto lions greedy of their prey, 
 
 Or tusked boars, whose is no feeble strength. 
 
 First Priam's son his foeman's middle targe 
 
 Smote with the spear, but brake not through the brass, 
 
 Which turned the blunted point. Then bounded on 
 
 Ajax, and struck his shield : the lance right through 
 
 And onwards passed, and dashed the foeman back 
 
 Though forward bent, and with a cut it gashed 
 
 The neck, wherefrom the black blood spirted out. 
 
 Yet not for this did plumed Hector quit 
 
 The fight, but stepping back a space he grasped 
 
 In his broad hand a stone, that on the plain 
 
 Lay black and rough and large, and threw and hit 
 
 The dread seven-hided targe on midmost boss, 
 
 That loud around the brazen circle rang. 
 
 Second in turn a boulder larger far 
 
 Ajax lift up and whirling threw, and laid 
 
 A giant strength therein, and smote and brake 
 
 The targe right in with mill-stone crag, and stunned 
 
 His foeman's yielding knees, who backward fell 
 
 Stretched out at length, his shield upon him driven. 
 
 But soon Apollo raised him to his feet. 
 
 And now with swords close combat they had waged, 
 
 Had not the heralds, messengers alike 
 
296 IAIAA02 H. 
 
 , o fj,e 
 
 ;/309 re ical 'I Sato?, TreTrvv/JLevo) 
 
 ' d/jL(j>orepa)v <r/crJ7rrpa (r%e0ov, etTre re fj,v0ov 
 
 i, TralSe $>i\w, TroXe/i-tfeTe 
 
 yap crfywt, c^tXet ve^eXrjyepera Zei;?, 280 
 
 a/ji(f)Ci) 8* al^jjLTjrd' TO Y 6 ^^ ^ a ^ i$fJ<v aTravre?. 
 vi,% S' 778?? re\e6eC ayaOov real vv/crl 7ri,6ecr0aL." 
 
 rov S* oTrafteiySo/ieyo? 7rpocre(j)7j TeXa/^cowo? Ata?* 
 " 'ISat', "Ei/cTOpa Tavra Ke\evere pvO^crao-dat,' 
 auro9 7p X^-P^y 7rpoKa\crcraTO Trdvras dpicrrovs. 285 
 ap^era)' avrdp eyco /xaXa TreiVoyLtat 77 vrep av ouro?." 
 
 roi/ S' avre TrpocreeLTre peyas Kopudaio\o^ r/ E/era>/3* 
 "AZaz/, eVe/ TO^ Swyce #609 peyeOos re ^i^v re 
 Kal TTiWTrjv, Trepl 8' ey^ei 'Abattoir <f>epraTO$ eV<7/, 
 
 -ei^ Travcroofjieo'da pdyvi'S Kal Brjiorffros, 290 
 
 cnj/j,pov' vcrrepov avre fJLa^Tjo-o/jLeO^ eh o /ce 
 
 SiaKpivrj, Secy S' erepotcrl ye VI 
 vv 8' ?;?; re\.e6ei' dyaOov Kal WKrl TnBecrOat,, 
 W9 (7i; T' ei>$>pr}vr)<$ Trdvra? irapd vyvcrlv 'A^atou9, 
 (7OU9 re /j,d\i<TTa Ira9 #at era/poi/9, oc' rot eaviv' 295 
 avrdp eyco Kara dcnv fj,eya Ilpta/iofo d 
 Tpwa9 ev(j)pavea) Kal TpwdSa 
 at 7 re /xot eif)(ofievai Oelov Sixrovrai, dywva. 
 
 Tt9 W9 eiTrycnv 'A^atcSi/ re Tpoowv re* 300 
 
 vr* eV (fn,\6rT]TL Bier/Jiayev d 
 c9 apa $>a>vr](Tas Sdke f/</>09 dpyvpor)\ov, 
 vv /coXew re (frepcw Kal evrpiJ 
 
ILIAD VII. 297 
 
 Of Zeus and men, advanced ; of Trojans one, 
 
 The other of Achaia's mail-clad host, 
 
 Talthybius and Idaeus, prudent pair. 
 
 Between the champions twain their outstretched wands 
 
 They held : and thus the Trojan herald spake, 
 
 Idaeus, duly skilled in prudent lore. 
 
 " No more, dear sons, do battle, fight no more ! 
 
 Cloud-gathering Zeus well loves ye both : and both 
 
 Are warriors proved : this now we all do know. 
 
 Night too draws on, and night were best obeyed." 
 
 Whom Telamonian Ajax answered thus : 
 "Idaeus, bid ye Hector speak on this : 
 For he it was who challenged all our best 
 To combat. Let him but begin, and I 
 Will readily obey where he may lead." 
 
 Then spake great Hector of the glancing plume : 
 "Ajax, since God hath given thee stature tall 
 And strength and wisdom too, and with the spear 
 Of all Achaia's sons thou art the first, 
 Let us e'en cease from fight and deadly strife 
 To-day. Hereafter we again shall fight 
 Till power divine may judge between our arms, 
 And vict'ry grant to one or other host. 
 Night too draws on, and night were best obeyed ; 
 That thou may'st gladden all Achaia's sons 
 Beside the ships, and chief thy kin and friends 
 Whom there thou hast : and I the sons of Troy 
 Shall gladden through king Priam's ample town, 
 And long-robed dames of Troy withal, who soon 
 Thankful will join the throng of worshippers. 
 But come exchange we gifts of noble name, 
 That Trojan and Achaian thus may say : 
 ( These for a soul- devouring strife first fought, 
 Then parted in a bond of friendship joined.'" 
 
 He spake, and gave a silver-studded sword, 
 With scabbard offering it and shapely belt ; 
 
298 IAIAAO2 H. 
 
 Be ^codTTJpa BIBov (J>OLVIKI, 
 rco Be BtarcpivOevTe o fiev fierd \aov ^ 
 TIL > o 8' ? Tpaxov o/j,aBov /cle. rol Be 
 ? elBov %a>6v re /cat dpre/jiea 
 Ata^ro? Trpoffrvyovra yu-et^o? KOI 
 Kai p tfyov TTporl acrrv, aeXTrreozre? <roov elvat,. 
 A.lavT aud' erepaOev ev/ 
 et? ' A.<ya/jL6fji,vova SLOV ayov, 
 
 o'l S' ore Brj K\ia-ir]criv ev 'ArpeiBao yevovro, 
 roiai Be ftovv lepevae ava% dvBpwv 'Aya/jLefJivcov 
 apcreva TrevraeTrjpov vTreppevei Kpovlcovi. 
 rbv Bepov d/jL(f)i & 7rov, KaL fiiv Bie^^vav aTravra, 
 fJLL(7TV\\6v T ap* eTTKTTa/jLevcos, Trelpdv T o/3eXot(7f 
 WTTTTjcrdv re TrepHfrpaBecos, epvcravro re ircuvra. 
 avrdp eVet Travcravro irovov rervKovro re Balra, 
 *, ovBe TI OVJJLOS eBevero Bcuros efoif?. 
 
 B* Aiavra Bir)ve/ceeo-<ri, yepaipev 
 77/30)5 'ArpetS?;? evpv/cpelcov ' Ayajjuefjivcov. 
 avrdp ejrel Trocrto? Kal eBrjrvos ef epov evro, 
 rot? 6 yepcov 7ra//-7rpo>T05 v<j>aiveiv rjp-^ero /JLIJTIV 
 Necrrct)/), ov /cal irpoaOev apiary (fralvero /3ov\rj' 
 o <7(f>LV ev<f)povea)V dyoprjcraro /cal fj,ereei,7rev' 
 "'ATpeiBr) re /cal aXXot dpLcrrr^e^ Hava%ai,(t}v, 
 7ro\\ol yap TeOvdai, /cdprj /co/jbocovres ' 
 ra3i/ vvv alfjia KeXaivbv eiippoov 
 ecr/ceBaa-' of 1)5 "Aprj^, ^Jrv^al 8' 'At'SocrSe /carrj\0ov 
 T&3 ere %pr) 7roX,e/jLov fj,ev ap rjol Travcrat, 'A^aitou, 
 avrol B' dyp6fj,evot, KV/c\.7Jo-o/jLev evOdBe veicpovs 
 ffovcrl /cal rjjjLiovoicriv' drdp /caTa/crjOfjiev avrovs 
 TvrOov diroTTpo vewv, w? K oarea Tracal e/cacrro? 
 
ILIAD VII. 299 
 
 Ajax a girdle gave with purple bright. 
 So parted they, to seek Achaia's host 
 The one, the other to the Trojan throng ; 
 Who joyed to see him come alive and whole, 
 'Scaped from the might of Ajax and those hands 
 Resistless. To the town they led him back 
 Safe beyond hope. And on the other side 
 Well-greaved Achaians to their godlike king 
 Led Ajax joyful in his victory. 
 
 Now soon as to Atrides' tent they came, 
 For them did Agamemnon king of men 
 A victim slay to Cronos' mighty son, 
 A bull of five years growth : and this they flayed 
 With busy hands, and quartered all the limbs, 
 And deftly cut up small, and pierced with spits, 
 And roasted all with care, and then drew off. 
 But when the toil was done, the meal prepared, 
 They ate, nor lacked their soul the well-shared cheer. 
 And Ajax with the whole long chine was graced, 
 The mess of honour, from the hero king 
 Wide-ruling Agamemnon Atreus' son. 
 But when of drink and meat desire was stayed, 
 To them did Nestor first of all begin 
 To weave his prudent words, the grey-beard sage 
 Whose counsel still of old the best was seen. 
 He wisely thus amid their council spake : 
 "Atrides, and ye Panachaian chiefs, 
 Full many of Achaia's long-haired sons 
 Are dead, whose blood beside Scamander's stream 
 Keen Ares now hath spilt, whose souls are sunk 
 To Hades. Wherefore with the coming dawn 
 'Twere meet thou stay the Achaians from the fight ; 
 But muster we ourselves, and, hither drawn 
 By oxen and by mules, range all around 
 Our dead, a little from the ships apart, 
 And burn them, so that each may bear the bones 
 
300 IAIAAO2 H. 
 
 ' dyy, or* dv avre verified a TrarpiSa yalav. 335 
 
 8' dfjifyl Trvprjv eva ^evofiev e^ayayovres 
 
 UKpirOV IfC TTeSloV TTOTt 8' aVTOV ^eifJLOfieV WKO, 
 
 Trvpyovs v^nj\ov(f, el\ap vr]U)V re teal avrwv. 
 
 o<f>pa Si? avrdcov l7nr'rj\ao'i,rj 0809 eirj. 340 
 
 e/croaOev Se /BaOelav opv^ofjuev eyyvOi, ra<f>pov, 
 r) % ITTTTOVS KOI \aov epviccLKOi dfjL(j)l<; eovcra, 
 pr) TTOT eTTippicrr) TroXeyLto? Tpcocov dyepa>%(i)v" 
 
 0)9 (f>aO\ 01 S' dpa iravres eTryvrjaav f3acr{,\fje<;. 
 Tpoocov avr dyopr) yever* 'IX/ou ev 7ro\t, d/cprj, 345 
 
 r) rerprj^vla, Trapd Tlpid/jboio Ovpycriv. 
 
 8' 'AvTTJvwp TreTrvvpivos tfpx dyopeveiv' 
 e /juev, T/xwe? /cal AdpBavoi, ?;8' ewucoypoi, 
 eiTra) rd fie OvfJib? evl crT^Qecrcri Ke\evei. 
 Sevr* dyer j 'Apyeirjv 'JZXevrjv /cal tcr^aO* dfi avrfj 350 
 8&>o//,ei> 'Arpet'Sycriv dyeiv. vvv 8' optcia irLcrrd 
 
 ra> ov vv n KepStov r]^lv 
 i'va JJ,T) pe^ofiev co8e." 
 rj roc, o y 0)9 elirciov tear dp* efero, rolai 8' dve&rrj 
 
 ?9 TTOCTIS tjVKOfj,oio, 355 
 
 09 ftii/ a/xetySo/^ei/09 ercea irrepoevra Trpocrrjvo'a' 
 "'Avrijvop, <rv /jt,ev ovKer e/^ol (j)i\a ravr dyopeueis' 
 olcrda /cal d\\ov /jivdov dftetvova rov&e vorjcrat. 
 el 8' eVeoz^ 8^ rovrov GTTO <77rou8^9 dyopeveis, 
 ef dpa 8*7 rot, erceira deol <^>peVa9 u>\ecrav avrol. 360 
 
 avrdp eya Tp<we<r<7t yu-e^' ^777708^/10^9 dyopevcrw. 
 dvrt/cpvs 8' d7r6(j)r}fj,i,, yvvai/ca fj,ev OVK a7ro8a)0-&>, 
 
ILIAD VII. 301 
 
 Home to the children of the slain, whene'er 
 
 We get us back to our own fatherland. 
 
 But draw we round the pyre and towards the plain 
 
 One undivided mound, and heap it high ; 
 
 Whereto build we high towers forthwith, a fence 
 
 Of ships and of ourselves ; and in the towers 
 
 Set we well-fitted gates, through which shall lie 
 
 A chariot road ; and on the outer side 
 
 Dig we hard by a deep trench, that may shield 
 
 Both steeds and host, surrounding all, lest e'er 
 
 The haughty Trojans' onset press us hard." 
 
 Thus Nestor spake, and all the kings approved. 
 Meanwhile the Trojans too their council held 
 Within the upper town of Ilion 
 By Priam's palace gate, a council loud 
 And violent of tongue : and 'mid them all 
 The wise Antenor first began debate : 
 " Hear me, ye Trojans, Dardans, and allies ! 
 That what my soul within my bosom bids 
 My voice may speak. Come, let us e'en resign 
 The Argive Helen and her wealth withal 
 To Atreus' sons to carry hence ; for now 
 W r e fight forsworn and faithless ; wherefore I 
 Deem that no happy issue will be ours, 
 That we may learn such outrage to forbear." 
 
 He spake and sate him down. To them uprose 
 The godlike Alexander, husband he 
 Of long-haired Helen : to Antenor thus 
 In winged words he quick returned reply ; 
 "Antenor, thou no more in this thy rede 
 Dost please me : other counsel sure than this 
 And better far thou knowest to devise. 
 But if in truth and earnest this thou say'st, 
 Then have the gods themselves reft all thy wit. 
 But I to Troy's steed-taming sons in turn 
 Will speak my mind. Refusal flat I give : 
 
302 IAIAAOS H. 
 
 KTijfjLara 8' over dy6fj,r)v ef "Apyeos tffjLerepov 8&5, 
 TTOLVT ede\co S6jj,evai,, teal ot/coOev aA,V eiridelvai" 
 
 77 rot, o 7' W9 eliroav fear dp efero, roto-t 8' dveo-Ti) 365 
 Aap$avi$r]S IIpia/Lto?, 0e6(j)iv 
 o (T(f)i,v ei>(f)povec0v dyopija-aro KOI 
 " Ke/c\vre fjiev, T/xwe? teal AdpBavoi, 7^8' eTrlicovpoi, 
 o<f>p eiTra) rd [j,e 8vfj,o<$ evl (miOecrai Ke\evei. 
 vvv fjbev SopTTov \(rde Kara irr6\iv cw? TO Trapo? Trep, 370 
 /cal (ftvXatcfjs /jLvrjcrao-Qe /cal eyprjyopde e/cacrro?* 
 rjwdev 5' 'I8at09 Ira) /cotXa? eVt z/^a? 
 elireiv 'Arpet&gs ^AyafJie^vovL ical Mez/eXaw 
 fjbvOov 'AXe^dvSpoio, rov elveica velicos opcopev, 
 /cal Be TO elirefievai TTVKLVOV eVo?, at K eOeXwaiv 375 
 TravcraaBai TroKepov Bvaij^eo^ et? o /ce ve/cpovs 
 Krjouev, vcrrepov avre ^a^r)(7oa6d\ et9 o e 
 daae Siatcpivr], Bcorj 8' erepoial ye vlfcrjv." 
 
 ot 8' apa roO /jbd\a fjiev K\VOV 
 
 ei\ovro /card arparov ev re\eecr(7iv. 
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 fji,v0ov 'A\e%dv$poi,o, rov eive/ca vel/cos opwpev. 
 oa 'AXef ay 8/509 /cofays eVl 
 
ILIAD VII. 303 
 
 The woman I will not restore : of wealth 
 Whate'er from Argos to our home I brought 
 All this I am content to yield, and more 
 From my own household stores will freely add." 
 
 He spake, and sate him down. To them uprose 
 Priam the son of Dardanus, a peer 
 Of gods in counsel : he amid them rose, 
 And wisely thus amid their council spake : 
 " Hear me, ye Trojans, Dardans, and allies ! 
 That what my soul within my bosom bids 
 My voice may speak. Go take your evening meal 
 Throughout the ordered host as heretofore, 
 Mindful of guard, and watchful each and all. 
 But with the morning let Idaeus seek 
 The hollow ships, to Agamemnon there 
 And Menelaus, Atreus' sons, to tell 
 The words of Alexander, for whose sake 
 The quarrel rose : and then this counsel wise 
 To add, that, if they will, we cease awhile 
 From doleful din of war, till we have burned 
 Our dead. Hereafter shall we fight again, 
 Till power divine may judge between our arms 
 And vict'ry grant to one or other host." 
 
 He spake : they gladly hearkened and obeyed. 
 Their meal the army took, in ordered ranks. 
 But with the morning dawn Idaeus sought 
 The hollow ships, and there in council found 
 The Danaans, Ares' henchmen, by the stern 
 Of Agamemnon's ship. Amid them all 
 The clear-voiced herald stood, and thus he spake : 
 " Thou son of Atreus, and ye other chiefs 
 Of Panachaians, Priam gave me charge, 
 He and the other noble sons of Troy, 
 To say, if haply ye may like them well, 
 The words of Alexander, for whose sake 
 The quarrel rose. The wealth whate'er he brought 
 
304 IAIAA02 H. 
 
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 Kal Be TO 8' rfvuiyet, el7re.lv GTTOS, ai K edeXijre 
 
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 ^al TOT' ap' 'I8ato^ Trpocre^r) Kpeiwv 'Aya^e/Avow' 405 
 
 "'I8at\ 77 Tot fJivOov 'A^atc3z^ auT09 d/coveis, 
 
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 ov ydp Tt9 ^>et8oo vetcvcov KaTaTeOvrjooTcov 
 
 yiyveT*, ejrei /ce Qdvwcri, irvpb? //.etXto'cre^ei' co/ea. 410 
 
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 Trdvres o/Mijyepees, TroriBeyaevoi, OTTTTOT dp e\6oi 415 
 
 'I8at09' o 8' ap* 77X^6 /cal dyye\ir]v a-; 
 crTa9 ez^ ueaaoio-w. Tol 8' 
 
ILIAD VIL 305 
 
 In hollow ships to Troy, would he had died 
 Before the bringing ! he is well content 
 To yield back all, and other wealth to add 
 From his own store. But her, the first-wed wife 
 Of glorious Menelaus, to restore 
 He flat refuses, though the Trojans urge 
 Full strongly. Furthermore this counsel wise 
 They bade me add, that, if ye will, we cease 
 From doleful din of war, till we have burned 
 Our dead. Hereafter shall we fight again, 
 Till power divine may judge between our arms 
 And vict'ry grant to one -or other host." 
 
 He spake ; but they in silence all were mute. 
 At last spake Diomedes, good in fray: 
 "Nor Alexander's wealth let any now 
 Accept, nor Helen's self. 'Tis plain to know 
 Ev'n for the veriest child, that now to Troy 
 The issue of destruction draweth near." 
 
 He spake: Achaia's sons all roared assent: 
 Steed-taming Diomedes' words aroused 
 Such wond'ring welcome. To Idaeus then 
 Their sovereign Agamemnon turning spake: 
 " Idaeus, the Achaians' word thyself 
 Dost hear, and how they answer thee. And me 
 This answer pleases well. As for the dead, 
 I grudge not that ye burn them, nor would stint, 
 Once they be dead, the bodies of the slainT 
 Of funeral fire's sweet solace. Yet be Zeus 
 Judge of our treaty, Herd's thundering lord." 
 
 Thus spake he, raising high to all the gods 
 His sceptre. Then Idaeus gat him back 
 To sacred Ilion, where assembled sate 
 Trojans and Dardans all, expectant when 
 Idaeus should return. Thither he came, 
 And standing in their midst his tidings showed. 
 Then swift they busked them for their double task, 
 G. H. 20 
 
306 JAIAA02 H. 
 
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 ve/cvs T* dye/j,ev, erepoi 8e peG* V\TJV. 42 
 
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 "ZeO Trarep, 97 pa Tt? e(7Ti /3poTO)V eTT* aTrelpova yalav 
 
ILIAD VII. 307 
 
 Their dead to gather and the wood to bring. 
 Nor less the Argives on the other side 
 Bestirred them, issuing from the well-benched ships, 
 Their dead to gather and the wood to bring. 
 
 And now the sun but newly struck the lands, 
 From the still current of deep Ocean's flood 
 Climbing high heaven, when on the plain they met. 
 There hardly could they know each warrior slain ; 
 But washing off with water blood and gore, 
 Shedding warm tears they raised them on the wains. 
 To weep aloud great Priam had forbid : 
 Wherefore the bodies on the pyre they heaped 
 In silence, sad at heart, and lit the flame, 
 Then back returned to sacred Ilion. 
 And even so upon the other side 
 Achaia's well-greaved sons heaped on the pyre 
 The bodies, sad at heart, and lit the flame ; 
 Then back betook them to their hollow ships. 
 
 Now when nor morn was come nor night was gone, 
 Just in the doubtful gloaming, then arose 
 About the pyre Achaia's chosen band; 
 And round it towards the plain they traced and made 
 One undivided mound, whereto a wall 
 They built, and lofty towers, to be a fence 
 Of ships and of themselves ; and in the towers 
 Well-fitted gates they set, wherethrough should lie 
 A chariot road, and on the outer side 
 Dug a deep trench adjoining, broad and long, 
 And planted thick the bed with bristling stakes. 
 
 Thus toiled on earth Achaia's long-haired sons. 
 Meanwhile the gods, who round the Lightener Zeus 
 Were sitting, saw amazed the mighty work 
 Wrought by Achaia's mail-clad host : To whom 
 Poseidon thus began, earthshaking power : 
 " O Father Zeus, o'er all the boundless earth 
 Lives any mortal yet who will declare 
 
 20 2 
 
308 IAIAA02 H. 
 
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ILIAD VII. 309 
 
 His mind and counsel to immortal gods? 
 Seest not that now Achaia's long-haired sons 
 A wall have built to shield their ships, and traced 
 A trench around, yet have not to the gods 
 Paid the due fee of glorious hecatombs ? 
 Far as the light of morning spreads shall be 
 This work's renown ; but ours shall be forgot, 
 That for Laomedon the hero king 
 Phoebus Apollo once and I combined 
 Laboured' and built the walls of Ilion." 
 
 To whom indignant spake cloud-gathering Zeus": 
 " For shame ! thou strong earth- shaker, what a word 
 Is this thou sayest ? Another god indeed 
 Might eye this cunning work with jealous fear, 
 Whose hands and force were feebler far than thine. 
 But far as light of morning spreads shall be 
 Thy work's renown. Nay rouse thee, and, whene'er 
 Achaia's long-haired sons have taken ship 
 And home are gone to their dear fatherland. 
 Break thou the rampart through, and in the sea 
 Whelm every scattered stone ; then strew again 
 With sand the ample beach, that clean effaced 
 May vanish these Achaians' mighty wall. 7 ' 
 
 Such converse with each other held the gods. 
 But at the sunset, when the work was done, 
 Achaians all throughout their tents slew kine 
 And took their evening meal. And thither came 
 Ships from the isle of Lemnos, bearing wine. 
 Many they were, and by Euneiis sent 
 The son of Jason, whom Hypsipyle* 
 Had borne to Jason shepherd of his folk. 
 Apart a special freight to Atreus' sons, 
 To Agamemnon and his brother king, 
 Euneiis gave, one thousand jars of mead. 
 Then from the ships Achaia's long-haired sons 
 Bought wine, some paying brass, some flashing iron, 
 
310 IAIAA02 H. 
 
 d\\oi Be pivots, d\\ot, 8' avrfjcn ftbecrcriv, 
 
 d\\ob S' dvSpa7r6Be<T(n,' riOevro Be Salra 6a\eiav. 475 
 
 iravvv^Lot fMev eireira /cdprj /co/jLocovres 'A%aiol 
 batvwro, TpcGe? Se Kara irroKiv rj& eTrt/covpoi,' 
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 (7fjLpBa\ea KTVTrecov. TOI)? Be xXcopov Seo? ypet,, 
 oilvov 8* e/c BeTrdwv ^afjudBi^ %e'oi>, ovBe rt? er\7j 480 
 
 Trplv TTieeiv Trplv \el^jrai, vTrep/jievel Kpovlcovi. 
 KOLfjt,i](ravT dp* etreiTa /ecu VTTVOV Bwpov 
 
ILIAD VIL 311 
 
 Some hides, some oxen whole, some captive slaves 
 In barter : and a joyous feast they made. 
 
 Thus through the livelong night Achaia's sons 
 Feasted, nor less the Trojans and allies 
 Within the town. And through the livelong night 
 Did Zeus the counsellor devise them ills 
 With awful thunders, till they paled with fear. 
 And from their cups the wine upon the ground 
 They shed, nor dared a man to drink before 
 Libation due to strong Cronion poured. 
 Then lay they down and took the gift of sleep. 
 
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ILIAD VIII. 
 
 Victory of the Trojans by the help of Zetts. 
 
 Now saffron-kirtled morn o'er every land 
 Was spreading wide, when lightning-loving Zeus 
 A council of the gods together called 
 On many-ridged Olympus' topmost peak; 
 And spake himself, while all attentive heard: 
 " Hear every god, and every goddess hear ! 
 That what my heart within my bosom bids 
 My voice may speak. Let now no power divine, 
 Nor goddess, no nor god, essay to thwart 
 This word of mine ; but all in one accord 
 Approve, that quickly I may work mine end. 
 And whomso separate from the gods I see 
 Taking his way with purpose to bear aid 
 To Trojans or to Danaans, he by blows 
 Unseemly to Olympus shall be driven. 
 Or I myself will take and cast him down 
 To murky Tartarus, far far away, 
 That lowest yawning pit beneath the ground, 
 Whose gates are iron, whose threshold brass, as deep 
 From Hades down as heaven from earth is high. 
 Then will he learn how far of all the gods 
 I strongest am. Or come, ye gods, and try, 
 That all may know. Hang down a golden cord 
 From heaven, and cling ye to it every god 
 And every goddess; yet ye would not pull 
 From heaven to earth the counsellor supreme 
 Great Zeus, no not though ye should toil amain. 
 
314 IAIAA02 
 
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ILIAD VIII. 315 
 
 But I if I in turn with earnest will 
 
 Should choose to pull could haul you hitherwards 
 
 With earth and sea and all; then would I bind 
 
 The cord around Olympus' peak, that ye 
 
 And all attached should sway in middle air. 
 
 So far beyond or gods or man am I." 
 
 He spake : but they in silence all were mute, 
 In awe-struck wonder at his words, for he 
 Full strongly spake. At length amid their host 
 Athene*, stern-eyed goddess, thus began : 
 " O Cronides our father, king of kings 
 Supreme, we too know well what strength is thine, 
 A strength unyielding. Yet we pity sore 
 The Danaan spearmen, who, of evil fate 
 Their measure filling up, are doomed to die. 
 But truly we from war will hold our hands, 
 As thou dost bid, and to the Argive host 
 Lend counsel only that may help, and so 
 Not all beneath thy sullen wrath shall die." 
 
 To whom cloud-gathering Zeus with smile replied : 
 " Fear not, Tritogeneia, darling child ; 
 I speak not these my threats in willing wrath, 
 But rather to be gentle I am fain." 
 
 With that he led beneath the chariot yoke 
 His brazen-footed steeds, swift-flying pair, 
 With flowing golden mane : and all in gold 
 His limbs he clad, and took a whip of gold 
 Full shapely- wrought, and stept upon his car; 
 Then lashed to speed his horses. Nothing loath 
 Between the earth and starry heaven they flew. 
 Soon reached he Ida, mount of many springs, 
 Mother of beasts, and Gargaros, where lay 
 His holy plot and altar incense-fed. 
 His steeds the sire of gods and men there stayed, 
 Loosed from the car, and shrouded close in mist ; 
 And sate himself amid the topmost peaks 
 
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ILIAD VIII. 317 
 
 Glorying in majesty, and gazed adown 
 On Troy's fair city and Achaia's ships. 
 
 Achaia's long-haired sons their meal had ta'en 
 Throughout their tents in haste ; and, when 'twas done, 
 They harnessed them. And on the other side 
 The Trojans through the town were arming them ; 
 Fewer in number these, but even thus 
 Right sternly bent to fight in conflict close, 
 By hard constraint, for children and for wives. 
 All gates were opened : out the people poured, 
 Both foot and horse : and loud arose the din. 
 
 And when upon one plain the armies closed, 
 They met with shields and spears and strength of men 
 In brazen corslet clad ; and bossy targe 
 Touched bossy targe, and loud arose the din. 
 There wailing cry and glorying shout was heard 
 Slayers and dying streamed with blood the ground. 
 
 While yet 'twas morning-tide and day divine 
 Still grew, so long the spears of either host 
 Found mark, and warriors fell. But when the sun, 
 His ro.und half run, stood in the middle heaven, 
 Then did the Sire hang forth the golden scales, 
 Wherein of death that stretcheth stark and stiff 
 Two fates he laid of Troy's steed-tamers one 
 The other of Achaia's mail-clad men 
 Then grasped midway and drew the balance. Swift 
 Sank heavy down Achaia's day of doom : 
 Till on the fruitful earth Achaia's fate 
 Sate low, the Trojans' to wide heaven rose high. 
 Then Zeus himself from Ida thundered loud, 
 And on the Achaian host a flaming bolt 
 Hurled forth : who trembling with amazement saw, 
 And pallid fear thrilled through the heart of all. 
 
 There neither dared Idomeneus to stay, 
 Nor Agamemnon, nor the Ajaces twain, 
 Henchmen of Ares, stayed. Stayed only one 
 
3i8 IAIAAO2 0. 
 
 oZo9 efjiifjive Tepijvios, ovpos 'A^ata>i>, So 
 
 ov ri Ku>v, aXX' TTTTTO? erelpero, TOP /3d\ev If 
 
 aKprjv /cd/c /copvcfrrjv, odi re rrp&rai r/n'^e? ITTTTCOV 
 
 Be /catptov early. 
 8' t? ey/ce(f)a\ov SO, 85 
 
 erdpage Kv\iv6pevo<s Trepl %a\Kq). 
 o(f>p' 6 <yepcov LTTTTOLO Traprjopias arcirapvzv 
 <j)acrydvq) dta-aav, rocpp* f/ R/cropos d)Kee$ 'Lrcrcoi 
 rj\9ov dv Iw^fjiov, Opacrvv rjvio^ov (f>opeovre$ 
 r/ E/cropa. fcal vv tcev ev6* o yepwv drro Qvpov oXecraev, 90 
 el fJLr] dp o^v vorjae ftoijv dyaOos A 0/4778779. 
 (7yu,epSaXeoy S' eftorjaev eirorpvvwv * 
 " Sioyeves AaepridSrj, 7ro\v/j,r)xav ' 
 7T/7 <pvyei$ fjierd v>ra ftakwv, /catco? eio? ev 
 /A/} r/9 TOf. (frevyovri jjLeratypevcp ev Bopv rrrj^r)' 95 
 
 aXXa [lev, 0(f>pa yepovros drrwcro^ev aypiov dvSpa" 
 
 0)9 (f>ar\ OV& ecrd/covae 
 aXXa rraprji^ev Koi\as errl vrjas ' 
 TuSetS779 S' ai)ro9 Trep ecwz/ 
 crrrj Be rrpoaB" ITTTTCOV ~Nr)\r)i,d$ao yepovros, 
 Kai IJLLV tycovijcras eTrea rrrepoevra rrpocrr)va 
 " eu yepov, 77 fjbd\a Bij <re veoi relpovai, 
 arj Be fflr) XeXurat, ^a\errov Be ere yfjpas o 
 7j7reBavo<; Be vv rot, 6epdrrwv, /BpaBees Be roi 
 aXX' dy e/jicov o^ecov em^^creo, o(f>pa iBrjcu 105 
 
 oloi Tpwioi, iTTiroi,, eTricrrd/jievoi TreBloio 
 
ILIAD VIII. 319 
 
 Gerenian Nestor, watchman of the host ; 
 
 Nor of free will, but by his steed's mischance : 
 
 Which Alexander, long-haired Helen's lord, 
 
 Struck with an arrow on the very crown, 
 
 Just where the forelock grows, above the skull, 
 
 Most fatal spot. In pain the stricken horse 
 
 Reared high, then, as the shaft sank in the brain, 
 
 With brazen point infixed, rolled o'er in death, 
 
 And hampered both his fellows of the yoke. 
 
 While yet the greybeard strove with hasty blade 
 
 To cut the trace that linked the outer steed, 
 
 Came Hector's flying coursers through the rout 
 
 Bearing a dauntless driver, Hector's self. 
 
 And there and then the greybeard king his life 
 
 Had lost, but Diomedes good in fray 
 
 Was quick to mark, and with terrific shout 
 
 Odysseus to the rescue he recalled : 
 
 " Laertes' son, thou man of many wiles, 
 
 Zeus-born Odysseus, whither fliest thou 
 
 Turning thy back, a coward in the throng? 
 
 Beware lest, flying thus, pursuer's lance 
 
 Pierce thee behind. Nay stand, that I and thou 
 
 May from the greybeard drive his savage foe." 
 
 So spake he : but the man of many toils, 
 Godlike Odysseus, heard him not, but passed 
 On rushing to Achaia's hollow ships. 
 Then Tydeus' son, unaided though he was, 
 Mixed in the van of fight, and stood before 
 The horses of the aged Neleus' son, 
 And thus to him in winged words he spake : 
 "Father, I ween the younger fighters now 
 Distress thee sore : thy force is all unstrung, 
 And grievous age is on thee. And withal 
 Weak is thy squire, thy horses slow of foot. 
 Come, mount my car, and see what steeds be these, 
 The steeds of Tros, well-knowing to and fro 
 
320 IAIAAO2 0. 
 
 KpaiTrvd fJialC ev6a /cal evBa BicoKefiev rj^e 
 
 OVS 7TOT CL7T A^lvelaV e\6fJL7]V, /JLTJ 
 
 TOVTO) fj,ev OepdirovTe KojjLelroov, ro)8e 8e 
 
 efi iTTTToSd/jLOis WvvofieVj o(f)pa ical f/ E/CTQ)/) no 
 TJ KOI e/jiov Bopv ^aiverai ev TraXd/jLycriv" 
 >ar', oi)S' dirldrjcre Teprjvios iTnroTa NeVrwp. 
 
 pev erretO^ LTTTTOV^ depairovre Ko^eirriv 
 i(f)0ifjioi,, ^0eve\6s re /cal Eupv/j,eBa)v dyaTTijvcop' 
 rtw 8' et? dfji<j)OTp(0 Ato^?;Seo? up par ejBrjTt]v. 115 
 
 S' ev ^elpeo-ai, \d^ r^via 
 8' ITTTTOVS' Tct^a 8* "EtKTOpos 
 TOV 8' Wv<$ yLteyotac3T05 aKovnae TuSeo? 
 /cat TOI) yu-ez/ p' dfydfjLaprev, o 8' rjvio^ov Oepdirovra, 
 vibv vTrepdvpov Sij/Balov 'HvioTrrja, 120 
 
 LTTTTCDV rjvC expvTa /3d\e <7Trj0os Trapd iLaCpv. 
 rjpLTre 8' ef 6%ea)v, virep^crav Be ol LTTTTOL 
 o)KV7ro$e<;' TOV 8' au# Xu^ "^fv^rj re yite^o? re. 
 f/ E/cropa 8' alvbv a%o? Trv/cacrev typevas rjVio^pio. 
 TOV pev eireiT etacre, /cat d^vv^evo^ Trep eTaipov, 125 
 /celcrOai, o 8' rjvio-^ov (JLeOeTrev Opacrvv. ou'8' ap' ert 8^ 
 BevecrOrjv arj/jLavTOpos' al^ra yap evpev 
 
 Opaavv, ov pa To9* LTTTTCOV 
 8e ol rjvia %epcriv. 
 evOa Ke Xof<yo9 e^v ^at dfj,rj%ava epya yevovro, 130 
 /cat z/v K earj/cacrOev /caTa v l\foy T/ure apves, 
 el fJLr) ap* o^v v6r)(re iraTrjp dvBpwv re Oecov re. 
 (3povTrjcras 8' apa 8etvoz^ d<f)fJK dpyrJTa Kepavvov, 
 
ILIAD VIII. 321 
 
 Swift o'er the plain to follow or to fly : 
 These counsellers of fear some while ago 
 I from ^Eneas took. Let then our squires 
 Look to thy horses twain : mine I and thou 
 On Troy's steed-taming sons will urge direct ; 
 That Hector's self may learn whether or no 
 My hand, as his, can wield a raging spear." 
 
 He spake : nor disobeyed Cerent's knight. 
 Then Nestor's steeds the squires received in charge, 
 Two valiant wights, Eurymedon to wit, 
 Lover of manly deeds, and Sthenelus. 
 But both the chiefs upon the chariot stept 
 Of Diomedes. Nestor in his hands 
 Then grasped the shining reins and lashed the steeds. 
 And soon to Hector they drew near. At whom, 
 As onward straight he pressed, Tydides hurled, 
 And missed the chieftain, but his charioteer 
 And squire, of mighty-souled Thebaeus son, 
 Eniopeus, who reined the steeds, he smote 
 Full in the front beside the breast ; who fell 
 From out the car : his coursers stayed their speed, 
 And there the warrior's strength and life were loosed. 
 Darkened was Hector's soul with anguish keen 
 For loss of charioteer : yet left he him 
 To lie awhile, though for his comrade grieved, 
 And sought another driver bold. Nor long 
 His horses lacked a ruler : soon he found 
 Bold Archeptolemus of Iphitus 
 The son, whom then behind his fleet-foot steeds 
 He set, and gave his hands the reins to wield. 
 
 And there had havoc been, and deeds been wrought 
 Irreparable ; and now in I lion 
 Had all been shut, as lambs within a pen, 
 Had not the sire of gods and men been quick 
 To mark it, who with awful thunder-clap 
 Launched the white-flashing bolt, that close before 
 
 G. H. 21 
 
322 TAIAAOS . 
 
 tcaS Be TTpocrO* iinrav AtoaijBeos rj/ce 
 
 Beivrj Be <Xof (apro Oeeiov Kaiouevoio, 135 
 
 TO> 8' LTTTTCO Seiaavre /caraTrrijTTjv VTT o^eacf>Lv. 
 
 Necrropa 8' ex ^eipwv <f>vyov rjvia cnyaXoevra' 
 
 Belcre 8' o 7' eV 0vfj,a>, A/.o/z/JSea Be TrpocreeiTreV 
 
 " TvBeiBrj, aye 8' aure <o/3oz/8' e^e /xw^u^a? ITTTTOVS. 
 
 77 01} yiyvtecr/cei? o rot, e/c A to? ou^ eTrer' aX/t?/ ; 140 
 
 varepov avre Ka rjfuv, a K 
 Bwcrei. dvrjp Be icev ov n Ato? voov elpvo-aairo, 
 ovBe fjLa)C tyQipo?, eVel 7; TTO\I) (freprepos ecrrtV." 
 
 TOI/ 8' rjpelper eTreiTa ftorjv dyaOos AiojjLTJBrjs' 145 
 " i^al 8/} ravrd ye Trdvra, yepov, Kara p,olpav eetTre?. 
 d\\d ro8' atVor a%o? KpaBlrjv /cal OvjJibv Ifcdvei' 
 "Et/crojp yap TTore <f>ij(Ti, evl Tpwe<ro-' dyopevcov' 
 ' Tf BeiBrjs VTT e/jielo <j>o/3evfj,evo? li/cero vi]as' 
 a;? TTOT' a7reX?7o-t ' Tore /^ot yjavoi evpela yQavT 150 
 
 TOI/ 8' T/'/W/Ser' eTretra Teprjvios iTTTrdra Necrrajp* 
 " cw yuo/-, Tu8eo? u/e Ba'fypovos, olov eenres. 
 el Trep yap <r "E^Krcop ye KCLKOV Kal dvd\Ki$a <f>r)aei, 
 aXX' ov ireiaovrai TpcGe? Kal AapBavlayve? 
 Kal Tpoocov oko-ftpi /j,eya@VfJLO)V dcnria-Tawv, 155 
 
 rdcov ev KovirjGi ySaXe? 0aXeooi)? 
 
 &)9 a/^a (fxovrja'as <f>vyaBe rpdjre 
 avTis av Icox/jLov' eVt Be Tpooes re Kal r/ 
 7 /%?5 Oeo-Trecrirj fte\ea arovoevra %eovTo. 
 TO. 8' eVt aaKpov uvae ueyas Kopv6aio\os "EtKrwp' 160 
 " TvBetBrj, irepl fiev ae TLOV Aavaol 
 eBprj re Kpeacriv re IBe 7rXaot9 
 vvv Be <i aTifirjcrovo-i' yvvaiKos dp* dvrl rerv^o. 
 
ILIAD VIII. 323 
 
 The steeds of Diomedes fell to ground. 
 
 Affrighted both the coursers starting back 
 
 Crouched 'neath the car ; from Nestor's hands down slipped 
 
 The shining reins ; and sore afraid at heart 
 
 To Diomedes thus the greybeard spake: 
 
 " O son of Tydeus, haste thee, turn again 
 
 Thy firm-hoofed steeds to fly. Dost thou not know 
 
 That strength of war from Zeus attends thee not ? 
 
 For now the son of Cronos glory grants 
 
 To this our foe to-day; to us again 
 
 Hereafter, if he please, will grant the same : 
 
 And man may nowise thwart the mind of Zeus, 
 
 How strong soe'er, for Zeus is mightier far." 
 
 Then answered Diomedes good in fray : 
 " Yea, father, all thy words are fitly said. 
 Yet feel I sorrow deep in heart and soul : 
 For Hector mid the Trojans thus will say : 
 * Tydides fled before me to the ships. ' 
 Thus will he boast anon. Then were I fain 
 Wide earth should gape and hide me evermore." 
 
 And answer made to him Cerent's knight : 
 " O me, thou son of Tydeus wise in heart, 
 What words are thine ! If Hector call thee weak 
 And coward, yet he will not win belief 
 From sons of Troy or Dardans, or from wives 
 Of high-souled Trojan shieldmen wives who mourn 
 Their manly husbands laid in dust by thee." 
 
 With that he turned the firm-hoofed steeds to fly 
 Back through the battle : but the Trojans all 
 With Hector showered their baleful shafts amain 
 Behind them with a wondrous din : and loud 
 Great plumed Hector at his foeman cried: 
 " Tydides, thee the swift-horsed Danaans once 
 Honoured preeminent : high seat was thine, 
 Choice meat, full cups : but now they'll surely stint 
 Such meed ; for weak as woman thou art found. 
 
 21 2 
 
324 IAIAA02 . 
 
 eppe, Katcr) y\rjv7j, eTrel ov/c ei%avro<$ e^elo 
 
 r)p,erepwv em^aeai,, ovBe yvvaL/cas 165 
 
 ev vrjecr(ri' Trdpos roi Balfj,ova " 
 
 0)9 <f)dro, 
 ITTTTOVS re o-Tptyai KOL evavriftiov 
 
 rjpi^e Kara (frpeva real Kara 
 ap CUTT 'ISalcov opec&v icTinre yLt^rtera Zev9 
 t^i9 Tpcoeacri., /jid^r)^ erepa\Kea vt/crjv. 
 "E/croop Be Tpcoecro-iv e/ce/cXero patcpovdvcras' 
 "Tpa5e9 /cal AVKLOI, KOI AapSavoi, 
 
 eVre, (fri\oi y fjivr^a-aa-Oe Be OovpiSos 
 
 8* on pot, 7rp6(f)pa)v Kareveva-e Kpovlcw 175 
 viicrjv KOI /j,eya /cuSo9, drdp Aavaolal 76 7rrjfj,a. 
 vrJTTiot, 01 dpa or) rdSe rei^ea ^^CLVOWVTO 
 
 ' ovSevoo-wpa' rd 8' ov /zez/o? dfjuov epvgei, 
 Be pea rdfypov VTrepOopeovrai opv/crrjv. 
 * ore tcev Brj vrjvalv 7ri <y\a<f)Vpf)(ri ryevwfjLai,, 180 
 
 fjLvr)/j,oo-vvr] rt9 e^reira irvpos Brjioio 
 
 ^37a9 eviTrprjcrw, KTeiva) Be teal 
 Trapd vrjvaiv, cuTv^ofJuevov^ VTTO /caTrvov." 
 
 ITTTTOIO-W e/ce/cXero, <j>wvr)crev re' 
 11 Kavde re /cal crv UoBapye /cal AWcov Aa/x,7re re Ste, 185 
 
 VVV fJLOL T7)V KOfjilBrjV aTTOTLVeTOV, rjV /JidXa 7TO\\1JV 
 
 'AvBpo /jud^r), Bvydrrjp jj,eya~\,r)Topos 'Her/coz/09, 
 
 vjjiiv Trap Trporepoicri, fjLe\i(j)pova Trvpov eOrj/cev 
 
 olvov r ey/cepdo-ao-a Trielv, ore dvfjibs dvcayot,, 
 
 rj e/jiOi, 09 rrep ol 6a\epo$ 7roVt9 ev^ofjiai elvai. 190 
 
 aXV e(f)0{JLapreirov /cal crrrevSerov, u(f>pa \d/3a)/jiev 
 
 dcnriBa Necrroperjv, r^9 vvv Xeo9 ovpavov i/eei, 
 
 Trdaav xpvaeirjv e^evat,, Kavovas re /cal avrrjv, 
 
 avrdp a?r' 
 
ILIAD VIII. 325 
 
 Go, puny doll ! Thou wilt not by my flight, 
 Or mount our towers, or bear away in ships 
 Our wives : myself ere that will work thy doom." 
 
 He spake : Tydides pondered much in doubt, 
 To turn his coursers and to face the fight. 
 Thrice doubtful pondered he in heart and soul ; 
 Thrice from the crags of Ida thundered Zeus 
 The counsellor, presaging thus to Troy 
 Balance of strength and victory in fight. 
 Then Hector to the Trojans shouted loud : 
 "Ye Trojans, Lycians, and ye Dardans good 
 In closest fight, quit you like men, my friends, 
 And of impetuous valour be your thought. 
 Now know I that Cronion's ready will 
 To me grants victory and great renown, 
 But to the Danaans loss. Poor fools ! who planned, 
 It seems, these ramparts, feeble, nothing worth, 
 That will not check my onset ; for my steeds 
 The spade-dug trench shall lightly overleap. 
 But soon as to the carved ships I come, 
 Forget not then destructive fire, that I 
 May set the fleet aflame, and by their ships 
 Slay, scared before the smoke, the Argive throng." 
 
