Iliad Book II: The Dream, and the Catalogue of Ships

Lines 1–483

The Dream and the Assembly

Zeus sends the false dream; Agamemnon tests the army and the Achaeans assemble for battle.

1ἄλλοι μέν ῥα θεοί τε καὶ ἀνέρες ἱπποκορυσταὶNow the other gods and the armed warriors on the plain slept soundly,

2εὗδον παννύχιοι, Δία δʼ οὐκ ἔχε νήδυμος ὕπνος, but Jove was wakeful,

3ἀλλʼ ὅ γε μερμήριζε κατὰ φρένα ὡς Ἀχιλῆα for he was thinking how to do honour to Achilles,

4τιμήσῃ, ὀλέσῃ δὲ πολέας ἐπὶ νηυσὶν Ἀχαιῶν. and destroyed much people at the ships of the Achaeans.

5ἥδε δέ οἱ κατὰ θυμὸν ἀρίστη φαίνετο βουλή,

6πέμψαι ἐπʼ Ἀτρεΐδῃ Ἀγαμέμνονι οὖλον ὄνειρον· In the end he deemed it would be best to send a lying dream to King Agamemnon;

7καί μιν φωνήσας ἔπεα πτερόεντα προσηύδα· so he called one to him and said to it,

8βάσκʼ ἴθι οὖλε ὄνειρε θοὰς ἐπὶ νῆας Ἀχαιῶν· “Lying Dream,

9ἐλθὼν ἐς κλισίην Ἀγαμέμνονος Ἀτρεΐδαο go to the ships of the Achaeans,

10πάντα μάλʼ ἀτρεκέως ἀγορευέμεν ὡς ἐπιτέλλω· into the tent of Agamemnon,

11θωρῆξαί ἑ κέλευε κάρη κομόωντας Ἀχαιοὺς and say to him word for word as I now bid you.

12πανσυδίῃ· νῦν γάρ κεν ἕλοι πόλιν εὐρυάγυιαν Tell him to get the Achaeans instantly under arms,

13Τρώων· οὐ γὰρ ἔτʼ ἀμφὶς Ὀλύμπια δώματʼ ἔχοντες for he shall take Troy.

14ἀθάνατοι φράζονται· ἐπέγναμψεν γὰρ ἅπαντας There are no longer divided counsels among the gods;

15Ἥρη λισσομένη, Τρώεσσι δὲ κήδεʼ ἐφῆπται. Juno has brought them to her own mind, and woe betides the Trojans.”

16ὣς φάτο, βῆ δʼ ἄρʼ ὄνειρος ἐπεὶ τὸν μῦθον ἄκουσε· The dream went when it had heard its message,

17καρπαλίμως δʼ ἵκανε θοὰς ἐπὶ νῆας Ἀχαιῶν, and soon reached the ships of the Achaeans.

18βῆ δʼ ἄρʼ ἐπʼ Ἀτρεΐδην Ἀγαμέμνονα· τὸν δὲ κίχανεν It sought Agamemnon son of Atreus and found him in his tent,

19εὕδοντʼ ἐν κλισίῃ, περὶ δʼ ἀμβρόσιος κέχυθʼ ὕπνος. wrapped in a profound slumber.

20στῆ δʼ ἄρʼ ὑπὲρ κεφαλῆς Νηληΐῳ υἷι ἐοικώς It hovered over his head in the likeness of Nestor,

21Νέστορι, τόν ῥα μάλιστα γερόντων τῖʼ Ἀγαμέμνων· son of Neleus,

22τῷ μιν ἐεισάμενος προσεφώνεε θεῖος ὄνειρος· whom Agamemnon honoured above all his councillors,

23εὕδεις Ἀτρέος υἱὲ δαΐφρονος ἱπποδάμοιο· and said:—

24οὐ χρὴ παννύχιον εὕδειν βουληφόρον ἄνδρα“You are sleeping, son of Atreus;

25ᾧ λαοί τʼ ἐπιτετράφαται καὶ τόσσα μέμηλε· one who has the welfare of his host and so much other care upon his shoulders should dock his sleep.

26νῦν δʼ ἐμέθεν ξύνες ὦκα· Διὸς δέ τοι ἄγγελός εἰμι, Hear me at once,

27ὃς σεῦ ἄνευθεν ἐὼν μέγα κήδεται ἠδʼ ἐλεαίρει. for I come as a messenger from Jove, who, though he be not near,

28θωρῆξαί σε κέλευσε κάρη κομόωντας Ἀχαιοὺς yet takes thought for you and pities you.

29πανσυδίῃ· νῦν γάρ κεν ἕλοις πόλιν εὐρυάγυιαν He bids you get the Achaeans instantly under arms, for you shall take Troy.

30Τρώων· οὐ γὰρ ἔτʼ ἀμφὶς Ὀλύμπια δώματʼ ἔχοντες There are no longer divided counsels among the gods;

31ἀθάνατοι φράζονται· ἐπέγναμψεν γὰρ ἅπαντας Juno has brought them over to her own mind,

32Ἥρη λισσομένη, Τρώεσσι δὲ κήδεʼ ἐφῆπται and woe betides the Trojans at the hands of Jove.

33ἐκ Διός· ἀλλὰ σὺ σῇσιν ἔχε φρεσί, μηδέ σε λήθη Remember this,

34αἱρείτω εὖτʼ ἄν σε μελίφρων ὕπνος ἀνήῃ. and when you wake see that it does not escape you.”

35ὣς ἄρα φωνήσας ἀπεβήσετο, τὸν δὲ λίπʼ αὐτοῦThe dream then left him,

36τὰ φρονέοντʼ ἀνὰ θυμὸν ἅ ῥʼ οὐ τελέεσθαι ἔμελλον· and he thought of things that were surely not to be accomplished.

37φῆ γὰρ ὅ γʼ αἱρήσειν Πριάμου πόλιν ἤματι κείνῳ He thought that on that same day he was to take the city of Priam,

38νήπιος, οὐδὲ τὰ ᾔδη ἅ ῥα Ζεὺς μήδετο ἔργα·

39θήσειν γὰρ ἔτʼ ἔμελλεν ἐπʼ ἄλγεά τε στοναχάς τε but he little knew what was in the mind of Jove,

40Τρωσί τε καὶ Δαναοῖσι διὰ κρατερὰς ὑσμίνας. who had many another hard-fought fight in store alike for Danaans and Trojans.

41ἔγρετο δʼ ἐξ ὕπνου, θείη δέ μιν ἀμφέχυτʼ ὀμφή· Then presently he woke, with the divine message still ringing in his ears;

42ἕζετο δʼ ὀρθωθείς, μαλακὸν δʼ ἔνδυνε χιτῶνα so he sat upright,

43καλὸν νηγάτεον, περὶ δὲ μέγα βάλλετο φᾶρος· and put on his soft shirt so fair and new, and over this his heavy cloak.

44ποσσὶ δʼ ὑπὸ λιπαροῖσιν ἐδήσατο καλὰ πέδιλα, He bound his sandals on to his comely feet,

45ἀμφὶ δʼ ἄρʼ ὤμοισιν βάλετο ξίφος ἀργυρόηλον· and slung his silver-studded sword about his shoulders;

46εἵλετο δὲ σκῆπτρον πατρώϊον ἄφθιτον αἰεὶ then he took the imperishable staff of his father,

47σὺν τῷ ἔβη κατὰ νῆας Ἀχαιῶν χαλκοχιτώνων· and sallied forth to the ships of the Achaeans.

48ἠὼς μέν ῥα θεὰ προσεβήσετο μακρὸν ὌλυμπονThe goddess Dawn now wended her way to vast Olympus that she might herald day to Jove and to the other immortals,

49Ζηνὶ φόως ἐρέουσα καὶ ἄλλοις ἀθανάτοισιν·

50αὐτὰρ ὃ κηρύκεσσι λιγυφθόγγοισι κέλευσε and Agamemnon sent the criers round to call the people in assembly;

51κηρύσσειν ἀγορὴν δὲ κάρη κομόωντας Ἀχαιούς·

52οἳ μὲν ἐκήρυσσον, τοὶ δʼ ἠγείροντο μάλʼ ὦκα· so they called them and the people gathered thereon.

53βουλὴν δὲ πρῶτον μεγαθύμων ἷζε γερόντων But first he summoned a meeting of the elders at the ship of Nestor king of Pylos,

54Νεστορέῃ παρὰ νηῒ Πυλοιγενέος βασιλῆος·

55τοὺς ὅ γε συγκαλέσας πυκινὴν ἀρτύνετο βουλήν· and when they were assembled he laid a cunning counsel before them.

56κλῦτε φίλοι· θεῖός μοι ἐνύπνιον ἦλθεν ὄνειρος “My friends,” said he,

57ἀμβροσίην διὰ νύκτα· μάλιστα δὲ Νέστορι δίῳ “I have had a dream from heaven in the dead of night,

58εἶδός τε μέγεθός τε φυήν τʼ ἄγχιστα ἐῴκει· and its face and figure resembled none but Nestor’s.

59στῆ δʼ ἄρʼ ὑπὲρ κεφαλῆς καί με πρὸς μῦθον ἔειπεν· It hovered over my head and said,

60εὕδεις Ἀτρέος υἱὲ δαΐφρονος ἱπποδάμοιο· ‘You are sleeping, son of Atreus;

61οὐ χρὴ παννύχιον εὕδειν βουληφόρον ἄνδρα, one who has the welfare of his host and so much other care upon his shoulders should dock his sleep.

62ᾧ λαοί τʼ ἐπιτετράφαται καὶ τόσσα μέμηλε· Hear me at once,

63νῦν δʼ ἐμέθεν ξύνες ὦκα· Διὸς δέ τοι ἄγγελός εἰμι, for I am a messenger from Jove, who, though he be not near,

64ὃς σεῦ ἄνευθεν ἐὼν μέγα κήδεται ἠδʼ ἐλεαίρει· yet takes thought for you and pities you.

65θωρῆξαί σε κέλευσε κάρη κομόωντας Ἀχαιοὺς He bids you get the Achaeans instantly under arms,

66πανσυδίῃ· νῦν γάρ κεν ἕλοις πόλιν εὐρυάγυιαν for you shall take Troy.

67Τρώων· οὐ γὰρ ἔτʼ ἀμφὶς Ὀλύμπια δώματʼ ἔχοντες There are no longer divided counsels among the gods;

68ἀθάνατοι φράζονται· ἐπέγναμψεν γὰρ ἅπαντας Juno has brought them over to her own mind,

69Ἥρη λισσομένη, Τρώεσσι δὲ κήδεʼ ἐφῆπται and woe betides the Trojans at the hands of Jove.

70ἐκ Διός· ἀλλὰ σὺ σῇσιν ἔχε φρεσίν· ὣς ὃ μὲν εἰπὼν Remember this.

71ᾤχετʼ ἀποπτάμενος, ἐμὲ δὲ γλυκὺς ὕπνος ἀνῆκεν.’ The dream then vanished and I awoke.

72ἀλλʼ ἄγετʼ αἴ κέν πως θωρήξομεν υἷας Ἀχαιῶν·Let us now, therefore, arm the sons of the Achaeans.

73πρῶτα δʼ ἐγὼν ἔπεσιν πειρήσομαι, ἣ θέμις ἐστί, But it will be well that I should first sound them,

74καὶ φεύγειν σὺν νηυσὶ πολυκλήϊσι κελεύσω· and to this end I will tell them to fly with their ships;

75ὑμεῖς δʼ ἄλλοθεν ἄλλος ἐρητύειν ἐπέεσσιν. but do you others go about among the host and prevent their doing so.

76ἤτοι ὅ γʼ ὣς εἰπὼν κατʼ ἄρʼ ἕζετο, τοῖσι δʼ ἀνέστη” He then sat down,

77Νέστωρ, ὅς ῥα Πύλοιο ἄναξ ἦν ἠμαθόεντος, and Nestor the prince of Pylos with all sincerity and goodwill addressed them thus:

78ὅ σφιν ἐὺ φρονέων ἀγορήσατο καὶ μετέειπεν· “My friends,” said he,

79ὦ φίλοι Ἀργείων ἡγήτορες ἠδὲ μέδοντες “princes and councillors of the Argives,

80εἰ μέν τις τὸν ὄνειρον Ἀχαιῶν ἄλλος ἔνισπε if any other man of the Achaeans had told us of this dream we should have declared it false,

81ψεῦδός κεν φαῖμεν καὶ νοσφιζοίμεθα μᾶλλον· and would have had nothing to do with it.

82νῦν δʼ ἴδεν ὃς μέγʼ ἄριστος Ἀχαιῶν εὔχεται εἶναι· But he who has seen it is the foremost man among us;

83ἀλλʼ ἄγετʼ αἴ κέν πως θωρήξομεν υἷας Ἀχαιῶν. we must therefore set about getting the people under arms.

84ὣς ἄρα φωνήσας βουλῆς ἐξῆρχε νέεσθαι,” With this he led the way from the assembly,

85οἳ δʼ ἐπανέστησαν πείθοντό τε ποιμένι λαῶν and the other sceptred kings rose with him in obedience to the word of Agamemnon;

86σκηπτοῦχοι βασιλῆες· ἐπεσσεύοντο δὲ λαοί.

87ἠΰτε ἔθνεα εἶσι μελισσάων ἁδινάων but the people pressed forward to hear.

88πέτρης ἐκ γλαφυρῆς αἰεὶ νέον ἐρχομενάων, They swarmed like bees that sally from some hollow cave and flit in countless throng among the spring flowers,

89βοτρυδὸν δὲ πέτονται ἐπʼ ἄνθεσιν εἰαρινοῖσιν·

90αἳ μέν τʼ ἔνθα ἅλις πεποτήαται, αἳ δέ τε ἔνθα· bunched in knots and clusters;

91ὣς τῶν ἔθνεα πολλὰ νεῶν ἄπο καὶ κλισιάων even so did the mighty multitude pour from ships and tents to the assembly,

92ἠϊόνος προπάροιθε βαθείης ἐστιχόωντο and range themselves upon the wide-watered shore,

93ἰλαδὸν εἰς ἀγορήν· μετὰ δέ σφισιν ὄσσα δεδήει while among them ran Wildfire Rumour,

94ὀτρύνουσʼ ἰέναι Διὸς ἄγγελος· οἳ δʼ ἀγέροντο. messenger of Jove, urging them ever to the fore.

95τετρήχει δʼ ἀγορή, ὑπὸ δὲ στεναχίζετο γαῖα Thus they gathered in a pell-mell of mad confusion,

96λαῶν ἱζόντων, ὅμαδος δʼ ἦν· ἐννέα δέ σφεας and the earth groaned under the tramp of men as the people sought their places.

97κήρυκες βοόωντες ἐρήτυον, εἴ ποτʼ ἀϋτῆς Nine heralds went crying about among them to stay their tumult and bid them listen to the kings,

98σχοίατʼ, ἀκούσειαν δὲ διοτρεφέων βασιλήων.

99σπουδῇ δʼ ἕζετο λαός, ἐρήτυθεν δὲ καθʼ ἕδρας till at last they were got into their several places and ceased their clamour.

100παυσάμενοι κλαγγῆς· ἀνὰ δὲ κρείων Ἀγαμέμνων Then King Agamemnon rose, holding his sceptre.

101ἔστη σκῆπτρον ἔχων τὸ μὲν Ἥφαιστος κάμε τεύχων. This was the work of Vulcan, who gave it to Jove the son of Saturn.

102Ἥφαιστος μὲν δῶκε Διὶ Κρονίωνι ἄνακτι, Jove gave it to Mercury,

103αὐτὰρ ἄρα Ζεὺς δῶκε διακτόρῳ ἀργεϊφόντῃ· slayer of Argus, guide and guardian.

104Ἑρμείας δὲ ἄναξ δῶκεν Πέλοπι πληξίππῳ, King Mercury gave it to Pelops, the mighty charioteer,

105αὐτὰρ ὃ αὖτε Πέλοψ δῶκʼ Ἀτρέϊ ποιμένι λαῶν, and Pelops to Atreus, shepherd of his people.

106Ἀτρεὺς δὲ θνῄσκων ἔλιπεν πολύαρνι Θυέστῃ,Atreus, when he died, left it to Thyestes, rich in flocks,

107αὐτὰρ ὃ αὖτε Θυέστʼ Ἀγαμέμνονι λεῖπε φορῆναι, and Thyestes in his turn left it to be borne by Agamemnon,

108πολλῇσιν νήσοισι καὶ Ἄργεϊ παντὶ ἀνάσσειν. that he might be lord of all Argos and of the isles.

109τῷ ὅ γʼ ἐρεισάμενος ἔπεʼ Ἀργείοισι μετηύδα·Leaning, then, on his sceptre, he addressed the Argives.

