THE ODYSSEY OF HOMER
BOOKS I. -XII.
IE TEXT, AND AN ENGLISH VEKSION IN
EHYTHMIC PROSE
BY
GEORGE HERBERT PALMER
PROFESSOR OP PHILOSOPHY IN HARVARD UNIVERSITY
BOSTON
HOUGHTON, MIFFLIN AND COMPANY
New York: 11 East Seventeenth Street
1895
Copyright, 1884,
BY G. H. PALMER.
All rights reserved.
The Riverside Press, Cambridge :
Electrotype! and Printed by H. 0. Houghton & Co.
Sol Trp&rov <nrevB& tf fioi Trove
Navaiicdav 'EKev^ re dw Kal
PREFACE.
THE Odyssey is the epitome of a civilization, and has as
many aspects as it has translators. Hobbes commended it
to his readers as a series of lessons in morals ; to Wors-
ley it was the world's great fairy-tale; to Butcher and
Lang it is an archaic "historical document." Others
have found in it a philological interest, a mythological,
a grammatical. However broad-minded the student may
be, his sympathies are sure to reach a limit somewhere
short of the compass of Homer. It is well, therefore, that
each translator should distinctly state why the poem has
attracted him, so that his readers may better understand
what elements may, under his treatment, have been forced
into undue prominence. That which I enjoy most in Ho-
mer is his peculiar psychology, his unique ethical attitude ;
notwithstanding his extraordinary powers of observation
and of utterance, he seems to me to confront the world
like a child. I turn to him, and escape from our com-
plicated and introspective world, and am refreshed. Ac-
cordingly, I have sought to draw attention chiefly to his
simplicity, his realism, his finding joy where a child finds
it ; to his lack of self -consciousness, his interest in a thing
or fact for no more ulterior reason than because it is a
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thing or fact. On these characteristics I am the more will-
ing to insist because hitherto they have been somewhat
neglected by translators. Constituting, as they do, the
points in which the ancient differs most from the modern
man, they are the most difficult for a modern man to set
forth with ease and dignity. I cannot hope to have al-
ways succeeded. No doubt I have often been indirect,
or pretty, or literary, or reflective, or have feared I might
not seem noble unless I adapted to modern taste words
originally spoken to a primitive world. But let me ac-
knowledge that where such lapses occur they are due, not
to approval, but to lack of power. I hope my readers
may count them blemishes.
This fundamental view of Homer induces certain pe-
culiarities of diction and method. I employ " you " for
my pronoun of the second person, leaving "thou" for
prayers and solemn occasions. That this will shock many
readers I am quite aware ; but is it not about time that
those who can be shocked by such a usage should be?
" Thou " does not stand alone ; it carries a long train
after it. It is the mark of a special style and a special
theory of beauty and grandeur. Paradise Lost could not
have been written without it. The ^Eneid would be re-
duced to caricature if translated with " you." But both
Virgil and Milton were confessedly bookish men. They
were eloquent writers, who did not face their poetic con-
ceptions directly ; they looked at them, and wished their
readers to look at them, through the associations of a past.
They give us reflected beauty, beauty at the second re-
PEEFACE. vii
move ; Homer at the first. In their more highly devel-
oped mental condition there are undoubtedly many gains :
personality counts for more ; a universal principle has
been detected, holding authority over spontaneous feel-
ing ; the idea of moral obligation has arisen ; grief has
become more profound ; human life, even inanimate na-
ture, has acquired an infinite significance and pathos.
But Homer knows nothing of all this. When ^Eneas
tells Dido, Italiam non sponte sequor, Homer would
have understood him to refer to some violence of Posei-
don. It is necessary, by some simple means, continually
to mark this difference. Especially where the reader has
been accustomed to think of the Odyssey as a " classic,"
and has all the ambiguous suggestions of that overworked
word hanging about his mind, he needs to be reminded
often that the tragic, eloquent, pathetic temper is totally
absent from Homer ; that if we would rightly understand
him we must construe the world in simpler terms. How
can the absence be more easily indicated than by employ-
ing " you " instead of " thou," the diction of speech in-
stead of that of books ? To do so need not be equivalent
to abandoning what Mr. Arnold justly calls Homer's
" nobleness of style ; " it will merely be to seek that no-
bleness in a different and more legitimate direction, in the
universal elements of common human life, where Chaucer
and Wordsworth sought it. If found there, a good deal
of the special charm of the Odyssey will have been found.
Those features, then, of the style of Homer which I
wish to imitate, so far as I can do so decorously and with-
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out rendering matters prominent which in his thought
were subordinate, are those which characterize the speech
of an eager, healthy, sensitive child. Let me name some
of them. Homer's sentence is seldom an organic whole,
like the modern period, the parts mutually dependent ; it
can generally be cut in several places, and still give a
tolerable sense. When describing an event, he ordina-
rily mentions what happens as a series of separate facts,
strung together with Se, &. In indicating a time sequence,
he is as apt as not to say " The sun set, and they came to
Pherai," instead of " When the sun set, they came to
Pherai " ; or if the dependent form is chosen, the joints
are often distinctly marked with ?/AOS, *at TOTC. Qualifying
clauses he usually places subsequently, like afterthoughts ;
not where Mr. Spencer tells us they should be put, before
the introduction of the thing qualified. Like the Eliza-
bethan dramatists, he frequently employs constructions in-
telligible only to the interested listener, not to the gram-
marian : nouns are omitted ; pronouns serve in places
where our rhetorical critics call them ambiguous ; doors
for misconception are again and again left open for those
who care to misconceive. Everywhere is seen a syntax
full of beauty when thought of as that of living speech ;
full of defect if judged by the canons of the last century.
In the very forms of the language there is extraordi-
nary flexibility : a syllable is prolonged here, clipped
there ; a consonant is doubled or left single ; the commoner
words have alternative forms. All is plastic. Literary
conventions have not yet sprung up. To find language
PREFACE. IX
equally free in our time, we must seek it in the mouth of
Uncle Remus, eulogizing with similar vividness the same
qualities of craft and mental alertness in Brer Rabbit.
This freedom from conventional trammels is an immense
artistic advantage to Homer, and he uses it to the full.
What portion of the thought would most naturally fall on
the mind first he knows as nobody else ever has known,
and this is the portion that he places first. He fixes his
eye on the object, and as its different parts present them-
selves he tells us of them. The translator who would
follow him must think of the prowling lion and the start-
ing ship as well as of the printed words. Repetition is
with him, as with the child, a genuine poetic resource.
He has all the child's delight in " saying it again," and
he always prefers the old story to the new. By frequent
use of the same adjective he notes how things on the
whole unlike still resemble each other. The individual
aspects of object or person he is fond of fixing once for
all in an epithet, whose recurrence may convey a pleas-
ure somewhat similar to that which we moderns receive
in rhyme a pleasure further enlarged by the repetition
of considerable phrases, or even of whole passages. The
appropriateness of these to their new situation is secured
by slight changes in the turn of a word or two. Similes
are not uncommon, metaphors are rare ; the thing and
that with which it is compared remain two and unblended,
exactly as they exist in life. In the few instances where
he has constructed a metaphor, he appears to have done
so deliberately ; to have found in it, accordingly, a pleas-
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ure, and to be glad to repeat it subsequently. But in
general, Homer's words are words of fact, uncolored by
metaphor.
It might well seem that the literary medium suitable
for reproducing traits like these would be prose ; and I
should be willing to admit that any poetic structure of an
elaborate or obvious sort must transform Homer into
something quite unlike his simple self. Mr. Worsley has
certainly produced a poetic masterpiece, and he has used,
in framing it, no other material than that derived from
the Odyssey; but, after all, we can doubt whether the
events related by Mr. Worsley ever occurred, while we
can no more doubt Homer than we can doubt Robinson
Crusoe. Prose, on the other hand, introduces consider-
able distortions of its own. Homer's thought was not by
accident originally cast in verse ; it is essentially a poetic
thought, and claims the rhythmic accompaniment ; cut off
from this, it strikes the reader as non-natural, and in parts
obtrusive. With whatever determination to write prose
the translator may set out, he will hardly escape frequent
rhythms. The thought will compel him, as it has often
compelled those admirable scholars, Messrs. Butcher and
Lang. Is it not possible, then, to heed this compulsion
without accepting the formalities of measure ? Can we
not keep a " linked sweetness," and yet not cut up our
thought into fixed lengths ? As Wagner has in music
broken down the dividing line between speech and song,
as William Blake and Walt Whitman give us hints of a
tertium quid between speech and verse, so may we not
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seek for interpreting Homer a rhythmic prose, which shall
keep something of the swiftness of the ancient hexameter,
its variety, its capacity of quickly taking on the color of
the thought conveyed, while still retaining that power
which prose alone seems to possess, the power of im-
pressing on us its statements as facts ? I offer these sug-
gestions rather as inquiries than as doctrine. I am not
sure. It may be that the rhythm of prose, even when
as strongly marked as in the Psalms, Isaiah, or Jeremy
Taylor, will be found to differ radically from anything
reducible to feet. And even if such a medium be dis-
coverable in the direction I have taken, I know very well
I am far from having so mastered it as to be able to show
its powers. But into this path I have been driven step
by step, and against my will. I see that almost all other
ways of approaching Homer have on trial revealed serious
defects. This way still remains ; and I print these twelve
Books (I have no intention of publishing more) in the
hope of stimulating some one more skilful and scholarly
than I to try what may be done here.
My work was begun twelve years ago, with no thought
of publication. For two years I had been teaching Greek
at Harvard College, and I was discouraged to find that
my pupils had but a feeble conception of the Odyssey as
a piece of literature. It is easy, all teachers know, to
convince students that the Greeks devised a highly in-
genious grammar ; to show how rightly they understood
the springs of human life is a harder matter. Few au-
thors, however, in any language, will bear to be read at
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the rate of three pages a day. To supplement the class-
room drill and give a broader outlook, I proposed to read
a Book of the Odyssey at a sitting ; I translating into the
simplest possible language, and my pupils following me,
text in hand. The plan proved so useful and attractive
that it has since been adopted at Harvard for other au-
thors and languages, and a series of such readings is now
regularly given during the winter evenings to all, students
or civilians, who may care to attend. In the ten years
during which I have taught philosophy I have read the
Odyssey through several times to these little companies,
and I have felt it a piece of good fortune that I was thus
forced to adhere to my author more literally than other
translators have judged wise, that I was obliged to study
his order of words more minutely, and that I could seldom
permit myself to jump from line to line. These are excel-
lent habits, and I hope, in preparing my manuscript for
the press, I have not departed from them too widely and
yielded too much to the modern dislike of " inversions."
Here, too, I had an opportunity to study the relative ef-
fects of prose and of the different sorts of rhythm. My
hearers were never informed that I used anything else
than ordinary prose ; I do not think they were in general
aware that I did ; but they felt the influence. Their
understanding of what I read was, I found, largely pro-
portional to the fulness with which I admitted the rhyth-
mic movement. The loose iambics were necessary for ut-
tering the spell of Homer. Often it seemed to me that
in these readings we were coming close to the conditions
PREFACE. Xlii.
under which, if tradition is true, Homer was first under-
stood : a group of men, already somewhat familiar with
the august myth, gather from other occupations and to-
gether listen to, not read, a detached episode, uttered in
chanting recitative by a rhapsodist. Between Homer as so
apprehended, and as anatomized by the critical scholar,
there is a difference hardly less wide than between the
Othello of the stage and of the library. I cannot expect
that methods originally fitted to the ear will be equally
well suited to the eye.
In publishing, however, a portion of the rendering
gradually evolved under such peculiar circumstances, I
have tried to preserve something of the original setting :
the Greek text of Merry's large edition, substantially that
of La Koche, is placed opposite the translation. I hope
that the reader will more and more incline to turn from
me to Homer himself. All over the land are lawyers,
physicians, ministers, business men, who have not quite
forgotten the Greek of their college days, and to whom
the Odyssey then read is still a delightful remembrance.
May my book show them that Homer is not yet beyond
their reach. Many will be surprised to find how easy it
is to read his verses understandingly without translation,
and I have already expressed my belief that only when so
read can their sure-worded beauty be felt. The working
vocabulary is not large, and my rendering will handily
supply the meaning of those words which occur more
rarely. I should be glad to think that to careworn men
my book may prove serviceable in easing the approach
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to Homer, in making " the freshness of the early world "
a still attainable possession of the Ppor&v Kapovrw of
America. 1
1 To aid those who may wish to enter on a more elaborate study of
the Odyssey, I mention a few of the most serviceable books :
The best editions of the Greek text with English notes are W. W.
Merry's large edition, Books I. XII., 1876, and his school edition,
Books I.-XXIV., 2 vols., 1870-78, both published by the Clarendon
Press. In the school edition, the text is broken at intervals by an
English line descriptive of the matter. The edition of H. Hay-
man, Books I.-XXIV., 3 vols., 1866-82, London, D. Nutt & Co.,
is especially valuable for its marginal references and its analyses
of the characters. The best German editions are those of Ameis and
of Faesi for notes, of La Roche for text.
The handiest dictionary is Autenrieth's Homeric Dictionary, trans-
lated by R. P. Keep, Harpers, 1877 ; the most comprehensive, Ebe-
ling's Lexicon Homericum, Leipzig, Teubner, begun in 1871, and not
yet quite complete. In the latter, the Latin definitions are classified,
and reference is made to the German scholars who have discussed the
word. A good book of an intermediate sort, with German definitions,
is Seller's Wb'rterbuch der Homerischen Gedichte, Leipzig, Hahn, 1878.
The old Index Homericus of Seber is a complete concordance to both
Iliad and Odyssey, but it gives references merely. H. Dunbar's Con-
cordance to the Odyssey, Clarendon Press, 1880, cites passages, but
omits conjunctions, prepositions, and the commoner adverbs ; it has
also many inaccuracies. The Scholia on the Odyssey, edited by Din-
dorf, are published by the Clarendon Press, as is also D. B. Munro's
Grammar of the Homeric Dialect.
The most systematic, precise, and interesting work on the Antiqui-
ties of the Odyssey is that of E. Buchholz, Homerische Realien, Leip-
zig, 1871-82. Four volumes have already appeared ; two more are
promised. Similar ground is covered more discursively by Glad-
stone's books : Homer and the Homeric Age, 3 vols., Oxford Univer-
PREFACE. XV
In acknowledging my large indebtedness to previous
translators, I do not find it easy to place my thanks where
they belong. Though I have drawn material from every
side, it has generally afterwards become so fused in my
own mind that I cannot now trace it to its source. I must
content myself, therefore, with saying that while I have
found Worsley, Du Cane, Bryant, and Butcher and
Lang especially helpful, many others besides these have
given me something. I wish I could believe that I have
gathered every choice expression which the translators of
the past have discovered. I have taken all I could ; my
one regret is that I could not find more to take. The trans-
lators of the English Bible set us an excellent example.
They acknowledged an allegiance only to the text before
them. To elucidate this they used the labors of other
men as freely as if they were their own. They knew that
the translator receives his highest praise by being for-
gotten ; and working in this loyal and cooperative way,
sity Press, 1858 ; Juventus Mundi, Macmillan, 1868 ; A Primer on
Homer, Macmillan, 1878. The theological basis of the Odyssey is
examined minutely by Nagelsbach, Homerische Theologie, Erlangen,
1861, and briefly by J. S. Blackie, in the first article of his Horce
Hellenicce, Macmillan, 1874. J. L. Harrison's Myths of the Odyssey,
Rivingtons, 1882, is a careful book, well illustrated. Homer's poetic
style is discussed by Matthew Arnold, On Translating Homer, Mac-
millan, 1861. In The Origin of the Homeric Poems, by H. Bonitz,
translated by L. R. Packard, Harpers, 1880, may be found a brief
sketch of a long controversy. This and most of the other questions
relating to Homer are judiciously treated by D. B. Munro in the arti-
cle on Homer in the Encyclopedia Britannica, 9th edition.
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they produced the best translated book in the language.
The hope of Homeric translation lies, I am convinced, in
the growth of a similar spirit. Who first hit upon a ren-
dering must cease to be an important question. Just as
when La Roche makes a probable emendation of the
Greek text all subsequent editors adopt it, so should it
be when a happy rendering is proposed. Already there
is a considerable body of translation common to all ver-
sions. To add to this should be the ambition of lovers
of Homer. One sort of originality alone should be prized
the originality of a fresh spirit. Where a poet can be
approached from so many sides, if the translator works
sincerely, noting in beautiful form what he has himself
keenly felt, each may produce a homogeneous work of art,
original and true, while at the same time all will be labor-
ing together toward an ultimate monumental rendering. 1
1 Between the publication of Chapman's version and the year 1860
a new rendering of the Odyssey appeared every thirty years. Since
the publication of Matthew Arnold's lectures on Homer the rate of
issue has been ten times more rapid. The following list will show
the dates, the translators' names, and their methods of rendering. To
books of the present century the name of the publisher is added :
1615, George Chapman, five iambics, couplet rhyme.
1665, John Ogilby, five iambics, couplet rhyme.
1677, Thomas Hobbes, five iambics, alternate rhyme.
1725, Alexander Pope, five iambics, couplet rhyme.
1791, William Cowper, five iambics, unrhymed.
-^ 1823, A Member of the University of Oxford, (Henry Gary), prose,
Oxford, J. Parker.
1834, William Sotheby, five iambics, couplet rhyme, London, J.
Murray.
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Besides the assistance I have had from my predecessors,
I have been greatly aided by a generous band of living
scholars who have read and criticised my proof sheets.
Three or more Books have been revised by my fellow-
teachers, Mr. Le B. R. Briggs, Prof. L. Dyer, Prof.
W. W. Goodwin, Prof. C. E. Norton; by Colonel T.
W. Higginson and Mr. H. E. Scudder, of Cambridge ;
Rev. J. H. Lee, of Canandaigua, N. Y. ; Dr. R. P. Keep,
of Easthampton ; Rev. F. Palmer, of Jenkintown, Pa. ;
Prof. M. J. Drennan, of Poughkeepsie, N. Y. ; Prof.
1851, T. H. Buckley, prose, London, Bonn.
1861, Rev. Henry Alford, Books I.-XIL, hendecasyllables, London,
Longmans.
1861, P. S. Worsley, Spenserian stanza, Edinburgh, Blackwoods.
1862, T. S. Norgate, five iambics, unrhymed, London, Williams &
Norgate.
1865, George Musgrave, five iambics, unrhymed, London, Bell &
Daldy.
1869, Rev. Lovelace Bigge- Wither, verse of five accents, unrhymed,
London, J. Parker & Co.
1869, G. W. Edgington, five iambics, unrhymed, London, Long-
mans.
1872, W. C. Bryant, five iambics, unrhymed, Boston, J. R. Osgood
&Co.
1876, M. Barnard, five iambics, unrhymed, London, Williams &
Norgate.
1879, Gen. G. A. Schomberg, five iambics, unrhymed, London, J.
Murray.
1879, S. H. Butcher & A. Lang, prose, London, Macmillan & Co.
1880, Sir C. Du Cane, Books I.-XIL, seven iambics, couplet
rhyme, Edinburgh, Blackwoods.
1880, Avia, six anapaests, couplet rhyme, London, Kegan Paul
ft Co.
XV111 PREFACE.
O. M. Fernald, of Williamstown. These gentlemen are
in no way responsible for my renderings, which have often
been adopted in the face of their protests ; but they have
given me many helpful suggestions, and they have done
much to deliver me from the oddities which beset a soli-
tary translator. To them all, and to the many others who
have given me aid in less palpable ways, I present my
grateful acknowledgments.
In the transliteration of Greek names I have not at-
tempted to follow any one system. A change is un-
doubtedly going on, which may ultimately remove Greek
words from Latin influence. That such a result would
be desirable few will doubt. But some names, especially
those of places, are so lodged in the language under their
Latin forms that to spell them as the Greeks spelled
would at present render them unduly conspicuous in a
work whose aim is, after all, not archaeological. I have
gone as far as I dared in describing Greek things by
Greek names, but I have at the same time recognized that
it is better to be illogical than pedantic.
BOXFOBD, April 2, 1884.
CONTENTS.
I. THE GODS IN COUNCIL. ATHENE ENCOURAGES TE-
LEMACHOS 3
II. THE ASSEMBLY AT ITHAKA, AND THE DEPARTURE OF
TELEMACHOS 35
III. AT PYLOS 65
IV. AT LAKEDAIMON 99
V. THE BOAT OF ODYSSEUS 157
VI. THE LANDING IN PHAIAKIA 191
VII. THE RECEPTION OF ODYSSEUS BY ALKINOOS . . 215
VIII. THE STAY OF ODYSSEUS IN PHAIAKIA . . . 239
IX. THE STORY TOLD TO ALKINOOS. THE LAND OF THE
CYCLOPS 279
X. AIOLOS, THE LAISTRYGONIANS, AND CIRCE . . 319
XI. THE LAND OF THE DEAD 359
XII. THE SIRENS, SCYLLA,- CHARYBDIS, AND THE KINE OF
THE SUN . . 403
THE ODYSSEY OF HOMER.
BOOKS I.-XH.
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OAY22EIAS A.
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tri THE ODYSSEY OF HOMER.
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THE GODS IN COUNCIL. ATHENE ENCOURAGES TELEMACHOS.
TELL me, O Muse, of an adventurous man who wan-
dered far, when he had overthrown the sacred hold of
Troy. Many the men whose towns he saw, whose ways
he proved ; and many a pang he bore in his own breast at
sea while struggling for his life and his men's safe return.
But even so, by all his zeal, he did not save his men;
for through their own perversity they perished fools!
who devoured the kine of the exalted sun. Wherefore
he took away the day of their return. Of this, O god-
dess, daughter of Zeus, beginning where thou wilt, speak
even to us.
Now all the others who were saved from utter ruin were
at home, safe both from war and sea. Him only, long-
ing for his home and wife, a potent nymph, Kalypso, a
heavenly goddess, held in her hollow grotto, desiring him
to be her husband. Nay, when the time had come in
the revolving years at which tie gods ordained his going
home to Ithaka, even then he was not freed from trouble
nor amongst his friends. Yet the gods felt compassion,
all save Poseidon, who fiercely assailed godlike Odysseus
till he reached his land.
4 OAY22EIA2 A.
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Al&unrtKj Tol Si^dd SeBalarai, ecr^aroi dvbpwv,
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fitfT* avrbv fcreivew /JLIJT ^vdaaOai CLKOLTIV
etc yap ^Opearrao Ti<7t9 eVcrerat 'Arpelbao, 40
OTTTTOT' dv r){3rfa"r) re Kal ^? ipeiperai a!?;?*
&>? <f>a0' 'Ep/jbeias, aXX' ov 0peVa? Alyia-Ooto
TreW* dyaOd <j)povecov vvv S' ddpoa Trdvr* a-Trertcre.'
Tov 8* rjfiei^er^ eVetra 6ea y\avKW7Tis ^Adrjvrj'
' w Trdrep ^^erepe KpoviBrj, virare Kpi6vra)v t 46
Kal \lrjv Kelvos ye eotKori, Kelrai o\e9pw
a>? aTToXotro Kal aXXo? ort? rotaura ye peoL
dXXa fjioi dfji^ 'Oova-fji Sa'fypovi Baierat, rjrop,
Sucr/zo/)ft), 05 8^ brjOa (f>L\cov airo TrtjfjLara irdcr^eL
vr)cr<p ev dfjt,<f>ifiuTr)i oOi T' oyw-^aXo? e<7Tt 0a\d<r(Tr)<;, 60
0ed B J ev 8a>/xara valei,
THE ODYSSEY, I. 5
But Poseidon was gone among the far-off Ethiopians
the Ethiopians, farthest of humankind, divided in two
tribes, part at the setting of the exalted one, part at his
rising there to receive a sacrifice of bulls and rams.
So sitting at the feast he took his pleasure. The other
gods, meanwhile, were gathered in the halls of Zeus upon
Olympos, and among them the father of men and gods
began to speak; for in his mind he mused of gallant
Aigisthos, whom Agamemnon's far-famed son, Orestes,
slew. Mindful of him, he thus addressed the immortals :
" Lo, how men blame the gods ! From us, they say,
spring troubles. Yet of their own perversity, beyond
what is their due, they meet with sorrow ; even as this
Aigisthos, beyond what was his due, married the lawful
wife of the son of Atreus, and slew her husband on his
coming home, though well he knew of his own utter ruin.
For we ourselves forewarned him, dispatching Hermes,
our clear-sighted Speedy-comer, and told him not to slay
the man nor woo the wife. ' For because of the son of
Atreus shall come vengeance from Orestes when he is
grown and feels desire for his land.' This Hermes said,
but did not turn the purpose of Aigisthos by his kind-
ness. Now he has made a full atonement for it all."
Then answered him the goddess, keen-eyed Athene :
" Our father, son of Kronos, most high above all rulers,
that man assuredly lies in befitting ruin. So perish all
who do such deeds ! But now my heart is torn for wise
Odysseus, hapless man, who, long cut off from friends, is
meeting hardship upon a sea-girt island, the navel of the
sea. Woody the island is, and there a goddess dwells,
OAY22EIA2 A.
Ovydr^p o\o6(f>povo<;, 09 re
ftevOea ol$ev, e^ei Se re iciovas avrbs
, at yatdv re Kal ovpavov d/juffrls e^ovcri.
rov Ovydrrjp BIKTTIJVOV 6&vp6fj,evov KarepVKei,, 55
alel Be /juaXaKoicri, Kal aiftvXJowi \6yoia-i
0e\j6i,, O7ro)9 'lOd/crjs eTTiXijcrerai,' avrdp 'OSv&ffevs,
Kal /cairvbv aTroOpojo-Kovra vofjcrai,
, 6aveew l^eiperai. ov&e vv croi Trep
evrpeTrerai (f)i\ov rjrop, 'OXu/iTTte. ov vv r 'OSuo-o-eu9 60
'Apyeiwv Trapd vrjval %ap%TO lepa pe^wv
Tpoly ev evpely ; ri vv ol TQGQV w^vaao, Zev ; '
Trjv & a7ra/Ae/3o/iez>09 Trpocre^r) v(pe\rjypTa
' refcvov e^ov, TTOIOV ae 7ro9 <j)vjv ep/cos obovrow.
7TW9 av 7rLT 'OSuo-^09 70) Oeioio \a0ol/jLijv,
09 Trepl /juev voov earl ftporwv, nrepl 8' Ipa Oeolcriv
aOavdroi(TLv eBco/ce, rol ovpavov evpvv
d\\a Iloo-eiSdwv 70-^0^09 ao-eXe9 alev
Kvfc\co7ro<; K%6\a)Tai,, ov 6^)0a\fji
dvriOeov UoXv^fjiov, oov Kpdros earl fieyio-rov 70
Tracriv KvK\a)7re(T(Ti' Sowcra Be JJLW refce
<&6pKVvos Ovydrrjp, a\09 drpvyeroLO
ev o-TTecrcrfc <y\a<j>vpoi(ri HoaeiSdcovi
e/c rov &r) ^OSvo-Tja UocreiSdwv evo<ri%0cov
ov n fcararcTeivei,, TrXafet 8' a?ro TrarpiSos air)?. 75
aXX' ayed\ 97/1,6^9 o$>e Trepifypa^tofieOa iravres
VOO-TOV, O7TC09 ekOyai' TIo(rei&doi)v Se ^eOrjo'ei
ov %6\ov ov fjiev jdp TI Swijo-erai, dvria rrrdvr&v
dOavdrcov de/c^ri, Oewv epi$ai,ve/j,ev 0*09.'
Tbv 8* rj fielder eireira Bed <y\av/ca)7rt<; 'Adrfvrj* 80
r w Trdrep rjfjuerepe Kpovibr), virare
THE ODYSSEY, I. 7
daughter of baleful Atlas who knows the depths of every
sea and himself holds the lofty pillars which keep earth
and sky asunder. His daughter has confined this hapless,
sorrowing man, and ever with tender and insistent words
allures him to forgetfulness of Ithaka. Yet still Odys-
seus, through longing but to see the smoke spring from
his land, desires to die. Nevertheless, your heart turns
not, Olympian one. Did not Odysseus seek your favor
among the Argive ships, by offering sacrifice upon the
plain of Troy ? Why then are you so wroth against him,
Zeus?"
Then answered her cloud-gathering Zeus, and said :
" My child, what word has passed the barrier of your
teeth? How could I e'er forget kingly Odysseus, who is
beyond all mortal men in wisdom, beyond them too in
giving honor to the immortal gods, who hold the open sky ?
Nay, 't is Poseidon, the girder of the land, is ceaselessly
enraged about the Cyclops, whom Odysseus blinded of
his eye, the god-like Polyphemos, whose is the greatest
power among all Cyclops. A nymph, Thoosa, bore him,
daughter of Phorkys, lord of the barren sea, having within
the hollow caves united with Poseidon. And since that
day the earth-shaking Poseidon does not indeed destroy
Odysseus, but he drives him wandering from his land.
But come, let us all here plan for his turning homeward.
So shall Poseidon abate his anger, for he shall have no
power, defying all, to strive alone with the immortal gods."
Then answered him the goddess, keen-eyed Athene :
" Our father, son of Kronos, most high above all rulers,
8 OAY22EIA2 A.
el fiev &}} vvv TOVTO <f)iXov paKdpeo~o~i
voarija-ai, 'OBv&fja Ba'fypova ovSe
'Epjjielav fj,V eVetra, Sid/cropov d
vr]crov e? 'flyvylrjv orpvvoiJLeV) o<f>pa rd^Lcrra
VOGTOV ucr(7o9 Ta.a<r/ooi/o9, w? Ke verjrai,
avrap eycov 'lOdtcrjv^ ecreXev<ro/z,ai, o<f>pa ol vlbv
fjLa\\ov eirorpvvw, /cat ol fievos eV <j>peal Oeia),
t9 dyoprjv KaXeaavra /cdprj KOfjbowvras *-4^atou9 90
Tracrt, fjLvr)<TTijpeo-(TW aTreiTre/jLev, 01 re ol alel
/j,rj\* do'iva o-Qd^ovai, Kal etXt7roSa9 e\t/ca9 /3ov$.
Tre/jL^frco 8* 69 ^Trdprijv re Kal 69 Hv\ov rjfJLaOoevTa,
voarov Treva-dfjbevov 7rarpo9 (f>i\ov, rfv TTOV d/covcrrj,
^S* f iva IJLIV Xeo9 eV#Xoz> eV dvOp^iroiO'iv
TO fca\a
rd /uz> <f>epov rjfiev efi vyprjv
rjS* eir direipova yaiav cifjua Trvoifjs dv6/j,oi,o.
100
, rola-lv re Korea-aerat,
fir) &e KO.T OuXv//,7roto tcaptjvcov a/facra,
(rrrj 8* 'lOd/crjs evl SijfjLW eTrl Trpo6vpoi<$ '
ovBov ITT av\6Lov 7ra\dfj,rj 8' e%6 %d\Kov
elBofJievrj fetW, Tafyiwv rjyrjropi,, Mevrrj. 105
eu/>e 8' a/?a fAwrja-Trjpas dyrjvopas. ol pev eVetra
Trea-croiari, TTpoTrdpoiOe Ovpdmv 6v^ov erepirov,
ev pivolat, ftowv, 0^9 e/cravov avroi.
8' avroL(Ti Kal OTptjpol OepaTrovre?
ol /AW ap* olvov c/juo-yov evl Kprjrfjpa't Kal vSeop, HO
THE ODYSSEY, I. 9
if it be now the pleasure of the blessed gods that wise
Odysseus shall return to his own home, let us send
Hermes forth the Guide, the Speedy-comer into the
island of Ogygia, to tell the fair-haired nymph at once
our steadfast purpose, that stout Odysseus shall set forth
upon his homeward way. I, in the mean while, haste to
Ithaka, to rouse his son yet more, and to put vigor in his
breast ; that so, summoning an assembly of the long-
haired Achaians, he may speak out his will to all the
suitors, men who continually butcher his thronging flocks
and swing-paced, crook-horned oxen. And I will send him
forth to Sparta and to sandy Pylos, to seek what he may
hear of his dear father's coming, and so to win a good re-
port amongst mankind."
Saying this, under her feet she bound her beautiful
sandals, immortal, made of gold, which carry her over
the flood and over the boundless land swift as a breath of
wind. She took her ponderous spear, tipped with sharp
bronze, thick, long, and strong, with which she vanquishes
the ranks of men of heroes, even when this daughter
of a mighty sire is roused against them. Then she went
dashing down the ridges of Olympos and in the land of
Ithaka stood by the gate of Odysseus, at the threshold of
his court. Within her hand she held her brazen spear
and seemed the stranger Mentes, the Taphian leader.
Here then she found the lordly suitors. They were amus-
ing themselves with games of draughts before the palace
door, seated on hides of oxen which they themselves had
slain. Pages and busy squires were near ; some mixing
wine and water in the bowls, others with porous sponges
10 OAY22EIA2 A.
ol &' avre (TTroyyoia-i, Tro\vrprJTOi(7C
vi^ov teal TTporiOev, Tol Be Kpea TroXXa Barevvro.
Trjv Be TTO\V TT/JWTO? I'Se T?;XeyLta%09
r^cTTO yap ev /JLV'rja'T'rjpo't, (f)L\ov Ternj/jiev
oaaopevos irarep ea6\ov evl fypecrlv, el iroQev e\6(bv H5
r&v ftev GKebacnv Kara ^w^iara Oelrj,
B' avro9 e^ot /cat Kr^^aaiv olcnv avdo-croi.
TO, <f)povea)v, fjLvrjo-rrjpo-i, /jLeOij/juevos, eicriB' '
pfj B* Wv<$ TTpoOvpoio, vefJiecrarjOr) 8' evl
%elvov Brjda Ovpycriv efaardfjuev eyyvBi Be crra? 120
^etp' eXe Befyreprjv Kal eBegaro %a\,/ceov 67^09,
Kai IJULV (pcovtjo'as ejrea Trrepoevra TrpocrrjvBa'
' Xalpe, eive, Trap 1 a^i ^tX^o-eat' avrap eirena
BCLTTVOV Tracrard/Jievos /jbvOtjaeai, orreo ere Xpr)*
A /^9 el* r)^eW\ rj B* eWero JTaXXa9 'AOijvrj. 125
ol 8' ore Sij p' evroa-Oev eaav BO/JLOV v
^V% 0? ^ v P* ea-rrjcre (frepwv 7T/309 /clova
BovpoBo/crjs evrocrOev ev^oov, evOa irep
^V% 6 ' 'OSuo-cr^o9 raXacr/^>/9o^o9 urra/TQ TroXXa,
avrrjv S' 69 Opbvov elaev aywv, VTTO \lra irerda-a-a^j 130
KO\OV BaiBd\eov VTTO Be Opfjvvs iroa\v r)ev.
Trap B J auro9 K\i(7fjibv Oero Trouc'ikov, e/croOev aXXa>z>
, fir) %elvo<$ avirjOels o
778' a/a /JLtv Trepl irarpos d7roi%ofj,evoi,o epoiro. 135
Xepvifia B* a/x^>/7roXo9 nrpo^ow eire^eve (frepovcra
Ka\fj xpvo-eirj, virep dpyvpeoio Xe/37;T09,
vtyacrOai' irapa Be ge&rrjv erdvva-a-e
drop 8' alBolij rajj,lij Trapedrj/ce
etBara ?roXX' eTriOelcra, %apiopevi) Trapeovrcov 1*0
THE ODYSSEY, I. 11
washing tables and laying ready, while others still cut up
a store of meat.
By far the first to see Athene was godlike Telemachos.
For he was sitting with the suitors, sad at heart, pictur-
ing in mind his noble father how he might come from
somewhere, make a scattering of the suitors up and down
the house, take to himself his honors, and be master of
his own. Thinking 011 this while he sat among the suit-
ors, Athene met his eye. Straight to the door he went,
at heart ashamed to have a stranger stand so long before
his gates. So drawing near and grasping her right hand,
he took her brazen spear, and, speaking, said to her in
winged words : " Hail, stranger ; here with us you shall
be welcome, and by and by, when you have tasted food,
you shall make known your needs."
Saying this, he led the way, and Pallas Athene followed.
When they were come within the lofty hall, he carried the
spear to a tall pillar and set it in a well-worn rack, where
also stood many a spear of stout Odysseus. Athene her-
self he led to a chair and seated, spreading a linen cloth
below. Good was the chair and richly wrought ; beneath
it was a footstool for the feet. Beside it, for himself, he
set a sumptuous seat apart from all the suitors, for fear
the stranger, worried by their din, might lose his taste
for food, meeting with churlish men ; and then that he
might ask him, too, about his absent father. Now water
for the hands a servant brought them, in a beautiful pitcher
made of gold, and poured it out over a silver basin for
their washing, and by them spread a polished table. And
the grave housekeeper brought bread and placed before
12 OAY22EIA2 A.
Bairpbs & e Kpeiwv irivatcas TrapeOrjicev delpas
, Trapd Be a$i TiOeu ^pvareua /ei/TreXAa*
8 avrolcriv Qd^ eTTfty^ero olvoyoevcov.
B' rjKOov /AvrjcTTfipes dyijvopes. ol pev eVetra
e^ovro Kara /cXia/jLovs re Opovovs re. 145
&e KTjpvKes fjuev vScop eirl
Be SjjLcoal Trapevtfveov ev
/covpoi & KprjTfjpas eTreo-rtyavTO Troroto.
ol S' 7r ovelaO' erol/jia irpoiceipeva ^etpa? ia\\ov.
avrap eTrel Troato? Kal ebrjrvos ef epov evro 160
fjLVTjo-Tvjpes, rolaiv /j,ev evl (frpea-lv a\\a fJLe^rjKei,
fj,o\7nj T op^rjo-rv^ re* ra yap T avaOij^ara &UTO?.
/crjpvt; 8' eV ftepalv KiOapiv 7repiKa\\ea Office
$r)/jLiq), o? p* ijeiSe Trapa /jLvrjo-Trjpcrw dvdyKr).
97 rot 6 (fropfjil^wv dve/Bak\ero KO\OV deibeiV) 165
avrdp Tr)\e/jLa%o<; Trpoae^rj y\avKO)7riv 'AOrjvrjv,
ay%i o")(wv Ke^akrjv, iva fjur) irevdoiaO^ ol ak\oi'
' Helve (f>l\', r) /cai poi vepecrrjaeai OTTI icev etVa) ;
TOVToicriv fjuev ravra fjLe\et,, KiOapus /cal aot8^,
pel', eTrel d\\6rpi,ov ffiorov vrfTrowov eSovcrw, 160
dvepos ov By TTOV \evtc ocrrea Trvderai ofji/3pq>
KelfJiev ITT rjirelpov, fj elv d\l KV/JLO, /cv\tvBei,.
el Kelvov 7* 'I0d/C7jv&e IBolaro voo-njo-avra,
irdvres K dpr^craiar eKafyporepot, TroSa? elvai,
TJ dfyveiorepoi ^pvcrolo re eor6r)ro^ re. 165
vvv 8' o IJLCV &>5 d7ro\co\ Ka/cov popov, ovSe TIS rjfuv
6a\7ra)prj, ell Trep rt? ^irt^OavUov dvOpcoircov
<j)f)(n,v e\evaea6ai,' rov S' a>\ero voarifjiov rj/jiap.
a\\ dye /JLOL roBe elTre /cal drpeicecos Kard\e^ov
T/9 TroOev et? dvBpwv ; TroOt, rot TroXt? ?)Be To/cfjes ; 170
THE ODYSSEY, I. 13
them, setting out food of many a kind, freely giving of
her store. The carver, too, took platters of meat, and
placed before them, meat of all kinds, and set their
golden goblets ready ; while a page, pouring wine, passed
to and fro between them.
Now there came in the lordly suitors. These soon
took seats in order, on couches and on chairs. Pages
poured water on their hands. Maids heaped them bread
in trays, and young men brimmed the bowls with drink.
And on the food spread out before them they laid hands.
So after they had stayed desire for drink and food
these suitors then in their thoughts they turned to
other things, the song and dance, which crown a feast.
And a page put a beautiful lyre into the hands of Phe-
mios, who sang perforce among the suitors. Touching
the lyre, he made his prelude to a beautiful song. Then
said Telemachos to keen-eyed Athene, his head bent close,
that others might not hear :
" Good stranger, will you take offense at what I say?
These things are all their care, the lyre and song,
an easy care, since making no amends, they eat another's
substance, that of a man whose white bones now are rot-
ting in the rain, if lying on the land, or in the sea the
waters roll them round. But were they once to see him
coming home to Ithaka, they all would pray rather for
speed of foot than stores of gold and clothing. But he,
instead, by some hard fate is gone, and naught remains to
us of comfort no, not if any man on earth shall say he
still will come. Passed is his day of coming. But now
declare me this, and plainly tell, who are you ? Of what
3
14 OAY22EIA2 A.
T eirl 1/7705 d^Ueo' TTW? 8e (re vavTai
yayov e5
ov fjiev yap TI ere Tre^bv olo^ai evOdS' ii
/cat fjioi TOVT dyopevaov eTtJTVfJLOv, ofyp ev elbco,
ye veov /jueOeTreis, fj KOI irarpuHos eaai, 175
, eVel TroXXot, tarav avepes rjfjLerepov So)
eVet KOI icelvos eTT/crr/oo^o? TJV a
Tov 8' avre TTpocreeiTre 6ea y\avKW7Tis '
' TOtyap yw rot ravra fji(i)C drpe/cea)^ ayopevaco.
Mez/TT/5 'Ay^iuXoio Ba'fypovos ev%ofjiai, elvat,
wo?, drap TafyiQivi ^tX^per/i-otcrti/ avda-croy.
vvv 8' e58e fui; vrjl Karr)\v6ov r)& erdpoiai,
iT\io)v 67rl olvoira TTOVTOV eir d\\oOpbovs d
6? Tepe<rr)v fjuerd ^akKov, dyco S' aWcova (rlBrjpov.
e /j,oi 778* earrj/cev eV dypov vocrtyi, 770X7705, 186
VL 'PeiOpw, VTTO Nrjiw v\rfevTi.
' d\\ij\a>v Trarpcoioi, ev^ofjied* elvai
, et Tre/) re yepovr eiprjai 7re\0o)V
AaepTrjv tfpG&a, TOV ov/ceri (ftaal 7r6\ivSe
O', aXV aTrdvevOev eV dypov Tr^'yu-ara irda^iv 190
<rui/ a//,^)t7roXa), 77 ot Pp&aiv re iroo-iv re
TrapnOei, evr av /JLW Ka^aro^ KCLTO, yvla \d/3r)at,v
epirv^ovT dvd yovvov d\cofj$ olvoTreSoio.
vvv 8' r)\dov Sr; ydp ^LV efyavr CTrt&ijpiov elvcu,
(TOV Trarep*' aXXa vv TOV ye Oeol /BXairTOvai, ice\ev6ov.
ov ydp TTCO Tedvrj/cev eirl %9ovl 8t05 'O8uo-creu5, 196
aXX' ert TTOV fa)05 /caTepv/ceTcu evpei TTO^TW,
vrfaq) ev djji(f)i,pvTrj, ^aXeTrol Be JLLV dv&pes fyovcriv,
aypioi, 01 TTOV Kelvov epv/cavoaxr* de/covTa.
avTap vvv TOI eycb pavTevo-o^ai t 005 evl Ovfjico 200
THE ODYSSEY, I. 15
people ? Where is your town and kindred ? On what
ship did you come ? And how did sailors bring you to
Ithaka? Whom did they call themselves? For I am
sure you did not come on foot. And tell the truth in this,
that I may know full well if for the first time you now
visit here, or are you my father's friend ? For many a
man from foreign lands once sought our home ; because
Odysseus also was a rover in the world."
Then said to him the goddess, keen-eyed Athene :
" Then I will very plainly tell you all : Mentes I call
myself, the son of wise Anchialos, and I am lord of the
oar-loving Taphians. Even now I ran in here, with ship
and crew, when sailing over the wine-dark sea to men of
a strange speech, to Temese", for bronze ; and I carry
glittering iron. Here my ship lies, just off the fields out-
side the town, within the bay of Keithron, under woody
Ne'ion. Hereditary friends we count ourselves, from early
days, as you may learn if you will go and ask old lord
Laertes, who, people say, comes to the town no more, but
far out in the country suffers hardship, an aged woman
his attendant, who supplies him food and drink whenever
weariness weighs down his knees, as he creeps about his
slope of vineyard ground. It was but now I came, for
people said your father was at home. Yet, as I see, the
gods delay his journey. For royal Odysseus has not died
in any land, but somewhere still alive, lingers on the
wide sea, upon some sea-girt island, and cruel men con-
strain him some savage folk, who hold him there against
his will. Nay, I will make such prophecy as the immor-
tals are forcing on my mind, and as I think will happen ;
16 OAY22EIA2 A.
dOdvaToi, /SaXXotm KOI to? reXeecr&u otw,
OVT Tt ILCLVTIS ewv OVT olwvwv (rdfya et'8o>9.
ov rot TL Brjpov ye <fri\r)s diro TrarpiBo?
ecrcrerat, ovB' el Trep re o-t,Br)pea Seer par
(frpdaa-eTai $9 ice vevjrai, eVet TroKv/JL^avo^ IGTIV. 205
a\X' d'ye fioi, roSe erne KCLI drpeKecos Kard\e%Qv t
el $r) e% avrolo rotro? irdis el? 'OSucrTjo?.
alvws /lev fcetydXrfv re /ecu o/ji/jLara /ca\d eot^ra?
Keiv(p, eirel Oa^d rolov efJUo-yo/jbeO* d\\rj\oio-(, t
Trpiv 76 TOV e? Tpofyv dva^rffievai, evOa Trep d\\oi, 210
'Apyelcov ol dpMTTOi, eftav /co/X?;? evl vrjvcriv
e/c rov S'ovr' ^OBvarja eycov i&ov ovr efjue
Trjv 8' av TijXefjLaxos TreTrvfievos dvrlov
( roiydp eyco rot, twelve, /4aV drpeKews djopevcra).
fJLiJTTjp /Jbev T epe (frrjat, rov eppevai, avrdp 70) 76 215
OVK oZS*' ov yap Tret) Tt9 ebv <yovov auro9 dveyva).
(9 Brj eja) 7' o<l>e\ov /jLarcapo? vv rev Hftp&at uto?
dvepos, ov Kredreffo-iv eot? ein 7^pa? erer/i-e.
vvv 5* 09 a7roT/xoraro9 yevero 6vr)Twv di>0pa)7rci)v,
rov fju K (fraa-i, yeveaOaiy eVel <ru /j,e TOVT epeeiveis? 220
Toi^ 8* avre Trpooreeiire 6ed y\av/cc07ri,s 'AOijvrj'
' ov /jiev TOI yeverjv ye Oeol VCOVV/AVOV OTrlcraa)
6r)Kav, eTrel ere ye Tolov eyetvaTO UrjveXoTreia.
aXX' dye /JLOI, ToBe ewe KOI drpeicew^ /cardXe^ov
T/9 8at9, rt9 Be ofjbikos 08' evrXero ; r/Trre 8e ere %pew ;
etXaTTivr) rje 7^09 ; eVet ou/c epavos TaBe y eaTiv. 226
W9 re yu-ot vftpi^ovTes VTrepfyidkws Botceovo-t,
BatvvaOai, /card Bw/^a. ve^eaar]o-aLTo icev
aio"%ea TroXV opowv, 09 rt9 TMVVTQS ye
avriov rvBa* 230
THE ODYSSEY, I. 17
although I am no prophet and have no skill in bird-
lore. Henceforth, not long shall he be absent from his
own dear land, though iron fetters bind him. Some means
he will devise to come away ; for many a shift has he.
But come, declare me this, and plainly tell, if you indeed
so tall are the true son of Odysseus. In head and
beautiful eyes you surely are much like him. For we
were often together before he embarked for Troy, whither
others, too, the bravest of the Argives, went in their
hollow ships. But since that day I have not seen Odys-
seus, nor he me."
Then answered her discreet Telemachos : " Yes, stran-
ger, I will plainly tell you all. My mother says I am
his child ; I myself do not know ; for no one ever yet
knew his own parentage. Yet would I were the son of
some blest man on whom old age had come amongst his
own possessions. But now, the man born most ill-fated
of all human kind of him they say I come, since this
you ask me."
Then said to him the goddess, keen-eyed Athene :
" Surely the gods meant that your house should not lack
future fame, when to such son as you Penelope gave birth.
But come, declare me this and plainly tell, what is the
feast ? What company is this ? And what is your part
here ? Some drinking bout or wedding ? It is no table
where the guests bear equal charge. So rude they seem,
in pride, feasting about the hall. A man must be indig-
nant who comes here in his senses and looks on all this
outrage."
Then answered her discreet Telemachos : " Stranger,
18 OAY22EIA2 A.
' %elv, eVet ap Srj ravrd /A aveipeai r)$e
(JLV 7TOT6 oZ/C09 oS* afyveiOS Kal d/JLV/JLCOV
, o$>p eri Kelvos avrjp eVtS^yiuo? rjev
vvv ' ere/36)? efioKovro 6eol /ca/ca ^rtocoyre?,
ot Keivov pep aivTov eTTolrja-av Trepl iravrwv 285
avQptaTT&Vt 7rel ov /ce Oavovn Trep coS' afca%oifj,r]v,
el /Ltera ot? eTapotcrt Sdpr) Tpaayv evl
^e <j>i\cov ev %e/oertz/, eVel iroKepov
To5 /cei/ o/ TV/JL/SOV fjuev eTrolrjo-av Uava%ai,ol t
rjSe K Kal w TratSl /*e7a /cXeo? rjpaT OTTtWa). 240
rw 8e JAW aK\eio)s apjrviai, avrjpetyavTO'
' atoTO?, CLTTVCTTOS, e/jiol S' oSu^a? re 7001^9 re
oyS* e' icelvov obvpo/jievos o-reva^i^
olov, eVet i/u yLtot aXXa ^eot Kaica icr) erevgav.
yap vrjcroia-iv eTTiKpareovo-w apiaroi,, 246
re ^dfjLy re at vKrjevn Za/cvv0a),
O(7(70t Kpavarjv ^IBaKTjv Kara Koipaveovai,
fjLrjrep* e^v fJLvwvrai, Tpv^ovai Be ol/cov.
17 S' our' apvelrat, (rrvyepov yd/jLov ovre Te\evrr]v
Suvarcu' rol Se fyQwvQovcriv e^oz/re? 250
/JLOV rd-^a 5r; /^e &iappaL<rovcri Kal avrov.'
Tov B y e7ra\ao-Tijcracra TrpoarjvSa ITaXXa? '
f W TTOTTOf, ^ 8^ TTOXXOZ/ OLTTOl'^O^kvOV 'OSfCTTjo?
Set/?;, o e /jLvrja-rrjpcnv avaibevi ^elpa^ e(f>eL7j.
el yap vvv e\0(t)v 8ofj,ov ev Trpwrycri, Ovpya-t,
arTairj, e^o)v 7rij\r)Ka Kal daTrlba Kal Bvo Sovpe,
ro?09 ecbv olov fjiiv ejo) TO, TTpwT* v6rjo~a
oiKto ev rjfMerepa) TTLVOVTCL re rep'jrofjLevov re,
ef 'EQvprjs dvLovra Trap 1 "I\ov Meppeploao'
THE ODYSSEY, I. 19
since now you ask of this and question ine, in former
days this house bade fair to be wealthy and esteemed,
while yet that man was still among his people. But the
hard-purposed gods willed otherwise, who shut him from
our knowledge more than all men beside. For were he
dead, I should not feel such grief if he had fallen
amongst comrades in the Trojan land, or in the arms of
friends when the skein of war was wound. Then would
the whole Achaian host have made his grave, and even for
his son a great name had been gained in after days. Now,
silently the robber winds have swept him off. Gone is he,
past all sight and hearing, and sorrow and sighing he has
left to me. And yet no longer do I grieve and mourn for
him alone ; for now the gods have brought me other sore
distress. For all the nobles that bear sway among the
islands, Doulichion, Same, and woody Zakynthos,
and all who have the power in rocky Ithaka, all woo my
mother and despoil my house. She neither declines the
hated suit, nor has she power to end it ; while they, with
feasting, impoverish my house, and soon will bring me
also to destruction."
Stirred into anger, Pallas Athene spoke: "Alas! in
very truth, you greatly need absent Odysseus, to lay hands
on the shameless suitors. What if even now he came,
and here before his house stood at the outer gate, with
helmet, shield, and his two spears even such as when I
watched him that first day at my own home, drinking and
making merry, on his way from Ephyra, from Ilos, son of
Mermeros. For thither, too, Odysseus went in his swift
20 OAY22EIA2 A.
dvSpo<[>6vov Sity/JLevos, 6(j)pa ol ecrj
lov? ^pleaOat, yakKir} peas' d\\* 6 [lev ov ol
Sw/cev, e7TL pa Qeovs ve/JLecr%To alev eovTas,
d\\d Trarijp ol Sw/cev epos' <j)i\ee(rK6 yap
rote? eobv /jLvrja-TTjpa-tv o/jLiXtjcreiev 'OBvo-crev^' 265
Trdvres K totcv/jLopol re yevoiaro 7rt,/cp6ya/jLol re.
* rj rot, fiev ravra 6eS)v ev yovvacrt, /ceiTai,,
icev vo(TTijcras aTrortVerat, rj ical OVKL,
evl fieydpoicrt,' <re Se (frpd^eaOat, avwya
K6 fjLvrjo'T'rjpas aTTcocreai e/c /j,eydpoio. 270
el 8' aye vvv %vviei KOI /MWV ep
avpLov eh ayoprjv Ka\e<ras rjpcoas '
fjbvOov 7re<f>paSe Tracri, Oeol 8' eTTifjidprvpoi
fj,ev eVt o-Qerepa o-K&vacrOai
8', el ol Ovpos efftop/jLarat yapeeffQat,, 275
ai|r ITCO 9 fjbeyapov irarpos peya Svva/J,evot,o'
ol Se ydfjbov revgovo-i KOI dprvveovcrw eebva
TroXXa /xaV, oacra eoi/ce (friXrjs eVl TratSo? eTrecrOai.
a-ol S' aura) TrvKivws vTroOijo-OfjLai,, al fee TTLOrjaf
vrf apcra? eperrjcnv eeitcoo-w, ij ri? apia-TTj, 280
p%0 7TV(r6/jLVO$ TTaTpOS $7)V ol^OfJieVOlO,
rjv Tt? TOI eiTrycri, fiporwv, rj oo-aav d/covcry?
IK Aibs, rj re /iaXtcrra Qepei, K\eos dvOpcoTTOMTi.
Trpcora pev 9 IIvKov e\6e /cal eipeo Nea-ropa &2ov,
KeWev be ^Trdprrjv^e Trapa %av6ov Meve\aov 285
09 yap Sevraros rj\.6ev ^A^aiwv ^aXfco^r^vcov.
el fiev icev nrarpos /Biorov /cal voarov d/covarjs,
% T' av Tpwxpiievbs Trep eri r\alrjs eviavrov
el Be Ke reOvrjwros d/covcrys fj,r)& er eovros,
or) eTreira <j)i\'r)v 69 TraTplSa yalav 290
THE ODYSSEY, I. 21
ship, seeking a deadly drug in which to dip his brazen ar-
rows. But Ilos gave it not, because he feared gods, ever
living. Yet this my father gave him, for he held him
strangely dear. If as he was that day Odysseus now might
meet the suitors, they all would find quick turns of fate
and bitter rites of marriage.
" At all events, in the gods' lap it lies whether or no he
shall return and wreak revenge within his halls. But you
yourself I bid to plan to thrust the suitors from your door.
Come, give me ear and make my words your guide. To-
morrow, calling to an assembly the Achaian lords, make
known your will to all, and the gods be your witness!
The suitors, bid disperse, each to his own. And for your
mother, if her heart inclines to marriage, let her return
once more to the hall of her powerful father. They there
shall make the wedding and arrange the many gifts which
should accompany a well-loved child. Then for yourself
I offer sound advice, if you will hearken. Fit out a ship,
the best you have, with twenty oarsmen, and go and gather
tidings of your long-absent father. Perhaps some man
can tell you, or you may catch a rumor sent from Zeus,
that carries tidings far and wide amongst mankind. First
go to Pylos, and question royal Nestor. Then on to
Sparta, to light-haired Menelaos ; for he came last among
the mailed Achaians. And if you hear your father is
alive and coming home, however weary, still you might
submit for one year more. But if you hear that he is
dead no longer with the living you shall at once re-
turn to your own native land, and pile his mound and
22 OAY22EIA2 A.
re ot yevai KOLI eVt KTepea
TroXXa fjidtC, ocro-a eouce, /cat dvepi fjujjrepa Sovvai.
avrap ejrrjv Br) ravra reXeur^a-^? re teal ep^rjs,
<f>pdeo-0ai, 8rj ejrecra Kara fypeva /cal Kara OV/JLOV
OTTTTO)? KG /jLvrjcTTfjpas evl fjie^dpoidi Teoicri 295
rje B6\a) 77 djjL(j)a$dv ovSe ri ae
o-%eeiv, eVet ovfceri ri?X&o$ e<r<rl.
OVK dit<i olov ArXe'o9 \\a/3e 8^09
eV avdptoirovs, eirel e/crave
v &o\6fj,r)Tiv, o ol Trarepa K\VTOV e/cra ;
teal <TL>, ^)/Xo?, yLtaXa ^a^ cr' opow Ka~kov re peyav re,
eVcr', tVa r/9 <re /cat o-rirovwv ev
avrap >ya)v eVt i/?)a ^o^z/ /eareXe^croyitat
778' erapou9> ot x TTOU /ie yLtaX' acr^aXoajcrt
<rol 8' awrftJ /LteXero), /cat e'yu-coz> eyLt7Tfeo fjivOwv.' 305
TT)I; 8' a TTfke^a-^o^ TreTrvv^evo^ dvriov yvba'
get,v , rj TOI, fj,v ravra (j)l\a (frpoveaiv dyopeveis,
0)9 T6 Trarrjp c5 TratSt, /cal 01; Trore \rj(ro/jLai, avr&v.
aXX a<ye i/f)^ fartpeivov, eTreiyo/jievos Trep 6$o2o,
0(f)pa Xo6<70-ayLt6Z/09 T6 T6Tap7TOyLtez/09 T6 (/)/Xo^ ?, 310
wv 67rl vrja KITJS, ^alpcov evl 0v/j,o)
, fj,d\a ica\bv, o rot, Keiprp^wv earat,
v, ola (j)i\OL %elvoi ^elvoicri SiSovcn.'
Tov S' rj/jLeifter eireiTa 6ea y\avKO)7ris '
ri p en vvv /carepv/ce, \i\ai6fjievov Trep oSolo.
8' OTTL ice fjLot, Sovvai, <f)i\ov rjrop dvwyr},
dvep^o^evw Sopevai, ol/cov&e (^epecrOai,
/cal pd\a Ka\ov e\wv. aol S' a%iov earai
'H pev ap W9 eiTrova aTrefir) <y\avKw7ns '
Spvvi S ' &>9 dvoTrala BieTrraro ro3 & ' evl Bvpco
THE ODYSSEY, I. 23
pay the funeral rites, full many, as are due, and you shall
give your mother to a husband. So after you have ended
this and finished all, consider next within your mind and
heart how you may slay the suitors in your halls, whether
by stratagem or open force. You must not hold to child-
ish ways, for you are of childish age no longer. Have
you not heard what fame royal Orestes gained with all
mankind, because he slew the slayer, wily Aigisthos, who
had slain his famous father ? You too, my friend, for
of a truth I find you fair and tall, be strong, that even
men hereafter born may speak your praise. Now go I
down to the swift ship and to my comrades, who no doubt
chafe at waiting. Kely upon yourself, and make my words
your guide."
Then answered her discreet Telemachos : " Stranger,
assuredly in this you speak with kindness, even as a father
to a son. Never shall I forget it. But pray, now, stay,
though eager for your journey; that being bathed, re-
freshed in very soul, you turn to your ship in joyous mood,
bearing a gift of honor, very beautiful, to be to you a
keepsake from myself, even such a thing as dear friends
give to friends."
Then answered him the goddess, keen-eyed Athene :
"Do not detain me longer now, when anxious for my
journey. And whatsoever gift your kind heart bids you
give, give it when I return, for me to carry home. Choose
one exceeding beautiful; it shall be matched in the ex-
change."
Saying this, keen-eyed Athene passed away, even
as a bird a sea - hawk takes its flight. Into his
24 OAY22EIA2 A.
0fjK /j,evos /cat Odpffos, vTre/Avrja-ev re e
eV rj TO irdpoiOev. 6 Be (ftpealv y
Kara Ovpov oio-aro yap deov elvai.
avri/ca Be /jLvrja'T'fjpas eTrco^ero laoOeo^ <&>9.
Tolai 8' acuSo9 dei,Be irepiickvTos, ol Be crKoTrrj 325
etar' d/covovre?' 6 8' 'A%aia)v vocrrov aeiBe
\vypbv, bv IK Tpolr)<$ eVere/Xaro JTaXXa? 'AOyvrj.
Tov S' virepwioOev <f>peal crvvOero Oecnriv doi,Sr)v
Kovprj 'Ixaploio, Treptypcov JT^i/eXoTreta*
K\i/JiaKa 8' vtyrjKrjv KarefiijcreTo olo B6/j,oio, 380
OVK OLt], dfjM rfj ye Kal djjb^liroKoi Bfr ZTTOVTO.
f) 8' ore Br) /jLvrjcTT'rjpas dfyiKero Bla <yvvai/ca)v,
(7TT) pa Trapd (TraOfjibv reyeo? TrvKa TroirjToio,
avra Trapeidwv o-^ofievrj \i7rapa KptjBe/JLva'
ayL6<^)/7roXo9 S' apa ol KeBvrj eKarepOe Trapea-rrj. 336
SaKpvcraaa S' eVetra Trpoo-rjvBa Oelov doiBov
' ^rffjiie, TroXXa yap a\\a ftporwv 6e\Krijpia oZSa?,
epy dvBpwv re Oewv re, rd re K\eiov<rLv doiBol'
T&V ev ye crfyiv aeiBe TrapijfjLevos, ol Be atwiry
olvov TTIVOVTWV TavTf]^ B* diTOTrave doi,Br)S 340
\vypfjs, r) re poi alel evl (mjOecro-i <f)l\ov Krjp
Teipei, eirel /x-e fid\L(rra KaO'iKero TrevOos a\acrrov.
rolrjv yap Ke$a\r)V TroOeo) fjue/jLvij/JLewr) alel
dvBpbs, rov /cXe'o? evpv KaO* e E\\dBa Kal /jLe&ov "Apyos*
Trjv 8' av T^Xe/za^o? TreTrvv/jbevos dvTiov rjvBa' 345
/j,r), TI T apa fydoveew epiypov doiBbv
OTTTTT^ ol voos opvvrat, ; ov vv T doiBol
aXXa nroOt, Zevs atrto?, 09 re BiBaxriv
dvBpdcrw d\(j)r)o"TJj<n,v f OTTO)? edeX-rjcrw, eKaaTO).
TOVTO) B' ov vepeaw Aavawv KaKov ol-rov delBew 350
THE ODYSSEY, I. 25
heart strength had she brought and courage, turning his
thoughts upon his father more even than before. As he
marked this in his mind, an awe came on his heart. He
felt it was a god. Straightway he sought the suitors, god-
like himself.
To them the famous bard was singing, while they in
silence sat and listened. He sang of the return of the
Achaians the sad return, which Pallas Athene had ap-
pointed them on leaving Troy.
Now from her upper chamber, there heard this won-
drous song the daughter of Ikarios, heedful Penelope, and
she descended the long stairway from her room yet not
alone ; two handmaids followed her. And when this royal
lady reached the suitors, she stood beside a column of the
solid roof, holding before her face her delicate wimple,
the while a faithful handmaid stood on either side. Then
bursting into tears, she said to the noble bard :
" Phemios, full many another tale you know to charm
mankind, exploits of men and gods, which bards make
famous. Sit and sing one of these. The rest drink wine
in silence. But cease this song, this song of woe, which
harrows evermore the soul within my breast ; because on
me has fallen deepest grief that cannot be forgotten. So
dear a face I miss, ever remembering one whose fame is
wide through Hellas and mid-Argos."
Then answered her discreet Telemachos : " My mother,
why forbid the honored bard to cheer us in whatever way
his mind is moved? The bards are not to blame, but rather
Zeus, who gives to toiling men even as he wills to each.