 With that he shouted to his steeds, and spake : 
 " Xanthus, and thou Podargus, and withal 
 yEthon, and Lampus, steed divine, now pay 
 That careful tendance which Andromache', 
 High-souled Eetion's daughter, gave ; who served 
 You first with sweetest grain of wheat, and mixed 
 Wine for your drinking whenso ye might thirst ; 
 You before me who am her manly lord. 
 So follow on, and haste, that we may win 
 The shield of Nestor, whose renown doth reach 
 High heaven, that all of gold it is, both targe 
 Itself and rods that cross the under side : 
 And from steed-taming Diomedes' arms 
 
326 IAIAAO2 . 
 
 SatSdXeov 0c0p7]/ca, rov "H^o-tcrro? icd^e review. 195 
 
 1 TOVTQ) ye \d/3oifJieV, e\7Tol/jL7JV KV ' 
 
 avrovv)(l vrjtov eTTi/BrjaefAev oo/ceidcov. 
 
 ew9 e<ar' ev^o/JLevo^, ve/jLeaTjcre Be TTOTVIO, " 
 aeiaaro ' etVt 6povu>, eXeXtfe Se fjLaKpov "Q\v/jL7rov, 
 Kai pa Tlo<rei$dc0va fj,eyav 6eov awriov rjvBa' 
 " c5 TTOTTOI, Ivvoo-i'yaL evpvaOeves, ovBe vv croL Trep 
 o\\VfJLevwv Aavau,v oXofyvperai ev <f)pecrl Ovpos', 
 O'L Se TOL e/5 < Ei\l/cr)v re /cat Ai/ya? Sap* dvdyovcriv 
 TroXXa re Am ^apLevra. o~v Be G$I<TI /3ov\eo 
 el Trep yap K e6e\oifiev t oaoi kavaolaiv dpcoyol, 
 T/3ftja? aTTtocracrOai, teal epvtceiiev evpvoTra Z 
 avrov K ev& aKayono Kadrjpevos oto? ev 
 
 rrjv Be perf o^drjcra^ 7rpoae(f)7j tcpetcov ei 
 " r 'Hprj a7TT067re9, irolov TOV JJLV&OV e 
 ov/c av eyco <y ede\oi^L Ait- KptWam 
 T/yu-ea? TOI)? aXXou?, eTrel 77 TroXv fyeprepos ear/v." 
 
 to? ot /lev roiavra TT/JO? aXX^Xou? dyopevov' 
 rwv &\ ocrov etc VT}&V diTQ Trvpyov rd(f)pos eepyev, 
 
 T6 /Cttt CLV$pWV 
 
 e^Xet 3e ^ow araXaz/ro? 
 
 , ore ol Zei)? /cvSos 
 
 real vv K eveTTpTjo-ev Trvpl KrjKew vfjas e'i 
 et /i?) e?rl <f)peal Oijfc 'Aya/jue/juvovi, irorvia " 
 aura) TroiTTvvcravTi, ^oa>? orpvvai 
 /8)7 5* te^cu Trapd re /cXtcrta? /cat 
 7rop(f>vpeov /Jieya ^>apo9 e^a)^ e 
 
 rj 8' eV 'OSucrcr^o? fjLeya/crjrei vrfl /j.e\aivrj, 
 p ev /jLeaadTq) ea/ce, <yeyci)ve/j,ev dfj,(f)OTepa>(T' 
 
ILIAD VIII. 377 
 
 That we may strip his corslet rich and rare, 
 Wrought by Hephaestos. If these prizes twain 
 We win, then may I hope this night to force 
 Achaia's sons aboard their flying ships." 
 
 Boastful he spake. Whereat indignant chafed 
 Queen Here, and upon her throne she shook, 
 That tall Olympus quivered. Turning then 
 Thus to Poseidon, mighty god, she spake : 
 " O wondrous shame ! Earth-shaker stout and strong, 
 Dost even thou no pity feel at heart 
 For Danaans dying thus ? They bring to thee 
 At Relief and yEgae gifts full fair 
 And frequent : wherefore wish them victory. 
 For should we will it, we the Danaans' friends, 
 To drive the Trojans back, and to restrain 
 Loud thundering Zeus, then might he fret and fume 
 Here sitting all alone on Ida's peak." 
 
 To whom in anger hot the earth-shaking king : 
 " O Here dauntless-tongued, what words be these ? 
 I ne'er can will that we the rest should fight 
 With Cronos' son, for he is mightier far." 
 
 Such converse they of heaven together held. 
 Meanwhile the space between Achaia's ships 
 And rampart flanked by sheltering trench was filled 
 With steeds alike and shielded men, close penned ; 
 Whom Hector Priam's son, swift Ares' peer, 
 Close penned, when Zeus gave glory to his arms. 
 And with consuming fire the balanced ships 
 He now had burned : but Here goddess queen 
 Moved Agamemnon's soul to stir himself 
 Amain, and swiftly rouse Achaia's host. 
 So through the tents and ships he took his way i 
 
 Bearing a purple robe of ample fold 
 In his broad hand : and by Odysseus' ship 
 He stood, that midmost lay, black-hulled and huge, 
 Whence either way his voice might well be heard, 
 
328 IAIAA02 0. 
 
 !//* eV Ari/T09 K\icria<s 
 778' eV 'A^tXX?/o9, rot p' ea-^ara vf/a^ et<ras 225 
 
 eipvcrav rjvoperj rriavvoi Kal /cdprei 'xeipwv. 
 tjVtrev $e BiaTrpvaiov, Aavaoicri, yeytDvux?' 
 " at'Sft)?, 'Apyeloi, KCLK e\y^f.a, elSo? cvyrjTol. 
 Try e/3av ev^co\ai t ore Srj ^)d/jLev elvai apLcrroi, 
 09, OTTOT' eV Ar}/j,va), /ceveavxees riyopdacrOe, 230 
 
 tcpea 7ro\\d ftowv opOotcpaipawv^ 
 /cprjr^pas eVtcrT6^)ea? OLVOIO, 
 avff efcarov re $ir)KO(ria)V re e/cacrros 
 
 ev TroXeyLtw' z/i)// 8' ot)S' ez/o? aftot et/xez/ 
 "Eicropos, 09 ra%a ^^a9 eviTTpija-ei, Trvpl Kr)\eq>. 235 
 
 ZeO jrdrep, rj pa riv rj&rj vjrep/jLevewv /3a(ri\rjci)v 
 rfjtf drp aacras KCLI /J,LV fieja 
 
 OV fJL7)V 8/7 7TOT6 ^>7//l,t TOV 
 
 vijl TToXv/cXijiSt 7rape\0e/.iev evOd&e eppcov, 
 
 l TTCLGl (3ooi)l> &7){IOV Kal fJW)pC (IfCIja, 240 
 
 Tpolrjv evrefyeov efaXaTrafat. 
 a\\a Zev roSe Trep JJLOI eTTifcpiJTji'ov ee\$a)p. 
 avrovs ty Trep eacrov VTre/ctfrvyeeiv KCLI d\v%ai, 
 /J>rj& ovra) Tptoe&o-w ea SdfJLvacrOai 'A^atou9." 
 
 &J9 <f>dro, rov 8e Trarijp 6\ocf)vparo Sdfcpv ^eovra, 245 
 vevcre Se ol \aov croov efi/xevai ou8* d7ro\eicr0ai. 
 avrl/ca 8' alerov rjKe, re\eiorarov TrererjvdSv, 
 ve/Bpbv e^ovr ovv^eao-i^ rexos e\d(f)0io ra^elrj^' 
 Trap Be Ato9 /3co/j,a) 7rept,fca\\ei KaftftaXe veftpov, 
 ev9a 7ravo/j,(j>ai(p Ztfjvl peea-/cov 'A^atot. 250 
 
ILIAD VIII. 329 
 
 Or to the tent of Ajax Telamon, 
 Or to Achilleus' tent, those twain who ranged 
 Last of the line their balanced ships, secure 
 In their bold manhood and their mighty hands. 
 Thence to the Danaans his shrill shout he sent : 
 " Shame, Argives ! cravens base ! for comely limbs 
 Alone admired. Where now are gone our boasts, 
 Who whilom claimed to be of all the best ? 
 Those empty vaunts that ye in Lemnos spake 
 While of the flesh of upright-horned kine 
 Ye ate your fill, and drank the bowls of wine 
 Crowned to the brim bragging that each would stand 
 Against fivescore or tenscore sons of Troy 
 In field of war? But now not even worth 
 One champion we are found, Hector to wit, 
 Who soon will burn our ships with wasting fire. 
 O Father Zeus, didst ever heretofore 
 Cross with such curse as mine a mighty king, 
 And rob him of great glory ? Yet I say 
 That never passed I by thy altar fair, 
 As hitherward I took my luckless way 
 In many-benched ship, but burned on all 
 The fat and thighs of kine, in eager hope 
 To waste and sack the well-walled town of Troy. 
 But this my prayer, O Zeus, at least fulfil ; 
 Grant that ourselves may flee and scape, nor thus 
 Achaians fall before the Trojan host." 
 
 He spake : the father pitied much his tears, 
 And willed to save his host and not to slay. 
 And straightway sent an eagle, surest bird, 
 Bearing a fawn, the child of fleet-foot doe, 
 Trussed in his talons. By the altar fair 
 Of Zeus he dropped it, where Achaia's sons 
 Gave worship to the god of oracles. 
 
8' 
 
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 eTraa-avrepov? TreXaae yQovi 
 
ILIAD VIII. 331 
 
 And they, when now they saw that sent of Zeus 
 The bird had come, leapt on their Trojan foes 
 More fierce, and turned their spirit to the fight. 
 
 There of the Danaans, many though they were, 
 Before the son of Tydeus none could claim 
 That his fleet steeds he drove and from the trench 
 Urged forth in open fight to meet the foe. 
 He, far the first, a helmed Trojan slew, 
 The son of Phradmon, Agelaus named : 
 Who now had turned his steeds in act to fly, 
 When in his back exposed the foeman fixed 
 The spear between the shoulders, and right on 
 He drave it through the breast. From out his car 
 He fell, and loud his armour on him rang. 
 
 Next after him the sons of Atreus came, 
 With Agamemnon Menelaus : these 
 Ajaces twain, clothed with impetuous might, 
 Fast followed : these Idomeneus and his squire 
 Meriones, peer of Enyalios 
 Man-slaughtering power : and these Eurypylus 
 Evaemon's glorious son. Ninth Teucer came 
 Bending the springing bow, and took his stand 
 Beneath the targe of Ajax Telamon. 
 And there, as Ajax ever and anon 
 Lift up his targe, the hero peered thereout 
 And shot an arrow. Whomso in the throng 
 He smote, there fell he slain and left his life : 
 But back, as to a mother doth a child, 
 Shrank Teucer, and with Ajax shelter found, 
 Who hid him safe beneath his shining shield. 
 
 There whom of Troy slew noble Teucer first ? 
 First fell Orsilochus, and Ormenus, 
 And Ophelestes, Daitor, Chromius, 
 And godlike Lycophontes, and the son 
 Of Polysemon, Amopaon named, 
 And Melanippus : in succession swift 
 
332 IAIAAO2 0. 
 
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 arfj Be Trap" avTov lav, Kal JJLIV Trpos fjivdov eenrev' 280 
 
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 TOV /cal T7j\6B' eovra e0fc\iff<l CTri/Bya-ov. 285 
 
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 OTpvveis; ov firjv rot, ocrrj Bvvafjils <ye TrapedTiv, 
 TravofJiai, aXX' e'f ov TrpoTl y '\\iov a>crdjjLe6' avTOvs, 295 
 eK TOV o*rj TO%OIO~L Beo'ey/JLevos avbpas evaipco. 
 OKTCO Brj irpoerjKa 
 
 Traz/re? S' eV %/3Ot 'Trtj^dev dprjiOowv 
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 r] pa, Kal a\\ov olcrTov CLTTO vevprjfyiv la\\ev 300 
 
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 Ka\rj KacTTidveipa, SeyLta? eiKvla Qefiaiv. 305 
 
ILIAD VIII. 333 
 
 All these he made to touch the fruitful earth. 
 
 And glad was Agamemnon king of men 
 
 To see him dealing from his mighty bow 
 
 Death to the ranks of Troy. Toward him he went, 
 
 And stood beside the chief, and thus he spake : 
 
 "Teucer, dear head, thou son of Telamon, 
 
 Prince of a people, shoot thou ever thus, 
 
 And, if thou mayst, to Danaans be a light, 
 
 And to thy father Telamon, who reared 
 
 Thy infancy, and bastard though thou wert 
 
 Fostered thee in his home. Him, though he now 
 
 Bide far away, exalt thou to renown. 
 
 And out I tell thee what shall e'en be done : 
 
 If with Athene aegis-wielding Zeus 
 
 Grant me the spoil of Ilion's well-built hold, 
 
 To thee the first next to myself will I 
 
 A special guerdon in thy hand bestow, 
 
 Or tripod, or two steeds with car complete, 
 
 Or woman captive who shall share thy bed." 
 
 And answer thus the noble Teucer made : 
 " Glorious Atrides, wherefore urge me thus 
 Who am myself right eager? Never yet, 
 Far as my strength doth serve me, do I cease ; 
 But since we drove the host to Ilion 
 I with my bow lie still in wait, and slay 
 Our foemen. Long-barbed arrows I have sped 
 Already eight, and all firm lodgment found 
 In lusty warriors' flesh. Yet one is here 
 A raging hound whom still I cannot strike." 
 
 He spake, and from the string another shaft 
 Launched full at Hector, whom he yearned to strike. 
 And him he missed, but hit upon the breast 
 Noble Gorgythion, Priam's gallant son, 
 Whose mother from ^Esyme came to wed 
 Her lord, a woman goddess-like in form, 
 Castianira fair, and bare a son. 
 
334 IAIAA02 0. 
 
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 Tei)/e/}09 8' d\\ov olo-rov djro vevpr}(f)iv taXXez/' 
 E/tropo? dvTixpvs, /3a\eeiv Be e tero OV/JLOS. 310 
 
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 rov S' au#t Xi;^ tjrvxr} re pevos re. 315 
 
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 rov /Jbev eireir eiaae /cal d^vvfievo^ irep eraipov, 
 
 8' etcekevcrev a8eX0eoi> eyyu? eovra 
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 auro? 8' eV Stypoio ^a/xal Oope TrajJLfyavcwvTos 320 
 
 <T/j,epBa\6a laywv' o 8e ^epfjid^iov \dj3e Xipl, 
 ftr) 8' t'^i)? Tevtcpov, /3a\eetv 8e e ^f/io? dvwyei. 
 7; rot o yitei/ <f>apeTpij<; e'fe/Xero Trttcpov OLO-TOV, 
 Orjfce 8' eVl vevpy" ruv 8' au Kopv6aio\o<s f/ Er&)/3 
 avepvovra Trap* W/JLOV, 06 L /cX^i? djroepyei, 325 
 
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 Ai'as 8* oi)/e dfj,e\r)o-e Kao-iyvijroio Trecroz/ro?, 330 
 
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 rov fJbev eireiO* VTroSvvre Svco epbjpe? eralpoi, 
 
 at 8to9 ' 
 
ILIAD VIII. 335 
 
 And as a poppy sideways hangs the head, 
 That in some garden grows, weighted with fruit 
 And springtide showers, so burdened by the helm 
 Drooped to one side the warrior's failing head. 
 
 Then Teucer from the string another shaft 
 Launched full at Hector, whom he yearned to strike, 
 And missed him yet again, for the erring bolt 
 Apollo turned : but Archeptolemus, 
 Bold charioteer of Hector, on the breast 
 Beside the nipple, as he sought the fray, 
 He smote : who headlong fell from out the car, 
 And from their way his fleet-foot horses swerved, 
 While there the hero's life and strength were loosed. 
 But sorrow deep enshrouded Hector's soul 
 For loss of charioteer : whom yet he left, 
 Though for a comrade grieved ; and now he bade 
 Cebriones his brother, who was near, 
 To take the reins : who heard, nor disobeyed. 
 Then from his glittering chariot to the ground 
 Out leapt himself, with shout most terrible, 
 And seized a boulder in his hand, and made 
 At Teucer, whom his spirit bade him strike. 
 He from the quiver even now had plucked 
 A bitter shaft and placed it on the string : 
 But plumed Hector, as he drew it back, 
 Close by the shoulder, where the collar-bone 
 Parts neck and breast the surest spot to smite 
 There struck his foe, as at himself he aimed, 
 With jagged stone ; and breaking bowstring through 
 Numbed hand and wrist. Down sank he to his knees 
 And stood, and from his fingers fell the bow. 
 Then Ajax of his brother fallen thus 
 Was not regardless : swift he ran to him 
 And paced him round and covered with his shield : 
 Till trusty comrades twain, Mecisteus son 
 Of Echius, and Alastor godlike wight, 
 
336 IAIAA02 . 
 
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 01 8' I0v$ rd(f)poio fiaOeliis wcrav 'A^atov?, 
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 aTTTrjTat, KaTOTTLade, iroaiv Ta^eecrcri, fatco/cow, 
 Icr^la re y\ovTov$ re, eXicrao/Aevov re Sotcevei, 340 
 
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 avrap eVel Bid re oveo\07ra9 /cat rd^pov 
 
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 776 /3poro\oi<yov " 
 
 6ed \ev/tai\evos prj, 350 
 
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 aXXa irarrjp ovpos (jfpecrl naiverai ov/c dya0fj(rtv, 360 
 
ILIAD VIIL 337 
 
 Could lift his form and to the hollow ships 
 
 Bear him away as heavily he groaned. 
 
 Now in the sons of Troy the Olympian king 
 
 New spirit roused again. To the deep trench 
 
 Right backward did they force Achaia's lines : 
 
 Hector the foremost, terrible in strength. 
 
 And as a hound on lion or on boar 
 
 With nimble foot close presses from behind, 
 
 In act to seize the haunches of his game, 
 
 And marks and foils each turn, so Hector pressed 
 
 Achaia's long-haired sons, and ever slew 
 
 His hindmost foe, as they before him fled. 
 
 But when the stakes and trench they now had passed 
 
 In flight, though many fell by Trojan hands, 
 
 Beside the ships they rallied them and stayed, 
 
 Each calling on his fellow, and raised their hands 
 
 To all the gods, as each man loudly prayed. 
 
 But Hector to and fro was turning oft 
 
 His fair-maned steeds, and in his eyes the glance 
 
 Of Gorgon or of slaughtering Ares shone. 
 
 These Herd, white-armed goddess, pitying saw, 
 And to Athene* cried in winged words : 
 " O shame ! Thou child of aegis-bearing Zeus 
 Shall we no more the Danaans dying thus 
 Regard, though idle at the last our aid? 
 For soon the measure of their evil doom 
 Fulfilling they will perish by the blast 
 Of one man's fury Hector Priam's son 
 Who with mad force no longer to be borne 
 Doth rage, and now hath wrought unnumbered woes." 
 
 To whom Athene", stern-eyed power, replied : 
 "Nay surely he his strength and life would lose 
 And in his fatherland by Argive hands 
 Be slain, did not my sire with mind perverse 
 Rage madly cruel is he, framing still 
 Some mischief, and a thwarter of my zeal. 
 
 G. H. 22 
 
338 IAIAAO2 
 
 ov&e TI Tajv jjiefjLvrjTai, o ol /j,d\a TroXXa/a? vlov 
 
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 rj rot, o fiev K\aiecnce 777)09 ovpavov, avrdp e//,e Zev9 
 
 Tc5 67ra\J;r)(70v(rav aTT ovpavoOev irpota\\ev' 365 
 
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 vvv 8* e/te p,ev o-rvyeei, e'rtSo? S' egrjvvae /SofXa?, 370 
 
 77 ot yovvar* eKvaae Kal e'X\a/3e %6t/)l 
 
 eo-rcu fj,rjv or av avre (frlXyv <y\avtcw7riSa 
 aXXa av /juev vvv vooiv eVeVrue fJLcovv%as ITTTTOVS, 
 
 ' av eycit) Kara^vaa Ato9 SOJAOV alyio^oio 375 
 
 e? iroKe^ov Bcop^o^ai,^ o(f>pa 
 rj vwi Upid/JLOio TTai'? Kopv6aio\o<$ "R/crcop 
 <yr)0r)<rei, 7rpo(j)avevT6 dvd 
 T) Tf? Kal Tpcocov /copeei, Kvvas 
 
 0) Kal trdp/ceorcri,, Trecrwv eVt vijvalv 'A%ai,a)v." 380 
 ffe Oed 
 
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 f 'Hprj Trpecr/Ba Bed, Ovydrrjp fjieydkoio K.povoio' 
 
 avrdp 'Adrjvalrj, /covpij Ato? alyt,6%oio, 
 
 7T67r\ov fMev /care^evev eavov 77ar/oo9 eir ovSei, 385 
 
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 Tv%ecr{,v 69 7ro\fMOV 6a)prj(rcreTo Ba/cpvoevra. 
 
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 fipiOv peya crTifiapov, ra> Sd/Jivrjcri <7Tt^a9 dvBpwv 390 
 
ILIAD VIII. 339 
 
 Nor bears he this in mind, how many a time 
 
 His son I rescued, when in sore distress 
 
 By labours that Eurystheus on him laid. 
 
 He raised his cry to heaven, from heaven I came 
 
 Sent down by Zeus to bear him powerful aid. 
 
 O had I in my wisdom surely known 
 
 How this would be what time that son of Zeus 
 
 Was sent to Hades jailor of Hell-gate 
 
 To bring from nether-gloom fell Hades' hound 
 
 He had not 'scaped the headlong flood of Styx. 
 
 But me my sire now hates, and works the will 
 
 Of Thetis, who his knees did kiss, and touched 
 
 With fondling hand his chin, entreating much 
 
 For honour to her city-storming son. 
 
 Yet time shall be when he again shall call 
 
 His stern-eyed daughter dear. But go thou now, 
 
 Harness our firm-hoofed steeds ; and I the while, 
 
 Entering the house of aegis-bearing Zeus, 
 
 Will arm me for the fight : that I may see 
 
 If plumed Hector, Priam's son, will joy 
 
 When we do show us on the battle bridge. 
 
 Surely some Trojan then will richly feed 
 
 With fat and flesh the dogs and carrion birds, 
 
 Beside the vessels of Achaia slain." 
 
 She spake. Nor white-armed Herd disobeyed, 
 Daughter of mighty Cronos, goddess queen : 
 But went her way to harness for the car 
 Her steeds with golden frontlet shining bright. 
 Meanwhile the maid of aegis-bearing Zeus, 
 Athene, loosed and on the Father's floor 
 Cast down her flowing mantle, broidered web 
 By her own hands and labour deftly wrought, 
 And donned the tunic of cloud-gathering Zeus, 
 And braced her armour for the tearful war. 
 Then on the fiery car she set her foot 
 And grasped her lance, long, heavy, stout, wherewith 
 
 22 2 
 
340 JAIAAO2 
 
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 rjfjbev dvaiMvai TTVKLVOV ve<f>o$ 778' ziriOelvai. 395 
 
 rfj pa Si? avTacov Kevrpyveiceas e%ov ITTTTOVS. 
 
 Zei)? Be Trarrjp "iBrjOev eVel I'Se, ^waar ap* atVcS?, 
 *\piv 8' WTpvvev xpVffOTrrepov dy<ye\eova-av' 
 " /Bdcr/c Wi, 9 IpL Ta%eia, nraKiv rpeTre fiyS* ea avrfjv 
 epxeaO*' ov yap Ka\a avvoio-o/JLeda TrroXe/jLovBe. 400 
 
 a>Be yap efepew, TO Be /cal reTe\e(T/JLevov c 
 
 avrds 8' ex Bi<f>pov ySaXew, Kara 0* ap/nara 
 ovBe /cev e? Be/caTovs 7repiTe\\o/j,evovs e 
 e\ice d7ra\6ij(reo-6ov a /cev pdpTTTrjat, /cepavvos, 405 
 
 or' av q> irarpl 
 ve/JLeo-l^o/jiai, ovBe 
 
 alel yap /JLOI, ewOev evt,K\av QTTI Ke 
 W9 e'(/>ar', CO/JTO Be 9 Ipt? aeXXoTro? 
 ftr) 8' ef 'I8ata)i/ opecov es fiaKpov "O\v/jt,7rov. 410 
 
 Be TrvXyai, TroXfTrru^ou Qv\v/jL7roio 
 Karepvice, Ato? 8e <7^>' evveire fjivOov' 
 
 TL crfywiv evl <j)pe(rl fiaiverai, rfrop ; 
 OVK eda KpovlBrjs eTra^vve^ev 'Apyeioio-iv. 
 wBe yap ^7rei\rja-e Kpovov nrais, y re\eei Trep, 415 
 
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 oi58e /cev e? Be/cdrovs 7repi,Te\\ofjievov$ eViauroi/9 
 
ILIAD VIII. 341 
 
 She quells the ranks of men who move to wrath 
 
 That maiden daughter of a mighty sire. 
 
 Then Here* swiftly touched with lash the steeds. 
 
 Self-moved before them groaned the gates of heaven 
 
 Kept by the Hours ; for to their charge is given 
 
 Olympus and wide heaven, and now to ope 
 
 The massy cloud rolled back, and now to close. 
 
 There through these gates the goaded steeds they urged. 
 
 But Father Zeus, from Ida when he saw, 
 Was much in wrath, and Iris golden-winged 
 Straight bade he forth to be his messenger : 
 " Hie thee, fleet Iris, turn them back again, 
 Nor let them meet me ; for 'twill not be well 
 That we in combat close. For thus I say 
 And this my word shall surely be fulfilled 
 The swift steeds in their chariot I will lame, 
 And hurl themselves from out the seat, and break 
 The shattered car : nor ten revolving years 
 Shall serve to heal their wounds, where once my bolt 
 Has stricken home. So shall the stern-eyed maid 
 Know what it is to battle with her sire. 
 But Herd not so much my vengeance moves 
 Or wrath ; for it is ever thus her wont 
 To thwart my purpose, whatsoe'er I say." 
 
 He spake : and storm-foot Iris rose to bear 
 The message. Down from Ida's peaks she sped 
 To tall Olympus, where the goddess pair 
 At valley-rent Olympus' outmost gate 
 She met, and stayed, and told the word of Zeus : 
 "O whither bent, ye twain? What madness moves 
 Your hearts within your bosoms? Cronos' son 
 Forbids you aid the Argives : for he threats 
 Thus and his threat he surely will fulfil 
 The swift steeds in your chariot he will lame, 
 And hurl yourselves from out the seat, and break 
 The shattered car : nor ten revolving years . " 
 
342 IAIAA02 0. 
 
 e\/ce d7ra\0ij(TO'0ov a /cev /JLapTrryo-i, /cepavvos. 
 o(f)p y elSfjs, rXat/^wTrt?, or dv trc5 irarpl fjud^rjau' 420 
 "Hp27 S* ov TI TQGOV vefiecri^eraL ov&e 
 alel yap ol ewOev evuc\dv orrt, ice 
 aXXa a-v j alvoTaTTj, KVOV dSees, el creov 76 
 ToKjjbrja-e^ Aio? dvra 7re\a>piov 67^09 delpai." 
 
 rj p,ev dp Co? elTrova dTreftij TroSa? co/cea *I/3i9, 425 
 
 at/rap ^AOrjvaLijv r/ Hpij 77/309 pvOov eenrev' 
 co TroTrot, alyio^oio Ato9 reyco9, ov/cer* eyo) 76 
 
 eveica 
 
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 \vo~av 
 
 A:al roi)9 ftez/ KareBijo-av eV dpftpoorlrjcn 
 dpfJiara Be K\lvav 77^09 evwiria irafjb^avowvra' 435 
 
 aural Se ftpvcreoicriv 6?rl K\icrp,olcn KaOi^ov 
 
 * d\\otcri OeoicTi, (j>i\ov Terirj/jLevai, tfrop. 
 
 u9 Se Trarrjp "iBrjOev evrpo^ov ap^a ical LTTTTOVS 
 
 e&ico/ce, Oe&v S' egbcero OMKOVS. 
 TCO Se Aral ITTTTOVS fjLev \vcrev K\VTO$ evoalycuos, 440 
 
 dp/j,a,Ta 8' a/i ftwfjLolari, rl6rj } /card Xtra 
 avro9 Se xpvo-eiov eVl Opovov evpvoTra 
 efero, TOJ 8' UTTO Trocrtrl /jueyas TreXe^tfer' *OXcyt7TO9. 
 a? S' olat Ato9 a^^>l9 'AQijvalij re /cal "Kprj 
 rja-Oviv, ovSe TL piv Trpoa-efywveov ovS' epeovro. 445 
 
 avrdp o eyvco yaw evl fypeai, (jxavrja-ev re* 
 TeTirja-Qov, 'ABijvcUi) re 
 
ILIAD VIII. 343 
 
 Shall serve to heal the wounds, where once his bolt 
 
 Has stricken home. So shall the stern-eyed maid 
 
 Know what it is to battle with her sire. 
 
 But Here" not so much his vengeance moves 
 
 Or wrath ; for it is ever thus her wont 
 
 To thwart his purpose, whatsoe'er he say. 
 
 But, most presumptuous queen, thou fearless hound, 
 
 Think well if thus in very deed thou'lt dare 
 
 To lift on Zeus thy mighty rebel spear." 
 
 Thus fleet-foot Iris spake, and went her way. 
 Then to Athene" thus did Here" speak : 
 " O me ! thou child of aegis-bearing Zeus, 
 I now no more allow that we with Zeus 
 Wage battle for the sake of mortal men. 
 Of whom let this one perish, that one live, 
 Whoso may chance : and let the sire alone 
 Think his own thoughts and doom alone his dooms 
 For Trojans and for Danaans, as is meet." 
 
 She spake, and backward turned the firm-hoofed steeds. 
 And soon the fair-maned steeds the Hours unloosed, 
 And at the ambrosial mangers tethered them, 
 But 'gainst the shining inner wall aslope 
 
 They laid the car. The goddesses themselves 
 
 Sate them on golden seats amid the throng 
 
 Of other .gods, chafing with sullen heart. 
 Meanwhile toward Olympus Father Zeus 
 
 From Ida drave his wheeled car and steeds, 
 
 And to the gods enthroned came. His steeds 
 
 The famed Earth-shaker loosed, and set the car 
 
 On a raised base, and with a cloth o'erspread. 
 
 But Thunderer Zeus took seat on golden throne, 
 
 Beneath whose feet the great Olympus shook. 
 
 Alone Athene" there and Herd sat 
 
 Apart from Zeus, nor spake him word, nor asked. 
 
 Yet knew he all in heart and thus he spake ; 
 
 "Why, Herd and Athene", chafe ye thus 
 
344 IAIAAO2 . 
 
 ov /jtfjv Orfv Kafierov ye /J>d%rj evi KvBtavelprj 
 
 T/ocSa?, TOL(TLV KOTOV alvov eOecrOe. 
 , olov C/JLOV ye fj,evos KOI %et/39 aavrrot, 450 
 
 OVK av /jie Tpetyeiav 0001, 6eoL elcr* eV 9 O\vfjL7TG). 
 o-(j)WLv Be TTplv Trep Tpbfjios \\aj3e (ftaiBi/jLa yvla 
 irplv TroXefJLov ISeew 7r6\efJLOi6 re /juepfiepa epya. 
 toBe yap e^epeco, TO Be fcev Tere\eo-fj,evov ijev' 
 OVK av e'</>' v/jLerepayv o%eci>v, 7r\r)yevT Kepavvq>, 455 
 
 ai/r e? "OXv/JLTrov 'ixedOov, lv dOavaTcw e^o? e 
 
 e3? e(f>a6\ at S' eirefjiv^av 'Affqpab) re /cal 
 r jT\r](jiai ai y rjaOrjv, Katcd Be Tipcaeo-crL fj,eBeo-07jv. 
 T) rot, 'AOyvairj dicewv r)v ovBe n elirev, 
 (TKvofj,ev7) Au Trarpl, ^0X09 Be piv dyptos ypei' 460 
 
 "Hpy 8' OVK e%aBe arrjQos j^oKov, aXXa TrpocnjvBa' 
 " alvoTare KpovtBrj, Trolov TOP pvQov eenre? 
 ev vv KOI 77^6?? iB/j,ev o TOI <r0evo<; OVK dXaTraBvov' 
 aXX' e/iTTTy? Aavaco^ oXo^upo/Ae^' al^rjTdwv, 
 oi Kev Brj KaKov OITOV dv(nr\r)(TavTe<$ o\wvrai. 465 
 
 aXX' rj TOI 7ro\efjLOV /lev d(f>ej;6p,e6\ el crv Ke\eveis' 
 fSov\r)v B* 'Apyelots V7ro6rjo-6^e6\ T) rt? 6vtjo~ei,, 
 w? /j,rj TrdvTes oXcovTai oBvcraafjievoio Teelo" 
 
 Trfv B J dtra/jieifiofjievos 7rpoae<f>r] ve(f)e\7jyepeTa ZeuV 
 " 7701)? Brj KOL /j,d\\ov vTrepfievea Kpovlwva 470 
 
 o-vjreat, el K eOeKyo-Oa, /SowTTt? TTOTVIO, 
 oXXuVr' 'Apyelcov irov\vv crrpaTov 
 ov ydp irplv 7roXe/iov dTroiravaeTai o/3pt/io? '' 
 irplv opOai irapd vavfyi jroBooKea TlyXetowa 
 
 Tc3 or av oc fjiev 7rl TrpvfJLvrjcrt, fjid%(i)VTai, 475 
 
ILIAD VIIL 345 
 
 In sullen mood? Ye are not weary sure 
 With slaying in the fight, man's field of fame, 
 Troy's sons, 'gainst whom your anger was so hot. 
 Truly my might and my resistless hands 
 Are such that none could turn me back, not all 
 The gods that hold Olympus. But ye twain 
 Were seized with trembling in your glorious limbs 
 Before the battle and the toilsome works 
 Of battle yet ye saw. And well 'twas so. 
 For thus I say, and it had been fulfilled : 
 Not on your cars, smit by my bolt, had ye 
 Resought Olympus, where immortals dwell." 
 
 He spake. Low murmured then those twain, who near 
 Together sat and planned the Trojans' bane, 
 Ev'n Her*? and Athene'. Silent sat 
 Athene', nor spake aught, at Father Zeus 
 Sullenly scowling, tho' wild wrath within 
 Was stirring her ; but Herd in her breast 
 Pent not the swelling ire, and thus she spake : 
 " Dread Cronides, what word of thine is here ? 
 We surely know too well what strength is thine, 
 A strength unyielding. Yet we pity sore 
 The Danaan spearmen, who of evil fate 
 Their measure filling up are doomed to die. 
 But truly we from war will hold our hands, 
 If thou dost bid : but to the Argive host 
 Lend counsel only that may help ; and so 
 Not all beneath thy anger fierce shall die." 
 
 To whom in answer thus cloud-gathering Zeus : 
 "When dawns to-morrow, Herd, large-eyed queen, 
 Thou shalt, if so thou wilt, yet further see 
 Strong Cronides destroying wide the host 
 Of Argive spearmen. For from work of war 
 Hector the terrible shall never cease 
 Till from his ship the fleet-foot Peleus' son 
 Uprouse him, in that day when they shall fight 
 
346 IAIAAO2 0. 
 
 o-reivei ev alvoTaTO), Trepl TlarpofcXoio 
 
 9 yap Oeafyarov ecrrl. creQev S' eyco OVK 
 
 , ov& et /ce TO. veiara ireipatf 
 /cal TTOVTOIO, f iv 'laTrero? re Kpoi^o? re 
 
 OVT av<yfj<? "TtrepLovos 'HeX/oto 480 
 
 repirovT our* dvefjioiai,, jBaOvs Se re Tdprapos a/x^/?. 
 ouS' rjv ev0* d^l/crjai d\a)fj,evrj, ov aev e'you 76 
 <T/cvo/JL6V7)<; d\,eya), eVel ov creo icvvrepov a\\o" 
 
 0)9 <aro, TOV 8* oi/ rt 7rpoo-(j)rj \evK(o\evo<; f/ H/?7;. 
 eV S* 7rear J 'fl^ea^oS \afJLTrpov 0ao? r)e\ioio, 485 
 
 e\Kov VVKTCL fJieXaivav eVl ^elScopov dpovpav. 
 Tpco&lv }iev p deKQVGiv e&v 0ao9, avrdp 
 
 d(77Ta(7LlJ Tpl\\LCTTO<S 7Ttj\V0 VV% p 
 
 Tpcbcov avr dyoprjv Troiijaaro (fralSifjios "E/crwp, 
 v6<7(f>i vewv dyayoov, Trora/jLO) eiri Sivrjevn, 490 
 
 ef Iirawv 8' a7ro/5a^re9 eVt ^Oova p,v6ov d/covov 
 TOP p f/ EtfTa>/3 dyopeve Si/^tXo?' eV S' a'pa 
 e^;' ev^eKdir^^y' irdpoiOe Se \d/jL7Tro 
 %a\Kir), Trepl Se xpixreos Bee TropKTjs. 495 
 
 TW o 7' epeicrd/jLevos eTrea Tpwecrat, fjLerrjvSa' 
 " tcetcXvre /-tef , TpcGe? /cat &dp$avoi ?;>' eir&covpoi, 
 vvv e(j)dfjirjv vfjds T* oXecra? /cal 
 a-^r dirovoffTrjcreiv Trporl "IXtov 
 aXXa Trpl^ /cve<f)a<s ?;X^e, TO v)i 
 'Apyelovs ical vfjas ITTI pr)yfj,ivi, ^aXa 0*0-779. 
 * 77 rot z/0^ /Aez/ TreiOoofjieQa VVKT\ 
 
 T e<f>o7r\io-6fji,ecr6a' drdp Ka\\LrpL f ^a^ ITTTTOVS 
 \vo~aff VTref 6%ecov, Trapd 8e 
 
ILIAD VIIL 347 
 
 Hard by the vessels' sterns in fellest strait 
 
 Thick-thronged around Patroclus' fallen corse. 
 
 For so 'tis fate. And of thy wrath I reck 
 
 No whit, no not if to the depth and end 
 
 Of earth and sea thou go, where sit the twain 
 
 lapetus and Cronos, never cheered 
 
 By rays of upper sun or breath of winds, 
 
 But girt around by deep Tartarean gloom. 
 
 No, not shouldst thither in thy roaming come, 
 
 Heed I thy sullen mood : for other power 
 
 Than thee more houndiike surely there is none." 
 
 So spake he : white-armed Here" answered naught. 
 And now in ocean flood the shining sun 
 Dropt down, and o'er the grain-abounding lands 
 Drew in his wake black night. To men of Troy 
 Unwished the sunset : to Achaia's host 
 Welcome, thrice-prayed for, came the murky night. 
 
 But glorious Hector now a council called 
 Leading his Trojans from the ships apart, 
 Beside the eddying river, where a place 
 Shone void and clear amid the frequent dead. 
 There from their steeds dismounting to the ground 
 They heard while Hector spake, beloved of Zeus. 
 A spear in hand he held, cubits eleven 
 Its length, whose shaft was tipped with flashing brass 
 Bound on by ring of gold : on this he leant, 
 And mid the Trojan armies thus he spake : 
 " Hear me, ye Trojans, Dardans, and allies ! 
 I surely said that now I should destroy 
 The ships, and all Achaia's host withal, 
 Ere back I turned to wind-swept Ilion. 
 But darkness came too soon : nought else but this 
 Saved men and ships upon the sea-smit strand. 
 But truly now let us obey black night 
 And ready make our meal : your fair-maned steeds 
 Unloose ye from the cars, and give them food. . 
 
348 IAIAA02 . 
 
 /c 7ro'Xt09 8' decr0e /Boas KOI tyi 
 fcap7ra\ifj,a)s, dlvov Be fjLe\l(j)pova olvi 
 <rtTov r e/c /jieydpcov, ejrl Be gv\a TroXXa \eye06e, 
 &>9 tcev fravvv^Loi yu-ecr^ 7701)9 tfpiyevelfjs 
 /calcofjuev frvpa TroXXa, <reXa9 S' et9 ovpavov f i/crj, 
 fjtfj 7ro)9 fcai Bid iwfcra /cdpr) tcofJLOtovres ' Amatol 510 
 
 <f>evyeLv op^awcrLV eV evpea vwra 
 fir) H.TJV daTTOvBl <ye veu>v eTrijBalev e/cr)\oi, 
 ye ySeXo9 /cat OIKO&I, 
 
 rj ia> rj 
 
 bs eTTLOpcoo-Kcov, 'iva rt9 o-Tvyeycri, /cat, aXXo9 515 
 
 Tpaxrtz/ e^>' iTTTroBd/jLoicri, (frepeiv 7ro\vBaKpvv "Aprja. 
 Kijpvtces S' az/a dcrrv Bil<f)i\.oi, dy<ye\\6vTc0v 
 
 7rpa)0rj/3a<; 7ro\ioKpord(f)ov<; re yepovras 
 i Trepl dcrrv BeoB/jLrjrwv ejrl Trvpyayv 
 0r)\VTpai, Be yvvalfces evi fieydpoicri, efcdo-TT] 520 
 
 Trvp fAeya KaiovTwV <f>v\afcr) Be rt9 eftTreBos <TTO), 
 
 9 yopeva)' 
 
 S* 09 /i-e^ vvv vytijs, elprj/juevos etrrw' 
 rov 8' 7jou9 Tpwea-cri, fj,e0' linroBa^oL^ dyopevao). 525 
 
 eX7ro/iat eu%6yLtei/09 Att r' a'XXotcrtV re 6eol(Tiv 
 efeXaai/ evQevBe tcvvas K7}peo'crL^)oprJTov^ 1 
 ovs /cfjpes (j)opeov(7L fji\aivda)v eVt vrjwv. 
 aXX* 77 rot eTrl VVKTI <>v\dgo/JLev 7/fJieas aurou9, 
 
 8' VTrrjoLOL crvv rev^eai Owprj^devTe^ 530 
 
 m y\a<f)Vpr}o-iv eyelpo/JLev 6vv "Aprja. 
 ij tee p 6 TvBe'l'Brjs Kparepos Ato/A^8^9 
 Trap ^ah; 7r^09 ret^09 aTrcocrerat, 77 /cev eyw TOP 
 
ILIAD VIII. 349 
 
 And from the city drive ye kine with speed 
 
 And lusty sheep, and buy ye honeyed wine, 
 
 And bread from out your homes : gather withal 
 
 Great store of wood, that through the livelong night 
 
 Till morning early-born our fires may burn 
 
 Innumerable, whose blaze may mount to heaven : 
 
 Lest in the night Achaia's long-haired sons 
 
 Haply may stir themselves to flee away 
 
 O'er the broad ridges of the billowy sea. 
 
 Nay, let them not untroubled and at ease 
 
 Get them aboard ; but so that ev'n at home 
 
 Each may have wounds to nurse, by arrow struck 
 
 Or beechen spear, as on his ship he leaps. 
 
 So shall all others shuddering fear to bring 
 
 On Troy's steed-taming sons a woful war. 
 
 And let the holy heralds loved of Zeus 
 
 Proclaim throughout the town that stripling boys 
 
 And gray-haired grandsires man the god-built towers 
 
 Around the wall, but let the women folk, 
 
 Each in her halls, burn ample store of fire. 
 
 And let sure watch be kept : lest, while the host 
 
 Is absent here, an ambush win the town. 
 
 Thus be it, high-souled Trojans, as I say. 
 
 Let this my word, wholesome for present need, 
 
 Suffice. Yet further, when the morrow dawns, 
 
 Mid the steed-taming Trojans I will speak. 
 
 I hope indeed and so to Zeus I pray 
 
 And all the gods that we shall drive forth hence 
 
 These doom-led hounds, whom sure an evil doom 
 
 Leads to their end upon their black-hulled ships. 
 
 But for the night look we to guard ourselves ; 
 
 And with the early dawn don we our arms, 
 
 And at the hollow ships awake keen war. 
 
 Then will I know if Diomedes stout, 
 
 The son of Tydeus, from Achaia's ships 
 
 Will force me to our wall, or I slay him 
 
350 IAIAAO2 
 
 a) Byutcras evapa ftporbevra 
 avpiov r\v dperrjv Biaeicrerai,, at K epbv 67^09 535 
 
 fj,ivr) eTrep^ofAevov. aXX* ev irpwroiO'LV, btw, 
 
 fc, 7roXee9 ' //.<' avrbv eraipoi, 
 e? avpiov. el yap eywv w? 
 adavaros teal dyqpaos rjfJLara irdvra, 
 
 3' 009 Tier 'AOrjvairj Kal 'A-TroXXftH', 540 
 
 W9 vvv ^pepf] tf&e KCL/COV (frepet, 'Apyeloicnv." 
 
 &5? f/ E/cr&)/> d<y6pev\ eVt b'e T 
 di 8' tTTTrof? /^ez/ e\vaav VTTO %vyov i 
 &r)(rav 8' i/JuivT(r<Tt Trap" ap^ao-i olat 
 e/c TToXfco? S* a^avro jSba$ Kal l$ia ^rj\a 545 
 
 KapTrd\ifjLW<s, olvov Be fie\l(f)pova OIVI^OVTO 
 alrov T e/c /jLeydpwv, eVl Be ^v\a TroXXa \eyovTO. 
 Kviarfv 8* etc TreBiov ave^oi (frepov ovpavov etaa). 
 o't Be fjLeya fypoveovres dvd TrroXe^oto <ye(f>vpas 
 e r iaro Travvv^ioc, Trvpd Be CT^ICTL /calero TroXXa. 550 
 
 <W9 8' or' eV ovpavw dcrrpa (fraeivrjv d/jL(f)l o-e\r)Vijv 
 fyaiveT* dpiTTpeTrea, ore r eVXero vrjvefJios aWrjp' 
 e/c r' ecfravev iraaai CTKOTTIOI Kal Trpwoves d/cpoi, 
 Kal vdirau' ovpavoOev 8* dp" vTreppdjrj a<77rero9 al6r)p, 
 irdvra Be elBerai darpa, jeyrjOe Be re <ppeva TrotfjLijv' 555 
 roaaa fJLecrijyv vewv rfBe *B<dv6oio podwv 
 
 Kaiovrwv Trvpd (fralvero 'iXto^t irpo. 
 ' dp* ev TreBlw Trvpd /caiero, Trap Be eKaara) 
 eiaro rrevrrjKovra ae\ai, rrvpbs alQo^kvoio. 
 
 Be Kpl \evKov epeirrofjievoi, Kal o\tpas, 560 
 
 Trap 1 o^eo'^iv, eiiOpovov 'Ha> /JLI/JLVOV. 
 
ILIAD VIII. 351 
 
 With brazen lance, and bear his bloody spoils. 
 
 To-morrow shall he prove his valour well, 
 
 If he abide the coming of my spear. 
 
 But, as I think, amid the foremost he 
 
 Will stricken lie, with many comrades round, 
 
 When mounts the morrow's sun. For O were I 
 
 As sure to live immortal, ever young 
 
 Through all my days, and honoured as the gods 
 
 Athens' and Apollo, as I am 
 
 Sure that this day doth bring the Argives bane." 
 
 Thus Hector spake. The Trojans roared acclaim. 
 They loosed their sweating horses from the yoke, 
 And tethered them with reins, each by his car. 
 And from the city kine and lusty sheep 
 They drove with speed, and bought them honeyed wine, 
 And bread from out their homes : and gathered too 
 Great store of wood. And of their feast the winds 
 Bore the sweet savour heavenwards from the plain. 
 Thus with high hopes upon the battle bridge 
 All night they camped, and countless blazed their fires. 
 And as in heaven around the shining moon 
 The stars gleam sharp and clear in windless calm 
 And all the peaks stand out, and jutting bluffs, 
 And glens : and boundless ether parted wide 
 Uncurtains all high heaven : and in full tale 
 Are seen the stars, to shepherd's heart a joy 
 So countless 'twixt the ships and Xanthus' stream 
 The watchfires blazed in front of Ilion. 
 Burned on the plain a thousand fires : by each 
 Sat fifty men within the flame's bright glow : 
 While champing barley white and rye their steeds 
 Stood by the cars and waited fair-throned morn. 
 
IAIAAOZ I. 
 