110ὦ φίλοι ἥρωες Δαναοὶ θεράποντες Ἄρηος“My friends,” he said, “heroes, servants of Mars,

111Ζεύς με μέγα Κρονίδης ἄτῃ ἐνέδησε βαρείῃ, the hand of heaven has been laid heavily upon me.

112σχέτλιος, ὃς πρὶν μέν μοι ὑπέσχετο καὶ κατένευσεν Cruel Jove gave me his solemn promise that I should sack the city of Priam before returning,

113Ἴλιον ἐκπέρσαντʼ εὐτείχεον ἀπονέεσθαι,

114νῦν δὲ κακὴν ἀπάτην βουλεύσατο, καί με κελεύει but he has played me false,

115δυσκλέα Ἄργος ἱκέσθαι, ἐπεὶ πολὺν ὤλεσα λαόν. and is now bidding me go ingloriously back to Argos with the loss of much people.

116οὕτω που Διὶ μέλλει ὑπερμενέϊ φίλον εἶναι, Such is the will of Jove,

117ὃς δὴ πολλάων πολίων κατέλυσε κάρηνα who has laid many a proud city in the dust,

118ἠδʼ ἔτι καὶ λύσει· τοῦ γὰρ κράτος ἐστὶ μέγιστον. as he will yet lay others, for his power is above all.

119αἰσχρὸν γὰρ τόδε γʼ ἐστὶ καὶ ἐσσομένοισι πυθέσθαι It will be a sorry tale hereafter that an Achaean host,

120μὰψ οὕτω τοιόνδε τοσόνδε τε λαὸν Ἀχαιῶν at once so great and valiant,

121ἄπρηκτον πόλεμον πολεμίζειν ἠδὲ μάχεσθαι battled in vain against men fewer in number than themselves;

122ἀνδράσι παυροτέροισι, τέλος δʼ οὔ πώ τι πέφανται· but as yet the end is not in sight.

123εἴ περ γάρ κʼ ἐθέλοιμεν Ἀχαιοί τε Τρῶές τε Think that the Achaeans and Trojans have sworn to a solemn covenant,

124ὅρκια πιστὰ ταμόντες ἀριθμηθήμεναι ἄμφω, and that they have each been numbered—

125Τρῶας μὲν λέξασθαι ἐφέστιοι ὅσσοι ἔασιν,the Trojans by the roll of their householders,

126ἡμεῖς δʼ ἐς δεκάδας διακοσμηθεῖμεν Ἀχαιοί, and we by companies of ten;

127Τρώων δʼ ἄνδρα ἕκαστοι ἑλοίμεθα οἰνοχοεύειν, think further that each of our companies desired to have a Trojan householder to pour out their wine;

128πολλαί κεν δεκάδες δευοίατο οἰνοχόοιο.

129τόσσον ἐγώ φημι πλέας ἔμμεναι υἷας Ἀχαιῶν we are so greatly more in number that full many a company would have to go without its cup-bearer.

130Τρώων, οἳ ναίουσι κατὰ πτόλιν· ἀλλʼ ἐπίκουροι But they have in the town allies from other places,

131πολλέων ἐκ πολίων ἐγχέσπαλοι ἄνδρες ἔασιν,

132οἵ με μέγα πλάζουσι καὶ οὐκ εἰῶσʼ ἐθέλοντα and it is these that hinder me from being able to sack the rich city of Ilius.

133Ἰλίου ἐκπέρσαι εὖ ναιόμενον πτολίεθρον.

134ἐννέα δὴ βεβάασι Διὸς μεγάλου ἐνιαυτοί, Nine of Jove’s years are gone;

135καὶ δὴ δοῦρα σέσηπε νεῶν καὶ σπάρτα λέλυνται· the timbers of our ships have rotted;

136αἳ δέ που ἡμέτεραί τʼ ἄλοχοι καὶ νήπια τέκνα their tackling is sound no longer.

137εἵατʼ ἐνὶ μεγάροις ποτιδέγμεναι· ἄμμι δὲ ἔργον Our wives and little ones at home look anxiously for our coming,

138αὔτως ἀκράαντον οὗ εἵνεκα δεῦρʼ ἱκόμεσθα. but the work that we came hither to do has not been done.

139ἀλλʼ ἄγεθʼ ὡς ἂν ἐγὼ εἴπω πειθώμεθα πάντες· Now, therefore, let us all do as I say:

140φεύγωμεν σὺν νηυσὶ φίλην ἐς πατρίδα γαῖαν· let us sail back to our own land,

141οὐ γὰρ ἔτι Τροίην αἱρήσομεν εὐρυάγυιαν. for we shall not take Troy.”

142ὣς φάτο, τοῖσι δὲ θυμὸν ἐνὶ στήθεσσιν ὄρινεWith these words he moved the hearts of the multitude,

143πᾶσι μετὰ πληθὺν ὅσοι οὐ βουλῆς ἐπάκουσαν· so many of them as knew not the cunning counsel of Agamemnon.

144κινήθη δʼ ἀγορὴ φὴ κύματα μακρὰ θαλάσσης They surged to and fro like the waves of the Icarian Sea,

145πόντου Ἰκαρίοιο, τὰ μέν τʼ Εὖρός τε Νότος τε

146ὤρορʼ ἐπαΐξας πατρὸς Διὸς ἐκ νεφελάων. when the east and south winds break from heaven’s clouds to lash them;

147ὡς δʼ ὅτε κινήσῃ Ζέφυρος βαθὺ λήϊον ἐλθὼν or as when the west wind sweeps over a field of corn and the ears bow beneath the blast,

148λάβρος ἐπαιγίζων, ἐπί τʼ ἠμύει ἀσταχύεσσιν,

149ὣς τῶν πᾶσʼ ἀγορὴ κινήθη· τοὶ δʼ ἀλαλητῷ even so were they swayed as they flew with loud cries towards the ships,

150νῆας ἔπʼ ἐσσεύοντο, ποδῶν δʼ ὑπένερθε κονίη and the dust from under their feet rose heavenward.

151ἵστατʼ ἀειρομένη· τοὶ δʼ ἀλλήλοισι κέλευον They cheered each other on to draw the ships into the sea;

152ἅπτεσθαι νηῶν ἠδʼ ἑλκέμεν εἰς ἅλα δῖαν, they cleared the channels in front of them;

153οὐρούς τʼ ἐξεκάθαιρον· ἀϋτὴ δʼ οὐρανὸν ἷκεν they began taking away the stays from underneath them,

154οἴκαδε ἱεμένων· ὑπὸ δʼ ᾕρεον ἕρματα νηῶν. and the welkin rang with their glad cries, so eager were they to return.

155ἔνθά κεν Ἀργείοισιν ὑπέρμορα νόστος ἐτύχθηThen surely the Argives would have returned after a fashion that was not fated.

156εἰ μὴ Ἀθηναίην Ἥρη πρὸς μῦθον ἔειπεν·

157ὢ πόποι αἰγιόχοιο Διὸς τέκος Ἀτρυτώνη, But Juno said to Minerva, “Alas, daughter of aegis-bearing Jove,

158οὕτω δὴ οἶκον δὲ φίλην ἐς πατρίδα γαῖαν unweariable,

159Ἀργεῖοι φεύξονται ἐπʼ εὐρέα νῶτα θαλάσσης, shall the Argives fly home to their own land over the broad sea,

160κὰδ δέ κεν εὐχωλὴν Πριάμῳ καὶ Τρωσὶ λίποιεν and leave Priam and the Trojans the glory of still keeping Helen,

161Ἀργείην Ἑλένην, ἧς εἵνεκα πολλοὶ Ἀχαιῶν

162ἐν Τροίῃ ἀπόλοντο φίλης ἀπὸ πατρίδος αἴης· for whose sake so many of the Achaeans have died at Troy, far from their homes?

163ἀλλʼ ἴθι νῦν κατὰ λαὸν Ἀχαιῶν χαλκοχιτώνων· Go about at once among the host,

164σοῖς ἀγανοῖς ἐπέεσσιν ἐρήτυε φῶτα ἕκαστον, and speak fairly to them, man by man,

165μηδὲ ἔα νῆας ἅλα δʼ ἑλκέμεν ἀμφιελίσσας. that they draw not their ships into the sea.”

166ὣς ἔφατʼ, οὐδʼ ἀπίθησε θεὰ γλαυκῶπις Ἀθήνη,Minerva was not slack to do her bidding.

167βῆ δὲ κατʼ Οὐλύμποιο καρήνων ἀΐξασα· Down she darted from the topmost summits of Olympus,

168καρπαλίμως δʼ ἵκανε θοὰς ἐπὶ νῆας Ἀχαιῶν. and in a moment she was at the ships of the Achaeans.

169εὗρεν ἔπειτʼ Ὀδυσῆα Διὶ μῆτιν ἀτάλαντον There she found Ulysses, peer of Jove in counsel,

170ἑσταότʼ· οὐδʼ ὅ γε νηὸς ἐϋσσέλμοιο μελαίνης standing alone.

171ἅπτετʼ, ἐπεί μιν ἄχος κραδίην καὶ θυμὸν ἵκανεν· He had not as yet laid a hand upon his ship,

172ἀγχοῦ δʼ ἱσταμένη προσέφη γλαυκῶπις Ἀθήνη· for he was grieved and sorry;

173διογενὲς Λαερτιάδη πολυμήχανʼ Ὀδυσσεῦ, so she went close up to him and said,

174οὕτω δὴ οἶκον δὲ φίλην ἐς πατρίδα γαῖαν “Ulysses, noble son of Laertes,

175φεύξεσθʼ ἐν νήεσσι πολυκλήϊσι πεσόντες, are you going to fling yourselves into your ships and be off home to your own land in this way?

176κὰδ δέ κεν εὐχωλὴν Πριάμῳ καὶ Τρωσὶ λίποιτε

177Ἀργείην Ἑλένην, ἧς εἵνεκα πολλοὶ Ἀχαιῶν Will you leave Priam and the Trojans the glory of still keeping Helen,

178ἐν Τροίῃ ἀπόλοντο φίλης ἀπὸ πατρίδος αἴης; for whose sake so many of the Achaeans have died at Troy, far from their homes?

179ἀλλʼ ἴθι νῦν κατὰ λαὸν Ἀχαιῶν, μηδʼ ἔτʼ ἐρώει, Go about at once among the host,

180σοῖς δʼ ἀγανοῖς ἐπέεσσιν ἐρήτυε φῶτα ἕκαστον, and speak fairly to them, man by man,

181μηδὲ ἔα νῆας ἅλα δʼ ἑλκέμεν ἀμφιελίσσας. that they draw not their ships into the sea.”

182ὣς φάθʼ, ὃ δὲ ξυνέηκε θεᾶς ὄπα φωνησάσης,Ulysses knew the voice as that of the goddess: he flung his cloak from him and set off to run.

183βῆ δὲ θέειν, ἀπὸ δὲ χλαῖναν βάλε· τὴν δὲ κόμισσε His servant Eurybates, a man of Ithaca,

184κῆρυξ Εὐρυβάτης Ἰθακήσιος ὅς οἱ ὀπήδει· who waited on him, took charge of the cloak,

185αὐτὸς δʼ Ἀτρεΐδεω Ἀγαμέμνονος ἀντίος ἐλθὼν whereon Ulysses went straight up to Agamemnon and received from him his ancestral,

186δέξατό οἱ σκῆπτρον πατρώϊον ἄφθιτον αἰεί· imperishable staff.

187σὺν τῷ ἔβη κατὰ νῆας Ἀχαιῶν χαλκοχιτώνων. With this he went about among the ships of the Achaeans.

188ὅν τινα μὲν βασιλῆα καὶ ἔξοχον ἄνδρα κιχείη Whenever he met a king or chieftain,

189τὸν δʼ ἀγανοῖς ἐπέεσσιν ἐρητύσασκε παραστάς· he stood by him and spoke him fairly.

190δαιμόνιʼ οὔ σε ἔοικε κακὸν ὣς δειδίσσεσθαι, “Sir,” said he, “this flight is cowardly and unworthy.

191ἀλλʼ αὐτός τε κάθησο καὶ ἄλλους ἵδρυε λαούς· Stand to your post, and bid your people also keep their places.

192οὐ γάρ πω σάφα οἶσθʼ οἷος νόος Ἀτρεΐωνος· You do not yet know the full mind of Agamemnon; he was sounding us,

193νῦν μὲν πειρᾶται, τάχα δʼ ἴψεται υἷας Ἀχαιῶν. and ere long will visit the Achaeans with his displeasure.

194ἐν βουλῇ δʼ οὐ πάντες ἀκούσαμεν οἷον ἔειπε. We were not all of us at the council to hear what he then said;

195μή τι χολωσάμενος ῥέξῃ κακὸν υἷας Ἀχαιῶν· see to it lest he be angry and do us a mischief;

196θυμὸς δὲ μέγας ἐστὶ διοτρεφέων βασιλήων, for the pride of kings is great,

197τιμὴ δʼ ἐκ Διός ἐστι, φιλεῖ δέ ἑ μητίετα Ζεύς. and the hand of Jove is with them.”

198ὃν δʼ αὖ δήμου τʼ ἄνδρα ἴδοι βοόωντά τʼ ἐφεύροι,But when he came across any common man who was making a noise,

199τὸν σκήπτρῳ ἐλάσασκεν ὁμοκλήσασκέ τε μύθῳ· he struck him with his staff and rebuked him,

200δαιμόνιʼ ἀτρέμας ἧσο καὶ ἄλλων μῦθον ἄκουε, saying, “Sirrah, hold your peace, and listen to better men than yourself.

201οἳ σέο φέρτεροί εἰσι, σὺ δʼ ἀπτόλεμος καὶ ἄναλκις You are a coward and no soldier;

202οὔτέ ποτʼ ἐν πολέμῳ ἐναρίθμιος οὔτʼ ἐνὶ βουλῇ· you are nobody either in fight or council;

203οὐ μέν πως πάντες βασιλεύσομεν ἐνθάδʼ Ἀχαιοί· we cannot all be kings; it is not well that there should be many masters;

204οὐκ ἀγαθὸν πολυκοιρανίη· εἷς κοίρανος ἔστω, one man must be supreme—

205εἷς βασιλεύς, ᾧ δῶκε Κρόνου πάϊς ἀγκυλομήτεωone king to whom the son of scheming Saturn has given the sceptre of sovereignty over you all.”

206σκῆπτρόν τʼ ἠδὲ θέμιστας, ἵνά σφισι βουλεύῃσι.

207ὣς ὅ γε κοιρανέων δίεπε στρατόν· οἳ δʼ ἀγορὴν δὲThus masterfully did he go about among the host,

208αὖτις ἐπεσσεύοντο νεῶν ἄπο καὶ κλισιάων and the people hurried back to the council from their tents and ships with a sound as the thunder of surf when it comes crashing down upon the shore,

209ἠχῇ, ὡς ὅτε κῦμα πολυφλοίσβοιο θαλάσσης

210αἰγιαλῷ μεγάλῳ βρέμεται, σμαραγεῖ δέ τε πόντος. and all the sea is in an uproar.

211ἄλλοι μέν ῥʼ ἕζοντο, ἐρήτυθεν δὲ καθʼ ἕδρας·The rest now took their seats and kept to their own several places,

212Θερσίτης δʼ ἔτι μοῦνος ἀμετροεπὴς ἐκολῴα, but Thersites still went on wagging his unbridled tongue—a man of many words,

213ὃς ἔπεα φρεσὶν ᾗσιν ἄκοσμά τε πολλά τε ᾔδη and those unseemly; a monger of sedition,

214μάψ, ἀτὰρ οὐ κατὰ κόσμον, ἐριζέμεναι βασιλεῦσιν, a railer against all who were in authority, who cared not what he said,

215ἀλλʼ ὅ τι οἱ εἴσαιτο γελοίϊον Ἀργείοισιν so that he might set the Achaeans in a laugh.

216ἔμμεναι· αἴσχιστος δὲ ἀνὴρ ὑπὸ Ἴλιον ἦλθε· He was the ugliest man of all those that came before Troy—

217φολκὸς ἔην, χωλὸς δʼ ἕτερον πόδα· τὼ δέ οἱ ὤμωbandy-legged, lame of one foot,

218κυρτὼ ἐπὶ στῆθος συνοχωκότε· αὐτὰρ ὕπερθε with his two shoulders rounded and hunched over his chest.

219φοξὸς ἔην κεφαλήν, ψεδνὴ δʼ ἐπενήνοθε λάχνη.His head ran up to a point, but there was little hair on the top of it.

220ἔχθιστος δʼ Ἀχιλῆϊ μάλιστʼ ἦν ἠδʼ Ὀδυσῆϊ· Achilles and Ulysses hated him worst of all,

221τὼ γὰρ νεικείεσκε· τότʼ αὖτʼ Ἀγαμέμνονι δίῳ for it was with them that he was most wont to wrangle; now, however,

222ὀξέα κεκλήγων λέγʼ ὀνείδεα· τῷ δʼ ἄρʼ Ἀχαιοὶ with a shrill squeaky voice he began heaping his abuse on Agamemnon.