There is no cause to be displeased that this man sings us
26 OAY22EIA2 A.
Tr)v yap do&r]v /-taXXov eV^/cXetotxr' avQpcoTroi,
TI Tt9 aKovovreo'O'L vecordrrj dfjL^iTreXTjrai,.
crot S' eV^ToX/z-aTft) /cpaBlrj KOI #17-109 a
ov yap 'OSvao-evs 0^09 aTrwXecre VOCTTL/JLOV
ev TpoLr), iroXXol 8e /cal a\\ot, 0WT69 O\OPTO. 355
[aXX* 6/9 o!/coz/ lovaa ra a avrfj^ pya /co//,te,
l(TTOV T rj\aKCLT7]V T6, KOi a^LTTO^QLCri Ke\V6
pyov eTroi^eadac' fjbvOos B' avSpeacri /z-eX^crei
iracri, /j,a\i,o-Ta S' efioi' rov yap /cpdros ear evl Oi/tw.]'
( H fjuev 0afjL/3ijo-ao-a TraXiv ol/covSe fiefitj/cei,' seo
7rat3o9 yap fjbvQov ireTrvv^evov evOero 6vjJbu>.
9 8* VTrepw' avaj3d(7a &vv ayu.0t7roXot(7t yvvai^l
Kkalev eireur ^O^vcrrja, <j)i\ov iroa-Wy o<ppa ol VTTVOV
r)$vv eVl /3\ecf)dpoiori, /3aXe y\av/ca)7rt,<; 'A0r)V7j.
&' Ofjidbrjo-av dva peyapa aKioevra,' 366
8' rjprjdavro Trapal Xe^eecrcrt
Toiat, Be Tr)\e/j,a%os TreTrvvfjuevo
' Mrjrpbs epris pvTjcrTrjpes, virepftiov vftpw
vvv fJLev Sawvpevoi, repTrcopeOa, ^Se ftorjTV?
(TTco, eVet roSe KO\OV afcove^ev early doiSov 370
* 0^09 08' eVrt, ^eot9 lva\lyicios av&rjv.
S' dyoprjv&e KaOe&peaO
j r iv vfjuiv fjivOov aTrrjXeyecos a
fjieydpcov XX9 S' akeyvvere
e3oz/re9, d/ne^ofjuevoL Kara OLKOVS. 375
et S' L/^ti/ So/cee* roSe \wirepov ical
eppevai, dv8pb<; evbs fllorov vrjTroLvo
fcelper- eycb e Oeovs eV^coo-o/Ltat alev edvras,
ai tee TroQi, Zevs SMCTI, TraXtVrtra epya yeveaO
vrjirowot Kev eVem* Sofjuwv evrocrOev o\oicrOe'
THE ODYSSEY, I. 27
of the Danaans' cruel lot. The song mankind most heart-
ily applaud is that which rings the newest in their ears.
Then let your heart and soul submit to listen ; for not
alone did Odysseus lose the day of his return at Troy,
but many another perished also. Nay, seek your cham-
ber and attend to matters of your own, the loom, the
distaff, and bid the women ply their tasks. Words are
for men for all, and chief of all for me ; for power
within this house rests here."
Amazed, she turned to her own room again, for the
wise saying of her son she laid to heart. So going to the
upper chamber with her maids, she there began to mourn
Odysseus, her dear husband, till on her eyelids keen-eyed
Athene caused a sweet sleep to fall.
But now the suitors broke into uproar up and down the
dusky hall. All clamored to lie beside her. But dis-
creet Telemachos began to speak : " You suitors of my
mother, of overweening pride, at present let us feast and
make good cheer, and let there be no brawling. For a
pleasant thing it is to hear a bard like this, one who is
even like the gods in voice. But in the morning let us
take our seats in the assembly, and all of you be there,
that I may openly make known my will that you should
quit my halls. Look after other tables, and eat what is
your own, changing about from house to house ! Or if
it seems to you more profitable and better to ruin the liv-
ing of one man, without amends, go wasting on ! But I
will call upon the gods that live forever, and pray that
Zeus may grant acts of requital. Then beyond all amends,
here in this very house ruin should fall on you."
28 OAY22EIA2 A.
f \T2? e(j)ad\ ol S' apa irdvres oSaf ev
r]\e}jLaxpv Oavpatyv, o 0<z/9craXea>9 dyopeve.
Tov ' avr 'Avrivoos 7rpocr(f)rj, EinreiOeos
', fj yitaXa 87? ere StSdo-Kovaiv Oeol avrol
r epevai KOI 6apo-a\ea)S dyopeveiv
r) ere 76 ez^ d/j,<f>id\u) 'lOaKrj ftaati^a Kpoviav
, (/ / / ' >
o TOI yeverj Trarpauov ecrrt.
8' av T^XeyLta^o? TreTrz/u/Ae^o? dvriov rjv&a*
/cai /JLOL vefMecnjcreat, om KGV ewco ;
tcai /cev TOUT' e6e\oi^i A LOS 76 &OZ/TO? dpeaBai.
97 <^)^9 TOVTO KCLKICTTOV V dvOptoTTOlCTI, TTV%OcH, ;
ov fj,ev yap TI Ka/cov jBaaikeve^ev al-^rd Te ol 8w
d<j)V6t,bv 7re\6Tai Kal Ti,jj,r)ecrT6po<; auTO?.
aXX' % TOI /3aa-i,\fJ6S 'A%aia)v elcrl Kal
TroXXot Iv dfj,(f>i,d\(j) 'lOa/cy, veot ^8e T
ra)v Kev Tt? TO'' e^r)(TiVy eVel ^az/e 8t
avrdp eyaiv OL/COIO ava% e&ofju rj^erepoi
KOI $/j,(t)(ov, ou? /Jioi \7)Lo-aaro 8to?
Tof 8' az/r' Evpvfjba^o^, UoKvftov Trots, dvriov
* Trj\fjLa^, r) roi ravra 6e&v ev yovvaai tcelrai,, 400
o? Tt? ev dfJL<$>id\,(p 'lOd/crj (3acrL\vo'ei ^A^aiMV
KTrj/jLara 8' GWTO? e^ot? Aral ScoyLtacrt aola-iv di>d(rcroi$.
fjir) yap o y e\9oi dvrjp o? T/9 <f defcovra /3tr)<t)i,
aXX' e^eXft) ere, (frepio-re, Trepl %eivoio ep<r6cu, 405
OTTTToOev OUTO? dvrjp, Trot?/? S' e^ ev^erai eivai,
yalr)<;, TTOV Se vv ol yever) Kal Trarpls apovpa*
j)k TLV dyyeklrjv Trarpcxf <f>epi, ep^o/jievoio,
77 eoi> avrov %peto? e'eX^oyu-e^o? ToS ' licdvei ;
THE ODYSSEY, I. 29
He said, and all with teeth set in their lips marveled
because Telemachos had spoken boldly.
Then said to him Antinoos, Eupeithes' son : " Telema-
chos, surely the gods themselves have you in training for
a man of lofty tongue and a bold speaker. But may the
son of Kronos never make you king in sea-girt Ithaka,
although it is by birth your heritage ! "
Then answered him discreet Telemachos : " Antinoos,
will you feel offense at what I say ? This I would gladly
take, if Zeus would grant it. Do you think such fate the
worst that can befall a man ? Why, it is no bad thing to
be a king! His house grows rich at once, and he him-
self is in more honor. Still, as to kings of the Achaians,
there are many others here in sea-girt Ithaka, both young
and old, some one of whom may take the place, now death
has come to royal Odysseus. But I myself will be the
lord of our own house and of the slaves which were the
spoil of royal Odysseus."
Then answered him Eurymachos, the son of Polybos :
" Telemachos, indeed in the gods' lap it lies to say which
one of the Achaians shall be king in sea-girt Ithaka. Your
substance may you keep, and of your house be lord ; may
the man never come who, heedless of your will, shall strip
you of that substance while Ithaka shall stand. But, good
sir, I would ask about this stranger whence the man
comes, and of what land he calls himself. Where are his
kinsmen and his native fields ? Does he bear tidings of
your father's coming, or comes he here with hope of his
own gains ? How hastily he went ! Not waiting for us
4
30 OAY22EIA2 A.
olov avat^as d(f>ap ot^erat, ou8' vTrefjuewe 410
yiHOfjievai,' ov fiev yap TI /caKat e/9 &>7ra eu>/cet.'
Top 8' av Trj\efjLa^o^ TreTrvv/juevos avriov TjvSa,'
' EvpV/JLa%, T) TQl I/OC7TO? aTTCoXcTO 7TaTpO<$ /jLolo'
OVT ovv ayryehiys en ireiOo/jiai,, el iroOev \0oi t
OVT OeOTTpOTTiT]^ fjL7rdofJLai,, TIV TtVa /JLfJTTJp 415
5 fjieyapov Ka\eaaa-a OeoirpOTrov e^eperjrai.
S' oi'To? e'yLto? TrarpwLos eic Td(f)ov early
' 'Ay%i,d\oio Sa'fypovos ev^erai elvat,
drap Ta^)ioi,(n, <f>i\r)p6TfjLoi,(Tiv dvda-aei!
*&<$ <j)dro T^XeyLta^o?, fypeal 8' dOavdrrjv Oeov eyvco.
ol 8' i? oT<rTVP T6 /col Ijieoeaaav doibrv 421
repirovro, fievov 8* eVt eairepov e\6elv.
Se TepTTO^evoicn [j,e\a<; frrrl ecnrepos r)\0e'
rore KaKKeiovres eftav ol/c6v$e e/cao-ros.
', 001, ol 0d\a/jLos irepLKa\\eo<; av\fjs 426
, TrepicrKeTrra) evl ^copa,
ro\\a <f>pecrl /jiepprjpl&v.
To5 S' dp a/jb aWoiMevas SaiSas $epe icebva Ibvla
Evpv/c\ei, '/2-7T09 0vrydrr)p Tleicr^vopi^ao,
TT)V 7TOT6 Aa6pT7)5 TTpLttTO KTeaTZVCTW (-01(71, 430
irpwOrilBrjv er eovcrav, eeifco&dfioia 8' eSco/cev,
l<ra Be fjuv /ceSvfj aXo^w riev ev fjLeydpoiaiv,
evvy 8* ov TTOT' e^ucro, ^okov 8' d\eeive
TI ol afi aWofjievas Sa'lSas fyepe, KaC e
SfjLcodcov <f)i\eeo'Ke, KCLI erpefye rvrOov eovra.
augev 8e Qvpas QaXa^ov irvKa Troirjrolo,
efero S' ev \etcr pep , fj,a\a/cbv 8' e/c&vve
ical rov fiev rypalvjs TrvKi/jujSeos ep(3a\e
f) pev TOP TTTvfacra KOI d<rKtfcrao~a
THE ODYSSEY, I. 31
to know him ! And yet he seemed like no mean person
in the face."
Then answered him discreet Telemachos : " Euryma-
chos, as for my father's coming, that is at an end. Tid-
ings I trust no longer, let them come whence they may.
Nor do I care for divinations such as my mother seeks,
summoning a diviner to the hall. This stranger is my
father's friend, a man of Taphos ; Mentes he calls him-
self, the son of wise Anchialos, and he is lord of the oar-
loving Taphians."
So spoke Telemachos, but in his mind he knew the
immortal goddess. Meanwhile the others to dancing and
the gladsome song turned merrily, and waited for the
evening to come on. And oh their merriment dark even-
ing came. So then, desiring rest, each man departed
homeward.
But for Telemachos, where on the beautiful court his
chamber was built high, at a commanding point, there
did he seek his bed, with many doubts in mind. And by
his side, with blazing torch, went one who knew her du-
ties Eurykleia, daughter of Ops, Peisenor's son, whom
once Laertes purchased with his substance, when she was
but a girl, and paid the price of twenty oxen. Her,
equally with his faithful wife, he honored at the palace,
but never sought her bed, avoiding a wife's anger. Now
she it was who bore the blazing torches for Telemachos ;
for she of all the handmaids held him dear, and was his
nurse when little. He opened the doors of the strong
chamber, sat down upon the bed, pulled his soft tunic off,
and laid it in the wise old woman's hands. Folding and
32 OAY22EIA2 A.
Tracr(rd\(p cu^KpefJida-acra irapa Tprjroia-i, Xe^ecrcrt,
f$ri p* I/lev K 0a\dfjboi,o, Bvpjjv 5' eTrepvcrcre /copcovy
dpyvpey, eVt e /cX^tS' erdvva-crev IpdvTL.
ev0* o ye iravvvwos, KeKciKvpnevos oto?
THE ODYSSEY, I. 33
smoothing out the tunic, she hung it on a peg beside the
corded bedstead, then left the chamber, and by its silver
ring pulled to the door, drawing the bolt home by its
strap. So there Telemachos, all the night long, wrapped
in a fleece of wool, pondered in mind the course Athene
counseled.
B.
d-yopd.
1
<f>dvrj poBoBd/CTV\o<? 'J
atpvvT ap ef evvrjtyw 'OBvo-crfjos <t\o9
ei/JLara eao-d/jLevos, irepl be f /(/>09 oft' #er' w
l 8' WTTO \i7rapoicriv IBifoaTO Ka\a
/x.6^ e/c 0a\d/j,oio 6eu> eVaX/7/cto?
e /crjpv/ceo'cri, \L r yv<f>@d < y f yoi,o'(, /ceXevcre
ayoprjv&e /capy KO/JLOCOVTO,? '
ol /J<ev eicrjpvo-a-ov, Tol S' fftelpovro //,aV
avrap eVet /3* rjyepOev o/jirjyepees T eyevovro,
p 1 'Ifjiev 6^9 ayoprjv, 7ra\dfjbrj 8" e^e %d\/ceov
oto9, a/^a ro3 76 SUCD Kvves dpjol eirovro. 11
' apa TO> 76 ^dpiv /care^evev 'AOrfwrj.
rbv S' apa iravres \aol eTrep^o/nevov Orjevvro*
efero S' eV Trarpos OWKW, el^av Be ryepovre?.
Toicri 8' eVefc^' ^/>a>9 Alyvimos rjpx dyopevew, 16
09 S^ yrfpai KV<j>bs erjv KOI fivpia
at 7a/3 TOU ^>/Xo9 vto9 a//-' dv
effrj Koi\r)S evl vrjvalv,
TOV B' a7pto9 e/crave
ev wrrr)i <y\a<f>vpq), TTV/JLCLTOV B' 07r\i(rcraTo BopTrov. 20
e ol a\\oi, eaav, KOI o
/jios, Bvo B' alev e%ov Trarpajia
dXV ovS' W9 TOV \ij0er oBvp6ju,VO<; KOI d-^evcov.
TOV 6 ye Bd/cpv x ecov dyoprfcraTO /cal
II.
THE ASSEMBLY AT ITHAKA, AND THE DEPARTURE OF TELEMACHOS.
SOON as the early, rosy-fingered Dawn appeared, the
dear son of Odysseus rose from bed, put on his clothes,
slung his sharp sword about his shoulder, under his shi-
ning feet bound his fair sandals, and came forth from his
chamber in bearing like a god. Straightway he bade the
clear-voiced heralds summon to an assembly the long-
haired Achaians. Those summoned, and these gathered
very quickly. So when they had been called and all
were come, he set off for the assembly, holding in hand
a brazen spear yet not alone, two swift dogs followed
him, and marvelous was the grace Athene cast about him.
Then all the people gazed as he drew near. He sat
down in his father's seat ; the elders made him way.
The first to speak was lord Aigyptios, a man bowed
down with age, who knew a thousand things. He spoke,
for his dear son had gone with god-like Odysseus in the
hollow ships to Ilios, that land of horses Antiphos, a
spearman. The savage Cyclops killed him in the deep
cave, and on him made a supper last of all. Three
other sons there were; one joined the suitors Euryn-
omos and two still kept their father's farm. Yet not
for them did he forget to mourn and miss that other.
Dropping a tear for him, he thus addressed them, saying :
36 OAY22EIA2 B.
' K.6K\VT Brj VVV fJLV, 'IQo&falOl, OTTi KCV etTTW 25
cure 7TO) r)/j,eTep7) dyoprj yever' ovre 0oo>/eo9
ef ov 'OBvo-aevs Bios eftrj #06X779 evl vrjvcrL
vvv Be r/9 a)B ' rfyeipe ; riva %/>etct) TOCTOV ifcet
ye vecov avSpcov, rj oc Trpoyevearepol elcriv ;
rje TIV dyyehirjv arparov /c\vev ep^o/jLevoio, 30
r)v % rjfjbiv crdfya etVot, ore Trpore/oo? 76 irvOoiro ;
rje TI Srjfjuiov a\\o TT leaver /cer at, T)&' dyopevei ;
6(7^X09 yu-ot $o/cel elvai,, ovrffjuevo?. eWe ol avrw
Zevs dyaObv reXecreiev, o TL (frpea-lv yen fjLevoiva.'
A /2? ^>aro, xaipe 8e tyr^y 'O$va-(rijos <^>/Xo9 vlb? t 36
ouS' a/?' er^, brjv r)<TTO, fjLevolvr)(TV 8' dyopevew,
crrrj Be ^ea-rj dyopfj- o-KijTrrpov Be ol epftaXe %eipl
icfjpvi; Ileicnjvcop, TreTrvvpeva prfBea elBa><;.
irpcorov eTrecra yepovTa KaOaTrrofievo^ 7rpo<reei,7rev
' *fl yepov, ov% e/ca? ouro? dvrjp, rd^a B ' eicreai, auro?,
09 \abv rjyeipa* fj,d\i<7Ta Be p a\yo<$ Itcdvei.
ovre TIV dyye\irjv o-rparov e/c\vov
r\v % vfuv crdfya eiTrco, ore Trporepds ye
ovre TL BIJ/MOV a\Xo Tn^avaKOfJiai ovB' dyopevco,
aXX' efjibv avrov ^pelos, o fioi, /cafcbv epTrecrev o'lfco), 45
Bold' rb fiev irarep eo-6\ov aTrtwXecra, 09 TTOT* ev VJJLLV
Tot(rBe<T(Ti,v /3a(7i\eve, Trarrjp B' a>9 ^7rt09 rjev
vvv 8' av /cal TTO\V fj,e2ov, o Brj rd^a ol/cov a
Biappal&ei,, fflorov B' aTrb 7rdfj,7rav o
JJLOI, fjLvrja-rijpe^ eire^paov ov/c ede\ov(7r},
TCOV dvBpwv <f>L\ot, fte9 o? evOdBe y eldv
ot 7rar/)09 fJ>ev 69 ol/cov dire ppiy aai veeo-Oat
'I/caplov, W9 K auro9 eeBvaxrcuro Ovyarpa,
Bolrj B' oS K eOeXot, /cat ol Ke%api,o-/jLevo<; e\9oi.
THE ODYSSEY, II. 37
" Hearken now, men of Ithaka, to what I say. Never
has our assembly once been held no single session
since royal Odysseus went in the hollow ships. Who is
it calls us now, in such a fashion ? Who has such urgent
need ? Young or old is he ? Has he heard tidings of an
army's coming, which he would plainly tell to us so soon
as he has learned? Or has he other public matter to
announce and argue? True man he seems to me, and
blest already. Zeus grant him good in all his heart de-
sires ! "
As thus he spoke, the dear son of Odysseus gladdened
at what was said, and kept his seat no longer. He burned
to speak. He rose up in the midst of the assembly, and
in his hand a herald placed the sceptre a herald named
Peisenor, discreet of understanding. Then turning first
to the old man, he thus addressed him :
" Sire, not far off is he, as you full soon shall know, who
called the people hither ; for it is I who am in deepest
trouble. No tidings of an army's coming have I heard,
which I would plainly tell to you so soon as I have
learned ; nor have I other public matter to announce and
argue. Rather it is my private need, ill falling on my
house in twofold wise. For first I lost my noble father,
who was formerly your king kind father as e'er was
and now there comes a still more grievous thing, which
soon will utterly destroy my home and quite cut off my
substance. Suitors beset my mother sorely against her
will, sons of the very men who are the leaders here. They
shrink from going to the house of Ikarios, her father, to
let him count the bride-gifts for his daughter, giving her
38 OAY22EIA2 B.
ol S* et<? qjjLerepov TTcoKevfJbevoL tffiara iravra, 65
/3oi)? tepevovres KOI 0*9 KOI Triovas alyas,
el\aTnvdovo~i,v wlvowrl re aWorca olvov
ra Be 7ro\\a Kardverai. ov yap eV dvrjp
' OBv&aeiK; e&rcev, dprjv CLTTO OLKOV CL/JLVVCLI,.
S* ov vv n rolot d/jLvve/jbev r} Kai eTreira 60
\vya\eoi r eao/jLecrOa teal ov BeSar) /cores d\fcrfv.
ri r av dfivvalfjLrjv, et poi, Svvafifa ye Trapeirj.
ov yap T dvo-^era epya reTev^arai, ouS' en
ol/cos epos StoXwXe* vefjLevcrrjOrjTe KOI avrol,
aXXou? r' alSecrOrjre TrepiKTtovas dvOpoiTrovs,
ot Trepwaierdovcri' dewv 8' vTrobelo-are ILVJVIV,
fjirj TI fieTao-Tpe-froycriv dyao-adfievot, Kaica epya.
\io-aofjLai fjfLev Zrjvbs 'O\v/j,7rlov rjoe
TI r dvSpwv dyopas rj^ev \vei ^8e
(7^e<T0e, (f)l\oi, Kai fju olov edcrare TrevOel \vypw 70
TeipeaO\ el JJLIJ TTOV TI, Trarrjp epos eV#Xo? '
Sw/jievecov KCLK epegev eWz^/uSa
TCOV fj, dTTOTivv/jLevoi /ca/ca pe^ere
TOVTOVS OTpvvovres. e/juol Se Ke /cepoiov eirj
vfjieas eaOe/Jievai, KeLfir)\id re Trpo^aaiv re. 75
6? x V 6 ^ 7 e <t>dyoLre, rd^ av rrore KOI
r6(f>pa yap av Kara aarv TroriTrrvo-croi/jLeOa
XpTJ/Aar drrairi^ovres, ew? K dirb rcdvra
vvv Be fioi aTTpijKTOvs oBvvas e/jL/3d\\ere
^/2? (f>dro xwofievos, Trorl Be cr/cfjTrrpov /3aXe yaiy, 8fl
Bdfcpv dvaTrpijo-as oZ/rro? B' e\e \aov arravra.
evO' a\\oi fjiev irdvres aKrjv eaav, ov8e rt9 er\ij
v pvOoiaiv a^d^acrQai yakzirolcriv
Be /JLIV oZo? d/jLetftofjievos TrpocreeiTre*
THE ODYSSEY, II. 39
then to whom he will, whoever meets his favor ; but haunt-
ing this house of ours day after day, killing our oxen,
sheep, and fatted goats, they hold high revel, drinking
sparkling wine with little heed. Much goes to waste, for
no man is there fit like Odysseus to keep damage from
our doors. We are not fit ourselves to guard the house ;
attempting it, we should be pitiful and found unskilled in
conflict. Guard it I would if only strength were mine.
For deeds are done which cannot be borne longer, and with
no decency my house is plundered. Shame you should feel
yourselves, and some respect as well for neighbors living
near you, and awe before the anger of the gods, lest haply
they may turn upon you, vexed with your evil courses.
Nay, I entreat you by Olympian Zeus, and by that Justice
which dissolves and gathers the assemblies of mankind,
forbear, my friends ! Leave me to pine in bitter grief
alone, unless indeed my father, good Odysseus, ever in
malice wronged the mailed Achaians, and in return for
that you now with malice do me wrong, urging these peo-
ple on. Better for me it were you should yourselves de-
vour my stores and herds. If you devoured them, there
might perhaps some day be recompense ; for we would
constantly pursue you with our suit throughout the town,
demanding back our substance till all should be restored.
Now, woes incurable you lay upon my heart."
In wrath he spoke, and dashed the sceptre to the ground,
letting his tears burst forth, and pity fell on all the people.
So all the rest were silent, none else dared to make Telem-
achos a bitter answer. Antinoos alone made answer, say-
ing:
40 OAY22EIA2 B.
vtyayoprj, fievos acr^eTe, irolov eetTre? 85
i e#eAot? Se /ce IAW/JUOV dvdtyai.
trot S' ov rt fjLvrja-rrjpes ' Ayaiwv air col elaiv,
a\\a <pi\rj /jLijrrjp, rj rot Trepl tcepSea olftev.
yap rplrov eVrtv ero?, Ta^a 8' elcrt rerapTOV,
ov dre/JL/Sei, &V/JLOV evl o-rrjdecro-w *A%cu(ov.
/j,ev p' e\7ret, /cat vTrlo-^erai, dv&pl e/ca
Trpolelo-a' voos be ol a\\a
77 Se SoXoz/ Toz/S' a\\ov evl fypea-
o-TTjcra/jievr) fjueyav larov evl fMeydpoicriv vcfraive,
\e7TTOv real Trepi/jLerpov a<f>ap B' r^uv fjuereeiTre' 95
Kovpou, e^ol fjLvrjo-Trjpes, eVet Odve 8^09 ' ' OSvao~ev<;,
fjbifjiver' eirei^ofJLevoi rov efjuov ydfjuov, 6i? o /ce (j>apo<;
KT\e(rcO, fJLtJ /jLOL /JLTafJL(t)V id V1JJJLCIT O\7)TCU, t
A.aeprrj rjpwi Ta(f)?ji,ov t e/? o re Kev ynv
/jLolp* 6\or) KaOekrjcri, Tavr)\eyeos Oavdroio, 100
fit] T/9 l*>oi Kara STJ/JLOV ^A^aud^cov ve/jLeo-rj(7r} t
ai Kev arep cnreipov tcfjrai, 7ro\\a /creartcrcra?.
a)? e'(/>a#', rjfjilv 8' avT eTreireiOeTO OV/JLOS djijvwp.
evOa fcal rj/jLariij p,ev vfyaivecncev fieyav Icrrov,
vv/cras S' d\\veo-fcev, eTrrjv Sa'l'Sas TrapaOelro. 105
&>? T/9/6T69 ^ev e\r)0e SoXft) teal ejreiOev ^A^aiov^'
aXX' ore rerparov rj\6ev ero? /cat eTrrjXvOov wpai,
/col Tore Stf Tt? eenre yvvai/cwv, rj crdfya fi&r),
/cat TTJV <y d\\vov(rav e^evpofJbev dy\abv ICTTOV.
a)? TO fjuev %Te\cro'e /cat OVK e6e\ovG vir dvdytcw ill
crot S' &>Se [JLvrjcrTfjpes VTroKpivovrai, 1v et'8^5
auro? <7G3 Ovfjiq), eiSaHri Se TraWe? '
fjirjrepa O-TJV dTroTrefityov, aV&>^#t Se
To3 orea) re Trarrjp /ceXerat /cat av^dvei avrfj.
THE ODYSSEY, II. 41
" Telemachos, you of the lofty tongue and the un-
bridled temper, what do you mean by putting us to
shame ? On us you would be glad to fasten guilt. I tell
you the Achaian suitors are not at all to blame ; your
mother is to blame, who has a craft beyond all women.
The third year is gone by, and fast the fourth is going,
since she began to mock the hearts in our Achaian breasts.
To all she offers hopes, has promises for each, and sends
us messages, yet her heart has a different purpose. Here
is the last pretext she cunningly devised. Within the hall
she set up a great loom and went to weaving ; fine was
the web and very large ; and then to us said she : ' Young
men who are my suitors, now death has come to royal
Odysseus, forbear to press my marriage till I complete
this robe, its threads must not be wasted, a shroud
for lord Laertes, against the time when the fell doom of
death that lays men low takes hold upon him. Achaian
wives about the land I fear might give me blame, if he
should lie without a shroud he who had great posses-
sions.' Such were her words, and our high hearts as-
sented. Then in the daytime would she weave at the
great web, but in the night unravel, after she brought
the torches. Thus for three years she hid her craft and
cheated the Achaians. But when the fourth year came,
as time rolled on, then at the last one of her maids, who
knew full well, confessed, and we discovered her unravel-
ing the splendid web ; so then she finished it against her
will, perforce. Therefore to you the suitors make this
answer, that you yourself may understand in your own
heart, and that the Achaians all may understand. Send
off your mother! Bid her take in marriage whomever
42 OAY22EIA2 B.
el 8' eV dvt,r)<Ti ye iro\vv %povov via? J A%aia)v, 116
ra fypoveova dvd Ovpbv a ol Trepl Bw/cev 'AOrjvrj,
epya r' eirlo-Tao-Qcu 7repi/ca\\ea /cal
icepBed 0\ oV ov TTCO TLV CLKOVO^GV ovBe
Tawv CLL irdpo^ rjaav ev7r\OKd/jLi,$es '
Tvpa) T 'A\KjjLr)vr] re eucrre^az/o? re Mvfcrjvrj' 120
ov rt9 o/jioia votj^ara Hr)ve\07reir)
drap fjuev rovro 7' evaio-ijjbov ovtc evorjcre.
r6(f)pa yap ovv fiiorov re rebv KCU /crij/jLar eSovrat,,
o<f)pa K6 /ceivi) TOVTOV e^rj voov, ov rwd ol vvv
ev crTijdeo-o-t, riOelai, OeoL fjLeja fjiev /c\eo<; avrfj 125
', avrdp GOI 76 TroOrjv TroXeo? jBibroio'
8' OVT 67TL epjd TTOpOS 7' l/J,V OVT6 7Trj d\\rj,
Trptv 7' avrrjv yrjfjLao-0ai ' Ayai&v w K eOeX^rj
Tbi> S' av Trj\fjLa^o^ nreTrvvfjievos dvrlov
' 'Avrivd ', ov 7ro>9 eo~Ti 8o/xo)i/ de/covaav aTrcoaai 130
TI /ju ere% J , rj p e6pe^re- Trarrjp 8' e/^o? a\\o6t,
%c06i 6 y r) Te6vr)Ke* KCLKOV Be fj,e TroXX' d
'I/capL(p t ai K avros eKODV aTrb /jLrjrepa 7re/Ln/
etc <ydp rov Trarpbs fca/cd 7relcro/ji,ai, aXXa oe
Seoeret, eVet MTTJP crrvyepds dprjo-er epivv? 135
O'LKOV d7rep%o/jLevr)' vepeo-is Be /JLOL e'f dv0p(*>7ra)v
ecrcreraf o>? ov TOVTOV eyca Trore fivOov ev
v/j,eTpos 8' el /juev Ou^os ve/jieo-l^e
e^iTe. pot, fjieydpaiv, aXXa? 8' d\eyvveTe
v/jbd KTrffjLaT eSoz/re?, dfjLeijSo/JLevoi, /caTa OIKOVS.
el 8' VJJLIV Bo/ceet, ToBe \coiTepov KOI d/j,eivov
e/jLfjLevai, dvBpbs evb<; ffloTov VTJTTOWOV o\eaOai,
Helper eyco Be Qeovs eVt/Swcro/iai alev eovras,
THE ODYSSEY, II. 43
her father wills and him who pleases her ! Or will she
weary longer yet the sons of the Achaians, mindful at
heart of what Athene in large measure gave her, skill in
fair works, a noble mind, and such a craft as we have
never known in those of old, those who were long ago
fair-haired Achaian women, Tyro, Alkmene, and crowned
Mykene no one of whom had judgment like Penelope ;
and yet, in truth, in this she judged not wisely. For even
so long shall men devour your life and substance as she
retains the mind the gods put in her breast at present.
Great fame she brings upon herself, but brings on you
the loss of large possessions. To our own lands we will
not go, nor elsewhere either, till she shall marry an Acha-
ian whom she will."
Then answered him discreet Telemachos : " Antinoos,
against her will I cannot drive from home the one who
bore me and who brought me up. My father is far away,
alive or dead, and hard it were for me to pay the
heavy charges to Ikarios which I needs must, if of my will
alone I send my mother forth. For from her father's
hand I shall meet ills ; and others God will send, when
my mother calls upon the dread Avengers as she forsakes
the house ; blame, too, will fall upon me from mankind.
Therefore that word I never will pronounce ; and if your
hearts chafe at your footing here, then quit my halls !
Look after other tables and eat what is your own, chang-
ing about from house to house ! Or if it seems to you
more profitable and better to ruin the living of one man,
without amends, go wasting on ! But I will call upon the
gods that live forever and pray that Zeus may grant acts
44 OAY22EIA2 B.
ai KG TroBi Zevs Bwcri, TraXomra epya yeveaOai,.
vrjTTOivoi Kev eTreira BO/ACOV evroa-Oev oKoicrOe.' 145
*/2? cjbaro T^Xe/^a^o?, TO> S' alerco evpvorra Zev<$
v-^r66ev IK Kopvffis opeos irpoerjice
TO) S' ea>9 fJ>ev p' eVero^ro ftera
ore 5^ /uLea-a-rjv dyoprjv iroKv^/Jbov i/cecr07)v, 160
ez/^' eTriSivrjOevTe Ttva^dcrdijv irrepa TTV/CVO,,
6? 8' 1&6T7JV TTCtVTWV K$>a\aS, O(T(TOVTO 8' O\0pOV,
8* 6vv%(r(ri Trapeia? d^L re Seipa?
v Sid r olicia teal Trb\iv avT&v.
@dfjL/3rj(rav 8' opviOas, eVel L&OV 6<t>0a\iJ,oi<TW 165
&pjjbr]vav B' dvd OV/JLOV a irep reXeeadai, e/jLe\\ov.
Be ical /xereetTre fyepow ^pco? 'A\i9epcrr)<z
6 yap oZo<? o/jLrjXiKlrjv e/ceicacrTO
yvwvai, /cal evala-ifia fLvdrjGacrdai,*
6 a(f)iv ev(ppovea)v dyoprjcraro /cal yaereetTre* 160
' Ke/c\VTe Brj vvv fjt,v, 'lOa/cijcrioi,, om Kev eiTra)*
fjLvrjo-rrjpa-Lv Be pd\i<na Tntpauo-KOfievos rdBe eipco.
Tolcriv yap fieya irfi^a KvXwBerai,' ov yap 'OBvcr<T6VS
Brjv dirdvevOe <f>i\a>v o)v etrtrerat, aXXa TTOV ^Brj
eyyvs ea>v rolo-Beo-o-t, <f>6vov KOI Krjpa fyvrevei 165
iravreo-a-iv 7ro\ecn,v Be KCLI aXkoicrw KaKov eWat,
o? vefJLOfJbeaO' 'lOd/crjv evBele\ov. aXXa TTO\V Trplv
<j>pa(f)fjLeo-0' w? Kev Kara'TravcrofJiev ol Be KOI avrol
TravecrOcov Kal ydp affuv d^ap roBe Xcoiov eaTiv.
ov ydp direipriTos /jiavrevo/jiai,, aXX' ev etSco9 170
Kal ydp Kelvqy tyr^u, TeXevrrjOrjvat airavra
<w? ol efjLvOeo/jbrjv, ore "IXtov el&aveffaivov
'Apyeloi, fjuerd Be a<f>iv efty TroX^rt? 'OBv(T(revs.
IHE ODYSSEY, II. 45
of requital. Then beyond all amends, here in this very
house, ruin should fall on you ! "
So spoke Telemachos, and answering him far-seeing
Zeus sent forth a pair of eagles, flying from a mountain
peak on high. These for a time moved down along the
wind, close by each other and with outstretched wings ;
but as they reached the middle of the many-voiced assem-
bly, wheeling in circles there, they flapped their heavy
wings, glared at the heads of all, and death was in their
eyes. Then tearing with their claws each other's cheek
and neck, they darted to the right, across the town and
houses. Men marveled at the birds, as they beheld, and
pondered in their hearts what they should mean. And
to the rest spoke old lord Halitherses, the son of Mastor ;
for he surpassed all people of his time in understanding
birds and telling words of fate. He with good will ad-
dressed them thus, and said :
" Hearken now, men of Ithaka, to what I say ; and to
the suitors with a special meaning do I speak. A great
calamity is theirs, now rolling onward ! For Odysseus
will not long be parted from his friends, but even now is
near, sowing the seeds of death and doom for all men
here. Ay, and on many another, too, shall sorrow fall
on many of us who live in far-seen Ithaka ! But long ere
that, let us consider how to check these men, or rather,
let them check themselves ; that soon shall be their gain.
For not as inexpert I prophesy, but with sure knowledge.
And this I say : all has come true for him which I de-
clared that day the Argive host took ship for Ilios, and
with them wise Odysseus went along. I said that after
46 OAY22EIA2 B.
$r\v /ccuca TroXXa iraBovr, oXecravr OLTTQ Trdvra? eralpovs
ayvcoo~Tov Trdvreo-o-tv eeiKoo~Tq) eviavrq) 176
oi/caB' e\evo~eo-6ai, ra Be Brj vvv irdvra re\eirai,.'
Tov B' avr EvpvfJLa'xos, HdXvftov Trat?, dvrlov qvBa'
' w yepov t el B' aye vvv pavreveo a-olcn,
OIKaS' l(t)V, fJirf 7TOV TL KdKOV Trdd^aXTiV
ravra 8* eyco creo 7ro\\bv OfLelwov ^avreveaOai. 180
opvi,des Be re TroXXot vir avya? rjekioio
^>OLTO)(T\ ovBe re Trdvres evalcrijjLOi,' avrap 'OBva-<reit<i
wXero Trj\', a>5 KOI crv Kara^OidOai avv etceLva
w^eXe?. OVK av roaaa OeoirpoTrewv dyopeves,
ovBe tee Tfj\fJLa^ov Ke^oXcofjievov wS' dvieirj^ 186
o-a) OIKM Bwpov TToriBeyfjievos, al /ce iroprjcnv.
aXX' eic rot, epeco, TO Be KOI Tereheajjievov
at Ke vea)repov dvBpa irakaid re TroXXa re et'
7rap<f>dfjLevo<; eVeecrcrtz/ eirorp vvys %a\.7raivei,v t
avra) fjbev ol irpwrov dviripka-repov eVrat, 190
[TTprjgcu B' efJLTT^ ov TI Bvvrjo-eTai, elveica
aol Be, yepov, Ocorjv eTriOrjcrofjiev r)v tc evl
TLVCOV acr^aXX?;?* %a\e7rbv Be rot ecraerai, a
B' ev TTCLVIV eycov VTroOrjcrofjb
ep* erjv 69 Trarpo? dvcoyerco aTroveecrOai, 195
ol Be ydfjbov rev^ovai ical dprvveova-iv eeBva
TroXXa fj,d\\ ocra-a eoiice </>/X?79 eVt TratSo?
ov yap Trplv iravo-eaOai, btofuu via? *A%ai
ILVTJO-TVOS dpya\er)<s, eTrel ov riva BeiBipev
OVT ovv Tr)\e/jLaxov, fj,d\a irep TroXvfjbvOov eovra' 200
ovre OeoTTpoTrlrj? fJL7ra^6fjLed\ fy crv, yepaue,
fivOeai aKpdavrov, dire-xOdveai B' en ^a\\ov.
B' avre /caws ^e^pcoaerai, ovBe iror laa
THE ODYSSEY, II. 47
suffering much, and losing all his men, unknown to all,
in the twentieth year he should come home. Now thus it
all comes true."
Then answered him Eurymachos, the son of Polybos :
" Well, well, old man, go home and play the prophet to
your children, or else they may have trouble in the days to
come ! About these matters, I can prophesy much better
than yourself. Plenty of birds flit in the sunshine, but
not all are fateful. As for Odysseus, he died far away;
and would that you had perished with him ! You would
not then have prated so of reading signs, nor would you,
when Telemachos is wroth, thus press him on, looking for
him to send your house some gift. But let me tell you
this, a thing also to be found true ; if you, who know the
many things an old man knows, delude this youth with
talk, urging him on to anger, it shall be in the first place
all the worse for him, and nothing can he do by aid of
people here and on yourself, old man, we will inflict a
fine which it will grieve you to the soul to pay. And to
Telemachos, here before all, I myself give this warning.
Let him instruct his mother to depart back to her father's
house. They there shall make the wedding and arrange
the many gifts which should accompany a well-loved child ;
for never till then, I hold, will the sons of the Achaians
quit their rough courtship. No fear have we of any man,
not even of Telemachos, so full of talk. Nothing we
reck of auguries which you, old man, idly declare, making
yourself the more detested. So now again, his substance
shall be miserably devoured, and no return be made, so
48 OAY22EIA2 B.
t, o(f>pa icev 77 ye Siarplftya-iv '-
T)fJL2<? ' CIV TTOTi^ey/JLevOt, tf/jLaTO, TTCLVTa 205
ewefca rrjs dper^ epibalvouev, ov$e per a\\a<$
p%6fjLeO\ a? eVtet/ce? OTrvieuev ecrrlv e/cdo-rq).'
Tbv 6 av r^X-e/za^o? TreTrvv/juevos avrlov rjvSa'
' Evpv/jLax ^Se /cal aXXot, ocrot fjLvrjaT'fjpes dyavol,
ravra ^ev oi>% vfieas en, \io-aojjiai, ov& dyopevw 210
77877 <ya/? ra Icracn, Oeol KOI irdvres ^ Ayaiol.
aXX' aye JJLOI, Sore ^a ^o^z/ KOL ei/cocr eraipovs,
o r ( fee /jioi, evOa KOI evOa BiaTTprjo-acocri, KeXevOov.
elfju, yap e? ^Trdprrjv re ical 9 IIv\ov rujbaOoevra,
vd&Tov Trevcrofjievos Trarpbs Srjv ol-^p^kvoio, 216
fy T/5 fJLOi elir-go-i jSporwv, r) oaaav
K ALOS, ij re /jid\i(7Ta <f>epei tc\eos
el fiev Kev Trarpbs /Blorov KO\ voarov d
T) T CIV, TpV^O/JLeVOS 7Tp, Tl, T\ai7)V
el &e fee TeOvti&Tos dfcovo-o) /JLTJ^ er e'oWo?,
voa-rricras Brj eTreira (j)i\,r)v e? irarpL^a yalav
trrjud re ol %e^co fcal eVl Krepea fcrepet'^a)
TroXXa jjLa\\ oacra eoifce, fcal dvepi fjujrepa
9 TT tt A \ ' >' f't* 5. >
ti TOL o y w? eiTTtov fear ap e^ero, rotcrt o
Mevrcop, 09 p* ' O8u<77}o9 dfjbv/jiovos rjev eralpos,
/cat ot tojy eV vrjvcrlv eTrerpeTrev olicov aTravra,
ireiOeaOai re yepovri real e/ATreSa Trdvra
6 atytv ev(f)povea)v dyopijcraro fcal fjiereeiTre'
' KetcXvTe 77 vvv /lev, 'lOafcrjaioi,, 6m Kev
I^TI rt9 en Trpocfrpwv dyavbs fcal 7777^09 ecrra)
o-/C777rToi)^09 /9acrtX6L'9, ^77^6 <f)pecrlv alo-ipa
' alel ^;aXe7ro9 T' 6677 m atcruXa pe^oi,
oi5 Ti
THE ODYSSEY, II. 49
long as she delays the Achaians in her marriage. More-
over, waiting here day after day, as rivals for her charms,
we will not seek out other women whom it might well
become a man to marry."
Then answered him discreet Telemachos : " Eurymachos
and all you other lordly suitors, these things I urge no
longer ; I have no more to say ; for now the gods and all
the Achaians understand. Come, then, and give me a
swift ship with twenty comrades, to help me make a jour-
ney up and down the sea ; for I will go to Sparta and to
sandy Pylos, to ask about the coming home of my long-
absent father. Perhaps some man can tell me, or I may
catch a rumor sent from Zeus, which carries tidings far
and wide amongst mankind. If I shall hear my father is
alive and coming home, however weary, still I might sub-
mit for one year more. But if I hear that he is dead
no longer with the living I will at once return to my
own native land, and pile his mound and pay the funeral
rites, full many, as are due, and I will give my mother to
a husband."
So saying, he sat down ; and up rose Mentor, who was
the friend of gallant Odysseus. On going with the ships,
Odysseus gave him charge of all his house, that they
should heed their elder and he keep all things secure.
He with good will addressed them thus, and said :
" Hearken now, men of Ithaka, to what I say. Never
again let sceptre-bearing king in all sincerity be kind and
gentle, nor let him in his mind heed righteousness. Rather
should he be always stern, and work unrighteous deeds ;
since none remembers kingly Odysseus among the people
50 . OAY22EIA2 B.
\a)v, olaiv dva(TO~, Trarrjp 8' w? 7773-105 ^ev.
dXX' 77 TOI fjLvrjo-TTjpas dyijvopas ov ru /JLeyaipco
p$ew epya fiiaia /ca/coppa^iya-i, voow
<7<a5 yap TrapOe^evoi Ke(f>a\d<; Kareoovai /3tata>5
ol/cov 'OSfcrer^o?, rbv S' ov/ceri, <j)acrl veeaOai.
vvv S* a\\q> SrjfJ>q> vefJieai^ofJiai,, olov
fl&6* avew, arap ov TL KaOaTrro/jLevoi,
Travpov? fjLvrjo'Tfjpas /caTaTravere TroXXol eoz/re?.*
Tbv &' EvrjvoplBrjs AeitoicpiTOS avriov
' Mevrop arapTTjpe, (frpevas ^Xee, irolov e
?7yLtea? orpvvwv KaraTrave^ev. dpyaXeov 8e
dvBpdai Kal 7r\e6ve<T(Ti ^a^a-acrOai Trepl Bairl. 246
i Trep yap K 'OSucrei'? 'I^a/c^o-to? avro? 7re\6ci)v
vs Kara Sco/jua eov /jLvrjcrTrjpas dyavovs
jjueydpoio ^evoLvrfaeC evl
Ke^dpoiTO yvvrj, /j,d\a irep
\66vT \ aXXa fcev avrov dei/cea TTOT^OV eiricnroi,, 250
el 7rXeoW<r<7 /xa^otro* <rv S' ov Kara /j,oipav eetTre?.
aXX' aye, Xaol fiev o-Kio'vaa-0' CTTL epya e/eacrro?,
TOVTO) 8* brpvveeu Mevrwp 6Bbv ^8' 'A\i6 spays,
01 re ol et; dpxfjs Trarpcoioi eio~iv eraipot.
dXX', o/ft), /cal SrjOd tcaQtf/jbevos dyyeXidcov 255
ireva-erai elv 'Idd/cy, reXeet 8' oobv ov TTOTC
t /2? ap ecf)Cii)vr)a'v f \vo~ev 8' dyoprjv
ol fjiev dp' ea/ciBvavTo ed 737305 oa)jj,a&' eWcrro5,
y StofiaT Idav Oeiov 'OSva-fjo?.
8' aTrdvevBe KLWV eVt 6iva OaXda-crrj*;, 260
770X^775 aXo5, ev
K\vdi [lev, o %^^Jo5 ^eo
//,' eiv 1/771 K\ev<ra$ GTT rjepoe^ia TTOVTOV,
THE ODYSSEY, II. 51
whom he ruled, kind father though he was. Yet I make
no complaint against the haughty suitors for doing deeds
of violence in insolence of heart. For they at hazard
of their heads thus violently devour the household of
Odysseus, saying he will come no more. It is with the
remainder of the people I am wroth, because you all sit
still, and, uttering not a word, you do not stop the suit-
ors, they so few and you so many."
Then answered him Evenor's son, Leiokritos : " In-
fernal Mentor, crazy-witted man, what do you mean by
urging them to stop us? Hard would it be, for many
more than we, to fight with us on question of our food !
Indeed, should Ithakan Odysseus come himself upon us
lordly suitors feasting in his house, and be resolved in
heart to drive us from the hall, his wife would have no
joy, however great her longing, over his coming ; but here
he should meet shameful death, fighting with more than
he. You spoke unwisely ! Come, people, then, turn to
your own affairs ! For this youth here, Mentor shall speed
his voyage, and Halitherses too, for they are from of old
his father's friends ; but I suspect he still will sit about
for many a day, gather his news in Ithaka, and never
make the voyage."
He spoke and hastily dissolved the assembly. So they
dispersed, each going to his house ; the suitors sought the
house of kingly Odysseus.
But Telemachos walked by himself along the sea-shore,
and, washing his hands in the foaming water, prayed
Athene: "Hear me, O thou who yesterday didst visit,
god as thou art, our home, and there didst bid me go on
52 OAY22EIA2 B.
7rev<r6fj,evov frarpos Brjv ol%o/j,evoi,o,
i* ra Be Trdvra Bt,a,Tpl/3ov<riv *A%aiol,
Be (j,d\t,(TTa, /ca/ca)? VTrepyvopeovre?.'
*/2? e</>ar' ev^bfLevos, o"%eB66ev Be ol r)\6ev ^
Mevropt elBopevrj rjfjbev Be/jias tfBe /cat avBrjv,
Kai IJLW (f>a)vrj(racr t eVea irrepbevra Tr
{ Trj\eijLa%, ovB* oinOev tea/cos eaaeai,
el Brf TOI dov Trarpbs eve(7TaKTat, yu-ez/o? r)v, 271
olo? /ceivos erjv reXecrat epyov re eVo? re.
ov TQI 7rei,0' a\Lr] 0805 eaa-erai, ouS' dreXecrro?.
el B* ov Keivov 7' eVcrl 701/09 KOI UT/^eXoTre^?,
ov <re j eTreiTa eo\7ra re\evTij<7ei,v a ^evoiva^. 276
iravpoi, yap TOI Trat&e? o^oloi Trarpl 7re\ovTcu,
ol TrXeoz/e? Kaiciovs, iravpoi Be re irarpos apeiovs.
aXX' eVet ovB* oiriOev ica/cbs ecra-eai ovB* avor)^a>v,
ovBe re 7rdy%v ye /i^rt? ' OBvo-crrjos irpo\e\oiTrev t
\7ra)pij TOI eTreira re\evrrj(7ai rdBe epya. 280
Tft) VVV fJLV7J(7Tljp(i)V fJ,ev CO, @OV\1JV T VOOV T
acfrpaBecov, eTrel ov TI votjfj,ove<; ovBe Bl/caioi*
ovBe n icraaiv Odvarov KCU /cfjpa pe\aivav,
69 Br) (T^>t, o-^eBov ecrrtv, CTT tffjLari Trdvras oXevOai,.
col B* 6809 ov/ceri Brjpbv airkdorerai rjv av fAevowas* 286
T04O9 yap TOL eralpos eyco Trarpwios
09 rot, vfja Oorjv crreXeto /cal a/A
aXXA (TV fiev 7r/?O9 Bay/tar lav fJLvrjcrTrjpo-iv o/u'Xet,
oir\ia-a-bv T rjia fcal ayyecnv dpaov aTravTa,
olvov ev dfjbtyKJzopev&i, KOI aXfara, pve\ov dvBpcov, 291
Bep/jLao-iv ev TrvKivola-w eya> 8* dva Brj/j,ov eraipovs
al-x/r' 0e\ovTr)pas cruXXefoyu-at. elcrl Be vfjes
TroXXat ev dfifadXay 'I6d/cy, veai rjBe 7ra\aial*
THE ODYSSEY, H. 53
shipboard, over the misty sea, to ask about the coming
home of my long-absent father. All thy commands the
Achaians hinder, the suitors most of all in wicked inso-
lence."
So spoke he in his prayer, and near him came Athene,
taking the guise of Mentor in figure and in voice, and
speaking to him in winged words she said :
" Telemachos, henceforth you shall not be a base man
nor a foolish, if in you stirs your father's hardy spirit, and
you like him can give effect to deed and word. ' But if
you are not sprung from him and from Penelope, then
am I hopeless of your gaining what you seek. Few sons
are like their fathers ; most are worse, few better, than
the father. Yet because you henceforth will not be base
nor foolish, nor has the wisdom of Odysseus wholly failed
you, therefore there is a hope you will one day effect these
deeds.
"Disregard, then, the plans and purposes of the mad
suitors, for they are in no way wise or upright men.
Nothing they know of death and the dark doom which
now is near, so that they all shall perish in a day. But for
yourself, the journey you desire shall not be long delayed.
So truly am I your father's friend, I will provide you a
swift ship and I will be your comrade. But go you to
the palace, mix with the suitors, and prepare the stores,
securing all in vessels wine in jars, and corn, which is
men's marrow, in tight skins while I about the town
quickly select a willing crew. In sea-girt Ithaka are many
ships, ships new and old. Of these I will look out the
54 OAY22EIA2 B.
rdayv fiev TOI eycov 7ri6tyofj,ai, r\ rt? dpi(rrrj t
to/ca S' (f)07r\io-(ravT6S evijcro/JLev evpei, TTOVTM.'
/covprj Aibs* ovS* ap en,
t Oeov eicXvev av$ijv.
7T/309 &>/Ji,a, <j)i\o
evpe 8' dpa nvrjcrrripas ayrjvopas eV
alyas dviefjievovs cnd\ovs 0* evovras ev av\rj. 800
ev r dpa ol (f>v %et/)t eVo? T e<f>ar r ovo
V"^ay6pr), ^eVo? acr^ere, /AT; T* rot aXXo
/ca/cov //.eXerto epyov re eVo? re,
ecrdie/juev KOI Tnve^ev, a>? TO irdpos irep. 305
rot /j,d\a Trdvra reXevTij&o *
vfja teal efcUrovs eperasy f iva Oaa-crov
9 TIv\ov r)<ya&er)v yu-er* dyavov Trarpbs a
Tov 8' av T^Xe/xa^o? TreTrvv/jLevos dvriov
y ov 7ra)9 &TTW V7rep<j)id\oi,(ri fief)' vpJiv 310
i T' dtceovra /cal evcfrpalvecrOai Kr)\ov.
TO 7rdpoi0ev etceipere TroXXa ^at Ia6\a
/j,a, fivyo-Tfjpes, ey<o 8' eVt vrjirios rja ;
vvv 8' oVe ^ fjueyas el/j>l KOI aXXcaz/ /jLvOov d/covwv
real Stf /AOL degerai evSoOi, Ovpos, 315
e\6(DVy fj avrov TcSS' eVi
ov8' aX/?7 0809 eaaeraL r)v dyopevw,
ov yap 1/7709 7n;ySoXo9 ouS' eperdwv
a>9 i/v TTOU v^iv eelo-aro /cepSiov elvai.'
'JT /?a, Atal eV ^et/oo9 %efy>a crTrdo-ar" ' AVTIVOOIQ
[pela' fivrjo'T'fjpes 8e SOJAOV Kara Saira Trevovro].
THE ODYSSEY, II. 55
best, and quickly making her ready we will launch her on
the open sea."
So spoke Athene, daughter of Zeus. No longer then
lingered Telemachos when he heard the goddess speak.
He set off toward the house, though with a heavy heart,
and found the lordly suitors at the palace flaying goats
and singeing swine within the court. Antinoos with a
laugh came forward to Telemachos, and taking him by
the hand he spoke, and thus addressed him :
" Telemachos, you of the lofty tongue and the unbridled
temper, do not again grow sore in heart at what we do
or say ! No, eat and drink just as you used to do. All
you have asked of course the Achaians will provide the
ship and the picked crew to help you quickly find your
way to sacred Pylos, seeking for tidings of your noble
father."
Then answered him discreet Telemachos: "Antinoos,
I cannot, among you churlish men, sit quietly at table
and calmly take my ease ; for was it not enough that in
the days gone by you suitors wasted much good property
of mine, I still a helpless child? But now that I am
grown, and, hearing the story from the lips of others, un-
derstand, and the heart swells within me, I will do what
I may to bring on your heads an evil doom, whether I go
to Pylos or remain here in the land. But go I will not
vain shall the voyage be of which I speak a passenger
with others, since I can get command of neither ship nor
crew. So seemed it wisest now to you."
He spoke, and from the hand of Antinoos quietly drew
his own. Meanwhile, the suitors in the house were busy
56 OAY22EIA2 B.
ol 8' 7re\a)/3evov KOI e/cepTopeov e
o>8e Be T? eiirecrice vecov VTreprjvopeovTW
' *H fj,d\a Tr)\e/jLa%o<; <f>6vov
% rivas e/c IIv\ov agei, dfjbvvTopas
rj o ye Kal ^TrdpTrjQev, eireL vv irep ierat,
976 ical els 'Ecfrvpvjv eOeXei, Trleipav apovpav,
e\6elv, o(f>p evOev OvpocftOopa fydpfiaic evel/cy,
ev Be /3d\rj KpTjTrjpi /cal rjfjueas Trdvras oXeVcn?.
M\Xo? S' avr eiTreo-fce venv vTreprjvopeovrcov
f T/5 8' olS' el /ce /cal avro? low Kol\i)<; eVt
r}Xe <j>l\G)V avroX^rat aXwyite^o? w? Trep
OVTCO KeV Kai fJLO\\OV 0(f)e\\lV TTOVOV af
Krrj/jLara yap Kev irdvra Bavai/jLeQa, ol/cia 8' avre
TOVTOV /jLrjrept, Solfjiev e^eiv ^8' 09 rt? '
A /2? <j)dv 6 8' vtybpofyo
evpvv, oQi vrjros ^/oucro? /cal ^aX/eo? e/ceiro
ecrdrjs T' ev ^Xoterti/ aXt9 r etw8e? e\at,ov
ev 8e TriOoi, olvoio r jra\aiov rj&VTroroio 340
ecrraa-av, aicpr)Tov Qelov TTOTOV eVro?
Ifet?;? TTort TOI%OV dpr) pores, el TTOT
oi/caSe voo-Trjo-eie /cal a\yea 7ro\\a
K\rjMTTal 8' 7re<rav (ravlSes TTVKIVCOS dpapvlai,
8t/cX/8e?' ev 8e yvvrj ra/jbiij vvtcras re /cal r^ap
^"%' ^ irdvr e<$>v\a<T(Te voov
Evpv/c\ei, 9 /2?ro5 Qvydrij
rrjv Tore Trp^e^a^os jrpoo-e^r) Od\ajji6v^e AraXecrcra?
' Mat', aye 817 /xot oZ^o^ eV
TI^VV, OTi? /Aera rbv \apcoraros ov o~v <j>v\dcrcrei$,
Kelvov ot,ofjiev7j rbv /cdu/j,opov, el iroOev e\6oi
'O&vcrevs Odvarov real K
THE ODYSSEY, II. 57
at their meal. They mocked him, jeering at him in their
talk, and a rude youth would say :
" Really, Teletnachos is plotting for our ruin ! He will
bring champions from sandy Pylos ; or even from Sparta,
so deeply is he stirred ; or else he means to go to Ephyra,
that fertile land, and fetch thence deadly drugs to drop
into our wine-bowl and so destroy us all."
Then would another rude youth answer thus: "Who
knows, if he goes off upon a hollow ship and wanders far
from friends, but he too may be lost just as Odysseus was !
And that would bring us even more to do ; for all his
goods we then must share, and give the house to his
mother, for her to keep her and the man who marries
her."
So ran their talk. But now Telemachos passed down
the house into his father's high-roofed chamber broad
it was where in a pile lay gold and bronze, clothing
in chests, and stores of fragrant oil. Great jars of old
delicious wine were standing there, holding within pure
liquor fit for gods, in order ranged along the wall, in
case Odysseus, after many woes, ever came home again.
Shut were the folding-doors, close-fitting, double ; and here
both night and day a housewife stayed, who in her watch-
ful wisdom guarded all Eurykleia, daughter of Ops,
Peisenor's son. To her Telemachos now spoke, calling her
to the room :
" Good nurse, come draw me wine in jars, sweet wine,
and what is choicest next to the wine you keep, thinking
that ill-starred man will one day come high-born Odys-
seus, safe from death and doom. Fill twelve and fit them
58 OAY22EIA2 B.
BcoBe/ca S' e/jLTrXijaov teal Trca/jLacnv apaov
ev Be jjboi a\(f>ira %evov evppa<f>eecro-i, Bopoicriv
siKocri B' ecrrct) per pa fjiv\7j(j)drov aX^irov d/crfjs. 355
avrr] 8' oirj 10 61* ra 8' dOpoa Trdvra
yap eywv aipijaofjiaL, OTTTrore /cev
V7repq>* ava{3y tcoirov re
yap 9 ^Trdprrjv re /cal e? Hv\ov
VOCTTOV 7reva6/j,evo$ irarpo^ (f>i\ov, ijv TTOV a/covcra).'
A /2? (fxiro, KO)/cvo-V Be <f>l\r) Tpocfrbs Evpvfc\eia,
Kai p* 6\o(f)vpofjuevij eirea Trrepoevra 7rpo(rr)vBa'
t TtVre Be rot, <^/Xe retcvov, evl (frpeal TOVTO
7r\6TO ; Try 8' e'^eXei? levat, 7ro\\r)V eVt yalav
dyaTrrjros ; 08' eoXero T7]\6di
ol Be TOL avri/c IQVTI /ca/cd fypdaaovrai, O
w? /ce B6\(D (f>Olr]S, rdBe 8* avrol Trdvra
aXXa fjbev avO* eVt croicri KaOrjfAevos' ovBe ri ae
TTOVTOV eir drpvyerov /ca/cd nrda^eLV ouS' aXaX^o-^at.'
TTJV B J av T^Xe/ia^o? TreTrvvfjLevos dvriov rjvBa* 371
' Qdp(rei, fj^aT, eirel ou rot avev Oeov ^Se ye @ov\ij.
aXX* ofJLOcrov fir) p^rpi <f>farj rdBe fjbvOrjo-ao-Oai,
TTplv <y or av evBe/cdrrj re BvcoBe/cdrrj re yevrjrait
rj avrrjv TroOeorai feat d^opuTjOevTos a/coOcrat, 375
a)? av fjurj /cXaiovcra /card %poa /ca\ov Id'Trrrj. 1
*/29 a/5* e<f)rj, ypijvs Be 6ewv aeyav op/cov aTrco/jivv,
avrap eirei p* o/juocrev re Te\evTr)(Tev re rbv op/cov ,
avTLK eireird ol olvov ev d/jityKfropevcriv d(f)vcra-ev r
ev Be ol aXfyira %evev evppatyeeo-o-i Bopo2(Tf 380
9 8ft)yLtar' l<av /JLvrjcrT'fjpo'Lv o/
* avr aXX' evoTjcre Bed y\av/c)7ri<; *
THE ODYSSEY, II. 59
all with covers. Then pour me barley into well-sewn
sacks. Let there be twenty measures of ground barley-
meal. None but yourself must know. Get all together,
and I to-night will fetch them, so soon as my mother goes
to her upper chamber seeking rest ; for I am going to
Sparta and to sandy Pylos, to see if I can learn of my
dear father's coming."
As he said this, his good nurse Eurykleia cried aloud,
and sorrowfully said in winged words: "Ah, my dear
child, how came such notions in your mind ? Where will
you go through the wide world, our only one, our darling !
High-born Odysseus is already dead, far from his home in
some strange land. And now these men, the instant you
are gone, will plot us evil for the days to come how you
by stealth may be cut off, and they thus share with one
another all things here. No, stay you here at ease amongst
your own ! You have no need to suffer hardship, roam-
ing over barren seas."
Then answered her discreet Telemachos : " Courage !
good nurse, for not without God's warrant is my purpose.
But swear to speak no word of this to my dear mother till
the eleventh or twelfth day comes, or until she shall miss
me and hear that I am gone, that so she may not stain
her beautiful face with tears."
Thus did he speak, and the old woman swore by the
gods a heavy oath. Then after she had sworn and ended
all that oath, she straightway drew him wine in jars,
and poured him barley into well-sewn sacks. Telemachos,
meanwhile, passed to the house and joined the suitors.
Now elsewhere the goddess turned her thoughts, keen-
60 OAY22EIA2 B.
eiKvia Kara Trrokiv ft>'%eTO Trdvrrj,
Kai pa eicdcrTq) <j>corl Trapiaraaevrj <j>dro /juvOov,
eo-Trep/of? S' eVi vija Ooyv dyepecrOai, dvcoyei. 385
rj S' avre $povioi,o Nor)/j,ova (fraiBiuov vlov
rjree vfja Oorjv o Se ol Trpofypwv VTre&e/CTO.
Avaero r rje\t,o^ CTKLOCOVTO re Tracrat dyvial*
Kai rore vrja 6orjv aXaS' elpvve, irdvra S' ev avry,
o?rV erlOeij rd re vrjes Ivo-aeKfJbOi fyopeovcrt,. 390
o-Tfjae B' eV eV^ar^ XtyiteVo?, irepl ' ecrd\ol eralpoi
aOpooi rpyepeOovro' Oea 8* wrpvvev e/caarov.