 Amu'. 
 
 ol [lev T/)Ct>69 <f)v\afcas e^ov' avrdp ' 
 
 eraipr), 
 
 8' arX?;T&> /3e/3o\ijaTo 
 
 5? 8' avejJLOL Svo TTOVTOV oplverov lyftvowra, 
 al Zt6(f>vpos, ra> re pr)Kr]dev UTJTOV, 
 ^aTTLvrjs' ayLtuSi? Se re KVfia 
 KopOverai, TTO\\OV 8e Trapej; a\a 
 d)5 eBai^ero Ovfio? eVt arrjOeacnv 9 
 
 'ArpetSrjs S' a%et /jueydXa) /BefioXrjiAevcx; rjrop 
 <f>olra Krjpv/cecrcri, 
 
 t9 dyoprjv 
 
 e /3oav' aJro? Se //-era TT^TOKTI Troveiro. 
 8' etV dyopfj T6T Cores' dv S' 'A-ya/xeyLtz/ctJz/ 
 
 Sd/cpv %eo)^ w? re /cptjvrj /jie\dvv&po<;, 
 r] re /car* alyi\i7ros irerprj^ Svofapov p^eet v$o)p. 
 w? o /Sapi) GTevd'xwv eW 'A/yye/bwri 
 
 Zei;? )Lte yiteya Kpo^tS?;? OTT; eVeS^cre jBapeirj, 
 <7^erXto9, 09 Tore /-ceV /ioi VTrea-^ero Kal /careveva-ev 
 "I\iov eKTrepcravT evrei^eov anrovktGQai, 
 yuz' 8e /ca/crjv dirdT^v /3ov\ev(TaTO, Kal /J.e Ke\V6i 
 $vo-K\ea "A/3709 inker ai> eVet TTO\VV wXeo-a Xaoz/. 
 
ILIAD IX. 
 
 Embassy to entreat Achilleus. 
 
 SUCH watch the Trojans kept. Achaia's host 
 Dread Panic, comrade she of shuddering Flight, 
 Fast bound : and all the bravest and the best 
 Were stricken sore with grief intolerable. 
 And vexed and tossed as is the fishful main 
 When north and west wind meet, two Thrace-born blasts, 
 With sudden squall the black waves tumbling crowd 
 High heaped ; the beach with tangle thick is strewn 
 So tossed, so vexed, their souls within them swayed. 
 
 And stricken to the heart with mighty woe 
 The son of Atreus ranged the camp, and bade 
 The clear-voiced heralds to the council call 
 Each man with several summons, not with shout ; 
 And in the toil himself bore foremost part. 
 They came and sate in council sorrowing : 
 But Agamemnon rose and stood, whose tears 
 Fell as the dropping of a deep black spring, 
 That down the steep cliff pours its waters dark. 
 So he sore groaning 'mid the Argives spake : 
 " Friends, kings and captains of our Argive host, 
 Zeus Cronides fast to a heavy fate 
 Hath bound me cruel god ! whose nod once pledged 
 The sack of well-walled Troy and safe return ; 
 Yet meant he but to lure me to my bane : 
 And now the strength of all my people lost 
 Inglorious bids to Argos take my way. 
 G. H. 23 
 
354 IAIAAO2 I. 
 
 TTOV Ail fj,e\\ei, v7T6pfji6vel (f)i\ov 
 05 8?) vroXXact)^ 7ro\L(i)v KaTeXv&e /cdpijva 
 
 778' Ti Kal \V(7l' TOV yap KpaTO? e'(7Tfc p,eyiO~TOV. 
 
 ' dyeO\ ce5? av eyd) eiTrco, 7reiQa>fj,e0a Travres. 
 
 %vv vrjvcrl (friXrjv <? TrarplSa yaiav' 
 ov yap en Tpolrjv aipijcrofj,ev evpvdyviav." 
 
 w? e(f)a0\ 01 S' apa TTCLVTZS drcrjv eyevovro 
 Srjv 8' aveo) rja-av rertT/ore? fie? ' 
 o-^re Be Srj yLtereetTre jBorjv dyaOos 
 
 eort, ava, dyopy' o~v Be firf TI 
 d\Kr)v fJLev fJLOL TTp&Tov ovelBicra? ev 
 <f>ds e/jiev d7rTo\efJLov Kal dvd\KiBa' TavTa Be iravTa 35 
 io~ao~ > ' A.pyeia)v tj/jbev veoi ?)8e yepovTes. 
 o~ol Be Bt,dvBt,% eBcoKe Kpovov Trdis dyKv\ofJLtjTeco' 
 o-KrjTTTpat fJiev TO i eBwKe TeTi/j,rjo-0ai, irepl TTCIVTCOV, 
 d\Krjv 8' ov TOI eBcoKev, o re KpaTos eVrt fjueyiaTov. 
 
 ovi t ovrco TTOV ^d\a e\7reat, via? *A%ai,wv 40 
 
 T e/j,evai Kal dvd\KLBa<? a>$ dyopevei? ; 
 el Be o~ol avTto OV/JLOS eVeo-crurat w? re vee<70ai, 
 epXeo' Trap TOI 6805, z^e? 8e TOI dy^i 0a\do-o-r)<; 
 ecrTdcr, ai TOI eirovTO M.VKr}vrj0ev fjbd\a iro\\aL 
 
 C d\\oi, neveovart, Kaprj KOfJbocovTes 'Amatol 4 = 
 
 o Ke Trep Tpoirjv BiaTrepcrofiev. el Be Kal avToi, 
 
 vi, B\ eyu> *2<6eve\6s re, fJLa^Tjo-6/jieO' eh o Ke 
 'I\lov evpcofjiev' %vv yap Qea* el\ij\ov0/jLev" 
 
 cS? etyatf, 01 8' apa irdvTes eTria^ov vie? '. 
 /jt,v0ov dyao-o-dfievoL Aio/^Seo? iTTTroBd/AOi 
 Tolcn 8' aviGTauzvos ueTe&wveev IfriroTa 
 
ILIAD IX. 355 
 
 So Zeus, methinks, will have it, Zeus the strong, 
 Who many cities' heads ere now hath bowed, 
 And yet will bow, for matchless is his might. 
 Then come, obey we all, e'en as I say, 
 Take ship, and fly to our dear father-land ; 
 For now we ne'er shall win wide-streeted Troy." 
 
 He spake : but they were hushed and silent all. 
 Long were Achaia's sons in sorrow mute : 
 At last spake Diomedes good in fray : 
 "Atrides, first with thee, who art unwise, 
 I will contend, as is our right, my king, 
 In council ; wherefore be not moved to wrath. 
 My courage thou didst heretofore impugn 
 Before the Danaans, and didst call me there 
 Unwarlike coward ; and these words of thine 
 Are known to every Argive, young and old. 
 Now surely 'tis thyself to whom the son 
 Of crooked-counselled Cronos halved his boon, 
 And gave thee sceptred honour chief of all, 
 But courage not which is the mightiest power. 
 What, sire! dost really deem Achaia's sons 
 Unwarlike cowards, as thy words would say? 
 Nay if thine own heart hasteth to return, 
 Go thou : the way is near, and by the sea 
 The ships that from Mycense followed thee 
 Stand not a few. But others here will stay, 
 Long-haired Achaians, till at last we sack 
 Troy's city. Or let them too, if they will, 
 Take ship and fly to their own father-land ; 
 Yet will we twain, myself and Sthenelus, 
 Fight till we work the end of Ilion : 
 For not without a god we hither came." 
 
 So spake he : and Achaia's sons all roared 
 A loud acclaim, in wonder at the words 
 Of the steed-taming prince. Then straight uprose 
 Nestor, Cerent's knight, and 'mid them spake : 
 
 232 
 
356 IAIAA02 I. 
 
 "TvBetBtj, Trepl pev TroXe/^o) evi /caprepos 
 real /3ov\fj /jLera irdvTas ofj,r)\uca<s eir\ev 
 
 OV T/9 TOL TOV JJLV0OV OVOCTCTeTai, OdCTOt ' 
 
 ovBe 7rd\t,v epeei' drap ov reXo? t/ceo 
 
 r) fj,r)v KOI veo9 ecrai, e/A09 Se K6 KOI 
 
 oTrXoraro? yevefjtpiv' drap ir^TTw^kva /3afe:? 
 
 \\pyelcov y3a(7tX>;a?, eVel ara /jbolpav eetTre?. 
 
 aXX* y eywv, 09 <7eo yepalrepos ev^o/nat, elvai 
 
 e^eiTTft) ^al irdvra 8a'foyu.at' ou8e #e Tt9 /^oi 
 
 fjivOov aTLjjbrjcreC, ovSe Kpelcov 
 
 d(f}prjra)p dOefiKiTos dveanos earw 
 
 09 TToXefJiov eparai eTrtBrj^iov o/cpvoevros 
 
 aXX* T; rot rui/ /tei/ ire t,6 to^ed a vvfcrl 
 
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 Trdcrd TOL ecrO^ vTroSe^LTj, TroXe'ecrcr^ dvd(ro-eis, 
 TToXXcSv 8' dypofjievwv TU> 7rei(reai 09 Kev dpl(mjv 
 j3ov\rjv j3ov\evcT7j. fidXa Be 
 eo-0\rj<; /cal TTVKivfjs, ore Brjioi, eyyvOt 
 Kalovcriv Trvpd TroXXa* Tt9 av rdSe <yr)0)]o-eiev; 
 z^i)f 8' ^S' fje Biappaiaei crrparov rfe crawcret," 
 
 d)9 (f>aO\ ot 8' a/3<z TOV yu-aXa yaei/ K\VOV tfSe T 
 etc Be <f>v\aKTfjpe<? crvv Tev%e<Tiv eacrevovTo 
 dpfyl Te Neo-ToplBrjv QpaavfjLijBea, iroL^eva \aoov, 
 rjB* a/jiffS 'A(TAcaXa^>o^ KOI 'laX/zez/oz^ via? 
 d/A<f>l Te Mrjpiovqv 'Affrapija Te ^rjiirvpov Te, 
 
ILIAD IX. 357 
 
 "Tydides, thou in war art passing strong, 
 
 And best in counsel too among thy peers. 
 
 Of all Achaians none will blame thy words, 
 
 Nor gainsay : yet thou reachedst not the end. 
 
 Truly thou'rt young, and mightest be my son, 
 
 My youngest born ; yet utterest words full wise 
 
 To Argive kings, for all was fitly said. 
 
 But come, and I, who claim more years than thou, 
 
 Will speak and set forth all in full: and none 
 
 Not Agamemnon's self will scorn my words. 
 
 Surely a tribeless, lawless, homeless man 
 
 Is he who loves to stir the strife of war 
 
 In his own people, that abhorred plague. 
 
 But let us now indeed obey black night, 
 
 And spread our meals : and let the several guards 
 
 Be ranged along the trench without the wall. 
 
 To our young men this charge I give : but then 
 
 Take thou the lead, Atrides, for thou art 
 
 The chiefest king, and to our elders make 
 
 A feast, as fits thee well nor misbeseems. 
 
 Thy tents are full of wine, which day by day 
 
 O'er the wide waters from the shore of Thrace 
 
 Achaia's ships convey : all stores thou hast 
 
 For hospitality, and thou art a king 
 
 O'er many. But when many thus have met, 
 
 Him shalt thou follow who shall counsel best. 
 
 And all Achaia's sons have now sore need 
 
 Of counsel good and shrewd : for near our ships 
 
 Burn many foemen's watch-fires ; and this night 
 
 Will work our army's ruin or will save." 
 
 He spake : they heard attentive and obeyed. 
 Out hasted then the guards, in armour clad, 
 Gathering round Thrasymedes Nestor's son, 
 A people's shepherd, and the war-god's sons 
 Ascalaphus and lalmenus ; and around 
 Meriones, Aphareus, De'ipyrus, 
 
358 IAIAA02 I. 
 
 viov, Av/co/jiijBea Bcov. 
 7TT eaav 7776/401/69 (frvXd/ccov, e/carbv Be e/cdo-ra) 
 /covpoi dfia o-T6i%ov, Bo\l% ey^ea ^epalv 
 tcdS Be ft&rov rdtftpov /cal ret^eo? l^ov io 
 evOa Be Trvp Kijavro, rLOevro Be Bopjra 
 
 y Trapd Be <rcf)i, rLOj] fievoeiKea Bacra' 90 
 
 ot S* 67r' ovetaG* eroLfia TrpOKei^eva ^etpa? ia\\ov. 
 avrdp eVel TTOCTIOS /cal eS^rvo? If epov ez/ro, 
 rot? 6 yepcov ird/jLTrpcoTos vc^aLve^ev rjpX^TO /JLJJTCV 
 Netrrwp, ou /cat TrpocrQev dpicrrf) <f>alveTO /3ov\rj' 
 o a<j>iv ei><j)povea)v djopyjaaro Kal /jLereeiTrev' 95 
 
 "'ATpe'l'Brj KvBiare, dva% dvBpwv 'A<yd/j,/j,vov, 
 ev (Tol i^ev \rj%ci), aeo S' apfo/z-at, ovve/ca TTO\\GOV 
 va% /cal TOI Zeus eyyudXigev 
 
 T' rjBe Oe/jucrTas, f iva <r<f>lcn j3ov\evrja-6a. 
 TO) ere %prj Trepl [lev fyaaQai eTro? tfB' eiraicova-at,, 100 
 Kprjrjvai Be /cat aXXw, or' dv TWO, ^u/^o? dvwyy 
 elTrecv et? dyaOov' creo 8' eferat OTTA #ei> dp^rj. 
 avrdp ej(o epeco $9 //,ot So:e6 etz/at dpiara. 
 ov yap rt9 voov d\\ov dpeivova, rovBe vorjaei,, 
 olov eyu) voeay, rjiiev irakai 778' en /cal vvv, 105 
 
 ef ert TOV ore, Bioyeves,'T$pi<Trjl8a tcovprjv 
 
 ou TI Ka6* r)^erep6v ye voov' fid\a ydp rot, eyoo ye 
 dTre/jLvOeofJLrjv. av Be <ro3 fj,eya\iJTOpt 
 dvBpa fyepio-rov, ov dOdvarol Trep enaav, 
 
 aXX' ert /fat 
 
ILIAD IX. 359 
 
 And godlike Lycomedes Creion's son. 
 
 Seven captains were there of the guards ; with each 
 
 Went young men full fivescore, bearing in hand 
 
 Their lances long. The space between the wall 
 
 And trench they sought, and took their ground ; and there 
 
 Kindled their fires and spread their several meals. 
 
 Meanwhile Atrides gathered to his tent 
 Achaia's greybeards all ; and by them set 
 A full and pleasant feast : who laid their hands 
 Upon the meats before them ready spread. 
 But when desire of meat and drink was stayed, 
 To them did Nestor first of all begin 
 To weave his prudent words, the greybeard sage 
 Whose counsel still of old the best was seen. 
 He now right wisely 'mid their council spake : 
 " Most honoured son of Atreus, king of men, 
 Great Agamemnon, I with thee will end, 
 From thee begin ; because thou art a king 
 Of many peoples, and dost hold from Zeus 
 Sceptre and laws, to be their counsellor. 
 Wherefore 'above all other 'tis thy right 
 To say thy word, and yet withal to hear 
 And ratify what other man may say 
 Moved by his spirit for the public weal : 
 And what he prompts must still on thee depend. 
 But I will speak as seemeth me the best : 
 For better judgment none will form than this 
 My judgment both of old, and yet to-day, 
 Ay ever since that time when, Zeus-born prince, 
 Braving the chieftan's wrath thou ledst away 
 The maid Briseis from Achilleus' tent, 
 We in no wise approving. I for one 
 Spake strong against it: but thou gavest way 
 To thy proud heart, and on the bravest man 
 (Whom ev'n immortals honoured) easiest scorn, 
 For thou didst take and holdest yet his prize. 
 
360 IAIAA02 I. 
 
 009 Kev JJLW dpevcrdpevoi, 7re7ri0ci)fjLev 
 T* dyavoiGi eTreoW re /jLi\i%ioi<riv" 
 rov ' avre TrpoaeeiTre ava% dv&pwv ' 
 " co yepov, ov rt ^revBo^ e/i.a? ara? #are'Xef a?. 
 daadiJLr)v, ov$ ai)ro? dvaivo^ai. dwri vv 
 \au>v eo-rlv dvrjp ov re ZeO? /c^t faXrjcr 
 W9 J^w TOVTOV erccre, Sa^aaae Se \aov ' 
 a\V e7T6t dacrdfjiTjv <f>pecrl \6vya\erjcri 
 d\jr e0e\o) dpeaai, Sopevai r direpeidL diroiva' 
 v/jiiv 8' ev Travrea-dL irepuc^vrd Bdop 1 o 
 CTTT dirvpovs TpiTroSas, BeKa Be xpvcrolo 
 
 be XeyS^ra? eeUocri, &u>Se/ca & ITTTTOV? 
 OXocfropovs, ot deOXia Trocralv dpovro. 
 ov Kev a\r/to9 etrj dvrjp c5 rocraa yevoiro, 125 
 
 ov$e Kev d/cTtj/Jitov epirl/jioto ^pwoio, 
 o<T(ra pot, r^veiKavro de6\ia ^vv^e^ LTTTTOL 
 Swcra) & eirrd <yvvalicas djuLvjiova epja IS via?, 
 Aee7/3<a?, a?, ore Ae&ftov evKTipevrfv e\ev avros, 
 efe\o/i7?r, at /cd\\ec evlfc&v <f>v\a yvvcu/cwv. 130 
 
 ra? pev ol SUHTO), /^era S' eo-crerctt rjv TOT aTrrjvpcov, 
 Kovprj Bptcr?709* eTrl Be fjieyav opKov o 
 /jLrj TTore T^9 evvrjs eVt/S^e^at rf&e 
 fj 0e/u? dvOpwTTtov TreXet, dvSpcov ijSe 
 ravra fiev avriica iravra irapeao-eraL' el Se Kev avre 135 
 OGTV fjLeya TIpid/jLoio 6eol Scowcr* 
 vfja aXt? %pv(7ov Kal XO\,KO 
 el<T\0a)v, ore Kev Sarew^eOa X^t'S' ' 
 TpcoidSas oe yvvalKas eeiKocriv avTos e\ecrOa) t 
 
ILIAD IX. 361 
 
 But even now tho* late, devise we plan 
 That may appease his wrath, and win him o'er 
 By kindly presents and by honeyed words." 
 Then answered Agamemnon king" of men : 
 "Father, too truly do thy words declare 
 My folly. Fool I was : nor can myself 
 Deny the charge. Worth a whole host is he 
 Whom Zeus doth dearly love, as now this man 
 He honours, and afflicts Achaia's host. 
 But since, obedient to a baneful mood, 
 I wrought the folly, I to make it good 
 Am willing, and unstinted price to pay. 
 And now before you all the glorious gifts 
 I'll name Seven, tripod urns unscathed by fire, 
 Of gold ten talents, twenty cauldrons bright ; 
 Twelve steeds withal, prize-bearers, stout of limb, 
 Whose nimble feet have gained them many a prize. 
 Not landless he, nor poor in precious gold, 
 To whom may fall those many stores of wealth, 
 The prizes that my firm-hoofed steeds have won. 
 Seven women will I also give, well-skilled 
 In faultless work, of Lesbian race, whom I 
 Chose, out when by his hand fair Lesbos fell, 
 Passing all womankind in comeliness. 
 These will I give him : and with them shall be 
 The maid of Briseus, whom erewhile I took. 
 And hereto will I swear a mighty oath, 
 That never have I climbed her bed or lain 
 Beside her, as a man with woman may. 
 All this at once shall be his own. But more 
 If gods' hereafter grant us grace to sack 
 Priam's great city, let him enter in 
 And freight his ship with piles of brass and gold 
 When our Achaian host divides the spoil. 
 And twenty Trojan women let him take 
 At his own choice, the fairest of the fair, 
 
362 IAIAA02 I. 
 
 * 'Apyelrjv r E\evrjv /cd\\icrTai ecoo-w. i 4 o 
 
 el 8e Kev "Ap70? ucoi^ff 'A^au/cov, ovOap dpovprjs, 
 yafji/Bpo? Kev poi eoi' rlo~co 8e e Icrov ^Opeo-Trj, 
 o? fioL T7}\vyeros rpefarai, 0a\iy evu 7ro\\fj. 
 rpet? Se poi elcrl Qvyarpes evl fjueydpa* evTrrJKTOi, 
 Xpva-oOepis /cal AaoSlfcr) KOI ^l(f>tdvacro-a' 145 
 
 Tacov TJV K e6e\r)(7L (pi\7)v dvdeSvov 
 7T/)o? ol/cov II^X^o?* 6700 8' eVl pe 
 7ro\\d //,aX', oo-cr* ov TTCO rt? e^ eVeSa)A:e Ovyarpl. 
 7rrd Se ol Scocco ev vaiQ^eva TrroXleOpa, 
 Kap$a/jt,v\r)v 'EvoTrrjv re teal '\prjv Troi^eaaav 150 
 
 re gaOeas r/S' "AvQeiav /3adv\et/jiov 
 T' Aiireiav KOI HtjSacrov dfji7re\6eacrav. 
 iracrat, S' 6771)5 aXo?, vearau Tlv\ov ^fiadoevro^* 
 ev 8' a^Spe? valova-t, TrdXvpprjves TroXv/Bovrai, 
 01 /ce e ScoTivrjo-t, 6eov 0)5 Tiprjcrovcriv 155 
 
 /cat ot I^TTO o-fciJTTTpa) \i7rapd$ reXeova-t, 
 ravrd tee ol TeXe<rat/u fJieTaXkrj^avri, 
 &/jL7)0rjTCi). 'At'Siys TOI, a//,et\i^05 778* a 
 Tovve/ca icai re ftporolcn, Oeav e^^tcrro? 
 /cat yw-ot VTroo-TijTCD, ocrcrov /3aai,\evTepo$ el pi 160 
 
 ?/'8' oaaov yevefj Trpoyevearepos v%ofj,ai, elvai,." 
 rov 8' rf^ei^er eireira Yeprfvios lirirora Ne<7T&)/3* 
 KV$L<rTe, ava% dvSp&v 'AydfiefJivov, 
 ov/cer WOO-TO, 8i8tw? 'A^tX^t CLVCLKTI' 
 aXX' ayere, /cX^roi)? OTpvvofiev, OL Ke Td^iara 165 
 
 e'X&wa-* e? K\io-lrjv Tlfj\ijid8ea) 'A^tX^o?. 
 t 8* a76, TOI)? ai> 7<wr eTrto^o/xat, ot 8e 
 <&oivi,j; plv TrptoTio-Ta 86^^X05 rj 
 
ILIAD IX. 363 
 
 By Argive Helen's self alone surpassed. 
 
 But to Achaian Argos if we come, 
 
 That land of milk, my daughter he shall wed ; 
 
 And I will honour him as my own son 
 
 Orestes, who last-born and best-beloved 
 
 In rich abundance there to manhood grows. 
 
 Three daughters have I in my firm-built hall, 
 
 Chrysothemis, Laodicd, and third 
 
 Iphianassa. Lead he which he will 
 
 An unbought welcome bride to Peleus' home. 
 
 And presents with her I will give in store 
 
 As never father yet with daughter gave. 
 
 Seven towns withal, well peopled, I will give 
 
 Cardamyle' to wit, and Enope', 
 
 And grassy Ira, Pheras the divine, 
 
 Antheia's deep-soiled meads, ^Epeia fair, 
 
 And vine-clad Pedasus. Hard by the sea 
 
 On sandy Pylos' border lie they all. 
 
 And they are rich in sheep and rich in kine 
 
 Who dwell therein : and they will honour him 
 
 With gifts ev'n as a god, and goodly dues 
 
 Obedient to his sceptre they will pay. 
 
 All this I will for him perform, if he 
 
 Will bate his anger. Let him then be bent 
 
 Hades indeed is unappeased, unbent ; 
 
 And therefore is to mortals of all gods 
 
 The hatefullest. And let him yield to me, 
 
 Who am the lordlier king and elder born." 
 
 Then Nestor answered him, Cerent's knight : 
 " Most glorious son of Atreus, king of men, 
 Great Agamemnon, gifts that none can blame 
 To king Achilleus thou dost offer now. 
 Come, send we chosen men, who with all speed 
 May get them to the tent of Peleus' son. 
 Or come, whom I shall name, let them obey. 
 First Phcenix, loved of Zeus, shall lead the way ; 
 
364 IAIAAO2 I. 
 
 avrdp eireLT Ala? re /-teya? KOI Sto? 'OBv<r<rev<;' 
 
 KTJpVKWV B' f OSi09 T6 KOI EvpvfidrrjS ClfJL 67T60-0a)V. 
 
 (f>epre Be ^epalv vBcop, ev^Tj/^fjo-al re 
 ofaa Aa KpovlBy dptjo-6fj,eO\ ei K 
 
 <9 </>aro, Toi(Tt, Be TTOLGIV eaSora jjivdov eenrev. 
 avrl/ca KrjpvKes pev vSwp eVt %et/?a5 e^evav, 
 Kovpot, Be KprjTrjpas eTrea-ri^ravro Troroto, r - 5 
 
 vco/jirjcav S' apa iracriv eTrap^dpevoi BeTrdecro-iv. 
 avrdp eVel cnreicrdv re iriov 0' ocrov rj6e\e OvfJLos, 
 wpfJLwvr etc K\icrir]$ ' Aya/Aefivovos 'ArpetBao. 
 rolcri Be TroXX* eVereXXe Teprfvios tTTTrora Ne(TTft)/3, 
 3e^^/XXo)i/ e? eKaarov, 'QBva-(7i]i Be fidXiara, 180 
 
 ireipdv oj? TreirlOoiev a^v^ova HijXe'lwva. 
 
 T&> Se PUTTIV Trapd Qlva 7ro\v(f)\o la/Bow 6a\dcr(7rj^ t 
 a yLta\' ev^ofievw yatrjo^a) evvocnryaiu) 
 vreTTiQeiv peydXas <f)pevas Ala/ciBao. 
 vwv B* eirl re K\icrias /cal vfjas iKecrOrjv, 185 
 
 rbv B 1 evpov fypiva repTrbpevov <j)6pfju,yyi, 
 Ka\fj BacBa\,erj, eVl S' dpyvpeov vybv tfev' 
 rrjv aper ef evdpcov, TTO\LV 'HertWo? oXec 
 rfj o ye Ovpov erepTrev, deiBe 8' apa K\ea dvBpwv. 
 TIdrpoK\os Be ol olo? eVaz/rto? ^<TTO (TicoTrfj, 190 
 
 Beyfjievos Aia/ciBrjv, OTrore \rjgeiev delBoov. 
 TCO Be ftdrTiv TTporepa), rjyelro Be Sto? 'OSi/trtrei/?, 
 
 Se Trpocrtf avrolo. ra(pa>v 8' dvopovaev 'A^XXeu? 
 cri)^ (froppvyyi, XITTWV eSo? eV^a Odaaaev. 
 0)9 S' aura)? IIaT/?o/cXo?, evrel tSe <^>(Ta?, dvea-rrj. 195 
 
ILIAD IX. 365 
 
 Great Ajax with Odysseus, godlike wight, 
 
 Be next : and with them of our heralds twain, . 
 
 Eurybates and Hodius, shall attend. 
 
 But bring ye lustral water for our hands, 
 
 And bid a holy silence, while to Zeus 
 
 The son of Cronos we for mercy pray." 
 
 So spake he, and his counsel pleased them all. 
 Then water on their hands the heralds poured ; 
 And youths crowned high with wine the brimming bowls, 
 Made offering due, and served the cups to all. 
 But when libation they had made, and drunk 
 All that their soul desired, forth from the tent 
 Of Agamemnon Atreus' son they sped. 
 And many a charge, with earnest glance to each, 
 Nestor Gerend's knight upon them pressed, 
 But chiefly on Odysseus, that they strive 
 To move the mind of blameless Peleus' son. 
 
 So by the margin of the sounding sea 
 The envoys took their way : and much they prayed 
 The god who girds the land and shakes the earth 
 For grace to move with ease the mighty mind 
 Of great JEacides. And now they reached 
 The tents and vessels of the Myrmidons : 
 And found the chief within, cheering his soul 
 With lyre, clear-toned and beauteous, rich-inlaid, 
 And spanned with silver bridge The same he took 
 As booty when Eetion's town he spoiled 
 With this he cheered his mind, and sang withal 
 The lays of heroes. O'er against him sate 
 Patroclus silent and alone, to wait 
 Until ^Eacides should cease the song. 
 Godlike Odysseus leading, forward came 
 The envoys, and before Achilleus stood : 
 Who started up amazed, with lyre in hand, 
 Leaving the seat whereon he sate ; nor less 
 Patroclus, soon as e'er he saw the men, 
 
366 IAIAAO2 I. 
 
 TOO Kdl BeiKVVfJLeVOS TTpO&e^T) 
 
 " ^aiperov' TJ (j>l\oi dvBpes iicdveTov rj 
 
 eu fioi, (TKv^ofAevq) Trep 'A^atc5z> </Xrarot earov" 
 
 <9 apa (pcovrja-as TTporepco aye Bios 'A^iXXeu9, 
 elcrev S' ez/ K\i(7^ol(Ti TCLTrrjcri re 7rop<$>vpioi(n,v. 200 
 
 al^ra Be Tldrpo/ckov irpoaefytoveev 6771)5 eovra' 
 " fj,elova $r) KprjTrjpa, Me^otr/ou ute, 
 ^coporepov Be /cepaie, SeTra? 8' evrvve 
 01 yap (f)l\raTOi, avSpes e/j,a) virkacri 
 
 a}? (f)dro, HdrpoK\o<s Be fylXw eirejre0& eralpw. 205 
 avrdp o ye Kpelov /jieya Ka/3(3a\ev eV TTfpo? avyfj, 
 ev S' apa vwrov edrj/c oto? /cat TTLOVOS alyos, 
 ev Be cruo? aia\oio pd%i,v re6a\vlav d\oi(f)fj. 
 rc3 8' e^ez> AvTOfjLeBwv, rdjjivev B* dpa Bios 'A^iXXeu?. 
 A:at ra yu-ei^ eu fjLiaTV\\e /cal dfjicj) o/3eXotcrtz/ eireipev, 210 
 
 avrdp eTrel /card irvp etcdr] /cal < 
 
 dv6paicir)v crTopecras o/SeXoi)? tyvTrepOe rdvvaa-ev, 
 
 Trdacre B* aXo? Oetoio, Kparevrdcov pjraelpas. 
 
 avrap eTrel p wTTTT/cre /cat etV e\eolcriv e%evev, 215 
 
 HdrpofcXos /j,ev crlrov e\wv e7revei/j,e 
 
 fca\oi$ ev Kaveoiaw, drdp Kpea velpev ' 
 
 auro? 8' dvriov l^ev 'OBvo-af)o$ Oeloio 
 
 rofyov TOV erepoio, Oeolcrt, Be Ov&ai, dvayei, 
 
 HdrpOKkov ov eralpov' o 8' ev Trvpl /3aXXe 0vrj\ds. 220 
 
 01 8' eV oveiaO* erolfj.a irpoKeipeva %et/)a5 Za\\ov. 
 
 avrdp eTrel TTOCTIOS Kal eByrvos ej; epov evTO } 
 
 veva* At'a? <&olviKi,. vorjae Be 8to? ' 
 
ILIAD IX. 367 
 
 Uprose. To whom Achilleus fleet of foot 
 Stretched forth his hand and thus a greeting spake : 
 "Hail, sirs ! right welcome are ye. Some sore need 
 Hath surely brought ye ; whom, tho' much in wrath, 
 Of all Achaia's sons I hold most dear." 
 So spake the godlike prince, and led them on, . 
 And made them sit on couches purple-strewn ; 
 Then to Patroclus spake, who near him stood. 
 "Son of Mencetius, a larger bowl 
 Set on, and mix a stronger draught, A cup 
 Serve out to each. For these, who now beneath 
 My roof have come, are men I hold most dear." 
 
 So spake he : and Patroclus straight obeyed 
 His comrade dear. Then by the blazing fire 
 An ample board the chief cast down, whereon 
 Of sheep and well-fed goat two loins he placed 
 With chine of fatted hog thick clothed in lard. 
 Automedon held for the chief the joints, 
 Godlike Achilleus cut, and sliced with care 
 And spitted all. Meanwhile Mencetius' son, 
 A godlike hero, fed a mighty fire. 
 But when the fire burnt down and flame was dead, 
 The embers he spread smooth, and over these 
 Stretched spits upraised on blocks at either end, 
 And sprinkled o'er the meats with salt divine. 
 These roasted and upon the dressers laid, 
 Patroclus taking bread in baskets fair 
 
 Served to each table, while Achilleus served 
 
 \ 
 
 The meats. Then took he seat right opposite 
 Godlike Odysseus, by the further wall ; 
 And bade his friend Patroclus give the gods 
 Their dues : who cast their offerings on the fire. 
 Then on the viands spread they laid their hands. 
 But when desire of meat and drink was stayed, 
 Ajax to Phoenix nodded sign : this marked 
 Godlike Odysseus, and forthwith a cup 
 
368 IAIAAO2 I. 
 
 7T\T)crd/jLvos S' oivoio SeVa? SeiSe/cr* ' 
 
 " X a V 'A^iXet). &UT09 fj,i> Itaifl OVK eteue, 225 
 
 ij/juev evl K\icrlr) ' Aya/j,e/jLvovos 'Arpei'Sao 
 
 77 Se Kal evQdSe vvv' irdpa <ydp /jLevoei/cea 7ro\\d 
 
 &aivvcr6\ t/XX' ov 8atro? eTrrjpara epya fte/xT/Xez/, 
 
 aXXa \lrjv fJLeya Trfj/JLa, SioTpe<j)es, el&opocovres 
 
 ' ev Soifj Se <7oa9 epev 17 aTroXea^at 230 
 
 evcra-eX/jLovs, el JJLTJ av ye Bvaeat, d\Krjv. 
 6771)9 
 
 T 
 
 irvpa TroXXa Kara aTparov, ov& ert 
 > aXX' eV vrjvcrl [jieXaivyo-iv irecreeadai. 235 
 
 darpdirrei. "EitcrcDp Se ^7^ crOevel (S\e[JLeaiva)V 
 palveTai 6K7rdj\a)<;, wlmnraG Au, ou8e rt rit 
 dvepas ovbe deovs' /cpareprj Be e \vdcra SeSvicev. 
 dparai, $e Td^ta-ra (fravrj/JLevai, 'Hc3 Slav* 240 
 
 arevTat, yap vrj&v diroKQ'^k^ev atcpa /copv/jifla 
 avrd<$ T e/jLTrprjo-eiv ftaXepov Trvpos, avrdp ' 
 Syobcreiv irapd rfjaw drv^o/jievovs VTTO KOTTVOV. 
 TCLVT alv&s SelSoi/ca Kara <j>peva, pr) ol 
 eWeXeo-Q)(7t Oeol, rjfuv be $rj alai^ov eiy 245 
 
 <$6ia6ai evl Tpolrj, e/cds "Apyeos ITTTTO/BOTOLO. 
 aXX* aW, el fie^ovd^ 76 Kal otye Trep vlas 
 epveadai VTTO Tpwcov opv/jiajSo 
 (7ol iLZTOTricrff a%Q9 ecrcrerai, ov&e TI 
 
 KaKov ear a/co9 evp/j,ev. aXXa TroXi) irpiv 250 
 kavaolaiv 
 
ILIAD IX. 369 
 
 Filling with wine Achilleus thus he pledged. 
 
 " Health to Achilleus ! Of the well-shared feast 
 
 We find no lack, whether within the tent 
 
 Of Agamemnon Atreus' son, or now 
 
 With thee ; for full and pleasant meats are here 
 
 To feast on. But no joyous feast is now 
 
 Our need. We see a danger, Zeus-born prince, 
 
 Exceeding great, and tremble : 'tis in doubt 
 
 Whether we save or lose our well-benched ships, 
 
 Unless again thou clothe thee in thy might 
 
 For near our vessels and our wall are camped 
 
 Proud Trojans and allies from distant lands, 
 
 With many a watch-fire burning through their host : 
 
 Nor shall we stay them more (they say) but fly 
 
 Driven to our black-hulled ships. And Cronos' son 
 
 Doth lighten on their right with fav'ring signs : 
 
 While Hector great and terrible in strength, 
 
 On Zeus reliant, raves amain, nor recks 
 
 Of men or gods, by fury fell possest. 
 
 And now he prays that dawn divine will haste 
 
 Her light : for he is bent to hew away 
 
 Our ships' high sterns, and with devouring fire 
 
 Set all ablaze, and scared before the smoke 
 
 Achaia's sons beside their ships to slay. 
 
 And greatly fears my soul that these his threats 
 
 The gods may bring to pass : and so methinks 
 
 It were our doom to perish here in Troy 
 
 From horse-cropt plains of Argos far away. 
 
 But up, if thou art minded, e'en tho' late, 
 
 To succour in their strait Achaia's sons 
 
 From Trojan rout. 'Twill be a grief to thee 
 
 Hereafter else; nor, when an ill is done, 
 
 Can means of cure be found. Wherefore in time 
 
 Take heed, and ward the Danaans' day of doom. 
 
 G. H. 24 
 
370 IAIAAO2 1. 
 
 TreTrov, 77 IJLTJV col 76 TTdTrjp 7T6Te\\eTo 
 
 rjfj,an rro ore d IK <&6i r r]<$ 'Ayajjuefjivovi, 
 
 ' reKvov epov, Kapros aev 'A&rjvatij re Kal r/ Hprj 
 
 Bc0<Tov(7\ at K eOeXwori, &V Be fieya\rjTopa Ovfiov 2.5 = 
 
 icr%ei,v ev a"rr)QeG-ai' (j)t,\o(f)po(TVV7j yap dfjuelvav' 
 
 Xrjyefjievai, 8' epiBos KaKOjJbYj-^avov, ocfrpa ere fJLa\\ov 
 
 rlcoa 'Apyelcov ij/juev vkoi tjBe yepovre?.' 
 
 w? eVereXX' 6 yepcov, av Be \rjdeai. a\V ert ical vvv 
 
 Trade, ea Be %6\ov 0v/jLa\yea. crol S' 'Aya/j,e/j,va)v 260 
 
 atya Bwpa 8/So)crt fjueraXXij^avrt ^oXoio. 
 
 el Be, crv fJiev fj,ev dicovcrov, ejw Be /ce rot Kara\e^a) 
 
 o(rcra TOL ev K\Lcrir)(Tiv VTrea^ero Boop 1 'A<ya/j,e/jLva)V 
 
 CTTT* aTTvpovs TpiTToBas, Seicct, Be ^pvaolo rdXavra, 
 
 aWwvas Be \e/3r)ra<; eeUoai,, BcoBeKa B* tTTTrou? 265 
 
 7777707)9 d6\o<f)opov<; } o'i ded\ia Trod&lv dpovro. 
 
 ov Kev CL\j]LQ<$ eirj dvrjp &> roo'O'a <yevot,TO y 
 
 ovBe Kev aKTrj/jLWV epiTLjJLOio xpvaolo, 
 
 ocra 'Ayafjue/Jivovos LTTTTOC dedXia Trocr&lv dpovro. 
 
 Bwaei 8' eTTTa ryvvalKas d/jiv/JLova epya IBvlas, 270 
 
 Aecr/BiBas, 9, ore Aecrflov evKr^evrjv eXe9 auro?, 
 
 ee\eO\ at rare /caXXet IVLKCOV fyv\a yvvaiK&v. 
 
 ra9 fjuev TOL Bcocret,, fierd 8' ecrcrerat 77^ TOT' aTTTjvpa, 
 
 Kovpr) Bptcr^o9* 7rl Be /jieyav opKov opelTai 
 
 UTJ Trore r?79 evvrjs ejnftijfievcu t}Be pi<yf]vai 275 
 
 77 6e/j,(,s ecrT/, aval;, 77 T* dvBpoov rj re yvvaiKoov. 
 
 ravra uev avriKa Trdvra Trapeo-o-erai,' el Be Kev avre 
 
 da-TV fieya Hpidftoio 6eol Buxocr' a 
 
 vrja aXt9 ^pvaov Kal 
 
ILIAD IX. 371 
 
 Dear prince, thy father Peleus gave thee charge 
 
 Upon that day when from thy Phthian home 
 
 He sent thee forth to Agamemnon's aid : 
 
 * My child, Athene* will grant strength of war, 
 
 And Herd, if they please : but thou thyself 
 
 Check the proud spirit in thy breast, for still 
 
 A kindly heart is best. And cease from strife, 
 
 Worker of evil, that thou may'st the more 
 
 Win honour of the Argives young and old.' 
 
 Such charge the greybeard gave: but thou forgetst. 
 
 But cease, e'en now, and thy heart-grieving wrath 
 
 Forego. Right worthy gifts are offered thee 
 
 By Agamemnon if thou bate thy ire. 
 
 Nay come, and listen thou, while I rehearse 
 
 The many gifts that Agamemnon's self 
 
 Within his tent but now did promise thee. 
 
 Seven tripods will he give, unscathed by fire, 
 
 Of gold ten- talents, twenty glittering pots ; 
 
 Twelve steeds withal, prize-bearers, stout of limb, 
 
 Whose nimble feet have won them many a prize. 
 
 Not landless he nor poor in precious gold, 
 
 To whom may fall those many stores of wealth, 
 
 Prizes that Agamemnon's steeds have won. 
 
 Seven women also will he give, well-skilled 
 
 In faultless work, of Lesbian race, whom he 
 
 Chose out when by thy hand fair Lesbos fell, 
 
 Passing all womankind in comeliness. 
 
 These will he give thee ; and with them shall be 
 
 The maid of Briseus whom erewhile he took. 
 
 And hereto will he swear a mighty oath, 
 
 That never has he climbed her bed or lain 
 
 Beside her, as a man with woman may. 
 
 All this at once shall be thine own. But more 
 
 If gods hereafter grant us grace to sack 
 
 Priam's great city, thou may'st enter in 
 
 And freight thy ship with piles of brass and gold, 
 
 24 2 
 
372 IAIAAOS I. 
 
 el(7e\6cov, ore /cev Sareco/jLeQa \7jiB' *A%at,ol, 
 
 TpcoidBas 8e ryvvai/ca$ eel/coo-iv avrbs e\e<r0ai t 
 
 a'i /ce per 'Apyelrjv 'EXevrjv icd\\tcrTai, ecoaiv. 
 
 el Be /cev v Ap709 i/col/jLeO' ^A^auKov, ovBap dpovprjs, 
 
 7a/i/3/)09 K&V ol eoi?' rlaei Be ere Icrov 
 
 09 ol T7j\vyeTos rpe^erai 6a\irj evi 7ro\\fj. 
 
 rpels Be ol elcrl Ovyarpes evi 
 
 Xpva60e/j,i,<; KOI AaoSiKTj /cal 
 
 rdcov rjv K eOekyo-Oa <f>l\r)v dvdeSvov 
 
 7T/309 olKOV Il7;Xl709' O 8' aVT 67Tfc /JLL\ia S(0(Tl, 
 
 TroXXa /zaX', OQ-Q-' ov TTW rt9 efj eTreSca/ce OvyarpL 
 7rra Be TOI Bcaa-et ev vaiofMeva 7rro\le6pa, 
 K.apBa/j,v\'r)v 'EtVOTrrjv re /cal 'Iprjv Troirjeo-aav 
 re a0ea<; 778' "AvOeiav ^a6v\eLfJiov 
 r AiTreiav KOI Hijo'aa-ov d^7re\6ecrcrav. 
 8* 6771)9 aXo9, vearai Hv\ov r^aO 6 euros' 
 ev S' aVS/J9 vaiovai TroXvpprjves 
 oi /ce ae Bcorlvrja-i 6eov 0)9 TI/JLTJCTOVO-IV 
 Kai TOI VTTO (7/cjJTTTpu) Xt?ra/3a9 Te\eovcrt 
 ravrd /ce TOI reXeo-ete yueraXX^fa^Tt %o'Xoto. 
 el Be rot, 'Arpet'S7;9 jj,ev dir^'^deTO /cr^poOt /LtaXXoi/, 
 ai)ro9 teal TOV Boopa, av 8' aXXou9 rrep 
 Teipo/JLevovs e\eaipe /card aTpaTov, OL ere deov 
 TLcrovcr' rj <ydp /ce G$L yLtaXa ^670^ AcOSo9 dpoto 
 vvv jdp % r/ Ei/cTop > eXot9, eVet av /j,d\a TOI, 
 \vacrav e^cov O\OTJV, eVel ov TWO, (^TJCTLV 6/J.olov 
 ol /j,evai, kavci&v 01)9 evddBe vfjes evencav." 
 TOV 8* aTra/JLeifto/Aevos Trpocre^rj rroBa? GOKVS ' 
 
ILIAD IX. 
 
 When our Achaian host divides the spoil. 
 And twenty Trojan women thou may'st take 
 At thine own choice, the fairest of the fair, 
 By Argive Helen's self alone surpassed. 
 But to Achaian Argos if we come, 
 That land of milk, his daughter thou shalt wed ; 
 And he will honour thee as his own son 
 Orestes, who last-born and best-beloved 
 In rich abundance there to manhood grows. 
 Three daughters has he in his firm-built hall, 
 Chrysothemis, Laodicd, and third 
 Iphianassa. Lead thou which thou wilt 
 An unbought welcome bride to Peleus' home. 
 And presents with her he will give in store, 
 As never father yet with daughter gave. 
 Seven towns withal, well-peopled, he will give, 
 Cardamyle to wit, and Enope', 
 And grassy Ira, Pherae the divine, 
 Antheia's deep-soiled meads, yEpeia fair 
 And vine-clad Pedasus. Hard by the sea 
 On sandy Pylos' border lie they all. 
 And they are rich in sheep and rich in kine 
 Who dwell therein : and they will honour him 
 With gifts ev'n as a god, and goodly dues 
 Obedient to his sceptre they will pay. 
 All this he pays thee, if thou bate thy wrath. 
 But if thy heart so hateth Atreus' son, 
 Himself and these his gifts, yet pity thou 
 In their sore strait Achaia's general host; 
 Who as a god will honour thee, for thou 
 Wilt surely win them passing great renown. 
 For now thou may'st slay Hector, who will come 
 Full near to thee, possest with baneful rage: 
 Since of the Danaans whom our vessels bare 
 Hither to Troy, he reckons none his peer." 
 To him replied Achilleus fleet of foot: 
 
 373 
 
374 IAIAA02 I. 
 
 AaepridBrj, 
 
 7} fjbev Brj TOV fJbvOov a7r7j\eyea)<; 
 y Trep Brj <f>povea> re teal ok rereXecryLteVo^ earai, 310 
 
 o$9 fj,rj fjLou rpv&re irap^evot, a\\o6ev aXXo9. 
 e^Opos yap ^LOL iceivos o/^cG? 'AtSao 
 09 %' erepov fj,ev tcevdrj evl typea-iv, a\\o 
 avrap eyoo epeco MS fJLOi So/eel elvat, apicrra. 
 OVT fj,e 7* 'A.Tpetr]v ' AyafjLejj,vova r ireicrefJLev oico 
 our' aAA,oi>9 Aai/aou?, eVet OVK apa Tt9 %pt9 rjev 
 lidpvacrdai STJIOKTIV eV dvbpdcri, z/caXe^^ alei. 
 iarj fjbolpa pevovTi, /cal el fid\a TI<; 
 ev Be If} rifj,fj ripev KCLKOS ijSe /cal e 
 KarOav oyLt&)9 o T' depyo? dvrjp o re 7ro\\d eop7&J9. 320 
 ov&e rl fjioi TrepL/ceirai, ejrel irdOov d\yea 
 alev /jb7Jv tyv)(f)v 7rapa/3a\\6fJ.evo<; 
 W9 S* opvi<$ aTTTrjcri, veoa-crolcriv 
 pdaraK, eirel /ce \dj3rja-i, KaK&s 8' apa ol TreXet avrfj, 
 0)9 fcal eyw 7roXXa9 ^ev dvTrvovs vv/cras lavov, 325 
 
 rjfjLara S' ai/Aaroevra SieTTpTjcra-ov ir 
 dvSpdcri, papvafjLevois odpcov eveica c 
 Sta&efca Srj <rvv vrjvcrl ?roXt9 aXaTra 
 7refo9 8' ev&e/ed <prj{ii, /card Tpoliiv epi/3a>\ov' 
 rdcov etc Tracrecov KeifJLij\ia iro\\d fcal ecr6\d 330 
 
 , ical irdvra fyepwv ^Aya/^e/jLVovi Boa/cov 
 o 8' oTTiO-Qe fievcov irapd vrjvcrl Ooycnv 
 &a iravpa Baa-dcr/cero, TroXXa 3' e%eo-Kev. 
 daaa 8' dpio-Tijeo-ai, BlBov yepa /cal /BaaL\evo'Lv, 
 
 fj,ev efj,7re$a Kelrai, efj,ev S' diro fiovvov J A^aia,v 335 
 ' a\o%ov 6vjj,apea' rfj irapiavwv 
 TL Be Bel 
 
ILIAD IX. 375 
 
 "Odysseus, Zeus-born prince, Laertes' son, 
 
 Thou many-counselled man, my word herein 
 
 I must speak bluntly forth, ev'n as I think 
 
 And will most surely do, lest flocking here 
 
 Ye sit beside me to make idle moan. 
 