223ἐκπάγλως κοτέοντο νεμέσσηθέν τʼ ἐνὶ θυμῷ. The Achaeans were angry and disgusted,

224αὐτὰρ ὃ μακρὰ βοῶν Ἀγαμέμνονα νείκεε μύθῳ· yet none the less he kept on brawling and bawling at the son of Atreus.

225Ἀτρεΐδη τέο δʼ αὖτʼ ἐπιμέμφεαι ἠδὲ χατίζεις;“Agamemnon,” he cried, “what ails you now,

226πλεῖαί τοι χαλκοῦ κλισίαι, πολλαὶ δὲ γυναῖκες and what more do you want?

227εἰσὶν ἐνὶ κλισίῃς ἐξαίρετοι, ἅς τοι Ἀχαιοὶ Your tents are filled with bronze and with fair women,

228πρωτίστῳ δίδομεν εὖτʼ ἂν πτολίεθρον ἕλωμεν. for whenever we take a town we give you the pick of them.

229ἦ ἔτι καὶ χρυσοῦ ἐπιδεύεαι, ὅν κέ τις οἴσει Would you have yet more gold,

230Τρώων ἱπποδάμων ἐξ Ἰλίου υἷος ἄποινα, which some Trojan is to give you as a ransom for his son,

231ὅν κεν ἐγὼ δήσας ἀγάγω ἢ ἄλλος Ἀχαιῶν, when I or another Achaean has taken him prisoner?

232ἠὲ γυναῖκα νέην, ἵνα μίσγεαι ἐν φιλότητι, or is it some young girl to hide and lie with?

233ἥν τʼ αὐτὸς ἀπονόσφι κατίσχεαι; οὐ μὲν ἔοικεν It is not well that you, the ruler of the Achaeans,

234ἀρχὸν ἐόντα κακῶν ἐπιβασκέμεν υἷας Ἀχαιῶν. should bring them into such misery.

235ὦ πέπονες κάκʼ ἐλέγχεʼ Ἀχαιΐδες οὐκέτʼ Ἀχαιοὶ Weakling cowards, women rather than men, let us sail home,

236οἴκαδέ περ σὺν νηυσὶ νεώμεθα, τόνδε δʼ ἐῶμεν and leave this fellow here at Troy to stew in his own meeds of honour,

237αὐτοῦ ἐνὶ Τροίῃ γέρα πεσσέμεν, ὄφρα ἴδηται and discover whether we were of any service to him or no.

238ἤ ῥά τί οἱ χἠμεῖς προσαμύνομεν ἦε καὶ οὐκί· Achilles is a much better man than he is,

239ὃς καὶ νῦν Ἀχιλῆα ἕο μέγʼ ἀμείνονα φῶτα and see how he has treated him—

240ἠτίμησεν· ἑλὼν γὰρ ἔχει γέρας αὐτὸς ἀπούρας.robbing him of his prize and keeping it himself.

241ἀλλὰ μάλʼ οὐκ Ἀχιλῆϊ χόλος φρεσίν, ἀλλὰ μεθήμων· Achilles takes it meekly and shows no fight;

242ἦ γὰρ ἂν Ἀτρεΐδη νῦν ὕστατα λωβήσαιο· if he did, son of Atreus, you would never again insult him.”

243ὣς φάτο νεικείων Ἀγαμέμνονα ποιμένα λαῶν, Thus railed Thersites,

244Θερσίτης· τῷ δʼ ὦκα παρίστατο δῖος Ὀδυσσεύς, but Ulysses at once went up to him and rebuked him sternly.

245καί μιν ὑπόδρα ἰδὼν χαλεπῷ ἠνίπαπε μύθῳ· “Check your glib tongue,

246Θερσῖτʼ ἀκριτόμυθε, λιγύς περ ἐὼν ἀγορητής, Thersites,” said he, “and babble not a word further.

247ἴσχεο, μηδʼ ἔθελʼ οἶος ἐριζέμεναι βασιλεῦσιν· Chide not with princes when you have none to back you.

248οὐ γὰρ ἐγὼ σέο φημὶ χερειότερον βροτὸν ἄλλον

249ἔμμεναι, ὅσσοι ἅμʼ Ἀτρεΐδῃς ὑπὸ Ἴλιον ἦλθον. There is no viler creature come before Troy with the sons of Atreus.

250τὼ οὐκ ἂν βασιλῆας ἀνὰ στόμʼ ἔχων ἀγορεύοις, Drop this chatter about kings,

251καί σφιν ὀνείδεά τε προφέροις, νόστόν τε φυλάσσοις. and neither revile them nor keep harping about going home.

252οὐδέ τί πω σάφα ἴδμεν ὅπως ἔσται τάδε ἔργα, We do not yet know how things are going to be,

253ἢ εὖ ἦε κακῶς νοστήσομεν υἷες Ἀχαιῶν. nor whether the Achaeans are to return with good success or evil.

254τὼ νῦν Ἀτρεΐδῃ Ἀγαμέμνονι ποιμένι λαῶν

255ἧσαι ὀνειδίζων, ὅτι οἱ μάλα πολλὰ διδοῦσιν How dare you gibe at Agamemnon because the Danaans have awarded him so many prizes?

256ἥρωες Δαναοί· σὺ δὲ κερτομέων ἀγορεύεις. I tell you,

257ἀλλʼ ἔκ τοι ἐρέω, τὸ δὲ καὶ τετελεσμένον ἔσται· therefore—and it shall surely be—

258εἴ κʼ ἔτι σʼ ἀφραίνοντα κιχήσομαι ὥς νύ περ ὧδε,that if I again catch you talking such nonsense,

259μηκέτʼ ἔπειτʼ Ὀδυσῆϊ κάρη ὤμοισιν ἐπείη,

260μηδʼ ἔτι Τηλεμάχοιο πατὴρ κεκλημένος εἴην, I will either forfeit my own head and be no more called father of Telemachus,

261εἰ μὴ ἐγώ σε λαβὼν ἀπὸ μὲν φίλα εἵματα δύσω, or I will take you,

262χλαῖνάν τʼ ἠδὲ χιτῶνα, τά τʼ αἰδῶ ἀμφικαλύπτει, strip you stark naked,

263αὐτὸν δὲ κλαίοντα θοὰς ἐπὶ νῆας ἀφήσω and whip you out of the assembly till you go blubbering back to the ships.

264πεπλήγων ἀγορῆθεν ἀεικέσσι πληγῇσιν.”

265ὣς ἄρʼ ἔφη, σκήπτρῳ δὲ μετάφρενον ἠδὲ καὶ ὤμω

266πλῆξεν· ὃ δʼ ἰδνώθη, θαλερὸν δέ οἱ ἔκπεσε δάκρυ·On this he beat him with his staff about the back and shoulders till he dropped and fell a-weeping.

267σμῶδιξ δʼ αἱματόεσσα μεταφρένου ἐξυπανέστη The golden sceptre raised a bloody weal on his back,

268σκήπτρου ὕπο χρυσέου· ὃ δʼ ἄρʼ ἕζετο τάρβησέν τε, so he sat down frightened and in pain,

269ἀλγήσας δʼ ἀχρεῖον ἰδὼν ἀπομόρξατο δάκρυ. looking foolish as he wiped the tears from his eyes.

270οἳ δὲ καὶ ἀχνύμενοί περ ἐπʼ αὐτῷ ἡδὺ γέλασσαν· The people were sorry for him, yet they laughed heartily,

271ὧδε δέ τις εἴπεσκεν ἰδὼν ἐς πλησίον ἄλλον· and one would turn to his neighbour saying,

272ὢ πόποι ἦ δὴ μυρίʼ Ὀδυσσεὺς ἐσθλὰ ἔοργε

273βουλάς τʼ ἐξάρχων ἀγαθὰς πόλεμόν τε κορύσσων· “Ulysses has done many a good thing ere now in fight and council,

274νῦν δὲ τόδε μέγʼ ἄριστον ἐν Ἀργείοισιν ἔρεξεν,

275ὃς τὸν λωβητῆρα ἐπεσβόλον ἔσχʼ ἀγοράων. but he never did the Argives a better turn than when he stopped this fellow’s mouth from prating further.

276οὔ θήν μιν πάλιν αὖτις ἀνήσει θυμὸς ἀγήνωρ

277νεικείειν βασιλῆας ὀνειδείοις ἐπέεσσιν. He will give the kings no more of his insolence.”

278ὣς φάσαν ἣ πληθύς· ἀνὰ δʼ ὃ πτολίπορθος Ὀδυσσεὺς Thus said the people. Then Ulysses rose,

279ἔστη σκῆπτρον ἔχων· παρὰ δὲ γλαυκῶπις Ἀθήνη sceptre in hand,

280εἰδομένη κήρυκι σιωπᾶν λαὸν ἀνώγει, and Minerva in the likeness of a herald bade the people be still,

281ὡς ἅμα θʼ οἳ πρῶτοί τε καὶ ὕστατοι υἷες Ἀχαιῶν that those who were far off might hear him and consider his council.

282μῦθον ἀκούσειαν καὶ ἐπιφρασσαίατο βουλήν·

283ὅ σφιν ἐὺ φρονέων ἀγορήσατο καὶ μετέειπεν· He therefore with all sincerity and goodwill addressed them thus:

284Ἀτρεΐδη νῦν δή σε ἄναξ ἐθέλουσιν Ἀχαιοὶ— “King Agamemnon,

285πᾶσιν ἐλέγχιστον θέμεναι μερόπεσσι βροτοῖσιν, the Achaeans are for making you a by-word among all mankind.

286οὐδέ τοι ἐκτελέουσιν ὑπόσχεσιν ἥν περ ὑπέσταν They forget the promise they made you when they set out from Argos,

287ἐνθάδʼ ἔτι στείχοντες ἀπʼ Ἄργεος ἱπποβότοιο

288Ἴλιον ἐκπέρσαντʼ εὐτείχεον ἀπονέεσθαι. that you should not return till you had sacked the town of Troy,

289ὥς τε γὰρ ἢ παῖδες νεαροὶ χῆραί τε γυναῖκες and, like children or widowed women,

290ἀλλήλοισιν ὀδύρονται οἶκον δὲ νέεσθαι. they murmur and would set off homeward.

291ἦ μὴν καὶ πόνος ἐστὶν ἀνιηθέντα νέεσθαι· True it is that they have had toil enough to be disheartened.

292καὶ γάρ τίς θʼ ἕνα μῆνα μένων ἀπὸ ἧς ἀλόχοιο A man chafes at having to stay away from his wife even for a single month,

293ἀσχαλάᾳ σὺν νηῒ πολυζύγῳ, ὅν περ ἄελλαι

294χειμέριαι εἰλέωσιν ὀρινομένη τε θάλασσα· when he is on shipboard, at the mercy of wind and sea,

295ἡμῖν δʼ εἴνατός ἐστι περιτροπέων ἐνιαυτὸς but it is now nine long years that we have been kept here;

296ἐνθάδε μιμνόντεσσι· τὼ οὐ νεμεσίζομʼ Ἀχαιοὺς I cannot, therefore,

297ἀσχαλάαν παρὰ νηυσὶ κορωνίσιν· ἀλλὰ καὶ ἔμπης blame the Achaeans if they turn restive;

298αἰσχρόν τοι δηρόν τε μένειν κενεόν τε νέεσθαι. still we shall be shamed if we go home empty after so long a stay—therefore, my friends,

299τλῆτε φίλοι, καὶ μείνατʼ ἐπὶ χρόνον ὄφρα δαῶμεν

300ἢ ἐτεὸν Κάλχας μαντεύεται ἦε καὶ οὐκί. be patient yet a little longer that we may learn whether the prophesyings of Calchas were false or true.

301εὖ γὰρ δὴ τόδε ἴδμεν ἐνὶ φρεσίν, ἐστὲ δὲ πάντες “All who have not since perished must remember as though it were yesterday or the day before,

302μάρτυροι, οὓς μὴ κῆρες ἔβαν θανάτοιο φέρουσαι·

303χθιζά τε καὶ πρωΐζʼ ὅτʼ ἐς Αὐλίδα νῆες Ἀχαιῶν how the ships of the Achaeans were detained in Aulis when we were on our way hither to make war on Priam and the Trojans.

304ἠγερέθοντο κακὰ Πριάμῳ καὶ Τρωσὶ φέρουσαι,

305ἡμεῖς δʼ ἀμφὶ περὶ κρήνην ἱεροὺς κατὰ βωμοὺς We were ranged round about a fountain offering hecatombs to the gods upon their holy altars,

306ἕρδομεν ἀθανάτοισι τεληέσσας ἑκατόμβας

307καλῇ ὑπὸ πλατανίστῳ ὅθεν ῥέεν ἀγλαὸν ὕδωρ· and there was a fine plane-tree from beneath which there welled a stream of pure water.

308ἔνθʼ ἐφάνη μέγα σῆμα· δράκων ἐπὶ νῶτα δαφοινὸς Then we saw a prodigy; for Jove sent a fearful serpent out of the ground,

309σμερδαλέος, τόν ῥʼ αὐτὸς Ὀλύμπιος ἧκε φόως δέ, with blood-red stains upon its back,

310βωμοῦ ὑπαΐξας πρός ῥα πλατάνιστον ὄρουσεν. and it darted from under the altar on to the plane-tree.

311ἔνθα δʼ ἔσαν στρουθοῖο νεοσσοί, νήπια τέκνα, Now there was a brood of young sparrows, quite small,

312ὄζῳ ἐπʼ ἀκροτάτῳ πετάλοις ὑποπεπτηῶτες upon the topmost bough, peeping out from under the leaves,

313ὀκτώ, ἀτὰρ μήτηρ ἐνάτη ἦν ἣ τέκε τέκνα· eight in all, and their mother that hatched them made nine.

314ἔνθʼ ὅ γε τοὺς ἐλεεινὰ κατήσθιε τετριγῶτας· The serpent ate the poor cheeping things,

315μήτηρ δʼ ἀμφεποτᾶτο ὀδυρομένη φίλα τέκνα· while the old bird flew about lamenting her little ones;

316τὴν δʼ ἐλελιξάμενος πτέρυγος λάβεν ἀμφιαχυῖαν. but the serpent threw his coils about her and caught her by the wing as she was screaming.

317αὐτὰρ ἐπεὶ κατὰ τέκνα φάγε στρουθοῖο καὶ αὐτήν, Then, when he had eaten both the sparrow and her young,

318τὸν μὲν ἀρίζηλον θῆκεν θεὸς ὅς περ ἔφηνε· the god who had sent him made him become a sign;

319λᾶαν γάρ μιν ἔθηκε Κρόνου πάϊς ἀγκυλομήτεω· for the son of scheming Saturn turned him into stone,

320ἡμεῖς δʼ ἑσταότες θαυμάζομεν οἷον ἐτύχθη. and we stood there wondering at that which had come to pass.

321ὡς οὖν δεινὰ πέλωρα θεῶν εἰσῆλθʼ ἑκατόμβας, Seeing, then, that such a fearful portent had broken in upon our hecatombs,

322Κάλχας δʼ αὐτίκʼ ἔπειτα θεοπροπέων ἀγόρευε· Calchas forthwith declared to us the oracles of heaven.

323τίπτʼ ἄνεῳ ἐγένεσθε κάρη κομόωντες Ἀχαιοί; ‘Why, Achaeans,’ said he, ‘are you thus speechless?

324ἡμῖν μὲν τόδʼ ἔφηνε τέρας μέγα μητίετα Ζεὺς Jove has sent us this sign,

325ὄψιμον ὀψιτέλεστον, ὅου κλέος οὔ ποτʼ ὀλεῖται. long in coming, and long ere it be fulfilled,

326ὡς οὗτος κατὰ τέκνα φάγε στρουθοῖο καὶ αὐτὴν though its fame shall last for ever.

327ὀκτώ, ἀτὰρ μήτηρ ἐνάτη ἦν ἣ τέκε τέκνα, As the serpent ate the eight fledglings and the sparrow that hatched them,

328ὣς ἡμεῖς τοσσαῦτʼ ἔτεα πτολεμίξομεν αὖθι, which makes nine, so shall we fight nine years at Troy,

329τῷ δεκάτῳ δὲ πόλιν αἱρήσομεν εὐρυάγυιαν. but in the tenth shall take the town.

330κεῖνος τὼς ἀγόρευε· τὰ δὴ νῦν πάντα τελεῖται.’ This was what he said, and now it is all coming true.