"Ev0* avr aXX' evbrjcre 6ea j\avKO)7T^ 'A0rjvrj f
@fj p^ i/jbevai, 7T/30? BwfjiaT' 'O3?;<7o-^o? 6eioio*
evOa /jLvrjo-Tijpecrcriv eVt y\v/cvv virvov e%ve, 395
7rXae Be Trivovras, %6t/3wz/ S' e'/e/3aAAe KV7re\\a.
ol 8* ei/Set^ topvvvTo /cara irro\iv y ovB* ap en Brjv
elar, eVet crfyiaw VTTVOS eVt fS^efydpoicnv eTrnrrev.
avrap TrfKefJba^ov 7rpo<re(f)r) y\avKa>7Ti,s ^AOrfvrj
K7rpoKa\e(7<Tafj,evr) peydpcov ev vaiera6vro)v t 400
Mevropt, elBo/jLevr) TJ/JLCV Be/jias r)Be Kai avBqv
f Tr)\/uax, ^^ ^ v T0t fofCVyp&R eralpoi
GMT eTnjper/uLOt,, rrjv <rr)v TroTiBeyjuevoi, op^v
' to/iez/, /j,rj Brjda Biarpipcopev oBoio.'
apa $wvr](ra<T rjyijo-aro ITaXXa? \A6rjvr] 405
o 8* eVetra //.er* i%via ftalve Oeolo.
avrap eirei p* eVl i/rja Karrf\,v6ov rjBe 6a\aaaav t
evpov eTreir eVt Oivl Kaprj KOfJbowvras eraipovs.
Be Kai fjLereet,^ Zeprj t? Trj\e/^d^oio
' Aevre, (j)l\oi, rjia <j)epa)jj,e&a- rcavra yap tfBrj
evl aeydpo)' ^rrjp S' eprj ov ri TreTrvcrrai,
ovB' a\\ai B^coal, fjiia B' ofy /juv6ov
THE ODYSSEY, II. 61
eyed Athene. In likeness of Telemachos, she went
throughout the town, and, approaching one and another
man, gave them the word, bidding them meet by the swift
ship at eventide. Noe'mon next, the famous son of Phron-
ios, she begged for a swift ship ; and this he freely prom-
ised.
Now the sun sank and all the ways grew dark. Then
did she draw the swift ship to the sea and put in her all
the gear that well-benched vessels carry ; she anchored
her by the harbor's mouth ; the good crew gathered round
about, and the goddess gave them zeal.
Then elsewhere the goddess turned her thoughts, keen-
eyed Athene. She set off for the house of princely Odys-
seus, there on the suitors poured sweet sleep, confused
them as they drank, and made the cups fall from their
hands. To rest they hurried off throughout the town, and
did not longer tarry, for sleep fell on their eyelids. But
to Telemachos now spoke keen-eyed Athene, calling him
forth before the stately hall and taking the guise of Men-
tor in figure and in voice :
" Telemachos, already your mailed comrades sit at the
oar and wait your starting. Come, let us go, and not lose
time upon the way."
Saying this, Pallas Athene led the way in haste, and he
walked after in the footsteps of the goddess. But when
they came down to the ship and to the sea, they found
upon the beach their long-haired comrades, to whom thus
spoke revered Telemachos :
" Come, friends, and let us fetch the stores ; all are at
last collected at the hall. My mother knows of nothing,
nor do the handmaids either. One alone had my orders."
62 OAY22EIA2 B.
tV /2? apa <j)wvr)(Ta<s rjyrjcraTO, rol B afi CTTOVTO.
ol 8' apa irdvra (frepovres evo-ae\/JLO) eirl vrjl
KarOeaav, o>? e/ceXevcrev 'O8uo-<7?)o?
av 8' a/^a Tr)\e/jLa%os 1/7709 ySat^', ^/)%e 8' '
vijl 8' eVl 7rpv/j,vr) KaT dp" efero. 7%t 5* ap' avrfjs
efero TrjKefia^o^' rol Be TrpvfjLvrjcri
av Se /cat avrol fidvre? eVl /c\rjla-i /c
rolcriv 8' iKjjbevov o&pov lei yXav/cw
aKparj Zefyvpov, Ke\dowr ejrl oivojra TTOVTOV.
Tr)\e/jLa^o<; 8' erdpoianv eTrorpvvas eice\evcrev
O7r\(0v aTrreaOai,' rol S' brpvvovros a/covaav.
I&TOV 8' elkdnvov KOiKrjs evrocrde /i-ecroS//,?;?
(TTrj<rav aeipavres, Kara Be TrporbvoKTiv eSrjo-av, 425
\KOV B' lo-ria \ev/ca eva-rpeTTTOtcri, /3oevatv.
B' ave/jbo? jjueo-ov la-riov, dfjutyl Be Kvpa
7rop<f)vpeov fjbeyd\' ia%e 1/770? lovarjs'
7} 8' Weev Kara KvjJLa BiaTrpijaa-ova-a /ceXevQov.
Btja-ajjievoi, B' apa O7r\a Oorjv ova vija fjue\aLvav 430
(mj(ravTo KpijT'fjpa? eTrKTreffreas oivoio,
\el0ov 8* dOavdroidi, Oeols aleiyeveTya-w,
e/c irdvTtov Be yLtaXto-ra Aios y^avfccoTriBt /covpy.
fiev p' ij ye ical rj(o irelpe fce\ev0ov.
THE ODYSSEY, II. 63
Saying this he led the way, the others following after ;
and bringing all the stores into their well-benched ship
they stowed them there, even as the dear son of Odysseus
ordered. Then came Telemachos aboard ; but Athene led
the way, and at the vessel's stern she sat her down, while
close at hand Telemachos was seated. The others slacked
the stern-fasts, and coming aboard themselves took places
at the pins. A favorable wind keen-eyed Athene sent, a
brisk west wind that sang along the wine-dark sea. At
this, Telemachos, inspiriting his men, bade them lay hold
upon the tackling, and they hearkened to his call. Eais-
ing the pine-wood mast, they set it in the hollow socket,
binding it firm with forestays, and hoisted the white sail
with twisted oxhide thongs. Now the wind swelled the
belly of the sail, and round the stem loudly the dark wave
roared as the ship started. Onward she sped, forcing a
passage through the waves. Having made the tackling
fast throughout the swift black ship, the men brought
bowls brimming with wine, and to the gods, that never
die and never have been born, they poured it forth chief-
est of all to her, the keen-eyed child of Zeus. So through
the night and early dawn did the ship cleave her way.
OAYS2EIAS T.
TA 4
' dvopowe, \iTrobv 7repi/ca\\ea
ovpavbv 9 r jro\v~xa\tcov, iV dOavdroiai fyaeivou
Kal 6vr]Tolcn jBporolcrw eVl ei$a)pov dpovpav
ol Be Hv\ov, Nr)\fjo<$ ev/crl/jbevov 7TTO\ie0pov,
l%ov rol &' 7rt 0ivl Oakdcrcr^ lepcu pe^ov,
ravpovs Tra/JLfAeXavas, evocrL^Oovi
evvea S' eBpai eaav, TrevraKoaiot 8' eV
eiaro, /cal irpov^ovro e/cdarodt evvea ravpovs.
v0' ol aTr\d<yxy zirdcravTo, Oeqy $' Ctrl [i^pC e/caiov,
ol S' 16 vs Kardyovro, IB' lo-rla vrjbs 6/0-779 10
crrefcXai/ aeipavres, rrjv S' wp/jiLaav, e/c 8' e/3av avroi'
CK &' dpa Tr)\fjLCi'%os 1/7709 /3aLV, rjp^e 8' 'AOrjvrj.
rov TTporepij TrpocreeiTre 6ea yhav/cwTTis 'AOijvr)'
' Trj\/jLa^ , ov fjbev (re %prj er albovs ovS' r}{3alov
rovve/ca <ydp /cal TTOVTOV e7re7rXft)9, o(j)pa irvBrjai, 15
Trar/909, OTTOU icvOe yaia Kal ov nva TTOT/JLOV eTrecnrev.
d\\' dye vvv lOvs /cie Nearopos iTTTroSd/jLoio-
i$o/j,ev r\v nva fjbijnv evl artjOeo-o-i /cetcevQe.
\io-o-eo-0ai, Se /JLW avrbs, O7ra)9 vrj/jLeprea elirrj'
i|ref)8o9 S' OVK epeei,' fjbd\a ydp TreTrvvpevos eVrt.' 20
Trjv S' av T77\e/^a^o9 TreTrvvjJLevos dvriov TjvBa*
' Mevrop, 7ra)9 T' dp' ico 7TW9 T ap' Trpocnrrv^o/jiai, avTOv ;
ovBe ri TTO) /jLvOoio-i 7re7relpr)/j,ai, Trv/civoicrw
8' av veov dvbpa <yepairepov e^epeecrOai.'
m.
AT PYLOS.
AND now the sun, leaving the beauteous bay, burst
forth into the brazen sky, to shine for the immortals and
for mortal men upon the fruitful fields ; and the two
came to Pylos, the stately town of Neleus. The townsfolk
here were offering sacrifice upon the beach, slaying black
bulls to the dark -haired Earth -shaker. Nine groups of
them were there, five hundred sat in each, and before each
group men held nine bulls in waiting. Just after they had
tasted the inward parts, and now were burning to the god
the thigh - pieces, the two ran swiftly in, hauled up and
furled their trim ship's sail, brought her to anchor, and
came forth themselves. So from the ship came forth Te-
lemachos, but Athene led the way, and the first to speak
was the goddess, keen-eyed Athene :
" Telemachos, you must not now be in the least abashed,
because for this you crossed the sea, to ask about your
father and to learn where the earth hides him and what
fate he met. Go then straight forward to the horseman
Nestor, and let us know what is the wisdom that lies hid-
den in his breast. Beg him yourself to tell the very
truth. Falsehood he will not speak ; truly upright is he."
Then answered her discreet Telemachos : " Mentor, how
can I go ? How importune him ? For in sound words I
am not practised. Besides, a youth must be abashed
when questioning his elders."
66 OAY22EIA2 T.
Tbv B' avre TrpoffeeiTre 6ed y\av/ca)7ri,<; 'AQrjvrj'
' Tr)\e/jia%, aXXa JJLCV avrbs evl <f>p(rl arja-i voijcreis,
d\\a Be KOI Balfjucov viroOrjcrerai' ov jap oia)
ov (re Oect)v ae/cTjri yevecrOai, re rpa^efjiev re.'
*/25 apa (fxovijaaa qyijcraTO ITaXXa? 'AOrjvrj
KapTraki^w^' 6 &' eireira fjuer l^yia ftaive Oeolo.
l%ov 8' e? IIv\lcov dvSpwv ayvplv re KOI eSpa?,
ev0' apa Necrrayp rja-ro crvv vidcriv, ap.<j>l 8' eralpot
Sair evrvvo/jLevoi Kpea r WTTTCOV a\\a r eTreipov.
ol 5' a>9 ovv fetVou? iSov, aOpboi, rj\0ov aTravre?,
Xepaiv T rja-ird^ovTO /cal eSpidaadai dvcoyov.
7T/9WT09 NecrTopiBiys HeLo-iar paras eyyvOev e\0a)v
dp,<f)OTepa)v e\e %e/>a KOI iSpvcrev Trapd
Trap re Kaviryv^Ttp Spao-vfj,r)$ei KOI Trarepi &
$o)K S' apa cr7r\d<y)(va)v /lot/ja?, eV 8' olvov %eve 40
ra'i' SetSw/c6//,ez>o9 Be Trpoarjvoa
aS' 'AOijvatrjv, /covptjv Aibs alyio^oio*
vvv, 0) %ive, IIo(7i,$d(t)vi dva/CTt,*
TOV <ydp /cal Balrrjs rjvrijcraTe Sevpo yuoXo^re?.
avrdp 67rr)v o-Trelo-ys re /cal ev^eat, rf Oefiis e'crrl, 45
809 /cal TOVTCJ) eireira Se7ra9 fJ,e\ir)Beo$ OLVOV
<T7TL(7ai, eirel /cal TOVTOV bio^ai dOavdroicriv
ev^eadai" Trdvres Be Oecov ^areoutr' dvOpcoTroi.
dXXa I/6WT6/309 ecrriv, o^Xi/cirj B' e/Jiol avrq)*
rovve/ca crol Trporepw Bctxrco ^pvaeiov a\UTOV 60
'Y2? elTTcov ev xeipl riOei BeTras 97^609 OLVOV
^alpe 8' 'AOrjvaLTj TreTrvvpevq) dvBpl Bi/caLco,
ovve/cd ol TTporeprj Bco/ce ^pva-eiov aXeivov.
avrl/ca B' ev^ero 7ro\\d IIoo-eiBdcovi, dva/cTi.
THE ODYSSEY, III. 67
Then said the goddess, keen -eyed Athene: "Telema-
chos, some promptings you will find in your own breast,
and heaven will send still more ; for, I am sure, not unbe-
friended by the gods have you been born and bred."
Saying this, Pallas Athene led the way in haste, and he
walked after in the footsteps of the goddess. So they ap-
proached the gathering of the men of Pylos and the group
where Nestor sat among his sons. Round him his people,
making the banquet ready, were roasting meats and also
putting pieces on the spits. But as they saw the stran-
gers, all the men crowded near, gave hands in welcome,
and asked them to sit down ; and Nestor's son Peisistra-
tos, approaching first, took each by the hand, and showed
them places at the feast on some soft fleeces laid upon the
sands, beside his brother Thrasymedes and his father.
He gave them portions of the inward parts, poured out
some wine into a golden cup, and, offering welcome, said
to Pallas Athene, daughter of aegis-bearing Zeus :
" Here, stranger, make a prayer to lord Poseidon. It
is his feast you meet at this your coming. Then, after you
have poured and prayed as is befitting, give this man too
the cup of honeyed wine, for him to pour; for I suppose
he also prays to the immortals. All men have need of
gods. But he is the younger, young as I myself ; so to
you first I give the golden chalice."
Saying this, he placed the cup of sweet wine in her
hand. And Athene was pleased to find the man so sensi-
ble and courteous, pleased that he gave her first the golden
chalice. Forthwith she prayed a fervent prayer to lord
Poseidon :
68 OAY22EIA2 T.
KXv6i, Hoa-e&aov ya^o^e, //.7?Se fAeyrfpys 65
v%ofj,6VOL(Ti, T\evTTJ(rai, rdSe epya.
Neorropi pev Trpo^TLara Kal vidcri, KV&OS oira^e,
avrdp eVetr' a\\oi(n, SlSov ^apieaaav dfj,oi/3r)v
So? S' ert Trj\e/jLa%ov real eyu-e Trpij^avra veeaOat,
ovvefca &evp' iKO/jueaOa Boy crvv vrfl yLteXatV^.'
tN /2? ap eTTGir rjparo Kal avrrj Trdvra
Sco/ce Be Tr}\fjLd-^(a /ca\bv
&)? ' ai/ra)? rjparo
o* S' 7ret MTTTrfaav /cpe' inreprepa /ecu epvaavro, 65
poipas Sa&a-dfjuevot, Saivvvr epi/cvBea Saira.
avrap eTrel TTOO-IOS teal e^rvo^ ef epov evro,
rot? apa /jLvdcov ?}px e Teprivt,o<$ iTTTrora Ne<7TQ)p.
' Nvv Srj /caXXioV earl /j,eTa\\rj(Tai, Kal epiadai
fetVou?, ol Ttz/6? etVtz/, eVel rdpTrrja-av e&a)Sf)$. 70
w fylvoi, rtVe? ecrre ; TroOev irXeW vypa Ke\ev0a ;
rj TI Kara Trpfjgtv rf yu,aT|rtS/a)? d\d\7]ade,
old re Xtiia-T'fjpes, vjrelp a\a, roi r dXoayvrai,
i|ri;^a9 TrapOejJievot,, icaicov d\\oSa7roiart, fa'povres ;*
Tov 8' av T?;Xe/xa^o9 TreTrvv/juevos dvriov ijv&a* 75
0apcnja-a$' avrrj ydp evl typecrl ddpaos 'A07Jvrj
OfjX*' ^ va ^ lv 7r P^ WttTp^ a'rroiyon.kvoio epoiro
[^S' ti/a /xtv ArXeo? ead\bv kv d
ff *fl Nearop NijXrjidSr), fjueya /c{58o? '
eipeat, OTnrbdev elpev eyw be Ke rot Kara\k^a).
r}fj,ei$ ef 'IQaKTjs virovrjiov l\rf\ov6uev
Trprjfys 8' fjB' IbiTj, ov BijfjLios, r)v dyopevco.
irarpos eaov /eXeo? evpv fj,6Tep%ofjLai,, ijv TTOV dKOV(7a),
Slav 'OSucr<77}o9 Ta\acri<f>povos, ov vrore
THE ODYSSEY, III. 69
" Hearken, Poseidon, thou girder of the land, and count
it not too much to give thy suppliants these blessings.
First upon Nestor and his sons bestow all honor; then
to the rest grant gracious recompense, to all the men of
Pylos, for their splendid sacrifice ; and grant still farther
that Telemachos and I may sail away, having accomplished
that for which we came, we and our swift black ship."
Thus did she pray, and was herself fulfilling all. To
Telemachos she passed the beautiful double cup, and in
like manner also prayed the dear son of Odysseus. But
when the rest had roasted all the outer flesh and drawn it
off, dividing the portions, they held a famous feast. And
after they had stayed desire for drink and food, then thus
began the Gerenian horseman Nestor :
" Now, then, it is more suitable to prove our guests and
ask them who they are, since they are refreshed with food.
Strangers, who are you ? Whence do you come, sailing
the watery ways ? Are you upon some errand ? Or do
you rove at random, as the pirates roam the seas, risking
their lives and bringing ill to strangers ? "
Then answered him discreet Telemachos, plucking up
courage; for Athene herself put courage in his heart to
ask about his absent father and to win a good report
among mankind :
" O Nestor, son of Neleus, great glory of the Achaians,
you ask me whence we are, and I will tell you. We come
from Ithaka, under Mount Ne'ion. Our errand is our
own, no public thing, as I will show. I come to gather
scattered tidings of my father, royal long-tried Odysseus,
70 OAY22EIA2 T.
<rvv crol papvapevov Tpwcov ir6\iv efaXa7raat.
aXXou9 fj,ev jap Trdvras, ocroi Tpaxrlv 7roXe//,tfoz/,
Keivov &' av KOI o\edpov aTrevBea Ofjtce Kpovtcov.
ov yap rt9 Svitarat, crafya eiTre/jiev OTTTTO^' o\a)\ev,
eW o 7' eV tfrrelpov Sd/jurj avSpdai, Sucr/Ae^eecrcrti;, 90
etre /cat eV ireKdyet, yaera tcv/JLacriv 'A/jL^iTpiTrjs.
rovve/ca vvv TO, <ra <yovva0* 1/cdvojJLai, at /c' e6e\rjcrQa
\vypbv o\e6pov eviGTreiv, et TTOV OTTWTra?
reolaw, rj d\\ov fivOov d/covcra?
irepl yap fjuiv oifypbv Teice fjLijrijp. 95
e rt p alSofjievos ^eikiacreo fJLrjS' eXealpcov,
' ev fioi KardXe^ov OTTOJ? ijvrrjo-as OTTWTT?;?.
\tWo/i,at, et 7TOT6 rot rt TTdTrjp eyLto?, eV^Xo? 'OSuo-o-ev?,
^ 7TO9 776 T4 epyOV U7TO(7Ta9 e^Te\O-(T6
eVt Tptotov, o0i Trda-^ere TT^/u-ar' 'A^owi* 100
z/ /-tot fjivfjo-ai, Kdi pot, vrjfj,pre<; eW<77re9.'
Toz/ S' ^/ie/ySer' eVetra TeprjVios iTTTrora JVeVrwp*
w (tV, eVet 7 yLt' ejuLvrjaas oityos, rfv ev
oaa vv vrV(rv e?r reoeea TTOVTOV 105
/cara ^t, OTTT;
ocra /cat Tre/n acrru yLte7a Ilpidfjioio dvafcros
v6a & ejreira Kare/craOev ocra-ot dpicrroi.
evOa fj-ev Aias Keircu apr)ios, evOa S' '^iXXei>9,
8e ITaTpo/ i cXo9, Oeocfrw /jbijo-rwp drdXavros, no
Kparepbs /cat
aXXa re TroXX' eVt rot9 irdOopev /ca/cd" r/9
ye fivdrjcraiTO KaTaOvrjTcov
THE ODYSSEY, III. 71
who once, they say, fought side by side with you and
sacked the Trojan town. For, as to all the others who were
in the war at Troy, we have obtained some knowledge where
each met his mournful death ; but this man's death the
son of Kronos left unknown. No one can surely say where
he has died ; whether on land he was borne down by foes,
or on the sea among the waves of Amphitrite. Therefore
I now come hither to your knees, to ask if you will tell me
of his mournful death ; whether perhaps you saw it for
yourself with your own eyes, or heard the story from some
wayfarer, for to exceeding grief his mother bore him.
Out of regard for me use no mild word nor yield to
pity, but tell me just how you had sight of him. I do en-
treat you, if ever my father, good Odysseus, in word or
deed kept covenant with you, in that land of the Trojans
where you Achaians suffered, be mindful of it now ; tell
me the very truth."
Then answered him the Gerenian horseman Nestor :
" Ah, friend, you call to mind the pains we bore when in
that land, untamed in spirit as we sons of the Achaians
were all we endured on ship-board on the misty sea,
coasting for plunder wheresoe'er Achilles led ; and all our
fightings round the stronghold of King Priam, where fell
at last our bravest. There warlike Ajax lies, and there
Achilles. There too Patroklos, a peer of gods in counsel.
There my own son, so strong and gallant, Antilochos, ex-
ceeding swift of foot, a famous fighter. And many other
woes we had, added to these. Where is the mortal man
that could recount them all? Nay, though you tarried
72 OAY22EIA2 T.
ouS' et Trevrdere's ye Kai efaere? TrapafMi/JLvcov lie
ej-epeoi? 6Va /ce# irddov /ca/cd Blot ' Ayaiol*
TTpiv /cev dviiridels o~r)v Trarpl&a yaiav i/coio.
elvderes yap a(f)iv /cared paTrro/jiev d^ieirovre^
TravToioKTi SoXoLai, jjudyis 8' ereXeacre Kpoviwv,
evO' ov r/9 Trore /JbiJTiv oi^oiwQj]^vai avryv 120
', eVel yLtaXa TTO\\OV evL/ca Sto? 'OSuo-crei'?
SoXotcrt, Trarrjp reo?, et ereoi/ 76
Keivov etcyovos eVcrf cre/3a? /Lt' e^et elaopocovra.
r) roi ydp pvOol ye eot/core?, ouSe /te fyairjs
avSpa veairepov wSe eot/cora fJivOrjaaaOai. 125
eV#' ^ rot etto? /z,ez/ e'7&> /cat 8 to? 'OSucrcreL'9
cure TTOT' etV dyoprj Sl^ e&d&pev ovr evl /3ov\y,
ov e^ovre vow Kal e7rl(f)povi /5ouX
* 'Apyeioiaw OTTO)? a^' apio-ra yevotro.
avrdp eVet Uptd/jioio TroXiv SieTrepcrafjiev alir^v, 130
/cat Tore ?) ^ei)? \vypbv evl (frpe&l firfSero voarov
'Apyelois, 67rel ov n, vorjfjioves ovBe Bifcaioi,
ecrav rc5 o-facov TroXee? KCLKOV olrov eTre&Trov
eg o\or)<; y\avKa)iri8o^ o^pijjLO'jrdrpr]^, 135
^ r' e/ni> ^Arpei^rjcrt, per d^orepoiaiv eOrj/ce.
TOD Se Kakeo-aajjievfo dyoprjv 69 Tra^ra? '
fjbd-^r, drdp ov Kara KOCTILOV, e? rjekiov
ol 8' rj\6ov otVft) fieffaprjores fie? '
pvOov [JLvOeiaOiriVj TOV eiveica \aov ayeipav.
evO* % TOL Meve\ao<$ dvcoyei, Trdvras '
VOO-TOV fjLt,fj,vr)o-Keo-0cu CTT evpea vwra
ouS' 'Aya/juefjivovi 7rd/ji7rav eijvSave* /3ov\ero ydp pa
\abv epv/ca/ceew, pegai 0* lepd?
THE ODYSSEY, III. 73
five or six years here, asking what woes the great Achai-
ans suffered, wearied ere I could tell, you would return to
your own land.
" During nine years we plotted their destruction, assail-
ing them with craft of every kind, and yet the son of
Kronos hardly brought us through. There no man ever
sought to vie with him in wisdom, for far beyond us all
in craft of every kind was royal Odysseus, your father,
if indeed you are his child. Amazed am I to see ! And
yet, how like in speech ! One would not say a younger
man could speak so like him. There, all that while, royal
Odysseus and I were never once at odds in the assembly
or the council; but with one heart, with understanding,
and with eager purpose, we planned how all might best
be ordered for the Argives.
" Yet after we overthrew the lofty city of Priam, when
we went away in ships and God dispersed the Achaians,
ah, then Zeus purposed in his mind a sad voyage for the
Argives ! For nowise heedful and upright were all. So,
many a one came to an evil end, through the fell wrath
of the dread father's keen-eyed child, who caused a strife
betwixt the two sons of Atreus. For these two summoned
to an assembly all the Achaians, in haste, not in due order,
at the setting sun, and heavy with wine the young Achai-
ans came. Then was declared the reason why they called
the host together. Now Menelaos exhorted all the Achai-
ans to turn their thoughts toward going home on the
broad ocean-ridges ; but this pleased Agamemnon not at
all ; for he sought to stay the host and to offer sacred hec-
74 OAY22EIA2 T.
o>9 TOV 'AOrjvalrjs Beivov %6\ov ega/ceffaiTO, H5
VIJTTIOS, ovBe TO 77877, o ov Treicrecrdai e/jL\\ev
ov yap r al^ra 6ewv TpeTrercu z>oo9 alev eovrwv.
o>9 TO) jj,v ^a\7roL(7iv d/JLi/3o/jieva) eireeo-criv
ea-raorav ol 8' avopovcrav ev/cvrjfJLiBes *A%aiol
'nXV Qwireo-ir), 8/%a Be G^>KJIV ijv&ave /3ov\rj. 150
vv/cra fj,ev aeara^ev %a\7ra (frpealv 6pjj,aivovT<5
eVt yap Zev<; fjpTve Trrj/jua /ca/colo"
8* ol pep veas \KO/JLCV et? a\a Slav
ci r evTidepeaOa ftaQvfavovs re <yvvai/cas.
rjfj,lo-ee$ 8' apa \aol eprjrvovro /jbevovres 156
avOi irap' *Arpei&r) ' A<^a^k^vovi^ TTOL/juevi \aa)V
^yu-tVee? 8' dvaftdvres e\avvo/jiV at Be /^aX' w/ca
eirXeov, eo-ropeo-ev Be 0eb$ /jbeyaKiJTea TTOVTOV.
? TeveBov B* e'X&We? epeajj,6v ipd Oeol&LV,
Oi/caBe iejJLevoi,' Zevs 8' ov TTCD /jujBero VOCTTQV, 160
cr^erXto?, 09 p* epw wpcre /ca/crjv e.7ri Bevrepov
ol fiev dTroo-Tpe^lravTe^ eftav veas
dpfi 'OBvafja civa/cra Ba'fypova,
avris eV 'ArpeiBrj 'Aya/jLe/jivovi rjpa
avrap eya) o~vv vrjvalv doXkeaiv, ai //.ot eVoz/ro, 166
<f>evyov, CTrel ylyvcoa/cov o Brj icava prfBero Bal/jiwv.
<t>evye Be TvBeos i/o9 a/07?to9, aypcre 8' eralpows.
oi/re 8e 8^ fjuerd vwi tie %av6os Meve\aos,
lv Aea-(3(p 8' e/c^ev 8oXt^oi/ TT\OOV opfjuaivovras,
rj KaBvTrepde Xioio veol/j,e0a 7rat7raXoecr<j779, 170
vrjaov eVl Wvpir)?, avrrjv eV dpLarep'
r) virevepQe Xioio, Trap" rjvefjioevra
yreopev Be 6eov (j>ijvai repas' avrap 6 y' rjfjul
Beige, Kal rjvwyei, 7re\ayos /JLeaov els Evfioiav
THE ODYSSEY, III. 75
atombs, that so he might appease the dread wrath of
Athene, ah, fool ! who did not know she might not be
persuaded ; but purposes are not lightly changed in gods
who live forever. Thus the two stood exchanging bitter
words, while up sprang other mailed Achaians in wild din,
and different plans found favor. That night we rested,
nursing in our breasts hard thoughts of one another. Zeus
was preparing for us the curse that comes from wrong.
At dawn we dragged our ships into the sacred sea, and
put therein our goods and the low-girdled women. Half
of the host held back, remaining with the son of Atreus,
Agamemnon, the shepherd of the people, half went on
board and sailed. Swiftly our ships ran on ; God smoothed
the billowy deep. Arrived at Tenedos, we offered sacri-
fices to the gods, as homeward bound ; but Zeus deter-
mined we should not yet reach our home, cruel ! to
waken bitter strife a second time. Some turned their
curved ships back and took their way after Odysseus, that
keen prince of varied wisdom, again to work the will of
Agamemnon, son of Atreus. I, with the company of ships
which followed me, pressed onward, for I knew some power
intended ill. On pressed the warlike son of Tydeus, too,
inspiriting his men. Later upon our track came light-
haired Menelaos, and overtook us as at Lesbos we debated
on the long sea voyage, doubtful if we should sail outside
steep Chios, along the island Psyria, keeping it on our
left, or inside Chios and past windy Mimas. We there-
fore begged the god to show some sign, and he made plain
our way, bidding us cut the centre of the sea straight for
Euboea, that so we might escape the sooner out of danger.
76 OAY22EIA2 I\
re/Aveiv, otypa rd^crra vTre/c /ca/coTTjra (frvyoi/jLev. 175
copra 8' eirl Xtyu? ovpos aij/juevcu' al be //,aX' a)ica
/ce\ev6a Bt,eSpa/j,ov, e? be Tepaiarbv
ai, /cardyovro' Hoo-e&dwvi 8e ravpwv
7rl fji'fjp' eOepev, TreAayo? /jueya /jLerpijo-avTes'
rerparov f}/j,ap rjv, or ev "Ap<yei vijas e/cra? 180
TvSeiSea) erapoi jdio/uLijtieos ITTTTO^CHLQIO
'icrrao-av avrap eya) ye UuXoz'S' e%ov, ov&e TTOT ea-/3rj
ovpos, 7T6fcS^ Trpwra 6ebs Trpoerjfcev dijvai.
a)? r)\0ov, <j)i\e reicvov, aTrevOrjs, ovSe TI olBa
Ketvwv, 01 T eadcoOev ' Ayai&v 01 T avroXo^ro. 185
ocraa 8' evl /j, r ydpoi,o't, KaOrj^evo^ rj^erepoLcri,
7rev0o/j,ai, r) OejJLLS earl, Baijo-eai, ovSe ere /cevcrco.
01)? ay' '
ev Se (friJX.ofCTiJTrjv, Tioiavnov dy\aov viov. 190
TraWa? 8' 'JSo/Ae^eu? Kprjrrjv etV^yay' eraipovs,
0$ (frvyov e/c TroXe/jiov, TTOVTOS Be ol ov TIV dTrrjvpa*
'ATpel&tjv 8e KOI avrol dfcovere vovfyiv e'oz/re?,
w? r rjKO* a>5 T AiyicrOos efjurjcraro \vypbv 6\eOpov.
d\)C r) rot, icelvos fiev eTrio-fjbvyepws cnreTiaev 195
&)? dyaObv KOL TraiSa KaTa^Oi^evoLO \i7recr6ai
avbpos, eVet /cal Kelvos eriaaro Trarpotyovfja,
Al^iaQov $o\6fjLr)TW, o ol Trarepa K\VTOV e/cra.
[/cal (TV, <f)i\os, fjiaka <ydp <j opow Ka\6v re fieyav re,
a\KifjLos eady iva rt? ere /cal o-^nyovwv ev eiTrrj.J 200
Tov o av T^Xe/Aa^o? TreTrvvfjievos avriov
' w NecrTOp Nrj\7)tdBrj, /xeya
/cal \ir)v /celvos fJ*ev er/craro, /cai ol ^
olo~ovo~i, /cXeo? evpv KOI eo-cro^evoiai
THE ODYSSEY, III. 77
The whistling wind began to blow, and swiftly along their
swarming courses sped our ships, and touched at night
Geraistos ; and to Poseidon did we offer many thighs of
bulls, thankful that we had compassed the wide sea. It
was the fourth day when the crews of Diomed the horse-
man, son of Tydeus, moored their trim ships at Argos. I
still held on toward Pylos, nor did the breeze once fall
after the god first sent it forth to blow.
" And thus it was I came, dear child, bringing no ti-
dings; nothing I know about the rest of the Achaians,
who were saved and who were lost. But all that I have
learned while sitting here at home, this, as is proper, you
shall know ; I will hide nothing from you. Safely, they
say, returned the spearmen of the Myrmidons, whom the
proud son of fierce Achilles led ; safely, too, Philoktetes,
the noble son of Poias ; and back to Crete Idomeneus
brought all his men, all who escaped the war, the sea
took not a man. About the son of Atreus you yourselves
have heard, though you live far away, how he returned,
and how Aigisthos plotted his mournful death. Yet truly
a fearful reckoning Aigisthos paid ! When a man dies,
how good it is to leave a son! For the son took ven-
geance on the slayer, wily Aigisthos, who had slain his
famous father. You too, my friend, for of a truth I
find you fair and tall, be strong, that even men here-
after born may speak your praise."
Then answered him discreet Telemachos : " O Nestor,
son of Neleus, great glory of the Achaians, stoutly that
son took vengeance, and the Achaians shall spread his
name afar, that the men yet to be shall hear it told. Oh,
7
78 OAY22EIA2 T.
al yap e/juol Toa-anjvSe 6eol Svvafjuv TrepiOelev,
riaaffOat fivrjcrTripas VTrepftaairjs d\eyet,vr)<; t
oi re fJLOi, v/3pl%ovTe<; drdcr6a\.a
aXX' ov /AOL TOiovrov eVe/eXa)<7az> Oeol
Trarpi r e/jbo) Kal efiol' vvv Be %pr) TT\dfjLev
Tov S' T^/Lte/ySer' enreira Teprjvios iTTTrora Nea-rcop' 210
' a) ^>/X', eVet &rj ravrd p ave^vrjaa^ Kal eetTre?,
fyacrl fivTjcrTfipas arjs /jLrjrepos elveKa TroXXou?
ev fj,<ydpoi,<;, de/CTjri o-eOev, /ca/ca /jLr)%avda(rOai,.
e fJLOi rj e/cobv VTroSd/jLvaGai,, rj are ye \ao\
ov(T dva $fjfj,ov, eVto-Tro/xe^ot Oeov 6/jL(j)f}. 215
Tt? 8' o28' el fee 7TOT6 G$I y8/
fj o <ye fjbovvo? ewv, fj Kal (rvfJUTravres ^
el yap cf a)? e0e\oL <f>i\ee(,v yXavKwiris
O)5 TOT* 'OSfCTCTTJO? TTeplKrjBeTO KV$a\lfJLOLO
Br}/ji(t> eve Tpo)cov, 66 1 Trdo-^ofiev a\ye ^A^aioi 220
ov yap TTCO tSoz/ wSe Oeovs dva(f>av$a <f)Ckevvra<$
c5 Kelvto dva<j)av&a Trapia-Taro JTaXX
et cr oi/Tto? e0e\ot, (f>i\eeiv KTJ&OITO re
TO) Kev rt? Kelv&v ye Kal K\e\d6ot,To ydaoio.'
Tbv 8' av T^Xe/xa%o? TreTrvvpevos dvrlov rjvSa*
' w yepov, ov TTCO TOVTO CTTO? reXeeo-Oai, oico'
\lrjv yap ueya etTre?* ayrj ft e%ei. OVK av efjuoi ye
\7rofj,evq) ra yevoir t ot>8' el Oeol a)? e6e\oi,ev.'
Tov S' avre Trpoo-eewre Oea y\avKa)7ri<; '
' Trj\eaaxe, TTOIOV (re eVo? <f>vyev epKo<; oBo
peia Oeos y eOe\cov Kal Trf\o6ev avSpa
/3ov\ol[j,7]v 8' av eyct> ye Kal a\yea ?roXXa
ol'/ca8e r e\6eaevai Kal VOO-TI/JLOV rjuap lSeo-0ai,
fj e\,0(bv anroKkuQai e^ecrTio?, a>5
THE ODYSSEY, III. 79
that to me the gods would give such power that I might
pay the suitors for their grievous wrongs, for they with
insult work me abominations ! But no such boon did the
gods grant to my father and to me. Now, therefore, all
must simply be endured."
Then answered him the Gerenian horseman Nestor:
" Friend, since you turn my thoughts to this by your own
words, they say that many suitors of your mother, heed-
less of you, work evil in your halls. Pray tell me, do you
willingly submit, or are the people of your land oppos-
ing you, led by some voice of God ? Who knows but yet
Odysseus may return and recompense their outrage, either
alone, or all the Achaians with him ? Ah, might keen-
eyed Athene be pleased to be your friend, as once she
aided great Odysseus, there in the Trojan land where we
Achaians suffered ! For I never knew the gods show
forth such open friendship as Pallas Athene showed in
standing by Odysseus. If now to you she would be such
a friend, and heartily would aid you, it might be some of
these men here would cease to think of marriage."
Then answered him discreet Telemachos : " Ah sire, not
soon, I think, will these words be fulfilled. Strongly you
speak. I am astonished. Hope what I might, such things
could never be, not if the gods should will them."
Then said to him the goddess, keen-eyed Athene:
" Telemachos, what word has passed the barrier of your
teeth? Easily may a god, who will, bring a man safe
from far. But I myself would gladly meet a multitude
of woes, if I might thus reach home and see my day of
coming, and not come home and fall beside my hearth as
80 OAY22EIA2 T.
vrc AlyiaOoio B6\a) KOI fjs a\o%oio. 235
aXX' 97 roc ddvarov fiev O/JLOUOV ov&e Oeoi rrep
teal </X&> dvSpl bvvavrai, d\a\KefjLev y OTTTTOTC icev Srj
fJbolp o\orj Kadekycn ravrjKeyeos Oavdroio.'
Trjv S'av r?7\6^a^o? TreTrvvpevos dvriov yv&a'
' Mevrop, fjurj/ceri ravra Xeyco/jLeOa /cij&ofjLevol Trep* 240
Keiv(p 8' OVK6TI VOCTTOS 6TTjrVfJLO^, d\\d
<j>pda<ravT dQdvaroi Odvarov /cat /cijpa
vvv S'e^eXo) eVo? aXXo i^era\\rjcrai tcai epeaOat
Necrrop', eVel TrepioiBe 8t/ca? rf8e fypoviv aXXcov
Tpt9 yap Srj fjiiv <f>a(7iv dvd%aor6ai, */eve dv&p&v, 245
w? re /jiot dOdvciTos lv$d\\eTai elaopdaaOai.
<w Ne&Top NrjXrjidBrj, av 8' d\r]6es
7TW9 eOav 'Arpei&ijs evpv Kpeiwv '
TTOV MeveXaos erjv ; rlva 8' aurco fitjo-ar' 6\eOpov
Aij icrOos SoXo//,?7Tt9, 7rel /crave TroXXoi/ apeiq> ; 250
77 ovtc "Apyeos rjev 'A^auicov, aXXa Try aXXrj
7T\d^er' eV dvOptorrovs, o Se Oapo-rjaas Karerrefyve ; '
Tov 8' rjfiei(Ber eVetra Tepr)vios L-jrrrora Nearcop*
' roiydp eyct) rot, re/cvov, d\r)6ea rrdvr dyopevaco.
fj roi fjLev rdSe /cavrbs oieai, w? /cev erv^Brj, 255
ei> faovr' AlyiaOov evl /jLeydpoiaiv erer/jiev
'ArpelSrjs TpolijOev low, av0bs Mez^eXao?*
TO) /ce OL ov&e Oavovn 'Xyrrjv errl yalav eyevav,
aXX' dpa rov ye /cvves re /cal olcovol KareSatyav
KeifJLevov ev rreSiw e/ca? acrreo?, ovSe /ce ri? JJLLV 26
K\avcrev 'A^aud^cov /taXa yap /jueya /Arjcraro epyov.
ev yap /ceWi, TroXea? reXeWre? de&\ovs
6 S' evK7j\o<i /J*v%G) "Apyeos iTTTrojSoroLO
WoXX' 'Aya/jLefjLvoverjv a\o%ov OeXyea/c' erreecro-Lv*
THE ODYSSEY, HI. 81
Agamemnon fell, under the plottings of his own wife
and Aigisthos. Yet death, the common lot, gods have
no power to turn even from one they love, when the fell
doom of death that lays men low once seizes him."
Then answered her discreet Telemachos : " Ah, Mentor,
let us talk of this no more, sorrowful as we are. For him
a true return can never be ; but long ago the immortals
fixed his death and his dark doom. Now I would trace a
different tale, and question Nestor, since beyond all men
else he knows the right way and the wise. Thrice has
he ruled, they say, the generations of mankind, and as I
look on him he seems like an immortal. O Nestor, son of
Neleus, tell the truth ! How died the son of Atreus, wide-
ruling Agamemnon ? And where was Menelaos ? What
was the deadly plot wily Aigisthos laid to kill a man much
braver than himself ? Was Menelaos gone from Achaian
Argos, traveling to men afar, that so Aigisthos, taking
courage, did the murder ? "
Then answered him the Gerenian horseman Nestor :
" Verily, I will tell you all the truth, my child. Indeed,
you guess yourself how it had fallen out if Aigisthos had
been found alive within the palace by the son of Atreus,
light-haired Menelaos, as he returned from Troy. Then
for Aigisthos, even when dead, they would have heaped no
mound of earth, but dogs and birds had feasted on him
where he lay upon the plain outside the city, and no Achai-
an woman had made lament for him ; for surely it was a
monstrous deed he wrought. At Troy we tarried, bring-
ing to their issue many toils, while he, at ease hidden in
grazing Argos, strove many times to win the wife of Aga-
82 OAY22EIA2 T.
17 ' rj TOI TO irplv /lev avaLveTO epyov aeuces, 265
%ia KXvTaifivria-Tpr)' (j^peal yap ice^prjr dyaOycri.
Trap 8' ap erjv teal aotSo? dvrjp, a> TroXX' 67reT6\\ev
Tpoirjv&e KICOV elpvaOai a/cotTiv.
ore &rj piv fjLOipa 6ea)v eVe^Tycre Sa/jLTjvai,,
$7) TOT6 TOV JJ<V CLO&OV dyCOV 6? V7J(7OV pr)/J,r)V 270
/cd\\i7rev olwvolcnv e\cop Ka
etcrje
TroXXa S' dryd\fjLar > avrityev, v^da/jLaTa re ftpvaov re,
e/creXecra? /Lte7a ep<yov y o ov TTOTG e\7rero 6vfj,(p. 275
ayLta TrKiopev TpoirjOev frO
70), <^)/Xa elB
' ore %ovviov Ipov d(f)i/c6/jL60 y d/cpov '
ev6a /cvftepviJTrjv MeveXdov
o?9 dyavols j3e\eeac
perd %epcrl Oeovo-ys ^09
OvtfTOpfbffVt 09 6/CalVVTO <^OX' dv6pa)7T(t)V
vija Kvfiepvrjcrai,, OTrore o'Trep'Xpiev aeXXat.
a>9 o /Aei/ eV^a /careo-fter, eTreiyofjievos Trep o^oto,
O0/)' erapov OdirroL KOI eVl /crepea /creplcreiev.
aXX' ore 8^ /cal Kelvos, IODV eVt olvoira TTOVTOV
ev vrjval lyXacfrvpfjai,, MaXeidayv opos alirv
Ige Oewv, Tore 8^ (TTvyeprjv 6&bv evpvoTra Zevs
(f)pdcraro, Xiyecov S' dvepayv eV avr^eva %ei)e
d re rpo^oevra TreXco/ota, t<ra opeo'O'iv*
r9 /^ez/ Kprjrr) e7reXacrj6z/,
evaLov 'lapBdvov d/jL(f)l peeOpa.
earn, Se rt9 \ucra-r) alTreld re et9 aXa Trerptj
y Toprvvos, ev rjepoei&et,
THE ODYSSEY, in. 83
memnon by his words. At first, indeed, she scorned ill-
doing, this royal Klytaimnestra, for she was of honorable
mind. Moreover, a bard was with her whom the son of
Atreus strictly charged, on setting forth for Troy, to guard
his wife. But when at last the doom of gods constrained
her to her ruin, then did Aigisthos take the bard to a lone
island, and leave him there to be the prey and spoil of
birds, while her, as willing as himself, he led to his own
home. And many a thigh-piece did he burn upon the
sacred altars of the gods, and many an offering render,
woven stuffs and gold, at having achieved such monstrous
deed as in his heart he had not hoped. Now as we came
from Troy, the son of Atreus and myself set sail together
full of loving thoughts; but when we were approaching
sacred Sunion, a cape of Athens, Phoibos Apollo slew the
helmsman of Menelaos, smiting him with his gentle shafts
as he still held the rudder of the running ship within his
hands. Phrontis it was, Onetor's son, one who surpassed
all humankind in piloting a ship when storms are wild.
Thus Menelaos tarried, though eager for his journey, to
bury his companion and to pay the funeral rites. But
when he also, sailing in his hollow ships over the wine-
dark sea, reached in his course the steep height of Maleia,
then did far-seeing Zeus appoint for him a. grievous way.
He poured forth blasts of whistling winds and swollen
waves, enormous, huge as hills. Dividing the ships,
he brought a part to Crete, where the Kydonians dwelt
around the streams of lardanos. Here is a cliff, smooth
and steep toward the water, at the border land of Gortyn,
on the misty sea, where the south wind drives in the heavy
84 OAY22EIA2 I\
evda NOTOS peya Kvpa irorl a/caibv plov a>6ei, 295
5 $aurrbv t /ju/cpbs Be X/#o? /j,eya KV/A dTroepyei.
al /juev dp* evO* rj\6ov, o-TrovBfj 8' rjKv^av o\eOpov
dvBpes, drdp vrfds ye irorl a-TTt^dSeo-crw ea^av
drap ra? Trevre veas fcvavoTrpcopelovs
eirekacrcre (frepcov ave/jios re KOI vbwp. 3
a>? 6 fjuev evOa iro\vv ftloTov /cal ^pvabv dyeipcov
rj\aro %vv vrjv<rl KCLT d\\o0p6ov$ dvOpwTrovs'
To<f>pa Be ravr Al^iaQos efjLijo-aro olicoQi \vypd 9
CTTTaere? S* rfvaffae iroXw^pvaoio Mv/cijwrjs
fcreivas 'Arpel&'ijv, BeSfJLTjro Be Xao? VTT avrq). 30E
TW Be ol oyBodrq) ica/cov rjKvOe Bios 'O/oecrr?;?
ai|r air 'AOrjvd&v, /card 8' etcrave Trarpo^ovrja,
Afyicrdov Boho/jLyTiv, o ol irarepa K\VTOV etcra.
r) TOI rbv KTeivas Balvv rd<f)ov 'Apyeiouri
fjLTjTpo? re o~Tvyepr)s KOI dvd\/ciBo<$ AlylaOoiO' 810
avrfjfjiap Be ol rj\6e fforjv dyaObs Mevekaos,
TroXXa KTTIIUIT aycov, oo~a ol vees a^#o? deipav.
/cal o~v, ^>tXo9, fjir) BrjOd Bopcov UTTO r^X' a
KTij/jLard re 7rpo\nra>v avBpas r ev o~olcri
OVTCO V7rep<l)id\ovs, fjuij TQI Kara Trdvra <j)dycocri, 315
KTijfjiara Bacro-d/jievoi,, av Be rrjvo-irjv 6B6v e\0y<;.
aXX' e? fjbev MeveXaov eyco Ke\ofjbai /cal avwya
eXOelv /ceivos yap vkov d\\odev el\rf\,ov6ev,
e/c TCOV dv6 ptoirwv oOev ovfc eXTTOtTO ye Qvpfp
\OefjLV, ov nva TTpwrov aTrQ<j$r]\toGiv aeXXat 820
69 7re\ayo<; fj,eya Tolov, o6ev re irep ovB* olwvol
avroere? ol^vevcnv, eTrel fjueya re Bewov re.
aXX' Wl VVV (TVV VT]L T6 (7$ KO\ (TOI
el 8' e'0eXe9 Trefo?, irdpa TOI Bltypos re /cal
THE ODYSSEY, IH. 85
waves on the left point toward Phaistos, and this small
rock holds back the heavy waves. Some came in here,
and the men themselves hardly escaped destruction ; their
ships the waves crushed on the ledges. But the five other
dark -bowed ships wind and wave bore to Egypt. So
Menelaos gathered there much substance and much gold,
coasting about on ship-board to men of alien speech ; and
all this time at home Aigisthos foully plotted. Seven
years he reigned in rich Mykene after slaying the son of
Atreus. The people were held down. But in the eighth
ill came, for royal Orestes came from Athens and slew the
slayer, wily Aigisthos, who had slain his famous father.
The slaughter done, he held a funeral banquet for the
Argives, over his hateful mother and spiritless Aigisthos,
and on that self-same day came Menelaos, good at the war-
cry, bringing a store of treasure, all the freight his ships
could bear.
" You too, dear friend, wander not long and far from
home, leaving behind you wealth, and persons in your
house so insolent as these, or they may swallow all your
wealth, sharing it with each other, while you be gone
yourself upon a fruitless journey. And yet, I say, go visit
Menelaos. Indeed, I bid you go ; for he is newly come from
foreign lands and from those nations whence one could
not in his heart expect to come, when the storms once had
swept him off into so vast a sea, a sea from which birds
travel not within a year, so vast it is and fearful. Go then
at once with your own ship and crew, or, if you like, by
land ; chariot and horses are ready for you, and ready, too,
86 OAY22EIA2 T.
Trap Be rot vies ejAol, dl rot, Tro/iTnJe? eaovrai
9 AatceBaifjLova Slav, oQu %av6o<$ Me^eXao?.
\lo-crecrQ at, Be JAW auro?, iva ^//.epre? evLarrrj.
tyevSos 8' OVK epeei' jjbd\a yap rrercvvfjievos early.'
*/2? e(f>ar\ T^eXto? 8' a/?' e8u /cal errl
rola-L Be /cal pereeiTre 6ea y\av/ca)7r
' */2 yepov, fj rot, ravra Kara fjLolpav /care\et;as
aXX' aye rdpvere /JLev yXcbo-a-as, /cepdacr0e &e olvov,
o(j)pa Ilocrei&dcovi ical aXXot? ddavdroicri,
icolroio fji$(t)/jLe6a' rolo yap &pTj.
yap <f>dos oi%e9' VTTO %6<f>ov, ov$e eoi/ce
a Oeoov ev Bairl Baaao-e^ev, aXXa
*H pa A LOS Qvydrrjp, rol 8' e/c\vov
rolcri, Be fcrjpvices fiev vBcop errl %elpa<;
Kovpoi Be fcpTjrijpas erreo-re^ravro rrorolo,
vcD/jLTjcrav 8' apa rcaaiv eTrap^d/Aevot, Be7rde<rcri
y\a)(7 <ra? 8- ev rrvpl /3aXXoi>, dvicrrdfjievoi, B' eVe
avrap ejrel (rrrelo-dv r emov 6* oaov r)6e\e OVJJL
Brj ror 'AOrjvaLr) KOI T^Xe/ia^o? OeoeiBrjs
a/j,<pQ) leaOrjv tcoiXrjv ern, vfja veeaOai.
Near cop 8' av /carepvice KaOaTrro/jbevos erreeao-t,'
' Zevs TO 7' aXef rjcreie KOI dOdvarot Oeol aXXot,
co? viiels irap e^ielo 6or)v errl vrja tcloire
w? re rev rj rrapa rcd^rrav dvelfjiovos ye rrevL^po
co ov n y\alvai /cal ptjyea rroXtC evl ol/cw,
ovr avra) //.aXa/cco? ovre ^eivoKTiv evevBetv.
avrap efiol rrdpa /juev ^Kalvai /cal pijyea /ca\d.
ov Orjv Brj rovB y dvBpbs 'O8fcro-^o? c/>/Xo? v/o?
bs eV* l/cpwfav /caraXeferat, o$>p av eydt) ye
THE ODYSSEY, III. 87
my sons to be your guides to sacred Lakedaimon, where
lives light-haired Menelaos. Beg him yourself to tell the
very truth. Falsehood he will not speak ; truly upright
is he."
As he thus spoke the sun went down and darkness
came, and the goddess, keen-eyed Athene, said to them :
" Sire, surely these words of yours are fitly spoken. But
come, cut up the tongues and mix the wine, that after we
have poured libations to Poseidon and the rest of the im-
mortals we then may seek our rest, since it is time for
that. For now the light has passed into the west, and it
is not becoming to tarry long at the gods' feast ; rather to
rise and go."
So spoke the daughter of Zeus ; and they hearkened to
her saying. Pages poured water on their hands ; young
men brimmed bowls with drink and served to all, with a
first pious portion for the cup ; they themselves threw the
tongues into the flame, and, rising, poured libations. So
after they had poured and drunk as their hearts wished,
then would Athene and godlike Telemachos set off to-
gether for their hollow ship. But Nestor checked them
and rebuked them, saying :
"Zeus and the rest of the immortal gods forbid that
you should leave my house and turn to the swift ship !
As if I were a man quite without clothes and poor, a man
who had not robes and rugs enough at home for him-
self and friends to sleep in comfort ! But at my house
are beautiful robes and rugs. And never, surely, shall
the son of this Odysseus lie on ship's deck while I am
88 OAY22EIA2 T.
o)Q), eireira Be TralBes evl /jLeydpouri,
eivov<; %ewi%eiv, 05 T/<? K epd Boo/juad^ i/crjTCU.' 355
Tbv B* avre 7rpoo~eei7re dea yXavK&TTis 'AOrfwrj'
' ev Brj ravrd y effrrjaOa, yepov ^>tXe* aol Be eoiice
TreiOeo-Oai, eVet TroXu /cd\\iov ovreo?.
OUT09 /i,ez> z/i)^ crot a/u,' e^erai, o<f>pa Kev evBrj
(Tolcriv evl fJLeydpoicrw e<ya) S' eVt ^a /j,e\aivav 360
e2)it', 2i/a 0ap<rvvQ) 6* erdpovs ernco re e/cao-ra.
olo? 7/) /Ltera rottrt yepairepos ev^o/jbai elvat,*
ol 8' aXXot fyCkoTTjTi vewrepoi avSpes eTrovrai,
Trdvre? o/i^Xt/aT; fjueyadv/jLov T^XeyLta^oio.
eV^a /ice Xe^al/mrjv /coi\rj Trapa vrfl fj t e\aivr) 366
vvv drap rjcoOev jjuerd Kav/ccovas /JLeyaOvfjiovs
elfj?, evOa %peto? JJLOI, o^eXXerat, ov rt vkov ye,
ov$* oXlryov crv Be TOVTOV, eTrel reov SKCTD
irefjL^ov avv Bl<f)pa> re /cal viei' So? Be ol LT
01 rot, eXafypbraTOi Qeiew KOI Kapros apicr-TOi* 370
A /2? apa ^wvrjaaa aTrefBrj <y\avfca)7ris 'AOrjwrj
elBo/JLevrj' Odfjuffos B' e\e irav
8' o yepaibs, OTTW? i8ev 6(f)0a\/j,oicri,'
8' e'Xe %6t/aa, CTTO? 7' e^ar e/c r
?, ou <re eo\7ra /catcov tcai ava\/ct,v
el Bij rot, veto a>Be 6eol TrofjLTrfjes eTrovrai. 376
ov pev yap Ti? oB' aXXo? 'OXvpTTLa Boopar e
aXXa ALO<$ dvydrrjp, dye\eirj Tpiroyeveia,
rj TOI Kal irarep eo-0\ov ev 'Apyeloio-iv
aXXa, avao-cr', TKijdi, BiBcodt, Be fjuoc /rXeo? ea6\bv, 380
aurco /cal TraiBea-at, Kal alBolrj r jrapaKoiri t
aol B' av eya> pe^a) j3ovv rjviv evpv/JLTa}7rov t
v, rjv ov 7ra> viro %vybv ijyayev dvtfp*
THE ODYSSEY, HI. 89
living, or while thereafter sons remain within my halls to
entertain such guests as visit house of mine."
Then said to him the goddess, keen - eyed Athene :
" Well have you said in this, kind sir, and good it were
Telemachos should heed, for it is far more seemly so.
Nay, he shall now attend you and sleep within your halls.
But as for me, I go to the black ship to cheer my men and
tell their several duties, for I alone can call myself their
elder ; the others follow me out of friendship, younger
men, all of the age of bold Telemachos. There would I
lay me down by the black hollow ship to-night ; but in
the morning I will go to the bold Kaukonians, where there
are debts now due me, not recent ones nor small. For him,
now he has come to you, send him upon his way by chariot
with your son, and give him horses that have swiftest
speed and best endurance."
Saying this, keen-eyed Athene passed away, in likeness
of an osprey. Awe fell on all beholders. The old man
marveled as he gazed, grasped by the hand Telemachos,
and said as he addressed him :
" Dear friend, you will not prove, I think, a base man,
lacking spirit, if when so young the gods become your
guides ; for this is none else of those who have their dwell-
ing on Olympos than the daughter of Zeus, she who col-
lects the spoil, Tritogeneia, who honored your good father
too amongst the Argives. Ah, queen, be gracious, and
vouchsafe me fair renown, me and my children and my
honored wife, and I will give to thee a glossy heifer,
broad of brow, unbroken, one no man ever brought be-
90 OAY22EIA2 T.
TTJV TOL 670) pega) %pvo~bv Kepaaiv
*/29 e(f)aT ev^opevos, TOV 8' e/cXve IIa\\a<; 'Adijvrj. 385
Tolcriv 8' rjye/AOveve Teprjvws liriroTa Ntarcap,
vldai /cal <ya/j,j3poio~(,v, ea 777)09 Sew/xara Ka\d.
d\\' ore Sa){j.aO' IKOVTO dyatcXvrd rolo civa/cro?,
egelrjs efyvro Kara K\iapov<$ re Opovovs re,
TO? S* o yepcov ekOovaiv ova KpTjrrjpa Kepacrvev 390
oivov rjSvTTOTOio, TOV evSe/caTO) eviavrw
atigev ra/Jblrj Kal CLTTO /cprfSejJivov e\vae'
TOV 6 jepo)v KprjTrjpa Kepd&craTO, TroXXa 8' *AOr)vr)
ev^er aTroaTrevScov, /covprj Aios alyio%oi,o.
Avrdp eVet (nrelcrdv T einov 6' ocrov tf0e\6 OvfJibs, 395
ol fJ<ev tca/c/cetovTes eftav oltcovBe e/caaTos,
TOV 8' avTov KOLfjirjae Tep^vto^ liriroTa IVecrrwp,
Tr)\e/Aa%ov, <f>i\ov vlbv 'OSucro-^o? Oeloto,
TprjToi? ev \e%eecr(Tiv, vir alOovar) epiSovTTG),
Trap $' ap evfifjLeXlrjv IleicrlcrTpaTov, op^afjLOv dvSp&v,
09 ol er' rjiOeos TraiScov fjv ev iie<ydpoio-t,v. 401
TO) 8' aXo^o? BecrTTOiva Xe^o? Tropcrvve real evvijv.
*Jfyit09 8' rjpiyeveia <f>dvrj pooBd/CTV\o<; 'T&)9,
&pvvT ap' ef 6vvrj<f>i TeprfVLO^ iTTTTOTa NeaTO)p, 406
K 8' \6(i)V KaT ap' %6T 6irl
01 ol ecrav TrpOTrdpoiOe dvpdmv v-
\evfcol, d7ro(TTi\/3ovTe<; aXe/<aro9* 0^9 eiri fjbev irpiv
NrjXevs i^ea-fcev, Oeofyw urJGTwp aTaXaz/ro9'
aXX' o fjbev ijBrj /crjpl 8aynet9 "A'iSdaSe fSe/Sr)Ki. 410
av TOT (f)i& Tepr)vio<;, ovpos '
%&)^. Trepl 8' tfe aoXXee9
e/c 6a\dpo)v e\06vTes t ' Extyp&v re ^T/jarto? re
THE ODYSSEY, III. 91
neath the yoke. Her I will give, tipping her horns with
gold."
So spoke he in his prayer, and Pallas Athene heard
him. Then the Gerenian horseman Nestor led sons and
sons-in-law to his fair palace. And when they reached
the far-famed palace of the king, they took their seats in
order on couches and on chairs ; and the old man mixed
at their coming a vessel of sweet wine, which, now eleven
years old, the housewife opened, loosening the lid. A
bowl of this the old man mixed, and fervently he prayed,
pouring libation to Athene, daughter of aegis-bearing Zeus.
Then after they had poured and drunk as their hearts
wished, desiring rest, each man departed homeward ; but
in the house itself the Gerenian horseman Nestor gave to
Telemachos a bed him, the dear son of royal Odysseus
upon a corded bedstead beneath the echoing portico. By
him he placed Peisistratos, that sturdy spearman, one ever
foremost, he who was still the bachelor among the sons at
home. But Nestor slept in the recess of the high hall, his
wife the Queen making her bed beside him.
Now when the early rosy-fingered Dawn appeared, the
Gerenian horseman Nestor rose from bed, and coming
forth sat down on the smooth stones which stood before
his lofty gate, white, glistening as with oil. On them
in former days Neleus was wont to sit, a peer of gods in
wisdom ; but long ago he met his doom and went to the
house of Hades, and now Gerenian Nestor sat thereon, as
warder of the Achaians, holding the sceptre. Bound him
his sons collected in a group, on coming from their cham-
bers, Echephron and Stratios, Perseus, Aretos, and gal-
92 OAY22EIA2 I\
Ue/90-eu? r' "Aprjros re /ou avrldeos
rola i, 8' eireuO' eWo? Tleia-ia-rpaTo^ ij\v0ev r//?o)9, 416
Trap 8' apa Trj^epa^op Oeoei/ce\ov elcrav ayovres.
Tolat Be fjivOcov fjpxe Teprivios iTrirora
' Kap7ra\lfj,a)<; JJLOI, retcva <j>i\a
o(f>p' TI rot, trpcoTio-Ta Oecov l\dcra-op '
rf poi evapyrjs r)\6e Oeov e? Satra OaXeuav. 420
ay 6 fiev Tre&lovS' eVt fiovv Ira), o(f>pa
-rj Be /3o&jz/ e7ri@ov/c6\o$ dvtfp'
el? S' eVl T^Xe/xa^ou /jLeyaOv/Aov vfja jj,e\aivav
jrdvras low erdpov? dyerw, XtTrerw Se Sv otovs
et? S' au ^pvao^oov Aaep/cea bevpo K6\ea0c0
\6elv, otypa y8oo? ^pwov /cepaaiv TrepL^evrj.
ol S' aXXot yLte^er' avrov aoXXee?, elVare 8'
Kara Sw/jLar dyaK\vrd Saira Treve
re f^Xa T' a/i<fc /cat dy\abv olcrepev v&apJ
*\T2? etyad', ol S' apa Traz^re? ^irolfttwov. rj\6e pen ap
/Sou? 430
, rj\6ov Be 6of)s Trapa
erapoi fjueydXiJTOpos, rj\6e Be
6VX' eV xepalv %cov yaKK^ia, Treipara
a/c/j,ovd re crfyvpdv r evTroirjrdv re Trvpdyprjv,
olaiv re xpvabv elpyd^ero' rfKOe 8' 'A6r)V7)
dvTLOctxra. yepcov 8' iTnrrp^dra Nearcop
' o 8' eireiTO, y8oo? Kepaaiv
, lv dya\/jLa dea /ce^dpOLro IBovcra.
fSovv 8' dyerrjv tcepdwv ^rpar/o? /cat 8to? ^
%epvi{3a Be afi "Apyros ev dvOe^oevn \e/3r)Ti, 440
rf\.v6ev etc 6a\d/jLOLO (frepcov, erepr) 8'
v icavea** TreKeicvv Be /jLeveTrroXe/JLo?
THE ODYSSEY, III. 93
lant Thrasymedes, and sixth and last came lord Peisistra-
tos. Then they led forward princely Telemachos, and set
him by their side, and thus began the Gerenian horseman
Nestor :
" Hasten, dear children, and fulfil my vow ; that first
of all the gods I satisfy Athene, who came to me in open
presence at the gods' rich feast. Nay, now, let one go for
a heifer to the field, that she may come at once, and let the
neat-herd drive her up. One go to the black ship of bold
Telemachos, and bring here all his crew. Leave only two.
Let one again order the smith Laerkes hither, to tip with
gold the heifer's horns. Let the rest stay here together.
But tell the maids within to spread a feast throughout our
famous palace, to fetch some seats, some logs of wood, and
some fresh water."