 For him I hate, ay, as the gates of death, 
 
 Whose heart hides aught but what his lips forthtell. 
 
 And I will say as seemeth me the best. 
 
 Me neither will Atrides, as I ween, 
 
 Persuade, nor other Danaan ; since to fight 
 
 Untiringly and alway with the foe 
 
 Brought me no thanks. The laggard ever bore 
 
 Like share with warrior, fought he never so: 
 
 One honour had the coward and the brave. 
 
 Death conies not less to him of many deeds 
 
 Than to the deedless idler. And what gain 
 
 Results from all the ills my soul endured, 
 
 Who ever risked my life in brunt of war ? 
 
 Ev'n as the mother-bird to unfledged young 
 
 Bears in her beak whate'er she find, yet fares 
 
 Herself but scantly so through sleepless nights 
 
 Full many I lay, and fought through bloody days 
 
 With men who battled for their own dear wives. 
 
 Twelve cities sacked I, sailing with my ships, 
 
 Eleven on land in deep-soiled plain of Troy. 
 
 From all these cities many treasures rich 
 
 I took. To Agamemnon Atreus' son 
 
 I brought and gave them all : who stayed behind 
 
 By the swift ships, and gathering in the spoils 
 
 Apportioned out but little, much retained. 
 
 Prizes he gave to chieftains and to kings : 
 
 But while the rest yet keep their own secure, 
 
 From me alone of all Achaia's host 
 
 He took, and holds, the wife my heart held dear. 
 
 Let him e'en take his pleasure by her side. 
 
 But wherefore need the Argives war on Troy? 
 
376 IAIAA02 I. 
 
 'Apyeiovs ; TI 8e \aov dvrfyayev ev6d$ dyelpas 
 *ATpei$r)<; ; 97 ov% 'EXe^? even? rjVKOfJLOio ; 
 
 77 pQVVQl (j)L\eoV(7 > aXo^OU? fJLepOTTWV dvOpCOTTWV 340 
 
 aij eVet 09 rt? aV^/9 dyaOos teal e%e(f)p(t)v, 
 avrov ^>tXeet /cat /crjSerai,, co? /eal 7^0 
 e/c Ovfiov (j)l\eov SovpircTrjTrjv Trep lovcrav. 
 vvv 8' ejrel etc xeipwv yepas ei\ero /cat p 
 fj,7j /lev Treipdrci) ev eZSoro?* ovSe fie ireiaei. 345 
 
 aXX', 'OSucrei), crvv aoi re Kal a\\oi(Ttv /3aai,\V(7Lv 
 (frpa^ecr&a) vrjecrcriv aXefe/xei/at Stjtov irvp. 
 77 fiev &rj p,d\a TroXXa Trovrjcraro voafyiv e/z-eto, 
 Kal S?) ret^o? e^ei^e, Kal 7;Xacre rdfypov eir aurcS 
 evpelav fieyd\r)v ) ev Se cr?c6\07ras Kareir^ev' 3=0 
 
 aXX' 01)8' w? Svvarai aOevos "E/cTopo? d 
 lvye.iv. o(j)pa 8' e'7< /ier' 'A^atowrt^ 
 ou/c eOe\e(TK6 pd^v diro Tefyeos opvv/jiev 
 aXX* ocrov e? S:at9 re TruXa? /fal <f)7]yov i'/cavev' 
 evOa TTOT' oloz/ epiiive, ^07^9 8e yiteu H/KJtvyev opfJLijv. 355 
 
 avpiov ipd Atfc pefa9 /t 
 
 V vfjas, eTrrjv aXaSe TrpoepiHTcra), 
 
 ai, TJV e6e\r)a0a Kal et /cei^ rot ra 
 
 /xaX' 'EXX^crTro^TOj' eV l^jdvoevra 7r\eovo-a^ 360 
 
 e/i,a9, ez/ S' dvBpas epecrcre/jievai, fJiefjiawra^. 
 el 8e /cei/ ev7r\oLrjv Bear] K\VTO<? elvoalyaios, 
 rj/jLarl Kev Tpirdrw <&0ir]v epl/3a)\ov IKOL^V. 
 ecrn Be fjiOi /xaXa TroXXa ra Ka\\i7rov evOdbe eppcov' 
 aXkov 8' evdevBe ^pvaov Kal ^a\Kov epvOpov 365 
 
 7786 yvvaiKas ei)d>vov$ TTO\IOV re 
 
ILIAD IX. 377 
 
 Why led Atrides here his gathered host? 
 
 Say, was it not for long-haired Helen's sake? 
 
 Do then alone of all speech-gifted men 
 
 The sons of Atreus love their wives? Nay, sure 
 
 Whoe'er is good and wise loves well his own 
 
 And cherishes : and so loved I that maid 
 
 With all my heart, although a spear-won bride. 
 
 But now, since from my hands he took my prize 
 
 And played me false, let him not try me more 
 
 Who know him well : he never will persuade. 
 
 But let him e'en with thee and other kings, 
 
 Odysseus, counsel how to save his ships 
 
 From foemen's fire. Surely without my aid 
 
 Full many labours he has wrought : a wall 
 
 He now has built, and dug thereto a trench 
 
 Both broad and deep, and set it thick with stakes. 
 
 Yet even thus the slaughtering Hector's might 
 
 He cannot check. But while among your host 
 
 I battled, Hector dared not stir the fight 
 
 Out from the city- wall, but just so far 
 
 As to the Scaean gates and oak-tree came. 
 
 There once he faced me singly, and my charge 
 
 Hardly escaped. But now, since I to war 
 
 With godlike Hector choose not, I will pay 
 
 To-morrow morn due sacrifice to Zeus 
 
 And other gods, then freighting well my ships 
 
 Will drag them seawards down ; and thou shalt see, 
 
 If so thou wilt and carest for the sight, 
 
 Bound for the fishful Hellespont betimes 
 
 My ships and shipmen lab'ring at the oar. 
 
 And if the famed Earth-shaker speed our voyage, 
 
 To deep-soiled Phthia in three days I come. 
 
 Full many stores I have, which there I left 
 
 Bound hither to my bane : and gold from hence 
 
 And ruddy brass, and well-girt women-slaves, 
 
 And iron grey I take my share of spoil. 
 
378 IAIAAO2 I. 
 
 , acra e\a%6v ye' yepas Be /JLOI, 09 Trep e 
 avris e(j)v/3pl(0v eXero /cpelcov ' Aya/Jieavcov 
 
 ro3 irdvr dyopeveuev < 
 
 abov, ofppa KOI a\\oi eTricrKv^covrat, 'A^awn, 370 
 
 et Twa TTOU kavawv en, e\7rerat egairaTijcreiv, 
 alev dvai^ei7]v eTTieL^evo^' ov$ av epoL ye 
 icvveos Trep ewv e/9 toTra ISeaOai. 
 I ol /3ouXa9 <7L'/x0pacrcroyLtat, ov&e TL epyov' 
 etc yap &rj p? dTrdrrjcre Kal tf\iTev. ov$ av er avris 375 
 ef;a7rd<f)oi,TO eTrea-au' aXi9 $e 01. aXXa eK7j\o<; 
 eppera)' e/c yap ev <f>peva<; etXero ^nera Zeu9. 
 e\9pd Se pot, rov Swpa, rlco Be ^LIV ev tcapos aio-rj. 
 OV& el /JLOi Se/ca/ct9 Kal elfcoo-d/cis roaa Soir) 
 ocrcra re OL vvv earl, Kal ei TToOev a\\a yevoiTo, 380 
 01)8' f od e? ^Qp^ofjLevov iroTivLcro-eraL, 01)8' ocra 0^'/3a9 
 Alyvirrlas, '66 1 TrXetcrra So/zot9 ev KTTjf^ara Kelrat, 
 at 0* e/caro/iTruXot elat, BLrjKOcrioi 8' dv e/cacrra9 
 dvepes e^oiyvevGi GVV "TTTTOIO'IV Kal o^ea^iv' 
 01)8' el fioL Tocra 80/77 ocra ^d/JLaOos re K.QVIS re, 385 
 
 ouSe /cev f9 ert QVJUOV efiov TrelaeL ^Xyap,e^vwv, 
 Trpiv y ajro Trdaav e/jiol co/ievai, 6vp,a\yea \w/3r]V. 
 Kovpqv 8' ov ya/jieco ' ' Kya^e^vovo^ 'ArpetSao, 
 ou8' et xpvcretr} ^Af^poSlrrj /caXXo9 epi^oi, 
 epya 8' 'A.0rjvalrj y\avKGo7rt,$t, Icro^api^oi' 390 
 
 oz)8e yLttv 0)9 yafieco' o 8' 'A^atcSi^ a\\ov eXeV^w, 
 09 rt9 ot r' eTreoiKe Kal 09 /3acn\evTepos ecniv' 
 TJV yap 8/j yLte aowcn Oeol Kal ot/ca8' iKoyuai, 
 HT]\evs Orjv jMOi eireira yvvatKa yafjueo-o-erai, avros. 
 TroXXal 'Aati8e9 etViz/ ai/' 'EXXa8a re <&0irjv re, 395 
 
ILIAD IX. 379 
 
 But that my prize he took again who gave 
 
 Insulting Agamemnon, Atreus' son, 
 
 Our sovereign lord. To whom declare ye all, 
 
 Ev'n as I charge ye, in the public ear : 
 
 So may Achaians all be wroth, if yet 
 
 He hopes to cozen other Danaan chief, 
 
 He that is ever clothed in shamelessness ; 
 
 Yet, hound-like tho' he be, he will not dare 
 
 To look me in the face. Nor will I join 
 
 His counsels or his deeds. He played me false, 
 
 And wronged me ; nor shall cozen me with words 
 
 Again : be once enough. But let him go, 
 
 By me untroubled, to his bane, for Zeus 
 
 The counsellor hath reft him of his mind. 
 
 His gifts I hate ; I prize him at a hair. 
 
 No, not if ten times o'er or twenty times 
 
 His gifts were told ; not all his present store 
 
 "With other joined thereto ; not all the wealth 
 
 That to Orchomenus or Egyptian Thebes 
 
 Flows in, where countless treasures hoarded lie, 
 
 That hundred-gated town whose every gate 
 
 Pour's forth two hundred men with steeds and cars. 
 
 No, not if gifts in number as the sand 
 
 Or dust he bring, not even so my mind 
 
 Will Agamemnon move, till he have made 
 
 For grievous outrage done atonement full. 
 
 No child of Agamemnon will I wed, 
 
 Be she to golden Aphrodite peer 
 
 In beauty, and in skill of handiwork 
 
 A rival of Athene", stern-eyed queen. 
 
 Not e'en so will I wed her. Let him choose 
 
 Some other of Achaia's sons, whoe'er 
 
 May fit himself, forsooth, some lordlier king. 
 
 For if gods speed me and I reach my home, 
 
 Peleus himself shall find me then a bride. 
 
 In Hellas and in Phthia many maids 
 
380 IAIAAO2 I. 
 
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ILIAD IX. 381 
 
 There be, Achaia's daughters, born of chiefs 
 Who keep strong cities. Whom I will of these, 
 I to my bed may take. There oft and much 
 My noble spirit wished to woo and wed 
 A wife, a fitting partner, and enjoy 
 The wealth that Peleus won, my greybeard sire. 
 For life to me is more than all the store 
 That Ilion, that well-peopled city, owned 
 Once, as they say, in peace, ere yet had come 
 Achaia's sons. And life is more than all 
 That in the temple hoarded lies behind 
 The stony threshold of the archer-god 
 Phoebus Apollo, on high Pytho's crag. 
 For kine and lusty sheep may come by spoil, 
 And tripod urns and steeds of tawny mane 
 Are goods that may be won : but breath of life 
 By spoil or winning cannot come again, 
 
 Once it hath passed the barrier of the teeth. 
 
 Me too my goddess mother Thetis says, 
 The silver-footed dame two fates at choice 
 Await, to lead me to the goal of death. 
 
 If biding here around Troy's walls I fight, 
 
 Return is lost to me for evermore, 
 
 But I shall gain a name imperishable. 
 
 But if to home and fatherland I go, 
 
 My noble name is lost, but long my life, 
 
 Nor soon will death o'ertake and bring the end. 
 
 Such lot is mine. And to the rest of ye 
 
 My counsel is, 'Sail home:' for Ilion's end 
 
 Ye will not see ; o'er whom loud-thundering Zeus 
 
 Holds shielding hand, whereat her hosts are bold. 
 
 But go your way, and to Achaia's chiefs 
 
 Bear back plain word as is the greybeards' part 
 
 That other plan and better they devise 
 
 To save the ships and save Achaia's host 
 
 Beside the hollow ships : since nought avails 
 
382 IAIAA02 L 
 
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 o-^re B 8rj /jbereeiTre yepcov 
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ILIAD IX. 383 
 
 What now they- planned, for still my wrath endures. 
 For Phoenix, let him bide the night with us, 
 And rest him here : that with me he may sail 
 To-morrow to our own dear fatherland, 
 If so he please : I shall not force his will." 
 
 He spake : but they in silence all were mute, 
 Awed at his words ; for he full strongly spake. 
 At length amid them Phoenix, greybeard knight, 
 Found words and spake, with bursting flood of tears, 
 So sorely feared he for Achaia's ships : 
 " If of return indeed thou hast a thought, 
 Glorious Achilleus, and thus utterly 
 Deniest thine aid to ward the wasting fire 
 From our swift ships, since wrath hath seized thy soul ; 
 How can I then away from thee, dear son, 
 Be left behind alone? With thee I came 
 By Peleus, greybeard knight, sent on that day 
 When thee to Agamemnon's aid he sent 
 From Phthia ; thee a child, nought knowing yet 
 Of doubtful war, or council, where full soon 
 Men shine conspicuous forth. Wherefore thy sire 
 Despatched me too, to teach thee all that lore, 
 To speak where words are meet, where deeds, to do. 
 I would not then consent, dear son, of thee 
 Thus to be left behind. No not although 
 A god himself should promise me to strip 
 My slough of age and make me young again, 
 As once I was, when Hellas first I left, 
 Land of fair women ; fleeing, in his wrath, 
 Amyntor son of Ormenus, my sire. 
 Wroth was he with me for a woman's sake, 
 A fair-haired paramour, whom now he loved, 
 Scorning my mother his true wedded wife. 
 But she besought me ever at my knees 
 The grey-beard with her rival to forestall, 
 That she might loathe him. I obeyed her hest 
 
384 IAIAAOS I 
 
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ILIAD IX. 385 
 
 And did the deed. My father straight perceived, 
 And cursed me deeply, calling to his aid 
 The abhorred Furies. Never on his knees 
 (He prayed) might sit a son by me begot. 
 And to these prayers the gods fulfilment brought, 
 The nether Zeus and dread Persephone. 
 Him first I purposed with keen sword to slay, 
 But some immortal power my anger checked, 
 And set before my mind the people's voice 
 And all mankind's reproaches ; for I feared 
 Achaian lips should call me parricide. 
 Then could my soul no more be bent to bear 
 Life in our halls beneath a father's ire : 
 Though friends indeed and kinsmen flocking round 
 Besought me much, to stay me in my home. 
 And many were the lusty sheep they slew, 
 And kine of clumsy foot and curved horn ; 
 Many the swine, all rich with fat, they singed 
 Lying wide- stretched across the Fire-god's flame : 
 Many the jars whereout was drunk the wine, 
 The greybeard's store. And so for nights thrice three 
 Around me close they slept or watched in turn : 
 Nor e'er was quenched the fire ; one burning still 
 Beneath the cloister of the well-walled court, 
 One in the hall before my chamber door. 
 But when the tenth dark night came on, I brake 
 The solid chamber door, and got me out, 
 And o'er the courtyard wall full lightly leapt 
 Unseen by watching men or women slaves. 
 Then fled I far through Hellas' plains, and came 
 To deep-soiled Phthia, mother land of flocks, 
 To Peleus Phthia's king : who took me in 
 With kindly zeal, and gave me love, as gives 
 A father to an only son, late-born, 
 Well-loved, to all his ample substance heir. 
 Wealthy he made me too, and gave in charge . 
 G. H. 25 
 
386 IAIAA02 I. 
 
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ILIAD IX. 387 
 
 A numerous folk ; thus of the Dolopes 
 
 A prince in Phthia's border land I dwelt. 
 
 There reared I thee, Achilleus peer of gods, 
 
 To be what now thou art, with hearty love. 
 
 For thou with none but me would'st seek the feast, 
 
 Nor taste the viands in the hall, till I 
 
 Set thee upon my knees and fed thy wants, 
 
 Cutting thy meat and holding wine to thee. 
 
 Oft didst thou stain my bosom, when thy lips 
 
 Spilled out the wine in froward childishness. 
 
 Much then for thee I suffered, much I toiled : 
 
 This thinking, that the gods ordained me not 
 
 Child of my own ; wherefore, O peer of gods 
 
 Achilleus, I would make of thee a son, 
 
 To guard me in my age from shameful harm. 
 
 But now, Achilleus, tame thy mighty wrath : 
 
 A ruthless heart it fits thee not to have. 
 
 The very gods to mercy may be moved, 
 
 Whose honour worth and might are more than ours. 
 
 And these by sacrifice and soothing prayers 
 
 And outpoured wine and savour sweet mankind 
 
 Turn and entreat for trespass and for wrong. 
 
 For Supplications are of mighty Zeus 
 
 The daughters ; lame and wrinkled to the view, 
 
 Shamefaced with sidelong glance : who following close 
 
 The track of Sin watch needfully the while. 
 
 Now Sin is strong of limb and firm of foot : 
 
 Wherefore she far outruns them all, and comes 
 
 To every land the first, upon mankind 
 
 Working her harms : they follow her, and heal. 
 
 Whoso reveres the daughters of great Zeus 
 
 As they approach, him do they greatly bless 
 
 And hear his prayer : but whoso shall reject 
 
 And sternly say them nay then do they go 
 
 To Zeus the son of Cronos making suit 
 
 That Sin may dwell with him, till he in turn 
 
IAIAAO2 I. 
 
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ILIAD IX. 389 
 
 By suffering harm his folly shall atone. 
 
 Wherefore, Achilleus, to the maids of Zeus 
 
 Give thou due reverence : reverence for their claim 
 
 Doth every brave man's heart to mercy move. 
 
 If gifts indeed Atrides offered not, 
 
 Naming yet more to come, but, as before, 
 
 Still raged in furious wise, it is not I 
 
 Would bid thee cast away thy righteous wrath 
 
 And aid the Argives, tho' they need it sore. 
 
 But now not only gives he much at once 
 
 And warrants more to come, but he hath sent 
 
 With supplication chosen chiefs, the best 
 
 From all Achaia's host, dear to thyself 
 
 Above all Argives. Of such messengers 
 
 Scorn not the lips, nor turn thou back the feet : 
 
 And heretofore thine anger none will blame. 
 
 Such stories learn we of the men of old, 
 
 Those heroes, when with furious wrath possest ; 
 
 How gifts could alway move, and words persuade. 
 
 I do remember me of deeds that happed 
 
 Long since, not late how all was done and here 
 
 Before you all, as friends, will tell the tale. 
 
 Around the city Calydon of yore 
 Fought the Curetes and ^Etolia's sons, 
 Staunch warriors these, and each the other slew. 
 yEtolia's ranks fought for fair Calydon, 
 To spoil the same by war the foemen strove. 
 For Artemis the golden-throned had sent 
 A plague upon the land ; in wrath for this, 
 That GEneus of his fruitful orchard paid 
 To her no offerings other gods made cheer 
 With hecatombs, to her alone, the maid 
 Of mighty Zeus, no sacrifice was given. 
 Forgat he this, once meant, or ne'er in mind 
 Conceived, he surely sinned a mighty sin. 
 And she, the seed of Zeus, the arrow-queen, 
 
IAIAAO2 I. 
 
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ILIAD IX. 391 
 
 Was wroth, and stirred from out his grassy lair 
 
 A wild boar of the field with flashing tusks. 
 
 Who haunting GEneus' orchard wrought great scathe. 
 
 Tall trees he cast adown in ruinous heaps, 
 
 With roots upwrenched and prostrate bloom of fruit. 
 
 Whom Meleager, son of (Eneus, slew, 
 
 Gathering from many cities to the chase 
 
 Both men and dogs. Few mortals to his death 
 
 Nought had availed so huge the monster was, 
 
 And brought full many to their funeral fires. 
 
 Then did the goddess cause much noise and fray 
 
 About the beast, a strife for head of boar 
 
 And bristly hide between the peoples twain, 
 
 Curetes and ^tolia's high-souled race. 
 
 Now long as Meleager led the war, 
 
 Beloved of Ares, the Curetes fared 
 
 But ill, nor might they venture to abide 
 
 Without the wall, full many tho' they were. 
 
 But soon as Meleager's anger burned 
 
 Anger that in the bosom makes to swell 
 
 The heart of men however wise they be, 
 
 He with Althaea his own mother wroth 
 
 Dallied in idlesse by his wedded wife 
 
 Fair Cleopatra of Marpessa she 
 
 The daughter was, and she, fair-ankled dame, 
 
 Born of Evenus. Cleopatra's sire 
 
 Was Idas, strongest in that age of men 
 
 Who walked the earth ; and once he took the bow 
 
 To face, in his fair-ankled bride's behalf, 
 
 Phoebus Apollo's self the archer king. 
 
 But Cleopatra by a second name 
 
 Her sire and queenly mother in their halls 
 
 Were wont to call, Halcyond to wit ; 
 
 For that her mother wept a piteous strain 
 
 Like to the sorrowing halcyon bird, what time 
 
 Far-darting Phoebus bore her swift away. 
 
392 JAIAAO2 I. 
 
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 K\vev eg epe/Becrtyiv d/uLi\i,^ov rjrop 
 TWV Be T^X v^fa Tr^Xa? o/j,aBos teal BOVTTOS opwpei, 
 Trvpycov /3a\\ofjLevcov. rbv Be \Lcraovro yepovres 
 AmoXftJz/, TrefjLTTov Be Oewv leprjas dpiarrovs, =75 
 
 e%e\6elv KOI dfivvcu, virocr^o^evoL /j,eya Bwpov. 
 oTTTrodi TTIOTCITOV TreBlov KaXuScSt'o? cpavvfjs, 
 evOa pip rjvcoyov re/i-ez/o? Tre/Dt/caXXe? e\ecr0ai, 
 TrevTTj/covToyvov, TO fj,ev ijfJLiav olvoTreBoio, 
 tffjLKTV Be tyi\r)v apocrw TreBloio rafiea-Ocu,. 580 
 
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 ovBov e7T6/i/Se^3aa;9 vtyr)pe<f>eo<s 0a\,d/j,oio, 
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 e\\iGT(rov0'' o Be yitaXXoi/ dvaivero. TroXXa 8' eraipoi, 585 
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 aXX* ovB* W9 rov 6v/J,bv evl o-TwOecrcriv eTreiOov, 
 Tcpiv y ore Brj ^aXa/xo? TCVK e/3aXXero, rot $ eirl irvpywv 
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 Kal Tore Brj M.e\eaypov eu^wvos TrapcucoiTis 590 
 
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 *, ocr' dv6pa>7roio-i, TreXet TWV darv d 
 pep Krelvovat,, 7ro\iv Be re irvp 
 
ILIAD IX. 393 
 
 By her lay Meleager, nursing still 
 
 Heart-vexing wrath, wrath from his mother's curse, 
 
 Who, grieving, to the gods prayed oft and long 
 
 To venge her brother slain : and oft her hands 
 
 Struck earth all nourishing, as loud she called 
 
 On Hades and the dread Persephone', 
 
 Crouched kneeling low, while tears her bosom dewed, 
 
 To bring her son to death. Erinnys heard 
 
 In Hell, gloom-haunting fiend of ruthless heart. 
 
 And quickly round the walls of Calydon 
 
 The battle-din arose with thundering strokes 
 
 Of battered towers. Then prayed the angry prince 
 
 ^tolia's greybeards, and in embassage 
 
 The gods' most holy priests, to get him forth 
 
 And save : and ample guerdon did they pledge. 
 
 Where in bright Calydon is fattest soil 
 
 There bade they him to choose a wide domain 
 
 Surpassing fair : acres two-score and ten ; 
 
 Half meet for vines, but half, a treeless plain, 
 
 To plough and corn he better might assign. 
 
 Oft too his father CEneus, greybeard knight, 
 
 In supplication on the threshold stood 
 
 Of his high-vaulted chamber, oft he shook 
 
 The firm door-panels, suitor to his son. 
 
 And sisters too, and queenly mother, oft 
 
 Besought, but he the more refused : and oft 
 
 His comrades, they who were to him of all 
 
 Worthiest and dearest. Yet not even thus 
 
 Might they persuade the spirit in his breast : 
 
 Till now his battered chamber felt the foe, 
 
 While on the towers the bold Curetes stepped, 
 
 And were in act to fire the mighty town. 
 
 To Meleager then his well-girt wife 
 
 Prayed weeping, and rehearsed in full the woes 
 
 That wait the dwellers in a conquered town 
 
 Men slain, streets crumbling in the wasteful fire, 
 
394 IAIAAO2 I. 
 
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 TOV S' wpiveTO OVJAOS dicovovTos /ca/cd epya, 59= 
 
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 7ro\\d re KOI ^aplevra, KCLKOV S' rj/Avve /cal avrws. 
 
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ILIAD IX. 395 
 
 Children and deep-zoned women captive led. 
 
 Stirred was his spirit when those ills he heard : 
 
 And forth he went, in gleaming armour clad. 
 
 Thus warded he ^Etolia's day of doom, 
 
 To his own pleasure yielding ; but no more 
 
 Paid they to him the many gracious gifts. 
 
 He saved from evil, but for nought he saved. 
 
 But thou be not thus minded. Thee, my friend, 
 
 May never god to such a temper turn ! 
 
 'Twere ill for thee thus late, when ships are fired, 
 
 To bear them aid. Nay come, while gifts are thine : 
 
 Aehaia's host will honour thee as god. 
 
 But if the warrior- wasting battle-plain 
 
 Giftless thou enter, thou wilt win no more 
 
 Like honour, tho' thine arm be strong to save." 
 
 To him replied Achilleus fleet of foot : 
 " O Phoenix, aged -father, Zeus-born prince, 
 This honour need I not : truly, I ween, 
 Already by the ordinance of Zeus 
 Honour is mine ; and mine will still remain 
 Beside the beaked ships, long as my breast 
 Have breath, and life be stirring in my limbs. 
 And I will tell thee yet another thing, 
 Which lay thou well to heart. Vex not my mind 
 Wailing and grieving, while thou seek'st to please 
 The hero Atreus' son. It fits thee not 
 Him thus to love, lest I, who love thee, hate. 
 Who troubles me, with me to trouble him 
 Were best for thee. So be thou equal king 
 With me, and of my honour share the half. 
 Now these shall bear their message. Bide thou here 
 And couch thee in soft bed. With opening dawn 
 Resolve we or to seek our home or stay." 
 
 He spake, and to Patroclus silent signed 
 With nodding brow to lay the thick-strewn bed 
 For Phoenix, while the others from his tent 
 
396 IAIAAO2 I. 
 
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ILIAD IX. 397 
 
 Should busk them for return. Then 'mid them spake 
 
 The godlike Ajax son of Telamon : 
 
 " Odysseus, Zeus-born prince, Laertes' son, 
 
 Thou man of many counsels, let us go. 
 
 Methinks no issue will our errand find 
 
 By this our coming : wherefore with all speed 
 
 Our answer bear we, tho' not good it be, 
 
 To Danaan chiefs, who sit, I trow, and wait. 
 
 But, for Achilleus he within his breast 
 
 Hardens his mighty heart, a cruel wight, 
 
 Nor cares for comrades' love, that love wherein 
 
 We prized him more than others by our ships. 
 
 Unpitying ! Yet a blood-fine man accepts 
 
 Ev'n from a brother's slayer, or for death 
 
 Of son : and so the slayer dwelleth on 
 
 In his own people, when full price is paid, 
 
 And stayed from vengeance is the kinsman's soul 
 
 And haughty spirit, when the fine he holds. 
 
 But in thy breast the god hath set a rage 
 
 Ceaseless and evil, for a maiden's sake, 
 
 And only one. And now we tender thee 
 
 Seven, of the best, and with them much besides. 
 
 Bear then a gentle heart ; revere thy tent, 
 
 For we are here beneath thy roof, elect 
 
 Of all the Danaan thousands ; and we claim 
 
 Above all other men to be to thee 
 
 Nearest and dearest of Achaia's host." 
 
 To whom replied Achilleus fleet of foot : 
 " O Zeus-born Ajax, son of Telamon, 
 A people's prince, meseems in all thou say'st 
 There is that stirs my soul. But still my heart 
 Swells high with anger, oft as I recal 
 That deed of his what outrage Atreus' son 
 Before the Argive chieftains on me wrought 
 As on some alien wanderer spurned and scorned. 
 But go your way, and bear my message back. 
 
398 IAIAAO2 I. 
 
 ov jap Trplv 7ro\/jLOio /j,eSij<rofJLat, aifiaToevTOS 650 
 
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 7Ti T 
 
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 S' erdpoLcn l$e S^wyeri ice\evev 
 
 (7TOp6(7ai 7TVKLVOV ^6^09 OTTl, 
 
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 *I0t? eiJfa)i/O9, T^I/ ot Trope Sto? ' 
 
 ^Kvpov e\ci)v alirelav, 'E^f^o? 
 
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 /lev dpa xpvaeoKri /ci/TreXXot? fie? 'A^atwj/ 670 
 
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 8' e^epeeive aval; dvBpajv ^ 
 
 cu Tro\vatv 'OSuc 
 17 /S' ede\i vqecraiv aXefe/Lte^at Sijiov Trvp, 
 rj aTreetTre, ^0X09 S' er' e^et ^e^a\rjropa OV/JLOV." 675 
 
 TO^ 8' avre TrpoaeeiTre TroXurXa? 8:09 ' 
 
ILIAD IX. 399 
 
 For never will I think of bloody war, 
 
 Till godlike Hector, prudent Priam's son, 
 
 On Argives dealing death, shall make his way 
 
 To tents and vessels of the Myrmidons, 
 
 And whelm the crumbling ships in smoke and fire. 
 
 But at my tent and black-hulled ships I ween 
 
 Hector tho' furious will forego the fight." 
 
 He spake : then took they each his double cup, 
 Libation poured, and hied them back again 
 Along the line of ships : Odysseus led. 
 Meanwhile Patroclus bade at once his men 
 And women-slaVes to lay a thick-strewn bed 
 For Phoenix : they obeying, as he charged, 
 Strewed well the bed fleeces, and coverlet, 
 And linen fine and smooth. There laid him down 
 The greybeard, and awaited dawn divine. 
 In the far corner of the well-fixed tent 
 Achilleus slept : by him a woman lay, 
 Whom he from Lesbos brought ; of Phorbas she 
 The fair-cheeked daughter, Diomede named. 
 And on the other side Patroclus lay, 
 With well-girt Iphis ; whom the godlike chief 
 Gave to his friend when Scyros he o'ercame, 
 Enyeus' citadel, a rocky isle. 
 
 But when the envoys to Atrides' tent 
 Were come, Achaia's sons in golden cups 
 A welcome pledged them, each on every side 
 Upstanding from his seat, and questioned them. 
 And first asked Agamemnon king of men : 
 "Speak, tell me now, Odysseus, highly praised, 
 Achaia's boast, doth he consent to save 
 The ships from foeman's fire, or saith he nay, 
 Anger possessing yet his haughty soul?" 
 
 Replied Odysseus, godlike, patient chief: 
 
4PO IAIAAO2 I. 
 
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 7Tifji7r\dv6Tai /Ltez/eo?, ere 8' dvaiverai 7;8e ad Scopa. 
 avrov <T6 (f>pdeo-0ai, ev 'Apyeioiaiv dvcoyev 680 
 
 OTTTTW? Kev vfjd? re <70&)9 Kal \abv ' 
 
 &' 7J7Ti\TJ(76V CL^ 7JOL 
 
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 8' ai^ rot? d\\oL(7iv e(f)7] 7rapa/j,v0rjcracr6ai, 
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 aiireivf}s' pdXa yap e@ev evpvoTra Zevs 
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 e(f>ar' elcrl Kal o'&e rd etVe/iez/, oif yc^ot CTTOVTO, 
 /cal /crjpvKe Sva), 7re7rvv/j,evay a/ji(f)a). 
 
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 Q)? etjxid^j ot 8 a'/m Tra^re? d/crjv eyevovro aiajTrfj 
 v dyao-a-dpevoi, yLtaXa 7p /cparepa)? dyopevaev. 
 8' az/ea> ?7<7a^ reTiTyore? fie? 'A^ataJ^' 695 
 
 e 8e 8?) pereeiTre ftorjv dyaOb? AtoyLt?J87;5' 
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 Swpa 8^801)5* o 8' dyrjvwfj earl Kal a 
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ILIAD IX. 401 
 
 " Most glorious son of Atreus, king of men, 
 Great Agamemnon, he doth not consent 
 To quench his wrath, but yet the more with rage 
 Is filled ; and thee and all thy gifts he spurns. 
 He bids thee 'mid the Argives frame thy plans 
 To save thy ships and save Achaia's host. 
 But for himself, he threats with opening dawn 
 Seawards to drag his well-benched rolling ships. 
 And to the rest, he saith, his counsel is, 
 'Sail home, since Ilion's end ye never now 
 Will see, for over her loud-thundering Zeus 
 Holds shielding hand, whereat her hosts are bold.' 
 Thus did he speak. And these are also here, 
 To say the same ev'n these who followed me, 
 Ajax, and heralds twain discreet and wise. 
 But there with him the greybeard Phoenix lies, 
 For so he bade ; that with him he may sail 
 To-morrow to their own dear fatherland, 
 If so he choose : he would not force his will." 
 
 So spake he : they were mute and silent all, 
 Awed at his words : for he full strongly spake. 
 Long were Achaia's sons in sorrow mute : 
 At last spake Diomedes good in fray : 
 " Most glorious son of Atreus, king of men, 
 Great Agamemnon, would thou hadst not sued 
 The blameless Peleus' son, and proffered gifts 
 Unnumbered. Proud enough was he before ; 
 And now yet more thou giv'st him room for pride. 
 But leave we him indeed ; whether he go 
 Or stay. He then will fight, when in his breast 
 The humour bids him or a god shall move. 
 But come, and as I say, obey we all. 
 Take now your rest, filled to your heart's desire 
 Of meat and wine spirit and strength are they. 
 
 G. H. 26 
 
402 IAIAA02 I. 
 
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ILIAD IX. 403 
 
 But when the fair and rosy-fingered morn 
 Shines forth, then swiftly range before the ships 
 Thy men and steeds, O king, and give command : 
 And ev'n thyself amid the foremost fight." 
 
 So spake he : and the kings around him all 
 Approval gave, in wonder at the words 
 Of the steed-taming prince. Then did they make 
 Libation due, and sought each man his tent : 
 There lay they down and took the gift of sleep. 
 
 262 
 
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ILIAD X. 
 
 Night expedition to the Trojan camp, 
 
 THE chieftains of the Panachaian host 
 Slept all beside their ships, the livelong night, 
 By slumber soft o'erborne : but Atreus' son, 
 Great Agamemnon, shepherd of his folk, 
 No sweet sleep held, with many cares distraught. 
 But frequent as the lightning-flashes come 
 Of fair-haired Herd's lord, what time he sends 
 Rain great and terrible, or hail, or snow 
 To strew the fields with white, or bodes perchance 
 The wide-embattled front of biting war 
 So frequent in his breast and deeply drawn 
 From inmost heart were Agamemnon's groans, 
 And all within his bosom trembling shook. 
 Whene'er he gazed upon the Trojan plain, 
 Wond'ring he saw the countless fires that burned 
 In front of Ilion ; and wond'ring heard 
 The sound of flutes and pipes and hum of men. 
 But when upon Achaia's ships and host 
 He turned to look, then plucked he from his head, 
 Lock after lock, his hair, with Zeus on high 
 Indignant, and deep groaned his haughty heart. 
 And to his mind this counsel seemed the best, 
 Nestor the son of Neleus first of all 
 To seek, if haply he might lend him aid 
 To frame some blameless plan that should avert 
 Disastrous harm from all the Danaan host. 
 
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 TOV 8' eu^)' ayLt^ tofJLOicn ndrj/jievov evrea /ca\d 
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 TOP ?rpoT6/?09 Trpocreenre /3o^y dyaOo? Me^eXao?' 
 ' Kopvacreai ; 17 ri^' eraipwv 
 
 Tpcoeo-cTLV 7rtcrK07rov ; aXXa /LtaX' atz 
 
 ou T/9 rot VTroa^rjTai, ro8e epyov, 
 
 a/jieveas <7K07na%/JLev oto? 7re\6tov 40 
 
 vvfcra 8t' dp/3po<rijv. /j,d\a rt? 
 
 TOV 8* d7rafj,eL/36iJL6vos 7rpoo-e<j)7) /cpelcov ' 
 
 " Xpew ySouX^? eyLte #al ere, 8tor/)e^)69 w Mei/eXae, 
 
 Kep$d\erj$, r] r/9 Are epvcraeTai TjBe o-aaxrei, 
 
 'Ap7etou9 /tal r^a9, eVel A to 9 eTpdireTo <f)pijv. 
 
 'E/crop60t9 apa /j,d\\ov eirl (frpeva OfJX iepolcrW 
 
 ov yap 7TO) ISofjirjv, ovSe K\VOV avbrj 
 
 dv&p* eva Tocrad'&e /jLepfJiep* eir 
 
 oacr 
 
 aura)9, cure ^ea9 Ui09 ^)/Xo9 cure Beolo. 50 
 
ILIAD X. 407 
 
 So up he stood, and round his breast he donned 
 His tunic, and beneath his shining feet 
 Bound his fair sandals, then he wrapped him round 
 In tawny skin, of lion bright-hued, large, 
 Mantling him to the feet, and took his spear. 
 
 And Menelaus likewise trembled sore, 
 Nor on his wakeful lids sat sleep ; lest harm 
 Should touch the Argive host, who for his sake 
 Across a water wide had come to Troy, 
 Stirring a venturous war. First his broad back 
 He covered with a spotted panther skin, 
 Then raised and set around his head a helm 
 Of brass, and in his broad hand took a spear. 
 And forth he went his brother to uprouse, 
 Who o'er all Argives reigned a mighty king 
 And by his people honoured as a god. 
 Him found he as he donned his armour fair 
 Around his shoulders by his vessel's stern : 
 Who gladly saw his brother come. Then first 
 Addressed him Menelaus good in fray : 
 "Why arming thus, mine honoured lord? Dost urge 
 Some comrade forth a spy on Troy? Nay much 
 I fear me none will undertake this work, 
 To spy our foemen, through ambrosial night 
 Alone advancing. Dauntless heart were his." 
 
 And sovereign Agamemnon made reply : 
 "Needs both for me and thee, O Zeus-born prince 
 My Menelaus, counsel shrewd, to guard 
 And save the Argives and their ships : for now 
 Changed is the mind of Zeus, who hath respect 
 To Hector's sacrifices more than ours. 
 For never saw I yet, nor heard it told, 
 That one man in one day such deeds of dread 
 Devised as Hector loved of Zeus hath wrought 
 Upon Achaia's sons wrought a mere man, 
 No darling son of goddess or of god. 
 
408 IAIAAO2 K. 
 
 epya 8' epe^ ocra <f>r)iu aeXijcre/jLev 'Apyeioiaiv 
 
 BrjOd T6 Kal 8o\i)(0v' Tocra 'yap /ca/cd /-t^'crar' ' 
 
 a\X* Wi vvv, A.iavra KOI 'IBopevrja Ka\eo-aov 
 
 pt/j,<f>a 6ea>v Trapd vfjas' eyco 8' eVl Necrropa Blov 
 
 el/JLi, KOI orpvveo) avcFrrj^evai, ai K eOekyaiv 55 
 
 \6elv e? (j)v\aK(0v lepov reXo? 778' eVtrecXa:. 
 
 jap Ke jj,d\icrTa inQolaTo' TO to yap vios 
 fXa/cecrcri, Kal 'ISo/xez/^o? oirawv 
 rolcrtv yap eTrerpajrofjiev ye yLtaXtcrra." 
 
 TOV S* TJyLtet/Ser* eTreira {Borjv ayaOos Mez>eXao9* 60 
 
 " Tree)? 70/3 pot, fjt,v6cp eTTiTeXXecii ijBe 
 avOt, fj,eva) /jLera TOLCTI,, SeBey/jLevo*; et? o 
 ?;e ^eo) /Ltera o~' ayri?, CTT^ ev rot? 
 
 TW 8' ai/re irpoaeeiTre ava% dvSpwv ' 
 " al6t, [Jieveiv, (JLTJ 7ra>9 d/3pOTdo/j,ev dX\ij\ouv 65 
 
 ep%ojj,eva)' TroXXal 7^ am cnparov eicri, /ce\evdoi. 
 (j>0eyyeo 8' 77 /^ez/ irjcrda, KOI eyprjyopdat dva)%Qi, 
 irarpbOev etc yeverjs ovo/j,da)v avbpa, e/cacrrov, 
 
 aXXa KOI avroi Trep r jroveu>^e6a. wSe TTOV a 
 Zeu? ejrl yiyvo/jLevoiaiv irj /ca/corrj-ra papeiav." 
 
 to? elirwv aVeVeyUTrez/ aSeX^ew, ev eVtretXa?, 
 avrdp o j3r) p Ikvai fjiera Neo-ropa Troipeva \awv. 
 TOV 8' evpev Trapd re /c\ialrj KOI vrjl fjie\alvrj 
 evpfj evi fj,a\a/cf)' Trapd 8' evrea 7roi/a'X' e/cetro, 75 
 
 atTTrl? /cat 8uo Sovpe (paeivrj re rpv<j)d\eia. 
 Trap Be foaTrjp Kelro Trai^atoXo?, y p 6 yepaid? 
 ^wvvvff or e? 7r6\e/j,ov $>6i,crr]vopa 6wpr]cr<7OLro 
 \abv dycov, eVet ov /j,ev eVerpeTre yr)pai \vypw. 
 
ILIAD X. 409 
 
 Deeds he hatli wrought full many, which I deem 
 
 Will work the Argives sorrow long and late, 
 
 Such woes against Achaians hath he planned. 
 
 But hie thee now, run swiftly by the ships, 
 
 And call me Ajax and Idomeneus. 
 
 To godlike Nestor I myself will go, 
 
 And bid him rise, to seek, if so he will, 
 
 The sacred band of guards, and give them charge. 
 
 For him they best will hear : his son it is 
 
 Who doth command the guards ; and with him joined 
 
 Meriones squire of Idomeneus : 
 
 For 'twas to them we gave that special trust." 
 
 Then answered Menelaus good in fray : 
 " How means thy word of bidding and command ? 
 Shall I remaining there with them await 
 Until thou come, or speed me back again 
 To thee, when I have given them careful charge?" 
 
 Answered him Agamemnon king of men : 
 " Remain thou there ; lest haply as we come 
 We miss each other : there be many paths 
 That cross the camp. Speak too, where'er thou goest, 
 And bid them wakeful be ; naming each man 
 By father and by kin, with titles due 
 To all ; nor bear thee with a haughty mind ; 
 But labour we ourselves. Zeus at our birth 
 Willed us, I ween, such heavy lot of woe." 
 
 So spake the king, and sent his brother forth 
 With careful charge. Himself then took his way 
 To seek out Nestor, shepherd of his folk. 
 Him by his tent and black-hulled ships he found 
 On a soft bed. Beside him lay his arms 
 Full richly wrought, a shield, two spears, a helm 
 Bright-glittering : and beside him lay withal 
 The supple belt that girt the greybeard's loins 
 When for the warrior-wasting fight he armed, 
 Leading his folk : for he to grievous age 
 
4 io IAIAAO2 K. 
 
 6p6u>0e\s $ ap* 7T dy/ctovos, /cecf>a\,r)V eiraeipas, 80 
 
 y A.Tpet$r)v TrpoaeeiTre fcal e^epeeivero (jivOu*' 
 
 il r/9 ' OUT09 Kara vf]a<s dvd arparbv ep^eai oZo9 
 
 VVKTO, Si opfyvairjv, ore & evbovcriv /3porol a\\oi, ; 
 
 776 TLV ovprjcov Stf/JyLte^o? 77 TIV eraipwv ; 
 
 (j>0eyyeo, prj^ dtcewv TT e/M ep%eo' TLTTTC 8e ere ^peco;" 85 
 
 TOV $ Ttj/JLeiffer' eireira avat dv 
 " (w Necrro/) NTyXT/taS?;, fj,eya tcvSos ' 
 yvobcrecu ^Krpet^v ' ' Kyafie^vova, rov irepl iravrcov 
 Zey? ever)K6 ITOVOLCTI Bi,afji7repe$, eh o K dvr/jir} 
 ev aTijOecrcri /Aevrj Kai poi $i\a yovvar opwpy. go 
 
 c58', eVet ov /JLOL eV o/jLfJLaai VIJ&V/JLOS V 
 i, d\\d fie\ei> TroXe/xo? /ecu tcrjbe ' 
 p Aavacov irepi^ei^ia, ovBe poi rf 
 
 ' o\a\viCTJ;/xat, KpaBlij 8e yu-ot efco 
 crT7)6ea)v e/cdpa)(7KeL, Tpo/jLeei ' UTTO fyaibifLa yvla. 95 
 
 * t Ti Spalveis, eirel ovSe o~e 7' VTTVOS itcdvei, 
 
 (f>v\arcas Kara^eiofiev, o(j)pa 
 rol fiev /ca/jLaro) dSTjKores ?;Se 
 
 drap (f>v\aKrjs eTrl 7rdy%v \aQwvrai. 
 ' av$pe$ o-%e$ov eiarai,' ovBe TI VS/iev, 100 
 
 TOP 8' 77yLte//5er' eireira TepYjvios timora 
 " 'ATpetSr) /cvSiare, ava% dv&pwv 'Aydpefivov, 
 ov Orjv r/ E:ropt Trdvra vorjfiaTa /JLijTiera Zeus 
 efcre\eet, ocra TTOV vvv eXTrerat* aXXa pw o"co 105 
 
 Kal TrXei'ocrtz/, el Kev ' 
 
ILIAD X. 411 
 
 No whit would yield. Upon his elbow propped 
 Now lift he up his head : and Atreus' son 
 He thus addrest with words of questioning : 
 "And who art thou that comest thus alone 
 Throughout our ships and host, in darkest night, 
 When other mortals sleep? Is it some guard, 
 Or comrade that thou seekest? Speak, nor come 
 Thus voiceless on me. What may be thy need?" 
 