331ἀλλʼ ἄγε μίμνετε πάντες ἐϋκνήμιδες Ἀχαιοὶ Stay here, therefore,

332αὐτοῦ εἰς ὅ κεν ἄστυ μέγα Πριάμοιο ἕλωμεν. all of you, till we take the city of Priam.”

333ὣς ἔφατʼ, Ἀργεῖοι δὲ μέγʼ ἴαχον, ἀμφὶ δὲ νῆες On this the Argives raised a shout,

334σμερδαλέον κονάβησαν ἀϋσάντων ὑπʼ Ἀχαιῶν, till the ships rang again with the uproar.

335μῦθον ἐπαινήσαντες Ὀδυσσῆος θείοιο· Nestor, knight of Gerene, then addressed them.

336τοῖσι δὲ καὶ μετέειπε Γερήνιος ἱππότα Νέστωρ· “Shame on you,” he cried,

337ὦ πόποι ἦ δὴ παισὶν ἐοικότες ἀγοράασθε “to stay talking here like children,

338νηπιάχοις οἷς οὔ τι μέλει πολεμήϊα ἔργα. when you should fight like men.

339πῇ δὴ συνθεσίαι τε καὶ ὅρκια βήσεται ἥμιν;Where are our covenants now, and where the oaths that we have taken?

340ἐν πυρὶ δὴ βουλαί τε γενοίατο μήδεά τʼ ἀνδρῶν Shall our counsels be flung into the fire,

341σπονδαί τʼ ἄκρητοι καὶ δεξιαί, ᾗς ἐπέπιθμεν· with our drink-offerings and the right hands of fellowship wherein we have put our trust?

342αὔτως γὰρ ἐπέεσσʼ ἐριδαίνομεν, οὐδέ τι μῆχος We waste our time in words,

343εὑρέμεναι δυνάμεσθα, πολὺν χρόνον ἐνθάδʼ ἐόντες. and for all our talking here shall be no further forward.

344Ἀτρεΐδη σὺ δʼ ἔθʼ ὡς πρὶν ἔχων ἀστεμφέα βουλὴνStand, therefore, son of Atreus, by your own steadfast purpose;

345ἄρχευʼ Ἀργείοισι κατὰ κρατερὰς ὑσμίνας, lead the Argives on to battle,

346τούσδε δʼ ἔα φθινύθειν ἕνα καὶ δύο, τοί κεν Ἀχαιῶν and leave this handful of men to rot,

347νόσφιν βουλεύωσʼ· ἄνυσις δʼ οὐκ ἔσσεται αὐτῶν· who scheme, and scheme in vain,

348πρὶν Ἄργος δʼ ἰέναι πρὶν καὶ Διὸς αἰγιόχοιο to get back to Argos ere they have learned whether Jove be true or a liar.

349γνώμεναι εἴ τε ψεῦδος ὑπόσχεσις εἴ τε καὶ οὐκί.

350φημὶ γὰρ οὖν κατανεῦσαι ὑπερμενέα Κρονίωνα For the mighty son of Saturn surely promised that we should succeed,

351ἤματι τῷ ὅτε νηυσὶν ἐν ὠκυπόροισιν ἔβαινον

352Ἀργεῖοι Τρώεσσι φόνον καὶ κῆρα φέροντες when we Argives set sail to bring death and destruction upon the Trojans.

353ἀστράπτων ἐπιδέξιʼ ἐναίσιμα σήματα φαίνων. He showed us favourable signs by flashing his lightning on our right hands;

354τὼ μή τις πρὶν ἐπειγέσθω οἶκον δὲ νέεσθαι

355πρίν τινα πὰρ Τρώων ἀλόχῳ κατακοιμηθῆναι, therefore let none make haste to go till he has first lain with the wife of some Trojan,

356τίσασθαι δʼ Ἑλένης ὁρμήματά τε στοναχάς τε. and avenged the toil and sorrow that he has suffered for the sake of Helen.

357εἰ δέ τις ἐκπάγλως ἐθέλει οἶκον δὲ νέεσθαι Nevertheless,

358ἁπτέσθω ἧς νηὸς ἐϋσσέλμοιο μελαίνης, if any man is in such haste to be at home again,

359ὄφρα πρόσθʼ ἄλλων θάνατον καὶ πότμον ἐπίσπῃ. let him lay his hand to his ship that he may meet his doom in the sight of all.

360ἀλλὰ ἄναξ αὐτός τʼ εὖ μήδεο πείθεό τʼ ἄλλῳ· But, O king, consider and give ear to my counsel,

361οὔ τοι ἀπόβλητον ἔπος ἔσσεται ὅττί κεν εἴπω· for the word that I say may not be neglected lightly.

362κρῖνʼ ἄνδρας κατὰ φῦλα κατὰ φρήτρας Ἀγάμεμνον, Divide your men, Agamemnon, into their several tribes and clans,

363ὡς φρήτρη φρήτρηφιν ἀρήγῃ, φῦλα δὲ φύλοις. that clans and tribes may stand by and help one another.

364εἰ δέ κεν ὣς ἕρξῃς καί τοι πείθωνται Ἀχαιοί, If you do this, and if the Achaeans obey you,

365γνώσῃ ἔπειθʼ ὅς θʼ ἡγεμόνων κακὸς ὅς τέ νυ λαῶν you will find out who, both chiefs and peoples, are brave,

366ἠδʼ ὅς κʼ ἐσθλὸς ἔῃσι· κατὰ σφέας γὰρ μαχέονται. and who are cowards; for they will vie against the other.

367γνώσεαι δʼ εἰ καὶ θεσπεσίῃ πόλιν οὐκ ἀλαπάξεις,

368ἦ ἀνδρῶν κακότητι καὶ ἀφραδίῃ πολέμοιο. Thus you shall also learn whether it is through the counsel of heaven or the cowardice of man that you shall fail to take the town.

369τὸν δʼ ἀπαμειβόμενος προσέφη κρείων Ἀγαμέμνων·” And Agamemnon answered,

370ἦ μὰν αὖτʼ ἀγορῇ νικᾷς γέρον υἷας Ἀχαιῶν. “Nestor, you have again outdone the sons of the Achaeans in counsel.

371αἲ γὰρ Ζεῦ τε πάτερ καὶ Ἀθηναίη καὶ Ἄπολλον Would, by Father Jove, Minerva,

372τοιοῦτοι δέκα μοι συμφράδμονες εἶεν Ἀχαιῶν· and Apollo, that I had among them ten more such councillors,

373τώ κε τάχʼ ἠμύσειε πόλις Πριάμοιο ἄνακτος for the city of King Priam would then soon fall beneath our hands,

374χερσὶν ὑφʼ ἡμετέρῃσιν ἁλοῦσά τε περθομένη τε. and we should sack it.

375ἀλλά μοι αἰγίοχος Κρονίδης Ζεὺς ἄλγεʼ ἔδωκεν, But the son of Saturn afflicts me with bootless wranglings and strife.

376ὅς με μετʼ ἀπρήκτους ἔριδας καὶ νείκεα βάλλει.

377καὶ γὰρ ἐγὼν Ἀχιλεύς τε μαχεσσάμεθʼ εἵνεκα κούρης Achilles and I are quarrelling about this girl,

378ἀντιβίοις ἐπέεσσιν, ἐγὼ δʼ ἦρχον χαλεπαίνων· in which matter I was the first to offend;

379εἰ δέ ποτʼ ἔς γε μίαν βουλεύσομεν, οὐκέτʼ ἔπειτα if we can be of one mind again,

380Τρωσὶν ἀνάβλησις κακοῦ ἔσσεται οὐδʼ ἠβαιόν. the Trojans will not stave off destruction for a day.

381νῦν δʼ ἔρχεσθʼ ἐπὶ δεῖπνον ἵνα ξυνάγωμεν Ἄρηα. Now, therefore, get your morning meal, that our hosts join in fight.

382εὖ μέν τις δόρυ θηξάσθω, εὖ δʼ ἀσπίδα θέσθω, Whet well your spears;

383εὖ δέ τις ἵπποισιν δεῖπνον δότω ὠκυπόδεσσιν, see well to the ordering of your shields; give good feeds to your horses,

384εὖ δέ τις ἅρματος ἀμφὶς ἰδὼν πολέμοιο μεδέσθω, and look your chariots carefully over,

385ὥς κε πανημέριοι στυγερῷ κρινώμεθʼ Ἄρηϊ. that we may do battle the livelong day;

386οὐ γὰρ παυσωλή γε μετέσσεται οὐδʼ ἠβαιὸν for we shall have no rest, not for a moment,

387εἰ μὴ νὺξ ἐλθοῦσα διακρινέει μένος ἀνδρῶν. till night falls to part us.

388ἱδρώσει μέν τευ τελαμὼν ἀμφὶ στήθεσφιν The bands that bear your shields shall be wet with the sweat upon your shoulders,

389ἀσπίδος ἀμφιβρότης, περὶ δʼ ἔγχεϊ χεῖρα καμεῖται· your hands shall weary upon your spears,

390ἱδρώσει δέ τευ ἵππος ἐΰξοον ἅρμα τιταίνων. your horses shall steam in front of your chariots,

391ὃν δέ κʼ ἐγὼν ἀπάνευθε μάχης ἐθέλοντα νοήσω and if I see any man shirking the fight, or trying to keep out of it at the ships,

392μιμνάζειν παρὰ νηυσὶ κορωνίσιν, οὔ οἱ ἔπειτα there shall be no help for him,

393ἄρκιον ἐσσεῖται φυγέειν κύνας ἠδʼ οἰωνούς. but he shall be a prey to dogs and vultures.”

394ὣς ἔφατʼ, Ἀργεῖοι δὲ μέγʼ ἴαχον ὡς ὅτε κῦμαThus he spoke, and the Achaeans roared applause.

395ἀκτῇ ἐφʼ ὑψηλῇ, ὅτε κινήσῃ Νότος ἐλθών, As when the waves run high before the blast of the south wind and break on some lofty headland,

396προβλῆτι σκοπέλῳ· τὸν δʼ οὔ ποτε κύματα λείπει dashing against it and buffeting it without ceasing,

397παντοίων ἀνέμων, ὅτʼ ἂν ἔνθʼ ἢ ἔνθα γένωνται. as the storms from every quarter drive them,

398ἀνστάντες δʼ ὀρέοντο κεδασθέντες κατὰ νῆας, even so did the Achaeans rise and hurry in all directions to their ships.

399κάπνισσάν τε κατὰ κλισίας, καὶ δεῖπνον ἕλοντο. There they lighted their fires at their tents and got dinner,

400ἄλλος δʼ ἄλλῳ ἔρεζε θεῶν αἰειγενετάων offering sacrifice every man to one or other of the gods,

401εὐχόμενος θάνατόν τε φυγεῖν καὶ μῶλον Ἄρηος. and praying each one of them that he might live to come out of the fight.

402αὐτὰρ ὃ βοῦν ἱέρευσε ἄναξ ἀνδρῶν Ἀγαμέμνων Agamemnon, king of men,

403πίονα πενταέτηρον ὑπερμενέϊ Κρονίωνι, sacrificed a fat five-year-old bull to the mighty son of Saturn,

404κίκλησκεν δὲ γέροντας ἀριστῆας Παναχαιῶν, and invited the princes and elders of his host.

405Νέστορα μὲν πρώτιστα καὶ Ἰδομενῆα ἄνακτα, First he asked Nestor and King Idomeneus,

406αὐτὰρ ἔπειτʼ Αἴαντε δύω καὶ Τυδέος υἱόν, then the two Ajaxes and the son of Tydeus,

407ἕκτον δʼ αὖτʼ Ὀδυσῆα Διὶ μῆτιν ἀτάλαντον. and sixthly Ulysses, peer of gods in counsel;

408αὐτόματος δέ οἱ ἦλθε βοὴν ἀγαθὸς Μενέλαος· but Menelaus came of his own accord,

409ᾔδεε γὰρ κατὰ θυμὸν ἀδελφεὸν ὡς ἐπονεῖτο. for he knew how busy his brother then was.

410βοῦν δὲ περιστήσαντο καὶ οὐλοχύτας ἀνέλοντο· They stood round the bull with the barley-meal in their hands,

411τοῖσιν δʼ εὐχόμενος μετέφη κρείων Ἀγαμέμνων· and Agamemnon prayed, saying, “Jove, most glorious,

412Ζεῦ κύδιστε μέγιστε κελαινεφὲς αἰθέρι ναίων supreme, that dwellest in heaven,

413μὴ πρὶν ἐπʼ ἠέλιον δῦναι καὶ ἐπὶ κνέφας ἐλθεῖν and ridest upon the storm-cloud, grant that the sun may not go down,

414πρίν με κατὰ πρηνὲς βαλέειν Πριάμοιο μέλαθρον nor the night fall, till the palace of Priam is laid low,

415αἰθαλόεν, πρῆσαι δὲ πυρὸς δηΐοιο θύρετρα, and its gates are consumed with fire.

416Ἑκτόρεον δὲ χιτῶνα περὶ στήθεσσι δαΐξαι Grant that my sword may pierce the shirt of Hector about his heart,

417χαλκῷ ῥωγαλέον· πολέες δʼ ἀμφʼ αὐτὸν ἑταῖροι and that full many of his comrades may bite the dust as they fall dying round him.”

418πρηνέες ἐν κονίῃσιν ὀδὰξ λαζοίατο γαῖαν.

419ὣς ἔφατʼ, οὐδʼ ἄρα πώ οἱ ἐπεκραίαινε Κρονίων,Thus he prayed, but the son of Saturn would not fulfil his prayer.

420ἀλλʼ ὅ γε δέκτο μὲν ἱρά, πόνον δʼ ἀμέγαρτον ὄφελλεν. He accepted the sacrifice, yet none the less increased their toil continually.

421αὐτὰρ ἐπεί ῥʼ εὔξαντο καὶ οὐλοχύτας προβάλοντο, When they had done praying and sprinkling the barley-meal upon the victim,

422αὐέρυσαν μὲν πρῶτα καὶ ἔσφαξαν καὶ ἔδειραν, they drew back its head, killed it, and then flayed it.

423μηρούς τʼ ἐξέταμον κατά τε κνίσῃ ἐκάλυψαν They cut out the thigh-bones, wrapped them round in two layers of fat,

424δίπτυχα ποιήσαντες, ἐπʼ αὐτῶν δʼ ὠμοθέτησαν. and set pieces of raw meat on the top of them.

425καὶ τὰ μὲν ἂρ σχίζῃσιν ἀφύλλοισιν κατέκαιον, These they burned upon the split logs of firewood,

426σπλάγχνα δʼ ἄρʼ ἀμπείραντες ὑπείρεχον Ἡφαίστοιο. but they spitted the inward meats, and held them in the flames to cook.

427αὐτὰρ ἐπεὶ κατὰ μῆρε κάη καὶ σπλάγχνα πάσαντο, When the thigh-bones were burned, and they had tasted the inward meats,

428μίστυλλόν τʼ ἄρα τἆλλα καὶ ἀμφʼ ὀβελοῖσιν ἔπειραν, they cut the rest up small, put the pieces upon spits,

429ὤπτησάν τε περιφραδέως, ἐρύσαντό τε πάντα. roasted them till they were done, and drew them off;

430αὐτὰρ ἐπεὶ παύσαντο πόνου τετύκοντό τε δαῖτα then, when they had finished their work and the feast was ready,

431δαίνυντʼ, οὐδέ τι θυμὸς ἐδεύετο δαιτὸς ἐΐσης. they ate it, and every man had his full share,

432αὐτὰρ ἐπεὶ πόσιος καὶ ἐδητύος ἐξ ἔρον ἕντο, so that all were satisfied.

433τοῖς ἄρα μύθων ἦρχε Γερήνιος ἱππότα Νέστωρ· As soon as they had had enough to eat and drink, Nestor, knight of Gerene, began to speak.

434Ἀτρεΐδη κύδιστε ἄναξ ἀνδρῶν Ἀγάμεμνον, “King Agamemnon,” said he,

435μηκέτι νῦν δήθʼ αὖθι λεγώμεθα, μηδʼ ἔτι δηρὸν “let us not stay talking here,

436ἀμβαλλώμεθα ἔργον ὃ δὴ θεὸς ἐγγυαλίζει. nor be slack in the work that heaven has put into our hands.

437ἀλλʼ ἄγε κήρυκες μὲν Ἀχαιῶν χαλκοχιτώνων

438λαὸν κηρύσσοντες ἀγειρόντων κατὰ νῆας, Let the heralds summon the people to gather at their several ships;

439ἡμεῖς δʼ ἀθρόοι ὧδε κατὰ στρατὸν εὐρὺν Ἀχαιῶν we will then go about among the host,

440ἴομεν ὄφρα κε θᾶσσον ἐγείρομεν ὀξὺν Ἄρηα. that we may begin fighting at once.”