He spoke ; away went all in breathless haste. And now
there came the heifer from the field ; there came from the
swift balanced ship the crew of brave Telemachos ; there
came the smith, with his smith's tools in hand, his imple-
ments of art, anvil and hammer and the shapely tongs,
with which he works the gold ; there came Athene, too, to
meet the sacrifice. Then the old horseman Nestor fur-
nished gold, and so that other welded it round the heifer's
horns, smoothing it till the goddess might be pleased to
view the offering. Now by the horns Stratios and noble
Echephron led up the heifer ; Artos brought lustral water
in a flowered basin from the store-room, and in his other
hand held barley in a basket ; and dauntless Thrasymedes,
a sharp axe in his hand, stood by to fell the heifer, while
Perseus held the blood -bowL Then the old horseman
94 OAY22EIA2 T.
ogvv e%(ov ev %et/)l irapicnaro t ftovv
8' dfjbvlov el%e" yepwv 8' tTTTr^Xara Necrrcop
T ouXo^ura? re /ca,Tijp%eTO, TroXXa 8' 'AOrjvrj 446
rap^of^evo^y /C(f>a\rj^ Tpl%a<; ev Trvpl /3a\\a)V.
Avrap eVet p' ev^avro /cal ov\o^yTa<^ 7rpo/3d\ovTO t
avTiica, IVecrTO/30? i>/o?, VTTepOvjjio
rjKacrev ay^i ends' ?re\e/cu5 8' aireicotye
av^eviov^y \vvev Be ^8009 /^eVo?* at S' o\b\v%av 460
Ovyarepe? re I/UOA re /cat alSolrj Trapd/coins
Necrropos, EvpvBi/cr], irpia-^a KXvfJLevoio OvyaTpwv.
ol /lev eireir ave\bvres OLTTO ^Oovos evpvo&elrjs
ecrftov drap cr<f>d%v IIei<Ti<TTpaTo<;, op^a^os dvSpwv.
TT)? 8'eTrel e/c pe\av alpa pwj, \Lire 8' oarea ^uyLto?, 466
al-^r apa fiiv St,e%vav, acfrap 8' e/c /jLTjpla rd/j,vov
Trdvra Kara /jLolpav, /card re Kvlcry e/cdXvifrav
8t7TTV%a 7TOt77<7aZ/T6?, CTT* CiVTtoV 8' WfJLoOeT7](TaV.
/cale 8' e-Trl o"X^V^ yepcov, eVl 8' aWoira olvov
\ei{3e' vkoi 8e Tra/j' avrov e^ov Tre/mco/SoXa ^epcrLv. 460
avTap eTret Kara [JL^p etcdrj /cal cr7r\dy^v' eTrdaavro,
fjLL<TTv\\6v r apa raXXa teal du<f)' o{3e\ol(nv eTreipav,
atTTTcov 8* d/cpoTTOpovs GySeXou? i/ ^epcrlv e^ovres.
T6(j)pa Be Trfkkpa'XQv \ovcrev /ca\rj IIo\VKdcrT f rj t
Necrropos OTrXorar?; Ovydrtjp Nij\7jidBao. 465
avrdp 7rel \ovaev re /cal e^pucrev X/TT' e'Xatw,
dfj,(f)l 8e /xtz/ <j>apo<$ /ca\bv ftd\ev 7786 ^t
6AC p' dcrapivOov j3fj 8e/i,a5 dOavdroicnv
Trap 8' o 76 Neo-rop lo>v /car ap e^ero, Troiueva \aa>v.
Ol 8' eTrel toTTTiqaav /cpe* vTreprepa /cal epvaavTO, 470
SaivvvO' e^opevot,' eirl 8' dvepev eo-0\ol opovro
olvov otVo^oeO^re? ev\ ^pucreot? BeTrdecracv.
THE ODYSSEY, III. 95
Nestor began the opening rites, of washing hands and
sprinkling meal. And fervently he prayed Athene at be-
ginning, casting the forelocks in the fire.
So after they had prayed and strewn the barley-meal,
forthwith the soia of Nestor, ardent Thrasymedes, drew
near and dealt the blow. The axe cut through the cords
of the neck and broke the heifer's power. A cry went up
from the daughters of Nestor, the sons' wives, and his own
honored wife, Eurydike, the eldest of the daughters of
Klymenos. The sons then raised the beast up from the
trodden earth and held her so, the while Peisistratos, ever
the foremost, cut the throat. And after the black blood
had flowed and life had left the carcase, they straightway
laid it open, quickly cut out the thighs, all in due order,
wrapped them in fat in double layers, and placed raw flesh
thereon. On billets of wood the old man burned them,
and over all poured out the sparkling wine, while young
men by his side held five-pronged spits. So after the
thighs were burned and the inward parts were tasted, they
sliced the rest, and stuck the bits on spits and roasted all,
holding the pointed spits in hand.
Meanwhile to Telemachos fair Polykaste gave a bath,
she who was youngest daughter of Nestor, son of Neleus.
And after she had given the bath and had anointed him
with oil, and put upon him a beautiful robe and tunic,
forth from the bath he came, in bearing like the immortals,
and he went and sat by Nestor, the shepherd of the people.
The others, too, when they had roasted the outer flesh
and drawn it off, sat down and fell to feasting. Men of
degree attended them, pouring the wine into their golden
96 OAY22EIA2 T.
avrdp eirel TTOO-LOS KOL eSrjrvos e'f epov evro,
rolcn Be fjLv06)v fjpxe TeprjVios iinrora Neo-rcop'
oi, aye, T^Xe/ia^w ^aXXtr/o^a? tTTTrou? 475
' <' apjjLCLT ayovres, Iva Trptjo-o-rjaiv oSolo.'
ol 8' apa roO fia\a pev K\VOV
&' egevgav vfi appacnv cw/cea?
ev Be yvvri ra^irj alrov KOI olvov edrjicev
o-^ra re, ola e&ovo-i, Siorpefaes fiacrihfjes. 480
av S' dpa Tr)\e/jLa%o<; irepiKa\\ea jSrjo-ero $t<f)pov
Trap S' apa Nea-Top&rjs II eicrlcrT pares, o^ayLto? avSpwv,
69 Sl(f>pov T* dvejSawe KOI fjvia Xafero %p<rl,
fida-Ti^ev S' l\dav, ra> 8' ou/c de/covre Trereo-Orjv
9 Tre&iov, \i7r6Tfjv Be Hv\ov aliTv irro\ie6pov. 486
ot Se TravrjfjLepioi crelov %vybv d/j,(f)l<i e^ovres.
Av<rer6 T* ^eXto9 o-Kibwvro re iraorai dyviai*
9 $7?pa9 8' iKovro dio/c\7Jo<; Trorl
Ut6O9 'O/)<7iXo^OtO, TOZ/ *^4X<^)6tO9 T6
ev^a Se z^u/cr' aecrav, 6 Be rots Trap getvia Orj/cev. 490
'J5T/XO9 8' rjpiyeveia <j>dvrj po&oBd/crv\os 'JEfa)?,
t7T7rou9 T' e^evyvvvr dvd & apfiara vrot/c/X' efiaivov
[e/c S' e\aaav irpoOvpoio /cal aldova-f]^ epiSovTrov^
fidcrrigev $' e\dav, ra> S' ou/c de/covre TrerearOrjv.
l%ov 8' 69 TreBiov Trvpyfyopov, evOa 8* eVetra 486
Bvaerd T 276X^09 (TKioavrd re Traa-at, dyviaL
THE ODYSSEY, III. 97
cups. So after they had stayed desire for drink and food,
then thus began the Gerenian horseman Nestor : " Sons,
go and yoke the long-maned horses for Telemachos, and
harness them to the car, that he may make his journey."
Even so he spoke, and very willingly they heeded and
obeyed. Quickly they harnessed the swift horses to the
car. The housewife also put in bread and wine and dain-
ties, such things as heaven-descended princes eat. And
now Telemachos mounted the goodly chariot, and Nestor's
son Peisistratos, ever the foremost, mounted the chariot
with him, and took the reins in hand. He cracked the
whip to start, and not unwillingly the pair flew off into
the plain, left the steep hold of Pylos, and all day long
they rattled the yoke they bore between them.
Now the sun sank and all the ways grew dark, and the
men arrived at Pherai, before the house of Diokles, the
son of Orsilochos, whose father was Alpheios. There for
the night they rested ; he gave them entertainment.
Then, as the early rosy-fingered Dawn appeared, they
harnessed the horses, mounted the bright chariot, and off
they drove from porch and echoing portico. They cracked
the whip to start, and not unwillingly the pair flew off.
So into the plain they came where grew the grain ; and
through this, by and by, they reached their journey's end-
ing. So their swift horses sped them. Then the sun sank
and all the ways grew dark.
OAY22EIA2 A.
Ta tv AaKeScu'fJLovi.
Ol &' l%ov tcoi\rjv AatceBat/jiova
7T/309 B* dpa Bon/tar' e\wv Meve\dov tevBaXi/jioio.
TOV 8* evpov Baivvvra yd/jiov 7roi\\ol(7iv errja-iv
vieos ^8e Owyarpos apvpovos & evl oi/cq).
TTJV [lev 'A%i\Xr]os pri^rjvopo^ vlet, Tre/jLirev
ev Tpoly jap TTpwrov vTrecr^ero teal feareveva-e
i, rolcriv Be Oeol jdfjuov e'fereXetoi/.
ap* o j ev9^ forrrouri KOI ap/iaa-i Tre/iTre
Mvp/jLi$6vcav TTporl darv 7repiK\VTOv, olcnv avaa'O'ev.
vlei 8e ^TrdpTrjOev 'AXe/cropo? rfjero tcovprjv, 10
o<? ol Tr)\vyeTO<; ryevero Kparepos MeyajrevOrj?
eic 80^X77?' f Xei/?7 ^^ $et rybvov OVKGT efyawov,
evrel Srj TO TTpcorov eyetvaro 7rat8* eparewrjv,
vrjv, rj eZ8o? e%e xpvatTjs 'AtypoSirr)?.
ol fiev SaivvvTo /ca0* u-^epe^e? fieja Sa>fj,a 16
erai Meve\dov Kv$a\tfj,oi,o t
fjuera 8e crQiv e/^A/Trero ^eto?
<f>opfjLicov Soto) Be KvfiurTrjTrjpe KaT
IJ,o\7rrjs efyip'xpvTOS eBlvevov Kara /Ltecrcrou?.
Too S' avT ev TrpoOvpoicrt, BOJJLCOV avrot) re teal
Tij\e/jLa^o<; 0' T^CD? teal NecrTOpos dy\ab$ vlbs, 21
a-rrjcrav o Be irpo^oKwv iBero tcpelwv ' Erecovevs,
Oepdircov Meve\dov Kv^a\i^oio t
8* ifiev dyryeXewv Bia BcajMiTa iroij^evi \awv,
IV.
AT LAKEDAIMON.
INTO the hollows now they came of caverned Lakedai-
mon and drove to the palace of famous Menelaos. They
found him holding a wedding feast for all his kin, in
honor of the son and gentle daughter of his house. To
the son of Achilles, that breaker of men's ranks, he gave
his daughter ; for long ago, at Troy, he made the promise
and agreed to give her, and now the gods brought round
their wedding. Therefore he sent her forth with horses
and with chariots to the famed city of the Myrmidons,
whose king her bridegroom was. For his son he took
as a wife Alektor's daughter out of Sparta, his son be-
ing now full grown, strong Megapenthes, the child of a
slave mother. To Helen did the gods grant no more issue
after she in the early time had borne her lovely child,
Hermione, who had the grace of golden Aphrodite".
Thus at the feast in the great high-roofed house, neigh-
bors and kinsmen of famous Menelaos sat and made
merry. Among them sang the sacred bard and touched
his lyre ; a pair of dancers went whirling down the cen-
tre as he began the song.
But at the palace gate two youths and their horses
stopped, princely Telemachos and the proud son of Nestor.
Great Etefoeus came forth and saw them, he was a
busy squire of famous Menelaos, and passed along the
100 OAY22EIA2 A.
ay%ov 8' Za-rdfMevos eirea irrepoevra TrpocrrjvBa' 26
' Heiva) Btf rwe ro>8e, 8ior/)e<
avBpe Bvo), yevefj Be A LOS fJLeyd\ot,o ei/crov.
a-XX' elir YI o-(f>coiv fcaraXva-o/JLev a)/cea9 tT
^ a\\ov Tre/jLTTco/jiev 1/cave/jLev, 09
Tbv Be ftey 6%0rjcras Trpoae^ %av6os Me^eXao?* 30
' ov /lev viJTTios r)cr6a, ffoTjOoiBrj ^Erewvev,
TO Trpiv arap /j,ev vvv ye Trat? w? VTf]iria ySafet?.
vj /Jiev BTJ v&i ^eivrjia 7ro\\a (frayovre
a\\o)v av6 p(*)7ra)v Bevp* i/c6/jLed\ at tee iroOt, Zei>$
e^oTTiaa) Trep Trava-rj otfvo?. aXXa Xu' ITTTTOU? 35
elva)v, 6? 8' avrovs Trporepd) aye 6owrj67}vcu.'
lX /29 <>dQ', 6 Be fjieydpoio SieacrvTo, /ce/cXero 8' aXXoi/9
orpTjpovs OepaTTovras apa cnreaQai eol avro).
ol 8' wrtrov? yaez/ XOcrai/ VTTO vyov IBpcoovras,
Kal TO 1)9 yw-ez/ /careBrjcrav eft iTrireiycn KaTryo-i,, 40
Trap 8' e/3a\ov feta9, az/a 8e /cpt \ev/cov
apfjLdTa 8' e/c\tvav Trpbs eVcovrta
auTou9 8' eltrfjyov Oelov BO/JLOV ol Be IBovres
Oavfjba^ov Kara 8c5yu-a Biorpetyeos /SacrtX7}o9.
W9 re 7/) yekiov aly\rj 7re\ev ye o-e\tjvr)s 46
B&fia /caO* v^lrepetyes Meve\dov
avrap eVel rdpTrrjo-av opco/jbevoi, o^Oa
C9 p* d<ra/jbLv0ovs fBdvres ev^eara^ \ovcravTO.
u9 8' eVel ovv B/Awal \ovaav /cal
8' apa ^XatVa9 ouXa9 /3d\ov rjBe
pa Opbvovs e^ovro Trap 9 'ATpelBqv Meve\aov.
8' a/4</7roXo9 7rpo%6q) eVe^ei/e <j)epov(ra
virep dpyvpeoto \e/37]TO$,
irapa 8e fecrr^z/ erdvva-cre rpdire^av.
THE ODYSSEY, IV. 101
hall to tell the shepherd of the people, and standing close
he said in winged words :
" Here are some strangers, heaven-descended Menelaos,
two men, and they are like the seed of mighty Zeus. Say,
shall we unharness their swift horses, or send them on
for some one else to entertain ? "
Then, deeply moved, said light-haired Menelaos : " You
were no fool, BoethobV son, Ete8neus, before this time,
but now you are talking folly like a child ! Only through
largely tasting hospitality at strangers' hands we two are
here, and we must look to Zeus henceforth to give us rest
from trouble. No! take the harness from the strangers'
horses, and bring the men within to share the feast."
He spoke, and Ete&ieus hastened along the hall and
called on other busy squires to follow after. They took
the sweating horses from the yoke, tied them securely in
the stalls, threw them some corn and mixed therewith
white barley, then tipped the chariot up against the bright
face-wall, and brought the men into the lordly house. And
they, beholding, marveled at the dwelling of the heaven-
descended king ; for a sheen as of the sun or moon played
through the high-roofed house of famous Menelaos. Now
after they had satisfied their eyes with gazing, they sought
the polished baths, and bathed. And when the maids had
bathed them and anointed them with oil, and put upon
them fleecy robes and tunics, they took their seats by
Menelaos, son of Atreus. And water for the hands a
servant brought them in a beautiful pitcher made of gold,
and poured it out over a silver basin for their washing,
and by them spread a polished table. Then the grave
102 OAY22EIA2 A.
o~lrov 8' alboii] ra^fy irapeOrjKe <f)e'pov(ra, 66
ei&ara TroXX' eTTiOelcra, ^ap^ofjuevrj Trapeovrcov.
[Sairpbs Be Kpeiwv irivaKas TrapeOrjKev delpas
Travrolojv, Trapa Se o-<f)i, riOeL ^pvcreia /cvTreXXa.]
TO) Kal SeiKviJ/JLevos TTpoo-e^rj ^av6o^ Meve\ao<;'
' 2iTov 0* aiTTecrOov /cal ^alperov. avrap eTretra 60
Seljrvov TrcKrcrafAWco elprjao/jieO' o'L rives eo-rov
[avSpwv ov yap crcjxav ye yevos a-TroXojXe ro/crjcov,
aXX* avbpwv yevo? eVre Siorpefyewv /BacriXtjcov
o-KrjiTTov'xwv, eTrel ov fee tea/col roiovcr&e re/coiev. ,]'
lV /2? (f)dro, icai o-<f>w vwra /3oo9 Trapa irLova Qij/cev 65
OTTT ev ^epalv e\(0v, TO, pd ol yepa TrdpOeaav aura).
ol 8' eV bveiaB* ero^fjua TrpoicelfjLeva %eipas ia\\ov.
avrap eVel Troerto? Kal eBrjTVos ef epov evro,
&r) rore T^XeyLta^o? 7rpocre<pct)vee Necrropo^ vlov,
o"%a)v /cecfraXrjv, f iva pr) TrevOoiaO* ol aXXof 70
re (TTepoTTTjv /caS Scf)/j,aTa rf
r rjKeiCTpov re Kal dpyvpov 978'
TTOV roirjSe y 'OXuyLtTTtou evSoOev av\r),
oarer a rd8 J acnrera TroXXa' cre/3a? JA e%et eiaopocovra*'
Tov S* dyopevovro? %vvero %avOo<s Mez^eXao?, 76
Kal cr<ea9 <j>o)vrf(ras eirea Trrepoevra Trpoo-yvSa*
' Tewa </>/X', r) rot Zrjvl fiporwv OVK av rt?
aOdvaroi yap rov ye So/z-oi /cal /cnjfjiar ea&w
wv 8* TI /cev rt? poi epicraera^ r)e Kal ov/cl,
r] yap TroXXa TraOcbv Kal TroXX' e
ev vrjv&l Kal oySodrG* erei fj\0o
KvTrpov ^OLVLK7]v re Kal AlyvTTriovs e7r
* iKOfjirjv Kal 2i$ovLOVs Kal '
THE ODYSSEY, IV. 103
housekeeper brought bread and placed before them, set-
ting out food of many a kind, freely giving of her store.
The carver, too, took platters of meat and placed before
them, meat of all kinds, and set their golden goblets ready.
Then, greeting the pair, said light-haired Menelaos :
" Take food, and have good cheer ! and after you have
enjoyed your meal, we will inquire what men you are.
Surely the parent line suffers no loss in you; but you
are of some line of heaven-descended kings who bear the
sceptre. No common men could have such children."
So saying, he set before them fat slices of a chine of
beef, taking up in his hands the roasted flesh which had
been placed before him as the piece of honor ; and on the
food spread out before them they laid hands. But after
they had stayed desire for drink and food, Telemachos
said to Nestor's son, his head bent close that others-
might not hear :
"O son of Nestor, my heart's delight, observe the blaze
of bronze throughout these echoing halls, the gold, the
amber, silver, and ivory ! The court of Olympian Zeus
must be like this within. What untold wealth is here ! I
am amazed to see."
What he was saying light-haired Menelaos overheard,
and speaking to them in winged words he said : " Dear
children, surely mortal man could never vie with Zeus ;
eternal are his halls and his possessions ; but one of hu-
mankind to vie with me in wealth there may or may not
be. Through many woes and wanderings I brought it in
my ships, and I was eight years on the way. Cyprus,
Phoenicia, Egypt, I wandered over ; I came to the Ethio-
104 OAY22EIA2 A.
teal Ai/Bvrjv, r iva T apves a<j>ap icepaol re\eOov(n. 86
Tpi? yap TiKrei fjirj\a Te\eo~(f)6pov eZ? eviavrov,
evOa JAW ovre aval; embevrjs ovre rt
rvpov Kal Kpeitov, ov&e <y\v/cepoio
aXX' alel irape^ovaLV eTrvjeravov ydXa OrjaOcu.
elo? ey&> Trepl /ceiva TTO\VV (Siorov avvayeipcov
faoo/iiijv, retft)? /jLOL aBe\(f>eov aXXo?
\dOprj, avwicrrl, SoXft) ovKo^evrj
a)? ov TOI %aipwv rotcrSe Kredr
Kal TrarepcDv rdSe //-eXXer' atcovefiev, 01 rtz^e? uyLttz/
elcriv, eTrel fjL(i\a vroXX* 7ra0ov, /cal d7ra)\6ora olfcov 95
ev fjid\a vcuerdovra, /ce^avSora TroXXa Kal e'<7#Xa.
cai' oc^eXoz/ TpirdT'Tjv Trep %a)v ev BwfjLacri, /jbolpav
valew, ol 8' avSpes crooi ep/Jievai,, ot TOT' oKovro
Tpoiy ev eupeirj, e/cas "Apyeos ITTTTO^OTOIO.
aXX' e/uTnys Trdvras pev o^vpofMevo^ Kal d^ev(DV 100
TroXXtt/cfc? eV /Aeydpoiai, KaOrj/mevos rffMerepoLaiv
aXXoTe /Jbev re yo<p fypeva repTrofjiai, aXXoTe 8* avre
iravo^ai' alijrrjpbs Be tcopos Kpvepolo ryooio
TCOV Trdvrcov ov Too-aov oBvpOfjiai,, dxyvpevos Trep,
ft>9 ez/09, 05 re pot, VTTVOV dire^Oaipei Kal eSw&rjv 105
jjivwoijievq), eirel ov Tt? ^A^aiS)v Toad e^oyrjo-ev
odd 'OBucreL>? e^oyrjcre /cal rfparo. Ta5 8' ap efjie\\ev
avrut Kvjoe eaeo-Qai, e/juol $' a^o? aiev a\acrrov
Keivov, OTTCO? $r) ofjpbv dTToi^erai,) ovSe TL 'IS/jLev,
fcoet o 7* r) reOvrjKev. obvpovrai vv TTOV avrbv 110
0' o jepwv Kal e^e^pcov Ti^veKoireia
6\ ov eXetTre veov yeyacor evl OIKM.'
I if29 <aTO, TW 8' a/?a Trarpb? v<f) i/j,epov topcre 700*0,
caKpv 8* aTTO /3\e<[)dp(i)v ^a//,a8t5 ySaXe Trarpbs aKOV<ra$ t
THE ODYSSEY, IV. 105
plans, Sidonians, and Erembians, and into Libya, where the
lambs are full-horned at their birth. Three times within
the ripening year the flocks bear young. No master nor
herdsman there lacks cheese, meat, or sweet milk, but the
ewes always give their milk the whole year round. While
I was gathering thereabouts much wealth and wandering
on, a stranger slew my brother while off his guard, by
stealth, and through the stratagem of his accursed wife.
Thus with no pleasure am I lord of my possessions here.
From your fathers, too, you must have heard the tale,
whoever they may be ; for great was my affliction, and I
found a house in ruins, fair though it stood, and stored
with many goods. Ah, would that I were here at home
with but the third part of my wealth, and they were safe
who fell on the plain of Troy, far off from grazing Argos !
But no ! and for them all I often grieve and mourn when
sitting in my halls. Now with a sigh I ease my heart,
then check myself ; soon comes a surfeit of benumbing
sorrow. Yet in my grief it is not all I so much mourn
as one alone, who makes me loathe my sleep and food
when I remember him ; for no Achaian met the struggles
that Odysseus met and won. Therefore on him it was
appointed woe should fall, and upon me a ceaseless pang
because of him ; so long he tarries, whether alive or dead
we do not know. Doubtless there mourn him now the old
Laertes, steadfast Penelope, and Teleinachos, whom he left
a new-born child at home."
So he spoke, and stirred in Telemachos yearnings to
mourn his father. Tears from his eyelids dropped upon
106 OAY22EIA2 A.
7rop(j)Vp'rjv dvr
^epcrL voijo-e Be piv M.eve\ao<$,
B' eireira Kara <f)peva KOI Kara
avrov Trarpbs edcreie
e^epeoiro e/cao-rd re
o rav&* wpfjuauve Kara <f>peva Kal Kara Ovpov, 120
e/c 8' 'EXevrj 6a\djjLOio OvcoSeos
rjKvOev, 'Apre/juSi, xpvorrjXaKdra)
ry S* ap* dfju 'ASptjo-rT) K\io-lr)v evrvKrov eQrjKev,
Be raTnjra (frepev /j,a\aKov epioio,
' dpyvpeov rd\apov <j)6pe, rov ol eB&Kev 125
i, IIo\v(3oi,o &d/jt,ap, 09 evaC evl
, 60 L r jr\elcrra Sopot,*? ev Krijfj,ara
09 Meve\dq) Bco/ce Bv dpyvpeas da-apivOovs,
Sotoi/9 Be rpiTToSas, Bexa Be %pvcroio rd\avra.
S' avO* r E\evrj a\o^o9 Trope Ka\\ifj^a Swpa* 130
r rf\.aKdrr)v rd\apov 0* VTTOKVK\OV OTraaa'ev
dpyvpeov, y^pvo-a) 8* eTrl %ei\ea Ke/cpdavro.
rov pd ol dfj,<j)L7ro\os $v\co Traped'rjKe <j)epovo~a
dcrKrjrolo ^e^va-fjbevov avrdp CTT ai/T&>
rerdvvcrro ioSvecfres elpos e%ovcra. 135
eero S* ev K\i<r^w t VTTO Be 0pi)vv<; rroalv fjev.
avrl/ca S' r\ <y' eTreeGa-i rfoaiv epeewev etcao-ra'
f "IBfiev Srj, Meve\ae Biorpetyes, o f i rwes oi'Be
dvBptov v%er6ct)vrai l/cavepev rj/juerepov Ba) ;
tfrevo-ouai,, fj ervfiov epeco ; /ceXerai Be fie 0vu6$. 140
ov <ydp Tree) nvd (frrjpi, eoiKora a>Be IBeaOai,
ovr avp ovre yvval/ca, o-efias JJL e%i ela-opooMrav,
co9 oB* 'OSuo-o-?}o9 fjieya\rfropo<; vu cowe,
, rov e\eirre veov ryeya&r evl O"KG>
THE ODYSSEY, IV. 107
the ground, when he heard his father's name, and he held
with both his hands his purple cloak before his eyes. This
Menelaos marked, and hesitated now within his mind and
heart whether to leave him to make mention of his fa-
ther, or first to question him and prove him through and
through.
While he thus doubted in his mind and heart, forth
from her fragrant high-roofed chamber Helen came, like
golden-shafted Artemis. For her, Adraste placed a well-
wrought chair ; Alkippe brought a carpet of soft wool, and
Phylo a silver basket which Alkandre gave, the wife of
Polybos, who lived in Thebes of Egypt, where wealth in
plenty fills the houses. He gave to Menelaos two silver
baths, a pair of kettles, and ten golden talents. And
then, besides, his wife gave Helen beautiful gifts; she
gave a golden distaff and a basket upon rollers, fashioned
of silver, and its rim finished with gold. This her attend-
ant Phylo now brought and set beside her, filled with a
curious yarn ; across it lay the distaff, charged with dark
wool. Seated upon her chair, beneath there was a foot-
stool for the feet, she straightway questioned thus her
husband closely :
" Do we know, heaven-descended Menelaos, who the men
call themselves that seek our dwelling? Shall I speak
false or true ? My heart impels me. None have I ever
seen, I think, so like another, be it a man or woman
amazed am I to see ! as this man here is like a son of
brave Odysseus, even like Telemachos, who was left a
new-born child at home by him, his father, when you
108 OAY22EIA2 A.
tcelvos dvrjp, or e/xelo KVVtoTriSos eiveK y A%aiol 146
r}\6e6* VTTO Tpolrjv, irokepov 0pa<rvv opiiaivovresS
Trjv 8' dTrafjieiffofjuevos Trpoae^rj %av6b<s Meve\aos*
' ovra> vvv Kal eya) vo0), yvvai, o>5 av
/ceivov yap roio&e TroSe? roialBe re
o<p0a\/jLcov re /3o\al K6^)a\ij r efyvirepOe re ^atrat. 150
Kal vvv rj TOI 70) /jLefiVTjjjLevos a^^> 'OBvafji,
, oca /cetvos oitycras ejjuoyrjcrev
avrap o Tri/cpbv VTT o^pvai &d/cpvov el/3e,
op^>vpeijv avr 6<f>0a\iJ,ouv avaayav'
Tov 8' av Neo-ropiSrjs ITetcrto-T/oaTo? avriov yv&a' 166
' 'ArpeiBrj Mez/eXae Siorpe^es, op^a^e \avv,
iceivov /JLCV rot oB' vibs errjrvfjLov, co? ayopevew
d\\a araotypcov ecrrt, ve^eo-aarai S' evl Ovfjuco
&B' eXOojv TO TTpwrov eVecrySoX/a? avafyaivew
avr a vedev, rov vwi Oeov w? Tepiro/jLeO' avftfj* 160
avrap epe Trpoerj/ce Teprfvio^ IrcTrora Nearcop
TGO afia TTOfJLTrbv eTreadai' e'eXSero yap (re IBeaOai,
o(f>pa ol % ri eVo? V7ro0ijareai 776 n epyov.
TroXXa yap a\ye %ei, Trar/oo? Trat? ol%o/jLevoio
ev /jieydpois, o5 firj aXXot aocrer^TrJpe? e&ffiv, 166
6 Jt,ev oercu, ov$e ol a\\oi
icr oi Kev Kara Sfjaov d\d\Koiev KaKorrjra.'
Tov 8' d7ra/JLei,l36/jLVO<; Trpoo-e^rj %av6b
' w TTOTTOI, rj fid\a Srj <f)l\ov dvepos vlbs e/jibv 8w
iKe9\ o? eiveic e^eto TroXea? e^oyrjo-ev ae^Xoy?* 170
KaL JAW <j>r)v e\06vra tfriXqcre/jLev %o%ov a\\cov
'Apyelcov, el v&iv VTrelp aXa voarov eScoKe
vvjva-l Oofjo-t, yeve&Oai 'OXu/i-Trto? evpvoTra Zeus.
KaL Ke ol "Apyel vdo-cra ir6\iv Kal Say-tar' erevga,
THE ODYSSEY, IV. 109
Achaians, for the sake of worthless me, came under the
walls of Troy, eager for valorous fighting."
Then, answering her, said light-haired Menelaos : " Now
I too note it, wife, even as you trace the likeness ; those
were his feet and hands, that was his glance, that too his
head, and, up above, his hair. And even now, as I began
to call to mind Odysseus and to tell the tale of all the
grievous toils he bore in my behalf, this youth let fall a
bitter tear from under his brows, and held his purple cloak
before his eyes."
Then Nestor's son, Peisistratos, made answer : " O son
of Atreus, heaven-descended Menelaos, leader of hosts, this
is in truth his son, as you have said ; but he is modest and
too bashful in his heart to make a show of talk on his
first coming here, before you too, whose voice we both
enjoy as if it were a god's. The Gerenian horseman,
Nestor, sent me forth from home to be his escort ; for he
desired to see you, hoping that you might give him aid by
word or deed. Ah, many a grief the son of an absent
father meets, even when at home, if other helpers are
not by. So with Telemachos ; the one is gone, and others
there are none throughout the land to ward off ill."
Then, answering him, said light - haired Menelaos :
" What ! Is there then within my house the son of one
so dear, one who for me bore many a conflict ! I used
to say that I should greet his coming far more than that
of all the other Argives, if through the seas Olympian far-
seeing Zeus let our swift ships find passage. In Argos I
would have assigned to him a city, would here have built
HO OAY22EIA2 A.
ef 'lOd/cys dyaycov vvv Krr^iacn KOI re/eel c5 175
KOI Traa-iv "Kaolcri, piav irokiv e'faXa-rrafa?,
cu irepivaierdova'iv, dvdcrcrovrai B /j,oi avrco.
teal K Od/ju evBaS* coi/re? e/juayo/jieO ' ovBe /cev ^ea?
aXXo Bie/cpwev (f>i\6ovTe re repTro/jLeva) re,
irplv y ore &r) Oavdroio /jueXav ve<f>os d^eKakv^ev. 180
aXXa ra /JLCV TTOV fjLe\\ev dydcro-ea-Qai, #eo? auro?,
o? KCLVOV Sv<TTr)vov dvoaTipov olov eQrj/cev.'
tN /29 (f>dro 9 roL(7i Be ivacriv v<fi ipepov topae 76040.
K\ale fiev 'Apryelrj r E\evr), Aws e/cyeyavla,
K\ale Se T^Xe^a^o? re KOI 'ArpelBrj^ Mei/eXao?, 185
ouS' apa IVecrropo? u/o? d&a/cpvTco e^ev ocrcre'
fjwijcraTO yap Kara Qvpov d/jiv/J,ovo<; 'AvTi\6%oio,
rov p* 'ffoi;? etcrewe (fraewijs dy\ao<; vios.
TOV o 7* eTrifjivrjo-Oels eirea Trrepoevr' dyopevev
' 'ArpetSrj, Trepl fiev ae ppor&v ireTrvvpevov elvai 190
Neo-Twp (pd&x 6 yepcov, or eTrifjLvrjaaifJbeOa, creio
ol(7iv eVl fjL&ydpoiai, /cat aXX^Xou? epeoifiev,
KOI vvv, el ri irov eari, TrtOoio fiof ov yap eyco ye
Tep7rojju 6$vp6fj,6vo<; fjueraBopTTios, aXXa /cat 770)5
eaa-erai fjpiykveia* vepea (T&iiaL ye fjiev ov&ev 195
K\aletv 09 K Qdvyo-i fiporwv KCLI nror^ov ei
rovro vv KOI yepa<$ olov bitypolcrt, j3porolo~t, t
Keipao-dai re KOfjirjv /3a\eei,v r diro Sd/cpv
Kal yap e/AO? reOwrjtcev aSeX^>eo5, ov ri
'Apyeicov //.eXXet? Be o~u iS/jievai,' ov yap eyco ye 200
ovBe I'Sov Trepl 8
Trepl fj,ev Oeiew
Tov &' aTra/JLeifiofjuevos Trpoo-tyrj gavObs
<w ^tV, eTrel rbaa eiire^ 6V' av TreTn/u/iez/o? dvr)p
THE ODYSSEY, IV. Ill
his house, and I would have brought him out of Ithaka,
him and his goods, his child, and all his people, clear-
ing its dwellers from some single city that lies within my
neighborhood and owns me as its lord. So living here, we
had been much together ; and nothing further could have
parted then our joyous friendship till round us death's
dark cloud had closed. But God himself must have been
envious of a life like this, and made that hapless man
alone to fail of coming."
So he spoke, and stirred in all a yearning after tears.
Then Argive Helen wept, the child of Zeus ; Telemachos,
too, wept, and Menelaos, son of Atreus ; nor yet did Nes-
tor's son keep his eyes tearless. For he bethought him
in his heart of good Antilochos, whom the proud son of
the bright Dawn had slain ; remembering whom, he spoke
in winged words :
" O son of Atreus, that you were wise beyond the wont
of men, old Nestor used to say when we would mention
you within his halls and question one another. And now
if this be so, give heed to me, for I find little cheer in
sorrow at a feast. Soon comes the dawn. Not that I
think it ill to weep when one has died and met his doom.
It is the only honor men in grief can pay, to cut the hair
and drop from the cheek the tear. A brother of mine
once died, one not the meanest of the Argives. You must
have known him. I never looked upon his face myself
and never knew him ; but Antilochos, they say, was first
of all in speed of foot and as a fighter."
Then, answering him, said light - haired Menelaos :
"Friend, you have spoken as a man of understanding
112 OAY22EIA2 A.
eiTroi KOI pe^eie, real 05 rrpoyeveo-repos elrj* 205
TOIOV yap KOL rrarpos, b /cal rrerrvv^eva /3aet9.
pela 8' dpiyvwros ybvos dvepos &> re Kpovlow
o\/3ov 67TLK\(i)o-rj ya/jueovrl re yewo/ieva* re,
o>9 vvv Nearopi Sw/ce Stayu-Trepe? r^^ara iravra,,
avrov /JL6V \i7rapcos y^pao-Ke/jLev ev fieydpoiaiVi 210
av TTWVTOVS re /cal ey^ecnv elvau
fr Se KhavO/jbbv fjuev edo-o^ev, o?
fjivOoi Be ical r)>6ev Trep ecrovTat,
/cal efjiol Sta.t7reyLte^ aKXrKoiaLv' 215
9 6<ar', 'Aa-(f)a\ici)v 8' a/)'
OTprjpb? OepaTTcov Mev\dov
ol 8' eV oveiaO* Tol/j,a irpoKei^eva %eipas ia\\ov.
"Evd* avr aXX' evoycr e E\evrj ALOS e/cyeyavia*
avri/c ap* et? ow>oz/ ySaXe <pdp/jLa/cov, evOev eirwov, 220
VTjTrevOes T a%6\6v re, /ca/cwv e7ri\r]@ov aTravrcov.
05 TO Kara/3 pd^eiev, ejrrjv Kprjrfjpi, fjuyelrj,
ov /cev tyij/jLepios ye ftdXoi, Kara BaKpv Trapeiwv,
ou8* t ol Kararedvalrj ^rrjp re rrarrjp re,
ouS' el ol TTpoTrdpoidev d$e\(f)ebv rj <f>l\ov vlov 225
^aX/cw Srjiowev, 6 S* o<^>6a\iJiot(TiV opqiro.
rota ALO<$ Ovydrrjp e%e fydpfjb
ea6\d, rd ol IId\vSa/JLva iropev, S&vos
AlyvTrrirj, rf) rr\ela-ra fyepei fe/S&)/30? apovpa
(frdp/jLaKa, TroXXa fjbev ea&Ka /jLefjay/jueva, TroXXa Be \vypd
iqrpbs Be e/ca<rro9 eiTicrrdi^evo^ Trepl nrdvrwv 23
dvQ PCOTTCOV * TI yap Tlairjovos elo~L yeve6\rj^.
avrap eTrei p' everjKe KeXevcre re olvo%of)(rai,
[JuvOoicriv d/meipo/jLevrj rrpoa-eeirrev
THE ODYSSEY, IV. 113
might speak and even might act, were he indeed your
elder ; for, sprung from such a father, you talk with un-
derstanding. Easily is his offspring known for whom the
son of Kronos in birth and marriage weaves a blessing.
And thus has he blessed Nestor continually, throughout
his days, letting him reach serene old age at home, and
letting his sons be youths of wisdom, mighty with the
spear. But let us check the lamentation which arose ere-
while, and turn once more to feasting. Let them pour
water on our hands. Again, to-morrow, for Telemachos
and me there will be tales to tell."
He spoke, and Asphaliou poured water on their hands,
he was a busy squire of famous Menelaos ; then on the
food spread out before them they laid hands.
Now elsewhere Helen turned her thoughts, that child of
Zeus. Straightway she cast into the wine of which they
drank a drug which quenches pain and strife, and brings
forgetfulness of every ill. He who should taste it, when
mixed in the bowl, would not that day let tears fall down
his cheeks although his mother and his father died, al-
though before his door a brother or dear son were cut off
by the sword, and his own eyes beheld. Such cunning
drugs had the daughter of Zeus, drugs of a healing virtue,
which Polydamna gave, the wife of Thon, in Egypt, where
the fruitful soil yields drugs of every kind, some that
when mixed are healing, others deadly. There every one
is a physician, skilful beyond all humankind, for they are
of the race of Paion. So after she had cast the drug into
the bowl and bidden pour, then, once more taking up the
word, she said :
114 OAY22EIA2 A.
' 'ArpelBrj Meve\ae BioTpe<f><; rjBe /cal oiBe
dvBpwv ea-0\a>v TralBe?' drdp #eo? aXXore aXXo>
Zev? dya06v re /ca/cov re BiBoi- Bvva-rai, yap
T) TOI vvv Batvvo-0e /ca0r}/j,voi eV
Kal pvdois repTrecrOe' eot/cora <yap
Trdvra /lev ov/c av 670) /jivOija-OfjLaL ov$* ovo^rjvo} t 240
Sutro-^o? Ta\acri<f)pov6s elauv ae0\of
' olov roS' epe^e Kal T\rj /caprepb? avrjp
evi, Tpcocw, o0i Trao-^ere Tnj/jbar 'Amatol,
avrov fjnv TT^yfjo-w aei/ceXirjai Sa/jida-cras,
KCLK aptf topoicri fiaXwv, ol/cfji eoi/ca)?, 246
&vcr/j,ev6(t)v /careSv TroXiv evpvdyviav
' avrbv <am /caratcpvTrTcov ijto-rce
be/cry, 05 ovSev roto? crjv eVl vrjvo-lv '' }
TO) t/ceXo? /careBv Tpawv 7r6\iv, ol &' d
eyoD Be fjn,v ofy aveyvwv rolov eovra,
dvrjptoTcov 6 Be Kepo<Tvvr) d\eeivev.
* ore Btf fj,w eya) \oeov /cal %plov eXatw,
d/jL(f>l Be eifiara ecro-a, /cal w/jioo-a /caprepov op/cov
firj fjiev TTplv 'OBv&Tja fiera Tpcoeaa^ dva(f>rjvai,
Trplv 76 TOV e? vr)ds re Boas K\i,cria<$ T d(j)t,Kecr0ai, t
/cal rore Bij JJLOI, Trdvra voov /careXe^ev ^
TroXXot'5 Be Tp(t)(ov Krewa? ravaij/cel
77X^6 yu-er* 'Apyeiovs, Kara Be <j>povt,v tfyaye 7ro\\ijv.
ev0* aXXat Tpcoal Xty' e/c&icvov avrdp e/jibv /crjp
X a V e ' 7r6 ^ tfl&n P 01 KpaBiTj rerpaTTTo veeo-0ai, 260
a-\fr ol/covB', a,T7)v Be /jLerecrTevov, r)v
8w%', ore p tfyaye /celo-e ^>/X?;5 a?ro
TralBd T efjL7]v voa-^io-crafjLevrjv 6d\afiov re TTOCTW re
ov rev Bevopevov, OVT ap <f>pevas ovre TI
THE ODYSSEY, IT. 115
" Heaven-descended son of Atreus, Menelaos, and you
too, you sons of worthy men, though Zeus to one in one
way, to another in another, distributes good and ill, he
is almighty, yet for the present sit and feast within the
hall, and cheer yourselves with tales. One fitting well the
time I will relate. Fully I could not tell, could not even
name, the many feats of sorely-tried Odysseus. But this
is the sort of deed that brave man did and dared, there
in the Trojan land where you Achaians suffered. Mar-
ring himself with cruel blows, casting a wretched garment
round his shoulders, and looking like a slave, he walked
the wide-wayed city of his foes ; and other than his own
true self he made himself appear in this disguise, even like
a beggar, far as he was from such an one at the Achaian
ships. In such a guise, he walked the Trojans' town ;
they took no notice, one and all ; I alone knew him for
the man he was, and questioned him. With craft he baf-
fled me. But after I had bathed him and anointed him
with oil arid given him clothing, when I had sworn a
heavy oath not to make known Odysseus to the Trojans
till he should reach the swift ships and the tents, then
did he tell me all the mind of the Achaians. So, slaying
many Trojans with his trenchant sword, he went off to the
Argives and carried back much knowledge. Thereat the
other Trojan women raised a loud lament : my soul was
glad, for my heart already turned toward going home
again, and I would mourn the blindness Aphrodite sent
when she lured me thither from my native land, abandon-
ing my child, my chamber, and my husband, a man who
lacked for nothing, either in mind or person."
116 OAY22EIA2 A.
Trjv B' aTrajJieifiofJLevos irpoaefyr) ^avOos Mez/eXao?* 265
' val Brj ravTOi ye TavTa, yvvai, Kara fiolpav ee^Tre?.
77877 fiev 7ro\ea)v eBdrjv /3ov\?jv re voov re
dvBpwv fjpwwv, 7ro\\r)v ' 7re\r)\v6a yalav
aXX' ov TTCO TOLOVTOV ejcov i$ov ofyOaXfJuolcriv
olov 'OSv&cr'fjos ra\acri<f)povo<s ea/ce $l\ov Krjp. 270
olov /cal roS' epe^e /cal T\rj Kaprepos avrjp
LTTTTW evt fecrro), 1v evrffJieOo, Trdvres
'Apyei'cov Tpwecrcri, <f>6vov fcal /crjpa
eTreira crv Kelae" /ce\evcre/j,evai, Be d e/j,e\\e
, 05 TpcDeo-criv eftovXero tcv&os ope^at,* 275
rot Ar)i<j>ofto<$ Oeoel/ceXos eairer lovcry.
Be TrepLo-rei^as KoTkov \6%ov a/jL(f>a<f)6a)(ra t
e/c S* 6vofjLaK\r)Sr)v Aava&v ovopa&s
TrdvTCDv 'Apyeiwv (fxovrjv 'IvKov
avrap 670) /cal TySelSij? /cal Bios 'OSvacrevs 280
rffjievoi, ev iieara-oio-w a/cov(rafj,ev 009 e/SoTja-a^.
vox, fiev a/jL(j>oTepa) fj,everjvafji,ev opfirjdevre
TI e%e\0epevai,, rj evSoOev aty' vTratcovarai,'
aXV 'OSva-evs /carepv/ce /cal ecr^edev lepeva) Trep.
[evB 1 a\\oi fj,ev Trdvres d/crjv eaav vies 'A^ai,wv t 285
"AvTitc\os Be ere y o?o? apetyacrOai eTreecrcrw
rf9e\ev a\\' 'OBvcrevs eVt pdara/ca
ywXe/xeft)? Kparepfia-i, crdcoo-e Be Trdvras
T0(f)pa S' e%' ocf>pa ere vocr<f>iv aTnjyaye JTaXXa?
Tbv B* av Tr)\efjLaxo<; TreTrvvfjuevo? awriov yvBa* 290
' 'ArpeiBrj Meve\ae Biorpe^es, op^a^e Xawz/,
a\yiov ov yap ot n rdB' tfp/cecre \vypbv o\e0pov,
ovB' et ol KpaBtr) ye <n,Br)peij evBoOev rjev.
aXX' ayer eh evvrjv rpdireO* rjfjieas, o(j>pa KOI 77877
THE ODYSSEY, IV. 117
Then, answering her, said light-haired Menelaos : " Yes,
all your tale, my wife, is told right well. Ere now I have
made trial of the wisdom and the will of many a hero, and
I have traveled over many lands ; but never with these
eyes have I beheld so true a soul as sorely-tried Odysseus.
This also is the sort of deed that brave man did and dared
within the wooden horse where all we Argive chiefs were
lying, bearing to the Trojans death and doom. Erelong
you passed that way, some god must have impelled you,
seeking to bring the Trojans honor ; godlike Deiphobos
was following after. Thrice walking round our hollow
ambush, touching it here and there, you called by name
the Danaan chiefs, feigning the voice of every Argive's
wife. Now I and the son of Tydeus and royal Odysseus,
crouched in the middle, heard your call, and two of us,
starting up, were minded to go forth, or else to answer
straightway from within ; but Odysseus drew us back and
stayed our rashness. Then all the other sons of the Achai-
ans held their peace. Antiklos only was determined to
make answer to your words ; but Odysseus firmly closed
his mouth with his strong hands, and thus saved all the
Achaians. Throughout the time he held him thus, till
Pallas Athene led you off."
Then answered him discreet Telemachos : " O son of
Atreus, heaven-descended Menelaos, leader of hosts, so
much the harder is it ; all was of no avail against a
mournful death, although an iron heart was in his breast.
Nay, bring us to our beds, that so at last, lulled in sweet
sleep, we be at ease."
118 OAY22EIA2 A.
VTTVW V7TO y\VKepO) TapTTCti/JLeOd KOl^QkvT^ 295
'V29 ecfraT, 'Apyelrj 8* 'JEXei/?; Bj
VTT alOovay 6 eleven, KOI pijyea Ka\a
efjb(3a\eeiv> aTopeo-au T efyvirepOe
' ev6e/jLevcu oyXa? KaOvirepOev
at 8' icrav etc fteydpoio Sao? /juera %ep<rlv zyovaai,
befjivia, Be arropecrav e/c Be %eivovs aye /cijpvj;.
ol /Jbev ap* ev 7rpoB6/jLU> BO/JLOV avroOt,
6^ fjpco? teal Necrropo^ a^Xao?
Be /caOevBe JAV%O) BO/JLOV v^7j\olo t
Trap 8' r E\evrj Tavv7re7r\o$ e'Xefaro, Bla yvvai/ctov.
' rjpiyeveia <f>dvr} poBoBa,KTV\o$ '
ap* ef evvfj(f)t, /Sor]v ayaOos Me^eXao?
t irepl Be f/^)09 of u
\iTTapola-iv eBrfo-aro /ca\d TreBiXa,
S' l/^ei/ eV Oa\d/jiOio Oeu> eVaX/y/cto? avryv, 310
Se irapl^ev eVo? T' e</>ar' 6/c r'
' T/vrre Se <re %peia> SeO/j' tfyay
? Aa/ceBal/jiova Blav, eV evpea vcora
iBiov ; roBe /JLOI, vrj/juepres
av Trj\efjua^o(f ireTrvvpevos avriov tjvBa* 315
' 'ArpeiBrj Meve\ae Biorpe^es, op^a/Jbe
rj\,v6ov, el nvd JJLOI tcXrjrjBova Trarpb?
eadleral fj,oi oZ/co?, oXa)Xe Se iriova pya,
8' dvBp&v 7rXe?o? So/>to9, ot re /z-ot atel
tya a-fyd^ovai, Kal e^X/TroSa? eXt/ca? /Sou?, 320
e'//% fjLvrjcrTrjpes virepfiiov i
Tovveica vvv ra era yovvaO' Itcdvo/jLai, ai K
/celvov \vypbv 6\eOpov evicnrelv, et wov
6<j)0a\/jLo'Z(ri Teolcriv, r) aXXou [AV&OV aicovca?
THE ODYSSEY, IV. 119
He spoke, and Argive Helen bade the maids to set a
couch beneath the portico, to lay upon it beautiful purple
rugs, spread blankets over these, and then place woollen
mantles on the outside for a covering. So the maids left
the hall, with torches in their hands, and spread the bed ;
and a page led forth the strangers. Thus in the fore part
of the house slept lord Telemachos and the proud son of
Nestor. But the son of Atreus slept in the recess of the
high hall, and by him long-robed Helen lay, a queen of
women.
Soon as the early rosy-fingered Dawn appeared, Men-
elaos, good at the war-cry, rose from bed, put on his
clothes, slung his sharp sword about his shoulder, under
his shining feet bound his fair sandals, and came forth
from his chamber in bearing like a god. Then seating
himself beside Telemachos, he thus addressed him, saying :
" What is it that has brought you here, my lord
Telemachos, to sacred Lakedaimon on the broad ocean-
ridges ? Some public need or private ? Tell me the very
truth."
Then answered him discreet Telemachos : " O son of
Atreus, heaven - descended Menelaos, leader of hosts, I
came to see if you could tell me tidings of my father.
My home is swallowed up, my rich farms wasted ; with
men of evil hearts my house is filled, men who continu-
ally butcher my thronging flocks and swing-paced crook-
horned oxen the suitors of my mother, overweening in
their pride. Therefore I now come hither to your knees
to ask that you will tell me of my father's mournful death,
whether perhaps you saw it for yourself with your own
120 OAY22EIA2 A.
v irepl yap pw ou^vpov re/eg
r //.
aXX' ev pot, Kardke^ov OTTCO? rjvTijaas OTTQJTT?}?.
Xiao-opal, el Trdre TOL rt, Trarrjp e'yLto?, eV^Xo? '
rj 7T09 r)k TI epyov yiroara^ e'fereXeo-ere
evi Tpa)(0v, 061, Trda^ere Trrj/jLar 'Amatol* 330
vvv IJLOI, jjbvfjcrai, KCLI JJLOI, vr)fjLpre<; eV/crvre?.'
Tov Se
7T07TOL, T) ftoXft 8^ "KaT66()OVO$ dv&OS lv Vv}
'
n ."''' /J* ' ^ t , v ,-Xo^*-
ov evvrVrvai ^Lva\Kibe^ avroi eovres.
V /I -v \ 'J ' /I PN 1 /-v f\ \ ) A " '
i]ueKov evvrjVrjvai ^Lva\Kibe^ avroi eovres.^^-
o>9 8' OTTOT' ev ffXo^o) eXa^o9 Kparepolo Xeowro?
vs e^eperjat, KCLI dy/cea Troitjevra
, 6 B' eVetra e^z/ icnj\v6ev vvrjv,
d/jL^>orepot,aL Be rolcnv dei/cea TTOT/JLOV etyfj/cev,
w? 'OSucreu? Keivoicrw dei/cea ITOT^QV ecfrijcret,. 340
at 7a/?, Zev re Trdrep KOL 'A0fjvalr) KOI "A7ro\\ov,
roto? eaiv olo? TTOT' ev/cTifievy ev
8' e/3a\e Kparep&s, fce^dpovro Be iravres '
s 346
7TaZ/T9 ^ toKVjLOOL T6 reVOldTO TTlKOja/jio T6.
ravra 8' d p elpwras /cal XtVtreat, ou/c ay 670) 76
aXXa ?rapef etTrotyu-t Trapa/cXiBbv, ovB' a
aXXa ra /-te^ /u-ot eetTre yepwv aXto9
T&V OvBeV TOl 670) KpV^Q) 67TO9 OuS' eTTifCeVCTCO. 350
fi en Bevpo 6eol fjLe/naMTa veeaOai,
l ov o-fyw epe%
OV\OVTO 6eol
vfjcros eireird T49 ecrri 7ro\VK\vcrT(p evl TTOVTO*
THE ODYSSEY, IV. 121
eyes, or heard the story from some wayfarer ; for to ex-
ceeding grief his mother bore him. Out of regard for me
use no mild word nor yield to pity, but tell me just how
you had sight of him. I do entreat you, if ever my father,
good Odysseus, in word or deed kept covenant with you in
that land of the Trojans where you Achaians suffered, be
mindful of it now ; tell me the very truth."
Then, deeply moved, said light - haired Menelaos :
" Heavens ! So in a very brave man's bed they sought to
lie, the weaklings ! As when in the den of a strong lion
a hind has laid asleep her new-born sucking fawns, then
roams the slopes and grassy hollows seeking food, and by
and by into his lair the lion comes, and on both hind and
fawns brings ghastly doom ; so shall Odysseus bring on
them a ghastly doom. Ah, father Zeus, Athene, and
Apollo ! if with the power he showed one day in stately
Lesbos, when he rose and wrestled in a match with Philo-
meleides, and down he threw him heavily, while the Achai-
ans all rejoiced if as he was that day, Odysseus now
might meet the suitors, they all would find quick turns of
fate and bitter rites of marriage. But as to what you
ask with such entreaty, I will not turn and talk of other
things, deceiving you ; but everything that the unerring
old man of the sea told me, in not a word will I disguise
or hide from you.
" At the river of Egypt, eager as I was to hasten hither,
the gods still held me back, because I did not make the
offerings due ; and the gods wish us ever to be mindful of
their precepts. Now in the dashing sea an island lies,
122 OAY22EIA2 A.
AlyvTTTOv irpoTrdpoiOey <&dpov Be e Ki/cXtfcrKovo'i,, 355
roo-crov avevO* ocrcrov re Travrj/jieplrj y\a(j)vpr) vrjvs
ijvvo-ev, TI \iyvs ovpos GTmrveirjcrw
ev Be \i/j,r)v evop/jLos, oOev r diro vfjas
5 TTOVTOV j3d\\ov(TW, dffrvcT&d/jLevoi, /jL\av vocop.
evOa fji eeiicoo-iv r^iaT e%ov 6eol, ovSe TTOT ovpoi,
Trvelovres $>aivov6' aXiaees, o r i pd re
iropTTries ryiyvovrat, eV evpea vwra
/cat vv KCV f)ia Trdvra Karefydiro KOI pkve dvbpwv,
el pr) r/9 fJie 6ewv 6\o^>vparo /cai /A eo-dwae,
U/jcoTeo? l(j>@ifjLov dvjdrrjp, d\ioio yepovros, 865
ElBoBerj. rf) yap pa /xaXterra 76 Ovpov opwa,
r\ IL ofo eppovri, ow^vrero voo-fav eraipw
alel yap Trepl vij<rov dhco/jLevoi l^Ovdaa/cov
'yvafiTTTols dyKio-TpoKTW, eretpe Be yacrrepa Xt//,6?.
fj &' efjiev ay%i (Trao-a eVo? ^>aro fytoVTjartv re* 870
z^TTto? 6t9, w %elve, \irjv roaov r)Se
rj etccov peOlew KOI repTreat a\yea
o>5 Brj S^' evl vrfcrw epv/ceai, ov&e TI
evpe/jLevai Svvacrai,, fJuivvOei Be rot, tfrop
w? efyar, avrdp eya> /JLW a//,etyS6//-e^o9 Trpocreenrov 375
ex fjuev rot, epect), TJ rt? av irep evai Oedcov,
W9 670) ov rt /co)v KarepvKo^aiy d\\d vv /j,e\\a)
Te<r0ai,, o$ ovpavbv evpvv e%ov<riv.
flOL t7T, 6eol B T TTaVTO, ICTCKTW,
09 r/9 ft dOavaTutv TreBda /cal eBrjo-e /ce\ev0ov, 380
vbffTov 0* t a>9 eVl TTOVTOV eXevcro/jicu l^Ovoevra.
a>9 ecfrd/jwjv, v) 8* avTiK dftelfiero Bid Oedw
roiyap eyco rot, %elve, ^.aV aTpe/ceas dyopevcra).
Bevpo yepcov
THE ODYSSEY, IV. 123
off the Egyptian coast Pharos they call it distant as
far as a hollow ship runs in a full day's sail when a
whistling wind blows after. By it there lies a bay with a
good anchorage, from which they send the trim ships off
to sea, supplying them with the dark water. Here the
gods kept me twenty days ; not once the winds appeared
that blow along the sea and serve the ships as pilots on
the broad ocean-ridges. So all my stores would have been
spent and my men's courage, had not a certain goddess
pitied and preserved me. This was Eidothea, the daugh-
ter of mighty Proteus, the old man of the sea; for I
deeply touched her heart as she met me on my solitary
way, parted from my companions; for they were ever
roaming round the island, fishing with crooked hooks, and
hunger pinched their bellies. She, drawing near me,
spoke and thus she said : 4 Are you so very helpless,
stranger, and unnerved, or do you purposely give way,
taking a pleasure in your pains ? So long you have been
pent within the island, unable to discover an escape, while
fainter grows the courage of your comrades.'
" So she spoke, and answering her I said : ' Then let me
tell you, whatsoever goddess you may be, that I am held
here through no will of mine, but I must have offended
the immortals, who hold the open sky. Rather tell me
for gods know all which of the immortals chains me
here and bars my progress ; and tell me of my homeward
way, how I may pass along the swarming sea.'
"So I spoke, and straight the heavenly goddess an-
swered: 'Then I will tell you, stranger, very plainly.
There haunts this place a certain old man of the sea, un-
124 OAY22EIA2 A.
addvaros npcorevs Alyvirrios, 09 re 0aXa<7<r?7?
Trdo-rjs ftevOea olBe, IIoo-eiBdcovos VTTO 8/1-0)5
rov Be r epov <f>aaw Trarep 1 efju/juevat, rjBe
TOP y e ^ T^ 1 ? "^ Bvvaio Xo^'7?o'a//,ez'0
05 /cez> rot eiTryaw 6Sbv KOI fjuerpa /ce\ei>0ov
VO<TTOV 6\ to? eVl TTOVTOV eXevcreat l^Ovoevra.
/cal Se /ce rot etTT^crt, Stor/oe^e?, at AC' eBeXycr
Tot ev fMeydpoicrt, /caicov T dyadov re Te
a>? ecjxiT, avrap eyco JAW a/^et/SoyLtez/o? Trpoaeenrov
avrr) vvv <j>pdev av \6%oz/ ^e/oto yepovros, 395
^77 Treo? /i6 TTpo'i&GDV ye TrpoSaels aXerjrai,'
dp<ya\eo<; yap r earl $eo? ftporw dvBpl Bafjirjva^
a)? ecfrdfjLrjv, T] S' CLVTIK d/jLel/Sero $la Oedcov
roiyap eya) rot, %e1v, fidtC aTpeicecos dyopevcro).
' 776X^09 fjueaov ovpavov d/jL<j)i,{3e/3TJKei,
ap ef aXo? etcrt yepwv aXto?
f) VTTO Ze<f)vpoi,o,
e/c 8' e\6<t)V KoifjLarai VTTO
a/i.<l Be JAW (f)G)/cai, z/e-TroSe
aOpoat, evBovcriv, TroX^? aXo? ejfavaBvcrai,,
TTLKpov
<r eycov dy ay over a a/j,' r)ol fy
evvd<rci) 6^6/779' crv 8' eu KpivaaOai eralpovs
T/oet9, ot r rot irapa vrjvalv eva-<Te\fjLOi,aiv apicrroi.
Trdvra Be rot epeco oXo<^>a>ta rolo yepovros. 410
^>6o/ca9 ftez/ rot Trp&Tov dpi0/j,ij(rei Kal eTreiaw
avrdp eirrjv iraaas Tre/JLTrdo-o-erai rjBe 'IBrjrai,,
Xe^erat ev pecro-ycn,, vo/j,ev<$ a>9 vrcoecrt
rov yitez/ eV^z/ 87; TTpwra Karevv^devra
THE ODYSSEY, IV. 125
erring and immortal, Proteus of Egypt, who knows the
depths of every sea, and is Poseidon's minister. He is,
they say, my father, who begot me. If you could only lie
in wait and seize on him, he would tell you of your course,
the stages of your journey, and of your homeward way,
how you may pass along the swarming sea. And he
could tell you, heaven-descended man, if you desired, all
that has happened at your home, of good or ill, while you
have wandered on your long and toilsome journey.'
" So she spoke, and answering her I said : ' Do you in-
struct me how to lie in wait for the old god, lest lie fore-
seeing or foreknowing may escape. Hard is a god for
mortal man to master.'
" So I spoke, and straight the heavenly goddess an-
swered : ' Then I will tell you, stranger, very plainly.
When now the sun has reached mid-heaven, forth from the
water comes the unerring old man of the sea, at a puff of
the west wind and veiled in the dark ripple. And when
come forth, he lays him down within the hollow caves;
while round him seals, the brood of a fair sea nymph,
huddle and sleep, on rising from the foaming water, and
pungent is the scent they breathe of the unfathomed sea.
There will I bring you at the dawn of day, and lay you in
the line. Meantime do you choose carefully for comrades
the three best men you have among the well-benched ships.
And I will tell you all the old man's magic arts. First he
will count the seals and go their round ; and when he has
told them off by fives and found them all, he will lie down
amongst them, like a shepherd with his flock. As soon as
you see him laid to rest, then summon all your might and
10
126 OAY22EIA2 A.
xal TOT e7ret0' i>fuv /leXero) tcdpros re /3lrj re, 416
avOi ' e^eiv fie^awra KOI la-vvpevbv irep a\v%ai.
iravra 8e ryiyvo/juevos TreiprjaeTai, cxrcf CTTL yaiav
epTrera yiyvovrcu teal vBcop /cal OeaTT&aes irvp'
vpels 8' a(7TeyLK^>G)9 e^efjuev /taXXoV re iriefav.
d\\' ore KCV Stf <r auro? aveiprjTai e7reea<ri, 420
roto? ea)V olov K KarevvrjOevTa 'IbrjcrOe,
KOI Tore Brj o-^earOat re /3/T;? \vcrat re yepovra,
tfpcos, elpeaOat, be Oewv 05 TiV <76
VOGTOV 6', ft><? eVl TTOVTOV ekevde
a)? eiTTOvcr VTTO TTOVTOV eBvaero fcv/JLalvovra.
avrap eywv e?rl i/^a?, o^' eo-raaav ev
r)ia' TroXXa 8e /Ltot KpaSirj irop^vpe KLOVTI,.
avrap eTre
SopTrov 6' 07r\icrdfJLo-0' f eVt T' rfkvOev dfju/Bpoair) vvt;'
Srj Tore KotfJL^drjfJbev eirl pTjyiuvi OdXda-arjs. 430
77/1-09 8' rjpiyeveia <f>dvrj po$oSd/CTV\os 'Jfa)?,
/eat Tore 3^ Trapd Blva 6a\dcr<Tr)<s evpvTrdpoio
rjta TroXXa Oeovs yovvov/Jievos' avrap eraipov?
T/3t9 a<yov, ola-i /iaXtcrra Treiroidea iracrav eir Wvv.