 Then answered Agamemnon king of men : 
 "O Nestor, Neleus' son, Achaia's boast, 
 Know me for Agamemnon Atreus' son ; 
 Whom above all in troubles Zeus hath plunged, 
 Troubles to last so long as in my breast 
 Be breath, and life be stirring in my limbs. 
 I wander thus because upon mine eyes 
 Sound sleep sits not, but I am much distraught 
 By cares of war and of Achaian woes. 
 Sorely I fear for this our Danaan host; 
 Nor stedfast stands my mind, but to and fro 
 I sway, and from my breast the heart leaps forth, 
 While my bright limbs beneath me trembling shake. 
 But if thou wilt do aught since thee, as me, 
 Sleep visits not come, go we to the guards, 
 To see, lest haply whelmed by toil and sleep 
 They lie, their watchful duty clean forgot. 
 For foes are camped full near, nor know we well 
 That e'en by night they may not dare the fray." 
 
 Whom Nestor answered then, Cerent's knight : 
 " Most glorious son of Atreus, king of men, 
 Great Agamemnon, not to all his thoughts 
 Will Hector find that Zeus the counsellor 
 Fulfilment brings, as now perchance he hopes. 
 But, as I think, with woes more numerous yet 
 He will be troubled, if Achilleus e'er 
 
4 i2 IAIAA02 K. 
 
 e/c %6\ov dpya\eoLO fjueraa-rpe^rr) fyi\ov rjrop. 
 
 crol Se ud\' e^jro/ji eyco' Trorl ' av KOI eyelpo/jiev aXXou?, 
 
 rjpev TvSet&rjv Sovpt/cXvrov 778' 'OSvafja 
 
 778' Aiavra ra^yv KOI ^uXeo? dX/ci/iov vlov. no 
 
 a\V et rt? /cal roucrSe yLtero^o/ie^o? Ka\ecreiev, 
 
 avriOeov r A.lavra KOI 'I&ofjievfja avaK.ro,' 
 
 TWV yap vrjes ea&i e/cacrrdro), ovSe /iaX' eyyvs. 
 
 dX\.d (f>l\ov Trep eovra /cal al&oiov Mez^eXaoz^ 
 
 veifcecra), el Trep uoi vefjieo-rjcreai,, 01)8' eTTiKevaw, 115 
 
 &J9 ei/Set, <rol 8' otw eTrerpe^ev TroveeaOai,. 
 
 vvv otpieXev /cara Trdvras dpicrTrjas iroveeaOai 
 
 \io~a 6 jJLevos' %petco ydp itcdverai ovicer 
 
 TOV S* avre Trpoa-eeiTre ava% dvSpcov ^ 
 "u> yepov, d\\ore fiev ere /cal aiTidacrQai dvcoya' 
 7ro\\d/ci yap fieOiel re /cal ov/c eOe\ei Troveea-Oai, 
 
 OVT OKVCt) i/CCt)V OUT* d(j)pa8lrj(Ti VOOLO, 
 
 a\\' e/^e r' elo-opocov /cal e/J,rjv Trori^ey^ 
 
 vvv S' eyLteo Trporepo? yLtaX' eTreypero /cal 
 
 rov uev eya) TTpoerj/ca Ka\^evai oO? av yLteraXXa?. 125 
 
 aXX' io/jbev' Kelvovs Se KL^rjo-oaeOa Trpo 7rv\do)v 
 
 ev <t)v\dfceo-cr ' i'va ydp crfyiv e7re(j)pa$ov riyepeOeo-Oai" 
 
 TOV S' rjfjbeijBer eTreura Teprjvios lirTTora Necrra)/)* 
 " OVTQ)S ov r/9 ol vefjLeo-rjaerat ovS' d7ri6rj(ret, 
 'Apyelcav, ore /cev TIV eTrorpvvrj /cal dva>yr}" 130 
 
 evbvve Trepl cmjOeao-i %iTaova, 
 ' V7TO \i7rap ola iv ebijo-aro /ca\d TreSiXa, 
 d/j,<j)l S' dpa '%\aivav Trepovrjcraro fyoivucoecraav 
 
 e f (\ero & dX/ci/jiov 67^0?, d/ca^/JLevov oei %a\icq), 135 
 
 /3ij 8' ievai /card vrjas ' 
 
ILIAD X. 413 
 
 Shall turn his heart to quit his grievous wrath. 
 But now I readily will follow thee : 
 And rouse we others to our company, 
 Tydides, spear-famed chief, Odysseus too, 
 Ajax the fleet, and valiant Phyleus' son. 
 Nay, and 'twere not amiss if one should go 
 And summon these besides Ajax the great, 
 A peer of gods, and king Idomeneus ; 
 Whose ships are far to seek, not near at hand. 
 But Menelaus, tho' I hold him dear 
 And honoured, I will chide, e'en if thy wrath 
 Thereby I stir, nor will I hide my thought, 
 For that he sleeps and lets thee toil alone. 
 Now ought himself to toil and sue each chief, 
 For need no longer to be borne is ours." 
 
 Then answered Agamemnon king of men : 
 " O greybeard, times there are when I would bid 
 Thy blame be spoken ; for he oft is slack, 
 Nor wills to work; not yielding to base fear, 
 Nor from a witless mind, but looking still 
 To me, and waiting ever for my lead. 
 But now he even rose before myself, 
 And sought me first. And him have I sent forth 
 To call those very men thou askest for. 
 But go we : we shall find them with the guards 
 Before the gates ; for there I bade them meet." 
 
 Him answered Nestor then, Gerene's knight : 
 " So will no Argive chafe nor disobey, 
 Whom he may spur to action or command." 
 
 So spake he, and around his breast he donned 
 A tunic, and beneath his shining feet 
 Bound his fair sandals ; then about him clasped 
 A mantle crimson-hued, double, and long, 
 Thick with soft wool, and grasped a mighty spear 
 Tipped with keen brass, and went his way along 
 The vessels of Achaia's mail-clad men. 
 
414 IAIAAO2 K. 
 
 TTpwrov eVeix' 'QSvo-fja Ail fjLtjrtv araXavTov 
 ef VTTVOV dveyeipe Teprjvio? ITTTTOTO, Necrrajp 
 <j)deyj;d/j,evo<;. rov 8' al\jra Trepl <peW? rj\v0' itoq, 
 etc 8' rf\6ev /cXfccrt?79, K.CLI cr^ea? ?rpo9 JJLV&OV eeLTrev' 140 
 " TifyB* ovrco Kara vfjas dva drparov OLOL aXacrde 
 vv/cra St' dfA/3{HHrt}V t on Brj XP eic ** T ' ov iteci'," 
 
 rov 8' rj^eifter eTreira Tepr]vio<$ ranrora Necrraj/j' 
 " Sioyeve? AaepridSr), 7ro\vjj,rj%av' 'QSvacrev, 
 fjij) ve/jieo-a' rolov yap a%o<? ftefflrjKCtf 'Ajffuovf. 145 
 
 ftrev, 6'^>/)a /^al aXXov Hyelpoftcv, ov T eireoucev 
 a? jBov\eveiv } rj 
 a^', o 8e 
 
 dfJL(f) WfJiOHTt, CTCLKOS 0CTO, 
 
 J3av 8' eVl TvSet&ijv Ato/irJSea. TOP Se icfyavov 1=0 
 
 e/CTOS aTTo K\uriifi crvv rev^ecnv' d/^(f)l 8' eralpot, 
 evBov, VTTO Kpaalv S' e^ov dcnrlBa^' ey^ea 8e afyiv 
 
 \dfji(f) w? re crTepOTrr) TraTpbs Aio?. avrdp o 7* 
 
 eiJS", VTTO 8' ea-TpcoTO puvov /3oo? dypav\oio, 155 
 
 avTap VTTO /cpdreo'(j)i, Tairj]^ TerdvvcrTo (f>aeLv6<>. 
 
 TOV irapcnds dveyeipe Teprjvws lirTrora Necrrcop, 
 
 Xaf 7ro8l KiVYjaas, wrpvve re, vel/ceae r OLVTTJV' 
 
 " eypeo, Tu8eo5 ute. rt iravvvyov VTTVOV awret? ; 
 
 t 0pc0cr/jia> 7re8toio 160 
 
 , 0X^705 8' ert ^a5/?09 IpvKei ; " 
 0)9 ^a,^', o 8' e'f VTTVOLO jj,d\a KpaiTrvas dvopovaev, 
 leal fJLiv (frcovrjcras 7rea Trrepoevra Trpoo-rjvBa' 
 
 cVcr i, yepcue' av fj,rjv TTOVOV ov TTOTG 
 
ILIAD X. 415 
 
 Odysseus first, in counsel peer of Zeus, 
 Nestor Cerent's knight uproused from sleep 
 With summons loud. Full quickly to his soul 
 The voice found entrance ; and from out his tent 
 Advancing thus the chieftains he addrest : 
 "Why roam ye thus alone through ships and host 
 In night ambrosial? what your urgent need?" 
 
 Then answered him Nestor Cerent's knight : 
 " Odysseus, Zeus-born prince, Laertes' son, 
 Achaia's boast, thou man of many wiles, 
 Chafe not : for direst grief doth press our host. 
 But follow thou ; that we may likewise rouse 
 Some other, whomsoe'er it may beseem 
 Counsel to give, whether we fly or fight." 
 
 He spake. Odysseus, many-counselled man, 
 Entered his tent, and round his shoulders braced 
 A shield right richly wrought, and followed them. 
 Then Diomedes, Tydeus' son, they sought : 
 And him outside and separate from his tent 
 They found, all armed : round whom his comrades slept 
 Pillowed upon their shields ; with spears hard by, 
 Planted upon their butts upright, wherefrom 
 Blazed far a brazen sheen as of the flash 
 Of Father Zeus. Slept too the hero's self, 
 A wild bull's hide beneath his body strewn, 
 A bright-hued carpet stretched beneath his head. 
 Then by him Nestor stood Gerene's knight, 
 And stirring him with vigorous push of foot 
 Waked up, and urged him on, and roundly chid : 
 " Rouse thee, thou son of Tydeus ! Wherefore sleep'st 
 A night-long sleep? Hear'st not how sons of Troy 
 Upon the rising ground are camped, hard by 
 Our ships, and scant the space that holds them back?" 
 
 He spake : the other quick from sleep upsprang, 
 And thus in winged words addrest the king : 
 " A stubborn carlej greybeard, art thou ! Of toil 
 
4i 6 IAIAA02 K. 
 
 ov vv KOI d\\oL eavi vecorepoi vies 'A^atcoV, 165 
 
 OL Kev eireira etcaarov eyetpeiav /3acri\rf(0v 
 
 TravTrj 7roi,^6fjLevoi, ', av 8' dfiYj^cLvos ecTCTi, yepaie" 
 
 TOV 8' avre irpocreeLire Teprjvios iTTTrora NeVro)/)' 
 " val Srj ravrd ye irdvra, re/co?, Kara fjiolpav 
 elalv [lev IJLOI TratSe? d^v paves, elal Se Xaot 
 KOI TToXee?, TOOV Kev Tt? eTTOL^o/jLevos Ka\ecrei,ev. 
 d\\d fjid\a fj,eyd\r) %peta) / 
 vvv yap S/} iravTecraiv eVt vpov f i<TTa,TCU 
 r) fj,d\a \vypo<$ o\e9pos 'A^atot? ije ffioovai. 
 
 ' WL vvv AXavra ra^vv KOI OuXeo? vlov 175 
 
 (en) yap ZGGI rewrepo?), et p eXea/pet?." 
 
 to? ^>a^\ o S' ayu^>' wfJLOiaiv eeVcraro Sep/ia \eovros 
 aWcovos fieyaXoio iro^rjveKes, eiXero 8' ey%o<$. 
 /3f] S' levat, TOI)? 8' eV^ez^ dvao-T^aas dyev ijpcos. 
 
 01 S' ore 8/} $>v\dKe(rcnv ev dypopevoia-iv efJU^Qev, 180 
 oi)Se yu-e^ eySoz/ra? (f)v\d/ca)V tjyrjropas evpov, 
 aX,X* eyprjyoprl avv rev%e(riv el'aro Trdvres. 
 to? 8e Kvve<$ irepl /j,r}\a Svo-wpTjcrcoaiv ev av\rj 
 Orjpos d/covo-avTes Kparepofypovos, 09 re /ea#' v\rjv 
 ep%r)Tat, Si opeorfyc TTO\VS 8' opvpaybos eir auraJ 185 
 dvSpwv tjBe KVVWV, diro re GIGIV VTTVOS o\w\ev' 
 0)9 TV vijSvfjios VTTVOS djTO fi\<f)dpoiiv oXcoXet 
 vv/cra <j>v\aa-(ToiJLevoLcri Karcijv' TreBlovSe yap alei 
 rerpd(f)aO\ OTTTTOT eVl T^pwwv dtouev lovrcov. 
 TO 1)9 8' 6 yepcov yrjOrfae I8a>v, Odpcrvve re /uv6a), 190 
 
 Kai <r<f>ea$ ^>a)^7}cra9 eirea Trrepoevra irpocrrjvBa' 
 " ovTG) vvv, <f)i\a refcva. ^vXdo-aere' fjLr)$e TLV v 
 alpeiTco, pr} ^appa yevco/jieOa 
 
ILIAD X. 417 
 
 Thou know'st no end. Are then none other found, 
 Achaia's sons, younger in years, to go 
 Round all our camp and rouse each sleeping king? 
 Greybeard, thou art indeed a restless wight." 
 
 And answer made Nestor Gerend's knight : 
 "Yea, all thou say'st, my friend, is fitly said. 
 Sons have I blameless, people have I too 
 Full numerous ; and of these some one might well 
 Bear round the summons. But it is a need 
 Exceeding great constrains Achaia's sons. 
 For on a razor's edge stands now the fate 
 Of all our host, destruction dire or life. 
 But hie thee now, Ajax the fleet arouse, 
 And Phyleus' son : for thou, the younger man, 
 May'st do my errand, if thou pitiest me." 
 
 He spake : the other wrapped his shoulders round 
 With skin of lion tawny-hued and large, 
 Mantling him to the feet, and took his spear. 
 Then went he on his way, and from their place 
 The hero roused and led the chieftains twain. 
 
 And when they came among the gathered guards, 
 Their captains found they not asleep, but all 
 Were sitting ready armed in wakeful wise. 
 And as the dogs around a flock in fold 
 Keep painful watch when they have heard the roar 
 Of dauntless beast, who through the mountain wood 
 Approaches by large rout of men and dogs 
 Full sorely pressed and all their sleep is gone : 
 So from the eyelids of the guards sweet sleep 
 Was gone, as through the evil night they watched. 
 For ever and anon toward the plain 
 They turned them as they heard the Trojans move. 
 And these the greybeard joyed to see, and spake 
 To cheer them, and in winged words addrest : 
 " Watch on, dear children, thus : let none by sleep 
 Be holden j lest we cause our foemen joy." 
 G. H. 27 
 
4 i 8 IAIAAO2 K. 
 
 rd(f>poto cHe<Jcri>TO* TOI 
 /9acrtX^9, CXTOI, /ce/cXrjaro ^ov\r)V. 
 T0*9 & dfjia Mrjpi6v7)$ /cal Ne<rropo9 a7Xao9 vlos 
 avrol yap /cd\eov ^vfJi^ridao'daL. 
 & e/cSia/Bavres 6pv/crr)v ebpiocovro 
 ev KaOapw, 061 or) vefcvcov Siecfralvero ^wpos 
 
 oOev avTis aTrerpaTrer* 6'y8piyuo9 r/ E/cra)p 
 *A/py/ov9, ore 8?) Trepl w^ e'^ 
 evda /caQe^ofjievoi, eire d\\^\oio~L 
 
 oe {JLvOwv tfpxe Teprjvios tTTTrora Ne<7T6>p* 
 i, ov/c av Brj rt9 dvrjp ireiriOo^ ecS avrou 
 ^jjirjevTi p,erd Tpaa 
 e\6elv ; ei TLVOL TTOV Srjicov eXoi 
 77 TIVGL TTOV /cal (frr/jjiiv eVl Tpa)e<7crt irvQoiTo^ 
 dao~a re /jiT]Ti6c0o~i /Jiera o~(f)io~i,i', 77 fjbefjLaaorLV 
 avOi jjuevew Trapd vr]vo~lv diroTrpodev, r)e 7ro\ivSe 
 aty dva%a)prfo-ovo-i,v, eTrel Sa/JLao-avro y 'A^atou9. 
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ILIAD X. 419 
 
 He spake, and swiftly sped across the trench : 
 And with him followed close those Argive kings 
 Who had been called to council. With them went 
 Meriones and Nestor's beaming son, 
 Whom now themselves did call their rede to share. 
 But when the deep-dug trench was crossed and cleared, 
 In a void place they seated them, where shone 
 An open plot amid the thick-strewn dead. 
 There was it that impetuous Hector stayed 
 His charge and turned him back from dealing death 
 On Argives, when the veil of night came down. 
 There sate they, and in turn declared their words : 
 Of whom spake first Nestor Gerene's knight : 
 " O friends, will no man on his daring heart 
 Reliant to the high-souled Trojans' camp 
 Go forth ? if haply he may take some foe 
 Outlying on the verge, or learn some news 
 Among the Trojans, what their counsel is, 
 Whether they mean here by our ships to bide 
 Abroad, or to their city back again 
 To turn, Achaia's armies once repelled. 
 All this a man might learn, and come again 
 To us unscathed. Great would his glory be 
 Beneath wide heaven o'er all the tribes of men. 
 And good shall be his guerdon. For the chiefs 
 Who rule our ships shall give him, each and all, 
 A black ewe, mother with a sucking lamb, 
 A prize that nought can rival : and a place 
 At feast and banquet he shall alway claim." 
 
 He spake : but they were mute and silent all. 
 Then out spake Diomedes good in fray : 
 "Nestor, my heart and manly spirit prompts 
 Our Trojan foemen's camp, who lie so near, 
 To enter. But one comrade could I take, 
 More cheer were mine, and greater boldness too. 
 When two together go, what's best to do 
 
 272 
 
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ILIAD X. 421 
 
 One sees before the other : but alone 
 Tho' one may see, yet may his mind to see 
 Be slower, and his single counsel weak." 
 
 He spake : and many now were fain to go 
 With Diomedes. Fain the Ajax pair, 
 Henchmen of Ares ; fain Meriones ; 
 Full fain the son of Nestor ; fain withal 
 The spear-famed Menelaus, Atreus' son. 
 Fain was Odysseus, much-enduring man, 
 The Trojan throng to enter, for his heart 
 Within his breast was ever venturous. 
 And then spake Agamemnon king of men : 
 "O Diomedes, to my soul most dear, 
 Thou son of Tydeus, whomsoe'er thou wilt, 
 That comrade choose, of those whom here thou seest 
 The best, since many to the service press. 
 Nor for a scruple leave the better man 
 And take the worse, from reverence of rank, 
 Looking to higher birth, or kinglier sway." 
 
 He spake, afraid for Menelaus' sake, 
 That hero yellow-haired. Then 'mid them all 
 Again spake Diomedes, good in fray : 
 "If now ye bid myself my comrade choose, 
 How could I pass divine Odysseus by? 
 Whose ready heart and manly spirit shines 
 In every toil preeminent : whom withal 
 Pallas Athend loves. If he be there, 
 E'en out of burning fire we both may come, 
 Since all unrivalled is his cunning wit." 
 
 To whom replied the godlike patient chief: 
 " Tydides, praise me not o'er much, nor blame : 
 For this whereof thou speak'st these Argives know. 
 But go we. Night is waning, dawn is near : 
 The stars are forward far : of night are past 
 Two parts and more, a third alone remains." 
 
 So spake the twain : and then in armour dread 
 
422 IAIAAO2 K. 
 
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ILIAD X. 423 
 
 They clad them. Thrasymedes staunch in war 
 Gave Tydeus' son a sword of double edge 
 (For he beside the ships had left his own), 
 And shield besides : and on his head he set 
 A bull's hide helm, plain without cone or crest, 
 Such as is called a bonnet, and is worn 
 By lusty youths to save the head from harm. 
 But to Odysseus gave Meriones 
 A bow and quiver, and a sword withal, 
 And on his head a helm he set, all wrought 
 Of leather plaited firm with many a thong 
 Its inner fold, to strengthen it without 
 The gleaming teeth of white-tusked boar were set 
 Frequent on every side with cunning skill, 
 While firm-packed felt lined well the space between. 
 This from Amyntor son of Ormenus 
 At Eicon once Autolycus stole away, 
 Forcing the close-barred house. He gave it then 
 To go to Scandia with Amphidamas, 
 Who in Cythera dwelt : Amphidamas 
 To Molos gave it when his guest : and he 
 To his own son Meriones to wear. 
 And now it crowned and capped Odysseus' head. 
 So they, when both in armour dread were clad, 
 Went on their way, and all the other chiefs 
 Left there behind. A heron on their right 
 Pallas Athene* sent, near to the way, 
 Which through the gloom of night they could not see, 
 But heard his scream. Rejoicing at the bird 
 Odysseus to Athene" made his prayer : 
 " Hear me, thou child of aegis-bearing Zeus, 
 Who standest by me still in all my toils, 
 Nor move I e'er by thee unseen ! Again, 
 Athene", show thy special love, and grant 
 That we may glorious from the ships return, 
 Some great deed done to vex the sons of Troy." 
 
424 IAIAA02 K. 
 
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ILIAD X. 425 
 
 Second prayed Diomedes good in fray : 
 " Hear me too now, thou tameless child of Zeus ! 
 Go with me, as thou wentest with my sire 
 The godlike Tydeus, when to Thebes he came 
 A messenger before Achaia's host. 
 The rest upon Asopus' bank he left, 
 Achaia's mail-clad men : himself bore on 
 Soft words of peace to them of Cadmus' line, 
 While thither bound : but, as he gat him back, 
 Devised hard deeds of dread, with thee at hand, 
 Goddess divine, who gav'st him ready aid. 
 So ROW stand willing by and guard thou me. 
 And I to thee a heifer of a year 
 Will sacrifice, broad-browed, unbroken yet, 
 Which never man hath led beneath the yoke. 
 This will I slay, her horns with gold o'erlaid." 
 
 So prayed they both : Pallas Athene* heard. 
 Then they, the maid of mighty Zeus invoked, 
 Went onward through black night, like lions twain, 
 Through gore and bodies, over arms and blood. 
 
 Nor more the while did Hector leave to sleep 
 The manly Trojans, but together called 
 The bravest, all their leaders and their chiefs. 
 These called he, and set forth his counsel shrewd : 
 "Who, pray, will promise and perform this deed 
 For ample gift ? Assured shall be his meed. 
 For I a car will give him, and two steeds 
 Of arching neck, the best that may be found 
 At the swift vessels of Achaia's host. 
 These to the man who dares and he will win 
 Glory himself thereby near the swift ships 
 To approach, and learn if yet our foemen guard 
 Their swift ships, as of old, or by our hands 
 Now vanquished purpose flight, nor will to keep 
 A night-long watch, o'erwhelmed by wearying toil." 
 
 He spake : but they were mute and silent all. 
 
426 IAIAA02 K. 
 
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ILIAD X. 427 
 
 Now in the ranks of Troy a man there was, 
 Dolon by name, son of Eumedes he 
 A sacred herald, rich in gold and brass, 
 Uncomely he in face, but fleet of foot ; 
 With sisters five an only brother born. 
 To Hector and the rest he stood and spake : 
 "Hector, my heart and manly spirit prompts 
 The swift ships to approach, and gather news. 
 But come, thy sceptre raise, and swear to me 
 That thou in very sooth wilt give those steeds, 
 With chariot too all richly-wrought in brass, 
 Whereon the blameless son of Peleus rides. 
 And thou shalt find that no vain scout am I, 
 Nor fail thy hope ; for I will go right on 
 Throughout the host, ev'n till I reach the ship 
 Of Agamemnon, where, be sure, the chiefs 
 Debate in council now, to fly or fight." 
 
 He spake. The prince his sceptre grasped and sware : 
 "Let Zeus himself, Here's loud-thundering lord, 
 Be now my witness ! On these steeds shall ride 
 No other man of Troy ; but thou, I say, 
 Throughout thy life shalt boast them as thy pride." 
 
 He spake, and sware in vain; yet spurred him on. 
 At once his curved bow he slung around 
 His shoulders, and a grey wolf's hide o'er all 
 He threw, and set a helmet on his head 
 Of weasel-skin, and took a pointed dart. 
 Then from the host he went and toward the ships ; 
 Those ships wherefrom he never should return, 
 Nor back again to Hector bear his word. 
 But when the throng of steeds and men was left, 
 Eager he sped along his way : of whom, 
 As on he came, Odysseus, Zeus-born prince, 
 Was ware, and thus to Diomedes spake : 
 "Yonder, O Diomedes, from the host 
 Comes on a man, I know not whether spy 
 
428 IAIAAO2 K. 
 
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ILIAD X. 
 
 429 
 
 Upon our ships, or bent to spoil the dead. 
 
 Suffer we him at first to pass us by 
 
 A little space along the plain, then quick 
 
 Give chase and catch him : or, by speed of foot 
 
 If he outrun us, always hem him in 
 
 From his own camp toward our ships, with spear 
 
 On rushing, that he 'scape not to the town." 
 
 Such words between them passed : then from the way 
 They turned, and crouched amid the dead ; and he 
 Ran swiftly by them in his heedless haste. 
 But when he was before them by the length 
 Of such a plot of ground as mules may plow 
 Tor they are faster still than are the kine 
 To draw the jointed plough through loamy land 
 Then gave they chase : he heard the steps, and stood ; 
 For hoped his heart that comrades came from Troy, 
 By change of Hector's hest, to turn him back. 
 But when within a spear-throw they had come 
 Or even less, he knew the men for foes, 
 And quickly did he move his limbs to fly, 
 While they as swiftly bent them to pursue. 
 And as two sharp-toothed hounds, skilled in the chase, 
 Fast on the trace of flying fawn or hare 
 Come pressing ever on, o'er woody ground, 
 As he before them flies with plaintive cry; 
 So did the son of Tydeus and withal 
 Odysseus, city-spoiler, on their prey 
 From his own people barred press ever on. 
 But when he now was close upon the guards, 
 As toward the ships he fled, Athene' breathed 
 New strength in Tydeus' son, lest other man 
 Of mailed Achaians should forestall his blow 
 Arid boast, and Diomedes second come. 
 On rushed with spear the hero stout, and cried: 
 "Stand, or my spear o'ertakes thee : nor, I ween, 
 Long from my hand can'st shun destruction dire." 
 
430 UIAA02 K. 
 
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ILIAD X. 431 
 
 He spake, and hurled his spear, but missed the man 
 With failure meant. O'er the right shoulder passed 
 The polished shaft, till in the earth the point 
 Was fast. He terror-stricken stood his tongue 
 Stammering, his teeth loud chattering in his mouth 
 All pale with fear. Breathless the twain came up, 
 And seized his hands; to whom in tears he spake: 
 " Spare but my life, and I will ransom me. 
 For I have stores at home of brass and gold 
 And iron deftly- wrought : wherefrom my sire 
 Will grant ye boundless price, if he shall learn 
 That yet beside Achaia's ships I live." 
 
 Answered Odysseus, many-counselled man : 
 "Take courage! let not death distress thy mind. 
 But come, declare me this, and tell me true : 
 Why com'st thou thus alone from camp to ships, 
 Through murky night when other mortals sleep? 
 Com'st thou to strip the bodies of the slain? 
 Or was it Hector sent thee forth to seek 
 Our hollow ships, and spy out all our ways? 
 Or at thy own heart's bidding art thou here?" 
 
 Then Dolon, as his limbs beneath him shook: 
 "Hector it was who led my heart astray 
 With maddest follies : for he pledged to give 
 The firm-hoofed steeds of Peleus' noble son 
 And chariot wrought with brass ; and bade me go 
 Through black and fleeting night, and draw full near 
 Our foemen's camp, and learn if yet ye guard 
 Your swift ships, as of old, or by our hands 
 Now vanquished purpose flight, nor will to keep 
 A night-long watch, o'erwhelmed by wearying toil." 
 
 Smiling replied the many-counselled man: 
 " Truly of mighty gifts thy heart was fain, 
 The steeds of valiant-souled Aeacides. 
 
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ILIAD X. 
 
 A grievous team they be for mortal men 
 
 To break or ride behind for all save one, 
 
 Achilleus, whom immortal mother bare. 
 
 But come declare me this, and tell me true : 
 
 Where left'st thou Hector, shepherd of his folk, 
 
 When hitherward thou cam'st? his arms of war 
 
 Where be they? where his horses? How are placed 
 
 The other Trojan lines for watch and sleep? 
 
 What counsel they? here by our ships to bide 
 
 Abroad, or to their city back again 
 
 To turn, Achaia's armies once repelled?" 
 
 Dolon Eumedes' son then made reply : 
 "All this I will declare and tell thee true. 
 Hector, with those that are his councillors, 
 Holds council now by holy Ilus' tomb, 
 Far from the crowd and din: but for the watch, 
 O hero, that thou askest of our host 
 No separate ordered watch defends and guards. 
 By every fire of Trojans who perforce 
 Must do it there are wakeful men who urge 
 Each one his mate to watch: but our allies 
 Summoned from many lands sleep idly on, 
 Leaving to Trojan care the watch ; for they 
 No children have nor wives abiding near." 
 
 To him again the many-counselled man: 
 "How mingled, pray, with Troy's steed-taming sons 
 Sleep they, or separate? say, that I may know." 
 
 And answer made Dolon Eumedes' son : 
 "This too I will declare, and tell thee true. 
 Towards the sea are Carians, and by them 
 Paeonians armed with curved bows ; there too 
 Leleges and Cauconians, and withal 
 Divine Pelasgians. But toward Thymbra ranged 
 Are Lycians, Mysians proud, steed-taming sons 
 Of Phrygia, and Maeonians chariot-borne. 
 But of each special troop why ask ye me ? 
 
 G. H. 28 
 
 433 
 
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ILIAD X. 
 
 For if ye twain are bent the Trojan throng 
 
 To enter, here apart are Thracian men 
 
 But newly come, the last of all the line. 
 
 And in their midst doth Rhesus lie, their king, 
 
 The son of Eioneus. Fairest his steeds 
 
 And largest-limbed of all that e'er I saw : 
 
 Whiter than snow they match the winds for speed. 
 
 A chariot hath he also deftly wrought 
 
 With gold and silver. Golden are the arms, 
 
 Of giant size, a marvel to behold, 
 
 Wherewith he came : beseems not mortal men 
 
 In such to clothe them, but immortal gods. 
 
 But take me now to your swift-sailing ships, 
 
 Or bind in ruthless bond and leave me here ; 
 
 That ye may go your way, and test my tale, 
 
 Whether my words to you be truth or no." 
 
 Then with grim glance stout Diomedes spake : 
 " Nay, Dolon, on escape set not thy heart, 
 Though good thy news, now that we hold thee fast. 
 For if for ransom we release thee now, 
 Or let thee go, surely thou'lt come again 
 Hereafter to the swift Achaian ships, 
 Either to spy or fight in open war. 
 But if thou lose thy life, slain by my hands, 
 To Argives thou wilt work no future harm." 
 
 He spake : and, as the other with broad hand 
 Reached out to touch his chin in suppliant prayer, 
 Right on his neck the flashing sword he drove, 
 And severed both the tendons, and the head 
 Ev'n as he spake was mingled with the dust. 
 Then from his head the helm of weasel-skin 
 They took, with wolf-skin cloak, and springing bow, 
 And the long lance. These to the Maid of spoil 
 Athen did Odysseus, godlike wight, 
 Hold up on high, and thus in prayer he spake : 
 " Hail, goddess, hail, with these ! To thee of all 
 
 282 
 
 435 
 
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ILIAD X. 437 
 
 Immortals in Olympus first we cry. 
 
 But ev'n again thy guidance give, and show 
 
 The steeds and couches of these Thracian men." 
 
 Such words he spake ; and lift the spoils on high 
 Then set them on a tamarisk tree : whereto 
 A token plain he placed, some gathered reeds 
 And leafy tamarisk boughs, that coming back 
 Through black and fleeting night they might not miss. 
 
 Then onwards went the twain through arms and blood ; 
 And quickly to the Thracian band they came : 
 Who wearied out were sleeping. By them lay 
 Their fair arms on the ground in order piled, 
 Three lines : and by each man his yoke of steeds, 
 And in their midst slept Rhesus ; and by him 
 His fleet steeds from the hinder chariot rail 
 Were tethered by the reins. Him first descried 
 Odysseus, and to Diomedes showed : 
 ' This is the man, be sure, and these the steeds, 
 Whereof, O Diomedes, Dolon spake, 
 Whom late we slew. Come then, thy mighty strength 
 Put forth : it fits thee not all armed to stand 
 Nought doing. Wherefore loose the steeds : or thou 
 Despatch the men, and be the steeds my care." 
 
 So spake he : but Athene, stern-eyed maid, 
 Breathed strength in Tydeus' son, that right and left 
 He slew, and, as the sword-strokes fell, their groans 
 Rose grievous, and the soil ran red with blood. 
 And as on flock unherded, goats or sheep, 
 A lion sudden springs, bent to destroy, 
 So came upon the Thracians Tydeus' son : 
 Till twelve were slain. And he of many wiles, 
 Odysseus, whomso with the falchion smote 
 Tydides standing near, him by the foot 
 He took and backward drew from out the line, 
 This meaning, that the fair-maned steeds might pass 
 All smoothly, nor in spirit shrink to step 
 
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ILIAD X. 439 
 
 Amid the dead, a yet unwonted sight. 
 
 But when the son of Tydeus reached the king, 
 
 From him, the thirteenth slain, he took sweet life, 
 
 As sore he panted, for an evil dream 
 
 Stood o'er his head that night, the warrior child 
 
 Of CEneus' son, sped by Athene's wile. 
 
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 The firm-hoofed horses loosed, which by the reins 
 
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 What boldest deed to do : to take the car, 
 
 Where lay the rich-wrought arms, and by the pole 
 
 Drag forth or lift on high and bear it out ; 
 
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 Thou son of great-souled Tydeus ; lest it chance 
 
 Thou go in fear and flight : for haply now 
 
 Some other god may rouse thy Trojan foes." 
 
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 And hasted him to mount ; Odysseus then 
 Smote with his bow the steeds, that on they flew 
 To the swift vessels of Achaia's host. 
 
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 No blind watch kept : but, when with Tydeus' son 
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 And roused a Thracian councillor, by name 
 Hippocoon cousin brave of Rhesus he. 
 Upstarted he from sleep ; and, when he saw 
 Void space where fleet-foot steeds had stood, and men 
 
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ILIAD X. 441 
 
 Yet gasping in a hideous heap of slain, 
 With cry of woe he named his comrade dear. 
 Clamour of Trojans then and uproar rose 
 Unutterable, as they together rushed. 
 Wond'ring they saw what deeds of dread the men 
 Had wrought ere to the hollow ships they turned. 
 
 But for the chiefs when to the spot they came 
 Where Hector's spy they slew, Odysseus there, 
 Beloved of Zeus, reined in the fleet-foot steeds ; 
 And to the ground the son of Tydeus leapt, 
 And in Odysseus' hands lifting he placed 
 The bloody spoils, and mounted up again. 
 -The steeds he lashed ; who nothing loth flew on 
 To the hollow ships, for thither were they fain. 
 Their clattering hoofs first Nestor heard and spake : 
 " Friends, kings and captains of our Argive host, 
 Shall I be false herein, or say the truth? 
 My spirit bids me speak. The clattering sound 
 Of horses at the gallop strikes mine ears. 
 Pray heaven it be Odysseus, and withal 
 Stout Diomedes, who thus soon return 
 From Trojan camp and drive these firm-hoofed steeds. 
 But sore I fear at heart some harm has happ'd 
 To these our bravest from the hqst of Troy." 
 
 Not all his words were ended when they came. 
 Then to the ground down leapt they : whom -the rest 
 Rejoicing greeted with right hand of love 
 And kindly words : and first Cerent's knight 
 Nestor thus asked them how their work had sped : 
 "Come tell me, O Odysseus, much-praised man, 
 Achaia's mighty boast, how got ye twain 
 These steeds. The Trojan armies entered ye? 
 Or met some god who gave them ? To the rays 
 Of the bright Sun-god they are wondrous like. 
 I ever mingle with the Trojan lines, 
 Nor loiter I may boast beside the ships, 
 Albeit a greybeard warrior. Yet such steeds 
 
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 e/crave, Trap 8' erapou? Bvo/calSe/ca Trdvras apitrrov?. 560 
 TW TpKTKa&eicaTov CTKOTTOV ei\o/jbev eyyvOi vrjcov, 
 rov pa SioTrrfjpa arparov e^i^evai y/jierepoio 
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 vtyev drrb ^pa>T09 teal dve^rv^Oev <f>l\ov tfrop, 575 
 
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ILIAD X. 443 
 
 I ne'er yet saw nor marked. But 'twas, I ween, 
 Some god encountering gave them : for to Zeus 
 Cloud-gatherer, and Athene 1 , stern- eyed maid 
 Of aegis-wielding Zeus, ye both are dear." 
 
 To whom replied the many-counselled man : 
 "O Nestor Neleus' son, Achaia's pride, 
 A god with ease, if so he willed, could give 
 E'en better steeds than these be, for the gods 
 Are mightier far. But, father, for these steeds 
 Whereof thou askest. they are newly come, 
 Of Thracian strain ; and him who was their lord 
 Stout Diomedes slew, and by his side 
 Twelve comrades, good men all. And one to boot 
 Thirte'enth we took hard by our ships, a scout, 
 Whom to spy out our army was sent forth 
 By Hector and the noble sons of Troy." 
 
 So spake he, and across the trench he drove 
 The firm-hoofed steeds, loud laughing : and with him 
 Followed Achaia's sons rejoicing all. 
 But when Tydides' well-framed tent they reached, 
 The horses by the well-cut reins they tied 
 Fast to the rack, where stood the fleet-foot steeds 
 Of Diomedes eating sweet-grained wheat. 
 But Dolon's bloody spoils Odysseus stowed 
 Safe in his vessel's stern, that they therefrom 
 An offering to Athene might prepare. 
 Then entered they the sea, and there washed off 
 The copious sweat from knees and neck and thighs. 
 And when the salt sea wave had washed their skin 
 Of copious sweat, and much refreshed their heart ; 
 Then stepped they into polished bathing tubs 
 Of water sweet, to cleanse them of the brine. 
 And so, their bathing done, with olive oil 
 The twain anointed them and sate to meat ; 
 And to Athene* from the brimming bowl 
 Drew out and duly poured the honeyed wine. 
 
IAIAAOZ A. 
 
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 Bevrepov at Ocoprj/ca irepl arr^Oeo-criv eSvvev, 
 rov TTore ol Kivvprjs ScS/ce ^eivrjLOv elvai. 
 
ILIAD XL 
 
 The prowess of Agamemnon, and his wounding, 
 
 MORN from her bed and from Tithonus' side, 
 Her noble spouse, uprose, to bring the light 
 To gods immortal and to mortal men, 
 When Discord to the swift Achaian ships 
 Was sent of Zeus, fell power, bearing in hand 
 Dread sign of war. And by Odysseus' ship 
 She stood, that midmost lay, black-hulled and huge, 
 Whence either way a voice might well be heard, 
 Or to the tent of Ajax Telamon, 
 Or to Achilleus' tent those twain who ranged 
 Last of the line their balanced ships, secure 
 In their bold manhood and their mighty hands. 
 There stood the goddess, and gave forth a shout 
 Loud terrible and shrill, whereby she breathed 
 A mighty strength in each Achaian heart 
 Unceasingly to battle and to fight. 
 And war they now deemed sweeter than to sail 
 In hollow ships to their own fatherland. 
 
 Then did the son of Atreus cry aloud, 
 Bidding his Argives gird their armour on, 
 The while himself he clad in dazzling mail. 
 First put he round his legs the greaves so fair 
 With silver ankle-clasps made fast and sure ; 
 The corslet next around his breast he drew, 
 That Cinyras once had given, a gift from far, 
 
446 IAIAAO2 A. 
 
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ILIAD XL 447 
 
 For Cyprus heard the mighty fame that now 
 
 Achaia's ships would sail the seas to Troy. 
 
 Wherefore he gave this gift to please the king. 
 
 Ten stripes of dark-blue metal there were wrought 
 
 With twelve of gold, and twenty more of tin. 
 
 And snakes of dark-blue metal stretched them up 
 
 Toward the wearer's neck, three on each side, 
 
 Like to the rainbow-lines, that Cronos' son 
 
 Sets in the cloud, a sign to speaking men. 
 
 Around his shoulders then his sword he slung 
 
 Gleaming with studs of gold, in silver sheath, 
 
 But bright with gold the gear by which it hung. 
 
 Then took he up his lightly-wielded targe, 
 
 The body's ample guard, fair, richly-wrought, 
 
 Round which ten brazen circles ran ; within 
 
 Were twenty bosses white of tin, and one 
 
 Midmost of dark-blue metal. Rose thereon 
 
 A grim-faced Gorgon of terrific glance. 
 
 With Terror and with Flight on either side. 
 
 And from the shield was stretched a silver strap 
 
 With dark-blue serpent wreathed thereon, whose heads 
 
 Three turning either way from one neck grew. 
 
 Then on his head a helm of double cone 
 
 He set, four-plumed, with horse-hair crest above 
 
 That nodded terrible : two mighty spears 
 
 He took withal brass-tipped and keen, whose blaze 
 
 Flashed far to deepest heaven. A thundering sound 
 
 Athene* then and Herd gave, to grace 
 
 The sovereign of Mycenae's golden town. 
 
 Now to his charioteer each chief gave charge, 
 There by the trench to hold his horses back 
 In order due ; but all in armour clad 
 Themselves moved on afoot ; and quenchless rose 
 Their shout before the dawn. They with the horse 
 Took order, at the trench ; then went they first, 
 
448 IAIAAO2 A. 
 
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 7raz/re9 8' yrioavro /ce\aive(f)ea Kpovlcova, 
 ovve/c dpa Tpweacriv e/5oi/Xero #1)809 opeijai. 
 
 [lev ap* OVK d\eyi% irarrjp' o 8e voa-fa Xtacr^e/9 80 
 d\\cov dirdvevOe KaOe^ero KvSei yalow, 
 elcropowv Tpcowv re TroXtv /ca 
 
ILIAD XL 449 
 
 The horsemen following on nor far behind. 
 And Cronides with tumult fell inspired 
 Their host, and from on high sent down a dew 
 Of dripping blood, in token that he willed 
 To hurl to Hades many a valiant head. 
 
 But o'er against them on the rising ground 
 Mustered the sons of Troy, around their chiefs, 
 Hector the great, blameless Polydamas, 
 ^Eneas, whom the Trojan folk revered 
 Ev'n as a god, Antenor's scions three, 
 Polybus, with Agenor the divine, 
 And youthful Acamas, of immortals peer. 
 And Hector foremost bare his orbed shield. 
 And as from clouds fell Sirius all ablaze 
 Now sudden bursts, now hides him in their shade, 
 So Hector now shone foremost in the van, 
 Now, r hidden, urged the rear, in flashing mail 
 Bright as the bolt of th' aegis-wielding sire. 
 
 The hosts as reapers in two facing rows 
 Work the long swathe in wealthy owner's field 
 Of barley or of wheat, from whose full hands 
 The severed stalks fall fast so in firm line 
 The Trojans and Achaians dealing death 
 Each at the other leapt, nor either thought 
 Of baneful flight, but in the conflict still 
 Held even heads, and wolf-like rushed and raged. 
 Then woful Discord joyed the sight to see, 
 For she alone was present at the fight, 
 Nor other gods were there ; but undisturbed 
 In their own halls they sat, where a fair home 
 Was built for each within Olympus' glens. 
 These all on cloud-veiled Cronides cast blame, 
 That glory thus to Troy he willed to grant. 
 Yet nought the Father recked of them, but turned 
 Apart and sate alone in pride of power 
 Troy's town beholding, and Achaia's ships, 
 
 G. H. 29 
 
450 IAIAAO2 A. 
 
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ILIAD XL 451 
 
 The sheen of brass, the slayers and the slain. 
 
 While yet 'twas morning tide, and day divine 
 Still grew, so long the spears of either host 
 Found mark and warriors fell. But at the hour 
 When in a forest glade the woodman spreads 
 His mid-day meal for loathing now the work 
 His spirit feels desire of pleasant food 
 Ev'n at that hour the Danaans 3 prowess brake 
 The opposing squares, as in their ranks they urged 
 Each one his comrade. Agamemnon first 
 Dashed in, and slew a man, Bienor named, 
 A people's shepherd, then his comrade true 
 Oileus slew he, smiter of his steeds. 
 Who from the car leapt down and faced the foe, 
 But him, as eager on he pressed, the king 
 With pointed spear full in the forehead pierced, 
 Nor did the helmet-rim of heavy brass 
 Turn back the spear, which through the metal passed 
 And through the bone, that all the brains within 
 Were scattered, and his eager spirit quelled. 
 And these the son of Atreus king of men 
 Left there to lie with breasts all bare and bright 
 Stript of their shirts of mail ; and hied him on 
 To slay two sons of Priam, Isus named 
 And Antiphus, a bastard and a true, 
 Both in one car. The bastard held the reins, 
 While noble Antiphus fought by his side. 
 These twain Achilleus once on Ida's slope 
 Took as they fed their sheep, and bound them fast 
 With willow bands, and then for ransom loosed. 
 But now did Agamemnon, mighty king, 
 The son of Atreus, cast his spear and strike 
 The one above the nipple on the breast, 
 And Antiphus he smote beside the ear 
 With cut of sword, and hurled him from his car. 
 Then hasted he to strip from off the twain 
 
 292 
 
452 IAIAAO2 A. 
 
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ILIAD XL 453 
 
 Their goodly arms, well knowing those whom erst 
 
 By the swift ships he saw when captive brought 
 
 From Ida by Achilleus fleet of foot. 
 
 And as a lion to his lair returned 
 
 Finds in his covert laid the weakling young 
 
 Of nimble hind, whom in his powerful teeth 
 
 With ease he crunches, of their tender life 
 
 Bereaving them but she, their dam, hard by 
 
 Yet cannot save them, for with trembling dread 
 
 Herself is touched, and swift she speeds away 
 
 Through tangled copse and wood, in haste and sweat, 
 
 To 'scape the onset of the mighty beast 
 
 So these from doom the Trojans could not save, 
 
 But fled themselves before their Argive foes. 
 
 Then on Pisander and Hippolochus, 
 A warrior staunch, Atrides came the sons 
 Of brave Antimachus, who most of all, 
 Bribed by rich gifts of Alexander's gold 
 To Menelaus of the yellow hair 
 Forbade to give back Helen on his sons 
 King Agamemnon came, two in one car, 
 As they toward him drove their fleet-foot steeds ; 
 For from their hands the shining reins escaped, 
 And all confused they strayed. Against them rose 
 Atrides, as a lion ; whom the twain 
 From out the car addressed with suppliant prayer : 
 " Give quarter, son of Atreus ! and receive 
 A worthy ransom. With Antimachus 
 Lie many treasures stored, both brass and gold 
 And well-wrought iron : and of these our sire 
 Would give unstinted ransom, should he learn 
 That at the Achaian vessels yet we live." 
 
 Thus weeping they addressed the king with words 
 Of softness, but no soft reply they heard : 
 " If truly sons of brave Antimachus 
 Ye be, who once in Trojan council urged 
 
454 1AIAAO2 A. 
 
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 f/ E/cropa 8' etc /3e\ean/ vTraye Zei)? eic re 
 e/c T' dv&pofcrao-Lr)? etc 6' afyaro? etc re 
 ArpetSrjs 8' e-jrero o-faftavov Aavaolcri Ke\evcov. 165 
 
 o? 8e Trap' "IXou o-rj/jia rrakaiov AapSavi&ao, 
 KGLTT 7re8/o^, reap 1 epiveov e&crevovro 
 
ILIAD XL 455 
 
 That Menelaus, when in embassy 
 
 He with divine Odysseus came, should there 
 
 Be slain, nor to Achaia free return ; 
 
 Your father's outrage vile ye now shall pay." 
 