441ὣς ἔφατʼ, οὐδʼ ἀπίθησεν ἄναξ ἀνδρῶν Ἀγαμέμνων.Thus did he speak, and Agamemnon heeded his words.

442αὐτίκα κηρύκεσσι λιγυφθόγγοισι κέλευσε He at once sent the criers round to call the people in assembly.

443κηρύσσειν πόλεμον δὲ κάρη κομόωντας Ἀχαιούς· So they called them,

444οἳ μὲν ἐκήρυσσον, τοὶ δʼ ἠγείροντο μάλʼ ὦκα. and the people gathered thereon.

445οἳ δʼ ἀμφʼ Ἀτρεΐωνα διοτρεφέες βασιλῆες The chiefs about the son of Atreus chose their men and marshalled them,

446θῦνον κρίνοντες, μετὰ δὲ γλαυκῶπις Ἀθήνη

447αἰγίδʼ ἔχουσʼ ἐρίτιμον ἀγήρων ἀθανάτην τε, while Minerva went among them holding her priceless aegis that knows neither age nor death.

448τῆς ἑκατὸν θύσανοι παγχρύσεοι ἠερέθονται, From it there waved a hundred tassels of pure gold,

449πάντες ἐϋπλεκέες, ἑκατόμβοιος δὲ ἕκαστος· all deftly woven, and each one of them worth a hundred oxen.

450σὺν τῇ παιφάσσουσα διέσσυτο λαὸν Ἀχαιῶν With this she darted furiously everywhere among the hosts of the Achaeans,

451ὀτρύνουσʼ ἰέναι· ἐν δὲ σθένος ὦρσεν ἑκάστῳ urging them forward,

452καρδίῃ ἄλληκτον πολεμίζειν ἠδὲ μάχεσθαι. and putting courage into the heart of each,

453τοῖσι δʼ ἄφαρ πόλεμος γλυκίων γένετʼ ἠὲ νέεσθαι so that he might fight and do battle without ceasing.

454ἐν νηυσὶ γλαφυρῇσι φίλην ἐς πατρίδα γαῖαν. Thus war became sweeter in their eyes even than returning home in their ships.

455ἠΰτε πῦρ ἀΐδηλον ἐπιφλέγει ἄσπετον ὕλην

456οὔρεος ἐν κορυφῇς, ἕκαθεν δέ τε φαίνεται αὐγή, As when some great forest fire is raging upon a mountain top and its light is seen afar,

457ὣς τῶν ἐρχομένων ἀπὸ χαλκοῦ θεσπεσίοιο

458αἴγλη παμφανόωσα διʼ αἰθέρος οὐρανὸν ἷκε. even so as they marched the gleam of their armour flashed up into the firmament of heaven.

459τῶν δʼ ὥς τʼ ὀρνίθων πετεηνῶν ἔθνεα πολλὰ They were like great flocks of geese,

460χηνῶν ἢ γεράνων ἢ κύκνων δουλιχοδείρων or cranes, or swans on the plain about the waters of Cayster,

461Ἀσίω ἐν λειμῶνι Καϋστρίου ἀμφὶ ῥέεθρα that wing their way hither and thither,

462ἔνθα καὶ ἔνθα ποτῶνται ἀγαλλόμενα πτερύγεσσι glorying in the pride of flight,

463κλαγγηδὸν προκαθιζόντων, σμαραγεῖ δέ τε λειμών, and crying as they settle till the fen is alive with their screaming.

464ὣς τῶν ἔθνεα πολλὰ νεῶν ἄπο καὶ κλισιάων Even thus did their tribes pour from ships and tents on to the plain of the Scamander,

465ἐς πεδίον προχέοντο Σκαμάνδριον· αὐτὰρ ὑπὸ χθὼν

466σμερδαλέον κονάβιζε ποδῶν αὐτῶν τε καὶ ἵππων. and the ground rang as brass under the feet of men and horses.

467ἔσταν δʼ ἐν λειμῶνι Σκαμανδρίῳ ἀνθεμόεντι

468μυρίοι, ὅσσά τε φύλλα καὶ ἄνθεα γίγνεται ὥρῃ. They stood as thick upon the flower-bespangled field as leaves that bloom in summer.

469ἠΰτε μυιάων ἁδινάων ἔθνεα πολλὰ

470αἵ τε κατὰ σταθμὸν ποιμνήϊον ἠλάσκουσινAs countless swarms of flies buzz around a herdsman’s homestead in the time of spring when the pails are drenched with milk,

471ὥρῃ ἐν εἰαρινῇ ὅτε τε γλάγος ἄγγεα δεύει,

472τόσσοι ἐπὶ Τρώεσσι κάρη κομόωντες Ἀχαιοὶ even so did the Achaeans swarm on to the plain to charge the Trojans and destroy them.

473ἐν πεδίῳ ἵσταντο διαρραῖσαι μεμαῶτες.

474τοὺς δʼ ὥς τʼ αἰπόλια πλατέʼ αἰγῶν αἰπόλοι ἄνδρεςThe chiefs disposed their men this way and that before the fight began,

475ῥεῖα διακρίνωσιν ἐπεί κε νομῷ μιγέωσιν, drafting them out as easily as goatherds draft their flocks when they have got mixed while feeding;

476ὣς τοὺς ἡγεμόνες διεκόσμεον ἔνθα καὶ ἔνθα

477ὑσμίνην δʼ ἰέναι, μετὰ δὲ κρείων Ἀγαμέμνων and among them went King Agamemnon,

478ὄμματα καὶ κεφαλὴν ἴκελος Διὶ τερπικεραύνῳ, with a head and face like Jove the lord of thunder, a waist like Mars,

479Ἄρεϊ δὲ ζώνην, στέρνον δὲ Ποσειδάωνι. and a chest like that of Neptune.

480ἠΰτε βοῦς ἀγέληφι μέγʼ ἔξοχος ἔπλετο πάντων As some great bull that lords it over the herds upon the plain,

481ταῦρος· ὃ γάρ τε βόεσσι μεταπρέπει ἀγρομένῃσι·

482τοῖον ἄρʼ Ἀτρεΐδην θῆκε Ζεὺς ἤματι κείνῳ even so did Jove make the son of Atreus stand peerless among the multitude of heroes.

483ἐκπρεπέʼ ἐν πολλοῖσι καὶ ἔξοχον ἡρώεσσιν.

Lines 484–877

The Catalogue of Ships and Trojan Forces

The invocation to the Muses, the Achaean contingents, and the concluding Trojan catalogue.

484ἔσπετε νῦν μοι Μοῦσαι Ὀλύμπια δώματʼ ἔχουσαι· And now, O Muses, dwellers in the mansions of Olympus, tell me—

485ὑμεῖς γὰρ θεαί ἐστε πάρεστέ τε ἴστέ τε πάντα,for you are goddesses and are in all places so that you see all things,

486ἡμεῖς δὲ κλέος οἶον ἀκούομεν οὐδέ τι ἴδμεν· while we know nothing but by report—

487οἵ τινες ἡγεμόνες Δαναῶν καὶ κοίρανοι ἦσαν·who were the chiefs and princes of the Danaans?

488πληθὺν δʼ οὐκ ἂν ἐγὼ μυθήσομαι οὐδʼ ὀνομήνω, As for the common soldiers,

489οὐδʼ εἴ μοι δέκα μὲν γλῶσσαι, δέκα δὲ στόματʼ εἶεν, they were so that I could not name every single one of them though I had ten tongues,

490φωνὴ δʼ ἄρρηκτος, χάλκεον δέ μοι ἦτορ ἐνείη, and though my voice failed not and my heart were of bronze within me,

491εἰ μὴ Ὀλυμπιάδες Μοῦσαι Διὸς αἰγιόχοιο unless you, O Olympian Muses,

492θυγατέρες μνησαίαθʼ ὅσοι ὑπὸ Ἴλιον ἦλθον· daughters of aegis-bearing Jove, were to recount them to me.

493ἀρχοὺς αὖ νηῶν ἐρέω νῆάς τε προπάσας.Nevertheless, I will tell the captains of the ships and all the fleet together.

494Βοιωτῶν μὲν Πηνέλεως καὶ Λήϊτος ἦρχον Peneleos, Leitus,

495Ἀρκεσίλαός τε Προθοήνωρ τε Κλονίος τε,Arcesilaus, Prothoenor, and Clonius were captains of the Boeotians.

496οἵ θʼ Ὑρίην ἐνέμοντο καὶ Αὐλίδα πετρήεσσαν These were they that dwelt in Hyria and rocky Aulis,

497Σχοῖνόν τε Σκῶλόν τε πολύκνημόν τʼ Ἐτεωνόν, and who held Schoenus, Scolus,

498Θέσπειαν Γραῖάν τε καὶ εὐρύχορον Μυκαλησσόν, and the highlands of Eteonus, with Thespeia, Graia, and the fair city of Mycalessus.

499οἵ τʼ ἀμφʼ Ἅρμʼ ἐνέμοντο καὶ Εἰλέσιον καὶ Ἐρυθράς, They also held Harma, Eilesium, and Erythrae;

500οἵ τʼ Ἐλεῶνʼ εἶχον ἠδʼ Ὕλην καὶ Πετεῶνα, and they had Eleon, Hyle, and Peteon;

501Ὠκαλέην Μεδεῶνά τʼ ἐϋκτίμενον πτολίεθρον, Ocalea and the strong fortress of Medeon;

502Κώπας Εὔτρησίν τε πολυτρήρωνά τε Θίσβην, Copae, Eutresis, and Thisbe the haunt of doves;

503οἵ τε Κορώνειαν καὶ ποιήενθʼ Ἁλίαρτον, Coronea,

504οἵ τε Πλάταιαν ἔχον ἠδʼ οἳ Γλισᾶντʼ ἐνέμοντο, and the pastures of Haliartus; Plataea and Glisas;

505οἵ θʼ Ὑποθήβας εἶχον ἐϋκτίμενον πτολίεθρον, the fortress of Thebes the less;

506Ὀγχηστόν θʼ ἱερὸν Ποσιδήϊον ἀγλαὸν ἄλσος, holy Onchestus with its famous grove of Neptune;

507οἵ τε πολυστάφυλον Ἄρνην ἔχον, οἵ τε Μίδειαν Arne rich in vineyards; Midea, sacred Nisa,

508Νῖσάν τε ζαθέην Ἀνθηδόνα τʼ ἐσχατόωσαν· and Anthedon upon the sea.

509τῶν μὲν πεντήκοντα νέες κίον, ἐν δὲ ἑκάστῃ From these there came fifty ships,

510κοῦροι Βοιωτῶν ἑκατὸν καὶ εἴκοσι βαῖνον. and in each there were a hundred and twenty young men of the Boeotians.

511οἳ δʼ Ἀσπληδόνα ναῖον ἰδʼ Ὀρχομενὸν Μινύειον, Ascalaphus and Ialmenus, sons of Mars,

512τῶν ἦρχʼ Ἀσκάλαφος καὶ Ἰάλμενος υἷες Ἄρηος led the people that dwelt in Aspledon and Orchomenus the realm of Minyas.

513οὓς τέκεν Ἀστυόχη δόμῳ Ἄκτορος Ἀζεΐδαο, Astyoche a noble maiden bore them in the house of Actor son of Azeus;

514παρθένος αἰδοίη ὑπερώϊον εἰσαναβᾶσα for she had gone with Mars secretly into an upper chamber,

515Ἄρηϊ κρατερῷ· ὃ δέ οἱ παρελέξατο λάθρῃ· and he had lain with her.

516τοῖς δὲ τριήκοντα γλαφυραὶ νέες ἐστιχόωντο. With these there came thirty ships.

517αὐτὰρ Φωκήων Σχεδίος καὶ Ἐπίστροφος ἦρχονThe Phoceans were led by Schedius and Epistrophus,

518υἷες Ἰφίτου μεγαθύμου Ναυβολίδαο, sons of mighty Iphitus the son of Naubolus.

519οἳ Κυπάρισσον ἔχον Πυθῶνά τε πετρήεσσαν These were they that held Cyparissus, rocky Pytho,

520Κρῖσάν τε ζαθέην καὶ Δαυλίδα καὶ Πανοπῆα, holy Crisa, Daulis, and Panopeus;

521οἵ τʼ Ἀνεμώρειαν καὶ Ὑάμπολιν ἀμφενέμοντο, they also that dwelt in Anemorea and Hyampolis,

522οἵ τʼ ἄρα πὰρ ποταμὸν Κηφισὸν δῖον ἔναιον, and about the waters of the river Cephissus,

523οἵ τε Λίλαιαν ἔχον πηγῇς ἔπι Κηφισοῖο· and Lilaea by the springs of the Cephissus;

524τοῖς δʼ ἅμα τεσσαράκοντα μέλαιναι νῆες ἕποντο. with their chieftains came forty ships,

525οἳ μὲν Φωκήων στίχας ἵστασαν ἀμφιέποντες, and they marshalled the forces of the Phoceans,

526Βοιωτῶν δʼ ἔμπλην ἐπʼ ἀριστερὰ θωρήσσοντο. which were stationed next to the Boeotians, on their left.

527Λοκρῶν δʼ ἡγεμόνευεν Ὀϊλῆος ταχὺς ΑἴαςAjax, the fleet son of Oileus, commanded the Locrians.

528μείων, οὔ τι τόσος γε ὅσος Τελαμώνιος ΑἴαςHe was not so great, nor nearly so great, as Ajax the son of Telamon.

529ἀλλὰ πολὺ μείων· ὀλίγος μὲν ἔην λινοθώρηξ, He was a little man, and his breastplate was made of linen,

530ἐγχείῃ δʼ ἐκέκαστο Πανέλληνας καὶ Ἀχαιούς· but in use of the spear he excelled all the Hellenes and the Achaeans.

531οἳ Κῦνόν τʼ ἐνέμοντʼ Ὀπόεντά τε Καλλίαρόν τε These dwelt in Cynus,

532Βῆσσάν τε Σκάρφην τε καὶ Αὐγειὰς ἐρατεινὰς Opous, Calliarus, Bessa, Scarphe,

533Τάρφην τε Θρόνιον τε Βοαγρίου ἀμφὶ ῥέεθρα· fair Augeae, Tarphe, and Thronium about the river Boagrius.

534τῷ δʼ ἅμα τεσσαράκοντα μέλαιναι νῆες ἕποντο

535Λοκρῶν, οἳ ναίουσι πέρην ἱερῆς Εὐβοίης. With him there came forty ships of the Locrians who dwell beyond Euboea.

536οἳ δʼ Εὔβοιαν ἔχον μένεα πνείοντες ἌβαντεςThe fierce Abantes held Euboea with its cities,

537Χαλκίδα τʼ Εἰρέτριάν τε πολυστάφυλόν θʼ Ἱστίαιαν Chalcis, Eretria, Histiaea rich in vines, Cerinthus upon the sea,

538Κήρινθόν τʼ ἔφαλον Δίου τʼ αἰπὺ πτολίεθρον, and the rock-perched town of Dium;

539οἵ τε Κάρυστον ἔχον ἠδʼ οἳ Στύρα ναιετάασκον, with them were also the men of Carystus and Styra;

540τῶν αὖθʼ ἡγεμόνευʼ Ἐλεφήνωρ ὄζος Ἄρηος Elephenor of the race of Mars was in command of these;

541Χαλκωδοντιάδης μεγαθύμων ἀρχὸς Ἀβάντων. he was son of Chalcodon, and chief over all the Abantes.

542τῷ δʼ ἅμʼ Ἄβαντες ἕποντο θοοὶ ὄπιθεν κομόωντες With him they came, fleet of foot and wearing their hair long behind,

543αἰχμηταὶ μεμαῶτες ὀρεκτῇσιν μελίῃσι brave warriors,

544θώρηκας ῥήξειν δηΐων ἀμφὶ στήθεσσι· who would ever strive to tear open the corslets of their foes with their long ashen spears.

545τῷ δʼ ἅμα τεσσαράκοντα μέλαιναι νῆες ἕποντο. Of these there came fifty ships.

546οἳ δʼ ἄρʼ Ἀθήνας εἶχον ἐϋκτίμενον πτολίεθρονAnd they that held the strong city of Athens, the people of great Erechtheus,

547δῆμον Ἐρεχθῆος μεγαλήτορος, ὅν ποτʼ Ἀθήνη who was born of the soil itself, but Jove’s daughter, Minerva, fostered him,

548θρέψε Διὸς θυγάτηρ, τέκε δὲ ζείδωρος ἄρουρα, and established him at Athens in her own rich sanctuary.

549κὰδ δʼ ἐν Ἀθήνῃς εἷσεν ἑῷ ἐν πίονι νηῷ· There, year by year,

550ἔνθα δέ μιν ταύροισι καὶ ἀρνειοῖς ἱλάονται the Athenian youths worship him with sacrifices of bulls and rams.