T6<j)pa 8' dp' % y y v7roSv(ra 6akd(rcrr)s evpea Ko\7rov, 435
rea-a-apa (fxo/fdcov IK TTOVTOV Bepfiar eveirce'
Trdvra 8' ecrav veo&apra' $6\ov 5' eVe/z^Sero irarpL
evva? &' ev
' evvr)<re, @d\ev 8' eVl 8e/o/xa e/cdo-rw. 440
r/9 7p AC' elva\iq) trapa
aXX' aur^ ecraewcre /cat e^pdcraro pey oveiap*
THE ODYSSEY, IV, 127
main and hold him fast, although he strive and struggle
to be free. He will attempt to take the shape of whatso-
ever moves on earth, of water even, and heaven-kindled
fire ; yet hold unflinchingly and clasp the faster. But when
at length he questions you in his own shape, in the same
shape as when you saw him sleeping, then, hero, cease
from violence and set the old man free, but ask what
god afflicts you, and ask about your homeward way, how
you may pass along the swarming sea.'
" Saying this, she plunged into the surging sea. So to
the ships which lay along the sands I turned away, and as
I went, often my heart grew dark. But when I came
down to the ship and to the sea, and we had made our
supper, and the immortal night was come, we laid us down
upon the beach. Then as the early rosy-fingered Dawn
appeared, along the shore of the wide-stretching sea I went
with many supplications to the gods. I took three com-
rades with me, men whom I trusted most in every under-
taking.
" She, in the mean time, having plunged into the sea's
broad bosom, brought from the deep four skins of seals ;
all were fresh-flayed; and she prepared the plot against
her father. She had scooped hollows in the sands, and
sat awaiting us ; near her we drew ; she made us all lie
down in order and threw a skin on each. Then might our
ambuscade have proved a hard one ; for the pestilent
stench of the sea-born seals oppressed us sorely. And
who would make his bed with a creature of the sea ? But
she preserved us and contrived for us great ease. Under
128 OAY22EIA2 A.
VTTO ptva e/cacrro) 6fj/c (j>epov(ra 445
r)$v fid\a Trveiovcrav, oXecrcre
traaav & rjolrjv fj,evo/j,ev
^>w/au S' e aXe>5 rj\6ov aoXXee?. at
ef?}5 evvd&VTO Trapa fayfjuvi 6a\da(rw
B J 6 jepcov r)\0* e'f aXo?, eu/?e Se (fxbfeas 450
Tracra? 8* a/^' eTrco^ero, Xe/cro S'
ev S' ^yLtea? TTpcorovs Xeye /c^recrt^, ot8e rt
SoXoi/ elvaf eVetra 8e Xe/cro a
Se Id^ovre^ eireacrvfied' ', aft(/>fc Se
@d\\o/j,6v ouS' 6 yepcov $o\ir)<; CTreXtfOero re^vrj^t 456
aXX' 97 rot TrpwTKrra \ea)v ryever* rjvyeveios,
avrap eireuTa Spd/ccov KOI TrapSaXt? ?;86 /j,eyas crO?*
yiyvero 8' vypbv vbcop ical Sevbpeov u-^rtTrer^Xoz/.
ij/z-et? 8' ao-T6/i.(/)ea)5 e^ofiev TerX^ort ^v/iw.
aXX' ore ST; ' az/taf 6 <yep(ov 6\o(f>a)ia elScos, 460
/cat rare 877 /*' eVeecrcrti/ dveipopevos TrpoaeeiTre*
rk vv rot,, 'Arpeos vie, Oe&v crv^pdao-aro /3ouXa9,
o^>/3a ya' eXot? de/covTa Xo^o-a/ze^o? ; reo ere %/o; ;
&>5 e^ar', avrap e<ya> /JLLV a/xet/SoyLtet'o? Trpoo-eenrov
di<rda, yepov, rl pe ravra iraparpoirewv epeeiveis ; 466
epv/co/juat, ov$e
aXXa <ru Tre/? /iot etVe, ^eol Se re Trdvra 'icracrw,
05 rt? //.' ddavdrcov TreSda KOI eBrjcre Ke\ev6ov,
VQGTOV 6\ a>5 eVl TTOVTOV eXe^cro/xat l%6vbevTa. 470
a>5 >djLr)v, 6 $e ju avriic
aXXa yu/aX' w<eXXe5 ^tt T' aXXotcrtz/ re Oeoi&i
pefa5 tepa /caX* dva/3a(,ve/j,v, o(f>pa rd^icrra
crrjv e*5 nrarpL^ IKOIO TrXecov eVt otVo?ra TTOVTOV.
THE ODYSSEY, IV. 129
the nose of each, she set ambrosia, very sweet of smell, and
this destined the creature's stench. So all the morning
did we wait, with patient hearts. At last the seals came
trooping from the sea, and soon lay down in order on the
beach. At noon the old man came from the sea, found
his fat seals, went over all, and told their number, telling
us first among the creatures, and never in his heart sus-
pected there was fraud. At length he too lay down.
Then with a shout we sprang and threw our arms about
him, and the old man did not forget his crafty arts : but
first he turned into a bearded lion, then into a dragon,
leopard, and huge boar ; he turned into liquid water, into
a branching tree ; still we held firm, with patient hearts.
But when the old man at last grew weary, skilful though
he was in wiles, in open speech he questioned me and said :
" 4 Which of the gods, O son of Atreus, aided your plot
to seize me here against my will, by ambuscade? What
would you have ? '
" So he spoke, and answering him I said : ' You know,
old man, why turn me off with such a question? how I
am long pent in this island, unable to discover an escape,
while fainter grows my heart within. Rather tell me
for gods know all which of the immortals chains me
here and bars my progress, and tell me of my homeward
way, how I may pass along the swarming sea.'
" So I spoke, and straightway answering me said he :
' Nay, but to Zeus and to the other gods you should have
made good offerings on setting forth, if you would quickly
reach your native land, sailing the wine-dark sea ; for now
130 OAY22EIA2 A.
ov yap rot, TTplv palpa <j)l\ov<; T IBeew Kal lickaQai 475
OLKOV evKrl/j,evov Kal (rrjv e? TrarpiBa yalav,
irpiv y or av AlyvTrroio, BuTrereos
avns vBcop e'X#27<? pe^rj<; 0* iepas
aOavdroicn Oeolai, rol ovpavbv evpvv
Kal TOT6 TOi UKTOV(n,V 6&OV 0oi, T)V (TV fJ,VOlVaS. 80
&>5 e0ar', avrap e/jiol ye KaTK
ovveKa fju avrt? avcoyev eir rjepoe&ea TTOVTOV
Alyvirrov^ ievat,, So\L^rjv 6&bv dpyaXerjv re.
d\\a Kal a>? piv eireac-iv dfjLei
ravra fiev ovrw Srj reXew, yepov, &>? av Ke\evei<$. 485
aXX' aye pot roSe etTre KOI arpe/eea)? Kard\e^ov t
YI irdvTes (TVV vrjva-lv dirri^ove^ r)\6ov 'Amatol,
01)9 Necrrcop Kal eyco \6iropeit TpoirjOev lovres,
r)i rt? a>\er 6\e0pa) dBevKet ^? eVt 1/770?,
776 <f)i\a)v ev %ep(Tlv, eTrel Trokefiov roXvTrevcrev. 490
a>9 e(t>dfMrjv, 6 Be p avriK d/j,ei/36/j,evo<;
, TI pe ravra Sielpeai ; ovSe rL ere
,, ovBe Safjvai, epbv voov ovBe ae
Srjv aK\avrov eo-earOai,, eTrei K ev iravra 7rv6rjai.
TToXXot fjuev yap TWV ye Sdfjiev, 7ro\\ol Be XtVoi/ro* 495
dp%ol 8' av Bvo fiovvoL 'A^aiMv ^a\Ko^ra)vci)v
ev v6(TTq> aTToXovro ^d^rj Be re Kal a~v TraprjaOa.
el? B* en TTOV fo)o? KarepvKeTai evpet, Trovrq*.
Aias fjiev fjuera vrjvcrl Bd/jirj BoXifflpeT/jLOio-i.
Tvprjo-iv JAW Trpwra IIoo-eiBdcov eVeXao-cre 60t
7TTpr)(7iv /jLeyd\rj(rt,, Kal e^eadoxTe 6 a\d<T<rr)<$
Kal vv Kev K(f>vye Krjpa, Kal tyObftevos Trep
el firj V7rep(f)ia\ov CTTO? e/cySaXe Kal pey
fieya
THE ODYSSEY, IV. 131
it is not permitted you to see your friends and reach your
stately house and native land until you come again to
Egypt's waters, to its heaven-descended stream, and offer
sacred hecatombs to the immortal gods who hold the open
sky. Then shall the gods grant you the course which you
desire.'
" As he spoke thus, my very soul was crushed within me
because he bade me cross again the misty sea and go to
Egypt's river, a long and weary way. Yet still I answered
thus and said : ' Old man, all that you bid me I will do.
Only declare me this and plainly tell, did all the Achai-
ans with their ships return unharmed, whom Nestor and I
left on our setting forth from Troy? Or did men die
by grievous death at sea, or in the arms of friends when
the skein of war was wound ? '
" So I spoke, and straightway answering me said he :
4 O son of Atreus, why question me of this ? Well were
it that you should not see nor comprehend my knowledge.
I think you will not long be free from tears after you
clearly learn of all. Yes, many were cut off and many
spared. Of leaders, only two among the mailed Achaians
died on the journey home as for the battle, you yourself
were there and one, still living, lingers yet somewhere
on the wide sea. Ajax was lost, he and his long-oared
ships. At first Poseidon brought him to the great rocks
of Gyrai and saved him from the sea. And so he might
have escaped his doom, though hated by Athene, had he
not uttered overweening words, puffed up with pride ; for
he said he had escaped the great gulf of the sea in spite of
132 OAY22EIA2 A.
TOV Be IIoo~i,Baa)v ueydtC e/c\vev avBtjcravTO?' 605
ai)TiK eTreiTa Tolaivav e\a)v 'Xjepo'l (TTi/Sapya-w
r/Xacre TvpcU^V Trerprjv, aTro 8' a"%i<rev avrrjv-
Kal TO fJiev avTo6i /juelve, TO Be Tpv(f)o<; efjuirecre 7r6vT(p,
TO> /5' Alas TO TTp&TOV efa^o/jievos pey adaOr)*
rbv 5' ecfropei KCLTCL TCOVTOV aireLpova KVfjLalvovTa. 610
&>9 o fj,ev evO* aTToXcoXe^, eVet Triev akpvpov vB(op.
<70? Be TTOV efcfaye icijpas aSeX^eo? r)B* vTrdXvgev
ev wr]varl y\a(j)vpfjcrf a-dcoce Be 7roTvi,a r 'Hp'r).
d\\ y ore Brj Ta^ e/jL\\e MaXeidcov o/jo? aljrv
igeo-Oai, TOT Btf jjuv avapTrd^acra Ove\\a 515
TTOVTOV eir l%0voevTa <j>epev fieydXa (TTevd'XpvTay
wypov ITT eo-^aTirjv, oOi BwpaTa vale @ve(TT7)<;
TO Trplv, aTap TOT evcue Sveo~Ti,dBr]<$
d\\' ore Brj Kal KelOev e<f>aiveTO VOCTTQS
aty Be 6eol oftpov crTpetyav, Kal ot/caS* IKOVTO, 5
77 rot 6 fjiev %alpcov CTrefiijo-eTO TraTplBo? at^?,
Kal Kvvei aTTTo/Mevos r)v TraTpiBa' 7ro\\a 8' CLT: avTOV
BaKpva Oepiia %eovT t eTrel a<TTca<jiu><$ %Be yaiav.
TOV B' ap' aTTO cTKOTTifi^ elBe <7/co7ro?, ov pa KaOelcrev
BoXofjirjTis aycov, VTTO 8' ecr^ero fiiaObv 6
v Boia Ta\avTa' <j)v\acr(re B' o y els eviavTOV,
fjitj e \dOot, irapitov, pvricraiTO Be OovpiBos aX/d}?.
j3fj B' tfjbev d>y<y\ea)v Trpbs BwfjiaTa Troi/jLevt, \a&v.
avTiKa S' AiyicrOos Bo\lrjv efypdacraTO Te^vrjv
Kpivd/jievos KaTa Brjfiov eelKOcri <^o>ra? dpi&Tovs 6
el<re \6%ov, eTepwOi, B' dvcoyei BaiTa ireveaBai.
aura/3 6 /3rj Ka\ea)v ' ' Ayapifivova, Troipeva \acov,
ITTTTOICTIV Kal o^ea(f)i,v, dewea ^epfnrjpi^cov.
TOV B' OVK elBoT oXeOpov dvtjyaye t Kal
THE ODYSSEY, IT. 133
gods. Poseidon heard his haughty boasting and straight-
way, grasping the trident in his sturdy hands, he sinote
the rock of Gyrai, splitting it open. One part held to its
place ; the broken piece fell in the sea. Now upon this
Ajax at first had sat, puffed up with pride. It bore him
down into the boundless surging deep. So there he died,
when he drank the briny water.
" ' Your brother had escaped his doom and come with
safety, he and his hollow ships ; for powerful Here" saved
him. But when he was about to reach the steep height
of Maleia, a sweeping storm bore him once more along
the swarming sea, loudly lamenting, to the boundaries of
that country where Thyestes dwelt in former days, but
where now dwelt Thyestes' son, Aigisthos. And when his
course from this point on seemed clear of danger, and the
gods changed the wind about and home they came, then
truly with rejoicing he trod his country's soil, and kissed
and clasped that soil ; and from him many hot tears fell,
because he saw the land with gladness. But from a watch-
tower did a watchman spy him, whom wily Aigisthos
posted there, promising him for pay two golden talents.
He had been keeping guard throughout the year, lest un-
observed the king might pass and try the force of arms.
He hurried to the house to tell the shepherd of the people,
and soon Aigisthos planned his treacherous craft. Select-
ing twenty of the bravest in the land, he laid an ambush ;
and across the hall he bade that a feast be spread. Then
he went to welcome Agamemnon, the shepherd of the
people, with horses and with chariots, while meditating
crimes. He led him up unheeding to his death and slew
134 OAY22EIA2 A.
, a>9 rk re /care/crave ftovv 7rl <f>drvrj.
ovBe T*9 'ArpeiSeco erdpwv \L7reO' oi oi CTTOVTO,
ov&e r*9 AlylcrBov, aXX' eKraOev ev fieydpoicrw.
w? e<ar', avrdp efioC ye KareK\da6rj <f)l\ov rjrop,
K\alov S* ev ^rafidBoLcrt, KaOrfiJbevos, ov&e vv pot, icrjp
/
Opdv <baO$ l fJ\LOt,O. 540
avrdp errel K\ala)v re KV\i,vB6aev6$ re KOpecrOrjv,
Brj rdre fi,e rrpoaeeiTre yepcov a\t09 vrjueprrj*;'
LL7}Keri t 'Arpeos vie y rro\vv ypovov aa"Ke\e<$ ovrco
K\al\ ejrel OVK dvvcriv riva Brfo/jbev aXXa ra^terra
ireipa orroy^ Kev Srj vrjv Trarpl&a yalav iKrjai. 545
rj ydp fJLiv fodv ye Ki>^)(Teai> t TI Kev
Krelvev vTroffrOdfjievos' o~v Be Kev ra(
a>9 efar, avrdp epol KpaBirj Kal Ovpos dyrjvwp
avri<$ evl o-rrjOeo-ai, Kal d^yvfievw rrep IdvOrj'
Kal fjbiv (jxovtfaas errea rrrepoevra Trpoo-rjvBwv. 650
rovrovs pev Brj olBa* o~v Be rplrov dvBp* ovo/
09 r^9 en ^&)09 KarepvKerai evpei, rrbvr<p
0)9 efaiuyv, 6 Be /JL avriK dueiffoaevos
uto9 Aaepreo), ^IBaKrj evt oiKia vaicav 555
rov 8' tBov ev vrtaw 6a\epov Kara BUKOV / veovra t
'if I /v
ev fJLeydpoio~t, K.a\v^ov^, tf aw dvdyKrj
o B* ov Bvvarat r\v TrarplBa yalav iKeaOat,*
ov ydp oi rrdpa vfjes errriperfJUOL Kal eralpoi,
o'l Kev JAW TrefjLTTOiev erf evpea vwra 6a\do-a-^ 660
aol 8' ov Oea(j)ar6v eVrt, Biorpe<f><i o> MeveXae,
"Apyei ev l7rrro/36rq) Oaveeiv Kal Troruov
d\\d d 9 'H\v(Tiov TreBlov Kal rreipara
dddvaroi Tre/jL^rovaiv, 60 1 %av0bs ( PaBdaav0vs,
THE ODYSSEY, IV. 135
him feasting, as one cuts the ox down in the stall. Not a
man was left who followed the son of Atreus, nor one
who followed Aigisthos ; all died within the hall.'
" As he thus spoke, my very soul was crushed within me,
and sitting on the sands I fell to weeping ; and now my
heart no longer cared to live or see the sunshine. But
when of weeping and of writhing I had had my fill, then
thus began the unerring old man of the sea : ' Do not, O
son of Atreus, long and unceasingly thus weep, because we
know there is no remedy. Seek rather with all speed to
reach your native land ; for either you will find Aigisthos
still alive, or Orestes will have slain him, so forestalling
you, and you might join the funeral feast.'
" So he spoke, and the heart and sturdy spirit in my
breast, grieved as I was, again grew warm ; and speaking
to him in winged words I said : ' Of these men then I
know, but name the third who lingers still alive on the
wide sea ; or be he dead, spite of my grief, I fain would
hear.'
" So I spoke, and straightway answering me said he :
' It is Laertes' son, who dwells in Ithaka. I saw him on an
island, letting the big tears fall, in the halls of the nymph
Kalypso, who holds him there by force. No power has he
to reach his native land, for he has no ships fitted with
oars, nor crews to bear him over the broad ocean-ridges.
As for yourself, heaven-favored Menelaos, it is not God's
decree that you should die and meet your doom in grazing
Argos ; but to the Elysian plain and the earth's limits the
immortal gods shall bear you, where fair-haired Rhada-
136 OAY22EIA2 A.
T 7T6/3 prjlo-rr) /3t,orr) TreXei avOpwTTOKrw 565
ov i/t0ero9, our' a/3 xeifjitov 77-0X1)5 oure TTOT'
dXX' atel Ze<f>vpoio \iyit TTVCLOVTOS
'/2/cea^o? avirjo-w d
ovveic e'^et? *E\evr)v tca
a)? eiTroDV VTTO TTOVTOv eSixreTO Kv^alvovTa. 670
avrap e<ya)v eVl z/^a? aX avriOeoi? erdpoio-iv
r}ia, TroXXa 8e yu-ot KpaBiT) 7r6p(f)Vp KIQVTI.
avrap eTrel /' 7rl vfja KaTTJ\Oofiev r)$e Od\acr(rav t
SopTrov 0' 07T\i,o-dfjLe<70\ 67T/ T' rj\v9ev d/j,/3pocri'rj vvl;'
Srj rore KOifjLTJdrjfjiev eTrl prjy/jblvi 6a\dao-7]<;. 575
S' rjpiyeveia <j)dvrj po$o$d/CTV\o<; 'Jfa)5,
fj,ev TrdjjuTTpcoTOv epvcro-apev et? aXa 8t
ev &' tVrou? Ti@ejj,ecr0a ical ten la vrjvalv ii
av SI /cat aurot /Saz/re? eVl /c\Tjlai, /ca6lov
ef?;? 8' e^ofievoi nrdXirju aXa TVTTTOV eper/xot?. 580
a-\|r ' et? Alyinrroi
<7Trj(Ta vea?, /fat e/sefa
avrap eVel teareTravo-a 6eS)v ^6\ov alev
^ev 'Ayafjie/Jivovi, TVfAJBov, r iv aa-pe<nov /cXe'o? ew;.
ravra reXeur^o-a? veofjLrjv, $&o(rav Be pot, ovpov 585
dOdvaroi t TOI JJL Mica <j)\r)v e? TrarptS'
aXX* a^e z/0^ eTrifjbeivov evl pe^dpoicnv ef
o(f>pa KV evBe/cdrij re SvcoSeKarTj re
ical Tore o-' eu Tre^o), Scbaa) Se rot d<y\aa Swpa
tTrTrou? /cat Bl<f>pov voov avrap eireira 59
Ka\ov aXeto-oz/, tVa o-7reV8^<7^a 6eol<rw
dQavdrois, efieOev /jL/jLwr]fj,evo<; ij/jLara irdvra'
Tov 8' a# T^Xe/^a^o? TreTrvvfLevos dvriov rjvSa*
j, fir) Srj fj,e TroXvi/ 'xpovov ev6d& epvfce.
THE ODYSSEY, IV. 137
manthus dwells. Here utterly at ease passes the life of
men. No snow is here, no winter long, no rain, but the
loud-blowing breezes of the west Okeanos sends up only
to bring men coolness ; for you have Helen, and are in the
eyes of gods the son-in-law of Zeus.'
"Saying this, he plunged into the surging sea, and I
with my gallant men turned to our ships ; and as I went
often my heart grew dark. But when we came down to
the ship and to the sea, and we had made our supper, and
the immortal night was come, we laid us down upon the
beach. Then as the early rosy-fingered Dawn appeared,
we in the first place launched our ships into the sacred sea,
we put the mast and sails in the trim ships, the men
embarked themselves, took places at the pins, and, sitting
in order, smote the foaming water with their oars. So
back again to Egypt's waters, to its heaven - descended
stream, I set my ships, and made the offerings due. And
after appeasing the anger of the gods that live forever, I
raised a mound to Agamemnon, in order that his fame
might never die. This done, I sailed away, and the gods
gave a breeze and brought me swiftly to my native land.
But come, remain awhile here at my hall, until eleven or
twelve days pass. Then I will send you forth with honor
and give you splendid gifts, three horses and a polished
car. Moreover, I will give a goodly chalice, that as you * v
pour libations to the immortal gods you may be mindful
all your days of me."
Then answered him discreet Telemachos : " O son of
Atreus, keep me no long time here, though for a year I
138 OAY22E1A2 A.
Kal yap K et9 eviavrov eycw nrapa col 7' dve^olfjLTjv 696
?jfj,evos, ovBe KG JM OCKOV e\oi 7ro#o9 ovBe TOKTJW
yap pvOoicriv eweoW re arolo-w a/covcov
aXX' IJ&TJ /JLOI, dvid^ovcrcv eralpoi
ev IIv\tt) rjyaOey crv Be /-te %pbvov ev0dS* epv/ceis*
8' OTTi K6 JJLOL &H?75, KeifjUJ\{,OV (7Tft)* 600
8' t? y I6dfcr)v ov/c ago/tat, d\\d crot aura)
Xe/i|rft) dya\/ji,a' av yap Tre&loio dvdcrcrei,*;
, u> evi fiev XWTO? TroXv?, eV Se tcvweipov
re eu re t8 ' evpvtyves Kpl \evrcov.
ev S' Iddicr) OVT dp Spo/jioi evpees ovre rt, \ei/j,a)V 605
aiylftoros, Kal fjbd\\ov eV^aro? l7T7ro/36roto.
ov ydp rt9 vr)o-u>v linrrj\aTO^ ovS* evXeipcov,
ai 0* dXl ^e/cXtarai* 'lOdfCT] Be re teal trepl Traa-e&v.'
*fl<; <j)dro, fjuelBrjcrev Be fiorjv dyaOo? MeveKaos,
icarepe^ev 67T09 r etyar e/c r* bvopa^ev. 610
et9 dyaOoio, (f>l\ov re/co9, oT dyopevew
roiydp eycD rot ravra (Aerao-Tija'a)' Bvva/jLai ydp.
B', O(7(r ev efjLO) ot/cw icetfirfKLa
b /cd\\t(TTOV Kal ri/jLTjea-rarov
Bcoa-co rot Kprjrrjpa reTvy/Jbevov * dpyvpeos Be , 616
ecmv aTras, ftpvaa) S' eirl %ei\ea Keicpdavrai*
epyov 8* ( H<f)aio-Toio' Tropev Be e
^iBovi(ov @ao-i\evs, 60* 09 80/109
Kelcre pe voarrjo-avra' relv 8' e6e\o) roS'
^^9 ot //-ei/ Toiavra 7rpo9 aXX^Xou9 dyopevov,
BairvfJLoves B' 9 Bw/Aar' laav Oeiov /3a(Ti,\fjo<;.
ol S' ^701^ /Ai/ /jt,f)\a, <f>epov S' evijvopa olvov
(rlrov Be aft aXo^oi Ka\\iKpijBe/Jivoi eTrejjLTrov.
&>9 ot /^ey 7T6/)t BeiTrvov evl fjieydpoKri, Trevovro,
THE ODYSSEY, IV. 139
well could bear to tarry, and not a wish for home or
parents ever would cross me ; for I find a wonderful
pleasure in hearing your tales and talk. But already
friends at sacred Pylos are uneasy, and you still hold me
here. As for the gift that you would give, pray let it be
some keepsake. Horses I will not take to Ithaka, but I
will leave them here to you, an honor ; for you rule
over open plains, where lotus is abundant, marsh-grass
and corn and rye, and the white broad-eared barley. In
Ithaka there are no open runs, no meadows; a land for
goats, and pleasanter than grazing country. Not one of
the islands is a place to drive a horse, none has good
meadows, of all that rest upon the sea ; Ithaka least of all."
He spoke, and Menelaos, good at the war-cry, smiled,
patted him with his hand, and spoke thus, saying :
"Of noble blood you are, dear child, as your words
show. Yes, I will make the change, for well I can.
Out of the gifts stored in my house as keepsakes I will
give the thing most beautiful and precious ; I will give a
well-wrought bowl. It is of solid silver, its rim finished
with gold, the work of Hephaistos. To me lord Phaidi-
mos, the king of the Sidonians, gave it, when his house
once received me upon my homeward way. This I will
gladly give you."
So ran their talk with one another. And now the
guests came to the palace of the noble king. Men drove
up sheep, and brought the cheering wine, and their veiled
wives sent bread. Thus were they busied with the feast
throughout the halls.
140 OAY22EIA2 A.
Be irdpoiOev 'O$v<T(rrjos fjueydpoio
Bio~Kouriv repTTOvTO /cal alyaver)o~iv levres,
ev TV/era BajreBa), odi, Trep Trdpos, v/3piv
'Avrlvoos Be /caOrjcrro /cal Evpv/jia^o^ 0eoeiBr)<; f
dp%ol /jLvr)<TT?jpa)v, apery ' ecrav efo^' apicrroi,.
rot? 5' f/o? <&povioio NOIJ/JLCOV eyyvOev e\6a)v
^Avrivoov /jLvOoMTW dveipo/jbevos irpoa-eenrev
' 'Avrlvo, r) pd TL iS/j,ev evl fypecrlv, rje fcal ov/cl,
OTTTTore T^e/jLa^o^ velr e/c TLvKov
vrjd pot, ofyeT ayw e/ze Be %pea> rylyverai,
6? evpvxopov Siaffrfpevai,, evOa poi /LTTTTOI 636
L, VTTO S' fj^lovoi ra\aepyol
r&v Kev TIV eKacrdd^evo^ SafjLaaaifi'rjv.'
', ol 8' dva Ovfibv eOdufteov ov yap (pavTO
5 Hv\ov oi^eadat, NrfKrjiov, d\\d TTOV avrov
dyp&v rj iMij\ot,(7i Trape/jLfjLevai, rje crv/3ot)Trj. 640
Tov 8' avr 'Awrivoos Trpocre^, EvTreiOeos
' vrjfiepTe^ JJLOI, evicnre, TTOT tt>'%ero /cal rtVe?
Kovpot CTTOVT ; 'IQd/crjs e^alperot, fj eol avrov
drjres re S/zwe? re ; Svvairo /ce /cal TO re\eaa-ai>.
Kai fioi TOVT dyopev&ov errfrvjAOv, o<f>p' ev elSa), 646
ri ae ftly de/covTOS djrrjvpa vfja pe\aivav,
r^e e/cwv ol Sw/cas, ewel Trpoo-Trrvgaro
Tov B' uio? 3>povioio NOIJ/JLCOV avriov
' auro? e/ccov ol Bw/ca* ri Kev pegeie /cal aXXo?,
OTTTTOT dvrjp TOtOUTO? %Ci)V {JLeXeBtf/Jb
airily ; %a\e7r6v Kev dvrfvacrOai, Boaw elrj.
Kovpoi, 8' 01 /card Bfjpov dpio-revovai,
QI ol 7TOVT- ev 8' dp%ov eya> ftaivovr evoijaa
Mevropa, rje 6eov } rw B' avrw irdvra ea>/cei.
THE ODYSSEY, IV. 141
But before the hall of Odysseus the suitors were mak-
ing merry, throwing the discus and the hunting spear upon
the level pavement, holding riot as of old. Here sat
Antinoos and god-like Eurymachos, the leaders of the
suitors ; for they in manly power were quite the first. To
them Noemon, son of Phronios, now drew near ; and ques-
tioning Antinoos thus he spoke :
"Antinoos, do we know at all, or do we not, when
Telemachos will come from sandy Pylos ? He went off
with a ship of mine, and I have need of her for crossing
to broad Elis, where I keep my twelve brood mares. The
hardy mules, their foals, are still unbroken ; one I would
fetch away and break him in."
So he spoke. The others were amazed. They did not
think Telemachos was gone to Pylos, to the land of
Neleus ; they thought he still was here about the farms,
among the flocks, or with the swineherd.
Then said to him Antinoos, Eupeithes' son : " Tell me
precisely when he went, and what young men were with
him. Picked men of Ithaka, or his own hirelings and
slaves ? That indeed might he do ! And tell the truth
in this, that I may know full well ; did he with violence,
against your will, take the black ship ? Or did you give
it willingly, because he begged it ? "
Then answered him Noemon, son of Phronios : " I gave
it willingly. What else could a man do when one like
him, with troubles on his heart, entreated ? Hard would
it be to keep from giving. The youths who next to us are
noblest in the land are his companions. I marked their
captain as he went on board, and it was Mentor, or a god
11
142 OAY22EIA2 A.
aXXa TO Qavfjid^w iBov evOdSe Mevropa Siov 655
'XJditpv vTTrjolov. Tore 8' /j,/3rj vrjl IIv\ovBe.'
' v /29 apa <f)a)vrj<ra<; airk^j] 777709 Sahara Trarpo?,
8' d^orepoiaiv dyda-aaro QVJJLOS dyijvcop.
8' ayLtuSt? KaOiaav KOI Travvav aed\Q)V.
Tol(7(,v S' ^Avrlvoos fierier), EvrrelOeos vlbs 660
7rlfj,7r\avT, oo"(r be ol irvpl Xa/jLTTCTocovrt, el/
' */2 TroTrot, ^ /jLerya epyov L'Trep^ta
T7)\fJid'^(t), 6809 ^Se* (frd/jiev Be ol ov
e/c TO<7(7w^S' de/crjri i/eo? Trat? ol^erat aura)?,
i/^a epvacrd/jLevos, Kplvas T dva BTJ/JLOV dpicrrov^.
apj;et, Kal Trporepa) tca/cov e/j,/jLvcu' d\\d ol
\e<rei6 j3lr)v, irplv tfprjs fterpov 1/ceaOai.
* ay' e/juol Sore vfja Borjv Kal eiicoa eraipovs,
o(f)pa IJLIV avrbv lovra \o%ijo-o/jiai, ^Be <f>v\d^co 670
ev TropO/jLO) *I0d/C7)<i re SdjJLOio re
009 av eTna/jLvyepMS z/auT/XXerat eive/ca
' v /29 e</>a^', ot 8' apa 7raVre9 ejryveov 778' e/ce\vov
avriK ZTrevr dvo-rdvres e/3av SO/JLOV ek 'OSvcrijos.
Ovo' apa IlrjveXoTreia TTO\VV ^pbvov r^ev aTrixrTO? 675
fjiv0ci)v, 01)9 [Ji>vr)(rTf)pe<; evl (frpecrl pvcrcroBo/jLevov
Kijpvj; ydp ol eetTre MeSayv, 09 etrevOero {3ov\as
auX^9 e/CT09 e'<wi/' of S' evBoOc \Lr\Tiv v<f)ai,vov.
/3^ S' I'yLtev dyyehecov Bid Sahara
TOI/ 8e /car' ouSoO ySai/ra Trpo&rjvBa
' Kfjpvt;, TiTrre Se o-e irpoeaav ^vqa-rrjpe^ dyavoi ;
77 elTreuevat, S/jicofjcriv 'OSvcro-rjo? Oeloio
epycov iravcraaOai, cr(f>lcn 8 ' avrols Baira
prj jjivrj(7TV<ravTe<; /jirjB' aXXo^' 6jju,\'ijcravT6S
THE ODYSSEY, IV. 143
exactly like him. And still in this I am puzzled. Here
I saw noble Mentor yesterday in the morning ; yet there
he had embarked for Pylos."
So saying, he departed to his father's house. But the
proud spirits of the two were stirred. They made the
suitors sit down side by side and stop their sports. And
then Antinoos, Eupeithes' son, addressed them in dis-
pleasure. With a great passion was his dark soul filled.
His eyes were like bright fire.
" Ye gods ! here is a monstrous action impudently
brought to pass, this journey of Telemachos. We told
him not to make it ; and here in spite of all of us this
young boy simply goes, launching a ship and picking out
the best men of the land. Before we think, he will begin
to be our bane. But may Zeus blast his power before he
reaches man's estate ! Come, give me a swift ship with
twenty men, that I may lie in wait upon his way, and
guard the strait from Ithaka to rugged Samos. So to his
grief he cruises off to find his father." He spoke ; the
others all approved and urged him on. Then they arose
and entered the hall of Odysseus.
But now Penelope, no long time after, learned of the
talk on which the suitors' hearts were brooding. For the
page Medon told her, who overheard the plot as he stood
outside the court, while they within it framed their scheme.
He hastened through the palace with the tidings to Penel-
ope ; and as he crossed her threshold Penelope spoke thus :
" Page, why have the lordly suitors sent you here ?
Was it to tell the maids of noble Odysseus to put by
work and lay for them the table? Oh that they never
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THE ODYSSEY, IV. 145
had wooed or gathered here, or that they here might eat
to-day their last and latest meal ! You are the men who
troop about and waste large means, even all the estate
of wise Telemachos. To your fathers of old you gave no
heed when you were children, nor heard what sort of man
Odysseus was among your elders, how he did no wrong
by deed or word to any in the land. And that is the
common way with high-born kings; one man they hate
and love another. But he wrought no iniquity toward
any man. Yet now what your hearts are, what your vile
deeds, is plain to see. There is no gratitude for good
deeds done."
Then Medon spoke, a man of understanding : " Ah
Queen, I would that were our greatest danger ; but
weightier matters yet, a sorer evil, the suitors now pro-
pose which may the son of Kronos hinder ! They have
resolved to slay Telemachos with the keen sword, as he
sails home. He went away for tidings of his father, to
hallowed Pylos and to sacred Lakedaimon."
As he thus spoke, her knees grew feeble and her very
soul. Long time a speechless stupor held her ; her two
eyes filled with tears ; her full voice stayed. But at the
last, she answered thus and said : " Page, why is my child
gone ? What need had he to mount the coursing ships,
which serve men for sea-horses and cross the mighty flood ?
Was it to leave not even a name amongst men here ? "
Then answered Medon, that man of understanding :
" I do not know whether some god impelled him, or if his
own heart stirred within to go to Pylos, to learn about his
father's coming or there to hear what fate he met."
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TI ea ev fjueydpq*' fjbvdov Be rot OVK e
THE ODYSSEY, IV. 147
So saying, he departed along the hall of Odysseus. But
upon her heart-eating anguish fell. No longer had she
power to sit upon a chair, though many were in the room,
but down she sank upon the floor of her rich chamber,
pitifully moaning. Round about, her maids were sobbing
all her household, old and young. And with repeated
cries, Penelope thus spoke :
" Listen, dear maids ! Surely the Olympian gave me
exceeding sorrow, beyond all women born and bred my
mates. For I in former days lost my good husband, a
man of lion heart, for every excellence honored among
the Danaans good man ! his fame is wide through
Hellas and mid-Argos. Moreover now my darling son
the winds have snatched away, silently, from my halls ; I
heard not of his going. Hard-hearted maids ! No one of
you took thought to rouse me from my bed, though well
your own hearts knew what time he went away on the
black hollow ship. Ah, had I learned that he was pur-
posing this journey, surely he would have stayed, however
eager for the journey, or else he should have left me dead
within the hall. But now let some one haste and call old
Dolios, the slave my father gave me at my coming, who
tends my orchard trees ; that he may quickly go, seat
himself by Laertes, and, telling all, learn if Laertes in
his wisdom can devise a way to come before the people
and cry out against the men who seek to crush his race,
the race of great Odysseus."
Thus answered then her good nurse Eurykleia : " Dear
lady, slay me with the ruthless sword or let me live within
the hall ; I will not hide my story. I knew of all. I gave
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THE ODYSSEY, IV. 149
him what he wanted, bread and sweet wine. But he ex-
acted from me a great oath to speak no word of this to you
till the twelfth day was come, or until you should miss him
and hear that he was gone, that so you might not stain
your beautiful face with tears. Now therefore bathe, and
putting on fresh garments, go to your upper chamber
with your maids, and offer prayer to Athene, daughter
of a3gis-bearing Zeus ; for thus she may preserve him
even from death. Vex not an old man, vexed already.
Surely I cannot think the Arkeisian line is wholly hate-
ful to the blessed gods. Nay, one shall still survive to
hold the high-roofed house and the fat fields around."
She spoke, and lulled the other's cries and stayed her
eyes from tears. Penelope bathed, and putting on fresh
garments went to her upper chamber with her maids, took
barley in her basket, and thus she prayed Athene :
"Hear me, thou child of a3gis-bearing Zeus, unwearied
one. If ever wise Odysseus when at home burned the fat
thighs of ox or sheep to thee, thereof be mindful now ;
preserve me my dear son. Guard him against the suitors'
cruel outrage ! "
Thus having said, she raised the cry, and the goddess
heard her prayer. But the suitors broke into uproar up
and down the dusky halls, and a rude youth would say :
" Ha, ha ! at last the long-wooed queen makes ready for
our marriage. Little she thinks that for her son death is
in waiting." So they would talk, nor knew themselves
what was in waiting.
And now Antinob's addressed them, saying : " Good
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THE ODYSSEY, IV. 151
sirs, beware of haughty talk of every kind, for fear that
some one may report it in the house. Come, rather, let
us rise and quietly as we may let us effect the scheme
which pleased the hearts of all."
When he had spoken thus, he chose the twenty fittest
men, who went to the swift ship and to the beach. Here
first of all they launched the ship into deep water, they
put the mast and sail in the black ship, fitted the oars
into their leathern slings, all in due order, and up aloft
spread the white sail. Stately squires carried their armor.
Then well out in the stream they moored their boat,
they themselves disembarked, here took their supper, and
waited for the evening to come on.
But in her upper chamber heedful Penelope lay in the
same place fasting, tasting neither food nor drink, anx-
ious whether her gallant son would escape death, or by
the audacious suitors be borne down ; as doubts a lion in
a crowd of men, in terror as they draw the crafty circle
round him. To her in such anxiety sweet slumber came,
and lying back she slept and every joint relaxed.
Then elsewhere the goddess turned her thoughts, keen-
eyed Athene. She shaped a phantom, fashioned in a
woman's form, even like Iphthime, daughter of brave
Ikarios, her whom Eumelos married, that had his home
at Pherai. And this she sent to the house of matchless
Odysseus, that it might make Penelope, mourning and
sighing now, cease from her griefs and tearful sighs. It
came into the chamber, past the bolt-strap, stood by her
head and thus addressed her :
" Are you asleep, Penelope, dear troubled heart ? No,
152 OAY22EIA2 A.
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THE ODYSSEY, IV. 153
never shall the gods that live at ease leave you to weep
and pine ; for still your son is destined to return, since
in the gods' sight he is no transgressor."
Then answered heedful Penelope, very sweetly slum-
bering at the gates of dreams : " Why, sister, have you
come ? You never before were with me, for very far
away you have your dwelling. And you bid me cease
from grief and all the pangs that vex my mind and heart,
me who in former days lost my good husband, a man
of lion heart, for every excellence honored among the
Danaans good man ! his fame is wide through Hellas
and mid-Argos. Moreover now my darling son is gone
on a hollow ship, a mere boy, too, but little skilled in
cares and counsels. Therefore for him I mourn even
more than for that other. For him I tremble, and I fear
that he may meet with ill, either from those within the
land where he is gone, or on the sea. For many are the
foes that plot against him, seeking to slay him before he
gains his native land."
And answering her, said the dim phantom : " Take
heart, and be not in your mind too sore afraid. So true
a guide goes with him as other men have prayed to stand
beside them for powerful is she Pallas Athene. See-
ing you grieve, she pities you, and it was she who sent
me here to tell you so."
Then heedful Penelope said to her : " If you are a god
and have obeyed some heavenly bidding, come tell me also
of that hapless one, if he still lives and sees the sunshine ;
or is he already dead and in the halls of Hades ? "
154 OAY22EIA2 A.
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THE ODYSSEY, IV. 155
And answering her, said the dim phantom : " Of him I
will not speak at length, be he alive or dead. To speak
vain words is ill."
So saying, it glided past the door-post's bolt into the
airy breezes. And out of sleep awoke Ikarios' daughter,
and her very soul was warmed, so clear a dream was sent
her in the dead of night.
Meanwhile the suitors, embarking in their ship, sailed
on their watery journey, revolving in their minds the
speedy murder of Telemachos. Now in mid-sea there is
a rocky island, midway from Ithaka to rugged Samos
Star Islet called of no great size. Its harbor, safe for
ships, has double mouths ; and here it was the Achaians
waited, watching.
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V.
THE BOAT OF ODYSSEUS.
DAWN from her couch by high Tithftnus rose to bring
light to immortals and to men, and the gods sat in coun-
cil: with them was Zeus, who thunders from on high,
whose power is over all ; and to them Athene told the
many sorrows of Odysseus, mindful of him, for she was
troubled by his stay in the nymph's dwelling.
" O Father Zeus, and all you blessed gods that live for-
ever, never again let sceptre-bearing king in all sincerity
be kind and gentle, nor let him in his mind heed righteous-
ness. Rather should he be always stern and work un-
righteous deeds ; since none remembers kingly Odysseus
among the people whom he ruled, kind father though he
was. Upon an island he is tarrying now, in great dis-
tress, in the halls of the nymph Kalypso, who holds him
there by force. No power has he to reach his native land,
for he has no ships fitted with oars, nor crews to bear
him over the broad ocean-ridges. Now, too, men seek to
slay his darling son, as he sails home. He went away
for tidings of his father, to hallowed Pylos and to sacred
Lakedaimon."
Then answering, said cloud-gathering Zeus : " My child,
what word has passed the barrier of your teeth? Nay,
did not you devise the plan yourself that Odysseus should
chastise these men at his return? As for Telemachos,
12
158 OAY22EIA2 E.
Be (TV Tre/jL^ov eirKTra/jievcos, Bvvao-ai, yap, 25
da-fcrjOrjs r)v TrarpiBa yalav
fjbvrj(Trrjp<; 8* ev vrfl TraXt/xTrere? a
*H pa, Kal 'Eppelav, vlov <f)i\ov, dvriov
0v yap avre rd T a\\a irep
6V7r\OKd/j,q> eiTreiv vrj^eprea f3ov\rjv,
VO(TTOV 'OSua-o-fJo? raKacrifypovos, w? K6 verjrat,
OVT6 BeS)V TTOfJLTrf} OVT
o y eTrl cr^eS/975
K el/co(TTa) ^^eplrjv epi/3<t)\ov llCOVTO,
6? yaiav, ot dy^ideoi yeydaGiv,
fcev JAW irepl /cfjpi, 6eov &>? Ti^crovdiy
(Tiv 8* ev vrji <f)L\r)v 6? irarpiBa yalav,
re %pv(r6v re aXt? ea-Orjrd re Sovres,
', O(T av ovBe irore T polys egrfpar '
et irep aTTij/jicov rj\6e, \a^ti)v djrb \ijlbos al&av. 40
W9 ydp ol fiolp eo-rl <j)l\ovs r ibeeiv Kal l/ceo-Oat
olfcov 69 vty6po(j)ov Kal erjv 69 TrarplSa yaiav.'
7rei0' VTTO iroa-alv eStjcraro Kaka 7reSi\a,
dufipoa-ia, xpvcreia, rd piy Qepov rj^iev e<$> vyprjv 45
rj& eir airelpova yaiav a/j,a Trvoifjs dve/jioio.
etXero Be pdfiSov, rfj T dvSp&v ofjupara OeXyei,
&v eOeXei, rovs 8' avre Kal V7rva>ovra$ eyeipei.
rrjv /juera %e/0(7ty %x wv ^rero tcparvs dpyeupovri]?.
Tlieplr^v S' 67Tt/3a9 ef aWepos e/j,7re(Te Trovrq* 9 5fl
(revar eVetr' eirl Kv/J,a \dpq> opviQi eoiKO)?,
09 re Kara Seivovs Ko\7rov$ a\o9 drpvyeroio
dypo!)(T(TCt)v irvKiva Trrepa Several
7ro\eecT(Tiv
THE ODYSSEY, V. 159
speed him along his course with wisdom, as you can,
that he may come unharmed to his own native land, and
the suitors in their ship may be turned back again."
He spoke, and said to Hermes, his dear son : " Hermes,
since in all else you are my messenger, tell to the fair-
haired nymph our steadfast purpose, that hardy Odysseus
shall set forth upon his homeward way, not with gods'
guidance nor with that of mortal man ; but by himself,
upon a strong-built boat, beset with sorrows, in twenty days
he shall reach fertile Scheria, the land of the Phaiakians,
who are kinsmen of the gods. There shall they greatly
honor him, as if he were a god, and bear him on his way
by ship to his own native land, giving him stores of
bronze and gold and clothing, more than Odysseus would
have won from Troy, had he returned unharmed, with his
due share of spoil. Thus, then, it is appointed him to see
his friends and reach his high-roofed house and native
land."
So he spoke, and the guide, the Speedy-comer, did not
disobey ; forthwith under his feet he bound his beautiful
sandals, immortal, made of gold, which carry him over the
flood and over the boundless land swift as a breath of
wind. He took the wand with which he charms to sleep
the eyes of whom he will, while again whom he will he
wakens out of slumber. Holding this in his hand, the
powerful Speedy-comer began his flight ; he crossed Pieria,
then from the upper air dropped down upon the deep and
skimmed along the water like a bird, a gull, which down
the fearful hollows of the barren sea, snatching at fish,
dips its thick plumage in the spray. In such wise, through
160 OAY22EIA2 E.
aXX' ore Brj rrjv vrjcrov d^i/cero T^Xofl' eov<rav, 65
evO' K TTOVTOV /Sa? loeiBeos iJTreipovBe
tfiev, o(f>pa fjueya a^reo? i/cero, ro3 evt vvpfyr)
valev ev7r\6tcafj,o$' TTJV B' evBoOt, rer/iev eovarav.
Trvp fj>ev JTT' eo-^apocfuv /j,eya Kaiero, r-^Xo^t S'
/ceBpov T' evKedroio 6vov r' ava vfja-ov oScaSe*
SaiofAevwv r) S' evSov doiSidovo"' OTTL /ca\rj,
I(TTOV eTTO^o/jbevrj xpva-elr) tcep/clS' vcfrcuvev.
Be (77reo? dfucfrl 7r
T alyeipos re /cal
evda Be r opvt,Qe<$ Tavva-iTrrepoi, evvd^ovro,
T ipijtces re ravvy\a)(To-oi re /copwvai
, rya-lv re 6a\do-(ria, epya /jLe/JLr)\ev.
B' avrov rerdwa-TO irepl crTreiovs
cbo)(Ta, reOij\et, Be
/cpijvai, B' ef 6/779 iriavpes peov vBart \evic<p t 70
dfj,(f)l Be Xet/iwz/e? paXa/coi lov rjBe cre\wov
6ri\eov ev6a K eVetra KOI dOdvaros Trep eTre\0<bv
Ov)r)<raiTO iBow KOI rep^delrj <f>pecrlv yaw.
evOa o-ra? QqeiTO Bidtcropos dpyet,(f>dvTr]s. 75
avrdp eTreiBrj irdvra ec3 &irf<raro 6v^iw t
avrl/c* dp 9 els evpv o-Treo? ij\v0ev ovBe pw dvrrjv
yryvoiijarev IBovcra Ka\v^ra), Bla Oedcov,
ov ydp T* dyv&res Oeol d\\r)\oiari TreXovrat,
dOdvaroi, ovB' ell rt? diroTrpoOt, Bco/^ara valet,. 80
ovB' dp 1 'OBvo-crfja fjLeya\tjropa evBov ererpev,
aXX' o 7' eTT d/crrjs K\ale Ka9r)fj,evo<s, ev6a irdpos
BaKpvai, ical (TTOva^fja-i Kal dXyecri, dvfiov epe^Ocov
[TTOVTOV erf drpvyerov Bep/ceo-Kero Bd/cpva \etj3a)v\,
THE ODYSSEY, V. 161
the multitude of waves, moved Hermes. But when he
neared the distant island, there turning landward off the
dark blue sea, he passed on till he came to a great grotto,
where dwelt a fair-haired nymph. He found her in her
home. Upon the hearth a great fire blazed, and far along
the island the fragrance of split cedar and of sandal-wood
sent perfume as they burned. In-doors, and singing in a
pleasant voice, she plied the loom and wove with golden
shuttle. Around the grotto, trees grew luxuriantly, alder
and poplar and sweet-scented cypress, where long-winged
birds had nests, owls, hawks, and sea -crows ready-
tongued, who ply their business in the waters. Here too
was trained over the hollow grotto a thrifty vine, luxu-
riant with clusters ; and four springs in a row were run-
ning with clear water, making their way beside each other
here and there. On either hand, soft meadows of violet
and parsley bloomed. Here, therefore, even an immortal
who should come might gaze at what he saw, and in his
heart be glad.
Here stood and gazed the guide, the Speedy - comer.
Then after he had gazed on all to his heart's fill, straight-
way he turned into the spacious grotto, and at a glance
Kalypso, the heavenly goddess, failed not to know it was
he ; for not unknown to one another are the immortal
gods, although they have their dwellings far apart. But
brave Odysseus was not found within ; for he sat weeping
on the shore, where, as of old, with tears and groans and
griefs racking his heart, he watched the barren sea and
poured forth tears. And now Kalypso, the heavenly god-
162 OAY22EIA2 E.
*Eplieiav S' epeewe KaXirfyci), Bia 0edcov t 85
ev Opbvw ISpvaaaa <j>aei,vq), <n,ya\6evri,'
' Tljrre fjuoi, ( Ep/j,ela ^vo-oppairit el\.ij\ov6as
alBoios re </Xo9 re ; vrapo? 76 /^.ez/ ou n #a/uet9.
avBa o TI (frpoveew reXeom 8e yu,6 ^i//,to? avcoyev,
el &vva/j,cu rekeaai ye /cal el rere\cr pevov i<rriv. 90
' eVeo Trporepci), iva rot Trap %elvia
dpa (fxDvrjaao-a Oea TrapeOrj/ce
TrXrjcracra, Kepaaae Be vercrap epvOpov.
avrap 6 irlve teal r)<r6e Sta/cro/oo? dpyei<f>6vT'rj<;.
avrap eVet BeLTrvrja-e KOI tfpape Ovjjibv e&coBf), 95
KOI rore r) /JLIV eTrecrcnv afjieipofievos Trpocreenrev*
' Elpcora? fjb e\66vTa Oea debv avrap eya) rot,
wrjfJLepTecos rov fjuvdov evio-irrjcrw /ce\eai yap.
Zevs e/jie 7' rjVGoyei, Sevp* eKOepev ovtc edeXovra'
Tt? 8' hv eictov TOcrcrovSe SiaSpd/jLOi, aXjjbvpov v&cop 100
ao-irerov ; ovSe TIS wy%i fiporwv ?roXt9> ot re
lepd re pe^ovat, Kal e^alrovs e/caroyLtySa?.
aXXa fjudX 1 ov ?ra)9 ecrrt, At,o<s vbov
ovre 7rapej;e\6e2v a\\ov Oeov ov9*
fyvjorl roi avSpa rrapelvai, oi^vpdtrarov a\\cov, 105
ra>v dvBpwv ot acrrv rrepi IIpta/Aoio ^id^ovro
elvderes, Sefcdrq) Be rrb\w rrepaavres e/Brjaav
oi/caS' drap ev voo-rq) 'AOrjvai'Tjv d\irovro,
TI <T$IV errwpG avefiov re Kaicov /cal KVfJLara paicpd.
\evO' aXXot /j,ev Trdvre? direfyQiOev eaO\ol eralpoi, no
rbv S' apa Bevp* ave/juos re <f>epa)v /cal /cv/ua TreXao-cre.]
rov vvv d rjvayyew dTTOTre/jbire/jLev orrt, rd^icrra"
ov yap ol TTJ& alaa <f)i\a)v drrovbo-fyiv o\eo-0at, y
dXX* ert ol i^olp 1 earl ^>/Xof9 r ISeew /cal l/ceo-dat
THE ODYSSEY, V. 163
dess, questioned Hermes, when she had seated him upon
a bright and shining chair :
"Pray, Hermes of the golden wand, why are you come,
honored and welcome though you are? You were not
often with me hitherto. Speak what you have in mind ;
my heart bids me to do it, if I can do it and it is a thing
that can be done. But follow me first, and let me give
you entertainment."
Speaking thus, the goddess laid a table, loading it with
ambrosia and mixing ruddy nectar ; and so the guide, the
Speedy-comer, drank and ate. But when he had supped
and stayed his heart with food, then thus he answered her
and said :
"Goddess, you question me, a god, about my coming
hither, and I will truly tell my story, as you bid. Zeus
ordered me to come, against my will. Who of his own
accord would cross such stretches of salt sea? Inter-
minable ! And no city of men at hand to make an offer-
ing to the gods and bring them chosen hecatombs. Nev-
ertheless the will of a3gis-bearing Zeus no other god may
cross or set at naught. He says a man is with you in a
more piteous case than any of those who fought before
the town of Priam nine years long, and in the tenth de-
stroyed the city and departed homeward. These on their
homeward way offended Athene, who raised ill winds
against them and a heavy sea. Thus all the rest of his
good comrades perished, but him the driving wind and
water brought in here. This is the man whom Zeus now
bids you send away, and quickly too, for it is not ordained
that he shall perish far from friends ; it is his lot once
164 OAY22EIA2 E.
OLKOV 6*5 vtyopoQov Kal erjv e? TrarpiSa yalav.' iw
fN /25 fydro, plyrj&ev Se Ka\vtyct), Bla Oedcov,
teal fjbiv <$>a)vri(Ta(T eVea Trrepoevra Trpoo-rjvSa'
' 2%T\iol eVre, Oeol, fyXij^oves egoftov a\\cov,
01 re ^eat5 dyda<r0e Trap dv&pda-w evvd^eaOai
rfv r/5 re $i\ov Troirjo-er dicoiTrjv. 120
or' ^flplwv eXero
T0<j)pa ol rjydao-06 Oeol pela
60)5 /iw 6^ 'Oprvyly xpvo-dOpovos "Apre/M? dyvrj
o?5 dyavois /Sekeecrarw eTro^opevrj KareTrefyvev.
a>5 S* OTTOT' 'laa-icovt, e'v7rX6/ca/i.o5 drj/jLiJTTjp, 125
w #iy/,ft) 6^acra t fJ'iyf] ^iXorrjri Kal evvy
veiw evi T/)t7roXa>* ovSe S^z/ ^ei/ aTrvo-ros
Zev$, 05 /u^ KaTeirefyve ftaXcbv dpyrjri, Kepavvw*
w? 8' au ^Oi' yttot dyao-06, Oeol, fiporbv avbpa irapelvat.
TOV fiev ejobv eo-dwa-a irepl TpOTTios ySeySawra 130
oloVt ejret ol vr\a Oorjv dpyrjri, /cepavvqy
Zevs eXcra5 /cea(ro~6 fiecra) evl olvoiri TroVro).
evO* a\\ot, /j,ev irdvres dire^>6t,0ev eo-0\ol eratpoi,
TOV S' apa Bevp ave/juos re (frepcov Kal /cvfjua Tre\a(r<re.
TOV fJiev eya) (f>i\eov re Kal eTpetyov, rf^e (f)a<7Kov 135
Otfcreiv dOdvaTov Kal dytjpwv r/yitara irdvTa.
aXV etrel ov 7T6)5 eVri ALOS voov
OVT I 7rape^e\0elv a\\ov Oeov ovO
eppeTO), el JJULV Kelvos eiroTpvvei, Kal d
TTOVTOV ITT' drpvyeTOv. TrejJL^Irco Se /JLIV ov TTTJ eyco ye
ov yap pot, Trdpa vfjes eTrrfpeTfjuot, Kal eTaipoi,
ot KCV fjiiv TrefjLTTOiev 67T* evpea vcora
avTap ol 'jrpo^pcov VTroOtjao/jiai,, ov&' e
W5 Ace yitaX' dcrKrjBr)? rjv TraTpiSa yalav IKVJTCII.
THE ODYSSEY, V. 165
more to see his friends and reach his high-roofed house
and native land."
As he said this, Kalypso, the heavenly goddess, shud-
dered, and speaking to him in winged words she said:
"You gods are hard and envious beyond all, to grudge
the goddesses their meeting men in open wedlock, when
one makes the man she loves her husband. Thus was it
when the rosy-fingered Dawn had chosen Orion, you gods
that live at ease grudged him to her continually, till at
Ortygia chaste gold -throned Artemis attacked and slew
him with her gentle arrows. When, too, fair-haired De-
mter, following her heart, lay with lasion in the thrice-
ploughed field, not long was Zeus unmindful, but he slew
him, hurling his gleaming bolt. So now again, you gods
grudge me the mortal tarrying here. Yet it was I who
saved him, as he rode astride his keel alone, when Zeus
with a gleaming bolt had smitten his swift ship and
wrecked it in the middle of the wine-dark sea. Thus all
the rest of his good comrades perished, but him the driv-
ing wind and water brought in here. I cared for him
and tended him, and often said that I would make him
an immortal, young forever. But since the will of a3gis-
bearing Zeus no other god may cross or set at naught,
let him depart, if Zeus insists and orders, over the barren
sea ! Only I will not send him on his way, for I have
no ships fitted with oars, nor crews to bear him over the
broad ocean-ridges; but I will freely give him counsel,
and I will not hide how he may come unharmed to his
own native land."
166 OAY22EIA2 E.
B' avTe TrpocreeLTre Bid/cTopo? dpyeitfrovTrjs* 145
* OVTCI) vvv dTTOTre/ATre, Aios B' eiroirL^eo
prf TTCW? TOI, fjueTOTTLO'Oe KOT6crcrd/j,VO<;
'\f2? dpa (frcowrjcras airiftt} Kparv?
TI S' erf 'OSva-o-fjct, /jLeyaXiJTOpa irorvia vv/ju(f>r}
r)C, eVel &rj Zrjvb? e7re/c\vev cvyye\i,dci)V. 150
TOV S' dp' eV dfcrfjs evpe tcaQij/jLevov ovbe iror oVcre
Sa/cpv6(f>iv rep(TovTo, KdTeifteTO Se ry\v/cv<; alow
voarov o&vpo/jbevq), eVet ov/cert rjvbave vv/JLcfrvj.
a\V T] TOI VVKTCIS fjuev laveiTKev /cal dvdy/crj
ev GTrkcrcri y\a(f)vpolo-i Trap' OVK ede\o>v eQeXovcry 155
r)/j,ara B' ev Trerprjcri, fcal rjibvecro-t, /caOi^wv
[Sd/cpvai, KOL (TTOvaxfjcri, /cal d\jeo-t Ovpov epe^dwv}
irovrov eV drpvyerov Bep/cecr/cero Sdicpva \el/3cov.
( Kd/JL/J,Op6, jMTj fJLOl, T V0dS' 6$Vp6O, fJ,r)$6 TOI al(bV 160
i,veT(iy rfSr) <ydp ere /j,d\a Trpo
' dye BovpaTa fjia/cpd Tapcov dp/juo^eo
evpelav o-^eBirjv ara/3 i/cpia irrj^ai eV
v^ov, <W9 ere fyeprjcnv eir rjepoeiSea TTOVTOV.
avTap eyco alrov /cal vBwp /cal olvov epvOpov 165
lv@ij<ra) fjbevoei/ce ', a /cev TOI \LJJLOV epvicoi,
ei/JuaTa T dfj,<f>ieo-a), Trep'^co Be TOI, ovpov
co? K fjid)C do~Kr)6r)<; o~r)v TraTplBa yaiav
ai /ce Oeol <y e6e\wo~L, Tol ovpavov evpvv
oi (lev <f)epTpol elcri vorjo~ai re Kprjvai re.' 17(J
f/ /2? (fraTO, plyrjorev Be 7ro\VT\a<; Bios '
Kai fjiLV fywvrjaas evrea TTTepdevTa Trpoo-rjvBa 9
' "A\\o TL Brj (TV, 6ed, ToBe firj^eai ovBe TI
r) fjue /ce\eai> (T^eBly Trepdav fieya
THE ODYSSEY, V. 167
Then said to her the guide, the Speedy-comer : " Even
so, then, let him go ! Beware the wrath of Zeus ! Let
not his anger by and by grow hot against you ! "
So saying, the powerful Speedy-comer went his way,
while the potent nymph hastened to brave Odysseus when
/ she heard the words of Zeus. Upon the shore she found
him sitting, and from his eyes the tears were never dried ;
his sweet life ebbed away in longings for his home, be-
cause the nymph pleased him no more. Yet did he always
lie by night, though by constraint, within the hollow grotto,
unwilling by her willing side ; but in the daytime, sitting
on the rocks and sands, with tears and groans and griefs
racking his heart, he watched the barren sea and poured
forth tears. So drawing near, the heavenly goddess said
to him:
"Ah, ill-starred man, sorrow no longer here, nor let
your days be wasted, for I at last will freely let you go.
Come, then, hew the long timbers and fashion with your
axe a broad-beamed boat; lay a high deck across, and
let it bear you over the misty sea. I will supply you
bread, water, and ruddy wine such as you like, to keep off
hunger ; I will provide you clothing and will send a wind
to follow, that you may come unharmed to your own
native land, if the gods will, who hold the open sky,
for they are mightier than I to purpose or fulfil."
As she said this, royal long-tried Odysseus shuddered,
and speaking to her in winged words he said :
" Some other purpose, goddess, you surely have in this
than aid upon my way, when you thus bid me cross in a
boat that great gulf of the sea terrible, toilsome
168 OAY22EIA2 E.
T dpya\eov re* TO S' ovo eirl vfjes elcrai, 175
iv, aya\\6jj,evcu A LOS ovpa>.
ovb* av eyoDV ae/crjTi credev o"%eir]<$ eTri
el pr) poi TXaiijs ye, 6ea, fjueyav op/cov
fjutj ri /AOL avro) Trrjfjia /catcbv /3oi>Xeucre//,ez>
tN /2? <}>dTo, jjLeiSrjcrev be Ka\v^co, Sla Oedcov, 180
Xeipi re JMV /carepegev eVo? r e<f>ar e/c r o
t<9 H Brj a\irp6s J eacrl /cal ovtc a7TO(f)a)\ia
olov Brj rov fjuvBov 7T(l>pd(r0r]s ayopevaat.
iarci) vvv roSe yala Kal ovpavos evpvs vjrepOe
/cal TO Karei/36fjLvov Srvybs vScop, 05 Te fjueyurTOS 185
o/5/co9 Seworaros re TreXet /j,afcdpeo-<Ti, Ozola-i,
pr) TI croi ai>T(p TrrjfAa /cafcbv ftovXevae/jLev aXXo.
aXXa ra jjuev voea) /cal (^pda-o-o^ai, aaa av eftol Trep
avrfj fjLr)8ol/jL7]v, ore pe %/3eta> rocrov i/cof
Kal yap epol 1/009 ecrrlv evaio-i/jios, ovSe JJLOI, avrfj 190
evl o-rrjOeao-t, o-tSr/peo?, aXX' eXerffjicov.'
apa (fxuvtfo-aa-' fjyrfo-aro $2a Qedcov
o S* eireira per i%via (Salve Oeolo.
y\a<j>vpbv 6eb<> ^Se Kal dvrjp,
Kai p' o /lev ev6a KaOe^er eVl Qpovov evOev dveo-rrj 195
'Ep/juelas, vvfifftr} 8' eriOet irdpa iraaav
ecrOeiv Kal iriveiv, ola flporol avSpe?
avrr) S' dvriov l^ev '06^0-0-7709 Oeioio,
rfj 8e Trap* d/jb/3pocri7)v S/ji&al Kal veKrap
ol S' eTr' oveiaO^ erolfjua irpoKeiiieva ^elpas la\\ov. 20
avrap eVet rdpTrrjo-av eSrjrvos r}Se Trorrjro^
Tot9 apa jjivOwv ^/o%e Ka\v^jra), Sia Oedwv
' Awyeves AaepridStj, TroXtyi^az/ '
OVTO> &r) olKovBe <p>{\rjv 69 TrarpLBa yalav
THE ODYSSEY, V. 169
which trim ships cannot cross, although they speed so
fast, glad in the breeze of Zeus. But I will never, not-
withstanding what you say, set foot upon a boat till you
submit, goddess, to swear a mighty oath never again to
plot against me cruel wrong."