 He spake, and from the chariot to the ground 
 Pisander hurled, with spear-wound on the breast, 
 Who backward struck the earth. Then fled away 
 Hippolochus ; and him on foot he slew, 
 Severing his hands and sweeping off the neck 
 With stroke of sword, and as a bowling stone 
 The limbless trunk sent spinning through the throng. 
 
 These there he left, and where the thickest squares 
 Fled in confused rout there dashed he in, 
 And with him all Achaia's well-greaved host. 
 Foot slaughtered foot, as now perforce they fled, 
 Horse upon horse, while 'neath them rose the dust 
 Stirred by the thundering hoofs from off the plain, 
 Dealt death with weapons keen. And he, the king, 
 Great Agamemnon, followed ever close 
 Slaying the foes, and urged his Argives on. 
 And as when wasting fire some forest dense 
 Invades, and by the wind is onward rolled, 
 Burnt to the roots the saplings prostrate fall 
 Pressed by the furious flame, so in their flight 
 The Trojan heads before Atrides fell. 
 And many were the steeds of arching neck 
 That roamed with empty clattering cars across 
 The battle bridge, lacking the guiding hands 
 Of blameless charioteers, who prostrate lay 
 A daintier sight for vultures than for wives. 
 
 But Hector from the spears, and from the dust, 
 And from the carnage and the blood and din, 
 Zeus kept apart, while Atreus' son pressed on 
 Furious and fast, urging his Danaan host. 
 Whose foemen past the tomb of Ilus old 
 The son of Dardanus, o'er the mid plain 
 
456 IAIAA02 A. 
 
 lefjievoi TroXtos* o Be KeK\7jya)S eirer alei 
 'ArpetS/79, \v6pu> Be 7ra\do-aeTO ^elpas CLCLTTTOVS' 
 aXX* ore Be 2/cata? re TryXa? Kal ^rjyov LKOVTO, 
 evO 1 dpa Br) 'IGTCLVTO Kal a 
 
 6i 8* Ti KOfJ, fJU(TO-OV TT 
 
 a? re Xeco^ efyb/Brjae /j,o\a)v ev VVKTOS d/jLo\ya) 
 
 Tracras' rfj Be T' t^5 dva^aiveTai aiVi)? o\e6po<;' 
 
 TTJS B* ef avykv cage \a/3a)v Kparepolcnv oBova-iv 175 
 
 TrptoTov, eTretra Se $' atyLta /cat eyfcara iravra 
 
 009 TOI)? 'Arpefc^? e^eTrei/ fcpeioov 
 
 alev ctTroKTeivcov TOV OTrtVraroz/ o? Se 
 
 7ro\\ol Be TrprjveLS re Kal VTTTLQI eicTreaov fanrcov 
 
 'Arpet'Bea) VTTO ^epai'- TrepiTrpo yap ey^el Ovev. 180 
 
 ' ore Brj TCL^ epeXXov VTTO TrroXcv alirv re re^o? 
 
 M, rare 877 pa Trarrjp dvBp&v re 6ev re 
 
 ev /copv(f)f)cri, KaOe^ero TTLBrjecrcrrjs 
 ovpavoOev Kara/So,?' e^e 8' dcrrepoTrrjv perd ^epaiv 
 
 8' toTpvvev xpvo-OTrrepov dyyeXeovaav' 185 
 
 Wi,, *Ipi, ra^ela, TOV "Et/cropi /jivOov 
 o<j)p* dv fjuev Kev opa 'Ayajjiefjivova iroifjieva 
 6vvovr ev TTpofJiaxoicnv, evaipovra o-rl^a^ dvBpaiv, 
 rofyp dva^wpeLrw, TOV 8' d\\ov \abv dva}%6co 
 fjbdpvacrOat, Brjlotai tcaTa Kpareprjv vafxivrjv. 190 
 
 aura/3 eirel K rj Bovpl TVTrels r) $\r)iievos lu> 
 t9 ITTTTOVS aXerat, Tore ol /cpaTos eyyva\l^o), 
 KTeiveiv et9 o /ce vfjas evcro-e\[Jiovs d^lfCTjTat 
 Bvrj T 9;eXto9 teal eVt Kvefyas lepov e\6r)." 
 
 OJ9 e<f>aT, ovB* diriOrjcre 7roBijvefj,o<$ cJ/ce'a 9 I/3t?, 195 
 
ILIAD XL 457 
 
 Past the wild fig-tree, fled in eager haste 
 
 To gain the town : Atrides following still 
 
 With shrilling cry, his hands invincible 
 
 All stained with gore. But when the Scaean gates 
 
 And oak-tree they had reached, the foremost there 
 
 Stood firm, their fleeing comrades to await. 
 
 Who o'er the middle plain still fled, as kine 
 
 By lion coming in the dead of night 
 
 Flee all affrighted, but destruction dire 
 
 For one is seen, whose neck with powerful teeth 
 
 The beast first seizing breaks, then drains the blood 
 
 And all the flesh devours ev'n so on these 
 
 King Agamemnon son of Atreus pressed, 
 
 And slew each hindmost foe, as still they fled. 
 
 And many fell beneath Atrides 7 hands, 
 
 Face forward from their cars or backward thrown. 
 
 For foremost and most furious raged his lance. 
 
 But when beneath the town and beetling wall 
 He now full soon had come, then from high heaven 
 The sire of gods and men descending sate 
 On Ida's peak, that mount of many rills, 
 With levin-bolt in hand : and thus he urged 
 Iris his courier of the golden wings : 
 ''Hie thee, swift Iris, and to Hector speak 
 This word of mine : So long as he shall see 
 Great Agamemnon shepherd of his host 
 Rushing amid the van and dealing death 
 On ranks of men, so long let him retire 
 Himself, but bid the rest, the common throng, 
 In stubborn conflict with their foemen fight. 
 But when the king by spear or arrow smit 
 Leaps on his car, then grant I strength to him 
 To slay till to the well-benched ships he come, 
 And sun be set and sacred darkness fall." 
 
 He spake : nor disobedient to his word 
 Swift windfoot Iris gat her down in haste 
 
lAIAAOS A. 
 
 opecov et9 "I\iov ipijv. 
 ei'p* viov TIpid/JLOLO &ai(f>povos, r/ E/tropa Siov, 
 ecrraor ev 0* "rrrroicri, KOI ap/jiacri, KO\\rjrol(Ttv. 
 v 8' lo-rafLevr] rrpoo-e<^r] TroSa? (cucea *I/3t9* 
 
 we Tlpidjjioio, Atl /jbfJTW drdXavre, 200 
 
 Zeu? yLte Trarrjp Trpoerjice retv rd&e fj,v9ijo-acrflai. 
 ocbp* av /JLev fcev opas ' A<yafj,e/j,vova nroifMeva 
 OVVOVT ev TTpo^d^oLcnv, evalpovra crr/^a? a 
 ro<f)p VTroeuce /j,d%Tjs, TOV 8' a\\ov \aov 
 fidpvacrOai r)ioLcri Kara Kpareprjv va-fj,lvr)v. 205 
 
 avrdp eirei K rj Sovpl TVTrels rj /SX?7 / aez/o? Iw 
 et9 tTrTrou? aXerai, Tore rot Kpdros 
 fcrelveiv eZ? o /ce z/^a? e'vcrcreXjUoi;? a 
 Svy T rjekios Kal eirl Kvefyas lepbv e\6r)" 
 
 rj fj,ev ap* 0)9 elnrova dire/Sif iroSas wicea 'I/)t9, 210 
 f/ E/cTO)p 8' ef o^eo)^ fi)z/ rev^eatv a\ro ^a^a^e, 
 7rd\\wv 8' o^ea Bovpe Kara crrparov w%ero Travrrj, 
 orpvvwv {JLa^eo-aadai, eyeLpe 8e $v\o'Triv alvjjv. 
 ot 8' e\\l%0r)(rav Kal Ivavrioi earav 'A^atcSz/. 
 'Apyeioi, 8' erepwOev ercaprvvavro <f)d\ayya$. 215 
 
 riprvvdrj 8e yLtct%^7, crrai/ 8' dvrioi. ev 8' 'A<yafA/J,vu>v 
 TTpwros opovcr\ eOe\ev 8e TroXi) Trpo/Jid^eo'dai, diravrcov. 
 
 eo-jrere vvv JJLOI, povo-ai, 'OXu/^Tr 
 09 rt9 8f) 7rpft5ro9 ' Aya/jLe/jivovos dvrlov 
 rj avTwv Tpcowv rje K\ei,T(t)v eTTLtcovpcov. 
 'I(^)f8ayLta9 'Avrrivop[ri<$ 77^9 re /j,eya$ re, 
 09 rpd(j)7j ev QprjKT) eplfto&XaKl, /jLrjrepi, 
 
 7' Wpe^re 8oyu-ot9 ez/t rvrOcv eovra 
 , 09 en/ere eaz/co Ka\\L7rdprjov' 
 avrdp ejrel p ^779 epi/cvSeo? ifcero fierpov, 
 ai/roO yLttz/ Karepvice, SlBov 8' o 76 dvyarepa rjv' 
 
ILIAD XL 459 
 
 From Ida's peaks to sacred Ilion. 
 
 There godlike Hector warlike Priam's son 
 
 Standing she found, with steeds and well-framed car: 
 
 And near him fleet-foot Iris stood and spake : 
 
 " Hector, thou son of Priam, peer of Zeus 
 
 In counsel, Zeus the father sent me forth 
 
 These words to bear thee : Long as thou shalt see 
 
 Great Agamemnon shepherd .of his host 
 
 Rushing amid the van and dealing death 
 
 On ranks of men, so long do thou retire 
 
 Thyself, but bid the rest, the common throng, 
 
 In stubborn conflict with their foemen fight. 
 
 But when the king by spear or arrow smit 
 
 Leaps on his car, then grants he strength to thee 
 
 To slay till to the well-benched ships thou come, 
 
 And sun be set and sacred darkness fall." 
 
 Thus fleet-foot Iris spake, and went her way ; 
 But Hector from his chariot to the ground 
 Armed as he was down leapt. Two lances keen 
 He brandished high, and went through all the host 
 Urging to fight, and roused the furious fray. 
 Round turned they all and faced the Achaian foe ; 
 While on the other side the Argive host 
 Made strong their squares. The battle thus arrayed, 
 Line fronted line : and Agamemnon first 
 Dashed in, and far in front was bold to fight. 
 
 Ye Muses, in Olympian halls who dwell, 
 Say now who first 'gainst Agamemnon came, 
 Of Troy's own sons or of renowned allies. 
 Iphidamas Antenor's son, a man 
 Both brave and tall, bred up in deep-soiled Thrace, 
 Mother of flocks. Him Cisseus in his home 
 Bred from a child, Cisseus his mother's sire, 
 He who begat Theano, fair-cheeked dame. 
 But when to glorious manhood he attained, 
 His daughter gave he him to wife, and there 
 
460 IAIAAO2 A. 
 
 1 etc 0a\dfjioio fierd /cXeo9 Seer' ' 
 fw BvotcaiBe/ca vyval KopwvidiVy at' ot GTTOVTO. 
 ra? ftey eTretr' eV Hepicwrr) XtVe i>^9 e'tcra?, 
 avrdp o Trefo? ecoz/ et? "iXioz/ ei\r)\ov6ei,. 230 
 
 o? /m TOT* ^Arpet'Seco ' Aya/jLCfivovos dvriov 
 01 5' ore ST) <7^eSo^ T^craz/ eV d\kr)\otcnv lo 
 /JLCV a/iapre, Trapal Be ol erpaTrer 
 Se /cara ^wvrjv, Ocoprjicos cvepOev, 
 vv, eVl 8' ai^ro? epeicre, ftapeiy %etpt in6r](ra<$' 235 
 
 01)8' ero^e ^coa-rrjpa 7ravaio\ov, d\\d TTO\V irpiv 
 dpyvpa) avTOiiewr], fjLo\i/3os 9, eVpaTrer' al^fjurj. 
 Kal TO 76 %etpl \a/3a)v evpvKpeloDV 'Ay ape /AVOW 
 ol /x6yLta&)5 cw9 T6 X/?, e'/c 8' apa ^etpo? 
 
 rov S' aopt TrX^f av^eva, \vcre Be yvia. 240 
 o yLtez/ ai;^t TrecrtoV Koi^aaro ^dX/ceov VTTVOV 
 a?ro pvija-Tfj? d\6-^ov, dcrToicriv dpijycov, 
 KOVpiBl?]?, 779 o# T* 'xdpw iBe, TroXXa 8' eBco/cev' 
 7rpa>0' etcaTOv /9o09 Boo/cev, eVeira Se %/Xt' vTrecrrrj, 
 alyas O/JLOV fcal ot9, Ta ot aaTrera TroifJiaivovro. 245 
 
 8>) rore 7' 'ArpetBrj^ ' ' Ayajjuefjiva^v e^evdpitfev, 
 firj Be <t>epayv dv O/J,L\OV 'A^ataJi/ rev^ea /caXa. 
 
 TOI/ S' (9 ou^ evorjcre Ko'wz/ dpiBel/ceros dvBpwv, 
 Trpeo-Pvyevrjs 'AvrrjvoplBTjs, Kparepov pd e TrevOos 
 6(j)da\iJ,ov<; exd\v^e Kao-iyvqroio Trecrovros. 250 
 
 8' evpa orvv Bovpi, \a0oov ^Aya^e^vova BLOV, 
 Be fj,iv Kara xeipa fJLearjv, dy/cavo? evepOev, 
 
 Be Biecr^e <f>aeivov Bovpos 
 ev T* dp ejreiTa dva dvBp&v ^ 
 
ILIAD XL 461 
 
 Was fain to keep him. But, the marriage made, 
 
 Led by the rumour of Achaian war 
 
 The new-made bridegroom from his chamber went 
 
 With the twelve beaked ships that followed him. 
 
 These balanced ships he at Percote' left, 
 
 And came by land to Ilion : where now 
 
 He fronted Agamemnon Atreus' son. 
 
 And to each other when they now drew near, 
 
 Atrides missed his mark, his erring spear 
 
 Turning aside ; but him Iphidamas 
 
 Beneath the corslet on the girdle struck, 
 
 And followed up the blow with all his weight 
 
 Reliant on his heavy hand ; yet so 
 
 Pierced not the supple belt; ere that might be, 
 
 By silver met the point like lead was turned. 
 
 Then Agamemnon, mighty king, the spear 
 
 Grasped and with lion's fury toward him drew 
 
 Wrenched from his foeman's hand, whom with the sword 
 
 He smote upon the neck, and loosed his limbs. 
 
 So fell he there, and slept a brazen sleep, 
 
 Ah ! hapless one ! away from wedded wife 
 
 Aiding his townsmen far from that young bride 
 
 Of whom he saw no joy tho' much he gave. 
 
 First gave he kine fivescore, then fifty score 
 
 Promised to follow, mingled goats and sheep 
 
 From the vast flocks that grazed on his domain. 
 
 Him now Atrides slew, and bare away 
 
 His goodly armour through Achaia's throng. 
 
 Whom soon as Coon saw, a man of mark, 
 Antenor's eldest-born, a mighty grief 
 Darkened his eyes for this his brother's fall. 
 And with his spear he took his stand, unseen 
 Of godlike Agamemnon, at the side, 
 And in mid arm beneath the elbow-joint 
 So smote him that the glittering point passed on 
 Right through. Then Agamemnon king of men 
 
462 IAIAA02 A. 
 
 XX* 01)8' 0)9 djreXrjye /Lta^? ??8e TrroXeyitoio, 255 
 
 aXX' 7rbpovcre Kowvi, e^wv dvepoTpe^ 67^09. 
 97 rot o 'IfaSd/uLavTO, /cacrlyvrjTOV KCLI OTrarpov 
 e\/ce 7ro8o9 yLteyaaw9, /cal dvrei TrdvTas dplcrrov^' 
 
 TOV 3' \KOVT dv OjjLL\OV V7T* dcTTTiSoS OyLt0a\OeO"(77;9 
 
 ovrrjcre gvcrrq) %a\K$pi, \v<re Se <yvia' 260 
 
 roto 8 s eV 'ItyiSd/jbavTi Kaprj d^e/co^e 
 evO* 'AvTijvopos t>Ie9 VTT 'ArpcfSg ftacri,\?ii, 
 TTOT/JLOV dvair\7](ravTe^ eSvv Sopov "Ai 
 
 avrdp o TWV a\\cov 7re7rco\e2ro arL^a^ dv&paiv 
 
 T dopL re ^eydKoia-L re ^ep/JbaBioio-tv, 265 
 
 ol alp en Beppbv dvrjvoOev ef wretX^. 
 avrdp 67rel TO [lev e\Ko$ erepaero, Travcraro 8' 
 ofetat 8' oSvvai, vvov /Jievos 'Arpet'Sao. 
 W9 8' or' dv a>8tvov(rav e%r} y8e\09 o 
 
 Vj TO T irpolelcn, /JLOJOCTTOKOL ^I\ei6viat y 
 
 /u-ei/09 
 
 9 &L(f)pov 8' dvopovcre, fcal 
 vrjvcrlv Gin <y\a^>vpfj(7iv eXavve/j,ev' rj^OeTO ydp fcfjp. 
 rjvarev 8e iairpv<Tiov, Aaz/aotcrt yeycovtos' 275 
 
 77777x0/369 ?}8e /ie8o^re9, 
 vyvalv dfivveTe TrovTOTropoicriv 
 <f>v'\o7rw dpya\er)v, eVel oi) 
 elacrev Tpooecrcri, iravir]p,epLov 
 
 W9 ecpaO', rjvio'xps 8* Ipaaev Ka\\iTpi,%a<; "TTTTOVS 280 
 z>>Ja9 CTTt <y\a<pvpd<$' TCO 8' OVA: detcovTe 
 dcfrpeov 8e o~Tij6ea, palvovTO 8e vepOe /covirj, 
 
ILIAD XI. 463 
 
 Shuddered indeed, yet stayed not even so 
 
 From fight and battle, but on Coon rushed 
 
 Waving a spear of tempest-hardened wood. 
 
 He in hot haste was dragging by the foot 
 
 Iphidamas his brother and sire's son, 
 
 Calling the best to aid : but, through the throng 
 
 As thus he dragged him, 'neath the bossy shield 
 
 His foeman smote him with a brass-shod lance 
 
 And loosed his limbs, then standing near cut off 
 
 Over Iphidamas his brother's head. 
 
 From king Atrides there Antenor's sons 
 
 Found their due fate and sought the nether gloom. 
 
 Then ranged he through the other warrior ranks 
 With sword and spear and ponderous boulder stones, 
 While yet the blood gushed warm from out his wound. 
 But when 'twas dried, and blood had ceased to flow, 
 Sharp pains then racked the mighty Atreus' son. 
 And as a woman travailing doth feel 
 That arrow sharp and piercing which is sped 
 By Here's daughters, Ilithyiae named, 
 The queens of child-birth labour who control 
 The bitter travail's pangs, so sharp the pains 
 That then did rack the mighty Atreus' son. 
 Up leapt he on his chariot, and gave charge 
 That to the carved ships his charioteer 
 Should drive, for he was sick at heart. But first 
 To all the Danaans his shrill shout he sent : 
 " Friends, kings and captains of our Argive host, 
 Now from the seaborne ships the direful fray 
 Ward ye ; for Zeus the counsellor forbids 
 That I all day should fight the 'Trojan foe." 
 
 He spake : and straight his charioteer lashed on 
 The fair-maned steeds to seek the carved ships. 
 Who not unwilling flew, with foam-flecked breasts, 
 And dust-besprinkled from beneath, as thus 
 Far from the field they bore the suffering king. 
 
464 IAIAAO2 A. 
 
 8' o$9 V07)(T 'Aya/j,e/jLvova vocrfa Kiovra, 
 re Kal AVKIOMTIV e/cevXero paKpov dvaa?' 285 
 
 Kal AvKLOi Kal kdpbavoi dy^t/jia^rjTaL, 
 dvepes eare, (j)l\ot, } pv^a-aa-de Se 6ovpio<$ o 
 dvrjp wpiaTos, eyu-ol Se ply 
 
 \\ J Wits e\avvere fj,cavv%as ITTTTOV? 
 , iV vireprepov eu^o? aprfcrOe" 290 
 
 0)9 eiirwv toTpvve fJLevos /cat OV/JLOV e/cd&Tov. 
 8' ore TTOU Tt? drjprjrrjp KVVCL^ dpyioSovras 
 
 CTT* dyporepu* avt tcaTrplq) rje Xeoi/rt, 
 eV 'A^atoio-iv crevev Tpwa? 
 
 8' ez> Trpcoroio-t, fj^eya (frpoveaw e 
 ev S' 7recr vo-fjilvr) vTrepaei laos de\,\rj, 
 T) re Ka0a\\o^6vrj loeiBea TTOVTOV oplvei. 
 
 evOa riva Trp&rov Tiva 8' vcrrarov 
 "El/crap Tlpia/JLLSrjs, ore ol ZeL>9 /cvSos eScorcev ; 300 
 
 'Ao-aiov fJLev irpwTa KOI Avrovoov Kal 'OTrtrrjv 
 Kal AoXoTra K\VTI^TJV Kal 'O^eXrto^ 778' 'Aye\aov 
 Aiav/jLvov r 9 lpov re Kal 'ITTTTOVOOV ^eve^ap^v. 
 TOU9 dp o 7' rjye/JLovas Aavacov eXev, avrdp 7retra 
 7r\rj0L>v, to9 oTTore ve(f>ea Zte<j)vpo<? <rrv$\ii) 305 
 
 apyecrTdo Noroto, /3a6etr) \ai\,airi, TVTTTCOV' 
 
 e Tp6<j)i, Kv/jia KvKivSerai, vtyocre 8' o/Xyn 
 
 f dve/j,oio 7ro\v7r\dyKTOio Icorjs' 
 eo9 dpa TrvKvd KaprjaO* v$> "^icTopi SdjjLvaTO \awv. 
 
 ev0a KE Xot709 7)v Kal dfj,rjxava epya yevovro, 310 
 Kal vv Kev ev vrjeaa-L jreaov favyovres ' 
 el fjirj TySeifS?; AtofJLrjBel 
 
ILIAD XL 465 
 
 But Hector, when retiring thus he spied 
 King Agamemnon, shouted loud, and called 
 To all the Trojan and the Lycian host: 
 "Ye Trojans, Lycians, and ye Dardans good 
 In closest fight, quit you like men, my friends, 
 And of impetuous valour be your thought. 
 Gone is the bravest man; and now to me 
 Zeus Cronides great glory grants. But drive 
 Right at the Danaans stout your firm-hoofed steeds, 
 That so a higher glory ye may win." 
 
 He spake, and stirred the heart and soul of each. 
 And as some hunter urges on the prey 
 A lion or a tusky forest boar 
 The white-toothed dogs, so Hector Priam's son, 
 In semblance as the War-god, mortals' bane, 
 Urged the bold Trojans on the Achaian foe. 
 Himself full proudly strode amid the first, 
 And burst upon the fight, as bursts a storm 
 With forceful gust, that sudden leaping down 
 Confounds the billows of the darkling main. 
 
 Whom first, whom last did Hector Priam's son 
 There slay, when Zeus gave glory to his arm? 
 First was Asaeus, then Autonoiis, 
 Ophites, Dolops (son of Clytus he), 
 Opheltius, Agelas, ^Esymnus then, 
 And Orus and Hipponoiis staunch in fight. 
 These Danaan chiefs he slew : then meaner men 
 Full many ; as clouds that of the white south bred 
 Are by the west wind driven, what time he smites 
 With headlong squall On rolls the swelling wave, 
 High flies the scattered spray beneath the force 
 Of the wide-wandering wind So frequent fell 
 Vanquished by Hector's might his foemen's heads. 
 
 And havoc there and deeds irreparable 
 Had been, and to their ships Achaia's sons 
 Had headlong fled, had not Odysseus thus 
 To Diomedes son of Tydeus cried : 
 
 G. H. 30 
 
466 IAIAAO2 A. 
 
 ), TL TraOovre \e\dcr peO a Oovp&os 
 ' aye Sevpo, ireTrov, Trap 1 ep icrrao-o' Srj yap 
 
 , el icev vrjas e\rj /copv0alo\o<; ''Efcrcop." 315 
 
 TOV $ dira^ei^o^evo^ Trpoa-e^rj /cparepos Aio/^^S?;?' 
 "77 rot eyoa fievea) KOI T\ijcrofjLai' d\\d i*,ivvv6a 
 rjfjLecov ecrTcu ^09, eVet ve^eXtjyepera Zevs 
 Tpcoalv Srj /36\era{, SOVVCLL /cpdros r)e Trep r)p,lv" 
 
 17, KCLI vfj,/3paiov [lev d$> linrtov w<re ^apa^e, 320 
 Sovpl /3a\(0v /card /j,a%6v dpKrrepov, avrdp ' 
 dvrlOeov OepaTTovra MoXiWa TOLO dva/cros. 
 roi)? pev eTretr' eiaaav, eVel 7ro\e/j,ov 
 rco 8' dv ofju\ov lovre KvSol/j,eov, &;? ore 
 ev Kval OrjprjTTJpa-L fjueya (frpoveovre Trea^rov' 325 
 
 ft)9 o\efcov Tptwa? TraKiv opfjuevo). avrdp ' 
 a(77racrta)9 (frevyovres dveirveov "E/cropa 
 
 ez/^' e\T7}v Si(f)pov re /cal dvepe BIJ/JLOV 
 vie Sva) Me/)07T09 Hep/ccocrlov, 09 Trept irdvrwv 
 
 pavToa-vvas, ' ov&e 01)9 7ra?Sa9 eaa/cev 330 
 
 69 7r6\e/J,ov (})OiO"tjvopa. TCD Be ol ov TI 
 * Krjpes ydp dyov fJLe\avo<; Oavdroio. 
 
 Kai tyvxfjs KetcaSutv K\wrd rev^e djrrjvpa, 
 
 ' > OSuo'V9 al 'TTre/po^oz/ Ifevdpifev. 335 
 erdvvcrcre Kpovlcov 
 
 evdpifyv. 
 
 77 rot Tf8eo9 fto9 ^A.yda'rpo^ov ovraae Sovpl 
 TlcuovlBrjv rjpcoa /car la^iov' ovSe ydp ITTTTOL 
 771)9 e(raz/ Trpoffrvyeiv, ddcraro Be /jLeya Ovpw. 340 
 
ILIAD XI. 467 
 
 " Tydides, what doth ail us to forget 
 Impetuous valour? Hither come, sweet friend, 
 Stand thou by me ; surely 'twere shame our ships 
 Should fall to Hector of the glancing plume." 
 
 To whom stout Diomedes made reply : 
 " I truly will remain and dare the fight : 
 Yet short will be our pleasure ; for 'tis Zeus, 
 Cloud-gathering god, who to the sons of Troy 
 And not to us determines strength of war." 
 
 He spake, and forced Thymbraeus to the ground 
 From out his car, by spear-throw stricken sore 
 On the left breast. Odysseus then laid low 
 That monarch's godlike squire, Molion named. 
 And these they left when once from battle stayed : 
 Then through the throng spread havoc, as two boars 
 High-couraged charge upon the hunter pack ; 
 So turned they and dealt death to sons of Troy. 
 
 And welcome breathing-space Achaia's host 
 
 Thus found, as they from godlike Hector fled. 
 There did these twain a car and warrior pair 
 
 O'ertake, the bravest of their folk, two sons 
 
 Of Merops of Percote', him who knew 
 
 Above all other each prophetic art ; 
 
 Whereby he still forbade his sons to seek 
 
 The warrior-wasting war, but they no whit 
 
 Obeyed, for fates of black death led them on. 
 
 These spear-famed Diomedes Tydeus' son 
 
 Reft of their breath and life, and bare away 
 
 Their glorious arms, while by Odysseus' hand 
 
 Were slain Hippodamus and Hypeirochus. 
 There Cronos' son from Ida looking down 
 
 Balanced so evenly the tug of war 
 
 That either slew their foes. Tydides smote 
 
 Agastrophus a hero, Paeon's son, 
 
 By spear-thrust on the hip : to aid whose flight 
 
 No steeds were near most foolish thought ! for these 
 
 302 
 
4 68 IAIAAO2 A. 
 
 TOt/9 fjuev yap Oepdirwv dirdvevO' e^ei>, a VTap o 
 Ovve Bid Trpopd'xwv, e2o>9 (f)i\ov a)\ecre OVJJLOV. 
 
 8* of v vorjcre /card crrt^a?, wpro 8' eV 
 
 >s' a/j,a Se Tpcocov CITTOVTO 
 TOV Se i$(t)v plyrjae fiorjv dyaObs 
 dl^fra S' 'OSvao-fja Trpoaefywveev 771)9 eovra' 
 
 '' VGOIV &TJ ToSf TTTJ/jLa KV\iv$eTCLi, 
 
 aXX' 0176 8?) areco/jiev KOI d 
 
 7? pa, al d/jLTreTraXciov Trpotij BoXt^oaKtov 7^09, 
 >cal f$d\ev, ovS* d<f)dfj,apT, TLrvcrKo^e 
 a/cprjv KCLK /copvOa. TrXdy^dr} S' airo 
 
 epv/cafce yap 
 
 01 TTOpe <l>Oty 
 
 ' co/c' aTreXeOpov dveSpafj,e, /JLIKTO 8' oy 
 epiTrcov, KOI epeLcraro 
 Be ocrae ice\aivr) vvg 
 o(f>pa Be TvBet&Tis fiera Bovparos 
 
 Sta TTpo/Maxcov, oOt, ol /caraeiaaro 701/779, 
 
 r 'E/tT6>/9 a/JLTTVVTO, Kol aty 9 Bl(f>pOV OpO 
 
 "' 69 7r\rj6vv, teal d\evaro /crjpa p^cuvav. 360 
 
 ' eirata-a-cov Trpoo-e^rj Kparepos Ato//,??^' 
 " ef av ^{)y (j>vyes Odvarov, KVOV. rj re TOL 
 fj\0e KCIKOV' vvv avre <r epvo-aro 
 c5 /ieXXei9 eL/%eo"^at twz/ e? BOVTTOV dfcovrcov. 
 rj Qr]v <r e^avvco ye /col ixrrepov dvn,/3o\ij<7as, 365 
 
 ei TTOV Tt9 /ca-l efjioL ye Oewv eTrirdppoOos 
 vvv av TOU9 aXXou9 eV^etcro/i-at, ov /ce 
 
 TI, Kal TlcuoviBrjv BovpiK\VTOv e 
 avrdp 'AXefai/8po9, f EXeV?/9 7rocrt9 IJVKO/JLOIO, 
 
ILIAD XL 469 
 
 His squire apart still held, while he afoot 
 
 Rushed through the vanguard till he lost his life. 
 
 But Hector quickly spied among the ranks 
 
 These chiefs, and 'gainst them rose with shrilling shout, 
 
 His Trojan squares close following. At whose sight 
 
 Then shuddered Diomedes good in fray 
 
 And quick addrest Odysseus standing near : 
 
 " On us now rolls this woe, Hector the strong. 
 
 Come, stand we, and abiding beat him back." 
 
 He spake, and brandished his long-shadowed lance 
 And threw, nor missed the head whereat he aimed 
 Upon the topmost casque ; where brass met brass 
 And glanced aside, nor reached the comely skin ; 
 For by the helm 'twas checked, of triple plate 
 And crested ridge, Phoebus Apollo's gift. 
 Ouick darted Hector back a long way back 
 And mingled with the throng : then to his knee 
 He fell, and rested with broad hand on earth, 
 And o'er his eyes a veil of night was spread. 
 And while Tydides through the van afar 
 Followed his rushing spear, where to the ground 
 He marked it fall, so long gat Hector breath, 
 Sped to his chariot back, to the main host 
 Drove off, and shunned black fate. Then with his spear 
 On rushing stalwart Diomedes spake : 
 " Death now thou 'scapest, hound ! though near indeed 
 The evil came. Phoebus Apollo now 
 Hath rescued thee, to whom belike thou prayest 
 When 'mid the hurtling spears thou dar'st to go. 
 Truly hereafter I shall meet thee yet 
 And work thy end, if, as I ween, some god 
 By me too stands a ready help. But now 
 Others I'll seek, whome'er my feet may find." 
 
 He spake, and slew the spear-famed Paeon's son. 
 Then at Tydides, shepherd of his folk, 
 Did Alexander long-haired Helen's lord 
 
470 IAIAAO2 A. 
 
 7Tt, rofa nralvero, rcoi^vi \aoSv, 370 
 
 <rrr)\rj /ce/c\//.eVo9 avSpo/cfjuyrw errl 
 
 rj rot o [lev Qoopy/ca *Ayao~rp6<f)OV l<f>6l/jLoio 
 
 aivvT 1 drro a-rrjOeafyi, rravaio\ov dcrTTiSa T* W/JLCDV 
 
 /cal KopvOa ftpiaprjv' o 8e rofou Trrj^yv aveXrcev 375 
 
 /cal ftaXev, ovS* apa piv aXiov j3e\os K(f)vye %et/>o9, 
 
 rapaov Seftrepoto TroSd?' Sta S' dpTrepes to? 
 
 eV 7a/7; KareTnjKTo. o Se /xaXa ?;Si) <ye\do-(ra<; 
 
 6/c \6%ov dpTnjSTjae, ical eu'xppevos ITTO? ^vSa. 
 
 " ffelSXTjai, ovf? aXiov y3eXo? efcfoyev. (w? o(f>e\6v rot 380 
 
 vciarov e? /ceveoiva j3a\a)v etc Ovfjiov e\eo-0at. 
 
 OVTCO rcev /cal Tpc3e9 dveirvevcrav 
 
 ot re ere 7r<f>pL/ca(ri \eov0* a> 
 
 TOV 8' 01) rap/3rjcra<$ 7Tpoae(f)r) Kparepos 
 " ro^ora \(o/3rjrrjp, /cepcu dy\ae, TrapOevoirlira, 385 
 
 6t yu-ei/ S?) dvTifiiov l~vv rev^ecn TreipTjOelrj^, 
 OVK av rot 'xpaio-fjirjcri, /3to9 /cal rap^>ee9 to/* 
 wi/ Se //.' eiri^pd^ra^ Tapcrov 7ro8o9 ev%at, alrra>9. 
 ou/c d\eyo), cos et pe yvvrj j3d\oi rj ?rat9 a<f>pa>v' 
 tco)<f)6v yap /9eXo9 dv$po$ dvd\iciBos ovriSavoio. 390 
 
 77 T' aX\a>9 VTT' e/zeto, al et #' 6\lyov irep eTravprj, 
 of-v ySe\09 TreXerai, /cal d/crjpiov alifra riOrjo-iv' 
 rov Be yvvaiKos fJLev T d^L^pv^oi ela-t, Trapetal, 
 7rat8e9 S' 6p<f>avucol' o 8e ^' aipart, yaiav epevdcov 
 iruOerai, olcovol Be irepl 7rXee9 ye yvvai/ces" 395 
 
 <W9 <f>dro. rov 8' 'OSuaew $ovpi/c\vros eyy 
 ferry rrpoo-O^' o 8' omcrOe icaQe^opevos /3eXo9 
 e/e 770809 eX', oSvwrj 8e 8ta 
 9 Sl(f>pov 8* dvopovcre, /cal yvi6%q) e7rere\\ev 
 
ILIAD XL 471 
 
 Bend full his bow, as half-concealed he leant 
 Against the pillar set upon the mound 
 Raised by man's hand to mark old Ilus' tomb 
 The son of Dardanus, that greybeard chief. 
 Tydides now of stout Agastrophus 
 The supple corslet from the breast, the shield 
 From off the shoulders, and the heavy helm 
 Was stripping, when his foeman drew the bow 
 Grasped by the centre-piece, nor from his hand 
 Escaped the shaft in vain, but struck the sole 
 Of his right foot. Full sweetly then he laughed, 
 Leapt from his lurking-place, and boastful spake : 
 "Thou'rt hit, no vain shaft 'scaped me. O I would 
 The wound were 'neath the ribs to reave thy life. 
 So had the sons of Troy got breathing-space 
 From their sad stress, who shuddering quake at thee 
 As at the lion quake the bleating goats." 
 
 To whom stout Diomedes, nought affrayed : 
 " Bowman, insulting braggart, bright-curled fop, 
 Girl-ogler ! would'st thou try me, might to might, 
 With arms, then were thy bow of no avail, 
 Or arrows thickly showering. Now no more 
 Than marking but a scratch upon my foot 
 Thou boastest. I, as if by woman hit 
 Or silly child, nought heed it. Blunt and foiled 
 The weapon of the worthless coward flies. 
 Far otherwise from me, though it but graze, 
 Speeds the keen shaft, and quickly stills his heart, 
 Whomso it strike a widowed wife laments 
 With cheeks all torn, children are fatherless, 
 Reddening the soil with blood his body rots, 
 Nor women there but carrion vultures throng." 
 
 He spake. Spear-famed Odysseus then came near 
 And stood before him : he, thus sheltered, sat 
 And drew from out his foot the rapid shaft, 
 While sore pain thrilled his flesh. Then to his car 
 He leapt, and bade his charioteer drive back 
 
472 IAIAAO2 A. 
 
 vrjvcrlv 7Ti <y\a(f)Vpfj<Tiv e\avvefLev' rj^dero yap Krjp. 4 oo 
 oltoOrj 8' 'OBvaevs BovpiK\vTos, ovBe T9 auro> 
 
 \\p76iW Trape/jieivev, eVel </>o/3o9 eXXa/3e 
 
 8' apa etTre 7rpo9 oz^ fjLeya\yjropa 
 670;, rt Tra^G) ; ^te7a ^iev /ca/cov, el 
 
 7r\fj0vv Tap/3r}(Ta<;, TO Se pvyiov, el /ce d\coo) 405 
 
 fjLOvvos' roi)? S' aXXoy? Aai/aoz)? e^o 
 
 XXa r/?7 /lot rawra (f>l\o$ SteXe^aro 
 
 ot8a 7a/> orri /ca/col pev diroi^ovrai 
 
 09 Se /c' dpL(TTevr](7i paxy evi, TOP Be fjbd\a 
 
 eardfjLevai, KpareptoS, rj T eftXrjT* rj r e/SaX* aXXoz/." 410 
 elo? o rai)^ wppaive Kara <f>peva teal Kara 6v/J,6v, 
 
 T0(f>pa 8' 67Tt T/90JO)^ <7Tt^65 T)\v6o 
 
 e\(Tav S' eV n.e(T<TOL(Ti, perd a^lcri, 7rfj/j,a 
 
 w? 8' ore fcdirpiov d/jL<f>l Kvves 6a\epoi r 
 
 o-evcovrat,' o $e r elat, J3a6e[r)<; etc fuXo^oto 415 
 
 Orjy&v \ev/cov oSovra fierd yvafJLirrfjcn yevvcraiv, 
 
 dfjL(f)l Be r dio-crovrai, vTrdl Se re KO/JLTTOS oSovrayv 
 
 ' ot Be fjuevovcriv d(f)ap Seivov Trep eovra' 
 pa TOT d/jufi 'QSvo-rja Sit<f)i,\ov ecrcrevovTO 
 cGe?' o Be TrpwTOv fiev dfjuvfjbova ^rjLOTrlrrjv 420 
 
 ovTaaev wfjuov vTrepOev eVaXyaez/o? o%ei Bovpl, 
 avTap eTreiTO, Qowva KOI "Yivvo^ov e%evdpi%ev. 
 \ep(7iBdfjLavTa o' eTreiTa, Ka6* LTTTTCOV 
 
 Bovpl KdTa TrpOTfJLTJCTtV V7T 
 
 vvt~ev' o 8* ev KovLrjcn Treo-cov eXe yalav ayoaTw. 425 
 roi)? fjuev eao-\ o 8* ap* ^TnraaLBrjv XapOTr' oijTaae Bovpl, 
 avTOtcaalyvTjTov 
 
 crrrj Be ^aX' 6771)9 lav, Kai p,iv jrpbs fJivOov eetTrev' 
 
 " co 'QBvaev 7ro\vai,ve, B6\a)v ar* 7;8e TTOVOIO, 430 
 
ILIAD XL 473 
 
 To the hollow ships, for he was sick at heart. 
 
 Spear-famed Odysseus thus alone was left, 
 Nor any Argive with him staid, for all 
 Were swept away in flight. Then did the chief 
 Indignant commune with his mighty soul : 
 " O woe is me ! What may I do ? To fly 
 By numbers cowed were evil great. Yet worse 
 The horror, be I taken, thus alone, 
 For Cronos' son hath turned the rest to flight. 
 Yet wherefore thus debates my mind? I know 
 That cowards from the battle-field may run, 
 But whoso boasts him brave in fight, he still 
 Must stoutly stand to take or give the blow." 
 
 While thus he pondered in his heart and mind, 
 The shielded Trojan ranks came swiftly on, 
 And hemmed him in their midst, a dangerous foe. 
 And as the hounds and lusty hunters press 
 Around a boar who comes from covert deep 
 Whetting the white tusks in his curved jaws, 
 And all around are hurrying, while of teeth 
 Is heard a gnashing, and his foes await, 
 Tho' terrible, his onset so around 
 Odysseus loved of Zeus the Trojans pressed. 
 But he on blameless Deiopites first 
 With keen spear leapt, and smote him from above 
 Upon the shoulder. Thoon then he slew, 
 And Ennomus ; and then Chersidamas, 
 Who from his steeds had hasted down, with spear 
 Full in the navel, 'neath the bossy shield, 
 He pierced : who fell in dust and gripped the ground 
 With hollow hand. These left he : then with lance 
 He wounded Charops son of Hippasus 
 Own brother he to Socus nobly-born. 
 To succour whom came Socus, godlike wight, 
 And drawing near him stood, and thus addressed. 
 " O much-bepraised Odysseus, man of wiles, 
 
474 IAIAAO2 A. 
 
 eVeufeat ' 
 JS' dvSpe /cara/crewa? /cal rev^e aTrovpas, 
 
 T) KV e/i-ft) V7TO SoVpl TVTTel? 6Z7TO OvfJLOV oXeCTCT?79." 
 
 0)5 eiTTtov ovTijcre /car* acrTTtSa Travroa etcrrjv. 
 Sid p,ev acrTrtSo? 17X^6 <j)aeivf)$ o^pi^ov 67^09, 435 
 
 KOI Sid OwpTJKOS 7TO\vSaiSd\OV 7JpTJpL(7TO, 
 
 irdvTa 8' diro 7r\evpwv %/ooa epyaOev' oi/Se T eaaev 
 IlaXXa? ^AQyvairj ^i'^jdrj^evai ey/caan ^>a)ro?. 
 7z/c5 8' 'OSfo-eu? o ot ou T^ reXo? /cara/calpiov tf\6ev, 
 d^fr S' dva^wpr^aa^ ^WKOV vrpo? fj,vdov eeiirev' 440 
 
 " a 8ei\\ TI /j,d\a S-tj ere Kt^averai alirvs o\edpo<$. 
 TI rot, fjiev p efju 7rav<ras eVt Tpcoea'o-t, fjud^eaOai' 
 aol 8' eyco ev6d$e (frrjfjbl (f>6vov /cal fcrjpa fj,e\aivav 
 ftjS' eaaecrOai, epw S* ^TTO Sovpl Ba/j.evra 
 
 e/3e/3rj/cei, 
 
 TO) 8e percKrrpefyOevTi peTafypeva) Iv Sopv 
 wfjMV fj,(7(rr)yi>s, Sid Se o-Tr'/Oecrfav e\aa<rev. 
 SovTnjcrev Se 7re<ru)v' o S' eVei^faro 8^09 ' 
 u cS ^wx 'ITTTTOO-OV vie Safypovos iTTTroBdfjLoio, 4=0 
 
 <f>0f) ere reXo? Oavdroio Kiy^tj/jLevov, ou8 
 a SetX', ou yu.7)j; crot 76 Trarrjp /cal Trorvia ^rj 
 owe /ca0aipr)(7ov<7i Oavovn Trep, aXX' olcovol 
 tojj,rj(7Tal epvovo-i, Trepl Trrepd TTVKVCL j3a\6vTes' 
 avrdp Up, ei K6 0dvco, /crepiovo-l ye Slot, 'A^ao/." 455 
 
 re %/3oo9 e/ce /ca 
 oe oi (77racr6evTo i $ dvecravro, /cfjSe Be OV/JLOV. 
 
ILIAD XL 475 
 
 Insatiate as of toil, to-day thy boast 
 
 Shall be o'er both the sons of Hippasus, 
 
 For two such warriors slain and armour spoiled, 
 
 Or stricken by my spear thy life thou'lt lose." 
 
 He spake, and smote upon his orbed shield. 
 Through shield refulgent came the forceful spear, 
 Through corslet richly-wrought pressed firmly on, 
 And from the ribs tare all the flesh : beyond 
 Pallas Athene suffered not the point 
 To touch the inner vitals. And at once 
 Odysseus knew no mortal blow was there, 
 And stepping back to Socus thus he cried: 
 " Ah ! wretched man ! surely destruction dire 
 Doth now o'ertake thee. Me indeed from fight 
 Against Troy's sons thou stay'st awhile : but thou 
 Shalt here, I ween, find death and gloomy fate 
 Upon this very day, and by my spear 
 Vanquished and slain shalt yield me proud renown, 
 And Hades lord of noble steeds thy life." 
 
 He spake : the other turned him round and fled, 
 But in his back thus turned his foe the spear 
 Between the shoulders fixed, and drove it through 
 Out at the breast. With heavy sound he fell, 
 And o'er him thus the godlike chief made boast : 
 " O Socus, son of warlike Hippasus 
 Steed-tamer, thee too fast the end of death 
 Outran and overtook, nor could'st escape. 
 Ah ! wretched man ! thine eyes nor father now 
 Nor queenly mother e'er in death shall close : 
 But flesh-devouring birds shall pluck at thee, 
 Close shrouding all thy corse with flapping wings. 
 But I e'eri tho' I die shall find due rites 
 Of burial from Achaia's godlike sons." 
 
 With that the warlike Socus' weighty spear 
 Out from his flesh and from his bossy shield 
 He drew ; and when 'twas drawn the blood gushed forth 
 
476 IAIAA02 A. 
 
 T/3c3e9 Be fjieydOv/JiOi, OTTWS iBov alp? ' 
 
 Ke/C\6fJieVOi Ka& OfjLL\OV 7T dVTO) TTaVTC? e^7]dav. 460 
 
 avrdp o y efoTrltreo dve%dero, ave B* eralpovs. 
 