551κοῦροι Ἀθηναίων περιτελλομένων ἐνιαυτῶν· These were commanded by Menestheus,

552τῶν αὖθʼ ἡγεμόνευʼ υἱὸς Πετεῶο Μενεσθεύς. son of Peteos.

553τῷ δʼ οὔ πώ τις ὁμοῖος ἐπιχθόνιος γένετʼ ἀνὴρ No man living could equal him in the marshalling of chariots and foot soldiers.

554κοσμῆσαι ἵππους τε καὶ ἀνέρας ἀσπιδιώτας·

555Νέστωρ οἶος ἔριζεν· ὃ γὰρ προγενέστερος ἦεν· Nestor could alone rival him, for he was older.

556τῷ δʼ ἅμα πεντήκοντα μέλαιναι νῆες ἕποντο. With him there came fifty ships.

557Αἴας δʼ ἐκ Σαλαμῖνος ἄγεν δυοκαίδεκα νῆας,Ajax brought twelve ships from Salamis,

558στῆσε δʼ ἄγων ἵνʼ Ἀθηναίων ἵσταντο φάλαγγες. and stationed them alongside those of the Athenians.

559οἳ δʼ Ἄργός τʼ εἶχον Τίρυνθά τε τειχιόεσσανThe men of Argos, again, and those who held the walls of Tiryns,

560Ἑρμιόνην Ἀσίνην τε, βαθὺν κατὰ κόλπον ἐχούσας, with Hermione, and Asine upon the gulf; Troezene,

561Τροιζῆνʼ Ἠϊόνας τε καὶ ἀμπελόεντʼ Ἐπίδαυρον, Eionae, and the vineyard lands of Epidaurus;

562οἵ τʼ ἔχον Αἴγιναν Μάσητά τε κοῦροι Ἀχαιῶν, the Achaean youths, moreover, who came from Aegina and Mases;

563τῶν αὖθʼ ἡγεμόνευε βοὴν ἀγαθὸς Διομήδης these were led by Diomed of the loud battle-cry,

564καὶ Σθένελος, Καπανῆος ἀγακλειτοῦ φίλος υἱός· and Sthenelus son of famed Capaneus.

565τοῖσι δʼ ἅμʼ Εὐρύαλος τρίτατος κίεν ἰσόθεος φὼς With them in command was Euryalus,

566Μηκιστέος υἱὸς Ταλαϊονίδαο ἄνακτος· son of king Mecisteus, son of Talaus;

567συμπάντων δʼ ἡγεῖτο βοὴν ἀγαθὸς Διομήδης· but Diomed was chief over them all.

568τοῖσι δʼ ἅμʼ ὀγδώκοντα μέλαιναι νῆες ἕποντο. With these there came eighty ships.

569οἳ δὲ Μυκήνας εἶχον ἐϋκτίμενον πτολίεθρονThose who held the strong city of Mycenae,

570ἀφνειόν τε Κόρινθον ἐϋκτιμένας τε Κλεωνάς, rich Corinth and Cleonae;

571Ὀρνειάς τʼ ἐνέμοντο Ἀραιθυρέην τʼ ἐρατεινὴν Orneae, Araethyrea, and Licyon,

572καὶ Σικυῶνʼ, ὅθʼ ἄρʼ Ἄδρηστος πρῶτʼ ἐμβασίλευεν, where Adrastus reigned of old;

573οἵ θʼ Ὑπερησίην τε καὶ αἰπεινὴν Γονόεσσαν Hyperesia, high Gonoessa,

574Πελλήνην τʼ εἶχον ἠδʼ Αἴγιον ἀμφενέμοντο and Pellene;

575Αἰγιαλόν τʼ ἀνὰ πάντα καὶ ἀμφʼ Ἑλίκην εὐρεῖαν, Aegium and all the coast-land round about Helice;

576τῶν ἑκατὸν νηῶν ἦρχε κρείων Ἀγαμέμνων these sent a hundred ships under the command of King Agamemnon,

577Ἀτρεΐδης· ἅμα τῷ γε πολὺ πλεῖστοι καὶ ἄριστοι son of Atreus. His force was far both finest and most numerous,

578λαοὶ ἕποντʼ· ἐν δʼ αὐτὸς ἐδύσετο νώροπα χαλκὸν and in their midst was the king himself, all glorious in his armour of gleaming bronze—

579κυδιόων, πᾶσιν δὲ μετέπρεπεν ἡρώεσσινforemost among the heroes,

580οὕνεκʼ ἄριστος ἔην πολὺ δὲ πλείστους ἄγε λαούς. for he was the greatest king, and had most men under him.

581οἳ δʼ εἶχον κοίλην Λακεδαίμονα κητώεσσαν, And those that dwelt in Lacedaemon,

582Φᾶρίν τε Σπάρτην τε πολυτρήρωνά τε Μέσσην, lying low among the hills, Pharis,

583Βρυσειάς τʼ ἐνέμοντο καὶ Αὐγειὰς ἐρατεινάς, Sparta, with Messe the haunt of doves;

584οἵ τʼ ἄρʼ Ἀμύκλας εἶχον Ἕλος τʼ ἔφαλον πτολίεθρον, Bryseae, Augeae, Amyclae, and Helos upon the sea;

585οἵ τε Λάαν εἶχον ἠδʼ Οἴτυλον ἀμφενέμοντο, Laas, moreover, and Oetylus; these were led by Menelaus of the loud battle-cry,

586τῶν οἱ ἀδελφεὸς ἦρχε βοὴν ἀγαθὸς Μενέλαος brother to Agamemnon,

587ἑξήκοντα νεῶν· ἀπάτερθε δὲ θωρήσσοντο· and of them there were sixty ships, drawn up apart from the others.

588ἐν δʼ αὐτὸς κίεν ᾗσι προθυμίῃσι πεποιθὼς Among them went Menelaus himself,

589ὀτρύνων πόλεμον δέ· μάλιστα δὲ ἵετο θυμῷ strong in zeal, urging his men to fight;

590τίσασθαι Ἑλένης ὁρμήματά τε στοναχάς τε. for he longed to avenge the toil and sorrow that he had suffered for the sake of Helen.

591οἳ δὲ Πύλον τʼ ἐνέμοντο καὶ Ἀρήνην ἐρατεινὴν The men of Pylos and Arene,

592καὶ Θρύον Ἀλφειοῖο πόρον καὶ ἐΰκτιτον Αἰπὺ and Thryum where is the ford of the river Alpheus;

593καὶ Κυπαρισσήεντα καὶ Ἀμφιγένειαν ἔναιον strong Aipy, Cyparisseis, and Amphigenea;

594καὶ Πτελεὸν καὶ Ἕλος καὶ Δώριον, ἔνθά τε Μοῦσαι Pteleum, Helos, and Dorium, where the Muses met Thamyris,

595ἀντόμεναι Θάμυριν τὸν Θρήϊκα παῦσαν ἀοιδῆς and stilled his minstrelsy for ever.

596Οἰχαλίηθεν ἰόντα παρʼ Εὐρύτου Οἰχαλιῆος· He was returning from Oechalia, where Eurytus lived and reigned,

597στεῦτο γὰρ εὐχόμενος νικησέμεν εἴ περ ἂν αὐταὶ and boasted that he would surpass even the Muses,

598Μοῦσαι ἀείδοιεν κοῦραι Διὸς αἰγιόχοιο· daughters of aegis-bearing Jove, if they should sing against him;

599αἳ δὲ χολωσάμεναι πηρὸν θέσαν, αὐτὰρ ἀοιδὴν whereon they were angry, and maimed him.

600θεσπεσίην ἀφέλοντο καὶ ἐκλέλαθον κιθαριστύν· They robbed him of his divine power of song, and thenceforth he could strike the lyre no more.

601τῶν αὖθʼ ἡγεμόνευε Γερήνιος ἱππότα Νέστωρ· These were commanded by Nestor,

602τῷ δʼ ἐνενήκοντα γλαφυραὶ νέες ἐστιχόωντο. knight of Gerene, and with him there came ninety ships.

603οἳ δʼ ἔχον Ἀρκαδίην ὑπὸ Κυλλήνης ὄρος αἰπὺAnd those that held Arcadia, under the high mountain of Cyllene,

604Αἰπύτιον παρὰ τύμβον ἵνʼ ἀνέρες ἀγχιμαχηταί, near the tomb of Aepytus, where the people fight hand to hand;

605οἳ Φενεόν τʼ ἐνέμοντο καὶ Ὀρχομενὸν πολύμηλον the men of Pheneus also, and Orchomenus rich in flocks;

606Ῥίπην τε Στρατίην τε καὶ ἠνεμόεσσαν Ἐνίσπην of Rhipae, Stratie, and bleak Enispe;

607καὶ Τεγέην εἶχον καὶ Μαντινέην ἐρατεινὴν of Tegea and fair Mantinea;

608Στύμφηλόν τʼ εἶχον καὶ Παρρασίην ἐνέμοντο, of Stymphelus and Parrhasia;

609τῶν ἦρχʼ Ἀγκαίοιο πάϊς κρείων Ἀγαπήνωρ of these King Agapenor son of Ancaeus was commander,

610ἑξήκοντα νεῶν· πολέες δʼ ἐν νηῒ ἑκάστῃ and they had sixty ships.

611Ἀρκάδες ἄνδρες ἔβαινον ἐπιστάμενοι πολεμίζειν.Many Arcadians, good soldiers, came in each one of them,

612αὐτὸς γάρ σφιν δῶκεν ἄναξ ἀνδρῶν Ἀγαμέμνων but Agamemnon found them the ships in which to cross the sea,

613νῆας ἐϋσσέλμους περάαν ἐπὶ οἴνοπα πόντον

614Ἀτρεΐδης, ἐπεὶ οὔ σφι θαλάσσια ἔργα μεμήλει. for they were not a people that occupied their business upon the waters.

615οἳ δʼ ἄρα Βουπράσιόν τε καὶ Ἤλιδα δῖαν ἔναιονThe men, moreover, of Buprasium and of Elis,

616ὅσσον ἐφʼ Ὑρμίνη καὶ Μύρσινος ἐσχατόωσα so much of it as is enclosed between Hyrmine,

617πέτρη τʼ Ὠλενίη καὶ Ἀλήσιον ἐντὸς ἐέργει, Myrsinus upon the sea-shore, the rock Olene and Alesium.

618τῶν αὖ τέσσαρες ἀρχοὶ ἔσαν, δέκα δʼ ἀνδρὶ ἑκάστῳ These had four leaders,

619νῆες ἕποντο θοαί, πολέες δʼ ἔμβαινον Ἐπειοί. and each of them had ten ships, with many Epeans on board.

620τῶν μὲν ἄρʼ Ἀμφίμαχος καὶ Θάλπιος ἡγησάσθην Their captains were Amphimachus and Thalpius—

621υἷες ὃ μὲν Κτεάτου, ὃ δʼ ἄρʼ Εὐρύτου, Ἀκτορίωνε·the one, son of Cteatus, and the other, of Eurytus—both of the race of Actor.

622τῶν δʼ Ἀμαρυγκεΐδης ἦρχε κρατερὸς Διώρης· The two others were Diores,

623τῶν δὲ τετάρτων ἦρχε Πολύξεινος θεοειδὴς son of Amarynceus, and Polyxenus,

624υἱὸς Ἀγασθένεος Αὐγηϊάδαο ἄνακτος. son of King Agasthenes, son of Augeas.

625οἳ δʼ ἐκ Δουλιχίοιο Ἐχινάων θʼ ἱεράωνAnd those of Dulichium with the sacred Echinean islands,

626νήσων, αἳ ναίουσι πέρην ἁλὸς Ἤλιδος ἄντα, who dwelt beyond the sea off Elis;

627τῶν αὖθʼ ἡγεμόνευε Μέγης ἀτάλαντος Ἄρηϊ these were led by Meges, peer of Mars,

628Φυλεΐδης, ὃν τίκτε Διῒ φίλος ἱππότα Φυλεύς, and the son of valiant Phyleus, dear to Jove,

629ὅς ποτε Δουλίχιον δʼ ἀπενάσσατο πατρὶ χολωθείς· who quarrelled with his father, and went to settle in Dulichium.

630τῷ δʼ ἅμα τεσσαράκοντα μέλαιναι νῆες ἕποντο. With him there came forty ships.

631αὐτὰρ Ὀδυσσεὺς ἦγε Κεφαλλῆνας μεγαθύμους, Ulysses led the brave Cephallenians,

632οἵ ῥʼ Ἰθάκην εἶχον καὶ Νήριτον εἰνοσίφυλλον who held Ithaca,

633καὶ Κροκύλειʼ ἐνέμοντο καὶ Αἰγίλιπα τρηχεῖαν, Neritum with its forests, Crocylea,

634οἵ τε Ζάκυνθον ἔχον ἠδʼ οἳ Σάμον ἀμφενέμοντο, rugged Aegilips, Samos and Zacynthus,

635οἵ τʼ ἤπειρον ἔχον ἠδʼ ἀντιπέραιʼ ἐνέμοντο· with the mainland also that was over against the islands.

636τῶν μὲν Ὀδυσσεὺς ἦρχε Διὶ μῆτιν ἀτάλαντος· These were led by Ulysses,

637τῷ δʼ ἅμα νῆες ἕποντο δυώδεκα μιλτοπάρῃοι. peer of Jove in counsel, and with him there came twelve ships.

638Αἰτωλῶν δʼ ἡγεῖτο Θόας Ἀνδραίμονος υἱός, Thoas, son of Andraemon,

639οἳ Πλευρῶνʼ ἐνέμοντο καὶ Ὤλενον ἠδὲ Πυλήνην commanded the Aetolians, who dwelt in Pleuron, Olenus,

640Χαλκίδα τʼ ἀγχίαλον Καλυδῶνά τε πετρήεσσαν· Pylene, Chalcis by the sea, and rocky Calydon,

641οὐ γὰρ ἔτʼ Οἰνῆος μεγαλήτορος υἱέες ἦσαν, for the great king Oeneus had now no sons living,

642οὐδʼ ἄρʼ ἔτʼ αὐτὸς ἔην, θάνε δὲ ξανθὸς Μελέαγρος· and was himself dead, as was also golden-haired Meleager,

643τῷ δʼ ἐπὶ πάντʼ ἐτέταλτο ἀνασσέμεν Αἰτωλοῖσι· who had been set over the Aetolians to be their king.

644τῷ δʼ ἅμα τεσσαράκοντα μέλαιναι νῆες ἕποντο. And with Thoas there came forty ships.

645Κρητῶν δʼ Ἰδομενεὺς δουρὶ κλυτὸς ἡγεμόνευεν,The famous spearsman Idomeneus led the Cretans,

646οἳ Κνωσόν τʼ εἶχον Γόρτυνά τε τειχιόεσσαν, who held Cnossus, and the well-walled city of Gortys; Lyctus also,

647Λύκτον Μίλητόν τε καὶ ἀργινόεντα Λύκαστον Miletus and Lycastus that lies upon the chalk;

648Φαιστόν τε Ῥύτιόν τε, πόλεις εὖ ναιετοώσας, the populous towns of Phaestus and Rhytium,

649ἄλλοι θʼ οἳ Κρήτην ἑκατόμπολιν ἀμφενέμοντο. with the other peoples that dwelt in the hundred cities of Crete.

650τῶν μὲν ἄρʼ Ἰδομενεὺς δουρὶ κλυτὸς ἡγεμόνευε All these were led by Idomeneus, and by Meriones,

651Μηριόνης τʼ ἀτάλαντος Ἐνυαλίῳ ἀνδρειφόντῃ· peer of murderous Mars.

652τοῖσι δʼ ἅμʼ ὀγδώκοντα μέλαιναι νῆες ἕποντο. And with these there came eighty ships.

653Τληπόλεμος δʼ Ἡρακλεΐδης ἠΰς τε μέγας τεTlepolemus, son of Hercules, a man both brave and large of stature,

654ἐκ Ῥόδου ἐννέα νῆας ἄγεν Ῥοδίων ἀγερώχων, brought nine ships of lordly warriors from Rhodes.

655οἳ Ῥόδον ἀμφενέμοντο διὰ τρίχα κοσμηθέντες These dwelt in Rhodes which is divided among the three cities of Lindus,

656Λίνδον Ἰηλυσόν τε καὶ ἀργινόεντα Κάμειρον. Ielysus, and Cameirus, that lies upon the chalk.

657τῶν μὲν Τληπόλεμος δουρὶ κλυτὸς ἡγεμόνευεν, These were commanded by Tlepolemus,

658ὃν τέκεν Ἀστυόχεια βίῃ Ἡρακληείῃ, son of Hercules by Astyochea,

659τὴν ἄγετʼ ἐξ Ἐφύρης ποταμοῦ ἄπο Σελλήεντος whom he had carried off from Ephyra, on the river Selleis,

660πέρσας ἄστεα πολλὰ διοτρεφέων αἰζηῶν. after sacking many cities of valiant warriors.