He spoke ; Kalypso, the heavenly goddess, smiled, pat-
ted him with her hand and spoke thus, saying:
" You are a cunning rogue, never inclined to folly !
How could you think of uttering such a word ! Hear
this, then, Earth, and the broad Heaven above, and thou
down-flowing water of Styx ! which is the strongest and
most dreaded oath amongst the blessed gods, I never
again will plot against you cruel wrong. Nay, I have
that in mind, and that I here propose, which I should
seek for my own good were such need laid on me. In-
deed, my thoughts are upright; no iron heart is in my
breast, but one of pity."
Saying this, the heavenly goddess led the way in haste,
and he walked after in the footsteps of the goddess. And
now they reached the hollow grotto, the goddess and the
man, and he sat down upon the chair whence Hermes had
arisen. The nymph then set before him all food to eat
and drink which men are wont to use, and took her seat
on the other side, over against noble Odysseus, while for
her needs the maids set forth ambrosia and nectar ; then
on the food spread out before them they laid hands. So
after they had enjoyed their food and drink, then thus
began Kalypso, the heavenly goddess :
" High-born son of Laertes, ready Odysseus, do you so
wish to go home at once to your own native land ? Fare-
170 OAY22EIA2 E.
avrltca vvv eWXet9 levai ; <rv Be xalpe Kal 6^77779. 205
et 76 fiev 6/86/779 (rfja-t, (ftpealv oaraa roi alaa
KrjBe* dva7r\r)(Tai,, irplv TrarptBa yalav iiceaOai,
evOdBe K avdi /juevcov GVV efj>ol ro'Se Sw/za <f)v\d(T<70i,<;
aOdvaros r 66779, i/jiei,p6fj,v6s vrep l&eaOai,
(rrjv a\o%ov, r^9 alev eeXSeat ijjjLara Trdvra. 210
ov pev Qyv Keivrjs ye %epeLa>v evxofjiai elvai,
Se <f>vr)v, eVet ov 7r&)9 ovBe eot/ce
d6avdrr)(Tt, Se/z,a9 Kal 6*809 epi^eiv.'
Trjv &' dirapeipopevos irpoo-e^rj TroXv^n^ 'O&v&a-evs'
' TTOTva 6ea, ^77 /JLOI roBe ^coeo olSa Kal avrbs 215
Trdvra fj,d\\ ovveKa crelo Treplfypwv Ilrjve'X.OTreia
eI8o9 dKiBvoTepr) /jbeyeOd? r eicrdvra IBicrOai"
77 pev yap /3poro9 eVrt, o~v B' dOdvaro? /cal dyijpci)*;.
d\\d Kal a>9 0e\c0 /cal eeXBofiai, rffiara Trdvra
o'lKaBe T e\6efj,evai Kal VOCTTL/JLOV rj/jiap ISeo-Oat,. 220
el 8' av r*9 palrja-i Oe&v evl OWOTTI TTOVTO),
T\ijarofjbai> ev (TTijOeo-arw e^cov Ta\a7rev0ea Ovfjuov
77877 yap fjbd\a TroXX' eiradov Kal TroXX* ea6yr}(ra
Kal TroXeyLt&v /Ltera Kal ToBe rola-i yevecrOco.'
77e'Xto9 B* ap* eBv Kal enl Kvefas r)\0ev 225
8* apa TCO 76 /AV%q) (nreiovs y\a<f)vpo1o
Tep7re<r07]v 0tXoT77rt, Trap 9 d\\r)\oi<ri
8* rjpiyeveia (ftdvrj
6 fjiev ^Kaivdv re ^nwvd re evvvr
avrrj 8' dpyvcfreov <^>apo9 peya evvvro
XeTTTOi/ Kal %apiev, Trepl Be favrjv fBd\er
Ka\rjv xpvo-eirjv Ke$a\r) 8'
Kal TOT* 'O8u<r<777fc fjLeya\ijropi> prfBero 7rofj,7rtjv.
fj,ev ol ireXeKvv /j,eyav, apaevov ev
THE ODYSSEY, V. 171
well, then, even so ! But if you knew within your mind
what measure of woe you must fulfil before you reach
that native land, you would remain with me and keep this
house and be immortal, spite of your wish to see your
wife, whom you are always longing for day after day.
Yet not beneath her do I count myself, either in form or
stature ; for surely it is unlikely that mortal women rival
the immortals in form and beauty."
Then wise Odysseus answered her and said : " Powerful
goddess, do not for this be wroth with me. Full well I
know that heedful Penelope, compared with you, is poor to
look upon in height and beauty ; for she is human, but
you, being an immortal, are never touched with years.
Yet even so, I wish yes, every day I long to travel
home and see my day of coming. And if again one of
the gods shall wreck me on the wine-dark sea, I will be
patient still, having within my breast a heart well-tried
with trouble; for in times past much have I borne and
much have toiled, in waves and war ; to that, let this be
added."
As he thus spoke the sun went down and darkness
came ; and so the two, hid in the hollow grotto, joyed in
their love, abiding by each other.
Soon as the early rosy-fingered Dawn appeared, quickly
Odysseus dressed in cloak and tunic, and the nymph
dressed herself in a long robe of silver-white, finespun
and graceful, she bound a beautiful golden girdle round
her waist, and set her veil upon her head. Then she pre-
pared to send forth brave Odysseus. She gave him a
great axe, which fitted well his hand; it was an axe of
172 OAY22EIA2 E.
%d\Keov, d/jt,<j)OTepa)0ev atcaxjjuevov avrdp ev avra>
7repiKa\\e<; i\divov y ev evaprjpos*
8' eTreLra (TKeTTapvov evgoov %>%e 8' 68oto
vrjcrov eV ecr^cm?}?, oQi BevBpea fjua/cpd
K\rf0prj T aiyeipo? r, e\drr) T rjv
ava iraKai, rrrepiKrjXa, TCL ol Tr^oooiev eXa^pw?. 240
avrap eTrei&r) Set!? o6i SevSpea /j,a/cpa Trefyvicei,,
Y] fjuev e/Sr) TTpbs 85)/j,a K.a\v^rco, &ia Qedwv,
avrap o Td/juvero Sovpa' #00)9 Se ol tjvvro epyov.
el/con 8* e/cySaXe TrdvTa, TreheKfcrjaev 8' dpa ^aX/ca>,
fe<7(re S* 67rt<7T<z/i.ei/a>5 fcal eVt o-rdBfjL'rjv Wvve. 245
T0(f)pa ' eveifce reperpa KaXi/^rco, $ia dedcov
rerpTjvev S* dpa Trdvra Kal ijp/Jt,o<7ev aKkrfkoicri,
y6fjL(j)Oi(Tiv S' dpa rrjv ye Kal dpfjLOvtya-w dpaa-o-ev.
ocro-ov rt? T' eSa<^o9 ^770? ropvcoa-erai, dvrjp
ev
TOO-CTOV e evpeav
i/cpia $e a"rri<Ta<s, dpapa)v
Trolet * drap jjLatcpfja-w eTnjyKeviSecra'i,
^ 8' ICTTOV Trolei Kal eTTL/cpiov dpfAevov avra)'
TTpb? B' dpa 7rr)$d\i,ov Trorfararo, ocfrp' iOvvoi. 255
<f)pde Be /AW plirea'crt, Stafjuirepe^ olav'ivrjo-t,
KVfiaTos elKap efiev 7ro\\r)v 8' eVe^euaro uX^i/.
r6(j)pa Be <f)dpe' evei/ce Ka\v\frci), Bia Oedcov,
l<rria 7rot,ij<ra<r6ai,' 6 8' ev re^vijcraro /cal ra.
ev 8' virepas re /caXou? re 7ro8a9 T' eveSrj&ev ev avrf], 260
/jbo^olaiv B' dpa Ttjv ye fcaTeipv<rev 6^9 d\a Blav.
Terparov rj/JLap eyv, fcal rc3 TereXetrro diravra'
TO) 8' apa Tre/ATTTft) irk^ir airo vrjaov Bla
eifJLara T d^iea-aaa OvatBea Kal \ov(racra>
THE ODYSSEY, V. 173
bronze, sharp on both sides, and had a beautiful olive
handle, strongly fastened ; she gave him, too, a polished
adze. And now she led the way far off along the island
to where the trees grew tall alder and poplar and sky-
stretching pine, long-seasoned, very dry, that would float
lightly. When she had shown him where the trees grew
tall, homeward Kalypso went, the heavenly goddess, while
he began to cut the timber. Soon his work was done.
Twenty in all he felled, and trimmed them with the axe,
smoothed them with skill, and to the line he brought them
level. Meanwhile, Kalypso, the heavenly goddess, brought
him augers, and so he bored each piece and fitted them
together and thus with pins and morticings fastened his
boat. As when a man skilful in carpentry fashions the
hull of a broad freight-ship, of such a size Odysseus built
the broad-beamed boat. Putting in decks and jointing
them to close-set ribs he built her, and then with long
side-planking finished off. A mast he made and sail-yard
fitted to it ; he made a rudder, too, with which to steer.
And then he caulked the boat from end to end with wil-
low withes, to guard against the waves, and laid on wood
in plenty. Meanwhile, Kalypso, the heavenly goddess,
brought him cloth to make the sail, and well did he con-
trive this too. Braces and halyards and sheet-ropes he
set up in her and then with levers heaved her down into
the sacred sea.
The fourth day came, and he had finished all. So on
the fifth divine Kalypso sent him from the island, putting
upon him fragrant clothes and giving him a bath. A skin
13
174 OAY22EIA2 E.
ev Be ol do-fcbv eOrjfce 6ea fjbe\avos oivoio 265
rov erepov, erepov 8' vBaTo? peyav, ev Be /cat fja
Ktopv/co)- ev Be ol otya riOei, jjievoeiicea TroXXa*
ovpov Be Trpoerjicev dTnjjjiovd re \iapov re.
yrjOda-vvo? B' ovpy Treraa la-ria So<? 'OBvcrcrevs.
avrap 6 7rr)Ba\i(p lOvvero re^vrjevTa)^ 270
rj/Aevos' ovBe ol VTTVOS eVt P\e<f)dpoi,o-iv
II\T)t,dBas r e&opcovTi, KCLI o^jre Bvovra
"Ap/crov #', fjv KOI cifjiagav e7ri/c\rjo-iv Ka\eovo-w t
rj r avrov o-rpe(f)Tat, xai r 'flptwva Bo/cevei,
oil] B' ajjifjiopos ea-Tt \oerpwv 'fl/ceavoio' 275
rrjv <yap Btf (AW avcoye Kd\vtya), Bla Qedav,
TTOvroTTopeve/jLevat eV dpio-repa ^etpo? e^ovra.
Be Kal Be/ca, /j,ev 7r\eev ij/jiaTa TrovroTropevcov,
atBeKdrrj B' eipdvrj opea (Ttcioevra
$aiiJKa)v, oOt, r' dy^a-rov TreXev aura)* 280
B' co? ore pivbv ev rjepoeiBei, TTOVTO).
Tbv B' e AWioTTcov dviwv /cpeicav evoo~i%da)v
rr}\60ev e/c 2o\vfjia)v opecov iBev eio-aro yap ol
7TOVTOV 7rt,7T\(t)a)V 6 B' e^ft><T<ZTO KTJpoQl, ILCL\\OV,
Kivtfo~a<? Be Kaprj Trporl ov }JLv6ri<raTO OV/JLOV 286
' *fl TTOTTOI,, r) fjbd\a Brj fj,eT/3ov\evo~av Oeoi aXXeo?
ape/)' 'OBvo-fjt efjieto per AWioTreo-Q-w eovro?,
Kal Brj <&air)Kwv yalrjs (T^eBbv, evOa ol dlo~a
K<f>vyei,v /jieya irelpap otfuo?, r\ aw Ifcdvet'
d\\' en, fiev fjiiv (f>7jfjii dBrjv e\dav /ca/cor^TO?.' 2 90
A /2? etTTcbi/ o~vvayev vefyekas, erdpa^e Be TTOVTOV
X P (r ^ Tpiaivav e\a>v 7rdo~a<; B' opodvvev
Travrolwv dveutov, <rvv Be vecfreeo-o-i /
yalav o/ioO Kal TTOVTOV opwpei, B y ovpavoQev
THE ODYSSEY, V. 175
the goddess gave him, filled with dark wine, a second large
one full of water, and in a sack some corn. She put into
the boat whatever dainties pleased his taste and sent
along his course a soft and gentle breeze. Joyfully to
the breeze royal Odysseus spread his sail, and with his
rudder skilfully he steered from where he sat. No sleep
fell on his eyelids as he gazed upon the Pleiads, on Bootes,
setting late, and on the Bear that men call too the Wain,
which turns around one spot, watching Orion, and alone
dips not in the ocean-stream. For Kalypso, the heavenly
goddess, bade him to cross the sea keeping this on his
left ; so seventeen days he sailed across the sea. On the
eighteenth there came in sight the dim heights of Phaia-
kia, where nearest him it lay ; it looked like a shield upon
the misty sea.
But now the great Earth-shaker, coming from Ethiopia,
spied him afar from the mountains of the Solymoi, for
Odysseus came in sight as he sailed along the sea; and
Poseidon grew more wroth in spirit, and, shaking his head,
he muttered to his heart :
" Aha ! so then the gods have changed their purposes
about Odysseus, while I was with the Ethiopians ! And
here he is close on the coast of the Phaiakians, where he
is destined to escape from the great coil of evil that sur-
rounds him. Yet still I think that I shall drive him into
sufficient trouble."
So saying, he gathered clouds and stirred the deep,
grasping the trident in his hands; he started tempests
of winds from every quarter, and with his clouds covered
both land and sea ; night broke from heaven ; Euros
176 OAY22EIA2 E.
&VV S' Evpos re NOTO? T eTrecre Zecfrvpos re Bvcrarjs
real Bopeqs alOprjyeverr}^, fjbeya Kvpa Kv\ivBcov.
KOI TOT 'OBvcro-fjos \vro yovvara KOI <f>i\ov rjrop,
o^077<ra9 B' a pa eljre Trpo? ov /JLeyaXrjropa OV/JLOV
f "/2 pot, 670) SaXo?, ri vv JJLOI, /jLTJ/cicrTa yevrjTdi, ;
SelSo) /j,rj $r) TTavra 0ea vyftepTea elwev,
^ jj? ecfxiT' ev 7rovT<p, Trplv TrarpiSa yalav itcecrOai,,
ava7rKr)a-ew TO, Se &rj vvv iravra
e^eea-crt TrepiaTefai ovpavbv evpvv
Zevs, erdpage Se TTOVTOV, 7ri(77repxovcri S'
iravroiwv avepcov. vvv JJLOI erw? alirvs o\e6pos. 305
TpKrfj,d/cap<; Aavaol teal Terpdicis, ot TOT" oXovro
Tpoirj ev evpeiy, yapw ' AT pe foyer t, (frepovres.
a>9 Srj eyco 7' o(p>e\ov Oaveeiv teal TTOTJJLOV e
TO) ore (JLOL TrXelcrroi %a\Krfpea Sovpa
eTreppiifrav irepl HrfKeiwvL Oavovri.
rc3 K e\a%ov Krepewv, /cat fiev Xeo? rpyov 'A
vvv Be fie \evja\ea) Oavarto eifiapro aXwrat.'
^/2? apa fuv elTrovT eKacrev peya Kvpa /car
Bewbv eTreao-v/jievov, irepl Se cr^eBl'rjv eXeXtfe.
r^Xe 8' CUTTO o"^e8lrj<i auro? Tretre, TTTjSaXtov Se 815
e/c %ei,pa)v Trpoerjfce' /JLeo-ov Be ol Icrrov ea^e
Seivrj /jLicryofjLVQ)v dve/jicov e\0ovcra 6ve\\a,
rr)\ov Be (nrelpov KOI eTrt/cpiov fynreff* TTOVTM.
rbv 8' dp 1 vTTo^pv^a Orj/ce TTO\VV ^povov, ouS' eBvvda-Orj
atya fj,d\' dva^edeeiv fj,eyd\ov VTTO Kvparos 6pfj,fjs* 320
elfiara <ydp p* ejSdpvve, rd ol Trope Bla Ka\v\jrco.
o^fre Be Bij p* dveBv f (TTOfiaro^ 8* e^eTrrvarev a
TTi/cprjv, r) ol TroXX^ CUTTO Kparos fce\dpvev.
aXX' ovB* W9 (T^eBlys 7re\ij0ero, Teipofievos Trep,
THE ODYSSEY, V. 177
and Notos rushed forth together, hard-blowing Zephyros,
and sky-born Boreas, rolling up heavy waves. Then did
Odysseus' knees grow feeble, and his very soul, and in
dismay he said to his stout heart :
" Ah, woe is me ! What now will be my end ? I fear
that all the goddess told was true, when she declared that
on the sea, before I reached my native land, I should be
filled with sorrow. Now all is come to pass. See with
what clouds Zeus overcasts the open sky! He set the
deep astir, and storms of wind are hurrying from every
quarter. Now instant death is sure. Thrice, four times
happy Danaans who in the time gone by fell on the plain
of Troy to please the sons of Atreus ! Would I had died
there, too, and met my doom the day a multitude of Tro-
jans hurled at me brazen spears over the body of the son
of Peleus ! Then had I found a burial, and the Achaians
had borne my name afar. Now I must be cut off by an
inglorious death."
As he thus spoke, a great wave broke on high, with a
mad plunge, whirling his boat around ; far from the boat
he fell and dropped the rudder from his hand. The mast
snapped in the middle under the wild storm of opposing
winds that struck, and far in the sea canvas and sail-yard
fell. The water held him long submerged ; he could not
quickly rise after the crash of the great wave, for the
clothes weighed him down which divine Kalypso gave.
At length, however, he came up, spitting from out his
mouth the bitter brine which plentifully trickled from his
head. Yet even then, spent as he was, he did not forget
178 OAY22EIA2 E.
dXXa jjbtOopwOels evl Ki>fJLa<rw eXXa/3er'
eV fjueo-crrj Be /caOl^e reXo? Oavdrov akeelvwv.
rrjv ' efyopei fjueya KV^a Kara pdov evOa teal evOa.
a>9 ' or' OTTtopivos Boperjs fyoperjaw aicdvOas
a/ji TreSiov, irvicwal Se Trpo? a\\ri\rfcriv e^ovrat,
a>5 TT;^ a/i 7T\ayo<; ave^oi <f>epov evda /cat evOa'
aXXore /^eV re IVoro? Bopey 7rpo/3d\eo-K6 $epecr0ai,,
aXXore 8' ar' Evpos Zecfrvpq* el^acnce SiwKeiv.
Tbv Se tSez/ KaS/iou OvydTTjp, ica\\lcr$vpo<s 'Ivcb,
AevKoOer], rj nrplv pev erjv fiporbs av^ecraa,
vvv & aXo? eV irekd^ea-cn Oe&v ef eppope rtyu,^?.
^ ' 'OSUO-TJ' \67J(7V okWjJbeVOVy
[aWvly S* eiicvla Trorfj ave^ixreTO \t/j,vrjs,]
le 8' eVt o^eSw;? 7ro\vBeo-fji>ov elire re
' Kd/Jifjiope, T/TTTe rot o>8e Iloo-eiSdwv evocrl%0a)V
o)Sv<7aT* e/c7ra7Xft)5, ort rot ra;a TroXXa (frvrevet, ; 340
ou /Lter 8?? ere Kara(f>0i(7t f fid\a irep fjueveatvcov.
d\\a /-taX' wS' e/?fat, So/ceeis Se poi ovtc a
eifJMra Tavr aTroBv? o-^eBlrjv dve/jLOKTi
/cd\\i7r, drap %elp6(ro-i veoyv eTTifjbaieo vocrrov
yairjs ^arf/ccov, oOi rot ^olp ecnlv aXvfat. 345
r^ 8e, roSe Kp^e^ivov VTTO (rrepvoio rdwacrai
a/jL/Bporov ovBe rl TOI iradeeiv Seo? ouS' airo\e<rOai>.
avrap eTrrjv xeipe&ffw e^d^jreai rjireipoio,
a^fr d7ro\v<rdfjLevo<; @a\eeiv et<? owoTra TTOVTOV
7ro\\bv CLTT rjTrelpov, auTo? 8' cnrovoa-fyi TpaTrecrOai.' 350
*fls apa (frcowjo-aaa 6ea KpijBefJLVov eBcofcev,
avrrj 8' a^r e? TTOVTOV ebvo-ero Kv/JLalvovra
aWvirj eiicvla* fjie\av Be e Kvpa
avrap 6 /tep/ifj/wfe TroXurXa? Sto? '
THE ODYSSEY, V. 179
his boat, but pushing on amongst the waves laid hold of
her, and in her middle got a seat and so escaped death^
ending. But her the great wave drove along its current,
up and down. As when in autumn Boreas drives thistle-
heads along the plain, and close they cling together, so her
along the water did the winds drive up and down. One
moment Notos tossed her on for Boreas to drive; the
next would Euros give her up for Zephyros to chase.
But the daughter of Kadmos saw him, fair-ankled Ino,
that goddess pale who formerly was mortal and of human
speech, but now in the water's depths shares the gods'
honors. She pitied Odysseus, cast away and meeting
sorrow, and like a petrel on the wing she rose from the
sea's trough, and lighting on his jointed boat she spoke
to him these words :
"Ah, ill-starred man, why is it that the earth-shaking
Poseidon is so furiously enraged that he makes many
woes spring up around you ? Destroy you he shall not,
whatever be his purpose ! Only do this, you seem to
me not to lack understanding. Strip off these clothes,
leaving your boat for the winds to carry, and strike out
with your arms to seek a landing on the Phaiakian coast,
where fate allows you safety. Here, spread this wimple
underneath your breast. It is immortal ; have no fear of
suffering or death. But when with your hands you touch
the land, untie and fling the wimple into the wine-dark
sea, well off the shore, and turn yourself away."
Saying this, the goddess gave the wimple, and she her-
self plunged back into the surging sea, in the likeness of
a petrel. The dark wave closed around. Then hesitated
180 OAY22EIA2 E.
' v
B' apa elire 7T/309 ov /j,eya\iJTOpa OVJJLOV 365
/2 fjboi eya), /JMJ r/9 fj,oi, vcfralvrja-w Bo\ov avre
aOavdrwv, ore /-te o-^eSw?? aTroftfjvcu dvcoyei.
dXXa /-taX' ov TTCO TretVo//,', 7rel e/ca<; o^>6a\^Lolcn
yalav eycav l&ofjLrjv, oOi JAOI, <j)aTO fyvfyfjiov elvai.
a\Xa /-taX' wS' e/ofw, So/ceet Se JJLOI, elvai apio-rov 360
o(f>p 9 av pep tcev Sovpar ev ap^ovirjaiv aprfprj,
To<f)p' avrov fjieveco Kal T\r)(70fiai, a\yea
avrap CTTTJV r) pot, a^eSirjv Sta KV/JLO,
L, eTrel ov fjiev TI irdpa Trpovorja-ai,
6 ravO* cop/jMive Karh (frpeva KOI Kara OVJJLOV, 365
wpcre 8* 7rl fjbeya KV/JLO, IloaeiSdcov evoo-l^Ocov,
Seivov r dpya\ov re, tcaTrjpe(j>e$, rjKaa-e 8' avrov.
Kap<f>a\ea)v, T^ fjuev dp re &ieo~KeSao~ y a
W9 T7}9 Sovpara fjuaicpa Siea-KeScKr' . avrap 'OSu<7creL'9 370
afj,(f) evl ^ovpan ftalve, /eeXrjO' a>9 LTTTTOV eXavvcov,
CL/jbara S y egaTreSvve, rd ol Trope Sta KaXw^co.
avriKa Se Kprj^e^vov VTTO (rrepvoio Tavvcrarcv,
Be Trprjvrjs d\l ^aTTTrecre, %tpe TreTda-cras,
Lepacos' tSe Be /cpeicov evoa-i'xOwv, 875
Be /cdprj Trporl ov [AvO^o-dro OVJJLOV
* OVTCO vvv Kaicci TToXXa TTdOwv d\6o) Kara TTOVTOV,
t9 o Kev dvOptoTTOHri BioTp<f>ee(7<Ti, ^777779-
ovB* W9 o~e eo\7ra 6v6(T(re<T0ai,
i/cero B' et9 Alyas, 60 1 ol K\vra Bco/tar' eacriv.
Avrap 'AOrjvalr), Kovprj Aws, aXX' vdrj<rev
5 TOI T&V d\\a)v dvefjLGw KareBrjo-e
B' e/ce\evcre Kal evvr)0r)vat, a
THE ODYSSEY, V. 181
royal long-tried Odysseus, and in dismay lie said to his
stout heart :
" Ah me ! I fear that here again an immortal plots me
harm in bidding me leave my boat. I will not yet obey,
for still afar my eyes descry the land where it was said
my safety lies. This I will do, for best it seems ; so long
as the beams hold in the fastenings, I will stay here and
bide what I must bear ; but when the surge batters my
boat to pieces, then I will swim. No forecast can be
better."
While he thus doubted in his mind and heart, earth-
shaking Poseidon raised a great wave, gloomy and griev-
ous, and with bending crest, and launched it on him.
And as a gusty wind tosses a heap of corn when it is
dry, and some it scatters one way, some another, so were
the long beams scattered. But Odysseus mounted on a
beam, as if he rode a steed, stripped off the clothing
which divine Kalypso gave, spread quickly the wimple
underneath his breast, and plunged down headlong in the
sea, with hands outstretched, ready to swim. The great
Earth-shaker spied him, and shaking his head he mut-
tered to his heart :
" Thus, after meeting many ills, be tossed about the sea
till you meet men that are the seed of Zeus; but even
then, I trust, you will not laugh at danger."
Saying this, he lashed his full-maned steeds and came
to Aigai, where his lordly dwelling stands.
And now Athene, daughter of Zeus, formed a fresh
purpose. She barred the pathway of the other winds,
bade them to cease and all be laid to rest ; but she roused
182 OAY22EIA2 E.
(bpare B' 67rl Kpanrvov Boperjv, irpo Be KVJMCIT ea%ev, 385
eo>9 o ye $aiiJKe<ro-i, (f)L\r)perfjLOtcri, piyeir)
Bioyevrj? 'OBvaevs, OdvaTOV KOI Kijpa?
*Ev6a Bva) vvKTas Bvo T rifia-r
, TroXXa Be ol KpaBlij TrpoTioaaer o\e6pov.
' ore Brj rpurov rj^ap eWXo/cayiio? reXeo-' 'H&)?,
ATat TOT 7Tl,T avefJLO? /JLV CTTai/craTO 7) & <ya\7)V7]
7r\TO vrjvefJLLrjt o 8' dpa o-^eBov elcnBe yalav
ofu /AaXa TTpoiBoDV, /A<yd\ov VTTO /cv/jbaros apOefc.
to? 8' 6V az/ ao-Tracrto? /3toro? TraiBecrcri (j)av7jrj
Trarpbs, o? ez/ vovay /cfJTai KpaTep a\yea
Brjpbv Trj KO /lev '09, crTwyepos Be ol e%pae
ao-Trda-iov B' apa TOV ye Oeol KafcoTrjTos
ft)? 'OBvaff do-jracrrbv eeiararo yala /cal v\rj t
^' farwyop&Of Trocrlv rjirelpov eTTiftfjvai.
ore Toao-ov aTrrjv ocrvov re yeycove ftorjo-as, 400
; BOVTTOV a/covae TTOT! <r7rtXaSe<7crt
ei yap fieya /cvfj,a TTOT! f;epbv TjTreipoio
Beivbv epevyofjuevov, ei\VTO Be TrdvO* 0X09
ov yap eo-av \ifjbives vrj&v o^pi, ovB' eTricoyal,
aXX' a/era! 7rpo/3X^re9 eVav <77TiXaSe9 Te irdyoi re* 405
/ca! TOT' 'OSucr 0-7709 XUTO yovvara /cal </Xoz/ rjrop,
o^Orio-as B' apa elire ?rpo9 oz/ fieyaX^TOpa OVJJLOV
1 "/2 /iot, eTret S?; yalav de\7rea Bco/cev IBeo-Qat,
Zevs, /cal Brj ToBe \alrpa BiaTfj,rjj;a<; eVeXeo-o-a,
/c/3acr^ ov Try cfraLveO' aXo9 TroXtoto Ovpa^e' 410
KTocr6ev fj,ev yap irdyoi, ofee9, ayL6</)t Be icvfia
poOioVy \ia-crrj B' dvaBeBpo/jue
s Be OdXaao-a, /cal ov 7ro)9 ea-n
d/jL^orepotat /cal e/ccfrvyeew
THE ODYSSEY, V. 183
bustling Boreas and before it broke the waves, that safely
among the oar-loving Phaiakians might come high-born
Odysseus, freed from death and doom.
Then two nights and two days upon the solid waves
he drifted onward; many a time his heart faced death.
But when the fair-haired Dawn brought the third day,
then the wind ceased ; there came a breathless calm ; and
close at hand he spied the coast, as he cast a keen glance
forward, upborne on a great wave. As when the precious
life is watched by children in a father, who lies in sick-
ness, suffering great pain and slowly wasting, for a hos-
tile power assails him, and then the man thus prized
the gods set free from danger ; so precious in Odysseus'
eyes appeared the land and trees. Onward he swam, im-
patient for his feet to touch the ground. But when he
was as far away as one can call, he heard a pounding of
the ocean on the ledges ; for the great waves roared as on
the barren land they madly dashed, and all was whirled
in spray. There was no harbor here to hold a ship, no
open roads ; only projecting bluffs, ledges, and reefs. Then
did Odysseus' knees grow feeble, and his very soul, and in
dismay he said to his stout heart :
"Alas! when Zeus now lets me see unhoped-for land,
when forcing my way along the gulf I finally reach its
end, no landing anywhere appears out of the foaming sea.
Outside are jagged reefs, and all around thunder the surg-
ing waves, and sheer the cliff runs up. Deep to the edge
is the sea, and possible it is not to hold with the two feet
and so escape from danger. If I should try to land, great
184 OAY22EIA2 E.
ft eKJSaivovTa fid\y \L6aKi TTOT! Trerpy 416
pey apird^av /i-eXe?; Be poi eo-o-erat, op^r)*
el Be K eri Trporepa) 7rapavrjgofj,ai,, ijv TTOV efavpco
rjibvas re 7rapa7r\r)yas Xtyaez>a9 re
BelBa) fjtfj p eifavTis dvapTrdgaaa
TTOVTOV eir I%0v6evra <f>epr) papea orrevd'XpvTa, 420
rje ri poi KCLI icrjTOS eTTio-o-evrj
% aXo?, old re 7ro\\a rpe<f)ei /c\vrb<i '
olBa yap a>9 poi oScaBva-Tai, ArXuro? evvocrlyaios.'
Elo<s 6 ravd* cop/jbcuve Kara <f>peva Kal Kara Ovpov,
r6(f>pa Be fiLv /jLeya KV/JLO, fyepe rprj^elav ITT dfCTijv. 425
evOa K CLTTO pivovs Bpv^Orj, <rvv B^ o<rre' dpd^Orj,
el fir) eirl fypeal 6f)/ce Oed y\av/cct)7ris '
dfjL<f>oTepr)<ri Be yzp eVecrcruyi
T^? e%ero crrevd^cov, etew? fj,eya KVfia 7raprj\de.
Kal TO fjuev a>9 V7rd\v^e, 7ra\t,pp60t,ov Be piv avns 430
7r\f}!;V 7ror<rvjj,vov, r^XoO Be fiiv e//./3a\e
a>9 3' ore TrofXvTroSo? 0a\dfj,r)<s
Tr/009 KOTvXrjBovofav TTV/cival \diyyes
a>9 rov 7T/309 7T6T/c>77<7i Opaaeidwv diro
pivol aTreBpvtyOev TOV Be fieya KVfjLa /cd\VTJrev. 435
evOa K Br) Bvcrrrjvos vTrep fjuopov
el fjurf e7Ti(j)poo-vvr]V Bw/ce yXav/ccoTT^ '
e^avaBvs, rd r epevyerai iJTreipovBe,
Trape^, 69 yaiav opafjievos, ei TTOV efavpoi,
re 7rapa7r\fjya^ \i^eva^ re OaXdo-o-rjs. 444
aXX' ore Brj irorafjuolo Kara a-ro/jua Ka\\ipooio
l^e veo)v y ry Btf ol ee/eraro %w/)O9 aptcrro9,
Xeto9 Trerpdwv, Kal eVl <TKe7ra$ rjv dvefJLOLo t
eyvco Be Trpopeovra Kal evgaro ov Kara
THE ODYSSEY, V. 185
sweeping waves may dash me against the solid rock ; use-
less would the attempt be! But if I swim still further
on along the coast, hoping to find a sloping shore and
harbors off the sea, I fear a sweeping storm may bear me
yet once more along the swarming sea, loudly lamenting ;
or God may send upon me a monster of the sea, and
many such great Amphitrite breeds, for I know how
angry is the great Land-shaker."
While he thus doubted in his mind and heart, a great
wave bore him onward toward the rugged shore. There
would his skin have been stripped off and his bones
broken, had not the goddess, keen-eyed Athene, given him
counsel. Struggling, he grasped the rock with both his
hands, and held on, groaning, till the great wave passed.
That one he thus escaped, but the back-flowing water
struck him again, still struggling, and swept him out to
sea. And just as, when a polyp is torn from out its bed,
about its suckers clustering pebbles cling, so on the rocks
pieces of skin were stripped from his strong hands. The
great wave covered him. Then miserably, before his time,
Odysseus would have died, if keen-eyed Athene had not
given him ready thought; for rising beyond the waves
that thundered on the coast, he swam along outside, eying
the land, in hopes to find a sloping shore and harbors off
the sea. But when, as he swam, he reached the mouth
of a fair-flowing river, there the ground seemed most fit,
well cleared of stones and sheltered from the breeze. He
felt the river flowing forth, and in his heart he prayed :
" Hear me, O Lord, whoe'er thou art ! Thee, long
186 OAY22EIA2 E.
i,, ava%, ort? eo~o~l' r rro\v\\io"rov Be
<f>evya)v eK TTOVTOIO HocreLd(ovo<i eviTrds. 446
alBolos fjuev r earl KOI dOavdroiai Oeolcrw
dvBpwv 09 rt9 ItcrjTfU aXo>//,ez>09, &>9 Kal eyoi) vvv
aov re poov <ra re <yovva&* i/cava) 7ro\\d fjioytjo-as.
' ekeaipe, ava%- ifC6rrj<; Be TOL ev^ofjuai elvai! 450
<j)d0\ 6 8' avTiica, iravcrev eov poov, e'crj^e Be
Be ol Trolrja-e ya\rfvr)v, rbv S' ea-dcocrev
69 TrorafjLov irpo'xpd*;' o 8* dp 1 a/jL<f)a) yovvar e/
'Xelpd? re <TTif3apd<$' d\l yap BeBfj,rjro <f>i\ov icfjp.
SBee Be %/ooa Trdvra, 6d\ao-(ra Be Ktj/ae 7ro\\r) 455
av a-rdfjLa re plvd<$ &' o S' ap' dirvevaTos Kdl avavBos
Kelr o\iy)j7re\e(Dv, /cdfjiaTos Be put alvos '(icavev.
aXX' ore Bij p* e/ATrvvro Kal 69 <f>peva 6vfJib<; dyepOrj,
Kal rore Brj tcpijBe/jLvov diro eo \vo~e Qeoio.
leal TO fiev 9 Trora/xov dXi/jLVpijevra jAeOfjicev, *60
a-^r 8* e(f>epev fieya icvfjua /card poov, al^ra S' ap' '.ZVa>
Sefaro ^epal <f>i\r](riv 6 8' etc Trora/jioto \iacrOe\s
v7reK\lv07], Kvare Be ^etBcopov dpovpav
B* dpa etTre Trpbs ov /jLeya\^ropa
f "fl pot, 70), T/ TrdOco ; TL vv fjiot
el pen K ev Trora/ift) BvcncrjBea vvfcra (f>v\dcr(7O) t 466
fjbij fju dfjLvBw crri/St} re Ka/crj Kal 6rj\vs eeparj
eg o\t,yr)7re\l'rjs Bafjiday KeKa^ora Ovpov
avprj B* eK irorafLov ^v^prj Trveei rf&Oi trpo.
el Be Kev 69 K\t,rvv dvafids Kal Bd&Kiov v\ijv 470
ev 7rvKivol(Ti KaraBpdOa), el //.e pedelrj
Kal Kafjuaros, y\vKepbs Be fioi VTTVOS
BelBto firj 6ijpe<T(ri,v e\a)p Kal KvpfJM yevwfJLa^
A /29 apa ol $QQvkovTi Bod<rcraTO KepBiov elvai
THE ODYSSEY, V. 187
desired, I find, when flying from Poseidon's threatenings
on the sea. Respected even of immortal gods is he who
comes a fugitive, as I here now come to thy current, to
thy knees, through many a struggle. Nay, Lord, have
pity ! I call myself thy suppliant."
He spoke, and the god straightway stayed the stream
and checked the waves, before him made a calm, and
brought him safely into the river's mouth. Both knees
hung loose, and both his sturdy arms, for by the sea his
spirit had been broken. His body was all swollen, and
water gushed in a stream out of his mouth and nostrils.
So, breathless and speechless, fainting he lay and dire
fatigue o'ercame him. But when he had gained breath,
and in his breast his spirit came again, then he unbound
the wimple of the goddess and dropped it in the river
running out to sea ; and back the great wave carried it
along its current, and Ino soon received it in her friendly
hands. But he, retreating from the stream, lay down
among the rushes and kissed the bounteous earth, and in
dismay he said to his stout heart :
"Ah me ! What shall I do? What now will be my
end ? If by the stream I watch throughout the weary
night, may not the bitter frost and the fresh dew together
after this faintness stop an exhausted life ? The breeze
from off a river blows cool toward early morning. But if
I climb the hill-side up to the dusky wood and sleep in
the thick bushes, supposing that the chill and weariness
depart and pleasant sleep should come, I am afraid I
may become the wild beasts' prey and prize."
Yet on reflecting thus, this seemed the better way ; he
188 OAY22EIA2 E.
(3r) /$' y ifiev eh v\rjv TTJV Be <r%eSoz; vSaro? evpev 475
ev TreprfcuvofjLevq)' Soiovs 8' dp" virijXvOe
e% 6/j,60ev 7re<i;(MTa9 * o fiev <^v\L^ t o 8'
Tou? /aei/ ap' OUT' dvepcov Sidy /-tei/o? ^7/30^
cure TTOT ^e\to9 <j>ae0o)V dfcrla-tv e/3a\\ev,
OVT o/tyS/ao? irepda<TKe e &> a? a irv/cvo 480
Sucrer*.
evpelav <f>v\\a>v yap erjv yyais rjkiBa 7ro\\rj,
ocraov r rje Svco ye rpet9 avbpas epvcrBac
&pr) %ifji,eplr}, el Kal fjid\a irep ^aXeTratVot. 485
rrjv fjuev IBcbv yrjOqcre 7roXurXa9 09 'OSv<r<rvs,
ev 8' a/?a f^ecrcrrj Xe/cro, %vcnv S' eVe^euaro (f)v\\cov.
<9 S' ore
dypov eV eV%aT^9, o5 /^^ ?ra/)a yeiroves
airepfjM irvpo^ GW&V, iva p>ij iroOev a\\o0ev avoi, 490
a>9 'OSuo-<reu9 $v\\oi(n /caXui|raTo f TW 8
VTTVOV eV ofjifj,a<7t, %6u', Ei/a /Aftv Traucrete rd
THE ODYSSEY, V. 189
hastened therefore to the wood. This he found near the
water, with open space around. He crept under a pair
of shrubs sprung from a single spot: the one was wild,
the other common, olive. These no force of wind with
its chill breath could pierce, no sunbeams smite, nor rain
pass through, they grew so thickly intertwined with one
another. Under them crept Odysseus, and quickly with
his hands he scraped a bed together, an ample one, for
the litter of leaves was large, enough to shelter two OP
three men on a wintry day, however sharp the weather.
This royal long-tried Odysseus saw with joy, and he lay
down in the midst, heaping the fallen leaves above. As
a man hides a brand in a dark bed of ashes, at some out-
lying farm where neighbors are not near, hoarding a seed
of fire to save his seeking elsewhere, even so did Odysseus
hide himself in the leaves ; and on his eyes Athene poured
a sleep, to quickly ease him from the fatigue of toil, let-
ting his eyelids close.
14
OAYS2EIAS Z.
'O8vor<re's &|>iis els $aCaicas.
*\f29 o ftez; &/0a KaOevSe iro\vT\a^ 8*09 '
VTTVto Kal Kafj,dr<p dpypevos' avrap 'AOrfvr)
ft?) ' 69 $cu?JKa)v dvp&v Srjpov re 7r6\w re,
o? Trplv pep iror evaiov ev evpv^opq) 'TTrepely
ay^ov K.VK\ct>7T(i)v, avSp&v VTreprjvopeovrcov,
ot crfaas awea-KovTO, fBiyfyi Se QepTepoi rja-av.
evBev dva<TTij(ra<i wye Nav<riQoos QeoeiSrjs,
elcrev Se 2%plr}, e/cas avbpwv d\<f>7)crTda)v,
dfjL<j>l Se T6t%o? eXacrcre TroXet, /cat eSet/iaro
/cal vr)ov<s iroiyve Oewv, Kal eSacrcraT* dpovpas. 10
o //-ei/ 77877 #?7pt 8a/i.fc
Se TOT' ^/)%e, ^ewi/ a?ro
TOV /iev e/3?7 Trpo? SwyLta ^ea j\av/ca)7r^ '
^77 8' lyu-ev 9 6d\apov 7ro\vSalSa\ov, q> evi Kovpy 15
KOifidr dOavdrrja-i, (frvrjv Kal elSos OfioiTj,
Nava-iKaa, Ovydr^p fj,eya\iJTOpos 'A\Kivooio,
Trap Be Sv' a//.^>t7roXot, ^apircov a7ro /eaXXo9 e%ov(rai, t
(TTaO/jLouv eKarepde" Bvpai 8' eireKeivro <f>aeivai.
rj 8' dvefjbov a>9 Tn/otT) eVeWvTO Sefivia Kovprjs, 20
8' ap' vTrep /ce^>aX?}9, A:at //.tz/ 77/309 ftvOov eenrev,
Kovpy vav(n,K\eirolo Avpavros,
% ol 6fj,7j\t,Kirj pev eijv, Ke^dpicrro Se
rfj pip eeKTapevr} Trpoa-e^rj y\avKO)7ri<; '
VI.
THE LANDING IN PHAIAKIA.
THUS royal long-tried Odysseus slumbered here, heavy
with sleep and toil ; but Athene went to the land and town
of the Phaiakians. This people once in olden times lived
in the broad Highlands, near that rude folk the Cyclops,
who often plundered them, being in strength more pow-
erful than they. Moving them thence, godlike Nausithoos,
their leader, established them at Scheria, far from toil-
ing men. He ran a wall around the town, built houses
there, made temples for the gods, and laid out farms;
but long ago Nausithoos had met his doom and gone to
the house of Hades, and Alkinoos now was reigning,
trained in wisdom by the gods. To this man's dwelling
came the goddess, keen-eyed Athene, planning a safe re-
turn for brave Odysseus. She hastened to a chamber,
richly wrought, in which a maid was sleeping, of form
and beauty like the immortals, Nausikaa, daughter of
brave Alkinoos. Near by two handmaids, dowered with
beauty by the Graces, slept by the threshold, one on either
hand. The shining doors were closed ; but Athene, like
a breath of air, moved on to the maid's couch, stood by
her head, and thus addressed her, taking the likeness
of the daughter of Dymas, the famous seaman, a maiden
just Nausikaa's age, dear to her heart. Taking her guise,
thus spoke keen-eyed Athene :
192 OAY22EIA2 Z.
' Nav&i/cda, rl vv & wBe fieQij/JLOva yeivaro
el/JLdra jjuev rot, Kelrai aKrjBea criya\bevrd,
aol Be yd/jLO? o"%eB6v earns, Iva %pr] /ca\a /JLCV avrrjv
vvv<70ai, TO. Be rolcri irapaa-^elv 01 KG d
eic yap rot, TOVTCOV (fraTis cuvQ ptoTTOvs avafidivei,
r), yaipovcrw Be Trarrjp Kal TTOTVIO,
* io/Jiev irKwiovadi a/A rjol <j)aivofjbevij(j){,
rot, 70) <rvvepi,0os ap ei|ro/iat, o<f)pa
evrvvedi, eTrel ov rot, eri> Srjv TTdpOevos $<r<T<u*
jjSr) <ydp <7e fjLvcovTdi dpiarTije? Kdra SfjfjLOv
irdvrcov $aii]K(i)V, o6t> TOI yevos eVrl teal dVTy.
' ay eTrorpvvov Trarepa K\VTOV rj&Oi, irpo
Kal ajAdj-av <f>07r\i<rai,, ij icev a
T teal TreTrXov? Kal pijyea
Kal Se <rol wS' avrfj TTO\V Ka\\iov
p%ecr0ai,' TTO\\OV yap CLTTO ir\vvoL el(ri 770X7709.' 40
f H /JLCV ap a)? etVoOo-' aTrejBr] y\avK(07ri<} ^
Ov\VfJL7rov8\ 061 <>a(rl Oewv eSo? ao~^>aX69 alel
fifj,vai,' ovr' dve/jLouri, n,vdo-<reTdt, ovre TTOT
Several ovre %ft>z> r rri'jrL\varcLi t aXXa /xaX' a
TreTrrarat ave^eXo?, \evKrj 8' e7n,$eSpofj,ev
TO) evi repTTOvrai /JbaKapes 6eol tffAara Trdvra.
evO' d7re/3r) y\avKa>7ris, eirel SiejrtypaBe Kovpy.
AvrUd S' 'Ha>9 97X^6^ evOpovo?, % fJLiv eyeipe
Navo-iKaav V7re7r\ov a<f>ap 8' aTreBdvpav oveipov,
&YI 8' ifjuevai BM B(0pa0', ?v dyyei\eie roKevcri,
irarpl <^/Xw Kdl /jiijrpi' KL^ija-aro B* evBov
f) fjuev eV eo-^dprj fjcrro avv
f)\a,Kdrd <rrpw<f>G)(r aXfjrop^vpd' ro3 Be Ovpa^e
fiera
THE ODYSSEY, VI. 193
" Nausikaa, how did your mother ever have a child so
heedless? Your splendid clothes lie all uncared for,
though the wedding time is near, when it is proper to
wear fine clothes yourself and furnish them to those that
may attend you ; for from these things a good name goes
abroad and father and honored mother are made glad.
Then let us go a-washing at the dawn of day, and I will
be your fellow, that you may soon be ready ; for, really,
not much longer will you be a maid. Already you have
for suitors the chief ones of the land throughout Phaiakia,
where you too were born. Come, then, urge your good
father early in the morning to harness the mules and cart,
so as to carry the girdles, robes, and splendid rugs. Yes,
and for you yourself it is more decent so than setting
forth on foot ; for the pools are far from the town."
Saying this, keen -eyed Athene passed away, off to
Olympos, where they say the dwelling of the gods stands
fast forever. Never with winds is it disturbed, nor by
the rain made wet, nor does the snow come near; but
everywhere the upper air spreads cloudless, and a bright
radiance plays over all, wherein the blessed gods are happy
all day long. Thither now went the keen-eyed one, when
she had spoken with the maid.
Soon gay-throned morning came, and waked fair-robed
Nausikaa. So she marveled at the dream, and hastened
through the palace to tell it to her parents, to her father
dear and mother. She found them still in-doors: her
mother sat by the hearth among the waiting - women,
spinning sea-purple yarn; she met her father at the door,-
just going forth to join the famous princes at the council,
194 OAY22EIA2 Z.
5 /3ov\r)v, iva fjiiv Ka\eov QaliyKes dyavol. 65
TI Be /j,d)C ay%i (7Tacra <f>i\ov Trarepa Trpocreenre*
<f)L\\ OVK av Sij ILOI e<o7rX/o-<reta5 airtjvrjv
evicvic\Qv, Iva /c\vra ei^ar' aya)/j,ai,
e? TTora/jubv 7r\vveov(ra, rd /JLOI pepwrrw^eva /ceiTCM ;
Kal 8e <rol aura* eoifce /Ltera TrpcaroKriv edvra 60
^SouXa? (3ov\evew Kadapa %pot et/zar' e^ovra.
Trevre 8e rot, <f>i\oi ule? eVt /j,eydpoi,s yeydaariv,
ol Sv' OTTUtoz/re?, T/3et? 8' rjiOeoi 0a\e0ovres'
ol S' atet eOe\ov(ri, veojrXvra ei^ar e^oz/re?
e? %opoz> ep%eo-0ai,' ra 8* /A <f)pevl irdvra f^fjujkev.' 66
f> /25 (f)aT' aiSero yap 6a\epov ydpov i
irarpl ^>tX&)* o 8e iravra voei Kal d/jLeiftero
' Ovre rot ^piovtov <f>@ovea), re/co5, ovre rev aXXou.
drdp rot SyLta>65 e^)O7r\i(7crov(nv aTnjvrjv
VKVK\OV, vTreprepfy dpapvlav.' 70
*/25 eiVo)!/ $/ji(t)6(r(ri,v lic&c\ero t rol 8' eiriOovro.
ol jj,ev ap e'tfT05 apa^av evrpo^ov rj
&TT\eov, 77/uoi/ou5 ^' VTrayov %ev%dv
Kovprj 8' e'/c Oa\dfjioio <f>epev ecrO^jra
Kal rrjv /JLv KareOrjKev eufecrrft) eV aTnjvrj, 75
fJ>r)T7ip 8' eV /a'<rT77 Tt19et pevoeiKe' ISotSrjv
Travrolrjv, ev 8' o-v^ra riQei, ev 8' ot^oi/ %evev
d(7K(j> ev alyeiq)' Kovprj 8* eTreftrjcrer aTrijvrjs.
8e xpvcrer) ev \r)Kv6q> vypov e\aiov,
urXwo-atTO o-ur dfJL(j)i,7r6\oicri yvvaigtv. 80
8' e\aftev fjud&Tiya Kal f)vla (r
8* eXaaz^' Kava^r) 8' ?}i; rj/jiio
at 8' dfjiorov ravvovro, fyepov 8* eo-Qrjra Kal avrrjv,
THE ODYSSEY, VI. 195
whither the high Phaiakians had summoned him. So
standing very close, she said to her dear father :
"Papa dear, could you not have the wagon harnessed
for me, the high one, with good wheels, for me to take
my nice clothes to the river to be washed, which now are
lying dirty? Surely for you yourself it is but proper,
when you are with the first men holding councils, that you
should wear clean clothing. Five good sons too are here
at home, two married, and three merry young men still,
and they are always wanting to go to the dance, wear-
ing fresh clothes. And this is all a trouble on my mind."
Such were her words, for she was shy of naming the
glad marriage to her father dear ; but he understood it all,
and answered thus:
" I grudge you not the mules, my child, nor anything
beside. Go! Quickly shall the servants harness the
wagon for you, the high one, with good wheels, and
fitted with rack above."
Saying this, he called out to the servants, who gave
heed. Out in the court they made the easy mule-cart
ready ; they brought the mules, and yoked them to the
wagon. The maid took from her room her pretty clothing,
and this she stowed in the neat wagon ; her mother put in
a chest food the maid liked, of every kind, put dainties in,
and poured some wine into a goat-skin bottle, the maid,
meanwhile, had got into the wagon, and gave her in a
golden flask some liquid oil, that she might bathe and
anoint herself, she and the waiting-women. Nausikaa
took the whip and the brighLreins, and cracked the whip
to start. There was a clatter of the mules, and steadily
196 OAY22EIA2 Z.
OVK otfjVy a/jLd -n} 76 KOI ayu,</7roXofc Kiov aXXat.
Al 8' ore Brj Trora^olo poov 7repi,Ka\\e' LKOVTO, 85
ev6' r) rot, 7T\vvol rjcrav eTrrjeravol, TTO\V ' vBoyp
tca\bv vTre/CTTpopeei //.aXa irep pvTTOGwra /caOfjpai,,
evd* ai y r)(j,t,6vov<; /JLCV VTre/CTTpoeXvaav aTrrjvrjs.
Kal ra? pev aevav irorafjiov Trdpa Swrjevra
aypwo-nv (j&farf$e& > ral 8' air aTnjvrjs 90
%epa-lv eXovro /cal ecrtyopeov yLteXai/ v&wp,
(TTei/3ov 8' ev /BoOpoicri, Oow ep&a Trpofyepovcrai.
avrap eVel irKvvdv re /cdOrjpdv re pvTra Trdvra,
efet-?;? ireracrav Trapa 6lv aXo?, rj^i /zaXto-ra
\diyya? TTOTL ^eporov aTroTrXtWovce 0d\acrcra. 95
al Se 'Koecrardfievat, KOI ^pio-d^evai XtV eXatft)
Selirvov eTrelO' etXoz/ro Trap 1 o^Orjcnv Trora/ioto,
e'l/jLara 8' ^eX/oto jjuevov Tp(rr)fjLvai, avjfj.
avrap eVet <TLTOV rdp<j)0ev Sfjbwal re real avrrj,
<r<f)aLpr) ral 8' ap' eTrai&v, CLTTO KpijSefjLva /3a\ov(rai,' 100
r^crt e NavaiKaa \VK(o\evo<; ijp^ero /AOXTTT}?.
ow; 8' "ApTfALs elcri Kar ovpeos lo^eatpa,
r) Kara Trjvyerov irepiprjiceTov r) 'Epv/jiavOov,
repTTOuewr) Kairpoiat, Kal co/eetV?? eKd<f>oi<ri,'
rfj Be 0' aaa vv^ai, Kovpai, Auo<$ alyi6%oio, 105
drypovouot, irtutywri* yeyrjde Se re <f>peva Arjraf
TracrdoDV 8' irrrep TJ ye Kaprj %ei, ^8e /^ero)7ra,
peld r dpiyvwrrj TreXerai, tca\al Be re iracrat,'
ft)? Tj rf d[JL<j)l,TrV\Oi(Tl yLt6T67r/?67T6 TTapOeVOS dB/JLtJ<f.
'-4XX' ore Srj ap e^eXXe ira\w ol/covBe vee<rOai> ill
rjfjiiovovs Trrvgaa-d re e^fiara Ka\a,
* avr aXX' evorjcre Oea yXavK&Trw 'AOijwrj,
eypoiro, iBot T' evtoiriBa Kovpijv,
THE ODYSSEY, VI. 197
they pulled, drawing the clothing and the maid, yet not
alone ; beside her went the waiting-women too.
When now they came to the fair river's current, where
the pools were always full, for in abundance clear water
bubbles from beneath to cleanse the foulest stains, they
turned the mules loose from the wagon, and let them stray
along the eddying stream, to crop the honeyed pasturage.
Then from the wagon they took the clothing in their arms,
carried it into the dark water, and stamped it in the pits,
with rivalry in speed. And after they had washed and
cleansed it of all stains, they spread it carefully along the
beach, just where the waves washed up the pebbles on the
shore. Then bathing and anointing with the oil, they
presently took their meal on the stream's banks and
waited for the clothes to dry in the sunshine. And when
they were refreshed with food, the maids and she, they
then began to play at ball, throwing their wimples off.
White-armed Nausikaa led their sport ; and as the hun-
tress Artemis goes down a mountain, down the long slope
of Taygetos or Erymanthos, exulting in the boars and the
swift deer, while round her sport the woodland nymphs,
daughters of segis-bearing Zeus, and glad is Leto's heart,
for all the rest her child o'ertops by head and brow, and
easily marked is she. though all are fair; so were her
women by that virgin pure excelled.
But when Nausikaa prepared to turn toward home once
more, to yoke the mules and fold up the clean clothes,
elsewhere the goddess, keen -eyed Athene, turned her
thoughts ; for she would have Odysseus wake and see
the bright-eyed maid, who might to the Phaiakian city
198 OAY22EIA2 Z.
TI o
ar<f)aipav eVetr' eppi^re /ier' d^iTroKov /3ac7i\ei,a' 115
d/j,<f>i7r6\ov fJLv a/JLapre, fiaOeirj B' e//,/3aXe Sivy,
at 8' eVt fiatcpov dvcrav. 6 ' eypero 8 to? 'OSu<7<7et'?,
efo/xez'o? 8' a)p/j,aive Kara (jzpeva teal /car a OV/JLOV
' *l IJLOI eyco, recov avre fipor&v e? yalav iKavco ;
r) p' oi 7' vftpio-rai re /cal dypiot ouSe Sl/ccuoi, 120
r)e <$>i\6%ewoi, icai o-<f>t,v roo? eVrt ^eouS?;? ;
W5 re /Lte /covpdcov d^rf\v6e 6rj\vs dvrrj,
at e-^ova opewv alireLva Kaprjva
l Trrjyas irora^v /cal Tricrea Tronjevra.
vv TTOV dvOp(i)7ra)V elfM cr^eSov avBrjevratv ;
' dy, eywv avro?
etc
pvo-airo irepl
yS?) S' t/A6^ tw? re Xecoi/ opeo-iTpofos, d\/cl 7re7rot#co?, 130
o? T' eZcr' v6fj,vo<; /cal dij/j,evo<;, ev Be ol ocrcre
Balerai,' avrap 6 ffoval /JLerep^erat fj olecraLv
rje /JLT dyporepas eXa^ou?* /ce\erat, Be e <ya<TTr)p
/JLT)\WV Treiptfo-ovra /cal e? TTVKLVOV BOJJLOV e\0elv
a>? 'OSuo-ev? Kovpyo-w ev7r\o/cdjj,oi(riv e/i-eXXe 135
/jLigeaOai, yvfj,vos irep ea)v xpeia) yap i/cave.
<TfjLep8a\eo<; S' am fieri (f>dvrj /ce/ca/ccofjievos d\^,p f
Tpea-aav 8' aXXu&t? aXX-?; eV fyovas 7rpov%ov(ra<;'
otr) S' 'A\Kiv6ov Owydrijp peve' rf) yap 'AQijvr)
Odpo-os evl (frpevl 6fj/ce /cal e/c 8eo? e^Xero yvlcw. 140
o-rrj 8' dvra a^o/jLevrj 6 Be
T) yovvcov \iao-oiro \a{3cbv evcoTTiBa Kovprjv,
?l aura)? eireeaa-iv aTroa-raBd
THE ODYSSEY, VI. 199
show the way. Just then the princess tossed the ball to
an attendant, and, missing her, she threw it into the deep
eddy. At this they screamed aloud. Royal Odysseus
woke, and, sitting up, debated in his mind and heart :
"Alas! To what men's land am I come now? Law-
less and savage are they, with no regard for right, or are
they kind to strangers, and reverent toward the gods ? It
was as if there came to me the delicate voice of maids
nymphs, it may be, that haunt the craggy peaks of hills,
the springs of streams and grassy marshes ; or am I now,
perhaps, near men of human speech ? Suppose I make a
trial for myself, and ^ee."
So saying, royal Odysseus crept from the thicket and
broke with his strong hand a spray of leaves from the
close wood, to be a covering round his body for his naked-
ness. He set off like a lion that is bred among the hills
and confident of strength : onward he goes, beaten with
rain and wind ; his two eyes glare ; and now among the
oxen or the sheep he moves, or tracking the wild deer ; his
belly bids him make trial of the flocks, even by entering
the guarded folds ; so was Odysseus about to meet those
fair-haired maids, all naked though he was, for his need
pressed him. To them he seemed a loathsome sight, be-
fouled with brine. They hurried off, one here, one there,
over the stretching sands. Only the daughter of Alkinoos
stayed, for in her breast Athene had put courage and
from her limbs took fear. Steadfast she stood to meet
him, and a doubt crossed Odysseus whether to make his
suit by clasping the knees of the bright-eyed maid, or
where he stood, aloof, in winning words to make that suit,
200 OAY22EIA2 Z.
\lcro-oiT , el Selgeie 7r6\w teal efyara So if].
&9 dpa ol <f>poveovTi Bodcrcraro /cepBiov elvai, l
\icrcrecr6ai eTreecrcnv airocrra^a />tetX//%totcr,
fir) ol yovva \ajBovTi, ^oXooo-atro <f>peva /covprj.
avrifca jjii\L%i,ov /cal /cepBa\eov (frdro fjivOov
' Tovvovnal ere, avaaaa 0eo$ vv rt?, TJ fiporo? eWi ;
el fJLev rt? 0eo'<? evai, rol ovpavov evpvv e^ova-iv, 160
'Apre/jLiSl o~e 6700 76, -Jto? fcovprj fj,eyd\oio,
elSos re /jbeyeOos re <f>vrjv r ay^icrra elcr/co)'
el Se r/9 eVcrt ftporcov, rol eVt ^dovl vaierdovGi,
TpLO-fJLCLKape^ /JbV (TO I 76 TTdTrjp fCal ITOTVld fJLlJTtJp,
r pier pd/capes Se KacriyvrjTOi' /j,d\a TTOV crcfricri, Ovftos 155
alev evcppocrvvycriv laiverai eLverca crelo,
\evcrcr6vTwv TocovSe 6d\o<s xP v
Kelvos ' av Trepl Krjpi, /jLafcdpraros
05 /ce a ee&voLcri, /Sp/cra? cl/covc? dydyijrai.
ov ydp TTft) roiovrov i$ov jSporbv bfyOaXpolcnv, leo
ovr av$p ovre <yvvai/ca' <7e/5a? p e^et elcropo&vra.
i] 7TOT6
<j>otvi,fcos veov epvos avep^o^evov evoycra*
rjKdov yap /cal /celcre, TroXu? Se fj,oi ecrirero
6Sbv ft Brj /j,e\\ev ejjiol Kaica /crjSe' ecreerOai,. 165
S' aijTcos /cal Kelvo IScov ereOijirea OvfjuS
jv, eTrel ov TTCO Tolov avrj\v6ev e/c Bopv <yatr]<;,
a)? ere, jvvat, ayafJLau re reOijTrd re SelSta r aiv&s
ryovvow oL^aaQai' ^aXeTroi/ Se /-te TrevOos i/cdvei.
%^tjio9 eencocrro) cjtvyov ij/jiari, owoira irovrov 17
r6(j)pa Be fju alel KVJM efyopei, Kpanrvai re 6ve\\ai
vtfcrov CLTT 'fiyvylrj?' vvv S' evddBe /cd/3/3a\e
o(f>pa TI TTOV /cal rfiSe iraQa* /ca/cov ov yap ola>
THE ODYSSEY, VI. 201
and try if she would show the town and give him clothing.
Reflecting thus, it seemed the better way to make his suit
in winning words aloof, for fear if he should clasp her
knees, the maid might be offended. Forthwith he spoke
., a winning and shrewd speech :
/ "I am your suppliant, princess. Are you some god or
A mortal ? If one of the gods that hold the open sky, to
Artemis, daughter of mighty Zeus, in beauty, height, and
bearing I find you likest. But if you are a mortal and
live upon the earth, most happy is your father and your
honored mother, most happy your brothers also. Surely
their hearts ever grow warm with pleasure over you, when
watching such a blossom moving in the dance. And then
exceeding happy he, beyond all others, who shall with gifts
prevail and lead you home. For I never before saw such
a being with these eyes no man, no woman. Awe holds
me as I gaze.Jf At Delos once, by Apollo's altar, some-
thing like ytfa I noticed, a young palm-shoot springing
up ; for thither too I came, and a great troop was with
me, upon a journey where I was to meet with bitter trials.
And just as when I looked on that I marveled long with-
in, since never before sprang such a stalk from earth, so,
lady, I admire and marvel now at you, and greatly do I
fear to touch your knees. Yet grievous woe is on me.