 T/H9 /j,ev eireir rjv&ev, oaov Ke<f>a\rj 
 
 T/at9 & alev Id-xpvTOS 
 
 ai-^ra 8' dp* Aiavra Trpocrefywveev 6771)9 eovra' 
 
 " Alav 8w>76i/9 TeXa/jiaivie, Koipave \awv, 465 
 
 d(ji<f)l fjC 'OSu<Tcr?5o9 Ta\aa-i<$>povos IKG.'T dvrij, 
 
 TO) l/ceXfj co9 et e /3i(oaro JJLOVVOV eovra 
 
 T<; evl /cparepfj vafiLvrj. 
 * o/j,i\,ov' d\e%6/jL6vai, ydp diieivov. 
 /J>rj TL TrdOricnv evl Tpcoeo-cri fJiovwOeis, 470 
 
 ecov, fjLeyd\rj Se TroOrj kavaolcn ryevrjrai" 
 
 A \ <\ v \ p> r/ > / > ' /i / 
 
 co9 eiTrcov o {lev rjp^ , o o a/j, ecnreTO iaoueos 90)9. 
 evpov eireir 'QSva-fja SiLcfriXov, dfju^l 8' dp avrov 
 
 ' et T 
 
 v /cepaov ,i)pvov, ov r 
 Zco a?ro vevprjs' rov jj,ev r rj\v%e Tro&ecrcriv 
 (frevyaw, o<f>p dlfia \iapov KOI yovvar opwprj' 
 avrdp eTrel Srj rov ye Sa/jLao-o-erac co/cv<; otcrro9, 
 wfj,o(f)dyoi, pLv ^o3e9 ev ovpecri BapBaTrrovaiv 
 ev vefjuel aKiepq)' CTTI re \lv rjyaye Sal/jucov 480 
 
 <rlvT'r]v' Owes f^ev re SieTpetrav, avrdp o 
 09 pa ror dfjufi 'OBva-rja Batty p ova 
 Tpa5e9 CTTOV TroXXot re KOI dX/af^oi, avrdp o 7' 
 di'<J(7a)v a> ey^ei d/jLVvero 1^97X669 rjpap' 
 
 Ata9 B* eyyvdev tf\0e (pepcov crd/cos rjvre Trvpyov, 485 
 
 <Trfj Be Trapef;, Tpcoe9 Be Bierpecrav aXXuSt9 aXXo9. 
 TJ roi 7ov Mei>eXao9 d 
 
 ' 
 
ILIAD XL 477 
 
 And made his spirit sink. But when they saw 
 
 Odysseus' blood, the high-souled sons of Troy 
 
 Cheered on each other through the throng, and all 
 
 Bore on him. He retiring backwards cried 
 
 For comrades' aid. Thrice cried he, all the voice 
 
 That his head held forth uttering : and his shout 
 
 Thrice Menelaus, loved of Ares, heard, 
 
 And spake at once to Ajax standing near : 
 
 "O Zeus-born Ajax, son of Telamon, 
 
 Prince of thy people, comes to me the cry 
 
 Of patient-souled Odysseus ; 'tis a cry 
 
 As if the Trojans press'd him now alone 
 
 Cut off from others in the stubborn fight. 
 
 But go we through the throng : to bear him aid 
 
 Were well : I fear lest he should suffer harm, 
 
 Single among his foes, that gallant wight, 
 
 And to the Danaans be a mighty loss." 
 
 He spake, and led ; the other godlike chief 
 Close followed. And Odysseus loved of Zeus 
 Soon found they ; whom the Trojans pressed around, 
 Ev'n as the tawny jackals in the hills 
 Around an antlered stag, stricken by shaft 
 From hunter's bowstring whom by speed of foot 
 He 'scapes, while warm his blood and stirred his limbs 
 By motion, but when soon the arrow swift 
 Has quelled his life, his flesh in shady glen 
 The carrion jackals tear, till heaven that way 
 A ravening lion sends ; then scattered wide 
 The jackals flee, and he alone devours 
 So now around Odysseus, warlike wight 
 Of cunning wiles, pressed on the sons of Troy 
 Many and valiant, but the hero quick 
 With flashing lance warded the day of doom ; 
 Till Ajax came anigh with tower-like targe, 
 And by him stood ; then scared the Trojans fled. 
 But warlike Menelaus from the throng 
 
478 IAIAAO2 A. 
 
 rj\acrev LT 
 
 Ata? Be ^pweao-iv eVaX//.ez/o9 el\e &6pvic\ov 
 Upia^lBijv, voOov vlov, eireura Be HdvBo/cov ovra, 490 
 ovra Be AixravBpov Kal Tivpaaov TJBe Tlv\dpTT)v. 
 ? 8' oTTore 7r\ij0a)v TTora/z-o? TreBlovBe /careta-iv 
 
 tear opeafyiv, O7rafoyu,ei/O9 At09 o/AJ3p<p, 
 8/91)9 afa\ea9 7roXXa9 8e re Trev/cas 
 , TTO\\OV Be T' d(f)va<yerov et9 aXa /SaXXet, 495 
 
 K\ovecov TreBlov Tore 0at8i/zo9 Aia9, 
 Baifov ITTTTOVS re /cat avepas. ovBe TTCO r/ E/cra)p 
 TrevOer , efrel pa ^^779 7r' dpicrrepd papvaro 
 o^^a9 Trap Trora/jLOio ^/ca/jidvBpov, ry pa 
 dvbp&v TTiTTre tcdprjva, f3orj S 5 ao-y5e<rro9 opatpet 500 
 
 Necrropa r' a/(t fj,eyav Kal dprjiov 'IBopevfja. 
 d rolaw 6/uXee /J,epfj,epa pe^cov 
 
 77 re, vecov 8 
 
 ovB 1 av TTCO x^ OVTO Ke\ev6ov Bloi ' 
 et ft?) 'AXe'fai/8/309, 'EX^z/779 7700-^9 771 
 Travaev dpicrrevovTa Ma%dova iroi^eva \au>v, 
 
 T3 pa TrepiBBeto-av pevea Trveiovres ' 
 
 (JMJ 7TC09 /^t^ TToXeyu-oto fieTaic\t,v6evTO<s e\ot,ev. 
 
 avTL/ca 8' 'iSo/ie^ei*? 7rpoa-e(f)(avee Necrropa 8toz^' 510 
 
 " to Ne<7TO/3 N^XTytaS?;, /ie7 #1)809 ' 
 
 aypei, aoov o^ea>^ eTrifirjaeo, Trap Be 
 
 fiaivera), 69 ^a9 8e Ta^icrr' e^ 
 
 Irjrpbs <ydp dvrjp TToXXewi/ a^raf 
 
 Zou9 T' e/crdfiveiv eVt T' ^Trta fydpiAaica Trdffa-ew." 515 
 
ILIAD XL 479 
 
 Led out the wounded chieftain by the hand. 
 Till his esquire had driven his horses near. 
 Ajax the while leapt on the Trojan lines, 
 And slew Doryclus, Priam's bastard son ; 
 Then Pandocus he smote, Lysander next, 
 And with Pylartes smote he Pyrasus. 
 As when a brimming river to the plain 
 Comes swirling down, a torrent mountain-born 
 Forced on by rains of Zeus, that sweeps along 
 Dry oaks and pines full many, and to the sea 
 Much mud and refuse casts, so o'er the field 
 Bright Ajax rushed, and routed horse and man. 
 But Hector of this work not yet had heard : 
 For on the left of all the fray he fought 
 Beside Scamander's banks, where by that stream 
 Most frequent fell the heads of men, and shouts 
 Rose quenchless round great Nestor, and around 
 Warlike Idomeneus. Mingled with these 
 Was Hector, doing deeds of dread with spear 
 And horse-craft, wasting wide the youthful squares. 
 But not yet had Achaia's godlike sons 
 Yielded their foeman way, had it not happed 
 That Alexander long-haired Helen's lord 
 Now stayed Machaon in his valorous course, 
 That shepherd of his people, whom he hit 
 On the right shoulder with a three-barbed shaft. 
 For whom Achaia's valour-breathing sons 
 Feared much, lest haply, as the battle turned, 
 His foes might slay him: wherefore thus in haste 
 Idomeneus to godlike Nestor spake : 
 " O Nestor Neleus' son, Achaia's boast, 
 Bestir thee, mount thy car, and with thee take 
 Machaon ; then drive quickly to the ships 
 Thy firm-hoofed steeds. Worth many another man 
 Is he of healing art, who from our wounds 
 Cuts arrows out, and spreads the soothing salves." 
 
480 IAIAAO2 A. 
 
 ft)9 e</>ar', ovB* aTriOrjcre Yeprjvios LTTTrora Nearwp. 
 avTLKa wv 6%ea)v eTreffijcreTO, Trap Be 
 fiaiv ', *A.crK\7]7riov u/o? djAV 
 fj,d(m!;ev B' tTTTTou?, TO) 5' o^/c defcovT 
 
 7ri ryXacfrvpds' rfj yap <f>\ov eTrXero OvfMU). 520 
 Be TpcSa? opivoiievovs evoijcrev 
 aws, icai JALV ?rpo9 fivOov e 
 vail fiev ev6d 
 Lfj 7ro\6/jLov St/crT^eo?" ot 
 
 oplvovTdL eTTi/JtlJ;, LTTTTOI, re Kal avroi. 
 Se K\oveei TeXa/^co^to?. ey Se /Atz/ eyvcov 
 evpv yap d/j,(f)' wfioiaiv 6%6i, adicos. aXXa Kal 
 la" 1 ILTTTTOVS re Kal dpfju l6vvo/jLv, ev6a 
 
 aXX?7'Xoi;5 oXeKovcri,, jBorj 8' ao-ySearo? opwpev" 530 
 
 W9 apa (fxovrjcras I'/jLaaev tfaXX/r/K^a? ITTTTOVS 
 
 \iyvprj' rol Se Tr^yfj? dtovres 
 efapov doov dpfia /jierd Tpooas Kal 'A^a^oi/9, 
 s veKvds re Kal do-7rl$as. ai/j,ari, 8* dcov 
 vep6ev ajras TreTrdXaKro Kal dvrvyes al irepl i<f>pov, 535 
 a? dp 1 d<f> iTTTreLwv birXewv paOd/jiiyyes efta\\ov 
 
 iTO 
 
 prj^ai re aerd\/j,evo<i' ev Be 
 yKe KaKov kavaolcri, pivvvQa Be ^afero Bovpos. 
 avrdp o TWV d\\wv eVeTrwXetro crrt^a? dvBpwv 540 
 
 T' dopl re //-eyaXoicrt re 
 taz/ro9 8* dXeeive fjLa^rj 
 
 Zei)? Be TraTrjp AiavO* v^frl^vyo^ ev fyoftov a)p(rev. 
 rj Be racfrcov, oiridev Be ra/co9 ftd\ev eirra^oeiov, 545 
 rpecrcre Be TraTrrijvas e^>' OfUXov, 07)pl e 
 
ILIAD XI. 481 
 
 He spake : Cerent's knight obeyed ; his car 
 He mounted straight, Machaon by his side : 
 Then lashed the steeds, who nothing loth flew on 
 To the hollow ships, for thither they were fain. 
 
 But now Cebriones had marked afar 
 The Trojans suffering rout, ev'n as he rode 
 By Hector's side, and to his chief he spake : 
 " Hector, we twain mix with the Danaans here 
 At the far verge of the harsh-roaring fray, 
 While all the other Trojans suffer rout, 
 Horses and men. Ajax of Telamon 
 Is he that works the scathe: I know him well, 
 For on his shoulders is his ample targe. 
 But thither guide we too our steeds and car, 
 Where chiefly now the lines of horse and foot 
 Eager in evil strife are dealing death 
 Each upon each, and quenchless swells the cry." 
 
 So spake he, and lashed on his fair-maned steeds 
 With whistling whip ; who heard the blow, and swift 
 Bore on the rapid chariot to the fray 
 Of Trojans and Achaians, treading down 
 Bodies and bucklers. From beneath with blood 
 Reeked all the axle, and the rails that fenced 
 The chariot-seat, whereon the gory drops 
 Were showered from hoof of horse and tire of wheel. 
 And he that rode therein was keen to pierce 
 And leaping in to break the throng of men. 
 Disastrous tumult in the Danaan lines 
 He cast, and seldom rested from his spear. 
 But while the other warrior ranks he ranged 
 With spear and sword and mighty boulder-stones 
 He shunned to fight with Ajax Telamon. 
 
 And now the Father Zeus enthroned on high 
 In Ajax roused a panic fear. He stood 
 Astounded, and behind him cast his targe 
 Of sevenfold hide, and trembled as he glared 
 G. H. 31 
 
482 IAIAAO2 A. 
 
 , o\tyov yovv yovvos 
 \eovra ftowv airo 
 ea-a-evavro icvves re teal dvepes dypoiwrat,, 
 ot re fJLW OVK eltocri /Bo&v e/c rrlap eXecrOai, 550 
 
 Trdvvvxpi eypijcro-ovres' o Se Kpetwv eparlfyov 
 Wvei, aXX' ov ri Trpijcrcrei' Oafiees yap atcovres 
 dvTiov dto-crovai Opaa-eidtov airo ^eipwv, 
 /caiofjueval re Serai, ra? re rpel eVcru/Ltei>o'? rrep' 
 r}&6ev 8' drrovbafyiv efty rerir]6rL Qvpu>' 555 
 
 <<? At9 ror OTTO Tpwow TertT^eVo? r/rop 
 rjie TroXX* derccov' rrepl yap $le vrjv&lv 'A^atewi/. 
 a$5 8' or' 01/05 Tra/3* apovpav lav eft&farafro Tr 
 y co #779, &> ST) TroXXa Tre/ot poTraX' ayLt^>t9 edyrj, 
 rceipei r elcreKdwv /3a@v \rjiov' ol Se re 
 rvTrrovcriv pO7raXot(7i, /3/?/ Se re vrjirif] avr&v' 
 
 y r l%rj\acraav eireL r e/copeacraro (f>opj3fjs' 
 TOT* eireir Aiavra /j,eyav, TeXa/jLcoviov vidv, 
 vTrepdv/jLot rT)\eic\eirol r err'iKovpoi 
 
 olo-i fMeaov CTCLKQS alev errovro. 565 
 
 8' a\\ore fj,ev /jLvrjo-do-Kero 6ovpLo<$ d\icf)s 
 V7rocrrpe<j)0eh, teal eprjrvcracrKe <f)d\ayyas 
 Tpcocov iTTTToBafjicov, ore Be rpcoTrda-fcero fyevyew. 
 rcdvra<$ Se Trpoeepye Oods ejrl vfja? 
 Be Tpwwv /cal 'A^afcwV 6vve 
 
 rd Be Bovpa Opacreidwv diro 
 
 a\\a fjuev ev ad/cel /jieydXq) rrdyev oppeva Trpo&crco, 
 TroXXa Be real fieaa'^yv, Trapo? XP a ^VKOV ercavpelv, 
 ev yalg icrravro, \i\ai6fj,eva %poo9 aaai. 
 rbv 8' &)9 ovv eVoT/o-' EJat/xovo 
 
 /3e\eecr<7iv, 
 
ILIAD XL 483 
 
 Upon the throng wild-beast-like, turning oft, 
 
 As knee with knee slow shifting on he stepped. 
 
 As tawny lion from a cattle-yard 
 
 Is forced by troop of dogs and farmer folk, 
 
 Who watch all night nor suffer him to take 
 
 The fatness of the kine he keen for flesh 
 
 Charges, but naught effects, for thick the darts 
 
 Fly at him from bold hands, with fagots' blaze, 
 
 That daunts him tho' impetuous, till at morn 
 
 Sullen and sad at heart he goes his way 
 
 So Ajax yielding from his Trojan foes 
 
 With sadness gat him back, against his will, 
 
 Full sorely fearing for the Achaian ships. 
 
 And as an ass beside a corn-field led 
 
 Forces his boyish guides (dull brute on whom 
 
 Stout cudgels have been broken not a few), 
 
 And entering crops the tall corn, while with sticks 
 
 The urchins smite him, but their strength is naught ; 
 
 And hardly when he now has browzed his fill 
 
 Drive they him out : so on great Ajax then, 
 
 The son of Telamon, the Trojans bold 
 
 And their allies from distant lands did press, 
 
 And with their lances pricked his middle targe. 
 
 But Ajax now would wheel him round again, 
 
 Bethinking him of valorous might, and check 
 
 The squares of Troy's steed-tamers ; now again 
 
 Would turn to fly. Yet alway to all foes 
 
 The way to the swift ships he barred, as still 
 
 Between the Trojan and Achaian lines 
 
 Standing he raged. And spears from daring hands 
 
 Some in his mighty targe were fixed and checked 
 
 From onward flight, many in mid space fell 
 
 Nor reached his fair white skin, but in the ground 
 
 Stood fast and spent in vain their greed of blood. 
 
 Him when Evaemon's glorious son perceived, 
 Eurypylus, by frequent shafts hard pressed, 
 
 31 2 
 
484 IAIAAO2 A. 
 
 o-rrj pa Trap" avTov Iwv, KOI d/covricre Sovpl 
 
 teal /3aXe <&avcna&r)v 'Avrteraoz 
 
 r)7rap VTTO TrpatrlScov, eldap S' VTTO <yovvar \v(rev. 
 
 ' 7r6pOVCT, teal CblvVTO TV^ OL7T tofJLOW. 580 
 
 0)9 ovv evorjcrev 'AXe'faz'Spo? QeoeiSijs 
 Tev-)(e airaivv pevov ^Asmcraovos, avri/ca ro^ov 
 eX/cer' CTT' EupuTrvXa), KaL fiiv /3aXe fLTjpov dtcrra) 
 &ej;i6v' e/cXacrdrj 8e Soi/af, eftdpvve Se wpov. 
 aty S' erdptov e? e6vo<$ e^d^ero /cfjp* dkeelvcov, 585 
 
 rjv&ev Be SiaTTpvo-iov, kavaola-i 
 'Apyeicov rjytjropes tf 
 
 re? /cat djjuvvere vrfKees 
 A.tavO\ 09 ySeXeeacrt jSid^erai' ovSe e <f>rj[j,l 
 <f)evt;eo-0' e/c 7ro\e/jiov Svo-rj^eo^. d\\d yLtaX' dvrr)v 590 
 tcrrao-^' a//,<^>' A.lavra fjueyav, Te\a/Jbwviov vlov." 
 
 005 6(f>aT EupuTTvXo? /3e/3X7;yLte^o5 ' oi x Se Trap' avrov 
 
 ?7 Se [JieTacrTpecftQeis, eVel t/cero e6vo<$ eraipwv. 
 
 cS? ot /xez> (Jbdpvavro Se/juas TTi/po? aWo^evoio. 
 Necrropa 8* e/c ?roXe/ioto (frepov N?;X7;tat wnroi 
 iSpwova, tfyov Be M.a%dova 7roijj,eva 
 roi/ Se Z8wz/ evorjae TroBdpKTj^ Sto? ' 
 ecrTrjtcei, yap eVl 7rpvjj,vf) /jLeyaKTJre/i, vr)l, 600 
 
 elvopocov TTOVOV alirvv looted re Batcpvoeao-av. 
 al^jra & eralpov eov HarpOK\rja Trpoa-eeiirev, 
 <j)0eyt;dfjbvo<; irapd 1/9705* o Se K\iair)6ev dtcovcras 
 
ILIAD XI. 485 
 
 He sought his side, and stood, and cast a spear 
 
 Bright-glittering, which the son of Phausias 
 
 King Apisaon, shepherd of his folk, 
 
 Beneath the midriff in the liver struck, 
 
 And loosed his limbs. Then rushed the victor on 
 
 The armour from his shoulders to despoil. 
 
 But him when godlike Alexander spied 
 
 Stripping the arms from Apisaon slain, 
 
 Quick at Eurypylus his bow he drew, 
 
 And in his right thigh fixed an arrow point, 
 
 Whose reed shaft broke, and to the thigh yet hung 
 
 A painful burden. To his comrade band 
 
 He gat him back and shunned the fate of death, 
 
 Then to the Danaans shouted loud and shrill : 
 
 "Friends, kings and captains of our Argive host, 
 
 Wheel round and stand, and ward the ruthless day 
 
 From Ajax, who by shafts is sore beset : 
 
 Nor deem I now that from harsh-roaring war 
 
 He will escape. Yet face the foe, and stand 
 
 Around great Ajax son of Telamon." 
 
 Wounded Eurypylus thus spake : and they 
 Stood by him close, shield upon shoulder laid, . 
 And spears aloft. Drew Ajax near, then turned, 
 And stood, when to his comrade band he came. 
 
 Thus fought they there with rage of burning fire. 
 Nestor the while forth from the battle bare 
 The mares of Neleus, bathed in sweat : with whom 
 Machaon rode, the shepherd of his folk. 
 Him saw and knew Achilleus fleet of foot, 
 The godlike chief, for he upon the stern 
 Of his huge ship had taken stand, to gaze 
 On the dread labour and the tearful rout. 
 At once his friend Patroclus he addressed, 
 Loud calling from the ship: who in the tent 
 Heard and came forth, the very god of war 
 In semblance, and herewith began his bane. 
 
486 IAIAAO2 A. 
 
 TOV Trporepo? Trpoaeenre Mevoirlov a\Kijjbo<s vlos' 605 
 
 "r/TTTe /z.e Ki/c\ij(TK(,s, 'A^XeO ; rt Se ere %/><*> e/ieto;" 
 
 TOI> S' d7rafjL6ij36/J,evo$ Trpocrecferj TroSa? a) #1)5 ' 
 
 " ?e Mez/om.<z8?7, r&) e/z,&) 
 
 vvv oio) Trepl yovvar e/JLci 
 
 \ia-crofj,evov<; ' %/3eto) 7a/3 l/cdverai ov/cer cive/cros. 610 
 
 a'XX' WL vvv, TlaTpOK\ 8ii<f>i,\e, Necrrop' epeio 
 
 ov Ttva TOVTOV dyet, fte/3\r)iievov /c TroXe/jboio. 
 
 TJ TOL fjiv TCL <y o7n,(T06 Ma^dovi ircLVTCi eoiicev 
 
 TO) \\.crfc\ij7r(,d$r}, drdp OVK tSov o/JL/JLara 0a)TO5' 
 
 LTTTTOL ydp /j,e Trapijigav irpocrcrci) /j,6/j,av2ai," 615 
 
 e? ^>aro, TTar/jo/cXo? Se <f)i\(p eireTreLOeO' eraipw, 
 firj Se 6eeiv Trapd re /cXto-ta? /cal vrja? 
 
 ot S' ore Srj KKicri'qv Nrj\rjid8eco 
 avrol fjuev p aTreftrjo-av eVt ^Oova 
 iirirovs 5' Rvpv/jbeScov Oepdircov \ve rolo yepovros 620 
 ef 6%ea)V. roil 8' IBpco d,Tre*fyv r )(pVTO ^TCOVCOV, 
 crrdvre TTOTL TTVOLTJV Trapd 6lv aXo?* avrdp e 
 9 K\iGij)v ekdbvres eVi K\ia/j,olo-t, 
 TOLCTL Se Tev%e KVKei>w evTrXo/ca/jios 
 rrjv dper IK TeveSoio yepwv ore Trepcrev 'A^tXXev?, 625 
 Ovyarep* 'Apcrwoov ^eyaKrjropo^, tfv ol 
 ej;\ov ovvetca j3ov\fj dpuo-reveo'ic 
 r) (7(f)c0iv Trp&rov pev 7r(,7rpoir)\6 
 Ka\r)v Kvavoire^av ev^oov, avrdp eV avrrjs 
 \dXic6Lov icdveov, eVt Se Kpofjuvov TTOTOJ o^rov 630 
 
 fJSe /jLe\L '^Kwpovy Trapd S* d\(f>Lrov lepov dKrrjv, 
 Trap Be SeTra? TT6piKa\\e<?, o oi'fcoOev rjy 6 yepaio? 
 
ILIAD XL 487 
 
 And thus spake first Menoetius' valiant son: 
 
 "Why call'st thou me, Achilleus? what thy need?" 
 
 To whom replied Achilleus fleet of foot : 
 
 U O godlike offspring of Menoetius, 
 
 Most pleasant to my soul, now, as I deem, 
 
 Achaians round my knees will stand with prayer, 
 
 For need no longer to be borne is theirs. 
 
 But hie thee now, Patroclus loved of Zeus, 
 
 Ask Nestor who is this whom from the field 
 
 Wounded he bears. Behind indeed the man 
 
 Like to Machaon shows, Asclepius' son, 
 
 In all ; but eyes and face I did not see, 
 
 So swift in onward haste the steeds swept by." 
 
 He spake : obedient to his comrade dear 
 Patroclus started him to run, and passed 
 The tents and vessels of Achaia's host. 
 
 Now when they reached the tent of Neleus' son, 
 Themselves stept down upon the fruitful earth, 
 The steeds Eurymedon the greybeard's squire 
 
 Loosed from the car. And from their tunics first 
 
 The twain cooled off the sweat, out in the breeze 
 
 Standing upon the sandy shore, then came 
 
 Within the tent and on the couches sate. 
 
 For whom a posset Hecamedd mixed 
 
 That bright-haired handmaid, whom the greybeard won 
 
 From Tenedos, when Achilleus sacked the isle : 
 
 Daughter of mighty-souled Arsinoiis 
 
 Was she, and her Achaia's sons chose out 
 
 His worthy meed for counsels passing wise 
 
 She first toward them moved a table fair 
 
 Footed with dark-blue metal, polished clear, 
 
 Whereon a brazen tray she set, and there 
 
 An onion to lend flavour to the draught, 
 
 With honey pale and flour of sacred meal. 
 
 And by them was a bowl exceeding fair 
 
 Brought by the greybeard from his home, set o'er 
 
488 1AIAAO2 A. 
 
 TJ\oi(ri rcertappevov' ovara 8' avrov 
 rea-a-ap* e&av, Bo Lai be 7reXea8e? dfi^l e/cacrrov 
 Xpvo-eiai, ve/jL60ovTO, Svo) 8' VTTO TrvO/jLeves r)aav. 635 
 
 aXXo? /J,V /Jioyecov aTTOKivrjaaa/ce rpaTrety]? 
 7r\elov eov, NecrTft)/3 S* o yepcov d^oyrjrl deupev. 
 ev To5 pd a<f)i, /cv/crjae yvvrj eltcvla Oefjcriv 
 dtvto Tlpa/jLvela, eVt 8' aiyeiov KVYJ rvpov 
 
 ^aX/celrj, eVl &' aX^cra \ev/cd iraXwev* 640 
 
 8' e/ce\6v<rev, eirel p w 
 
 TOJ S* 7rel ovv Trivovr d^erijv 7ro\vKay/cea 
 fjLV0oi(riv repTTOvro Trpo? aXXT/Xou? eve 
 
 TOI/ 8e Z8a)Z/ 6 yepcubs CLTTO Opovov capro cfraewov, 645 
 
 6? 8' 7e %t/30? e\u>v, Kara 8' e^pLaaaOai dvcoyev. 
 Harpo^Xo? 8' erepwOev dvaivero, el-ire re fjuvOov. 
 e8o? ecrrt, yepaie 8torp6^>e5, 
 efJLea-7)rbs o fj,e Trpoerj/ce T 
 ov nva rovrov dyeis /Beft\rnievov. aXXa /cat avros 650 
 yisyvaxTKO) opoco 8e Ma^aoj/a rcoi^kva \ad)v. 
 vvv 8e eTro? epeatv rcoiXiv dyye\o$ elfjb ' 
 eu 8e o^i) olo-0a, yepaie Siorpecfres, olo? efcei 
 Sewos dvijp' rd%a Kev /cal avalriov alrioaro" 
 
 rov 8' tjfjLi/3er eireura Teprjvios Ircrrora Nearcop' 655 
 " Tiirre r ap* c28' 'A^iXei)? 6\o(j)vperai vlas ' 
 
 ocraov opcope /card arparov' ol yap dptaroi 
 
 ev vrjvo-lv /cearai, ySe/SXTy/xei/ot ovrdpevol re. 
 
 /3ep\r]rai, fj,ev o TvSeffiTjs icparepos AiofjMjSrjs, 660 
 
 ovraorrai 8' 'OSucrei)? Sovpi/c\vrbs 778' ' 
 
ILIAD XL 489 
 
 With golden studs. Four ears it had : two doves 
 
 On either side each ear bent down to feed : 
 
 Two bases underneath upheld its weight. 
 
 When filled, to move it from the board was toil 
 
 To other hand, but, as he lift it up, 
 
 To Nestor, tho' a greybeard, toil was none. 
 
 In this the godlike dame their posset mixed 
 
 Of Pramnian wine, and goat cheese grated in 
 
 With brazen grating-knife, white barley meal 
 
 Sprinkling upon the surface : this to drink 
 
 She bade them, when the posset was prepared. 
 
 But when by drink their burning thirst was stayed, 
 
 With interchange of words their hearts they cheered. 
 
 And now Patroclus in the tent-door stood, 
 
 That godlike wight; whom when the greybeard saw, 
 
 From his bright chair he rose, and took his hand, 
 
 And led him in, and bade him sit. The seat 
 
 Refusing thus in turn Patroclus spake : 
 
 " No seat, O Zeus-born greybeard, is for me : 
 
 Thou'lt not persuade me. Awe and fear he claims 
 
 Who sent me forth to ask thee whom thou bring'st 
 
 Thus wounded back. But of myself I know 
 
 And see Machaon, shepherd of his folk : 
 
 So now will hie me back again with word 
 
 Of message to Achilleus. Well thou know'st 
 
 O Zeus-born greybeard, what he is, a man 
 
 Of dread, who might perchance the blameless blame. ' r 
 
 To whom made answer thus Gerene's knight : 
 "And wherefore doth Achilleus make this moan 
 Over Achaia's sons, such as by shafts 
 Have gotten wounds? He knoweth not how great 
 The mourning through our host aroused. Our best 
 Lie at the ships, sore hurt by throw or thrust. 
 By shaft stout Diomedes Tydeus' son, 
 By thrust spear-famed Odysseus hath his hurt, 
 And Agamemnon : then Eurypylus 
 
490 IAIAAO2 A. 
 
 Be teal Eu'puTruXo? Kara fj^rjpov olcrr>. 
 rovrov 8' d\\ov eyco veov rjyayov IK 
 to> drrb vevprjs /3/3\7)iJ,evov. at/rap ' 
 <7#Xo9 ecav Aava&v ov /crjBerai, ovB* e\ealpei. 665 
 
 77 fjuevei, et9 o tee Sij vfjes 6oal dy^t Oa\dcro-7}(f, 
 'Apycfow deKTjri,, Trvpos Sijloio Oepwvrai,, 
 avroL re KTiva>fj,e@' I'mo-'^epw ; ov yap /JLT) t? 
 ecrd* oirj Trdpos ea/cev evl yva^irrolcn fjuekeacnv. 
 i& c5? r)/3(0oi/Jbi,, /3irj Se fJboi eyu-TreSo? et^, 670 
 
 o5? OTTOT 'HXetoto-t KOI rjiilv vLfcos erv^drj 
 dfji<f>i porjXacrirj, or eyv icravov 'Irv/j,ovrja 
 cr0\ov 'TTreipoxi&rjv, 09 ev "HXiSi vaierdaa-tcev, 
 pvo~C e\avv6fj,evo<>. o & dftvvcov rjo'L (Bbeao-iv 
 /3\r)r* ev rrptoroicriv e/^^9 drro ^eipo^ dicovn, 675 
 
 /cd8 S' errecrev, \aol Se irepirpeorav dypoiwrai. 
 \7]i8a S' etc TreSiov <rvve\do-craiJ,ev rfK 
 rrevrr]K.ovrcL (3ou>v dye\a<> y rocra, rrwea 
 rocrcra avoov Gvftbcria,, rod alrcb\ia rr\are alyutv, 
 LTTTTOVS be %av6a<$ e/carov teal Trevrr/ /covra, 680 
 
 Trdcras Or}\elcv>j 7ro\\fj<ri Be TrwXoi vTrfjcrav. 
 teal rd fiev y\acrd/jLecr0a Hv\ov NTJ^TJIOV eicrco 
 evvvyj.oi irporl acrru, yeyr/dei, 8e (frpeva Nr)\ev<; 
 ovve/cd fjuou rv%e 7ro\\d veto 7ro\eyu,6i/8e Kibvn' 
 Kijpv/ces S' e\Lyaivov ap rjol <paivofjievr)<piv 685 
 
 TOU9 iftev olaiv %pelo<$ o<f>eC\T > ev "HXtSt 8177. 
 OL Be avvaypofjiei'oi, YLvXlcov rjyrjropes dvBpes 
 Sairpevov, 7ro\eo-iv yap 'E-Tretot ^pelos o<f>ei,\ov, 
 c59 fj^efc rcavpoi KeKafca)/j,evoi, ev IluXft) tffjbev. 
 e\,6(i)v yap p e/cdfccocre @lr) f HpaK\ijeirj 690 
 
 rwv TTporepajv erewv, /card & e/craOev o(rcroi, 
 
ILIAD XL 491 
 
 By arrow in the thigh. And late I bring 
 
 This other from the field, stricken by shaft 
 
 From bowstring. But Achilleus, warrior brave, 
 
 For Danaans' loss no care nor pity feels. 
 
 What ! waits he till our swift ships by the sea, 
 
 Despite the Argives, glow with foeman's fire, 
 
 And one upon another we be slain. 
 
 For truly now no more that force is mine 
 
 That was of old in supple-jointed limbs. 
 
 Ah ! could I but be young, with strength as firm, 
 
 As when with men of Elis once we strove 
 
 About a cattle-raid : what time I slew 
 
 Hypeirochus' brave son Itymoneus, 
 
 Who dwelt in Elis. As reprisals I 
 
 Drove off his herds, he in his kine's defence 
 
 Struck 'mid the first by javelin from my hand 
 
 Fell prone, and all his farmer people fled. 
 
 Then from the plain we drove together spoil 
 
 In store unstinted : fifty herds of kine, 
 
 As many flocks of sheep, of swine no less, 
 
 As many of goats wide-spreading, steeds withal 
 
 One hundred and two-score and ten, in hue 
 
 Chestnut, all mares, and many suckling foals. 
 
 All these we drove to Pylos, Neleus' home, 
 
 Entering by night the town : and glad at heart 
 
 Was Neleus at my happy chance who went 
 
 So young to war and yet so much had won. 
 
 With beam of dawn shrill proclamation made 
 
 The heralds, that in Elis' land divine 
 
 Those should come forward who a debt could claim : 
 
 And so the Pylian chieftains gathered them 
 
 And made division, for the Epeans owed 
 
 Debts to full many, since in Pylos we 
 
 Were few in number and in evil plight. 
 
 For years before came Hercules the strong 
 
 And wrought us evil, and our best were slain : 
 
492 IAJAA02 A. 
 
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 T(v oto? \t,7r6/j,7jv, ol &' aXXot Trdvres o\ovro. 
 
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 epSofjLev Ipd 6eol<$' ol Se rpiry rj/JLart Traz^re? 
 rj\6ov oyLtft)? avrol re TroXet? /cat fj,Q}vv%<i ITTTTOI, 
 
 ty' fjuerd Se 0-(t MoXtoz/e Owprjo-aovro 
 lft er eovT\ ov TTCO /zaXa etSore Oovpioos d\/cfj<>. 710 
 eo-rt 8e rt9 puoecrcra TroXt?, alirela 
 rrj\ov eV 'AX^etoS, vedrr) Tlv\ov 
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 aXXa /cat eo? iTTTrevo-i fiereTrpeTrov tf/jLerepotcriv, 720 
 
ILIAD XL 493 
 
 Twelve sons of blameless Neleus we had been, 
 
 But only I was left, the rest were slain. 
 
 Wherefore the mailed Epeans in contempt 
 
 Outraging us devised presumptuous deeds. 
 
 And now the greybeard for himself chose out 
 
 A herd of kine and ample flock of sheep, 
 
 Three hundred set apart, with men to tend. 
 
 For a great debt in Elis' land divine 
 
 Was owed to him four steeds, prize-bearers they, 
 
 With cars complete, which for a tripod urn 
 
 To run were destined, but the king of men 
 
 Augeias kept them in his land, and sent 
 
 Their driver back sad for his horses lost. 
 
 But at such words and deeds the greybeard wroth 
 
 Took payment full and large : the rest he gave 
 
 For fair division to the common crowd, 
 
 That none might go defrauded of his right. 
 
 Such settlement we made, and through the town 
 
 To gods paid sacrifice ; but they, our foes, 
 
 On the third day came all, a numerous host, 
 
 Of men and firm-hoofed steeds, in hottest haste. 
 
 And with them armed were two from Molus sprung, 
 
 Mere boys, unskilled as yet in furious war. 
 
 There is a city, Thryoessa named, 
 
 On a steep hill, beside Alpheus' stream, 
 
 Afar on sandy Pylos' utmost verge. 
 
 This camped they round right eager to destroy. 
 
 But when the wide plain they had crossed, then came 
 
 Athene* from Olympus speeding fast, 
 
 A nightly messenger to bid us arm, 
 
 Gathering in Pylos no unwilling host, 
 
 But men full keen for war. Yet me to arm 
 
 Neleus forbade, and hid my steeds away : 
 
 Not yet, he said, knew I the works of war. 
 
 Yet even thus I shone conspicuous forth 
 
 Among our horsemen, tho' myself afoot, 
 
494 IAIAAO2 A. 
 
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 eari Se rt? Trora/jLos Mivvrfios et? aXa (Sd\\wv 
 ^Aprjvrjs, 06 k fteivapeif TIW Slav 
 Tlv\la)v, rd 8' ejreppee eOvea ire^tov. 
 ev6ev 7ra(7(Tv$lr) avv Tev-^ecrt, dcoprj^devre^ 725 
 
 evSioi l/co/Aeo-tf lepov poov 'AX^etoto. 
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 ravpov 8' 'AX^>eic5, ravpov Se IIo(7et8aQ)^t, 
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 SopTrov ireid^ e\6^ec6a Kara crrparov ev reXeecrcrt^ 730 
 teal KaTeKOLfjLrjdrj/juev ev evrecri olcrt, 
 d/j,<f>l pods Trora/jLolo. drdp 
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 Se Ovyarp* el^e %av6rjv 'AyafjiijSijv, 740 
 
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 icai vv icev 'Afcroptcove MoXtoi/e TratS' aXrivrafa, 750 
 
ILIAD XI. 495 
 
 For so Athene* ruled the chance of strife. 
 
 A river Minyeius meets the sea 
 
 Near to Arene ; there we Pylian horse 
 
 Waited the dawn divine, and to us flowed 
 
 The tribes of footmen. Thence in hottest haste 
 
 Harnessed in arms we journeyed on, and came 
 
 By noontide to Alpheus' holy flood. 
 
 There goodly victims to almighty Zeus 
 
 We slew ; a bull Alpheus claimed, a bull 
 
 Poseidon ; and Athene, stern-eyed power, 
 
 A heifer of the herd : then supped we, ranged 
 
 Throughout our army by our companies, 
 
 And laid us down to rest, each with his arms, 
 
 Beside the river stream. But now our foes, 
 
 High-souled Epeans, stood around the town 
 
 Eager to sack it : but, ere that might be, 
 
 A mighty work of warfare they beheld. 
 
 For as the sun rose bright above the earth 
 
 We closed in battle, uttering prayers to Zeus 
 
 And to Athene. Then, as rose the strife 
 
 'Twixt Pylians and Epeans, I the first 
 
 A warrior slew, and won his firm-hoofed steeds 
 
 The spearman Mulius. Of Augeias he 
 
 Was son-in-law, his eldest daughter's lord, 
 
 Fair Agamede' of the yellow hair, 
 
 Who knew all herbs that earth's broad bosom bears. 
 
 Him, as he onwards came, with brass-tipped spear 
 
 I smote, that in the dust he fell, but I 
 
 Leapt on his car, and with the vanguard stood. 
 
 Then the high-souled Epeans broke and fled, 
 
 Seeing him fall, the leader of their horse, 
 
 Their bravest in the fight : but I rushed in 
 
 Like a black storm-wind ; chariots there I took 
 
 Two-score and ten, and warriors twain by each 
 
 Vanquished beneath my spear bit hard the ground. 
 
 And now those children twain from Molus sprung, 
 
496 IAIAAO2 A. 
 
 el /jLij arcjxve Trarrjp evpvfcpetcov e 
 
 e/c TToXepov ecrdcocre, tcaXvifras ijepi, 
 
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 To<f>pa <ydp ovv eTro/jLeo-Qa Sid 
 
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 al 'AXetcrtou evda Ko\wvrj 
 ' Wev avris direr paTre \aov 'A #771/77. 
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 \aov dyeipovres /car 9 Aail8a KaXhiyvvaiKa. 770 
 
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 9 8' 7e %i/309 eXcoz/, /cara 8' 
 
ILIAD XL 497 
 
 Deemed sons of Actor, I had reft of life, 
 Had not their truer sire, th' Earth-shaking king, 
 Veiled in thick mist and saved them from the war. 
 There Zeus vouchsafed a mighty victory 
 To us of Pylos : for we followed on 
 Through the broad plain, slaying and gathering spoil 
 Of goodly arms, till on Buprasium's lands 
 Wheat- laden trode our steeds, and reached the rock 
 Olenian, and the hill that bears a name 
 Drawn from Aleisius. There Athene turned 
 Our people back : there left I him whom last 
 I slew : and from Buprasium all drove back 
 To Pylos their swift steeds, and prayerful owned 
 Zeus was the god who saved, Nestor the man. 
 Such was I once, if e'er indeed I was, 
 'Mid fellow warriors. But himself alone 
 Achilleus' might will profit : yet, I ween, 
 The host once lost with many tears he'll rue. 
 Dear friend, to thee Menoetius surely gave 
 This charge, on that day when he sent thee forth 
 From Phthian land to Agamemnon's aid 
 For we were in the hall and heard each word, 
 Godlike Odysseus and myself, how then 
 He gave thee charge. To Peleus' well-built house 
 We twain had come, as gathering troops we ranged 
 Achaia's fruitful land: and there within 
 Menoetius we found, thy hero sire, 
 With thee and with Achilleus, while the knight 
 Old Peleus in the courtyard burned to Zeus 
 The lightning-lord the fat thighs of an ox, 
 Holding a golden beaker, whence he poured 
 The bright wine on the flaming sacrifice. 
 To the ox-flesh ye both gave heed, when we 
 Stood in the entrance. Up Achilleus leapt 
 Amazed, and took our hands, and led us in, 
 And bade be seated, hospitable cheer 
 G. H. 32 
 
49 8 IAIAAO2 A. 
 
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ILIAD XL 499 
 
 Setting before us such as guests may claim. 
 
 But when of meat and drink we had our fill, 
 
 I first began the word, bidding you both 
 
 To follow with us. Ye right willing were ; 
 
 And both your sires then gave you fullest charge. 
 
 His son Achilleus greybeard Peleus charged 
 
 Eyer^to_be__the best, excelling all : $ */** K, |!*vf ul 
 
 But thee thus charged Menoetius, Actor's son ; **-- *1 &>>+** 
 
 'My child, of nobler birth Achilleus is, fljU,, VJ 
 
 But thou art elder. He again in strength 
 Excels thee far ; but be it thine to speak 
 Shrewd word suggesting, and to warn him well ; 
 And for his good he surely will obey.' 
 Such charge the greybeard gave, but thou forgetst. 
 Yet even now this counsel thou may'st tell 
 The warlike prince, if haply he will hear. 
 Who knows but, with a god to help, thou may'st 
 Stir and persuade his soul? for alway good 
 Persuasion is that cometh from a friend. 
 But if some god-sent warning in his mind 
 He shuns to slight, and if some words from Zeus 
 His queenly mother spake, yet let him send 
 Thee forth, with all the Myrmidonian host 
 Following behind, if haply thou may'st dawn 
 To Danaan ranks a light. His goodly arms 
 Let him but give thee to the field to bear ; 
 The Trojans may in thee his image see 
 And slack their battle; and some breathing-space 
 Achaia's warlike sons now sore distrest 
 May find. Short breathing-space doth war allow. 
 But ye thus fresh and whole the weary-worn 
 Charging with battle-cry may lightly drive 
 Back from our ships and tents to yonder town." 
 So spake he; but the other's soul was stirred 
 Within his breast. Along the ships he ran 
 To seek Achilleus son of ^Eacus. 
 
 322 
 
500 IAIAAO2 A. 
 
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ILIAD XL 501 
 
 But in his running when Patroclus reached 
 The vessels of Odysseus godlike chief 
 Where was the place of gathering and of law, 
 And where were built the altars of the gods 
 Wounded Eurypylus there crossed his way, 
 Zeus-born Evaemon's son, whose thigh the shaft 
 Had pierced. And he was limping from the war, 
 With sweat from head and shoulders streaming down, 
 While from the painful wound the black blood came 
 Forth trickling, but his senses still were firm. 
 Whom as he saw, Menoetius' valiant son 
 Much pitied, and in lamentation loud 
 Out-breaking thus with winged words addressed : 
 "Ah ! wretched wights, ye captains and ye kings 
 Of Danaans ! was it then your foredoomed fate 
 Far far away from friends and fatherland 
 To glut with rich white fat swift dogs of Troy? 
 But prithee tell me this, Eurypylus 
 Thou Zeus-born hero : will Achaia's sons 
 Yet stay perchance the giant Hector's force, 
 Or perish all subdued beneath his spear?" 
 
 And wise Eurypylus thus made reply : 
 "Zeus-born Patroclus, of defence no more 
 Achaia's sons will show, but headlong fall 
 On their black ships : for all who once were best 
 Lie at the ships sore hurt by throw or thrust 
 From Trojan hands, whose strength is rising still. 
 But save thou me, and to my black ship lead, 
 And from my thigh cut out the arrow, and wash 
 Therefrom with water warm the purple blood, 
 And spread thereon those soothing wholesome salves 
 By thee so say they from Achilleus learnt, 
 Whom Chiron, justest of the centaurs, taught. 
 For Podalirius and Machaon both 
 Our leeches are away : one in his tent 
 Lies wounded sore, and needs himself, I ween, 
 
502 IAIAAO2 A. 
 
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 ov NeVrajp eVereXXe Tepyvios, ovpos 'A^cuwv. 840 
 
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ILIAD XL 503 
 
 A blameless leech ; the other on the plain 
 Abides the furious brunt of Trojan war." 
 
 To whom Menoetius' valiant son replied : 
 " O how shall these works end ? what may we do, 
 Hero Eurypylus? My errand is 
 Warlike Achilleus to inform of words 
 That Nestor of Gerene charged me with, 
 Achaia's bulwark. Yet not even thus 
 Will I desert thee in thy sore distress." 
 
 He spake, and 'neath the breast supporting led 
 To his own tent the shepherd of his folk. 
 At sight of whom th' esquire with ox-hides strewed 
 The floor ; and there Patroclus laid at length 
 The wounded chief, and with a knife cut out 
 The sharp and biting arrow from the thigh, 
 Washed off with water warm the purple blood, 
 And, powdered 'twixt his palms, a bitter root 
 Laid on, pain-killing, which his every ache 
 Assuaged. So dried the wound and ceased the blood. 
 
IAIAA02 M. 
 
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ILIAD XII. 
 
 The storming of the Danaan wall. 
 
 THUS in the tent Menoetius' valiant son 
 Succoured Eurypylus the wounded chief: 
 The rest meanwhile, Argives and Trojans both, 
 Fought in dense throngs ; nor now the Danaans' trench 
 Should serve to check the foe, nor should the wall 
 That broad above it rose ; which they had made 
 To shield their ships, and girdled with a trench, 
 But gave the gods no glorious hecatombs. 
 Swift ships and plenteous spoil to enclose and save 
 'Twas built, but built in despite of the gods 
 Immortal, wherefore no long time it stood. 
 While Hector lived, while burned Achilleus' wrath, 
 While yet unsacked was royal Priam's town, 
 So long Achaia's mighty rampart stood. 
 But when of Trojans all the best were dead, 
 And many Argives slain, tho' some were left ; 
 When Priam's city in the tenth year fell, 
 And to their fatherland the Argives sailed ; 
 Then did Poseidon and Apollo scheme 
 That rampart to destroy, bringing thereon 
 The force of all the rivers that run down 
 Sea-ward from Ida's heights : Rhesus to wit, 
 Heptaporus, Caresus, Rhodius, 
 
5 o6 IAIAA02 M. 
 
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ILIAD XII. 507 
 
 Granicus, with .^Esepus ; and those twain, 
 Scamander, godlike stream, and Simois, 
 Where many a bull's-hide targe and many a helm 
 Fell in the dust, and many a mighty man 
 Of seed divine. To one united flood 
 Phoebus Apollo turned the mouths of all, 
 And for nine days against the rampart drove ; 
 While Zeus incessant rained, the quicker so 
 In one wide sea the floating walls to whelm. 
 Himself withal, the Earth-shaker, led the way 
 Trident in hand, and to the waves heaved forth 
 All those foundations strong of beams and stones 
 Laid by much labour of Achaian hands, 
 And by the rushing stream of Hellespont 
 Made level plain, and now, the wall effaced, 
 Again with sand strewed the long line of shore : 
 The rivers then he turned, that in their beds 
 Fair flowing, as before, their waters ran. 
 