661Τληπόλεμος δʼ ἐπεὶ οὖν τράφʼ ἐνὶ μεγάρῳ εὐπήκτῳ, When Tlepolemus grew up, he killed his father’s uncle Licymnius,

662αὐτίκα πατρὸς ἑοῖο φίλον μήτρωα κατέκτα who had been a famous warrior in his time,

663ἤδη γηράσκοντα Λικύμνιον ὄζον Ἄρηος· but was then grown old.

664αἶψα δὲ νῆας ἔπηξε, πολὺν δʼ ὅ γε λαὸν ἀγείρας On this he built himself a fleet, gathered a great following,

665βῆ φεύγων ἐπὶ πόντον· ἀπείλησαν γάρ οἱ ἄλλοι and fled beyond the sea, for he was menaced by the other sons and grandsons of Hercules.

666υἱέες υἱωνοί τε βίης Ἡρακληείης. After a voyage,

667αὐτὰρ ὅ γʼ ἐς Ῥόδον ἷξεν ἀλώμενος ἄλγεα πάσχων· during which he suffered great hardship, he came to Rhodes,

668τριχθὰ δὲ ᾤκηθεν καταφυλαδόν, ἠδὲ φίληθεν where the people divided into three communities, according to their tribes,

669ἐκ Διός, ὅς τε θεοῖσι καὶ ἀνθρώποισιν ἀνάσσει, and were dearly loved by Jove, the lord of gods and men;

670καί σφιν θεσπέσιον πλοῦτον κατέχευε Κρονίων. wherefore the son of Saturn showered down great riches upon them.

671Νιρεὺς αὖ Σύμηθεν ἄγε τρεῖς νῆας ἐΐσας

672Νιρεὺς Ἀγλαΐης υἱὸς Χαρόποιό τʼ ἄνακτοςAnd Nireus brought three ships from Syme—Nireus,

673Νιρεύς, ὃς κάλλιστος ἀνὴρ ὑπὸ Ἴλιον ἦλθε who was the handsomest man that came up under Ilius of all the Danaans after the son of Peleus—

674τῶν ἄλλων Δαναῶν μετʼ ἀμύμονα Πηλεΐωνα·

675ἀλλʼ ἀλαπαδνὸς ἔην, παῦρος δέ οἱ εἵπετο λαός.but he was a man of no substance, and had but a small following.

676οἳ δʼ ἄρα Νίσυρόν τʼ εἶχον Κράπαθόν τε Κάσον τε And those that held Nisyrus, Crapathus, and Casus,

677καὶ Κῶν Εὐρυπύλοιο πόλιν νήσους τε Καλύδνας, with Cos, the city of Eurypylus, and the Calydnian islands,

678τῶν αὖ Φείδιππός τε καὶ Ἄντιφος ἡγησάσθην these were commanded by Pheidippus and Antiphus,

679Θεσσαλοῦ υἷε δύω Ἡρακλεΐδαο ἄνακτος· two sons of King Thessalus the son of Hercules.

680τοῖς δὲ τριήκοντα γλαφυραὶ νέες ἐστιχόωντο. And with them there came thirty ships.

681νῦν αὖ τοὺς ὅσσοι τὸ Πελασγικὸν Ἄργος ἔναιον,Those again who held Pelasgic Argos, Alos,

682οἵ τʼ Ἄλον οἵ τʼ Ἀλόπην οἵ τε Τρηχῖνα νέμοντο, Alope, and Trachis;

683οἵ τʼ εἶχον Φθίην ἠδʼ Ἑλλάδα καλλιγύναικα, and those of Phthia and Hellas the land of fair women,

684Μυρμιδόνες δὲ καλεῦντο καὶ Ἕλληνες καὶ Ἀχαιοί, who were called Myrmidons, Hellenes, and Achaeans;

685τῶν αὖ πεντήκοντα νεῶν ἦν ἀρχὸς Ἀχιλλεύς. these had fifty ships, over which Achilles was in command.

686ἀλλʼ οἵ γʼ οὐ πολέμοιο δυσηχέος ἐμνώοντο· But they now took no part in the war,

687οὐ γὰρ ἔην ὅς τίς σφιν ἐπὶ στίχας ἡγήσαιτο· inasmuch as there was no one to marshal them; for Achilles stayed by his ships,

688κεῖτο γὰρ ἐν νήεσσι ποδάρκης δῖος Ἀχιλλεὺς furious about the loss of the girl Briseis,

689κούρης χωόμενος Βρισηΐδος ἠϋκόμοιο, whom he had taken from Lyrnessus at his own great peril,

690τὴν ἐκ Λυρνησσοῦ ἐξείλετο πολλὰ μογήσας when he had sacked Lyrnessus and Thebe,

691Λυρνησσὸν διαπορθήσας καὶ τείχεα Θήβης, and had overthrown Mynes and Epistrophus,

692κὰδ δὲ Μύνητʼ ἔβαλεν καὶ Ἐπίστροφον ἐγχεσιμώρους, sons of king Evenor, son of Selepus.

693υἱέας Εὐηνοῖο Σεληπιάδαο ἄνακτος· For her sake Achilles was still grieving,

694τῆς ὅ γε κεῖτʼ ἀχέων, τάχα δʼ ἀνστήσεσθαι ἔμελλεν. but ere long he was again to join them.

695οἳ δʼ εἶχον Φυλάκην καὶ Πύρασον ἀνθεμόενταAnd those that held Phylace and the flowery meadows of Pyrasus,

696Δήμητρος τέμενος, Ἴτωνά τε μητέρα μήλων, sanctuary of Ceres; Iton, the mother of sheep;

697ἀγχίαλόν τʼ Ἀντρῶνα ἰδὲ Πτελεὸν λεχεποίην, Antrum upon the sea, and Pteleum that lies upon the grass lands.

698τῶν αὖ Πρωτεσίλαος ἀρήϊος ἡγεμόνευε Of these brave Protesilaus had been captain while he was yet alive,

699ζωὸς ἐών· τότε δʼ ἤδη ἔχεν κάτα γαῖα μέλαινα. but he was now lying under the earth.

700τοῦ δὲ καὶ ἀμφιδρυφὴς ἄλοχος Φυλάκῃ ἐλέλειπτο He had left a wife behind him in Phylace to tear her cheeks in sorrow,

701καὶ δόμος ἡμιτελής· τὸν δʼ ἔκτανε Δάρδανος ἀνὴρ and his house was only half finished,

702νηὸς ἀποθρῴσκοντα πολὺ πρώτιστον Ἀχαιῶν. for he was slain by a Dardanian warrior while leaping foremost of the Achaeans upon the soil of Troy.

703οὐδὲ μὲν οὐδʼ οἳ ἄναρχοι ἔσαν, πόθεόν γε μὲν ἀρχόν· Still, though his people mourned their chieftain, they were not without a leader,

704ἀλλά σφεας κόσμησε Ποδάρκης ὄζος Ἄρηος for Podarces, of the race of Mars, marshalled them;

705Ἰφίκλου υἱὸς πολυμήλου Φυλακίδαο he was son of Iphiclus, rich in sheep,

706αὐτοκασίγνητος μεγαθύμου Πρωτεσιλάου who was the son of Phylacus, and he was own brother to Protesilaus,

707ὁπλότερος γενεῇ· ὁ δʼ ἅμα πρότερος καὶ ἀρείων only younger, Protesilaus being at once the elder and the more valiant.

708ἥρως Πρωτεσίλαος ἀρήϊος· οὐδέ τι λαοὶ So the people were not without a leader,

709δεύονθʼ ἡγεμόνος, πόθεόν γε μὲν ἐσθλὸν ἐόντα· though they mourned him whom they had lost.

710τῷ δʼ ἅμα τεσσαράκοντα μέλαιναι νῆες ἕποντο. With him there came forty ships.

711οἳ δὲ Φερὰς ἐνέμοντο παραὶ Βοιβηΐδα λίμνηνAnd those that held Pherae by the Boebean lake,

712Βοίβην καὶ Γλαφύρας καὶ ἐϋκτιμένην Ἰαωλκόν, with Boebe, Glaphyrae, and the populous city of Iolcus,

713τῶν ἦρχʼ Ἀδμήτοιο φίλος πάϊς ἕνδεκα νηῶν these with their eleven ships were led by Eumelus,

714Εὔμηλος, τὸν ὑπʼ Ἀδμήτῳ τέκε δῖα γυναικῶν son of Admetus,

715Ἄλκηστις Πελίαο θυγατρῶν εἶδος ἀρίστη. whom Alcestis bore to him, loveliest of the daughters of Pelias.

716οἳ δʼ ἄρα Μηθώνην καὶ Θαυμακίην ἐνέμοντο And those that held Methone and Thaumacia,

717καὶ Μελίβοιαν ἔχον καὶ Ὀλιζῶνα τρηχεῖαν, with Meliboea and rugged Olizon,

718τῶν δὲ Φιλοκτήτης ἦρχεν τόξων ἐῢ εἰδὼς these were led by the skilful archer Philoctetes,

719ἑπτὰ νεῶν· ἐρέται δʼ ἐν ἑκάστῃ πεντήκοντα and they had seven ships,

720ἐμβέβασαν τόξων εὖ εἰδότες ἶφι μάχεσθαι. each with fifty oarsmen all of them good archers;

721ἀλλʼ ὃ μὲν ἐν νήσῳ κεῖτο κρατέρʼ ἄλγεα πάσχων but Philoctetes was lying in great pain in the Island of Lemnos,

722Λήμνῳ ἐν ἠγαθέῃ, ὅθι μιν λίπον υἷες Ἀχαιῶν where the sons of the Achaeans left him,

723ἕλκεϊ μοχθίζοντα κακῷ ὀλοόφρονος ὕδρου· for he had been bitten by a poisonous water snake.

724ἔνθʼ ὅ γε κεῖτʼ ἀχέων· τάχα δὲ μνήσεσθαι ἔμελλον There he lay sick and sorry,

725Ἀργεῖοι παρὰ νηυσὶ Φιλοκτήταο ἄνακτος. and full soon did the Argives come to miss him.

726οὐδὲ μὲν οὐδʼ οἳ ἄναρχοι ἔσαν, πόθεόν γε μὲν ἀρχόν· But his people, though they felt his loss were not leaderless,

727ἀλλὰ Μέδων κόσμησεν Ὀϊλῆος νόθος υἱός, for Medon, the bastard son of Oileus by Rhene,

728τόν ῥʼ ἔτεκεν Ῥήνη ὑπʼ Ὀϊλῆϊ πτολιπόρθῳ. set them in array.

729οἳ δʼ εἶχον Τρίκκην καὶ Ἰθώμην κλωμακόεσσαν,Those, again, of Tricca and the stony region of Ithome,

730οἵ τʼ ἔχον Οἰχαλίην πόλιν Εὐρύτου Οἰχαλιῆος, and they that held Oechalia, the city of Oechalian Eurytus,

731τῶν αὖθʼ ἡγείσθην Ἀσκληπιοῦ δύο παῖδε these were commanded by the two sons of Aesculapius,

732ἰητῆρʼ ἀγαθὼ Ποδαλείριος ἠδὲ Μαχάων· skilled in the art of healing, Podalirius and Machaon.

733τοῖς δὲ τριήκοντα γλαφυραὶ νέες ἐστιχόωντο. And with them there came thirty ships.

734οἳ δʼ ἔχον Ὀρμένιον, οἵ τε κρήνην Ὑπέρειαν,The men, moreover, of Ormenius, and by the fountain of Hypereia,

735οἵ τʼ ἔχον Ἀστέριον Τιτάνοιό τε λευκὰ κάρηνα, with those that held Asterius, and the white crests of Titanus,

736τῶν ἦρχʼ Εὐρύπυλος Εὐαίμονος ἀγλαὸς υἱός· these were led by Eurypylus,

737τῷ δʼ ἅμα τεσσαράκοντα μέλαιναι νῆες ἕποντο. the son of Euaemon, and with them there came forty ships.

738οἳ δʼ Ἄργισσαν ἔχον καὶ Γυρτώνην ἐνέμοντο, Those that held Argissa and Gyrtone,

739Ὄρθην Ἠλώνην τε πόλιν τʼ Ὀλοοσσόνα λευκήν, Orthe, Elone, and the white city of Oloosson,

740τῶν αὖθʼ ἡγεμόνευε μενεπτόλεμος Πολυποίτης of these brave Polypoetes was leader.

741υἱὸς Πειριθόοιο τὸν ἀθάνατος τέκετο Ζεύς· He was son of Pirithous, who was son of Jove himself,

742τόν ῥʼ ὑπὸ Πειριθόῳ τέκετο κλυτὸς Ἱπποδάμεια

743ἤματι τῷ ὅτε Φῆρας ἐτίσατο λαχνήεντας, for Hippodameia bore him to Pirithous on the day when he took his revenge on the shaggy mountain savages and drove them from Mt.

744τοὺς δʼ ἐκ Πηλίου ὦσε καὶ Αἰθίκεσσι πέλασσεν· Pelion to the Aithices.

745οὐκ οἶος, ἅμα τῷ γε Λεοντεὺς ὄζος Ἄρηος But Polypoetes was not sole in command, for with him was Leonteus, of the race of Mars,

746υἱὸς ὑπερθύμοιο Κορώνου Καινεΐδαο· who was son of Coronus, the son of Caeneus.

747τοῖς δʼ ἅμα τεσσαράκοντα μέλαιναι νῆες ἕποντο. And with these there came forty ships.

748Γουνεὺς δʼ ἐκ Κύφου ἦγε δύω καὶ εἴκοσι νῆας· Guneus brought two and twenty ships from Cyphus,

749τῷ δʼ Ἐνιῆνες ἕποντο μενεπτόλεμοί τε Περαιβοὶ and he was followed by the Enienes and the valiant Peraebi,

750οἳ περὶ Δωδώνην δυσχείμερον οἰκίʼ ἔθεντο, who dwelt about wintry Dodona,

751οἵ τʼ ἀμφʼ ἱμερτὸν Τιταρησσὸν ἔργα νέμοντο and held the lands round the lovely river Titaresius,

752ὅς ῥʼ ἐς Πηνειὸν προΐει καλλίρροον ὕδωρ, which sends its waters into the Peneus.

753οὐδʼ ὅ γε Πηνειῷ συμμίσγεται ἀργυροδίνῃ, They do not mingle with the silver eddies of the Peneus,

754ἀλλά τέ μιν καθύπερθεν ἐπιρρέει ἠΰτʼ ἔλαιον· but flow on the top of them like oil;

755ὅρκου γὰρ δεινοῦ Στυγὸς ὕδατός ἐστιν ἀπορρώξ. for the Titaresius is a branch of dread Orcus and of the river Styx.

756Μαγνήτων δʼ ἦρχε Πρόθοος Τενθρηδόνος υἱός, Of the Magnetes, Prothous son of Tenthredon was commander.

757οἳ περὶ Πηνειὸν καὶ Πήλιον εἰνοσίφυλλον They were they that dwelt about the river Peneus and Mt. Pelion.

758ναίεσκον· τῶν μὲν Πρόθοος θοὸς ἡγεμόνευε, Prothous, fleet of foot,

759τῷ δʼ ἅμα τεσσαράκοντα μέλαιναι νῆες ἕποντο. was their leader, and with him there came forty ships.

760οὗτοι ἄρʼ ἡγεμόνες Δαναῶν καὶ κοίρανοι ἦσαν·Such were the chiefs and princes of the Danaans.

761τίς τὰρ τῶν ὄχʼ ἄριστος ἔην σύ μοι ἔννεπε ΜοῦσαWho, then, O Muse, was the foremost, whether man or horse,

762αὐτῶν ἠδʼ ἵππων, οἳ ἅμʼ Ἀτρεΐδῃσιν ἕποντο. among those that followed after the sons of Atreus?

763ἵπποι μὲν μέγʼ ἄρισται ἔσαν Φηρητιάδαο,Of the horses, those of the son of Pheres were by far the finest.

764τὰς Εὔμηλος ἔλαυνε ποδώκεας ὄρνιθας ὣς They were driven by Eumelus, and were as fleet as birds.

765ὄτριχας οἰέτεας σταφύλῇ ἐπὶ νῶτον ἐΐσας· They were of the same age and colour, and perfectly matched in height.

766τὰς ἐν Πηρείῃ θρέψʼ ἀργυρότοξος Ἀπόλλων Apollo, of the silver bow, had bred them in Perea—

767ἄμφω θηλείας, φόβον Ἄρηος φορεούσας.both of them mares, and terrible as Mars in battle.