Yesterday, after twenty days, I escaped from the wine-
dark sea, and all that time the waves and boisterous winds
were driving me far from the island of Ogygia. Even
now God cast me here, that probably here also I may meet
with trouble ; for I do not think trouble will cease, but
202 OAY22EIA2 Z.
7rav(7e<r6\ aXX' en TroXXa #eol re\eova-t TrdpoiOev.
aXXa, avaad t e\eaipe f (re yap /ca/ca TroXXa jjLoyij&as 176
9 TrpWTrjv Ifcd/jMjv, rwv S' aXXa>i> ov riva ol&a
av0pct)7rcov, ot rrjvBe 7ro\i>v /cal yaiav
darv Se JJLOL &eif;ov, 809 Se pa/co? a
t T/ TTOU ei\vfjia a-Treipw
(rol Be Oeol Toaa bolev o<ra (frpecrl o-fjai, fjuevotva<; t 180
avSpa re /cat ol/coz/ ical ofio^poavvrjv oirda-eiav
(r6\r)v ov /J,v <yap TOV ye Kpelaaov Kal apeiov,
TI o0 y 6fjio<fipoveovTe voyeur iv olicov
avrjp rjbe <yvvij' TroXX' a\yea
^dpfjiara T ev/jLeverrjai,' /zaXtcrra 8e T' e/c\vov avTOi.' 185
Tov &' av Navo-ifcda \VKco\evo<; avriov rjvBa'
' J~elv, 7rel ovre KCUCM ovr afypovi (fxorl
8' auro? vefjuei, o\/3ov '
Ka/coi(Tiv, OTTW
Kal TTOV <rol raS' eocoxe, ae oe %pr) rer\d/jLv I/ATTT;?. 190
vvv &', eVet ^fjLereprjv re 7ro\iv KOI yalav iicdveis,
ovr ovv e<r0f]TO$ Sevrjaeai, ovre rev aXXou,
&v e7reoi,% iKerrjv raXaTrelpiov avrida-avra.
acrrv Se roi Selgci), epeco Be TOI OVVO/JLO, \awv.
$al7j/ces fj,ev rtjvBe Trb\iv fcal yalav e^ovcriv, 196
elfu 8' 6701 Ovydryp /jLeyahrfTopos *A\Kivooio,
TOV S' etc i&curiKwv fyerat KOLOTO^ re /Sly re.'
*H pa, /cal afjL^irroX.oia'Lv evTrXofcd/jLoicri,
f (rrrjre fjiot,, a/z^)t7roXof rcoae <f>evyere
fj fiitf rcov nva Svcr/Jbevecov (f>dar0' efji/jLevai, avbpwv ; 200
OVK ecrO' ovro? avr)p Stepo? ftporos, ovBe yevrjrai,
09 KCV $air)K(t)v dv$p)v e? yalav i/crjrat
yap </>/Xot dOavdroicnv.
THE ODYSSET, VI. 203
much the gods will first accomplish. Then, princess, have
compassion, for it is you to whom through many bitter
struggles first I come ; I know none else of all who own
this city and this land. Show me the town, and give me a
rag to throw around me, if you had, perhaps, on coming
here, some wrapper for your linen. And may the gods
grant you whatever in your thoughts you long for : hus-
band and home and true accord may they bestow ; for a
better and higher gift than this there cannot be, when with
accordant aims man and wife have a home. Great grief
it is to foes and joy to friends ; but they themselves best
know its voice."
Then answered him white-armed Nausikaa
because you do not seem a base or senseless
Zeus himself, the Olympian, distributes fortune to man-
kind and gives to good and bad even as he wills to each ;
and he no doubt gave this to you, and you must bear it,
therefore, now you have reached our city and our land,
you shall not lack for clothing, nor for aught else which it
is fit a hard-pressed suppliant should find. I will point
out the town and will tell its people's name. The Phaia-
kians own this city and this land, and I am the daugh-
ter of brave Alkinoos, on whom the Phaiakians' power
and might depend."
She spoke, and called her fair-haired waiting-women :
" My women, stay ! Where are you running because you
saw a man ? Surely you do not think that he is of some
hostile nation. The man is not alive, and never will be
born, who can come to the Phaiakian land and offer harm :
for we are very dear to the immortals ; and then we live
>ikaa : " Stranger/\
Less person, and \
j. j_
204 OAY22EIA2 Z.
oifceofjt,ev S' dirdvevOe 7ro\v/c\vo-TO) evl TTOVTW,
e<TyaTQi, ouSe rt9 ay^ii /3pOT(ov eTTi/JLta-yerat aXXo9. 205
aXX' oe 77,9 o'vcrTrjvos a\d)/j,evos ev0d&' 1/cdvei,
TOV vvv %pr] Kojjieew 777909 jap ALQS elaiv aTravres
Te TTTca^oi re, Sort9 8' 6\lyr) re (f)i\7) re.
a SOT', a^LTrdKoi, fetVw /3/3wcrtV re TTOCTLV re,
\ovaare r ev 7rora/ic3, 6'$' eVl aKeira^ ear cive/AOio." 210
*/2? <t>a6\ at 8' earav re /c
/ca$ S' a^' 'OSvacrea elaav eV
Navo-iKaa, Ovyarijp fj,eya\rJTO
Trap S' ayoa o/ (frapos re %(,Ta)vd re ei^ar Wrjicav,
ev \r)Kv6w vypov e\a,iov, 216
/ \ova6at Trora/jLolo poycn.
pa TOT
f ^
OVTCI) aTTOirpoev, op 6<yoi) a>TO<;
a\fjir)i> wjuiouv aTroXovcroyaat, a/z,^)t 8' e'Xa/ft)
yap Srjpbv CLTTO %/>oo9 eo-Tiv d\oi(fjrj. 220
' ow/c ai/ 6*70) 76 Xoeercro//,a alBeo^ai jap
Kovpya-w evTrKoKa/jLOicri /lereX^a)^.'
tV /2? e(f>a0\ al S' airdvevOev icrav, eiTrov S' a'/>a xovprj.
at/Tap 6 e/c TTOTa/jiOv Xpoa vi^eTO 8to? '
aX/AT?!/, ^ o/ z/wra /cat ey/oea? a/juTre^e
e/c /ce^>aX^9 3' ecr firj^ev 0X09 'xyoov aTpvjeToio.
avTap eTreiBrj iravra Xoecro-aro /cat XtV aXeitye
dfjufrl Be et/xara eacraO' a ol Trope TrapOevos a
TOZ/ /Ai/ ^Adrjvalij Oij/cev, ALO<$ e/cjejavla,
fj,eiovd T elcrio'eeiv Kal Trdacrova, /cdS 8e icdprjTOS 230
ouXa9 ^e /c6yLta9, vaKivOLvw avOet, Ofioia^.
W9 8' ore Tt9 xpvcrbv 7repi%eveTai, dpjvpa) dvrjp
, ov f/ jEf>ai(7T09 8eSaez/ /eal JTaXXa9 '
THE ODYSSEY, VI. 205
out of the way, off on the surging sea, remote, no other
tribe of men has dealings with us. But this poor man came
hither because he missed his course, and we should give
him aid ; for under the charge of Zeus all strangers and
beggars stand, and a small gift is welcome. Then give,
my women, to the stranger food and drink, and let him
bathe in the river where there is shelter from the wind."
She spoke ; the others stopped and called to one another,
and down they brought Odysseus to the place of shelter,
even as Nausikaa, daughter of brave Alkinob's, had or-
dered. They placed a robe and tunic there for clothing,
they gave him in the golden flask the liquid oil, and bade
him bathe himself in the stream's currents. Then to the
waiting-women said royal Odysseus :
" Women, stand here aside, while by myself I wash the
salt from off my back and with the oil anoint me ; for
it is long since ointment touched my skin. But before
you I will not bathe ; for I am ashamed to bare myself
among you fair-haired maids."
So he spoke ; the women went away, and told it to the
maid. And now with water from the stream royal Odys-
seus washed his skin clean of the salt which clung about
his back and his broad shoulders, and wiped from his head
the foam brought by the barren sea; and when he had
thoroughly washed and oiled himself and had put on the
clothing which the chaste maiden gave, Athene, child of
Zeus, made him of taller and stouter seeming, and she
made the curling locks to fall about his head as on the
hyacinth flower. As when a man lays gold on silver,
some skilful man to whom Hephaistos and Pallas Athene
15.
206 OAY22EIA2 Z.
, %apievTa Be epya re\eiei,
o>? apa TO) Kcneyeve ^dpiv /ce<f)a\fj re KOI
efer' eTreir airdvevOe KUOV eVl #/a 6a\d<rcrr)<s,
Ka\\el real xdpio-i GrTikjSwv Orjelro Be /covpr).
Stj pa TOT' afjL<pi7r6\oicn,v evTT\oicdfioia-i fjLeTrjvSa
' KXvTe IJLCV, d^iiro\oi \evKu>\evoi, ocj)pa TL
ov irdvTWV defcrjTi 6ewv, o'l "O\VjjuTrov e^owi, 240
3>air)K.e<j<J oS' dvrjp eTTifjilcryeTat, dvTtOeotcri'
trpocrOev fjiev jap Srj /JLOI deiice\ios 5ear' elvat,,
vvv Be Oeolaiv eouce, rot ovpavbv evpvv e^ovaiv.
at yap efjiol ToiocrBe Trocrt? Ke/c^fjievos e'iij
evQdSe vaieTawv, ical ol aBoi avTodt fj,l/jLveiv. 245
d\\a 8or', a/>t<^/7roXot, fetVw fipwalv re rroaiv re.'
tX /2? e(f)aQ', at B' apa TT)? fj,d\a fMev K\VOV ^8' eTrlOovTO,
Trap B' dp' 'OBvcrcriji, eOecrav ftpwcrlv re TTQGIV re.
fj TOI, o rrlve teal rjade TroXurXa? BIOS 'OBv&crevs
a/37raXea)9* Brjpbv jap eBrjTVOS r)ev a?rac7TO?. 260
AvTap Nava-itcda \evK(t)\evos aXX' evorja-ev
i/jiaT apa TTTv^ao'a ridet, Ka\fjs eV aTrr)VT]<$>
%evf;ev 8' rjfjiiovovs KpaTepojvv^as, av 8' eftrj avTtj.
otTpvvev B' 'OBva-ija, ITTO? r efyaT etc T ovo^a^ev
' "O/xreo Brj vvvy %elve, 7ro\tvB ' l/z-e^, o^/oa <re ire^co
efjiov irpb? Swyu-a Safypovos, ev0a (re ^>?;/it 256
$air}K(ov elBrjcre/jiev ocraoi apiGTOi.
aXXa /iaX' w8' epBew Bo/ceeis Be /AOI, ov/c
o<f)p' av fiev K dypo u? I'o/iez/ KCLI epj
T0<f>pa <rvv ayu,<i7roXot<rt yw,e^' rjiiiovovs teal
avrap eirrjv TroXto? eVt/Seio/iey ^y TTC/DA
AcaXo? Se Xt/i^i/ exdrepde 770X1709,
THE ODYSSEY, VI. 207
have taught all kinds of art, and he fashions graceful
work ; so did she lay a grace upon his head and shoulders.
He walked apart along the beach, and there sat down,
beaming with grace and beauty. The maid observed;
then to her fair-haired waiting-women said :
44 Listen, my white-armed women, and let me tell you
something. Not without purpose on the part of all the
gods that hold Olympos is this man's meeting with the
godlike Phaiakians. A while ago, he really seemed to me
ill-looking, but now he is like the gods that hold the open
sky. Ah, might a man like him be called my husband,
having his home here, and content to stay ! But give, my
women, to the stranger food and drink."
She spoke, and very willingly they heeded and obeyed,
and set beside Odysseus food and drink. Then royal
long-tried Odysseus eagerly drank and ate, for long from
food had he been fasting.
And now white-armed Nausikaa to other matters turned
her thoughts. She folded the clothes and laid them in
the beautiful wagon, she yoked the stout-hoofed mules, got
into the cart herself, and calling to Odysseus thus she
spoke and said :
" Arise now, stranger, and hasten to the town, that I
may bring you to my wise father's house, where you shall
see, I promise you, the best of all Phaiakia. Only do this,
you seem to me not to lack understanding : while we
are passing through the fields and through the farms, here
with my women, behind the mules and cart, walk rap-
idly along, and I will lead the way. But as we near the
town, round which is a lofty rampart, a beautiful har-
208 OAY22EIA2 Z.
\67TT7f S' elfflO/JOj' vrjes S' 6Bbv d/jL<f)i,\icr<7at,
elpvarat," iracnv yap brurnov ecmv e/cacrrw. 265
ev6a Be re a<f) dyoprj, /ca\bv HOCTL^LOV d/j,(f>l$ t
pwrolcrw \aeo"(7i /carcopv^eea'a' dpapvla.
evOa Be w)&v 07r\a fjie\aivdci)v dXeyovai,,
ireLa-fjLara /cal (nrelpa, KOI CLTTO^VVOVO-IV eperfjid.
ov yap ^airfKeda-L p&ei /3t09 ovBe (fraperprj 270
aXX' la-rol /cal eper/jua ve&v /cal vrjes elcrai,
yaw dya\\6/jLevoi TrdKirjv Trepocoai, 6d\acrcraVt
TCOV d\eeivco (frrj/jiiv dBev/cea, fj,ij rt? oTrla'aco
fjLCO/jievr) jjid\a 8* eialv V7rep(f>la\oi /card Bfj/J,ov
/cat vv rt? a>S' elirrja-i /ca/ccorepo^ dvn,/3o\ijaas' 275
' T/9 S' oBe Navvi/cda eVerat /caXo? re /^eyas re
%elvo<$ ; TTOV Be piv evpe ; 7ro<rt9 vv ol ecro-erai, avrfj.
fj TIVCL TTOV TrKay^Oevra /co/jLio'O'aTO ^9 djrb wrjb?
dvBpwv Tr)\eBa7rc0v, eTrel ov rives eyyvOev ei&lv
rj r/9 ol evj;a/jt,evr) 7ro\vdpr)To<$ 6eb$ rj\6ev 280
ovpavoOev /carafids, e^et Be piv tffjLara Trdvra.
/3e\repov, el /cavrij irep eVo^o/ita'T; Troaiv evpev
aXkodev rj ydp rovaBe y dri/jud^ei, /card BTJ/AOV
$ait]Ka<$, roi /JLLV pv&vrai 7roXee9 re /cal eV^Xot?
a>9 epeovaiv, e/Aol Be K ovelBea ravra yevoiro. 285
Kal B' d\\r) vefJ,eo-(0, r) r^9 Toiavrd ye pe^oi,
TI T deKTjn (f>i\a)v Trarpbs /cal /jLijrpbs eovrcov
dvBpdai, fjLLayrjrai irpLv y djj,$d$iov ydpov e\0elv.
j;eive, av 8' a>8' epeOev %vviet, e7T09, o(f)pa rd^to-ra
Tro/JLTrfj*; /cal VOCTTOIO rv^rj^ irapd Trarpbs e/jioio. 290
8^6t9 dy\abv aXo"09 *A6r)vri<$ dy^i /ce\evdov
alyeipwv ev Be /cprfwrj vdet,, a//,0l Be Xei/jucbv.
evda Be Trarpbs e/jiov Tejj,evos re0a\vld T d
THE ODYSSEY, VI. 209
bor on each side the town and a narrow road between,
there curved ships line the way; for every man has his
own mooring-place. Beyond is the assembly near the
beautiful grounds of Poseidon, constructed of stone blocks
dragged there and deeply bedded. Further along, they
make the black ships' tackling, cables and canvas, and
shape out the oars ; for the Phaiakians have no care for
bow and quiver, only for masts and oars of ships and the
trim ships themselves, with which it is their joy to cross
the foaming sea. Now the rude talk of these I would
avoid, that no one afterwards may blame me. For very
forward persons are about the place, and some coarse
man might say, if he should meet us : ' What tall and
handsome stranger is following Nausikaa? Where did
she find him ? A husband he will be for her, her very
own. Some castaway, perhaps, she rescued from his ves-
sel, some foreigner ; for we have no neighbors here. Or
at her prayer some long-entreated god has come from
heaven above, and he will keep her his forever. Better
to go for herself and find a husband elsewhere, for those
about the country here, Phaiakians, she despises, though
many fine fellows are her suitors.' So they will talk, and
for me it would prove a scandal. I, too, might censure
another girl who did such things, who, heedless of friends,
while father and mother were alive, should go with men
before her public wedding. And stranger, do you attend
in this to what I say, that you may soon obtain assistance
and safe conduct from my father. Near our road you will
see a stately grove of poplar-trees, belonging to Athene ;
in it a fountain springs, and round it is a meadow. There
210 OAY22EIA2 Z.
TO<T(TOV aTro TTToXto? Qvvov re yeycove
evOa KaOefypevos pelvcM yjpovov, eh 6 /cev
acrrvBe e\6a)fjiv /cal i/cw/jLeQa
avrdp eTrrjv r)jj,ea<? e\7rrj irorl
KOI Tore $airJK(t)v 'Ifjbev e? 7ro\t,v 778'
Bw/jLara irarpbs e/j,ov fjL6ya\r)Topo<; J A\/ct,vdot,o'
pela S' apiyvcor earl /cal av Trdis rj^aaiTO 300
ov fiev yap TI eoiKora rouri rerv/crai
3>aiijfcc0i>, oto? o//,o? *A\Kiv6oi,o
aXX' OTTOT' av ere SOJJLOI, tce/cvOaxri, KOI av\rj,
ydpoio &t,e\@ejjLev, ofyp av i/crjai
rj 8' ^crrat eV eo-^dprj ev Trvpos avyy, 305
crrpco^wa a\nrbp$vpa, Oavpa l&ecrOai,,
KIOVI /cefcki/jievr) 8/xa>al Be ol e'iar oTTiaOev.
evOa Be Trarpos /JLOIO 6pbvo<$ Trort/ce/cXtrat airy,
rc3 o ye olvoTTord^ei e(f)rjaevos dOdvaTos <w?.
rbv 7rapa/A6f>|ra/Ae^o? ^rpo^ Trorl yovvacri %eipas 310
(3d\\eiv rjuereprjs, iva VOO-TIJJLOV fjuap iSrjai
Xalpcov Kap7ra\iuct) < $, el /cal /j,d\a rijXoOev eacrl.
[et /cev TOI Keivrj ye $>i\a (f>poverja evl OVUM,
e\TT(Dpri rot, eireira ^>/Xou? r toe&P /cal i/ceaOai
OLKOV evKriiievov /cal ar)v e? TrarpiSa yalav.J 315
tN /25 apa cfrcovijo-as fyaaev pda-nyi (fraewy
f)n,i6vovs' al S' o)/ca XLTTOV Trora/jLolo peeOpa.
al S' ev jJbev rpco^wv, ev Se Trkia-aovro
f) Be fjudX' rjvib^evev, OTTO)? ap eTroiaro Trefbl
d/j,(f)L7ro\ol r 'OSfcreu? re* vow 8' eVe/3aAXa/
Bvo-ero T rjeXios, /cal rol K\VTOV aX<ro<? LKOVTO 321
Ipbv 'AOrjvatrjs, iv dp' efero Sto? 'OSvacrevs.
avrl/c cTreiT* f)paro Aios /covprj /jieyd\oio.
THE ODYSSEY, VI. 211
are my father's lands, his fruitful vineyard, as far from
the town as one can call. There sit and wait a while,
until we come to the town and reach my father's palace.
But when you think that we have reached the palace, enter
the city of the Phaiakians, and ask for the palace of my
father, brave Alkinoos. Easily is it known ; a child, how-
ever young, could show the way; for in nowise do the
Phaiakians build their houses like the dwelling of Alki-
noos their prince. But when his buildings and his court-
yard shield you, quickly pass through the hall until you
find my mother. She sits upon the hearth within the fire-
light, spinning sea-purple yarn, a marvel to behold, and
resting against a pillar. Her handmaids sit behind her.
There too my father's seat rests on the selfsame pillar,
and here he sits and sips his wine like an immortal. Pass-
ing him by, to our mother's knees stretch out your hands,
if you would see the day of your return with gladness and
with speed, although you come from far. If she have
kindness in her heart for you, then there is hope that you
may see your friends and reach your stately house and
native land."
Saying this, with her bright whip she struck the mules,
and fast they left the river's streams ; and well they trot-
ted, well they plied their feet, and skilfully she reined
them that those on foot might follow, the waiting-women
and Odysseus, and with discretion she laid on the lash.
The sun was setting as they reached the famous grove,
Athene's sacred ground, where royal Odysseus sat him.
down. And thereupon he prayed to the daughter of
mighty Zeus :
212 OAY22EIA2 Z.
' K\vOi /A6V, alyi6%oi,o Aios re/co?,
vvv $TI Trep fiev a/covcrov, eVel irdpo<s ov TTOT'
paio/jLevov, ore p eppate K\VTOS evvocriycuos.
80? fji e? $a,tr]Kas cfrtXo
A if2? e^>ar' eu^o/xez^o?, TO{)
avTu> 8 ' ou 7TO) (fxilver' IvcLVTiT) aiSeTO <ydp pa
TraTpo/cacrlryvTjTov 6 S' eTTtfa^eXw? pevecuvev 830
i(p 'OSva-fji, irdpos f)v yalav licea-Oat,.
THE ODYSSEY, VI. 213
" Hearken, thou child of aegis-bearing Zeus, unwearied
one ! Oh hear me now, although thou didst not hear me
once before, when I was wrecked, what time the great
Land-shaker wrecked me. Grant that I come among the
Phaiakians welcomed and pitied by them."
So spoke he in his prayer, and Pallas Athene heard,
but did not yet appear to him in open presence ; for she
regarded still her father's brother, who furiously raged
against godlike Odysseus until he reached his land.
OAY22EIAS H.
*/2? o fj,ev ev&' rjpaTO TroXvrXa? Bios '
/covprjv Be TTporl UCTTV fyepev pevos
77 B' ore 8>) ov Trarpo? aja/c\vra Sw/jiaB' wave,
ap ev TrpoBvpoicn, /cao-lywrjToi, 8e fiiv a
' aQavdrois eVaXi/y/aot, ot 7 p' VTT' aTnjvrjs
e\vov eaBrjTa re ecrfapov etcrw.
S' e? 6a\apov eov rji6' Bale Be ol Trvp
Tr)v TTOT 'ATretpTjOev vees ijyajov
'A\Kivoq) S' avrrjv <yepas e%e\ov, ovveica TTCLVI 10
^airf/ceo-criv avacrae, Oeov 8' w? &}/-to<? axovev
v) Tpefa Nava-ifcdav \6v/ca)\evov eV /Jieydpoicrw.
rj ol Trvp dveKaie /cal eiaa) BopTrov e/cocyi-et.
Kal TOT 'OBva-aevs wpro 7ro\ivB' i/juev avrap 'AOtfvr)
rjepa %6i)6 <f)l\a (frpoveovo-' 'OBvaiji, 15
r CTreeo-cri, KOI egepeoiO' ort? eiij.
a\X' ore Brj ap* e/jbe\\e 7rb\iv BvaeaOai epavvr)v t
evda ol dvrefioXrjo-e Qea <y\avKW7ns '
TrapQevi/cf) eucvla verfviBi, /cd\7riv
O-TT) Be TrpocrO' avrov" 6 B' dveipero Sto? '
' 9 /2 re/co?, ov/c av fjLOL B6/j,ov dvepos rjyrjo-aio
'A\Ktvoov, 05 ToicrBe yu-er' dvOpMTroicriv avdaa-et, ;
Kal yap eya* %e2vo$ TaXa7re//3^09 evOdB' itcdvco
VII.
THE RECEPTION OF ODYSSEUS BY ALKINOOS.
THUS here royal long-tried Odysseus made his prayer ;
but to the town the strong mules bore the maid. And
when she reached her father's famous palace, she stopped
before the door-way, and round her stood her brothers,
men like immortals, who from the cart unyoked the mules,
and carried the clothing in. The maid went to her cham-
ber, where a fire was kindled for her by an old Apeirean
woman, the chamber-servant Eurymedousa, whom long ago
curved ships brought from Apeira ; her they had chosen
from the rest to be the gift of honor for Alkinoos, because
he was the lord of all Phaiakia, and the people listened to
his voice as if he were a god. She was the nurse of white-
armed Nausikaa at the palace, and it was she who kindled
her the fire and in her room prepared her supper.
And now Odysseus rose to go to the city ; but Athene
kindly drew thick clouds around Odysseus, for fear some
bold Phaiakian meeting him might trouble him with talk
and ask him who he was. And just as he was entering
the pleasant town, the goddess, keen-eyed Athene, crossed
his way, disguised as a young girl who bore a water- jar.
She paused as she drew near, and royal Odysseus asked :
" My child, could you not guide me to the house of one
Alkinoos, who is ruler of this people ? For I am a toil-
worn stranger come from far, out of a distant land.
216 OAY22EIA2 H.
TTj\60ev ef aTTLT)? yalrjs' TO> ov rtva olSa
dvOpaiTTWv, ot rrjv^e 7ro\t,v /cal yaiav c
Tbv 8' avre TrpocreeiTre 6ea
( roiyap eyco rot, few/e irdrep, SOJAOV ov pe ice\evi$
Se/fcw, liret JJLOI Trarpos CL/JLV/JLOVOS eyyvdt valei.
a\\' WL o~i><yfj Tolov, eya> S' 6$bv rjyefjiovevo-a)
fjL7)$e TW avdp&TTtov TrpOTioo-aeo JJL,^' epeeive.
ov yap %ewov<i o'&e fid\' av6pct)7rov<>
ov& ayajra^ofjuevoi, (friXeova 09
vrjval Qoycriv rot 76 irenroiOore^ to
\aiTfjia pi"} e/CTrepoaxTW, eirel <T$
TO)V 1/66? a)KlCU W? el TTTCpOV r}
A /29 apa (fxjwrjGao-* rjiyrjcraro ITaXXa? '
Kap7ra\Lfji(0s 6 8' eireira per lyyia f$alve Oeoto.
rbv ' apa $alrjK<; vav<n/c\VToi OVK evorj&av
p%6/jL6vov Kara darv 8ta o-^ea?* ov yap 'AOijvij 40
eta IvTrXo/ca/jios, Seivrj 0ebs, rf pa ol
Kare^eve <f>i\a (frpoveovcr' evl
' J OSv(Tev<; \iaevas /cal vf)a$
avrwv 6* rjptowv ayopas KCLI Tel%ea ua/cpa
, o~KO\67reo~a~t,v aprjpora, Oav^a IBe
' ore &rj ySacrtX^o? ayafcXvra SoouaO' i/covTO t
TOLcri Se avdcov tfpxe 6ea y\avic)7ri,<; 'AOrjvr)-
f Owro? $ij TOI, %elve Trdrep, 80/^09, ov ae
Saivvaevovs o~v 8' ecrw Kie aySe n OV/AW 5
rap/Set,' 6ap<ra\eo<$ yap avrjp ev Traa-tv daelvcov
epyoia-iv reKeOet,, el teat troOev a\\o0ev e\0ot,.
Secnrotvav uev irpwra Ki^rja-eai ev ueydpoio-iv
' OVOfJL (7Tlv eTTCOVVfJLOV, fC e TOKIJWV
THE ODYSSEY, VH. 217
Therefore I know not one among the men who own this
city and these lands."
Then said to him the goddess, keen-eyed Athene : " Yes,
good old stranger, I will show the house for which you
ask, for it stands near my noble father's. But follow on
in silence and I will lead the way. Cast not a glance at
any man and ask no questions ; for our people will not
well endure a stranger, and do not courteously receive a
man who comes from elsewhere. In their swift ships they
trust and they traverse the great deep, for the Earth-
shaker has given them power. Swift are their ships as
wing or thought."
Saying this, Pallas Athene led the way in haste, and
he walked after in the footsteps of the goddess. So the
Phaiakians, famed for shipping, did not observe him walk-
ing down their town among them, because Athene, the
fair-haired powerful goddess, did not permit it, but she
drew a marvelous mist in her heart's kindness round him.
And now Odysseus admired the harbors, the trim ships,
the meeting-places of the lords themselves, and the long
walls that were so high, fitted with palisades, a marvel to
behold. Then as they neared the famous palace of the
king, the goddess, keen-eyed Athene, thus began :
" Here, good old stranger, is the house you bade me
show. You will see heaven - descended kings sitting at
table there. But enter in, and in your heart have no
misgivings ; for the courageous man in all affairs better
attains his end, come he from where he may. First you
shall find the Queen within the hall. Arete is her name ;
218 OAY22EIA2 H.
rwv avrwv oi Trep TeKov 'A\Kivoov /3a(Ti\rja. 56
NavcrlQoov fiev rrp&ra noaeiSdcov evoori^Owv
yeivaro /cal Hepiffoia, yvvaiK&v eZSo? apLc
07r\ordrr] Ovydrrjp aeya\rjropos E
09 7T00' vrrepOvfAOKTi T'lydvrecro'lv f3ao'i\V6v.
a\X' o /z-ez/ wXeo^e \abv ardcr6a\ovy wXero 8' auro?, 60
T?7 8e IIoo-eiBdav e/jLiyrj, KOI e<yeivaro iralSa
Navo-lOoov /JbeydOvfjiov, 09 ev Qaly^iv ava<T<re'
Nava-lOoos S' ereKev 'Prj^tjvopd r *A\Kivoov re.
TOV fjLev oiKovpov eovTd /3aA,' dpyvpOTogos 'A7r6\\(0v
wpfyiov ev /Jieydpa), pleat OLTJV TralSa \i7rovTa 66
'ApTjTfJV TrjV & 'A^KLVOOS TTOltfo-aT* CLKOlTiV,
fcai fiLV eria a>? ov rt? eVt %0ovl rlerai a\\7j,
ocrcrat vvv ye <yvvalice<$ VTT dv$pd<rtv olicov ^ova"Lv.
&>? Keivr) Trepl tcypi, rerlfMjrai re ical ea-nv
e/c re <f>l\(ov TralBcov e/c T avrov 'A\/civ6oLO 70
Kal \awv, oi JJLLV pa Oeov a)? elcropocovres
SaSe^arat pvOoiaiv, ore arei^rja dva darv.
ov /j,ev yap rt voov ye fcal avrrj Several ecrOXov'
olcriv r ev (frpoveyo-i, Kal dvpd(n, veitcea \vei.
el Kev rot, /celwrj ye <f)l\a fypoveya evl Ovfjup, 76
ehircopij TQI eireira <f)l\ovs r IBeeiv /cal i/ceo-Oai
ol/cov 69 v-^ropo^ov Kal arjv e? Trarpioa yalav?
*/2? dpa fywvrjcraa dire/By yXavK&Tris *A6r)vr)
rrovrov eir drpvyerov, \irre Be ^^epiT)v eparewrjv,
iKero 8' e? MapaOwva , Kal evpvdyviav ^AQj)vr)v, 80
&vve S' 'EpexOrjos TTVKWOV SO/JLOV. avrdp 'OSv<r<rev<;
'A\Kivbov 7T/909 cw/Jiar I'e K\vrd' TroXXa &e ol
<j-rafjt,ev(d t rrp\v %d\Keov ov
re ydp r)e\Lov aiy\t] 7re\ev rje
THE ODYSSEY, VII. 219
sprung from the self -same ancestry as King Alkinoos. In
early days Nausithoos was born of earth-shaking Poseidon
and of Periboia, the chief of womankind in beauty and
the youngest daughter of that bold Eurymedon who once
was king of the presumptuous giants; but he brought
ruin on his impious tribe and on himself. With Periboia
Poseidon lay and by her had a son, sturdy Nausithoos, who
was king of the Phaiakians. Nausithoos begot Rhexenor
and Alkinoos ; but before Khexenor had a son, Apollo of
the silver bow smote him within his hall, soon after he was
wed, and he left behind an only child, Arete. Alkinoos
took Arete for his wife, and he has honored her as no one
else on earth is honored among the women who to-day
keep houses for their husbands. Thus has she had a
heartfelt honor, and she has it still, from her own children,
from Alkinoos himself, and from the people also, who look
upon her as a god and greet her with welcomes when she
walks about the town. For of sound judgment, woman
as she is, she has no lack ; and those whom she regards,
though men, find troubles clear away. If she regards you
kindly in her heart, then there is hope that you may see
your friends and reach your high-roofed house and native
land."
Saying this, keen-eyed Athene passed away, over the
barren sea. She turned from pleasant Scheria, and came
to Marathon and wide-wayed Athens and entered there
the strong house of Erechtheus. Meanwhile Odysseus
neared the famous palace of Alkinoos, and his heart was
deeply stirred so that he paused before he crossed the
brazen threshold; for a sheen as of the sun or moon
220 OAY22EIA2 H.
%a\,KOi, uev yap rol^ot, eXrjXeBar' ev&a KOI evOa,
9 i^v)(ov eg ovBov, Trepl Be OpiyKos KVCLVOW
XpvaeiaL Be Ovpai, TTVKLVOV Bduov euros eepjov.
<7Ta0fj,ol S' apyvpeoi, ev %aX/ce&) ecrraa-av ouSw,
dpyvpeov 8' (/>' vTrepOvpiov, ^pvcrerj be /copwvr).
^pvcreiot, S' eKOLTepOe KOI apyvpeoi icvves rjorav,
01)9 " H(f)ai(TTO<; erevjfev i
aOavdrov? OVTO.S /col wyripws rjfJLara Trdvra.
ev Be Opovoi Trepl TOI%OV eprjpeSar ev6a Kal ev0a t
^9 /^f%o^ ef ov&olo St,afj,7repe$, evO* evl
\etrTol evvvrjroi, /3e/3X^aro, epya yvvaitccov.
evOa Be $aiij/c(0v rjyrjropes ebpiowwro
irlvovres Kal eSovres' eTnjeravbv yap
8' apa /covpoi, evB/jLJJTcov eVt /Sw/iwv 100
aWojJievas Ba't'Sa? //era ^epalv e^ovre^
<f>aivovTe<$ VVKTO,*; Kara Bco/jLara Sairv/jiovecrcri,.
TreprtJKOvra Be ol Spcoal Kara BW/AO, yvvai/ce$
at fiev dXerpevovcri, /jLvXrjs eiri prjKoira /capTrbv,
at 8' t<rrou9 vcfrowo-i, Kal rj\dicara aTpaHfr&aiv 105
ijjj,evai, old re (j)v\\a fjtaKeBvfjs alyelpow
Katpovacrecov S' o6ovewv aTroXet/Serat vypbv e\aiov.
<&air)rce<i Trepl Trdvrwv tBpies dvBpwv
evl TTOVTO) e\avvejj,ev, &>9 8e yvvat/ces
ICTTWV re'xyricrcrai' Trepl yap o-facn Bw/cev 'AOijvrj 110
epya T' eVto-racr^at TrepiKa\\ea Kal <frpeva<; (r6\d$.
e/crocrOev 8' av\fjs ueyas op^aro^ dy%i Qvpdcov
rerpdyvos' Trepl 8' epKos eKrjXarai d/
ev0a Be SevBpea patcpd Tr
THE ODYSSEY, VII. 221
played through the high-roofed house of great Alkinoos.
On either hand ran walls of bronze from threshold to re-
cess, and round about the ceiling was a cornice of dark
metal. Doors made of gold closed in the solid building.
The door-posts were of silver and stood on a bronze thresh-
old, silver the lintel overhead, and gold the handle. On
the two sides, were gold and silver dogs ; these had He-
phaistos wrought with subtle craft to guard the house of
great Alkinoos, creatures immortal, young forever. With-
in were seats planted against the wall on this side and on
that, from threshold to recess, in long array; and upon
these were strewn light fine-spun robes, the work of wo-
men. Here the Phaiakian leaders used to sit, drinking
and eating, holding constant cheer. And golden youths
on massive pedestals stood and held flaming torches in
their hands to give light in the night-time to the feasters
in the halls.
In the King's household are fifty serving maids, some
grinding at the mill the glistering corn, some plying looms
or spinning the twisted yarn, who as they sit are like the
leaves of a tall poplar ; and from the close-spun linen
drops the liquid oil. For as Phaiakian men are skilled
beyond all others in speeding a swift ship along the sea,
so are their women practised at the loom, for on them in
large measure Athene has bestowed skill in fair works
and noble minds.
Without the court and close beside its gate is a large
garden, four acres in extent ; around it runs a hedge on
either side. Here grow tall thrifty trees pears, pome-
16
222 OAY22EIA2 H.
Kal poial KOI fj,rj\eai, dy\aoKap7roi
re y\VKepal Kal e\alai
rd(DV ov TTore KdpTTos avToXXuTat ovB'
^e//-iaro9 ouSe Oepevs, eVer^o^o? aXXa /iaX' alel
e<f)vplr) Trvelovaa TO, i^ev fyvei, aXXa Se Trecrcret.
oyxvrj eV oy^vy ryTjpda-Kei,, jj,fj\ov 8* eVl
avrap eVl (rra^fX^ <7Ta<f)v\r), GVKOV 8' eTrl
evOa & ol TToXv/capTTOs d\corj
T^? ere/301/ /Ltei/ ^etXoTreSoi/ \evpw eVt
Tepaercu ^eX/w, ere/ja? 8' a/?a re rpvyoaxrw,
aXXa? Se Tpajreovcri' irdpoiOe Be T opfyaKes slew 125
av6o<$ dfyielaai, erepai 8' vTTOTrep/cd^ov&iv.
ev6a 8e Koo-fjujral TTpaorial Trapa veiaTov op^ov
TravTolat, 7re<f)va(ri,v, eTrrjeravov yavoaxTai'
ev Be Bvco icprjvai, T) fjiev r dva KTJTTOV airavra
i,, r) S' erepcoOev VTT av\rj<; ovBbv 'irjaru 180
BO/JLOV vijrr)\ov, oOev vBpevovro TroX^nu.
rot' a/3^ eV *A\Kiv6oio Oewv ecrav dy\aa Bcopa.
*Ev6a erra? OqelTO TroXurXa
avrap eTreiBrj Trdvra ea5 drjrjcraro
tea pTT a\i yLtw? t7re/3 ovBbv efftfo-eTo ScoyLtaro? etcrw. 135
Beirdeao-iv eva/coTTM d
o5 Trv/Jbdro) crTrevBecrKov, ore /jLvrjaaiaro KOITOV.
avrap 6 /3^ Sta BCO/AO, TroXvrXa? Sto? 'OSuacret'?,
fy ol irepixevev 'Adijvrj, 140
re Kal
yovva<ri
Kal Tore Brj p avrolo 7rd\t,v %VTO Oea-fyaros dijp
ol 8* a^ew eyevovro BOJJLOV Kara (frwra IBovres,
THE ODYSSEY, VII. 223
granates, apples with shining fruit, sweet figs and thrifty
olives. On them fruit never fails ; it is not gone in win-
ter or in summer, but lasts throughout the year ; for con-
stantly the west wind's breath brings some to bud and
mellows others. Pear ripens upon pear, apple on apple,
cluster on cluster, fig on fig. Here too the teeming vine-
yard has been planted, one part of which, the drying
place, lying on level ground, is heating in the sun ; in an-
other part men gather grapes ; and elsewhere still they
tread them. In front, the grapes are green and shed their
flower, but a second row are now just turning dark. And
here trim garden-beds, along the outer line, spring up in
every kind and all the year are gay. Near by, two foun-
tains rise, one scattering its streams throughout the gar-
den, one bounding by another course beneath the court-
yard gate toward the high house ; from this the townsfolk
draw their water. Such at the palace of Alkinoos were
the gods' splendid bounties.
Here royal long-tried Odysseus stood and gazed. Then
after he had gazed on all to his heart's fill, he quickly
crossed the threshold and came within the house. He
found the Phaiakian captains and councillors pouring
libations from their cups to the keen-sighted Speedy-
comer ; for to him they always offer a last cup when they
prepare for bed. Across the hall went royal long-tried
Odysseus, still clothed in the thick cloud which Athene
drew around him, until he came to Arete and to King Al-
kinoos. About Arete's knees Odysseus threw his arms,
and then the marvelous cloud drew back from off him.
Seeing a man, all became hushed throughout the house,
224 OAY22EIA2 H.
S' opbwvres' o Be \ndve.ve.v 'OBva-crevs' 145
* 'ApiJTrj, OvyaTep ^rj^rjvopos dvTiOeoio,
<rov re TTOGIV era re yovvaO' licdva) vroXXa /jboyijaas,
TOvaBe re BaiTV/jiovas, rolo~iv deol o\/3ia Boiev
, /cal Trcualv eirnpe'^reiev e/cacrro?
evl /jbeydpoio-i, <yepas 0* o n S^yu-o? e&coicev. 150
avrap e'yu-ol TTO/ATT^ oTpvvere TrarpiS' l/cecr6ai,
Qavcrov, eTrel &rj &7)0a (j)l\wv UTTO Tr^/xar
tN /2? elTTODV tear ap' efer' eV ecr^dprj eV
Trap TrvpL" ol 8' a/oa Trayre? a/c^v eyevovro
oijre Be &r) /xereetTre <yep(t>v ijpa)s 'E%ei>r)os, 156
09 8^ 3>anr)K(jbv dvBpwv TTpoyevearepos rjev
Kal /JLvOoiai, /cefcaa-TOj TrdXaid re TroXXa re et&w?*
o <r</)ti/ ev(f)povea)v dyop^a-aro /cal jjieTeeiTrev
' 'A\icivd , ov pev rot roSe /cdXXiov ov$e eoi/ce,
%elvov pep %afjial rfaOai eir ea^dprj ev /coviycrw 160
oiBe 8e ab v pvOov TroTiBeyjjievoi, IvyavowTCii.
aXX' aye &rj ^elvov [Lev errl Opovov dpyvpoij\ov
elaov dvao-rrjaas, av Be /crjpv/ceo-o-i /ceXevaov
olvov eTTiKprjaat,, 'iva Kal Ad TepTTiicepavvu)
aTrelcrofjuev, o? 0' iKerycrtv ajj? alBotourtv OTrijBei. 165
BopTrov Be %eivq> Tapir] BOTM evBov eovTcov?
Avrdp eTrel TO 7' d/cova iepov /xeVo? 'A\/civ6oio,
^etpo? e\(bv 'OBvcrrja Ba'typova TTOi/ciXo/jiiJTrjv
wpaev air ecr^apo^LV fcal errl Opovov elae cfraetvov,
viov dvacrrrjcras dyaTrrjvopa AaoBduavTa, ^
05 ol Trkirjo-iov le, fjid\i(rTa Be JAW <f)i\eecr/ce.
%epvi,{3a B' ayLt^)/7roXo9 Trpo^oa) eTre^eve (frepovaa
irj, vrrep dpyvpeoio \ejBrjTOS,
irapa Be %e(TTr)V eTavvaa-e
THE ODYSSEY, VII. 225
and seeing marveled ; and thus Odysseus made his suppli-
cation : " Arete, daughter of divine Ehexenor, to your hus-
band do I come, and to your knees, through many a strug-
gle, and to these f easters too. May the gods grant them
the blessing of long life, and may each leave his children
his wealth at home and every honor men have given.
But quickly grant me aid to reach my native land ; for
long cut off from friends I have been meeting hardship."
When he had spoken thus, he sat down on the hearth
among the ashes by the fire, while all were hushed to
silence. At last the old lord Echeneos spoke, the oldest
man of the Phaiakian race, preeminent in speech and full
of knowledge of the past. He with good will addressed
them thus, and said :
" Alkinob's, this is not quite honorable to you ; it is un-
seemly that a stranger should be sitting on the hearth
among the ashes. Awaiting words of yours, these men
hold back. Come then, raise up the stranger, seat him on
the silver-studded chair, and bid the pages mix more wine,
that we may also pour to Zeus, the Thunderer, who waits
on sacred suppliants. And let the housekeeper provide a
supper for the stranger from what she has in store."
Now when revered Alkinoos heard his word, he took by
the hand Odysseus that keen man, of varied wisdom
raised him from the hearth and placed him on a shining
chair, making his son arise, manly Laodamas, who sat
beside his father, for his father loved him best. And
water for the hands a servant brought them in a beautiful
pitcher made of gold, and poured it out over a silver basin
for their washing, and by them spread a polished table.
226 OAY22EIA2 H.
airov 8' alBoirj ra/uT/ TrapeOij/ce fyepovcra, 175
eiSara TroXV eTriOeicra, ^api^o/ievr) Trapeovrcov.
avrap 6 wive Kal rjaOe 7ro\vr\as o? '
/cal rore KrfpVKa Trpoo-e
1 Hovrovoe, KprjTTJpa Kepaa-crdfievos pidv velpov
ava fjue^apov, iva /cal Ail repTrucepavvu) 180
, o&O' Ifcerrjo-iv
dlvov
va>/jLr)(rev 8* apa Traaw e
avrap eVet crTreiadv r eiribv 0' oaov r)6e\e
Toicriv $' 'A\icivoos dyoprfo-aro /cal /^ereetTre. 186
eiTTCt) rd fie Ovfios evl GTrjOecrcrt,
vvv fj,ev Saiad/jLevoi /caraKelere oi/caS' lovres*
rjoiOev Se yepovras eVl TrXeo^a? /caXecrai/re?
%elvov evl /jieydpois %et,via-crofj,ev r)$e Oeolcri 190
pe^ofjiev lepa /ca\a, eVetra Be /cal irepl Tro/jiTrfjs
/j,vr)o-6/j,e&', w? ^ 6 fetz/o? dvevOe TTOVOV Kal dvirjs
7ro/j,7rf} v<j) rj/juerepy r)v Trarpl&a yalav i/crjTat,
%aipa)v Kap7ra\l/jL(os, el Kal fjbd\a rrp^oOev eVrt,
fji'rjBe TI /j,e<T(r / r) r yvs ye /ca/cbv /cal irfj/jLa TrdOrjat 195
TTpiv ye rov fy yalrjs eTTifirf/jievai,' evOa S' eVetra
TreLcrerai aaaa ol al<ra /card /cXcoOes re (Sapeiai,
yeivopevq) vijaavro \ivq>, ore pw retce
el &e r^9 ddavdrwv ye /car ovpavov
aXXo rt $7) roS' eTretra Oeol irepi/jirj^avocovrat,. 200
aiel ydp TO Trdpo? ye Oeol fyaivovrai e
f][uv t evr' epftwuev dya/c\ird<; 6a
baivvvrai re Trap a/z/u KaOrf^evoi evOa irep fjf
el S' dpa rt? Kal yitoO^o? itov ^v/jL^\rjrai oS
THE ODYSSEY, VH. 227
And the grave housekeeper brought bread and placed be-
fore them, setting out food of many a kind, freely giving
of her store. So royal long-tried Odysseus drank and ate.
And now to the page revered Alkinoos said :
" Pontonoos, mix a bowl and pass the wine to all within
the hall, that we may also pour to Zeus, the Thunderer,
who waits on sacred suppliants."
He spoke ; Pontonoos stirred the cheering wine and
served it out to all, with a first pious portion for the cup.
So after they had poured and drunk as their hearts wished,
then thus Alkinoos addressed them, saying :
" Hearken, Phaiakian captains and councillors, and let
me tell you what the heart within me bids. Now that the
feast is over, go to your homes and rest ; and in the morn-
ing we will call more elders hither, and entertain the
stranger in our hall, and make fit offering to the gods.
Then afterwards will we take thought about his escort,
so that the stranger free from toil and trouble may by our
escort reach his native land in gladness and with speed,
although he comes from far. So shall he, meanwhile, meet
no ill or harm till he set foot in his own land ; there, in
the days to come, he shall receive whatever fate and the
stern spinners wove in his birth-thread when his mother
bore him. But if he be some deathless one come down
from heaven, then do the gods herein deal with us
strangely ; for heretofore the gods have always shown
themselves in person, and when we offer splendid heca-
tombs they sit beside us at the feast, even like ourselves.
And if a man, walking alone, meet them upon his way,
228 OAY22EIA2 H.
ov TI KaTCLKpinrrovcnv, eVe/ o-fyio~t,v eyyvOev eluev, 205
<W9 Trep KvK\a)7re<; re Kal aypia cf)v\a
Top 8' dTra/jbei/36/jievos Trpocre^Tj
aXXo TI TOL /JL6\TC0 (j)pecrLV ' ov yap eya) y
eoifca, rol ovpavov evpvv
ov exa? ov6 (vrv \\a vjTol<ji orolcriv' 210
01/5 Tivas t/yitet? tcrre fiaXicrr o^eovra^
avOptoTrwv, rolaiv Kev eV akyecnv l
teal 8' en Kev Kal /JLO\\OV eya) /ca/ca
oacra ye Srj gv/JLTravra 6eo)v IOTTJTI
aXV ejjbe fjuev SopTrfjo-ai, edaare /crj&o/jbevov Trep' 215
ov yap TI o-Tvyepf} eirl yao-rept, icvvrepov a\\o
eVXero, ij r etcekevaev eo ujvr](jaa6ai dvdyfcrj
Kal fidXa reipo/jbevov Kal evl (f)peal Trevdos e^ovra,
w? Kal eyco irevOos p,ev e^w fypecrlv, rj 8e yu-aV alel
Ke\erau Kal Trtve/juev, eK Se ue Trdvrwv 220
7ra0ov, Kal eviTT\r)o-ao-6ai dvcoyei.
' orpvveo-Oai, a/j,' f)ol ^>aivo^kvr]^iv t
w? K cue TOP ovcrTrjvov e'yu-T}? eVt/Sryo-ere Trdrprjs,
Kal Trep Tro\\a TraOovra' ISovra fjue Kal \ITTOL alcov
KTrfo-iv e/jirjv, SyLtwa? re Kal v^lrepe(j)e^ fjueya Sw/^a.' 225
^/29 ecfraQ', ol S' apa Trdvres eTryveov rjB' eKe\evov
TrefiTreaevai, rov %elvov, enrel Kara /juotpav eet,Trev.
avrdp eTrel o~7relo~dv r eiriov 6' oo-ov ij0e\e
ol fjiev KaKKeiovres ejBav oiKovbe e/cacrro?,
avrap 6 ev /Jbeydpa* yTreXe/Trero Sto? 'OSucrtreu?,
Trap Be ol 'AprjTi) re Kal '-4X/ctVoo9 6eoeirjs
rivOrjv ayLt^)/7roXot S' aTreKoo-fjueov evrea
rol(7tv S' 'ApiJTrj \evK(i)\evos tfp
eyvco yap <f>dp6$ re %t,T(ovd re et/Ltar' ISov&a
THE ODYSSEY, VII. 229
they do not hide, for we are of their kin, as are the Cy-
clops and the wild tribes of Giants."
Then wise Odysseus answered him and said : " Al-
kinob's, other thoughts of me be yours ! I am not like the
deathless ones who hold the open sky, either in form or
bearing, but, on the contrary, I am like men that die ; and
whomsoever you have known bearing most grief amongst
mankind, his sorrows I could equal. Yes, even more
distresses still I might relate, which first and last I bore
at the gods' bidding. But let me now, though sick at
heart, taste food ; for nothing is more brutal than an an-
gry belly. It bids a man attend perforce, sadly though
he be worn, though grief be on his mind. Even so, I too
have grief upon my mind, and yet this evermore calls me
to eat and drink ; all I have borne it makes me quite for-
get, and bids me take my fill. But do you hasten at the
dawn of day to land unhappy me in my own country, for
I have suffered long ; and let life pass, so I may once be-
hold my own domain, my slaves, and my great high-roofed
house."
Such were his words ; they all agreed, and bade send
on the stranger, for rightly had he spoken. Then after
they had poured and drunk as their hearts wished, they
sought their rest, and each departed homeward. So in
the hall was royal Odysseus left behind ; Arete, too, and
godlike Alkinoos sat beside him, while servants cleared
away the dishes of the meal. Then thus began white-
armed Arete ; for when she saw Odysseus she knew his
robe and tunic to be the beautiful clothing which she her-
230 OAY22EIA2 H.
/ca\a, rd p' avrrj reufe crvv a^LTroKoio-i, yvvai^i"
Kai jJiiv (frcDvtfo-aa eVea Trrepoevra TrpoarjvBa'
' Helve, TO fj,ev ere irptarov eyobv elprjcro/jiai, avT
r/9 iroOev et9 dv$p)v ; rt? TOI rdBe etj
ov $} <?9 6?rt TTOVTOV
' dpya\eov, /3acr/Xeta, SirjveKews dyopevaat 241
fctfbe, 7rel JMOL TroXXa Soaav deol ovpavicoves*
TOVTO $e roi epea) 6 JJL aveipeai, rjBe
'flywylrj rt? vr\GO<$ djroTrpoOev elv aXt
evda fjbev "ArXavros OwydrTjp, BoXdeao-a KaXui/ro), 245
, Becvrj 0eos f ov$e rt? a^T^
ovre Oewv ovre Owrjrwv avOpo) r jrwv.
aXX' e//,e TW Bva-Ttjvov effreo-riov ijyaye Sal/jicov
olov, eVet yLtot ^<z 6or)V dpyijrt Kepavvu*
Zev$ eXo^a? e/ceaao-e pecra) evl O'LVOTTI TTOVTG). 250
\evO^ aXXot yu-ez/ Traz/re? cnrefyOiOev ecrO\ol eralpot, t
avrap eyco rpoTTiv dy/cas e\Q)v veo? ay
evvfjfjiap <f)p6/jLr)v ' Befcdrrj $e pe vvfcrl
vfjcrov e? 'fiywyl'rjv 7reXacraz> ^eot, eV^a
6U7rXo:a/-io9, Set^^ ^609, ^7 /^e Xa/3oO<7a 255
e^/Xet re /tat erpefyev ^Se e^aa-fce
6r)<reiv dOdvarov /cal dyrjpayv r^ara iravra'
aXX' l/u-oz/ o{J Trore OVJAOV evl arriOecrcnv eTreiOev.]
evOa [lev e7rra6T9 fjuevov e/u-TreSoz/, eifiara S' alel
Sdicpvcri Sevecr/cov, rd poi a/j,/3pora ScoK
aXX' ore &r) oyBoov /JLOL 67ri7r\6/ji6vov ero9
Kal rore Sij fj? /ce\ev<76v eTrorpvvovo-a veeaOai
VTT dyye\ir)<s, rj /cal vbos erpdirer
B' eTrl o"%e$ir)<s i 7ro\vBea/jLOV, TroXXa
THE ODYSSEY, VII. 231
self had made she and her waiting-maids ; and speaking
to him in winged words, she said :
" Stranger, I will myself first ask you this. Who are
you? Of what people? Who gave to you this cloth-
ing ? Did you not say you came to us through being lost
at sea?"
Then wise Odysseus answered her and said : " Hard it
were, Queen, fully to tell my woes, because the gods of
heaven have given me many; but that for which you
ask and seek I will declare. Ogygia is an island lying
far out at sea, where the daughter of Atlas dwells, crafty
Kalypso, a fair -haired, powerful goddess. Her no one
visits, either among the gods or mortal men ; but hapless
me some power led thither to her hearth, and all alone,
for Zeus with a gleaming bolt smote my swift ship and
wrecked it in the middle of the wine-dark sea. There all
the rest of my good comrades perished, but I myself caught
in my arms the keel of my curved ship and drifted for nine
days. Upon the tenth, in the dark night, gods brought
me to the island of Ogygia, where Kalypso dwells, the
fair-haired, powerful goddess. She took me in and loved
me well, cared for my needs, and often said that she would
make me an immortal, young forever ; but she never
beguiled the heart within my breast. Here for seven
years I lingered on, and often with my tears would I be-
dew the robes Kalypso gave, immortal though they were.
But when the eighth revolving year was come, she bade
me, ay she urged me, to depart, whether through message
sent from Zeus or that her own mind changed. Upon a
strong-built boat she sent me forth, giving abundant food,
232 OAY22EIA2 H.
crlrov KOI pe6v rjBv, real a/jL/Bpora efyara evcrev, 265
ovpov Be Trpoeij/cev aTrrf/jLovd re \iapov re.
7rra Be teal Befca fJLev nrkeov ij/juara TrovroiropevwVt
Tr) B' e(f)dvij opea a/cioevra
VfjLereprjs, yrfOrjcre Be aot, (f>i\ov rjrop
TJ yap e/ieXXoz/ ert ^vveaeddai oifyl 270
rrjv /JiOi 7rco/5(J6 IIocreiBdwv evocri')(Q(jv,
o? pot, e(f)op/jLTJ(ra<; avejmovs /careBrjo-e tce\ev0a,
wpivev Be 0a\,acro'av adicrfyarov, ovBe TL KV/JLO,
CLO, 7rl (r%eBir)<? aBtva o-revd^ovra (j)epeo-0ai.
rrjv fiev eTreira 6ve\\a Biea/ceBaa avrap eyco ye 275
ToBe \aiTfjLa Bier/jiayov, o<f)pa
eVeXao-cre tftepcov ave/uLOS re KOI vBcop.
evda /ce p eicftaivovra /Suricraro KVJJU eVt
TT/OO? fieyaXrjcn /3a\ov KOI drepirei,
a^ao-a-dfjuevo^ vfjx ov TrdXw, elo? e7rrj\Qov 280
e? TToraiiov, rf) Btf /JLOI eeicraro %w/)o?
Xeto? Trerpdcov, Kal eVt (7/ce?ra9 %
e/c B' eTrecrov Ov^yepewv, eVl B' apftpocrir] vvj~
r/Xu#'* eyco B } cnrdvevOe BuTrereos Trorapolo
e/c/3d<$ ev Od^ivoicn tcareBpaOov, d/j,(f)l Be <f)v\\a 285
7)(f)vcrdfjLr)v VTTVOV Be 6eb$ /car djrelpova %evev.
evOa fjbev ev <f)v\\oi(ri,, <f>l\ov reri7]fievo^ rjrop,
evBov TraiW^to? Kal eV r)a> fcal fjLecrov fj/jLap*
Bva^ro r 9)eXt09, Kal /ze y\v/cv<; VTTVOS dvij/cev*
d/j,<f)i,7r6\ovs B' eirl Qw\ re?}? evorjcra Ovyarpb? 290
Tratfoucra?, ev B' avrrj eijv liKvla Oefjo-i.
rrjv Itcereva-'' r) 8' ov ri i/o^/Aaro? rj{ji/3porev
a>? ov/c av ekiroio vecarepov avTiaaavra
ept;e/jLev alel yap re vewrepot, d<ppaBeovcri,v.
THE ODYSSEY, VII. 233
bread and sweet wine ; she clad me in immortal robes and
sent along my course a soft and gentle breeze. For sev-
enteen days I sailed across the sea ; on the eighteenth
there came in sight the dim heights of your coast, and I
was glad at heart ill-fated I, who yet must meet the
sore distress which earth-shaking Poseidon brought upon
me. For he awoke the winds and barred my progress,
stirred marvelously the waters, and the waves did not
suffer me, spite of my many groans, to ride upon my boat.
This soon the tempest shattered, and I by swimming forced
my way through the flood, till at your coast the driving
wind and water brought me in. Here, as I tried to land,
the waves upon the shore might well have overcome me,
casting me on great rocks and on forbidding ground ; but
I turned back and swam until I reached a stream where
the ground seemed most fit, well cleared of stones and
sheltered from the wind. Gathering my strength, I stag-
gered out, and the immortal night came on. Off to a
distance from the heaven-descended stream I walked and
fell asleep among the bushes, heaping the leaves around ;
and here God poured upon me a slumber without end.
For lying among the leaves, worn to the very soul, I slept
all night till morning, then till noon ; the sun was going
down as the sweet slumber left me. And now upon the
beach I saw your daughter's maids, playing a game, and
she among them seemed a goddess. To her I made en-
treaty, and she was not lacking in sound judgment, such
as you could not hope that a young person meeting you
would show ; for usually the young are giddy. She gave
234 OAY22EIA2 H.
TI pot, crlrov eSwKev aXt? 778' aWoira olvov,
Kal \ovcr' ev irora^w, /cal /AOI rdSe eifiar e
ravrd roi, d^vv^evo^ Trep d\ijOelr)v Kareke^a'
Tbv 8' avr 'A\idvoo$ arcapelftero (pcovrjcrev re'
' fea>', r) rot, fjuev rovro j ivaiai^ov ov/c evorja-e
/j,r), ovve/cd cr' ov TI per djj,(f)i,7r6\oi,cri, <yvvailv 300
e? ^^erepov <ri> S' apa Trpwrrjv
8' d7Ta/JL(,/36/jL6VOS TTpOO-e^
fJLTj fjLOL Tovveic dfjbv/jLova vel/cee tcovprjv
fj fjiev yap p eice\V6 cvv d^LiroXoianv eirea
eya> OVK ede\ov Setcra? alcrxwofjievos re,
Kal (rol Ovfjibs eirio-Kvcra-airo IBovri*
ydp T' elfjiev eirl ^Oovl <f>v\' d
Tov 8' avr 'AXicivoos aTra^ei^ero (fxiovrjcrev re*
' %elv, ov yuot TOIOVTOV evl o-rrfOeo-ffi, (j)i\ov Krjp,
^a-^rtStft)? K%o\w(T0ai' d/jLetvco S' aicrt/na nravra. 310
at "/ap, Zev re irdrep Kal 'A6r)valrj Kal "AjroXXov,
roto? cbv olo? eVtrt, ra re (frpovewv a r' e'^w 7re/o,
TraZSa r' e/^^z/ fyeuev Kal eyLto? yauffpbs Ka\eecr0ai,
aWi ae'vcov OLKQV Be K eyco Kal KnjfjLara &oi?)v,
i K eOeXcov ye fievow deKovra Se cr' ov rt? epv^ei 315
fjirj rovro <f)l\ov Ail irarpl yevoiro.
8' e? r68' eyco reKualpouat,, o<f>p' ev elSys,
avptov e?* T77/A09 Be crv uev Seo'fjt,r)fjLevos VTTVW
\egeai, ol 8' eXoaxrt rya\rfvr)v, ofyp* av 'iKrjai,
TrarpiSa crrjv Kal Bcofia, Kal el TTOV roi (f)i\ov ecrrlv, 320
el nrep Kal /xaXa 7ro\\bv eKacrrepa) ear Ev/3oLr)<$,
rrjv Trep rr)\ordra) <f)dcr' e/j,fj,vai, ol aw 'IBovro
\acov fjfjLerep&v, ore re ^avObv ' PaSd/juavQvv
Tirvov, Tairjiov vlov.
THE ODYSSEY, VII. 235
me bread enough and sparkling wine, she bathed me in
the river and gave to me these clothes. Thus in my sor-
row I have told you all the truth."
Then answered him Alkinoos and said : " Stranger,
herein my child showed no right judgment, that she did
not bring you hither with her maids. Yet it was she to
whom you first made your entreaty."
Then wise Odysseus answered him and said : " Sire,
do not for this reproach the blameless girl. For she in-
structed me to follow with the maids ; but I would not,
for fear and very shame, lest possibly your heart might be
offended at the sight. Suspicious creatures are we sons
of men on earth."
Then answered him Alkinoos and said: "Stranger,
the 'heart within my breast is not one lightly troubled.
Better, good sense in all things. O father Zeus, Athene,
and Apollo, that such a man as you, so like in mind to
me, might take my child, be called my son-in-law, and
here abide ! For I would give you house and goods if
you would like to stay. Against your wish, shall no
Phaiakian hold you. That, father Zeus forbid ! Nay, I
will fix your setting forth, that you may rest secure ; to-
morrow shall it be. And you shall be lying all the time
wrapt in a sleep, while they are speeding you along calm
seas until you reach your land and home or anywhere you
will, though it indeed were far beyond Euboea, which is
said to be the very farthest shore by those among our
people who once saw it when they carried light-haired
Rhadamanthus to visit Tityos, the son of Gaia. Yes,
236 OAY22EIA2 H.
teal /j,ev ol 6V0' rfk6ov t Kal drep Ka/jbdroio TeXeacrav 325
rc3 avra) Kal dirrjvvo-av otWS' OTTt'crcrw.
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vfje<$ ejjbal Kal Kovpoi avappiTrreiV a\a
8' apa elirev eVo? r* efyar K r ovofjua^e* 330
Trdrep, aW ocra eljre Tekevrrjaeiev airavra
'A\Kivoo<;' rov fiev KGV eirl ^e&wpov apovpav
acr/3ecrTov K\eos eirj, eya) Se Ke TrarpiS' iicoi/JLrjv.'
tN /2? ol fJiv TOiavra TT/OO? aXX^Xou? dyopevov,
KK\ero B' 'ApijTT) \6VK(o\evos apfynrokoKJi 335
Sepvi VTT aWovcrrj Oe^evai Kal pijyea Ka\a
iropfyvpe fj,/3a\ei,v, aropea-ai r efyvTrepOe raTT^ra?,
> X\aiva<i r evdepevat, oi/Xa? KaOvirepOev e<raa6ai.
al S' Icrav 6K fjueydpoio Sao? aerd %epcrlv fyowrai*
avrdp 7rel crTopeaav TTVKIVOV Xe^o? eyKoveovaai, 340
cbrpvvov 'O&v&fja 7rapto"Ta/xe^ai eTreecraw
'"Opa-o Keow, ft) gelve' TreTrolrjTat Se rot evvrj.'
ft>9 <f>dv TO) S' dcTTrao-rbv eeLcraro
w? 6 pev evQa KaOevSe TroXvrXa? 8to? '
Tp7]Tol<S 6V \^6(70-iV VTT
'A\Kivoos S' apa \GKT
Trap Se yvvrj tiairoiva Xe^o? Trbpevve Kal evvyv.