 Thus should Poseidon and Apollo work 
 Their will in days to come. But now fierce burned 
 Around the well-built wall the fight and cry, 
 Rattled with blows the timbers of the towers, 
 And by the scourge of Zeus the Argives quelled 
 Close at their hollow ships were penned, in fear 
 Of Hector mighty counsellor of flight, 
 Who still, as ever, like a storm-wind fought. 
 And as among the hounds and hunter throng 
 A boar or lion turns him, fierce in strength 
 They massed in solid wall against him stand, 
 And frequent from their hands the javelins hurl, 
 Yet never daunt nor fright his valiant heart, 
 Whose courage proves his bane ; and oft he turns 
 And tries the serried ranks, but wheresoe'er 
 He charges there the foemen's ranks give place- - 
 So Hector moved and turned him in the throng, 
 Urging his comrades on to cross the trench. 
 
508 IAIAAO2 M. 
 
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ILIAD XIL 509 
 
 Nor yet his fleet-foot horses dared the deed, 
 
 But loudly neighed as on the brink they stood, 
 
 Scared by the trench so broad, not lightly leapt 
 
 How near soe'er nor light the task to climb 
 
 Or in or out, for steep round all its verge 
 
 O'erhung the rising banks on either side ; 
 
 And sharpened stakes above Achaia's sons 
 
 Frequent and large had set, to ward their foes. 
 
 No easy entrance there for horse that drew 
 
 The wheeled car : but eager were the foot 
 
 If they might do it. Then Polydamas 
 
 Spake to bold Hector at whose side he stood: 
 
 " Hector, and all ye other chiefs of Troy 
 
 And of allies, we surely are but fools 
 
 To drive across yon trench our fleet-foot steeds. 
 
 Full dangerous is the passage ; pointed stakes 
 
 Are set thereon, and close beyond them lies 
 
 Achaia's rampart. There dismount and fight 
 
 Our horsemen cannot ; 'tis a narrow lane, 
 
 Where hurt and loss will, as I deem, be ours. 
 
 For if indeed the lofty-thund'ring Zeus 
 
 Desiring utter evil to our foes 
 
 Destroys them, and is bent to succour Troy, 
 
 I surely were full fain this end might come 
 
 At once, that so away from Argos here 
 
 Achaia's sons might find inglorious doom. 
 
 But if they wheel them round, and from the ships 
 
 Pursuit reversed roll back, and we be driven 
 
 On the deep trench, then nevermore, I ween, 
 
 Will ev'n a messenger regain the town 
 
 Escap'd from these Achaians' rallying charge. 
 
 But come, as I advise, obey we all : 
 
 Our steeds upon the trench our squires shall rein, 
 
 Ourselves afoot, armed and arrayed, in mass 
 
 Will follow Hector: then Achaia's sons 
 
510 IAIAAO2 M. 
 
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ILIAD XII. 511 
 
 Will not abide us, if indeed for them 
 The issue of destruction is ordained." 
 
 So spake Polydamas : whose wholesome words 
 Pleased Hector well. And straightway all in arms 
 Down leapt he from his chariot to the ground. 
 Nor now on steeds the other sons of Troy 
 Mustered their force, but lighted quickly down, 
 When godlike Hector thus on foot they saw. 
 Then to his charioteer each one gave charge 
 There by the trench to hold his horses back 
 In order due ; but they, disparting them 
 To several bands, arrayed their solid ranks 
 In columns five, who followed each their chiefs. 
 First those with Hector and Polydamas, 
 That blameless wight, most numerous they and best, 
 And keenest bent to break the rampart through 
 And urge the battle at the hollow ships. 
 Third with these twain followed Cebriones, 
 Cebriones, than whom a weaker far 
 Had Hector with his chariot left behind. 
 The second band led Paris, and with him 
 Alcathotis and Agenor : and the third 
 Godlike Deiphobus with Helenus, 
 Two sons of Priam, and a third with these 
 Asius the hero son of Hyrtacus, 
 Whom from Arisbd's town his horses drew, 
 Bright bay, large-limbed, bred by Selleis' stream. 
 The fourth band ruled Anchises' gallant son 
 Aeneas, and with him Antenor's sons 
 Were joined, Archelochus and Acamas, 
 A pair well-skilled in every wile of war, 
 Last the far-famed allies Sarpedon led, 
 And chose him Glaucus to his aid, and third 
 Warlike Asteropaeus ; these he deemed 
 Of other chiefs pre-eminently best 
 Next to himself, who them and all outshone. 
 
5 1 2 IAIAA02 M. 
 
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ILIAD XII. 513 
 
 And when with well-wrought bull's-hide shields their lines 
 Were locked, against the Danaans straight they went 
 Full eager: who, they deemed, no more would stay, 
 But headlong fall upon their hollow ships. 
 
 There Trojans and allies from distant lands 
 Obeyed the counsel of Polydamas 
 That blameless sage ; but Asius, prince of men, 
 The son of Hyrtacus, willed not to leave 
 His horses and attendant charioteer : 
 But onward with them to the swift ships went, 
 Poor fool ! who nevermore, his evil fates 
 Escaping, proud in chariot and in steeds, 
 Should back return to wind-swept Ilion. 
 For him inglorious destiny forestalled 
 With death's dark veil, by spear of noble king 
 Idomeneus the son of Deucalus. 
 Toward the ships' left wing he bent his course, 
 That way whereby Achaia's warriors came 
 With steeds and cars returning from the plain : 
 There drove he steeds and car across, nor found 
 The doors upon the gateway closed and barred 
 With the long beam : these open still were held, 
 That so each comrade flying from the fray 
 Might pass and at the ships safe refuge find. 
 Straight for , this entrance Asius held his steeds 
 Resolved : whose warriors followed shouting shrill, 
 For now no more they deemed Achaia's sons 
 Would stay, but headlong on their black ships fall. 
 Poor fools! Two gallant champions in the gate 
 They found, of Lapithaean spearmen sons 
 High-couraged : of Pirithoiis one was born, 
 Stout Polypoetes named ; Leonteus one, 
 In semblance as the war-god, mortals' bane. 
 Before the lofty gate those champions twain 
 Stood as two oaks upon the mountain stand 
 Rearing their heads on high, that through all time 
 
 G - H - 33 
 
IAIAAO2 M. 
 
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ILIAD XII. 515 
 
 Bide brunt of wind and rain, by mighty roots 
 
 Far spreading through the soil full firmly set. 
 
 So these on hand and strength reliant bode 
 
 Great Asius as he came, and fled him not. 
 
 Straight for the well-built rampart came the foes, 
 
 Their bull's-hide targes hard raised o'er their heads, 
 
 With mighty shout, round Asius the king, 
 
 lamenus, Orestes, Adamas 
 
 Of Asius son, Thoon, CEnomaiis. 
 Awhile the twain biding within had stirred 
 
 Achaia's well-greaved warriors to defend 
 
 Their ships ; but when they saw the sons of Troy 
 
 Charge at the wall, and in the Danaan lines 
 
 Confused cries and panic fear arose, 
 
 Then forth they rushed and fought before the gates, 
 
 Like two wild boars, who in their mountain home 
 
 Await advancing rout of men and dogs ; 
 
 And charging with a side-long rush they break 
 Snapt to the roots the copsewood all around ; 
 
 And of their teeth the gnashing sound is heard, 
 
 Till to some hunter's stroke they yield their life : 
 
 So on the heroes' breasts the brazen mail 
 
 Rang 'neath the downright blows ; for they did fight 
 
 Full stubbornly, reliant on their strength 
 
 And on the host that crowned the wall above. 
 
 These from the well-built towers hurled frequent stones, 
 
 Themselves, their tents, and swiftly-sailing ships 
 
 Defending. Thick as snow-flakes to the earth 
 
 Their missiles fell, flakes that a driving wind 
 
 Whirling the shadowy clouds sheds thick and fast 
 
 Upon all-nurturing earth : so from their hands, 
 
 Both Trojan and Achaian, streamed the shower. 
 
 And all around the helms and bossy shields 
 
 Beneath the pelting boulders rattled loud. 
 
 Then Asius son of Hyrtacus brake forth 
 
 With cry of woe, and both his thighs he smote, 
 
516 IAIAAO2 M. 
 
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ILIAD XIL 517 
 
 And thus in wrath indignant utterance found : 
 " O Father Zeus ! thou too hast surely now 
 Turned thee to love a lie : for I had deemed 
 That these Achaian heroes would not check 
 Our onset bold and hands invincible ; 
 But they, as supple-waisted wasps or bees, 
 Who by a rocky road their homes have made, 
 Nor leave their hollow dwelling, but abide 
 The hunter's coming and defend their young, 
 So from the gates, tho' twain alone they be, 
 They give no ground, but stand to slay or fall." 
 
 So spake he ; but won not the mind of Zeus 
 With these his words ; for 'twas the Father's will 
 Glory on none but Hector to bestow. 
 Others at other gates maintained the fight. 
 But 'twere a toilsome task, needing a god, 
 Should I tell all ; for round the rampart rose 
 On every side a heaven-enkindled fire 
 Of stones ; wherein the Argives, tho' distrest, 
 Stood for their ships perforce ; and sad at heart 
 Were all the gods who helped the Danaan arms. 
 
 But here the war and gathering combat led 
 Those Lapithaean twain. Pirithoiis' son 
 Stout Polypoetes here with flying spear 
 Smote Damasus right through the brazen helm 
 That fenced his cheeks ; nor stayed for brazen casque 
 The brazen point, but through and onwards passed 
 And brake the bone ; and all the brains within 
 Were scattered, and his eager spirit quelled. 
 Then Pylon next he slew, and Ormenus. 
 Meanwhile Leonteus, Ares' scion he, 
 Hippomachus son of Antimachus 
 Smote with a spear that lit upon his belt. 
 Then from the scabbard his keen sword he drew, 
 Rushed through the throng, and, closing with him, struck 
 Antiphates the first, who backward fell. 
 
5 i8 IAIAA02 M. 
 
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 Tpco&lv 08* opvis q\0e 7rep7]aep,evai fjie^awa-iv^ 
 atero? u^tTreT?;? eV dpio-repd \aov eepyav, 
 
 Bpd/covra <f>epwv ovv^eao'L 7re\wpov 220 
 
ILIAD XII. 519 
 
 Upon the ground : then in succession swift 
 
 Menon, Orestes, and lamenus, 
 
 Upon the fruitful earth he laid full low. 
 
 While they from these their glittering armour stripped, 
 Followed with Hector and Polydamas 
 Meanwhile a troop of youths, most numerous they 
 And bravest, and of all most hotly bent 
 To break the rampart down and fire the ships. 
 Who standing at the trench were yet in doubt : 
 For came to them in eager haste to cross 
 A bird, a soaring eagle, toward the left, 
 Parting their host midway, bearing a snake 
 Trussed in his talons blood-red, huge, alive, 
 Still struggling, nor forgetful yet of might. 
 For curling back he struck his ravisher, 
 Quick darting at his breast, beside his throat, 
 Who dropt him to the ground, stung with sharp pain, 
 Flinging him in mid throng, then with a scream 
 Adown the wafting breezes winged his way. 
 Shuddering the Trojans saw the writhing snake 
 Lie in their midst, of aegis-bearing Zeus 
 The portent dire. Then straight Polydamas 
 Spake to bold Hector, by whose side he stood : 
 " Hector, thou alway in assembly chid'st 
 My words of wholesome wit : for 'tis unmeet 
 (So thinkest thou) for common man to speak 
 Beside thy aims, in council or in war ; 
 But we must still support thy sovereign might. 
 Yet now again what seems me best I say. 
 Go we not on to fight the Danaan host 
 Who guard their ships : for thus, I ween, will end 
 Our venture if indeed this bird of fate 
 Came to the Trojans while in eager haste 
 To cross, a soaring eagle, toward the left, 
 Parting our host midway, bearing a snake 
 Trussed in his talons blood-red, huge, alive ; 
 
5 20 IAIAAO2 M. 
 
 (f>l\a olicC i/ce(T0ai, 
 
 ovS* ereXeo-cre (frepcov So/ievai, re/ceecra-i, eolaiv. 
 o>9 77/4e?9, el Trep re Tri/Xa? /cal ret^o? ' 
 prjgb/jLeQa adevel fieydkw, etf&xrt 
 ov /cocrfjitt) Trapd vav(j)iv eXeuo'o/xe^ avrd /ce\vda' 775 
 yap Tpwcov KaraXetyofJiev, ovs /cev 'Amatol 
 
 Sycocrovcrii', d^ivvo^evoi irepl vrjwv. 
 
 vTTOKpLvairo BeoTrpoTTos, o? crdtfra 6v/JLa> 
 repdcov /cat ol TreidoiaTo Xaot." 
 rov 5* dp VTTO&pa i$o)V TTpoo-ecfrr) Kopvdaio\o<; f '}LiCTU>p' 230 
 " HovXvSafjiav, GV fjiev ovKer e/j,ol (f)i\a TCLVT dyopevew 
 olada /cal a\\ov /JLV&OV dp,eivova TovBe vorjcyai,. 
 el S* ereov Sij rovrov OTTO <T7rovSr)s dyopeveis, 
 ef dpa 8rj rot TTira 0eol (f>pevas wXecrai/ avroi, 
 09 Ke\eat, ZITJVO? pev epiybovTroio \aQkaQai 155 
 
 ftovXewv, a? re pot, avro? vTrecr^ero /cal 
 rvvrj 8' olwvolai TavvTrrepvyecrcri 
 7Ti@6(T0ai, Ttov ov TL (j,eTaTpe7TO/ji 
 t T* eVt Seft' twcrt TT/OO? 7ft) T' rfe\i6v re, 
 et r' eV dpiarepd rol ye TTOTL 6<f>ov rjepoevra. 240 
 
 09 irao-iv OvTjTolcn /cal dOavdrouri dvda<rei. 
 efr oitovos aptcrro9 dfjuvvea-dat, Trepl Trdrpijs. 
 orv SeiSoiKas 7r6\e/j,ov /cal 
 
 vrjvcrlv eV 'Apyelcov, aol 8' oy Seo9 eor' diro\ecr6at,' 
 ov yap rot KpaSlrj fieveSrjios ovSe fJLa^iiwv. 
 el 8e av S?;toT^T09 d<f>ej;eai, ye TIV a\\ov 
 irapfydpevos eireecro'LV dTroTpe^jreis 7ro\e/jioio, 
 
 aVTi/C 6/Ift> V7TO &OVpl TU7Tei9 djTO OvfJLOV oXc<T<Tl9." 250 
 
 0)9 apa (frcovrjcras Tjyij&aTO, rol S' a/*' CTTOVTO 
 
ILIAD XII. 521 
 
 Which yet he sudden dropt or e'er he came 
 
 To his beloved nest, nor to the end 
 
 Bare on, nor gave the booty to his brood 
 
 So we, tho' gates and wall with mighty strength 
 
 We break amain, and tho' Achaians yield, 
 
 Shall in no seemly wise come from these ships 
 
 The self-same way ; for many a son of Troy 
 
 We there shall leave, whom in their ships' defence 
 
 Achaia's warriors with the sword shall slay. 
 
 So would a seer interpret, skilled in lore 
 
 Of portents, whom his people would believe." 
 
 But plumed Hector with stern glance replied : 
 "Polydamas, I like not now thy words. 
 Other and better speech by far than this 
 Thou knowest to devise. Or, if indeed 
 These be thy earnest words, then of a truth 
 The very gods have clean destroyed thy wits : 
 Who biddest me forget the will of Zeus 
 Loud thundering king all that himself did pledge 
 And by his nod confirm. But thou dost bid 
 A blind belief in birds of spreading wing : 
 Whom I nor heed nor reck of, fly they east 
 Toward the right and seek the morning sun, 
 Or towards the left and misty western gloom. 
 Obey we now the will of mighty Zeus, 
 O'er mortals all and o'er immortals king. 
 One bird is best, to fight for fatherland. 
 And why at war and conflict tremblest thou ? 
 For, tho' we others at the Argive ships 
 Be all around thee slain, yet fear not thou 
 To perish, for no heart to wait the foe 
 Or dare the fight is thine. Yet, if thou skulk 
 Away from conflict, or by words persuade 
 And turn back others from the work of war, 
 My spear at once shall strike and reave thy life." 
 
 With that he led the way : they followed on 
 
5 22 
 
 IAIAAO2 M. 
 
 eVt Be Zevs repiriKepavvos 
 wpaev CLTT 'ISalcav opewv dvefioio 0ve\\av, 
 jj p idiis vrjwv KOVITJV (f>epev' avrap 'A^aicGz/ 
 OeXye voov, Tpcocrlv Be Kal "E/rropt /cvSos oira^ev. 255 
 TOU Trep S?) Tepdeacn TreTroidores ?}8e /3iij(j)iv 
 i peya ret^o? 'A^atoSz/ Treiprjri^ov. 
 fJLev TTvpycov epvov, /cal epenrov eVaXfet?, 
 re 7Tpo/3\fJTa<; e/ji6x\eov, a? ap 'A%cuol 
 eV 7^/77 decrav e/jLfievai, e^M-ara Trvpywv. 260 
 
 T *y' avepvov, \TTOVTO Be ret^o9 'A^a^cG^ 
 v. ovBe vv TTCO Aaz^aol ^d^ovro /ce\ev6ov, 
 O'L 76 pLVol(TL /3oc3z> (f>pd^a 
 /3d\\ov djr avrdcov BTJIOVS VTTO ret^o? toi 
 
 d/jL<j)OTepco B* AXavre Ke\evTi6wvT* 7rl Trvpycov 265 
 
 Traz/Tocre (^oir^rrjv, yu,ez/o? orpvvovres 
 a\\ov yLtetXi^iot? d\\ov crrepeol^ 
 veiiceov, ov TLVO, 7rdy%v ^0^779 peOievra iBoiev' 
 " a) (f)l\oi, 'Apyelwv 09 T' ef 0^09 09 re fjieo-ijeis 
 09 re xepeiorepos, ejrel ov TTCO Trdvres O/JLOLOI, 270 
 
 dvepes ev TroXe/xw, i^Oi/ eTrXero epyov airacnv' 
 /cal B* avrol roBe TTOV yLyvaxTKere. fjuj rt9 oTrlaaa) 
 rerpd^>6co Trporl vrjas 6fjLOK\r)Trjpos d/cova-as, 
 aXXa Trpoao-ct) I'ecrOe Kal d\\rj\oi(Ti Ke\ecr6e, 
 at Ke ZeL9 Bwycriv 'OXi;//, 77^09 dcrrepoirrjr^ 275 
 
 aTroo&a/jievovs foflovs Trporl dcrrv Blecrdat," 
 0)9 TO) 76 Trpoflowvre /jLd%r]v wrpvvov 'A^atcTz/. 
 oJi^ 8', &)9 re vi<f)dBe$ ^LOVOS TriTrrwcn Qa/Jieiai, 
 rjfjLart, ^ei^epiw, ore r dopero ^nera Ze^9 
 vi(j>e/jLev, dvOpayjroiai, Truftava-KOfjievos TO. a KtjXa' 280 
 
ILIAD XII. 523 
 
 With wondrous shout. But Zeus the lightning-lord 
 From Ida's heights a storm-wind roused, that drove 
 Straight for the ships the dust : and thus the sire 
 Made weak the spirit of Achaia's sons, 
 But gave renown to Hector and to Troy. 
 Bold in his portents and their own strong arms 
 These strove to breach Achaia's mighty wall, 
 As at the stony courses of the towers 
 They tugged, and tore the battlements adown, 
 Heaving with levers at the buttresses, 
 Those jutting piles set by Achaian hands 
 In front, and fast in earth, to shore the towers. 
 At these they tugged with hope to breach the wall. 
 Nor did the Danaans yet give ground, but lined 
 The battlements with fence of ox-hide shields, 
 Wherefrom they plied with missile shower their foes 
 As 'neath the wall they came. And on the towers, 
 Urging them on, strode ever to and fro 
 The Ajaces twain and roused Achaian might. 
 Soft words to one they gave, one sternly chid, 
 Whomso all negligent of fight they saw: 
 "O friends, O Argives, rated howsoe'er, 
 Or high, or low, or middle since in war 
 Never were all men equal now is work 
 For all alike ; and this, I ween, ye know 
 E'en 'of yourselves. Disheartening counsellor 
 Let no man hear and backward to the ships 
 Turn him, but press ye forward, and urge on 
 Each one his friend : so may the lightning-lord 
 Olympian Zeus vouchsafe us to repel 
 Assault, and chase our foemen to their town." 
 Thus they with shout Achaia's battle roused. 
 And as the falling flakes come thick and fast 
 Upon a winter's day, when Zeus all-wise 
 Bestirreth him to snow, his feathered shafts 
 To mortals dealing forth He lulls the wind 
 
524 IAIAAO2 M. 
 
 e/JL7reBov, o(f)pa 
 
 v\jrr)\Gov opecov /copv(f>ds KOI TTpwovas arcpovs 
 teal TreBla \corovvra KOI dvBpwv TTiova epya, 
 Kai T <j> aXo9 TroXt?;? /ce^vrat, \tfutruf re /cal 
 KVHO, Se fjuv 7rpoo-7r\d%ov epvxercu' d\\a be Trdvra 085 
 l\varat, KaOv7repO\ or e 
 w? ro)V afj,(j)OTepci)(7 \L0oi 
 at /j,ev ap 69 Tpftja?, at 8' e'/c Tpcoa)^ e? 
 TO 8 
 
 7TO) TOT6 76 /3ft)69 at <flUyllO9 /CTO)/3 290 
 
 ro 7rv\a<; KCLI /JLdKpov o%rja, 
 el prj ap viov eov ^ap7T7)$6va fnjTtera Zei/9 
 (apaev eV 'Apyeloiai, \eov6* 0)9 /3oucrt e\i%i,v. 
 avritca S' aarTTiBa fxev nrpodOe a^ero Trdvrocf ei'cn]v 
 
 a\Kelrjv e^rjXarov, f)V apa xa\Kevs 295 
 
 evroaOev Be fioeias pd-^re 0afj.eia<? 
 
 i(Ti $li]veK<Tiv Trepl KVK\OV. 
 TTJV ap' o ye TTpocrde <r^o/i6z/o?, Buo Bovpe 
 ftfj p fyev W9 re \ecov opeo-lrpo^os, 09 T' 
 Brjpov erj /cpeitov, KeKerat, Be e Ovpos dyijvwp 300 
 
 jjLrjXwv Treiprfo-ovra Kal 69 TTVKI.VOV BO/JLOV e\6elv % 
 el irep ydp % evpycrt, irapavroOi jSwropas avBpas 
 avv Kvcrl /cal Bovpeaai, $>v\dacrovTa<$ Trepl fj,rj\a, 
 ov pd T* a7re//377T09 fie/JLove (TTaO/jLoio BieaOai, 
 
 ' o 7* dp r) rjpTra^e /jLerdXfjievos 776 /cal auro9 305 
 
 ev TTpfoToicri, Oorjs dirb ^6tpo9 dicovri. 
 a$9 pa TOT dvriOeov ^apirrjBoi'a dv^o? dvfjicev 
 Tel-xps eVatfat Bid re pr}%acr6ai eT 
 avTitca Be T\av/cov 
 
ILIAD XII. 525 
 
 And ever pours apace, till he enshroud 
 
 The lofty mountain peaks and jutting bluffs 
 
 And clovery meads and fruitful tilth of man, 
 
 And of the hoary sea each bay and beach 
 
 Is overspread, the lapping wave alone 
 
 Checking the snowy fringe, all else in white 
 
 Mantled beneath the Father's heavy storm : 
 
 So thick and fast the double stone-shower flew : 
 
 Stones on the Trojans from Achaian hands, 
 
 Stones from the Trojans : frequent rained the blows, 
 
 And loud o'er all the rampart rose the din. 
 
 But glorious Hector and the sons of Troy 
 The rampart gates, secured with mighty bar, 
 Not yet e'en then had broken ; had not Zeus, 
 Wise counsellor, against the Argives roused 
 Sarpedon his own son, as lion roused 
 'Gainst kine of curling horn. His orbed shield 
 Forthwith he held before him, fair to view, 
 Faced by the smith with beaten plates of brass, 
 With frequent ox-hide folds within knit close, 
 Fast clamped by golden bands that compassed all 
 Its ample round. Before him this he held, 
 And brandishing two lances took his way : 
 Keen as a lion mountain-bred, whom long 
 Fasting perforce from flesh his spirit bold 
 Now bids invade the flock and scale the walls 
 That close the fold for though he find therein 
 Herdsmen with dogs and spears who guard the sheep, 
 He brooks not without trial from the yard 
 Back to be driven ; but either leaping in 
 Bears off a prey, or 'mid their foremost ranks 
 Is struck by javelin from an active hand 
 So then Sarpedon, godlike wight, was stirred 
 To charge upon the wall, and break amain 
 The battlements. And straightway thus he spake 
 To Glaucus, scion of Hippolochus : 
 
526 IAIAAO2 M. 
 
 " TXavfce, rirj Srj vu*i r en fir) pea 6 a fjidXiara 310 
 
 eSpy re Kpeaaiv re ISe TrXetot? Setrdecrcriv 
 
 ev Av/ctrj, Trdvres 8e #601)9 0)9 el(ro power iv, 
 
 teal refJievos v epopee 6 a peya tidvOoio irap o^Oa^ 
 
 KO\OV (f>v raXt^? KOI dpovpijs 7rvpo(j>6poio ; 
 
 TO) vvv %p^ AvKioi&i, fiera TrpwToio'iv eoz/ra? 315 
 
 6(f)pa rt? w8' eiTrrj Av/clcov Trvrca Owprj/crdcov' 
 
 ' ov jjLrjv aK\r)ei<> Avfcirjv Kara Koipaveovcriv 
 
 i]jjLeTpoi /5acrtX?/e9, e^ovai re TTIOVO, fjuJXa 
 
 dlvov r e^airov fjL\i7)Bea' d\\ y dpa KOLI t? 320 
 
 eV#X?7, eVel AVKIOKTI pera 7rpu>TOi(ri 
 
 w TreTrov, el pev yap TroXepov Trepl rovSe 
 
 alel Bt) fteXXot/Ltez/ dyrjpa) T' ddavdrco re 
 
 eaae(j6\ ovre /cev auro? evl 7rpu>Toi(Ti 
 
 ovre Ke ere oreXXof/U /Jbd-^rjv e'<? /cv&idveipav' 325 
 
 vvv & (e/jiTnis yap /crjpes effreo-rdo-iv Oavdroio 
 
 , a? OVK ecm (frvyelv /BpOTOv 01)8' V7ra\vj;ai) 
 r)e TO) ey^o? ope^opev ?Je rt? r)iilv" 
 <$ e^ar*, ovBe FXaO/co? d-TreTpaTrer ov& uTTidrja-ev' 
 rco S* I0i)s /3r}T7jv AVKLWV fjueja eOvos dyovres. 330 
 
 TOU? Se tSa;^ piyrja'' vlos HerecSo 
 roO yap 8?) 7T/009 TTvpyov L&av Ka/corrjra 
 8* az^a Trvpyov 'A^atcSi/ et Tiz^ 
 , 09 rt9 ot ap?)^ erdpoiGiv 
 9 8' evorjcr Aiavre 8vt, irokepov dtcop^rw, 335 
 
 crTaora9, Te{)/c/)oi/ re i^eoz/ /cXialrjOev lovra. 
 eyyvOev. aX,X' 01; 7ra)9 ot e/;^ ftcoaavri, yeycovtiv' 
 Too-cro9 7/3 /CTU7T09 ^ei/, ai/T^} 8' ovpavcv Iftev, 
 
ILIAD XII. 527 
 
 " O Glaucus, wherefore do we twain receive 
 
 Especial honours in the Lycian land 
 
 High seat, large mess, full cups? Wherefore to us 
 
 Look all as if to gods ? Why own we too 
 
 By Xanthus' bank a wide domain and fair 
 
 Of planted vineyard and wheat-laden land ? 
 
 For this 'mid Lycia's foremost now 'tis meet 
 
 We stand, nor shun to face the burning fight : 
 
 That of the stout-mailed Lycians each may say : 
 
 'Not all inglorious rule in Lycia's land 
 
 Our kings, who eat the fatlings of our flocks 
 
 And drink the choicest of our honeyed wine. 
 
 But surely now a goodly strength is theirs : 
 
 For see, 'mid Lycia's foremost men they fight.' 
 
 Truly, my sweetest friend, if thou and I, 
 
 This battle once escaped, could then live on 
 
 Eternal, never-dying, ever young, 
 
 Neither myself would 'mid the foremost fight, 
 
 Nor stir thee to the man-ennobling fray. 
 
 But now for fates of death, whate'er we do, 
 
 Stand threatening near a multitudinous host 
 
 That mortal man may not escape or shun 
 
 Go we : to other's glory or our own!" .*) 
 
 So spake he : nor did Glaucus turn him back 
 Or disobey. Straight onward strode the twain 
 Leading the mighty host of Lycian men. 
 Whom when Menestheus son of Peteos saw, 
 He shuddered ; for against his tower they came 
 Bearing disaster. Anxious gaze he cast 
 Along the Achaian wall, if he might spy 
 Some chief, to save his comrades from their bane : 
 And soon he marked where stood the Ajaces twain, 
 Insatiate they of war, and from his tent 
 Teucer but now come forth. Not far were they ; 
 Yet could his shout not reach their ear so loud 
 The crash and rattle; rose to heaven the noise 
 
5 28 IAIAAO2 M. 
 
 /3a\\o/j,ev(i)V aafcecov re ical ITTTTO/CO/JLWV 
 
 /cat TTV\(I)V' irdaai yap eVftr^aro, rot 6~e KCLT avrds 340 
 
 eipwvro @lrj prj^avres ecre\6elv. 
 o eV AjMVTa Trpot'rj /crjpv/ca 
 y Sle @o&5ra, Oecov Atai/ra / 
 
 ,ev /JLU\\OV' o <ydp K o% apwrov d 
 eVel Ta^a rfjSe rerev^erai atVu? o\e6pos' 345 
 
 pLGav KVKLWV dyoi, ot TO Trapo? 7re/> 
 t? T\edov(7L Kara Kparepd? vo-pivas. 
 el Se cr^>t^ /cat /cet^f TTOZ/O? /cat velicos opcopev, 
 d\\d Trep oto? tVa) TeXa/Ltft)z^to9 d\KifjLo$ Afa?, 
 /cat ot Teu/cpo? a/ia (77recr0a) TO^COV ev et8&j?." 350 
 
 cS? e<ar', oi;8' apa ot /crjpvj; aTTLdirjcrev df 
 /3rj Se Qke.iv Trapd ret^o? ' 
 <TT^ e Trap' Atai/recro't /ctcwz/, eWap 
 "Atai/r' 'Xpyeicov ?}<y>JTOpe 
 rjva)<yei IleTecwo Storpe^eo? (^tXo? wo? 355 
 
 yceto-' fyLtez^, o^>pa TTOVOLO yilvvvQd Trep dvridarjrov, 
 dfjL<f>orepci) fiev fiaX\ov' o ydp K o% dpicrrov 
 eirj, eVet ra^a /cet^t rerev^erai atVi)? o\e@po<$' 
 wBe yap efipiG-av AVKLCOV dyoi, ot TO Trapo? ?rep 
 fa^pTyet? reXeOovai, /card tcparepas va-/jblva<;. 
 et Se /cat evOdSe Trep TroXeyito? /cat i/et/co? opwpev, 
 aXXa Trep oto? tra) TeXa/^coz/to? aX/ct/io? ATa9, 
 /cat ot TeO/cpo9 tfyLta o"7rec7$a> TO^COV ev elSws." 
 
 W9 $a,Tj ovtf aTriOrjcre fieyas TeXa/itw^to9 Afa9. 
 avTLK 'OtXtaS?;^ eVea Trrepoevra Trpoo"r)v$a' 
 " Atai/, o~^)c5t /-tez; au^t, cri) /cat /cpaTep09 
 tavaov<$ orpvvere Icpt, 
 
ILIAD XII. 529 
 
 Of blows upon the shields, upon the helms 
 
 Horse-plumed, upon the gates, which all were shut, 
 
 And foemen at them stood, striving by force 
 
 To break and enter in. To Ajax then 
 
 A herald sent he forth, Thootes named : 
 
 "Godlike Thootes, hie thee, run and call 
 
 Ajax, or rather both who bear the name : 
 
 For that were best of all ; since here full soon 
 
 There will be wrought on us destruction dire : 
 
 So heavy here the Lycian leaders press, 
 
 Who alway furious rage in stubborn fight. 
 
 But if they too have toil and battle there, 
 
 Yet let the valiant Ajax come alone, 
 
 The Telamonian, and with him attend 
 
 Teucer, that cunning master of the bow." 
 
 He spake : the herald heard the chieftain's word 
 Nor disobeyed ; but running passed along 
 The rampart of Achaia's mail-clad men, 
 And by th' Ajaces stood, and straight addrest : 
 u Ye leaders of the mail-clad Argive host, 
 Ajaces twain, thus bids you the dear son 
 Of Zeus-born Peteos, that ye thither go 
 To bear, awhile at least, a share of toil : 
 Both of ye he would have far better so 
 For there will soon be wrought destruction dire, 
 So heavy there the Lycian leaders press, 
 Who alway furious rage in stubborn fight. 
 But if ye too have strife and battle here, 
 Yet let the valiant Ajax come alone, 
 The Telamonian, and with him attend 
 Teucer, that cunning master of the bow." 
 
 He spake : nor did great Ajax disobey, 
 The Telamonian ; but Oileus' son 
 Straightway with winged words he thus addrest : 
 "Ajax, do thou with Diomedes stout 
 Stand here, and urge ye both the Danaan host 
 
 G. H. 34 
 
53 o IAIAA02 M. 
 
 avrdp eyw icelcr* e*/u Kal dvrioo) 
 
 al^ra 8' e\evcro/JLai avTis, eTrrfV ev rofr ei 
 
 (W9 dpa (frcovrjo-as dire/Si? Te\a/J,(ovio$ Ata9, 370 
 
 Kal ol Tev/cpo? d/ji fje /cacrL<yvr}TO<; Kal OTraT/309* 
 rot? 8* d/jia TIavSicov Tev/cpov (j)epe /cafi7rv\a rofa. 
 evT Mei/eo-^^09 i^eyaOvfJLov Trvpyov LKOVTO 
 
 ot S* eV eVaXfe9 ftalvov epefivf) \ai\a7ri laot, 375 
 
 l^OijjLOt. Avfclcov qyiJTOpe? r)Se /-teSoz/re?* 
 
 S' eftakovTO fJbd^ecrOat, evavrlov, wpro 8' avrrj. 
 7r/)ft5ro9 Te\ajjLu>vio? avSpa /care/era, 
 
 eralpov 'Ei7riK\rja fteydOv/jiov, 
 oKpioevTt jBa\tov, o pa refycos eVro9 380 
 
 Trap eird\,^t,v vtrepTaros' ovSe /ce fiiv pea 
 
 oloi, vvv pporoi ela\ o 8' ap 
 
 e rerpd(f>a\ov Kvverjv, %vv 8' oVre 
 a'yLtuSi9 /cecfraXrjs' o 8' a// dpvevTrjpt, eoucws 385 
 Kainrecf dfi v-^rrj\ov Trvpyov, XtVe 8* ocrrea 
 8e rXau/coz/ icparepov 
 
 Be 
 
 a\|r 8' a?ro ret^eo9 aXro \a0cov, iva ^ Tt9 'A^atc3i> 390 
 @\ijfjLevov dQprjcreie Kal ev-^erowro eTrecrcnv. 
 ^apTrrjBovTt 8* a^o9 yevero T\av/cov aTTLo 
 avrifc eirel r evorjaev' 0/^0)9 8' ou \r)0ero 
 aXX' o 76 eo-ropL$r)v 'AX/e//,aoi>a 8 
 vuf ', e'tf 8e <nrdcrev 67^09* o 8e o-?ro/Ltez/09 Trecre 8oi/pt 395 
 
ILIAD XII. 53 
 
 To fight amain. But I will yonder go 
 And of the battle meet my share, and quick 
 Return when I have borne them saving aid." 
 
 So spake great Ajax, son of Telamon, 
 And went his way : and with him Teucer went, 
 Brother and father's son ; and with the twain 
 Pandion, bearing Teucer's curved bow. 
 Within the wall they past, and when they reached 
 High-souled Menestheus' tower whom with his men 
 Sore pressed they found, for 'gainst the battlements 
 The stalwart Lycian kings and captains came 
 Like a dark-lowering storm-cloud facing these 
 They closed in fight, and loud arose the cry. 
 
 There first did Ajax son of Telamon 
 A foeman slay : Sarpedon's comrade true 
 High-souled Epicles. With a rugged stone 
 He struck him with a stone that lay atop 
 Hard by the battlement, within the wall. 
 Not lightly, tho' in fullest manhood's prime, 
 Would any with both hands sustain such stone, 
 As mortals now are born ; but high in air 
 Ajax upheaved and threw it, and brake in 
 The four-plumed helm, and of the head within 
 Crushed all the bones. Like diver down he fell 
 From the high tower, and life forsook his bones. 
 Then Teucer smote from off the lofty wall 
 Glaucus stout scion of Hippolochus 
 As on he rushed, with arrow, where he spied 
 The arm left bare, and stayed him from the fray. 
 He from the wall leapt back unmarked, that none 
 Of his Achaian foes might spy his wound 
 And speak proud boast. Sad was Sarpedon then 
 For Glaucus gone, soon as he marked the loss, 
 Yet not forgat the fray ; but thrust with spear 
 And pierced Alcmaon Thestor's son, then drew ; 
 And following on the lance prone fell the man, 
 
 342 
 
532 IAIAAO2 M. 
 
 TjS, d/jL(f)l Be ol /Spa^e rev^ea iroiKiKa 
 
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 ' 77 8' ecr-Trero irdcra BiapTrepes, avrap v 
 eyvfivtoOij, TroXeecrcri Be Orj/ce tce\ev0ov. 
 TOV 8' Ata? /ecu Tev/cpos o^aprrjo-avO^ o [lev to> 4 oo 
 Trepl 
 ' d\\d 
 
 eoO, fjurj vj]V(T\v CTTL 7rpv/j,vfjcri, 
 Ata? S' daTTiBa vv%ev eVaXyLtero?, oi)8e 
 rjXvdev ey^elrj, arvfyeXi^e Be /uiv ^e^awra. 
 
 &' apa TwrQov e7rd\%ios. ovS* o ye 
 ejrel ol Ovfjuo^ ee\.7rero KV$OS dpeaOaL 
 Kefc\ero 8' dvriQkoicn eXtfa/^e^o? A.vtcioicriv' 
 " co AvKioi, rl r ap wBe f^edlere OovpiSos 
 dpya\eov Be JJLOL ecrri, KOI l(f)OlfjLa) irep eovn, 410 
 
 fjLOvva* pqga/jievw OeaOcu irapd vrjvcrl Ke\ev6ov. 
 aXX' e^ojjLapTelre' irXeovwv TOL epyov dfjieivov" 
 GO? e(paO\ OL Be dvcucros VTroBBelcravres 6/jLOK\ijv 
 Treppicrav {Bov\r)<j>6pov d/j,<j)l dvatcTa. 
 8' erepwOev e/caprvvavro <j)d\a<yyas 415 
 
 evToa-Oev. fieya Be afyio-t, (fraivero epyov' 
 ovre yap fyQipot AVKLOI, kava&v eBvvavro 
 re^o9 p^afjLevoi 6ecr0ai irapci vrjvo-l Ke\ev6ov, 
 ovre TTOT' alxjjLTjral Aai/aol Aviclovs eBvvavro 
 T6t^eo9 a-^r aj<rao-0ai, eTrel rd irpwTa ire\acr6ev. 420 
 
 aXX' W9 T* d/Acf)' ovpOLO-t, Bv* dvepe Brjpidaa-Oov, 
 t^erp* ev ^epcrlv e^oz/re?, eirtj-vvty ev dpovpy, 
 co r* 6\lyto evl X^PP pL% T ITOv Trepl io"rjs, 
 co9 apa TOU9 Bieepyov eVaXft9' ot B* vjrep avrecov 
 Byovv d\\TJ\ct)v dfj,<j)i <rrrj0<r<ri fioelas, 425 
 
 ev/ci>K\ovs \aio~tjid re Trrepoevra. 
 
ILIAD XII. 533 
 
 Whose rich-wrought brazen arms around him rang. 
 Then with strong hands laid on the battlement 
 Sarpedon tugged. Yielding throughout entire 
 It came away, and left the wall above 
 All bare, an open path for many a foe. 
 
 But on Sarpedon twain at once made charge, 
 Ajax and Teucer. With an arrow one 
 Smote on his breast the shining belt that bare 
 His shield the body's ample guard, but Zeus 
 From his own son kept off the fates of death, 
 Nor suffered then by the ships' sterns to fall. 
 But Ajax leapt upon him with the lance 
 And dealt a thrust, yet pierced not through his shield, 
 But staggered him all eager, that he shrank 
 Back from the battlement a little space ; 
 But not retired downright : for still his soul 
 Hoped to achieve him glory. Round he turned, 
 And to the godlike Lycians shouted loud : 
 " Lycians, why slack ye thus your furious might ? 
 Too hard for me the task, how stout soe'er, 
 Alone beside these ships to breach a way. 
 Nay, follow on : more hands make better work." 
 
 He spake : they at his chiding awed pressed round 
 Their king and counsellor in heavier throng. 
 And on the other side within the wall 
 The Argives strengthened well their squares : and great 
 The work now seen. For neither Lycians stout 
 Could by the ships breach through the Danaan wall 
 A way, nor Danaan spearmen from the wall 
 Drive back the Lycians, when they once drew near. 
 But as two neighbours for their bounds contend, 
 With measuring rods in hand, on common ground, 
 Who in a narrow plot debate their right, 
 So these, with battlements between ; o'er which 
 Each on the others' breasts the ox-hide shields 
 Full-orbed they hacked, and wicker targets light. 
 
534 IAIAA02 M. 
 
 TToXXot 8' ovrd^ovro Kara yjpba vrjXel 
 crew vrpefyBevTi /j,erd(f)peva 
 , 7ro\\ol Be 8ia//,7r6pe9 
 
 Br) Trvpyoi, /cat eTraXfie? ai^aii <f>ci)Twv 430 
 
 eppa8ar' d/jL<j)OTepa)0ev djro Tpobcov KOI ' 
 aXX' ov& w? e&vvavro <f>6/3ov Troiij&ai ' 
 aXX' ^oz^, W5 re ToXavra ^ 
 i] re o-raOfJiov e^ofcra /cat eipwv ayLt^)t9 dve\fcei, 
 lad^ova, iva Traialv dei/ceo. [JLia-Oov dpTjrai. 435 
 
 co? /iei^ ra;^ eVl Zcra /^d^rj reraro TrroXe/xo? T6, 
 7r/9tV 7' ore 8?} Zei)<? KV&OS vTreprepov "l&KTopi, Bw/cev 
 Hpta/jiL^r), 69 7T/9&)TO9 lcrrj\aTO 
 rjvcrev Be SiaTrpvcnov, TpwecrGi 
 " opvvcrd\ iTnroSafjLOi, TpcSe?, prjyvvade Be ret^o? 440 
 
 'Apyeluv, Kal vrjvalv eviere OecrTriBaes Trvp." 
 
 Co? ^>ar' eTTorpvvcov, O'L 8' ovacri, irdvres d/covov, 
 Wvaav 8' eVl ret^o? aoXXe'f?. o? 
 Kpoo-crdtov e7re/3aivov d/ca^/jieva Bovpar* e 
 r/ E/frcop 8' ap-Trafa? Xaaz^ fyepev, 05 pa 7rv\dcov 445 
 
 irpoaOev, irpvfjbvbs Trail's, avrdp inrepdev 
 e^z/. ro^ 8' oi/ ^e 8iT dvepe Brjjjiov dplcrra} 
 cos eV dfia^av CUTT oi/8eo? ofarjo-eiav, 
 vvv Pporol etV* o 8e yitti^ pea vraXXe al 0409. 
 ot e\a<f>pov edrjK'e Kpo^ou Trat? dy/cv\ojj,r)Tea). 450 
 8' ore Troi/jLTJv pela <f>epet, TTOKOV apcrevos 0^09 
 , 6\iyov Be piv a^Gos eTreiyei, 
 609 "E/crcop ^1)9 craviBwv <f)epe \dav ae/pa9, 
 oi pa 7ruXa9 eipvvro 7rv/ca <7Tt/5apco9 dpapvtas, 
 
 t 8' evroadev of)es 455 
 
ILIAD XII. 535 
 
 And many bodies by the ruthless blade 
 
 Were wounded, if a fighter turned him round 
 
 And bared his back, and many through the shield 
 
 By downright blow : and everywhere the towers 
 
 And battlements with blood of either host, 
 
 Of Troy and of Achaia, reeking streamed. 
 
 Nor could the stormers turn the Achaian foe : 
 
 But steady still they stood, as are the scales 
 
 In woman's hand, some honest working dame, 
 
 Who holding weight and wool adjusts the twain 
 
 To hang in equal poise, that she may earn 
 
 A poor scant hire to feed her little ones. 
 
 So nicely balanced hung the strife of war : 
 
 Till Zeus at last superior glory gave 
 
 To Hector Priam's son, who first leapt in 
 
 Within the Achaian wall. He now sent forth 
 
 A thrilling shout to all the sons of Troy : 
 
 "Rouse ye, steed-taming Trojans ! breach the wall, 
 
 And set the ships ablaze with fire divine." 
 
 He spake to spur them on ; they all gave ear : 
 And at the wall in mass they rushed, then clomb 
 The stony courses, bearing pointed spears. 
 But Hector seized and onward bore a stone 
 That stood before the gates, broad-based below 
 But sharp above which not two men the best 
 Of all their tribe had without toil upheaved 
 From off the ground to place upon a wain, 
 As mortals now are born yet he alone 
 Swung it with ease aloft, so light to him 
 By crooked-counselled Cronos' son 'twas made. 
 And as a shepherd lifts and bears with ease 
 A ram's fleece in one hand, and is but pressed 
 By little burden, so bore Hector then 
 The lifted stone straight for the panelled wood 
 That strengthened well the close and firm-framed gates 
 Double and lofty, by two crossing bars 
 
536 IAIAAO2 M. 
 
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 rf Be /zaX' 6771)9 la>v, /cal epeicrdfievo^ /3aXe /iecrcra?, 
 ev Biafids, 'iva firj ol dcfravpOTepov /3eXo? el'rj, 
 prjge S J OLTT d/iforepovs 0aipov$. Tricre Se \i6os eiaco 
 /3pi0o(7vprj } peya S' afjL(f)l 7rv\ai fivfcov, ovtf ap o^rje^ 460 
 
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 I^TTO panj^. o S' ap eaOope ^a/St/i-o? f/ E/cro)/) 
 
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 Bovp* %X ev ' v K * v T k P lv epv/ca/cev dvn^o\rj(ra^ 465 
 
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 TTOITJTCLS lae^WTO 7ruXa9. Aaz/aol Be (froftrjOev 470 
 
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ILIAD XII. 537 
 
 Within secured, in which one bolt was shot. 
 Right near he went, and stood, then planted firm 
 At the gates' centre full he hurled, with feet 
 Set -well apart, lest weak might be his throw. 
 Both hinges he brake off; the stone by weight 
 Pressed on and fell within ; loud groaned the gates 
 Around, the bars held not, the panels flew 
 Splintered and scattered wide beneath the blow. 
 Then in leapt glorious Hector, grim of face 
 As swift-descending night ; terrific blazed 
 The mail that sheathed his limbs ; a spear he held 
 In either hand. None but a god might meet 
 And stay his onset as within the gates 
 He bounded. Fiery flame glowed in his eyes ; 
 And turning to the Trojan throng he cried 
 To mount the wall : who straight his hest obeyed. 
 At once some clomb the wall, some by the gates, 
 A ready way, poured in. Before them fled 
 Throughout the hollow ships the Danaan host, 
 And never-ceasing rose the battle-din. 
 
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