768ἀνδρῶν αὖ μέγʼ ἄριστος ἔην Τελαμώνιος Αἴας Of the men, Ajax, son of Telamon,

769ὄφρʼ Ἀχιλεὺς μήνιεν· ὃ γὰρ πολὺ φέρτατος ἦεν, was much the foremost so long as Achilles’ anger lasted, for Achilles excelled him greatly and he had also better horses;

770ἵπποι θʼ οἳ φορέεσκον ἀμύμονα Πηλεΐωνα.

771ἀλλʼ ὃ μὲν ἐν νήεσσι κορωνίσι ποντοπόροισι but Achilles was now holding aloof at his ships by reason of his quarrel with Agamemnon,

772κεῖτʼ ἀπομηνίσας Ἀγαμέμνονι ποιμένι λαῶν

773Ἀτρεΐδῃ· λαοὶ δὲ παρὰ ῥηγμῖνι θαλάσσης and his people passed their time upon the sea-shore,

774δίσκοισιν τέρποντο καὶ αἰγανέῃσιν ἱέντες throwing discs or aiming with spears at a mark,

775τόξοισίν θʼ· ἵπποι δὲ παρʼ ἅρμασιν οἷσιν ἕκαστος and in archery. Their horses stood each by his own chariot,

776λωτὸν ἐρεπτόμενοι ἐλεόθρεπτόν τε σέλινον champing lotus and wild celery.

777ἕστασαν· ἅρματα δʼ εὖ πεπυκασμένα κεῖτο ἀνάκτων The chariots were housed under cover, but their owners,

778ἐν κλισίῃς· οἳ δʼ ἀρχὸν ἀρηΐφιλον ποθέοντες for lack of leadership,

779φοίτων ἔνθα καὶ ἔνθα κατὰ στρατὸν οὐδὲ μάχοντο. wandered hither and thither about the host and went not forth to fight.

780οἳ δʼ ἄρʼ ἴσαν ὡς εἴ τε πυρὶ χθὼν πᾶσα νέμοιτο·Thus marched the host like a consuming fire,

781γαῖα δʼ ὑπεστενάχιζε Διὶ ὣς τερπικεραύνῳ

782χωομένῳ ὅτε τʼ ἀμφὶ Τυφωέϊ γαῖαν ἱμάσσῃ and the earth groaned beneath them when the lord of thunder is angry and lashes the land about Typhoeus among the Arimi,

783εἰν Ἀρίμοις, ὅθι φασὶ Τυφωέος ἔμμεναι εὐνάς· where they say Typhoeus lies.

784ὣς ἄρα τῶν ὑπὸ ποσσὶ μέγα στεναχίζετο γαῖα Even so did the earth groan beneath them

785ἐρχομένων· μάλα δʼ ὦκα διέπρησσον πεδίοιο. as they sped over the plain.

786Τρωσὶν δʼ ἄγγελος ἦλθε ποδήνεμος ὠκέα ἾριςAnd now Iris, fleet as the wind,

787πὰρ Διὸς αἰγιόχοιο σὺν ἀγγελίῃ ἀλεγεινῇ· was sent by Jove to tell the bad news among the Trojans.

788οἳ δʼ ἀγορὰς ἀγόρευον ἐπὶ Πριάμοιο θύρῃσι They were gathered in assembly,

789πάντες ὁμηγερέες ἠμὲν νέοι ἠδὲ γέροντες· old and young, at Priam’s gates,

790ἀγχοῦ δʼ ἱσταμένη προσέφη πόδας ὠκέα Ἶρις· and Iris came close up to Priam,

791εἴσατο δὲ φθογγὴν υἷϊ Πριάμοιο Πολίτῃ, speaking with the voice of Priam’s son Polites, who,

792ὃς Τρώων σκοπὸς ἷζε ποδωκείῃσι πεποιθὼς being fleet of foot,

793τύμβῳ ἐπʼ ἀκροτάτῳ Αἰσυήταο γέροντος, was stationed as watchman for the Trojans on the tomb of old Aesyetes,

794δέγμενος ὁππότε ναῦφιν ἀφορμηθεῖεν Ἀχαιοί· to look out for any sally of the Achaeans.

795τῷ μιν ἐεισαμένη προσέφη πόδας ὠκέα Ἶρις· In his likeness Iris spoke, saying, “Old man,

796ὦ γέρον αἰεί τοι μῦθοι φίλοι ἄκριτοί εἰσιν, you talk idly, as in time of peace,

797ὥς ποτʼ ἐπʼ εἰρήνης· πόλεμος δʼ ἀλίαστος ὄρωρεν. while war is at hand.

798ἤδη μὲν μάλα πολλὰ μάχας εἰσήλυθον ἀνδρῶν,I have been in many a battle, but never yet saw such a host as is now advancing.

799ἀλλʼ οὔ πω τοιόνδε τοσόνδέ τε λαὸν ὄπωπα· They are crossing the plain to attack the city as thick as leaves or as the sands of the sea.

800λίην γὰρ φύλλοισιν ἐοικότες ἢ ψαμάθοισιν

801ἔρχονται πεδίοιο μαχησόμενοι προτὶ ἄστυ. Hector, I charge you above all others,

802Ἕκτορ σοὶ δὲ μάλιστʼ ἐπιτέλλομαι, ὧδε δὲ ῥέξαι· do as I say.

803πολλοὶ γὰρ κατὰ ἄστυ μέγα Πριάμου ἐπίκουροι, There are many allies dispersed about the city of Priam from distant places and speaking divers tongues.

804ἄλλη δʼ ἄλλων γλῶσσα πολυσπερέων ἀνθρώπων·

805τοῖσιν ἕκαστος ἀνὴρ σημαινέτω οἷσί περ ἄρχει, Therefore, let each chief give orders to his own people,

806τῶν δʼ ἐξηγείσθω κοσμησάμενος πολιήτας. setting them severally in array and leading them forth to battle.

807ὣς ἔφαθʼ, Ἕκτωρ δʼ οὔ τι θεᾶς ἔπος ἠγνοίησεν,” Thus she spoke, but Hector knew that it was the goddess,

808αἶψα δʼ ἔλυσʼ ἀγορήν· ἐπὶ τεύχεα δʼ ἐσσεύοντο· and at once broke up the assembly. The men flew to arms;

809πᾶσαι δʼ ὠΐγνυντο πύλαι, ἐκ δʼ ἔσσυτο λαὸς all the gates were opened, and the people thronged through them,

810πεζοί θʼ ἱππῆές τε· πολὺς δʼ ὀρυμαγδὸς ὀρώρει. horse and foot, with the tramp as of a great multitude.

811ἔστι δέ τις προπάροιθε πόλιος αἰπεῖα κολώνη Now there is a high mound before the city,

812ἐν πεδίῳ ἀπάνευθε περίδρομος ἔνθα καὶ ἔνθα, rising by itself upon the plain.

813τὴν ἤτοι ἄνδρες Βατίειαν κικλήσκουσιν, Men call it Batieia,

814ἀθάνατοι δέ τε σῆμα πολυσκάρθμοιο Μυρίνης· but the gods know that it is the tomb of lithe Myrine.

815ἔνθα τότε Τρῶές τε διέκριθεν ἠδʼ ἐπίκουροι. Here the Trojans and their allies divided their forces.

816Τρωσὶ μὲν ἡγεμόνευε μέγας κορυθαίολος ἝκτωρPriam’s son, great Hector of the gleaming helmet,

817Πριαμίδης· ἅμα τῷ γε πολὺ πλεῖστοι καὶ ἄριστοι commanded the Trojans,

818λαοὶ θωρήσσοντο μεμαότες ἐγχείῃσι. and with him were arrayed by far the greater number and most valiant of those who were longing for the fray.

819Δαρδανίων αὖτʼ ἦρχεν ἐῢς πάϊς Ἀγχίσαο The Dardanians were led by brave Aeneas,

820Αἰνείας, τὸν ὑπʼ Ἀγχίσῃ τέκε δῖʼ Ἀφροδίτη whom Venus bore to Anchises, when she, goddess though she was,

821Ἴδης ἐν κνημοῖσι θεὰ βροτῷ εὐνηθεῖσα, had lain with him upon the mountain slopes of Ida.

822οὐκ οἶος, ἅμα τῷ γε δύω Ἀντήνορος υἷε He was not alone, for with him were the two sons of Antenor,

823Ἀρχέλοχός τʼ Ἀκάμας τε μάχης εὖ εἰδότε πάσης. Archelochus and Acamas, both skilled in all the arts of war.

824οἳ δὲ Ζέλειαν ἔναιον ὑπαὶ πόδα νείατον Ἴδης They that dwelt in Telea under the lowest spurs of Mt. Ida,

825ἀφνειοὶ πίνοντες ὕδωρ μέλαν Αἰσήποιο men of substance, who drink the limpid waters of the Aesepus,

826Τρῶες, τῶν αὖτʼ ἦρχε Λυκάονος ἀγλαὸς υἱὸς and are of Trojan blood—

827Πάνδαρος, ᾧ καὶ τόξον Ἀπόλλων αὐτὸς ἔδωκεν.these were led by Pandarus son of Lycaon, whom Apollo had taught to use the bow.

828οἳ δʼ Ἀδρήστειάν τʼ εἶχον καὶ δῆμον Ἀπαισοῦ They that held Adresteia and the land of Apaesus,

829καὶ Πιτύειαν ἔχον καὶ Τηρείης ὄρος αἰπύ, with Pityeia, and the high mountain of Tereia—

830τῶν ἦρχʼ Ἄδρηστός τε καὶ Ἄμφιος λινοθώρηξthese were led by Adrestus and Amphius, whose breastplate was of linen.

831υἷε δύω Μέροπος Περκωσίου, ὃς περὶ πάντων These were the sons of Merops of Percote,

832ᾔδεε μαντοσύνας, οὐδὲ οὓς παῖδας ἔασκε who excelled in all kinds of divination.

833στείχειν ἐς πόλεμον φθισήνορα· τὼ δέ οἱ οὔ τι He told them not to take part in the war,

834πειθέσθην· κῆρες γὰρ ἄγον μέλανος θανάτοιο. but they gave him no heed, for fate lured them to destruction.

835οἳ δʼ ἄρα Περκώτην καὶ Πράκτιον ἀμφενέμοντοThey that dwelt about Percote and Practius, with Sestos,

836καὶ Σηστὸν καὶ Ἄβυδον ἔχον καὶ δῖαν Ἀρίσβην, Abydos, and Arisbe—these were led by Asius, son of Hyrtacus,

837τῶν αὖθʼ Ὑρτακίδης ἦρχʼ Ἄσιος ὄρχαμος ἀνδρῶν, a brave commander—Asius, the son of Hyrtacus,

838Ἄσιος Ὑρτακίδης ὃν Ἀρίσβηθεν φέρον ἵπποι whom his powerful dark bay steeds,

839αἴθωνες μεγάλοι ποταμοῦ ἄπο Σελλήεντος. of the breed that comes from the river Selleis, had brought from Arisbe.

840Ἱππόθοος δʼ ἄγε φῦλα Πελασγῶν ἐγχεσιμώρων Hippothous led the tribes of Pelasgian spearsmen,

841τῶν οἳ Λάρισαν ἐριβώλακα ναιετάασκον· who dwelt in fertile Larissa—Hippothous,

842τῶν ἦρχʼ Ἱππόθοός τε Πύλαιός τʼ ὄζος Ἄρηος, and Pylaeus of the race of Mars,

843υἷε δύω Λήθοιο Πελασγοῦ Τευταμίδαο. two sons of the Pelasgian Lethus, son of Teutamus.

844αὐτὰρ Θρήϊκας ἦγʼ Ἀκάμας καὶ Πείροος ἥρως

845ὅσσους Ἑλλήσποντος ἀγάρροος ἐντὸς ἐέργει.Acamas and the warrior Peirous commanded the Thracians and those that came from beyond the mighty stream of the Hellespont.

846Εὔφημος δʼ ἀρχὸς Κικόνων ἦν αἰχμητάων Euphemus, son of Troezenus,

847υἱὸς Τροιζήνοιο διοτρεφέος Κεάδαο. the son of Ceos, was captain of the Ciconian spearsmen.

848αὐτὰρ Πυραίχμης ἄγε Παίονας ἀγκυλοτόξους Pyraechmes led the Paeonian archers from distant Amydon,

849τηλόθεν ἐξ Ἀμυδῶνος ἀπʼ Ἀξιοῦ εὐρὺ ῥέοντος, by the broad waters of the river Axius,

850Ἀξιοῦ οὗ κάλλιστον ὕδωρ ἐπικίδναται αἶαν. the fairest that flow upon the earth.

851Παφλαγόνων δʼ ἡγεῖτο Πυλαιμένεος λάσιον κῆρThe Paphlagonians were commanded by stout-hearted Pylaemanes from Enetae,

852ἐξ Ἐνετῶν, ὅθεν ἡμιόνων γένος ἀγροτεράων, where the mules run wild in herds.

853οἵ ῥα Κύτωρον ἔχον καὶ Σήσαμον ἀμφενέμοντο These were they that held Cytorus and the country round Sesamus,

854ἀμφί τε Παρθένιον ποταμὸν κλυτὰ δώματʼ ἔναιον with the cities by the river Parthenius,

855Κρῶμνάν τʼ Αἰγιαλόν τε καὶ ὑψηλοὺς Ἐρυθίνους. Cromna, Aegialus, and lofty Erithini.

856αὐτὰρ Ἁλιζώνων Ὀδίος καὶ Ἐπίστροφος ἦρχονOdius and Epistrophus were captains over the Halizoni from distant Alybe,

857τηλόθεν ἐξ Ἀλύβης, ὅθεν ἀργύρου ἐστὶ γενέθλη. where there are mines of silver.

858Μυσῶν δὲ Χρόμις ἦρχε καὶ Ἔννομος οἰωνιστής·Chromis, and Ennomus the augur, led the Mysians,

859ἀλλʼ οὐκ οἰωνοῖσιν ἐρύσατο κῆρα μέλαιναν, but his skill in augury availed not to save him from destruction,

860ἀλλʼ ἐδάμη ὑπὸ χερσὶ ποδώκεος Αἰακίδαο for he fell by the hand of the fleet descendant of Aeacus in the river,

861ἐν ποταμῷ, ὅθι περ Τρῶας κεράϊζε καὶ ἄλλους. where he slew others also of the Trojans.

862Φόρκυς αὖ Φρύγας ἦγε καὶ Ἀσκάνιος θεοειδὴς Phorcys, again, and noble Ascanius led the Phrygians from the far country of Ascania,

863τῆλʼ ἐξ Ἀσκανίης· μέμασαν δʼ ὑσμῖνι μάχεσθαι. and both were eager for the fray.

864Μῄοσιν αὖ Μέσθλης τε καὶ Ἄντιφος ἡγησάσθην Mesthles and Antiphus commanded the Meonians,

865υἷε Ταλαιμένεος τὼ Γυγαίη τέκε λίμνη, sons of Talaemenes, born to him of the Gygaean lake.

866οἳ καὶ Μῄονας ἦγον ὑπὸ Τμώλῳ γεγαῶτας. These led the Meonians, who dwelt under Mt. Tmolus.

867Νάστης αὖ Καρῶν ἡγήσατο βαρβαροφώνων,Nastes led the Carians, men of a strange speech.

868οἳ Μίλητον ἔχον Φθιρῶν τʼ ὄρος ἀκριτόφυλλον These held Miletus and the wooded mountain of Phthires,

869Μαιάνδρου τε ῥοὰς Μυκάλης τʼ αἰπεινὰ κάρηνα· with the water of the river Maeander and the lofty crests of Mt. Mycale.

870τῶν μὲν ἄρʼ Ἀμφίμαχος καὶ Νάστης ἡγησάσθην, These were commanded by Nastes and Amphimachus,

871Νάστης Ἀμφίμαχός τε Νομίονος ἀγλαὰ τέκνα, the brave sons of Nomion.

872ὃς καὶ χρυσὸν ἔχων πόλεμον δʼ ἴεν ἠΰτε κούρη He came into the fight with gold about him, like a girl; fool that he was,

873νήπιος, οὐδέ τί οἱ τό γʼ ἐπήρκεσε λυγρὸν ὄλεθρον, his gold was of no avail to save him,

874ἀλλʼ ἐδάμη ὑπὸ χερσὶ ποδώκεος Αἰακίδαο for he fell in the river by the hand of the fleet descendant of Aeacus,

875ἐν ποταμῷ, χρυσὸν δʼ Ἀχιλεὺς ἐκόμισσε δαΐφρων. and Achilles bore away his gold.

876Σαρπηδὼν δʼ ἦρχεν Λυκίων καὶ Γλαῦκος ἀμύμωνSarpedon and Glaucus led the Lycians from their distant land,

877τηλόθεν ἐκ Λυκίης, Ξάνθου ἄπο δινήεντος. by the eddying waters of the Xanthus.