THE ODYSSEY, VH. 237
there they went, without fatigue performing all, and on
the self-same day finished the journey home. But you
shall judge, in your own mind, how excellent my ships
and young men are in tossing up the water with the oar."
He spoke, and glad was royal long-tried Odysseus, who,
making his prayer, uttered these words and said :
" O father Zeus, all that Alkinoos has said may he
fulfil. Then on the fruitful earth should he have quench-
less fame, and I should gain my country."
So ran their talk with one another. Meantime white-
armed Arete bade her maids to set a couch beneath the
portico, to lay upon it beautiful purple rugs, spread
blankets over these, and then place woollen mantles on
the outside for a covering. So the maids left the hall,
with torches in their hands. And after they had spread
the comfortable bed with busy speed, they summoned
Odysseus, drawing near and saying : " Come, stranger,
come to sleep. Your bed is ready." So did they speak,
and to him rest seemed delightful. Thus royal long-tried
Odysseus fell asleep upon the corded bed, beneath the
echoing portico. But Alkinoos lay in the recess of his
high hall, and there the Queen, his wife, made ready her
bed beside him.
17
OAY22EIA2 .
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' Aevr dye, <&air)Kwv 97777x0/969
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vlbv Aaeprao Saitypova. TW 8' dp' 'AOrjvrj
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fjav fjiaKporepov Kal Trdcrcrova Ofj/cev l&eo-Oai,, 20
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7roX\OL>9, TOU9 3>aiT]Ke<s erreiprjcravr '
avrap eVet p* tfyepOev o/JiTjyepees r eyevovro,
VIII.
THE STAY OF ODYSSEUS IN PHAIAKIA.
As soon as the early rosy-fingered Dawn appeared,
revered Alkinob's rose from bed, and up rose also high-
born Odysseus, spoiler of cities. And now revered Al-
kinob's led the way to the assembly-place of the Phaia-
kians, which lay beside the ships. When they were
come, they took their seats on polished stones, set side by
side ; while Pallas Athene went throughout the town in
the likeness of the page of wise Alkinob's, planning the
journey home of brave Odysseus; and every man she
met she thus accosted :
" Come hither, Phaiakian captains and councillors,
come, haste to the assembly-place, to hear about the stran-
ger who came but lately to the house of wise Alkinob's
when cast away at sea. In form he is like the immor-
tals."
With words like these she stirred in each a zeal and
a desire, and speedily the assembly-place and all its seats
were filled with those who came. Then many marveled
when they saw the wise son of Laertes ; for Athene had
cast a wondrous grace about his head and shoulders, and
she had made him taller and stouter to behold, that so he
might find favor in all Phaiakian eyes as one of power
and worth, and that he also might win many games in
which the Phaiakians tried Odysseus. So when they had
240 OAY22EIA2 9.
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' KeK\VTe, $curJKc0v rjyrjropes ^Se /AeSoz^re?,
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v TO) yap pa Oebs irepl Sw/cev do&rjv
repTreiv, OTTTrrj &V/JLOS eTrorpvvrja-iv deiSew.' 46
*/29 dpa (fxavijcra? qyTjo-aro, rol ' a/jC CTTOVTO
(7K7J7TTOV^OL' KTfpV^ $6 fJ.CTCO'^eTO Qelov do&OV.
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ev S* i(TTQV T eriQevro /cal la-ria vrfi fj,e\aivrj,
rjprvvavro 8' eper/j,a rpOTrols ev SeppaTivoicri,
irdvra Kara poipav dvd 0' larLa \ev/cd Treraaa-av.
THE ODYSSEY, Vm. 241
been called and all were come, thus did Alkinoos address
them, saying :
" Hearken, Phaiakian captains and councillors, and let
me tell you what the heart within me bids. This stranger
who he is I do not know came hither as a wanderer
from peoples east or west. He begs us for an escort, and
prays that it be sure. Then let us, even as heretofore,
furnish an escort promptly; for never does the stranger
who has reached my halls tarry here long distressed for
lack of escort. Come, let us launch into the sacred sea a
black ship, freshly fitted, and let the two and fifty youths
be chosen from the land who have at former times been
found the best. Then after lashing carefully the oars
upon the pins, all disembark and straightway take a
hasty meal, coming for this to me; I will make good
provision for you all. These are my orders to the youths.
But for the rest of you, you sceptre-bearing kings, come
to my goodly palace, that there within my hall we enter-
tain this stranger ; let none refuse ; and call the sacred
bard, Demodokos, for surely God has granted him exceed-
ing skill in song, to cheer us in whatever way his soul is
moved to sing."
Saying this, he led the way, the sceptred princes fol-
lowed, and a page went to find the sacred bard, while two
and fifty picked young men departed, as he ordered, to the
shore of the barren sea. So when they came down to the
ship and to the sea, they launched the black ship into
deep water, put mast and sail in the black ship, fitted the
oars into the leathern slings, all in due order, and up aloft
spread the white sail ; out in the stream they anchored
242 OAY22EIA2 9.
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/3dv p* ifjiev 'AkKivboLo $at<f>povos e? /jieya Bco/jua.
7T\ijvro 8' dp* aWovaaL re /cal ep/cea Kai BbfjLOi dvBpwv
[dypopevcov TroXXot 8' ap ecrav veoi, r)&e
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6/cro) &'
Toi>9 Bepov djA<f)i 6^ TTOV, Terv/covro re Balr
Kfjpvj; &' eyyvOev rj\0ev aycw epirjpov doi&bv,
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trap Be 8eVa9 olvoio, nnelv ore Ovpos dvcojot. 70
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Tavr dp' doiBbs deiBe 7repiK\VTos' avrdp '
7rop(f>vpeov
THE ODYSSEY, VIII. 243
her, then took their way to the great house of wise Alki-
noos. Filled were the corridors, the courts, and rooms
with those already come ; many were there, both young
and old. In their behalf Alkinoos sacrificed twelve sheep,
eight white-toothed swine, two swing-paced oxen ; these
the men flayed and served, and made a bounteous feast.
Meanwhile the page drew near, leading the honored
bard. The muse had greatly loved him, and she gave him
good and ill : she took away his eyesight, and gave de-
lightful song. Pontonoos placed for him among the feast-
ers a silver-studded chair, backed by a lofty pillar, and
hung the tuneful lyre upon its peg above his head, and the
page showed him how to reach it with his hands. By him
he set a tray and a good table, and placed thereon a cup
of wine, to be drunk as need should bid. So on the food
spread out before them they laid hands. Now after they
had stayed desire for drink and food, then the muse moved
the bard to sing men's glorious deeds, a lay the fame of
which even then reached the broad heavens. He sang the
strife of Odysseus with Pelian Achilles, how they once
quarreled at the gods' high feast with furious words, and
Agamemnon, king of men, rejoiced in spirit when the
bravest of the Achaians quarreled; for Phoibos Apollo
had by oracle declared it so should be, at sacred Pytho,
when Agamemnon crossed its stony threshold to ask for
a response. Then was the day that the first tide of woe
began to roll on Trojans and on Danaans, according to
the will of mighty Zeus.
So sang the famous bard. Meanwhile Odysseus clutched
his great purple cloak in his stout hands and drew it
244 OAY22EIA2 6.
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avrdp or a^r dp^oiro /cal orpvveiav ae/Setz/ 90
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avrov, 0apv Be (rrevd%ovro<; d/covcrev. 95
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'AfjL<j>ia\6s 0', vlbs Ho\vvr)ov TeKroviBao'
THE ODYSSEY, VIII. 245
round his head, hiding his beautiful face; for he felt
shame before the Phaiakians as from beneath his brow he
dropped the tears. But when the sacred bard paused in
the song, Odysseus dried his tears, took the cloak off his
head, and seizing his double cup poured a libation to
the gods. Then as the other would begin again, cheered
on to sing by the Phaiakian chiefs, for they enjoyed the
tale, again would Odysseus, covering his head, break
into sobs. And thus he hid from all the rest the tears he
shed ; only Alkinoos marked him and took heed, for he
sat near and heard his deep - drawn sighs ; and to the
Phaiakians, who delight in oars, he straightway said :
"Hearken, Phaiakian captains and councillors! Now
have we satisfied desire for the impartial feast, and for
the lyre, which is the fellow of the gladsome feast. Let
us then come away and try all kinds of games, so that the
stranger, when he reaches home, may tell his friends how
greatly we surpass all other men in boxing, wrestling,
leaping, speed of foot."
Saying this, he led the way, the others following after.
The page hung on its peg the tuneful lyre, then took by
the hand Demodokos and led him from the hall, guid-
ing his steps along the selfsame road by which the rest
of the Phaiakian chiefs went forth to view the games.
Thus to the assembly - place they came, a great troop
following after, thousands in number ; and many a gallant
youth stood waiting here. Forth stood Akrone6s, Oky-
alos and Elatreus, Nauteus and Prymneus, Anchialos
and Eretmeus, Ponteus and Proreus, Tho6n, Anabasine6s
and Amphialos the son of Polyneos, son of the carpenter.
246 OAY22EIA2 0.
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Aaooduas 9' "AXios re teal dvriOeos KXvrovrjos*
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TTVJ; 8' aS Aao&duas, dyaQbs irals 'A\/civ6oio. 130
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re /cvtjuas re /cal a/j,(f)a) %elpas VTrepOev 135
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THE ODYSSEY, VIII. 247
Forth also stood a youth like murderous Ares, Euryalos,
the son of Naubolos, the one most excellent in beauty and
in stature of all Phaiakians after brave Laodamas. Forth
stood three sons of brave Alkinoos, Laodamas, Halios,
and matchless Klytoneos. At first they tried each other
in the foot-race. Straight from a mark their track was
measured ; and all flew swiftly off together, raising the
dust along the plain. Best in the race was gallant Kly-
toneos; and by such space as at the plough the mule-
course runs, so far he shot ahead and reached the crowd ;
the rest were left behind. Next in the hardy wrestling-
match they had a trial, and here Euryalos surpassed all
champions. At leaping Amphialos was foremost of them
all, while at the discus the leader was Elatreus. In box-
ing it was Laodamas, the good son of Alkinoos. So when
all hearts were gladdened by the games, up spoke Lao-
damas, son of Alkinoos :
" Come, friends, and let us ask the stranger if he has
skill and practice in some game. In build, at all events,
he is no common man, in thighs and calves, in his two
arms above, in sturdy neck and massive chest. Vigor of
years he does not lack, only he has been broken down by
many hardships ; for nothing, I believe, is worse than sea-
life for weakening a man, however strong he be."
Then answered him Euryalos, and said : u Laodamas,
what you have said is fitly spoken. Go, challenge him
yourself, and give the message."
Now when the good son of Alkinoos heard his words,
he went and stood before them all and thus addressed
248 OAY22EIA2 0.
' Aevp' dye /cal crv, %elve Trdrep, Trelprjo-at, de6\<ov, 145
el nvd TTOV BeBdij/cas* eoi/ce Be cr' IBpev de6\ov$.
ov fj,ev ydp fiel^ov #Xeo9 dvepos o<f)pa K erjGiv,
r) o TI Trocrcrtv re pe^rj /cal ^epcrlv erja-w.
d\\' dye Trelprjo-ai, (nceSa(rov $' CLTTO fcrfbea BV/JLOV'
(Tol 8' 0809 ov/cert, Brjpbv dTrecraerat, d\\d TOL rj&rj 150
VY]v<$ re Karetpvo-rai /cal eVa/oree? elfflv eraipot,.'
Tov &' a,7rafj,ei,l36fjLevo<s Trpoa-e^rj
' Aaobdfut,, TL lie ravra /ce\evere
/ctfbed pot, /cal fjLa\\ov evl cfrpecrlv r/ irep deO\ot, }
09 TTplv fjuev fjid\a TroXV eiraQov /cal TroXX' e/jLoyrjaa, 155
vvv Be /jied' vjj,erepr) dyopfj vbaToio ^ari^cov
rjfjiai,, \iao-6fjLevos /3acrtX?}a re irdvra re STJ/JLOV.'
Tov 8' avr Evpva\o<; dirapeipeTO vei/ceae r dvTrjv
' ov ydp <r ouSe, twelve, ^ar^Jiovi (f)0)rl elcr/cco
dO\a)v, old re TroXXa /ter' dvQpanroicrt, TreXovrai, 160
aXXa TO) 09 6* d/Jia vrfl TroXu/cX
ap^09 vavrdcov ot re TT prj /crapes eaai,
<f)6prov re /jivrjfJLcov /cal hrfoicoiroq ycriv
/cepo'eav 0' dp7ra\ecov ov$' dOX
Tov S' dp viroo'pa l&cov Trpoae^ij Tro\vjjLr)Tis
' %eiv, ov Ka\ov eeiTres' drao-6d\w dvopl eoi/cas. 166
oura)9 ov Trdvrea-o-i Oeol ^apievra SiSovcrLV
dvbpdcriv, ovre <f>vrjv ovr* dp fypevas ovr dyoprjrvv.
aXXo9 fJ*ev ydp elSos d/ciBvorepos 7re\ei> dvrjp,
aXXa ^09 fiop(f)rjv eVecrt crre^et, ol Be r 69 avrov 170
repTTO/jbevot \eva-crovcriv, o S' dcr^dXecos dyopevei,
alBol fjLei\i^Lr}, /juerd Be TrpeTret, dypofjievoicrw,
ep%6(jbevov S' dvd acrrv Oeov a>9 elo-opoacriv.
aXXo9 8* av elBos fjiev d\iyrct,o<; d6avdroi<nv t
THE ODYSSEY, VIII. 249
Odysseus : " Come, good old stranger, do you also try the
games, if you have practised any. Games you should
know. rThere is no greater glory for a man in all his life
than what he wins with his own feet and hands. ) Come
then, and try ! Drive trouble from your hear?! Your
journey hence shall not be long delayed. Even now
the ship is launched, the sailors ready."
Then wise Odysseus answered him, and said : " Lao-
damas, why mock me with this challenge ? Sorrow is on
my mind far more than games ; for in times past much
have I borne and much have toiled, and now I sit in your
assembly longing for my home, and supplicate your king
and all this people."
Then answered back Euryalos, and mocked him to his
face : " No indeed, stranger, you do not look like one
expert in games, much as these count with men. You
seem like one who spends his days upon a well-benched
ship, captain of seamen who are traders, one whose mind
is on his cargo, watching freights and greedy gains. You
are not like an athlete."
But looking sternly on him wise Odysseus said : " Stran-
ger, your words are rude. You seem a giddy person. \r^
So true it is that not to all do the gods grant their
favors, stature and wisdom and the power of speech.
For one man is in look inferior, but on his words God
sets a crown of beauty, and men behold him and re-
joice; with sure effect he speaks and a sweet modesty;
he shines where men are gathered, and as he walks about
the town men gaze as on some god. And one again in
look is like the immortals, but his is not the crowning
250 OAY22EIA2 0.
aXX' ov ol 'xdpis da^LTrepiare^erat, eireeacrw, 175
&>? Kal (?ol eZ8o? pev dpiTTpeTres, ovSe #ey aXXw?
ev^eie, vbov &' aTro^coXto? evai.
OVJJLOV evl o-rijOeao-i (J)L\OLCTLV
ov Kara KOCT/JLOV eya) 8' ov vrjis aedXcov,
o>? crv 76 pvOelai, a\\' ev TrpcoroHnv oica 180
efjLjJievai, o(f)p' tfpr) re TTCTrolOea %6/acrt T e^fja-i.
vvv 8' eyoiiai KaKorr^ri Kal ak<ye(n' 7ro\\a yap T\7jv,
avSpcov re TTToXe/xof? d\6<yiva re Kv/^ara Treipwv.
d\\a Kal &)? KaKa TroXXa TraOatv Treiprjo-ofjb de0\u>v
6vfjio$aKr)s yap pvOos ' eircorpwas Se fie etVcoy.' 185
*H pa Kal avrw (f)dpec dvat^as \dj3e SICTKOV
jjiei^ova Kal Trd^erovy cm/3ap(t)Tpov OVK 6\iyov irep
r) oiq) 3>ai7]K<s ebio-Keov d\\r)\oi(Ti.
TOV pa irepia-Tpe-fyas rjKe (TTifiaprjs airo %eipbs,
j36a/3r]crev Se X/#o?* Kara 8' eTrrrj^av Trorl yaly 190
<&airjKe<> SoXt^^peryLtot, vavcriK\VTOi av^pes,
Xao? V7TO piTT^' 6 8' VTrepTrraro o-rjfjLara Trdvrcav
CL7TO ^6tpO?' 601JK6 & TepfJL
l 8e/xa9 eiKvla, eVo? r' ec^ar' eV r'
' Kal K aXao? rot, geive, SiaKplveie TO a^/jLa 195
du<f>a(f)6a)v eVet ov rt /Jbe/Jbiyuevov ea-rlv o/z/Xw,
aXXa TToXv Trp&rov (TV be 6dpcrei rovSe y ae6\ov
ov r^9 $aiiJK(t)v r68e 7'
' r /2? <j)dro, yij6rj(T6V Be
Xalptov ovve 1 ^ eralpov evrjea Xeucrcr' ez/ dywvi. 200
/cat rore Kovtyorepov aere^xovee $airJKe<T(n,'
' Tovrov vvv d(f)iK(rOe, veoi,' fd^a 8' vcrTepov aXXoi/
fjcreiv r) roo-aovTOv otouai fj en, fjiacraov.
8' aXXwy orwa KpaSlrj dvpos re
THE ODYSSEY, VIII. 251
grace of words. So you, in look, are excellent, better
God could not fashion, but you are weak in judgment.
You stirred the very soul within my breast by talking so
unmannerly. No! I am not unskilled in games, as you
declare ; I was among the best, I think, while I could
trust my youth and these my arms. Now I am over-
whelmed with pain and trouble ; for much have I en-
dured, cleaving my way through wars of men and through
the boisterous seas. Still even so, all woe-worn as I am,
I will attempt the games, because your words were gall-
ing ; you provoked me, talking thus."
He spoke, and with his cloak still on sprang up and
seized a discus larger than the rest and thick, heavier
by not a little than those which the Phaiakians were
using for themselves. This with a twist he sent from his
stout hand. The stone hummed as it went ; down to the
ground crouched the Phaiakian oarsmen, notable men
at sea, at the stone's cast. Past all the marks it flew, fast
speeding from his hand. Athene marked the distances,
assuming human form, and thus she spoke and cried
aloud :
" A blind man, stranger, could pick you out that mark
by feeling merely, because it is not huddled with the mass,
but lies ahead of all. Have a good heart, this bout at
least ; for no Phaiakian will reach that or overpass it."
She spoke, and glad was royal long -tried Odysseus,
pleased that he saw a true friend in the ring. And now
with lighter heart he called to the Phaiakians :
" Come up to that, young men ! Soon I will send
another as far, I think, or farther yet. And if there
252 OAY22EIA2 0.
' aye TreiprjOrjra), eirei fi e%o\(t)o~aTe \&jv,
77 7ri>f 776 7rd\rf TJ fcal 7roo~lv, ov TL fieyalpo),
$aiij/CQ)v irKrjV y avrov
yap poi 08' eVrr r/9 av faXeovn
a(j)pa)v Srj icelvos ye KOI o\)Ti&avo<$ TreXet dvrjp,
05 Ti9 %i,voS6/c(p epiSa TrpocfreprjTai, de6\wv 210
ev aXXoSaTToS* eo S' avTov iravra ico\ov6i.
8' aXXwi/ 01; 7Ty9 TLV avaivopai ovS' dOeplfo,
d\\* eOekto ISfJbev teal Treip^dij^evai avrrjv.
Trdvra yap ov /ca/co? el/jLi, per dvbpdcnv oaaoi ae6\oi.
ev /JLev TO^OV olBa evgoov apfyafydaa-Oat,' 215
7T/3WT09 K dvBpa /3d\oifj,i, OKTTevaas ev 6fjbt\(p
dvbpcov ^va~fJLeveci)Vf el teal fj,d\a TroXXot eraipoi,
ay^L irapaa-ralev /cal TO%a%olaTO (JJCOTCOV.
oto? &r) fie $i\o/cTr)T7i<; direKaivvro rofco
$rjpq) evi Tpoocov, ore TO^a^oifieO' ' A^aioL 220
TCOZ/ 8' d\\wv epe <$>r}fjLi TTO\V irpofyepeo-repov elvai,
ocrerot vvv ftpOTol elaiv eTTt ^6ovl (rlrov e&ovres.
avSpdan Se TrpoTepoio-w epi^e/iev ov/c e6e\r)aw,
ov6* 'HpafcXrjt, ovr Evpvra) Ol^a^rjt,
01 pa /cal ddavdroicTiv epl^ecricov Trepl ro^cov. 225
rc3 pa /cal al^r eOavev /jieyas Evpvros, ov8' eirl yfjpas
wcer* evl fjLeydpoicri,' ^oXaxra/^e^o? ydp ATTO\\CI)V
eicravev, ovve/cd ^iv 7rpo/ca\L^ero rogd^eaOai,.
Sovpl 8' dfcovTi^co ocrov ovic aXXo? rt? otcrra).
dloicriv 8e/8ot/ca jroalv pr) Tt? fie 7rape\0y 231
3>air)KU>v' \lrjv yap aet/ceXiaj? eSa/JidaOrjv
KVfiacrw ev TroXXot?, eTrel ov KOfjbtSr) /cara vija
rjev eTrrjeravos' r&5 fioi <f)i\a yvla \e\vvraiJ
^9 e<j)a6\ ol 8' apa Trdvres d/crjv eyevovro
THE ODYSSEY, VIII. 253
Is one among you all whose heart and spirit bids, come,
let him try me for you vexed me very sore in boxing,
wrestling, or the foot-race even ; it matters not to me ; let
any of you Phaiakians try me, save Laodamas alone. He
is my host, and who would quarrel with his entertainer?
Witless the man must be, and altogether worthless, who
challenges his host to strife in games, when in a foreign
land; he hinders his own welfare. None of the rest I
either dread or scorn, but I will gladly know you all and
prove you face to face. Not at all weak am I, whatever
games men practise. I understand full well handling the
polished bow, and I should be the first to strike my man
by sending an arrow in the throng of foes, however many
comrades stood around and shot at their men too. None
except Philoktetes excelled me with the bow at Troy,
when we Achaians tried the bow. All others I declare I
far surpass, all that are living now and eating bread on
earth. The men of former days I will not seek to rival
Herakles, and Eurytos of Oichalia, for these would
rival with the bow immortals even. Wherefore great
Eurytos died all too soon ; to him came no old age at
home, because Apollo in his anger slew him ; for Eurytos
had challenged him to try the bow. The spear I send
farther than other man can shoot an arrow. Only I fear
that in the foot-race some Phaiakian may outstrip me;
for rudely battered have I been on many waters, because
on shipboard I had no provision for my needs for a long
space of time ; therefore my joints are weakened."
So he spoke, and all were hushed to silence ; only Al-
ls
254 OAY22EIA2 0.
'A\icivoos Be JAW 0*09 diieiftopevos TT poa-eeiTre. 23
' Heiv\ eVel OVK d^dpia-ra fieO* rj/jLLV ravr dyopeveis,
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^&>o/4ez>09 on, a o#T09 dvrjp ev wy&vi Trapaa-ras
veiiceaev, ft>9 av <rr]v dperrjv yS/3OT09 ov Tt9 OVOLTO
09 Tt9 eViVratro ^<ri (frpealv aprta ftd^ew
d\\' aye vvv e/Jiedev %vvlei 7T09,
et7T779 qpcowv, ore icev <rot9
Saivvy irapa afj T aXo^w al aola-i
rjfjLereprj^ dperfjs ^efivrj^evo^, ola /cat
Zeus eVt ep7a rWijffl Stafj,7repes efert Trarpwv. 245
ou 7ap Trvy/JLa^oi el/juev dfjLVfjLove^ ouSe r jra\aia-ral 9
d\\d TTOcrl /cpaiTTVws Oeopev KOI vrjvalv apiO"roi t
alel S' ^yLttz^ Sa/9 re <^/XT; /cidapi? re %opot re
T egrujLoifia \oerpd re Oep/Jid /cal evval.
* aye, $at,ijtcct)v PyTdpfjLoves OCTO-QL apKTToi, 260
, W9 %' o fetz/09 fafanrg olcn fyiKoiaiv,
voGTijcras, ocrcrov Trepiyiyvo/jieO' a\\o)V
KOI Trocrcrl /cal op^arvl /cal doi&fj.
Be Tt9 atya KIODV (frop/jMyya \iyeiav
olarero), rf TTOV Kelrai ev rjfJLeTepoicri, B6fj,oi(ri,v.' 255
tX /29 e^ar' 'A\tcivoos 0eoei/ce\os, copra Be /crjpvt;
(f>6pfj,i,yya y\a<f>vprjv BOJJLOV e/c
Be /cpcrol evvea Trdvres dvea-rav
01 Kar dywvas ev Trprfcrcreo-Kov
\elrjvav Be %o/?o^, /ca\bv B' evpvvav dywva.
rcrjpvt; S' eyyvOev rj\0e <f>epa)v <j)op[j,iyya \lyeiav
6 B* eVetra KI 69 pea-ov djjb^l Be /covpoi
lo-ravro, BatffAOves opxydfjuoio,
Be %opoz/ Oelov Troviv. avrdp '
THE ODYSSEY, VIII. 255
kinob's answering said : " Stranger, without discourtesy to
us is all you say ; you merely seek to show the prowess
that is yours, indignant that the man beside you in the
ring insulted you, as surely no man living would dispraise
your prowess who knew within his heart what it was fit to
say. But hearken now to these my words, that you too
may have tales to tell to other heroes when, feasting in
your hall with wife and children, you recollect our prowess
and the feats Zeus has vouchsafed us from our fathers'
days till now. We are not faultless boxers, no, nor
wrestlers ; but in the foot-race we run swiftly, and in our
ships excel. Dear to us ever is the feast, the lyre, the
dance, changes of clothes, warm baths, and bed. Come
then, Phaiakian dancers, let the best among you make us
sport, that so the stranger may relate to all his friends on
going home how we surpass all men beside in sailing, run-
ning, in the dance and song. Go, one of you, forthwith,
and fetch Demodokos the tuneful lyre that lies within our
hall."
So spoke godlike Alkinoos, and a page sprang to fetch
from the king's house the hollow lyre. Then the appointed
umpires, nine in all, arose, whose public work it was to
order all things at the ring ; they smoothed the dancing-
ground and cleared a fair wide ring. Meanwhile the
page drew near and brought Demodokos his tuneful lyre,
who thereupon stepped to the centre, and round him stood
young men in the first bloom of years, skilful at dancing.
They struck the splendid dance-ground with their feet ;
Odysseus watched their twinkling feet, and was aston-
ished.
256 OAY22EIA2 9.
fiapuapvyds drjelro Trobwv, 0av/jLae 8e 0v/j,a).
Avrap o fyoppi^wv dveftdXkero /ca\bv del&eiv
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o>9 TO, Trp&ra fjiiyrjcrav ev c Htfralcrroio SOJ
\d0py 7ro\\a 8' e&(0K, Xe^o? 8' rja^vve /cal evvrjv
1 ' H<^ai(noiO avaiCTOS atyap Be ol ayye\o<? rjKOev 270
r/ JfXio?, o (7(j) evorjae ^i^a^o^kvov^ ^C^OT^TI.
" H<f>aLcrTo<s 8' a)? ow OvfjLa\yea p,v6ov a/cov&e,
fjfj p* Ifiev e? 'xaKKe&va, Ka/ca fypecrl
ev S' e6er aKfjiodera) peyav a/c/j,ova, KOTTTC Be
apprjKTOvs d\vTOV<f, o(f>p ejjLTre&ov avBi, pevoiev. 275
avrap eVel Brj reOfe 80X0^ /ce^oXw/^eVo? "Apei,
ft?i p' 'l/juev 69 6d\afjiov, 60i ol <f>i\a $JJ,VL efceiro,
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TroXXa 8e al icaOinrepOe fJL6\aOpo^v efe/ce^wro,
T}VT' dpd^via Xevrra, ra 7' ou /ce rt? ovSe r8otro, 280
ouSe 6ewv /jLa/cdpwv ire pi yap $o\6evTa rerv/cro.
avrap eirel Brj irdvra &6\ov nrepl &efj,vi,a %evev
eiaar IJJLCV e? Arffivov, ev/cri/JLevov 7rro\iedpov t
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ep^o/jbevrj /car dp' efeO' 6 8' elVo) Scouaros yet,
V T dpa ol <j)V X^ipl 67T09 T (f)aT K T OVO
' Aevpo, <j)L\,7], \KTpOV$6 Tpa'JTiOfJ l eV VVTj6
ov yap eO* " HcfraicrTos //,6Ta8?///.to9, aXXa TTOV
e? Ar)/j,vov fierd
THE ODYSSEY, VIII. 257
And now the bard, touching his lyre, began a beautiful
song about the loves of Ares and crowned Aphrodite? : how
at the first they lay together in the palace of Hephaistos,
privily ; and many a gift he gave, and wronged the bed of
Lord Hejghaistos. Soon to Hephaistos came the tell-tale
Sun, who had observed their meeting. And when He-
phaistos heard the galling tale, he hastened to his smithy
meditating evil in his heart, there set upon its block the
mighty anvil and forged him fetters none might break
or loose, fetters to hold securely. So when he had
wrought the crafty snare in anger against Ares, hastening
to the chamber where his own dear bed was set, around its
posts on every side he dropped his toils, and many too
hung drooping from the rafter, like delicate spider-webs
which nobody could see, not even the blessed gods, so
shrewdly were they fashioned. Then after he had spread
the snare all round the bed, he made a show of going off
to Lemnos, to that stately hold which in his sight is far
the dearest of all spots on earth. Now Ares of the golden
rein had kept no careless watch, and so espied craftsman
Hephaistos setting forth. He hastened to the house of
famed Hephaistos, keen for the love of fair -crowned
Kythereia. She now, just come from visiting her sire, the
powerful son of Kronos, was sitting down. He came
within the door, and grasping her by the hand he spoke
and thus addressed her :
" Come, sweet, to bed, and let us take our pleasure ; for
Hephaistos is no longer here at home, but gone at last
to Lemnos, to the harsh-tongued Sintians."
258 OAY22EIA2 0.
' N /29 <j)dro, rfj 8' da-Trao'Tov eeio-aro KOLfj,r)0r)vaL. 296
TO) 8' 9 Se/jLvia /Bdvre /carebpaOov d/j,<j>l Be
rjv ov&' dvaelpai.
/col rore 8^ ylyvcocr/cov, 6V ov/cert <f)v/cra
\6e 7TpLK\vTo<; ajj,(j)i,yviJi,s, 300
roa-Tptyas, irplv ATJ/JLVOV yaiav UC<r&cu*
<ydp ol (TKO'JTITJV %ev etire re fj,v0ov.
pevat, 7T/009 Sco/za, <j)l\ov
<7Tr) 8' eV TrpoOvpoidi, ^0X09 8e /Atr aypios y
(r/jLp$a\eov 8' effoTjcre, ryeycove re 7ra<rt Oeolcri' 305
' -ZeO trdrep ^8' aXXot fid/capes Oeol alev eovres,
8evO\ iva epya ye\aara KOI OVK eViet/cra iSrjcrOe,
a>9 6/te ^(w\ov eovra ALOS Ovydrrjp ^A^poBirrj
alev dri/Ma^ei, <j)t,\eei 8' dl$r)\ov "Aprja,
6 (j,ev /caXo9 re Kal apriTros, avrdp eyco ye 310
yevofATjv arap ov TI pot atrto9 aXXo?,
aXXa ro/cfje &vco, TO) fjurj yeivaaOai 6'<eXXoz/.
aXX' oijre(r0', iva TCD ye /caOevberov ev
t9 e/jua &e/jLvia /3a^re9* eyco 8' opoow
ov fiev cr(jE>ea9 er eo\7ra fiivvvOd ye Keie^ev OVT<O,
Kal /Jid\a Trep (f>i\eovTe' Ta^' OVK eOeXtfaerov dfjiffxt)
a-XXa cr^coe 80X09 /cat 8607x09 epv^ei,
o /ce /-tot fjbdXa Trdvra Trarrjp aTroSajcret ee8z/a,
fc eyyvd\ij;a t>z/ft>7Tt8o9 eiverca Kovpr)?,
ovve/cd ol Ka\rj Ovydrrjp, drdp OVK e%e@vfj,os.' 3
*/29 e(f)aO\ ol 8' dyepovro Oeol irorl %aX/co/3are9 5ft)
TloaeiSdcov yatijo^o^, rfk6'
rj\6ev 8e az^af eKaepy
0r)\VTpai, 8e ^eat fjuevov alSol OIKOL eKdo~Trj.
THE ODYSSEY, VIII. 259
He spoke, and pleasant it seemed to her to lie beside
him. So the pair went and lay them down in bed, and
all about them dropped the toils fashioned by shrewd He-
phaistos; it was not in their power to move or raise a
limb. This saw they only then when there was no escape.
But on them came the famous strong-armed god, who had
turned back before he reached the land of Lemnos ; for
in his stead the Sun kept watch and told him all. He
hastened to the house, though with a heavy heart, stood
at the gate, wild rage upon him, and raised a fearful cry,
calling to all the gods :
" O Father Zeus and all you other blessed gods that
live forever, come see a sight for laughter, deeds not to
be endured ! For I being lame, this Aphrodite, daughter
of Zeus, ever dishonors me and gives her love to murder-
ous Ares, since he is handsome and is sound of limb, while
I was born a cripple. Yet nobody is to blame for that but
my two parents, would they had never given me birth !
But you shall see where lie the loving pair who stole into
my bed. I smart to see them! And yet I think they
will not lie much longer thus, however great their love.
Shortly they will not wish to sleep together ; but still my
snare and mesh shall hold them till her father pays me
back the many" wedding gifts I gave to get the shameless
girl, seeing his child was fair, though not true-hearted."
He spoke, and the gods gathered at the brazen thresh-
old of his house. Poseidon came, who girds the land,
the fortune-bringer Hermes came, and the far-working
king Apollo. The goddesses for shame all stayed at
260 OAY22EIA2 9.
earav 8' ev TrpoOvpoKri Oeol, Scorfjpes edwv
acr/3e<7T05 8' dp evcopro <ye\a>5 fjiafcdpecro-t, Qeoicrt,
a>8e 8e rt5 etTrea-fcev IBcDV e? 7r\r]o-iov a\\ov
' Ot/c apera Kafca epya" K^avei TOL /3paSi)? a)/cvv t
a>5 /cat z'w " H(j)cucrTos eons /3/oaSu? etXez> "Aprja 330
irep eovra 6e&v ou "O\v/ji7rov e^ovcrt
6ft)i/, Te^vrjai' TO /cat fjioi^ajpi,' o^eXXet.'
ot yu/e^ TOLCLVTCL TT/OO? aXX^Xou? dyopevov
fjv Se TTpoo-eeiTrev ava%, ALO? vlbs, 'A7r6\\cov
* 'Epfiela, A LOS vie, SuiKTOpe, Sa>rop edwv, 3:35
/oa /cez^ ev Se<r/iot5 e^eXot? /cparepolo-t, Tuea-Oels
ev Xe/crpotcrt Trapa %pvcrerj 'A^poBiry ; J
S' ripei/Ber eirara Sta/cropo? dpyei(f)6vTr)<;
at 7/> roOro yevoiro, ava% e/car^/^oX' "^TroXXov
rpt? TQGGQI cnrelpoves dpfas e%oiev t 340
S' el(70p6(DT6 Oeol Tracral re Oeawai,
avrap eycov evSoifju Trapa ^pva-erj 'Atypo&lrr).'
*/2? e^ar', eV Se ^eXa)? copr' aOavdroio-i Qeolaiv.
ovBe Hocre&dcova 76X005 e^e, XiVcrero 8' atel
" ' H<f)at,(TTov K:\VToepybv 07TQJ5 \vcreiev "Aprja, 1 346
/ca/ /Atz/ 0ft>z/^cra5 eVea TTTepoevra Trpoa-rjvSa'
Trtcr^o/zat, a>5
irdvra /zer' aOavdroicrt, Oeola-i*
Tov 8' are irpocreenre TrepucKvTos d/ji<f)i'yvr]et$ >
itj fie, IIocrL$aov yanjo^e, ravra Ke\eve*
rot SetXwv 76 /cat eyyvai, eyyvdaaOat.
7TW5 az/ 670) <re Se'ot/u /xer' dOavdroicri 6eolo~iv>
el /cev "Aprjs ol'^otro %/?e / 05 /al Seo-jjibv aXufa? ; *
8* avre Trpoaeenre Tloae&dow e
THE ODYSSEY, VIII. 261
home. So at the portal stood the gods, the givers of good
things, and laughter irrepressible broke from the blessed
gods as they beheld the arts of shrewd Hephaistos ; and
glancing at his neighbor one would say : " Wrong-doing
brings no gain. Slow catches swift ; as here Hephaistos,
who is slow, caught Ares, who is swiftest of the gods that
hold Olympos, catching him' by his craft, though lame
himself. Now Ares owes the adulterer's fine."
So ran their talk with one another. And now to
Hermes spoke the king, the son of Zeus, Apollo: "O
Hermes, son of Zeus, guide, giver of good things, would
you not like, though loaded down with heavy bonds, to lie
in bed by golden Aphrodit ? "
Then answered him the guide, the Speedy - comer :
"Would it might be, far-shooting king Apollo, though
thrice as many bonds, bonds numberless, should hem me
in, and all you gods and goddesses should come and see,
would I might lie by golden Aphrodite ! "
He spoke, and laughter rose amongst the immortal gods.
But Poseidon did not laugh ; he earnestly entreated He-
phaistos, the great craftsman, to give to Ares freedom.
And speaking to him in winged words he said : " Free
him, and I engage, as you demand, that he shall pay all
that is just before the immortal gods."
Then said to him the famous strong-armed god : " Posei-
don, girder of the land, ask not for this. From triflers,
even pledges in the hand are trifles. How could I hold
you bound before the immortal gods, if Ares should evade
both debt and bond and flee ? "
Then said to him the earth-shaking Poseidon : " He-
262 OAY22EIA2 0.
' "Heater, el Trep yap KGV "Apr)? %peto? V7ra\v%as 355
OLfflTai, favywv, auro? rot eya) rd&e T/O-O>.'
Tbv 8* rjfJLeifBeT eTreira 7repLK\VTo<$ ay
' OV/C C(TT OV$ Ot,K TOV 67TO? apV
A /2? elTTcov Bed^ov aviei fievos c H^aiaroio.
TO) 8' eVet e/c Seay-toto \vdev, Kparepov Trep eoz/ro?,
avrtfc avat^avre 6 jjuev SpyKyvbe fiefttf/cei,
T) S' apa KvTrpov i/cave ^)tXo/^/x6tS^9
e? Hdfyov evOa &e ol re/xez/o? /3<w/AO? re
evOa $e JAW %tt/5tre9 \ov(rav Kal %picrav
, ola 0eovs eTrevrjvoOev alev ewra?,
/ara e<rcrav eTrrfpara, Oavpa ISea
Tavr ap aotSo? aetSe Trept/cXuro? avrap '
evl ^>peo\v fjcrw a/covayv 7)^6
&' f 'A\iov Kal AaoSd/Jbavra K.e\evcre 370
,, eirei <T$I<TIV ov rt? epi^ev.
ol 8* eVet ouz^ cr^aipav Ka\rjv yLtera ^epcrlv e\ovro t
Troptyvperjv, Tr)v cr(j)iv UoXfySo? 770/770-6 Bafypcov,
TJ]V 6TpO<? plTTTCKT/Ce TTOTt V6(f)a GKlOeVTCL
ISvwOels 077 1(7(0' 6 S' a?ro ^^01/09 vtyocr aepOeis 376
/377t8/&)9 fj,e6e\e(TKe, Trapo? Trocrlv 'ot8a? i/ce<r0ai,.
avrap eVet 8^ crfyaipr) av Wvv TreiprjcravTO,
Trorl
KOVpOi
eo-recoT9 /far' a<ywva, TroXv? S' UTTO KO/JLTTOS opwpei.
877 TOT' ap' *A\Kivoov Trpoa-e^wvee Sto? '
' *A\Kivoe Kpeiov, nrdvrwv dpi$el/cT
elvai dptcrTovs,
^S' ap* eroljjba rervKTO* <re/3as p e%ei ela-opocovra,'
THE ODYSSEY, VIII. 263
phaistos, even if Ares does evade the debt and flee, still I
myself will pay."
Then answered him the famous strong-armed god : " I
cannot and I must not say you nay."
Saying this, mighty Hephaistos raised the net, and the
pair once set free from out the net, so very strong, sprang
up forthwith. He went to Thrace ; but she, the laugh-
ter-loving Aphrodite", came to Cyprus, into the town of
Paphos, where is her grove and fragrant shrine. There
did the Graces bathe her and anoint her with imperisha-
ble oil, such as bedews the gods that live forever, and
they arrayed her in a dainty robe, a marvel to behold.
So sang the famous bard. Odysseus joyed in heart
to hear, as did the others also, the Phaiakian oarsmen,
notable men at sea.
And now Alkinoos called on Halios and Laodamas to
dance alone, for with them none could vie. So taking in
their hands a goodly ball of purple hue, which skilful
Polybos had made them, one, bending backward, flung it
toward the shadowy clouds ; the other, leaping upward
from the earth, easily caught the ball before his feet had
touched the ground again. Then after they had tried
the ball straight in the air, they danced upon the boun-
teous earth with tossings to and fro. Other young men
beat time for them, standing around the ring, and a loud
sound of stamping rose. Then to Alkinoos said royal
Odysseus :
" Mighty Alkinoos, renowned of all, you boasted that
your dancers were the best, and here it is proved true. I
am amazed to see."
264 OAY22EIA2 0.
*/2? (j)dro, yrflrjo'ev B' lepov yLte^o? ' * A\Kiv6oio t
al-^ra Be $air)Kea-<Ti (f>i\r)perfjLOLcn
' Ke/c\VTe, 3>air)KWv rjyrjTOpe^ r)Be
o feii'o? /jid\a pot Botceet, TreTrvvfJievos elvat,.
a\X' dye ol Sw/jLev gewrjiov, &>9 eVtet^e?.
SwSetca yap Kara &fjfj,ov apitrpeTrees /3a(ri,\fj$
dp%ol tcpalvova-i, TpiaKaiBefcaTOS S\
TWI^ ol 6vcaerro<? (frdpos evTrXvves r)$e
KCLI xpva-QLo TaXavrov evei/care
atya Be irdvra (j>epa)fj,ev do\\ea, o^p* evl
fetz/o? e%a)v eVt Bopjrov irj %a(p&v evl 6vjj,(p. 395
Evpva\os Be e avrov dpecra-daOw eVeWcrt
KOL Bcopw, eVet ov TL eVo? KCLTO, fjiolpav eeiTrev.'
A /2? e(f)a0', ol S' a/?a irdvres eTryveov r)$' e/ceXevov,
Stopa S' ap' olaefjievat irpoecrav /ctfpvKa e/cao-Tos.
TOV ' avr Evpva\os dTrafjuel/Bero (f>a)vr)o-ev re* 400
' 'A\Kivoe Kpelov, irdvrwv dpiBel/ceTe
Toiyap 670) TOV gelvov dpea-aofjiai,, t? crv
Sajcrct) ot roS' ao^ Tray^dXfceov, cS eVt
dpyvperj, fco\eov Be veoTTpicrrov e\<f)avros
d/ji(f)i,BeBLvrjTai' TroXeo? Se oi a%iov ecrrat.' 405
*/2? etVft)!/ eV %e/)o*l rlOet, fi^o? dpyvpor)\ov,
fcal IJLW <t>covijo-a<; eirea Trrepoevra TrpoaijvBa'
' Xalpe, Trdrep w geive* CTTO? B' el Trep n, fiefiaicTai,
Bewov, d(j)ap TO fyepoiev dvapTrd^acrai ae\\ai.
aol Be Oeol a\o%6v T IBeeiv KOI TraTplB' Irceo-Oai 410
Boiev, eTrel Brj BrjOa (frlXcov CLTTO
Top B' a7rafj,ei,l36fj,evos Trpoa-e
* /cal a-v, </>/Xo9, ftaXa ^at/oe, Oeol Be rot oKjBia Boiev,
THE ODYSSEY, vm. 265
So he spoke. Revered Alkinoos was glad, and to the
Phaiakians, who delight in oars, he straightway said:
"Hearken, Phaiakian captains and councillors! This
stranger truly seems a man of understanding. Come
then, and let us give such guest-gift as is meet ; for twelve
high kings bear sway throughout the land and are its
rulers, and a thirteenth am I. Let every man among
you bring a spotless robe and tunic and a talent of
precious gold. And let us speedily fetch all together, so
that the stranger, having these in hand, may come to
supper glad at heart. Let too Euryalos give satisfac-
tion to the man, by word and gift, for his speech was un-
becoming."
So he spoke; the others all approved and gave their
orders, and for the bringing of the gifts they sent their
several pages. But Euryalos made answer to the king
and said : " Mighty Alkinoos, renowned of all, I will in-
deed give satisfaction to the stranger, as you bid; for
I will give this brazen blade. Its hilt is silver, and a
sheath of fresh-cut ivory encircles it. Of great worth
he will find it."
Saying this, he put into Odysseus' hands the silver-
studded sword, and speaking to him in winged words he
said : " Hail, good old stranger ! If any word was ut-
tered that was harsh, straight let the sweeping winds bear
it away. But the gods grant that you may see your wife
and reach your land ; for, long cut off from friends, you
have been meeting hardship."
Then wise Odysseus answered him and said : " You too,
my friend, all hail. May the gods grant you fortune, and
266 OAY22EIA2 0.
ri rot, f/<^>609 76 TroOrj fjueroTTtade yevoiTO
TOVTOV, o Brj fioi w/ea?, dpecro-d^evo^ eVeWo'ti/.' 415
*H pa /cal afjufi Mfioiai Oero gfyo? dpyvpor)\ov.
BvaeTO T 776X^09, /cal ro3 K\vra B(opa Trapfjev'
/cal rd y 6? 'A\/ct,v6oio (frepov /ctjpvfces dyavoi-
i 8' apa 7ratSe9 dfiv/jbovo^ 'A\/civ6oio
l Trap 1 alSotrj eOeaav irepiicaXkea Scopa. 420
rolcriv 8' rjye/jLovev iepov //,eVo9 '^4X/ctz/ooto,
ekOovres Se /ca62ov ev v'^ryXoiai 0p6voi<ri,.
$ij pa TOT 'ApiJTrjv Trpoae^rj fjbevos *A\iciv6oio'
' Aevpo, yvvai,, <j>epe ^rf^ov dpi7rp67T\ r) rt9 dpla-Trj'
ev 5' avTrj 6e$ (frdpos ev7r\vve$ rj$e yiT&va. 425
dfjL(j)l Be ol Trvpl ^a\/cbv IrfvaTe, OeppeTe 8' vBcop,
6(f)pa \oecro- dfjbv6s re IBwv T ev icel/jLeva irdvTa
Ta ol $a/77/ce9 d/jLv/Jioves evdd& eveiicav,
re Tepir^Tai /cal doiSfjs vpvov d/covcov.
/cat ol eya) roS' a\eio~ov epov 7Tpt,fca\\6<; OTracrcra), 430
Xpvcreov, otyp* epeOev fJLe/jLvrjfjLevos rj^ara TravTa
o-TrevBrj evl /jLeydpa Au T a\\oiaiv re Oeolaiv?
*fl<S 6(f>aT } t 'AptJTrj Be /^era S/jbcoycriv eeiirev
dfi<f)l Trvpl (TTrjo-ai TpiTroBa peyav OTTI ra^tcrra.
at Be \oeTpo^6ov rp/TroS* iGTao-av ev Trvpl /cr)\e<p, 435
ev 5' ap* vBwp e^eav, VTTO Be %v\a Balov e\ovaai.
ydcrTprjv jj,ev TpLTroBos irvp a/jL<f)e7re, OepfjieTO B* vBcop.
T0(f>pa B' ap 'AprjTi) eiva) 7repitca\\ea %^Xoi/
e^efapev Oa\dfjbOio t Ti6ei 8' evl /cd\\i/JLa Bwpa,
IcrOrjra ^pvaov re, ra ol $>air]Kes eBco/cav 440
ev B* avTrj (frdpos 6fj/cev /ca\6v re ^trw^a,
/cai IJLLV (fxovija-aa 1 eTrea TTTepoevTa TrpocrrjvBa*
f AVTOS vvv tBe TrwfjLa, ^ow9 S' eVl Becr/ibv "r)\ov,
THE ODYSSEY, VIII. 267
may you not hereafter miss the sword which you now
give, making amends besides in what you say."
He spoke, and round his shoulders slung the silver-
studded sword. And now the sun went down, and the
noble gifts were there ; stately pages bore them to the
palace of Alkinob's, where the sons of good Alkinoos, re-
ceiving them, laid the fair gifts before their honored
mother. For the rest revered Alkinoos led the way, and
entering the house they sat them down on the high seats.
Then to Arete spoke revered Alkinoos :
" Bring hither, wife, a serviceable ch^st, the best you
have, and lay therein a spotless robe am tunic. Then
heat upon the fire a caldron for the stranger and warm
some water, that, having bathed and seen all the gifts put
safely away which the honored Phaiakians brought him
hither, he may enjoy the feast and hear the singer's song.
I too will give to him my goodly golden chalice, that as
he pours libations at his hall to Zeus and to the other
gods he may be mindful all his days of me."
He spoke, and Arete told the maids to set a great
kettle on the fire as quickly as they could. They set the
kettle that supplied the bath upon the blazing fire, they
poured in water, put the wood beneath, and lighted.
Around the belly of the kettle crept the flame, and so
the water warmed. Then Aret brought the stranger a
serviceable chest from out the chamber, she put therein
the beautiful gifts, the clothing and the gold which the
Phaiakians gave him, and she herself put in a robe and
goodly tunic, and speaking to him in winged words she said :
" Look to the lid yourself and quickly tie its cord, lest
268 OAY22EIA2 0.
Sbv -
/j,i Tt? TOI Ka v rjta-eTcu, OTTTTOT av avre
evSyaOa y\VKvv VTTVOV low ev vrfl fj,e\aivr).' 446
Avrap eTrel TO y aKovae TroXurXa?
avriic eTTTJprve 7ra>//,a, #ow? 8' eVl Secr/jiov t7?Xe
TTOi/ciXov, ov Trore yu-tz/ SeSae (frpeal TTOTVICI
avroSiov &' a/3a //.tz^ TCL/ALT] \QvcracrQa
e? /a' do-dfjLivOov /3dv6 ' o 8' a/?' a(77rao-/co? t'Se Ovfjico 450
a \oerp , eVel ov rt Ko/ju^o/jLevos 76
o KO/JLLTI ye
' eVet ot>z/ S/zwal \ovaav /cal ^plaav
ciKrjv /Sd\ov r)Be %t,T(i)va, 466
Navai/cda Se ^ewz^ CLTTO /caXXo?
pa Trapd araO/jibv reyeos TTVKCI TTOIIJTOIO,
' 'OSvarja ev o^>6a\^olcrLV opwcra,
i fjuv (frwvrjcraa eVea Trrepoevra Trpoo-TjvSa-
' Xaipe, %elv, r iva Kai TTOT' eoov ev Trarpibi, yaly
efiev, on JJLOL Trpcorrj fadypi o
Trjv 8' d7ra/jLet,/36fievos Trpoae^rj
( Nava-i/cda, Ovyarep ueya\rfTopo$ 'AX/civooio,
ovrco vvv Zevs Oeirj, epiybovTros Trocrt? f 'Hpr)$, 465
oitca&e T e\6e/jievai Kai vocm^ov fj/jiap ibeaOai'
rw Kev rot, Kai KeWi 6e<p w? evx^Tow/jujv
alel tf/jbara iravra' av ydp p e/3iot)crao, Kovpr)'
*H pa Kai 69 Opovov le Trap 1 'A\Kivoov /3a<7tX?}a.
ol &' ^Srj fjioipas r eve/jbov Kepocovro re olvov. 470
Krjpvj; 8' eyyvQev rj\6ev aycov eplrjpov aotSoz/,
\aoldi TeTifj,evov elee 8' dp" avrbv
THE ODYSSEY, VHI. 269
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some one rob you on the way, when by and by, sailing on
the black ship, you rest in pleasant sleep."
When royal long-tried Odysseus heard these words,
straightway he fitted on the lid, and quickly tied the cun-
ning knot which potent Circe once had taught him.
Thereafter the housewife called him to come to the bath
and bathe ; and he was glad at heart to see the steaming
water, for he had not been accustomed to meet such care
as this since he had left fair-haired Kalypso's home; but
there he had as constant care as if he were a god. Now
when the maids had bathed him, and anointed him with
oil, and put upon him a goodly cloak and tunic, forth
from the bath he came and went to join the drinkers ;
and Nausikaa, with a beauty given of the gods, stood by
a column of the strong-built roof, and marveled at Odys-
seus as she cast on him her eyes, and speaking to him in
winged words she said :
" Farewell, stranger ! When you are once again in
your own land, remember me, and how before all others
it is to me you owe the saving of your life."
Then wise Odysseus answered her and said : " Nausi-
kaa, daughter of high-souled Alkinoos, Zeus grant it so
he the high thunderer, husband of Her that I reach
home and see my day of coming. Then would I there
too, as to any god, give thanks to you forever, all my
days ; for, maiden, it was you who gave me life."
He spoke, and took his seat by king Alkinoos. Men
were already serving food and mixing wine. The page
drew near, leading the honored bard, Demodokos, high
prized of all, and placed him amongst the feasters,
19
270 OAY22EIA2 0.
/-teVcrft) SaiTVfJiovwv, TT/DO? Kiova /j,aKpbv epeiaas.
Srj rore Ktjpv/ca 7rpocre(f)r) TroXv/ArjTis 'OSucro-eu?,
vo)Tov aTTOTrpora/jLODv, eVt Be 7r\eiov eXeXetTrro, 475
09, 6a\eprj 8' ^ a//,(t? a\oi<j)tf'
, TT} Sr), rovro Trope Kpeas, o(f>pa fydyrjcri,
oKq), Kai fiiv Trpoa-Trrv^ofJLai, a^vvfjuevos Trep.
iracn yap avOparTroicnv eTn^Oovloio'iv aotSol
l elai KOL al&ovs, ovveK apa
/Safe, ^>l\rjae Se <f)v\ov aoi
, /cfjpvj; Be <j)epa)v ev ^epcrlv e6?)Kev
o 3' eSe^aro, ^alpe Se
ol S' 67r' oveiaO* eroLfia Trpo/cel/jieva
avrap ewel TTOO-IOS KOI eSrjrvos ef epov evro,
^77 rore drjfjLoSo/cov TTpoo-e^rj
' dTjfjLoSo/c, e^o^a ST; ere ffporwv alvlfafj?
rj ere ye fjbovd eSiSage, ALOS vrat?, rj ere y '
Xlrjv yap Kara KOCT/JLOV * Ayaiu>v OLTOV aet8et?,
ocra epav r eTraOov re real ocra e/j,6yr}<rav 'Amatol 490
w? re TTOV rj auro? Trapecov rj a\\ov a^oucra?.
aXX' aye &rj iLerdfBr)6t, KOI ITTTTOV KOO-/JLOV aeicrov
Sovpareov, rbv 'Ejreios eTrolrj&ev crvv '
ov TTOT 69 a,Kpo7ro\iv S6\ov tfyaye Sto? '
dvbpwv efjuTrXijo-as OL p* "I\iov e^a\a7ra^av. 495
at fcev Srf fjuoi ravra Kara jjLolpav
avriK eya) 7rao-iv /jLvOrjcro/jiai,
<w? apa TOL 7Tp6<f)pwv 6eb$
l> /2? (j)d0\ 6 8' opit7]6els 6eov TJp^ero, (fiaive S' doiSrjv,
evOev e\a)v &)? ol JJLCV eva-(7e\fjicov eVt vrjwv 500
ySaz/re? aTreTrXetov, irvp ev /c\io-irjcri /3aXoi/T9,
'Apyeioi, rol ' 77877 dyaK\VTov apty 'OSvo-fja
THE ODYSSEY, VIII. 271
backed by a lofty pillar. Then to the page said wise
Odysseus, cutting a slice of chine, whereof still more was
left, from out a white-toothed boar, the rich fat on its
sides : " Page, set before Demodokos this piece of meat,
that he may eat and I may do him homage, sad though
I be myself ; for at the hands of all on earth bards meet
respect and honor, because the muse has taught them song
and loves the race of bards."
He spoke, and the page bore the food and put it in the
hands of lord Demodokos. He took it and was glad at
heart, and on the food spread out before them they laid
hands. But after they had stayed desire for drink and
food, then to Demodokos said wise Odysseus : " Demo-
dokos, I praise you beyond all mortal men, whether your
teacher was the muse, the child of Zeus, or was Apollo.
With perfect truth you sing the lot of the Achaians, all
that they did and bore, the whole Achaian struggle, as if
yourself were there, or you had heard the tale from one
who was. Pass on then now, and sing the building of
the wooden horse, made by Epeios with Athene's aid,
which royal Odysseus once conveyed into the citadel,
a thing of craft, filled full of men, who by its means
sacked Ilios. And if you now can tell this tale in its due
order, I shall forthwith declare to all mankind how boun-
teously God gave to you a wondrous power of song."
So he spoke. Thereat the other, stirred by the god,
began and showed his skill in song: beginning where
some Argives boarding the well-benched ships were set-
ting sail and spreading fire throughout their camp ; while
others still, under renowned Odysseus, lay in the Trojan
272 OAY22EIA2 6.
eiar evl Tpa)a)v dyopy /ce/caXv/jLfjLevoi
avrol yap uiv Tpwes e? d/epoTroXw epvaavro.
a)? o fjiev cartf/cei, rol ' d/cpira Tro'XX' ayopevov Sos
ij/jievot, d/j,(f)' avrov Tpl%a Be afyiaiv TJvbave /3ov\rj,
776 Bta7r\ij^ai, /colXov Sopv vrj\L %a\Ka),
rj Kara Trerpdobv fla\eeiv epvo-avras eV a/cpTjs,
fj edav pey aja\/jia Oe&v 0\KTijpiov elvai,
TTI 7Tp Brj Kdl 7TLTa Te\6VT^O-6O'daL 6fJL\\V 510
alo-a yap TJV dTroXeaOat,, eTrrjv TroXi? dpfyiKa'^vtyr)
Sovpdreov fj,e<yav LTTTTOV, 60' eiaro Trdvres apia-rot,
'Apyeicov Tputeorcn <povov KOI /crjpa
rjeibev 8' eo? dcrrv SieirpaOov ute? '
iTTTToOev eK-^y^evoi, KOL\OV \6^ov K7rpo\i7r6vTe$. 615
a\\ov &* d\\r) ae&
avrap ^OBvao-rja Trporl
Prmevai, yvr "Aprja, crvv dvTiOew Meve\dq>.
KeWi or) alvbraTov TroXefiov <f)dTo ToX^aavTa
VLKrjcrai teal eTretra oid /j,eyd@v/JLOV 'AOrjvrjv. 520
Tavr dp' doibbs aetSe irepiicXvTos' avrdp 'OSvacrevs
Ttj/cero, Sd/cpv &' eSevev VTTO /3\<pdpoi(Ti,
a>5 8e yvvrj tc\air}<ri <f>l\ov TTOO-IV d
09 re 6779 Trpoo-Oev iroKios \aa)v re
a(TTel Kai T6/cee(T<riv ajjivvcov 1/97X669
17 /JL6V TOV OvrjcricovTa K.CLI do-TTaipovTa IBovaa
djjL^ 1 avro) xv/juevr) \iya fccoicvei,' ol Be r' OTTia
/C07TTOVT6S Bovpecrai, fJ,Td<f)pVOV 7}8e Kal W/JLOV?
elpepov elaavdyovari, nrovov r e^epev Kal btty
i, Sd/cpvov el/3ev.
evO* aXXof9 fJiev Trdvras e\dv6ave Bd/cpva
THE ODYSSEY, VIII. 273
market-place, all hidden in the horse; for the Trojans
themselves had dragged this to their citadel. So there it
stood, and long and uncertainly the people argued, seated
around it. Three plans were finding favor : either to split
the hollow trunk with ruthless axe ; or else to drag it to
the heights and hurl it down the rocks ; or still to spare
the monstrous image, as a propitiation for the gods. And
thus at last it was to end. It was their fate to perish so
soon as their city should inclose the enormous wooden
horse, wherein lay all the bravest of the Argives, bearing
to the Trojans death and doom. He sang how they o'er-
threw the town, these sons of the Achaians, issuing
from the horse, leaving their hollow ambush. Each for
himself, he sang, pillaged the stately city ; but Odysseus
went like Ares to the palace of Deiphobos with god-
like Menelaos ; and there, he said, braving the fiercest
fight, Odysseus conquered at the last through aid of fierce
Athene.
So sang the famous bard. Odysseus melted into tears,
which wet his cheeks below his eyelids. And as a woman
wails and clings to her dear husband, who falls for town
and people, seeking to shield his home and children from
the ruthless day ; she watches him dying, gasping, and
flings herself on him with a piercing cry, while men be-
hind, smiting her with their spears on back and shoulder,
force her along to bondage to meet with toil and trouble ;
with pain most pitiful her cheeks are thin ; so pitiful was
the tear Odysseus dropped beneath his brows. Yet did
he hide from all the rest the tears he shed ; only Alkinoos
274 OAY22EIA2 9.
'A\/clvoo$ Be IJLIV 0*09 eirepfydcrar 778' evorjaev,
dy% avrov, jBapv Be arevd^ovros arcov<rev.
a Be $ai,ijtcecrcri, fyiKyperpoiai uerrjvBa 635
KeK\vre, $air)K<t)v rjytjrope? rjBe p&ovres,
B' ijBr) o-^ederco (frop/jiiyya \lyetav
ov 'yap TTw? Trdvrecro-i, ^api^o^evo^ rdB' delBet,.
eg ov BopTreofjiev re teal wpope 6elo<s doiBbs,
ex rov 8' ov TTft) Trav&aT ou^vpolo ydoio 540
o fetz/09* /j,d\a TTOV /JLIV a%o? typevas d/jbtyi
ay o fjiev o-^ederco, iv o/^w? TepTrca/jLeOa
teal feZz/o?, eVet TTO\V /cd\\tov OVTW
eive/ca yap %eivoLo rdB' ai&o&MO rervKTai,
TTO/jbTrrj Kal (f>l\a Bwpa, rd ol BIBouev ^tXeoi/re?. 645
avrl Ka&iyviJTov gelvos 0' l/cerrj^ re rervfcrai
avepL, 05 r 6\t<yov Trep eTTL^jravrj irpairibecTGi.
To) vvv urjBe crv /cevde votf/jbacri, /cepBa\eoi,(Ti,v
brrt, ice a etp0fiM' fyda-dau Be ae /cd\\t,6v eo-riv.
elif ovop! 6m ere /ceWi, tcd\eov fJ>tfrr)p re Trarijp re, 550
a\\ot, 6' ol Kara darv Kal 01 irepivaierdova-iv.
ov /J,ev yap rt? TrdaTrav dvcovv/juos ear dvOpMTrcov,
ov KaKos ovBe fiev eV^Xo?, eVr/z/ rd Trpwra yevrjrai,
d\\' eirl Traai riOevrai, eTrei Ke reKwai, roKrjes.
elire Be JJLOL yaldv re rerjv Bfj/j,6v re 7r6\iv re, 655
o<j>pa ae rfj Tre^Trwcn rirvaKo/jLevat, (frpeal vr)e<s.
ov yap $airjice(r(n, Kvffepvrjrrjpes eacnv,
ovBe n 7rri$d\i earl, rd r aXXat vrfe^ eyovaw
d\\ aural laacrt, vorj^ara Kal fypevas dvBpwv,
Kal Trdvrcov laaai TTo\ia<s Kal irlovas dypovs 660
avupwjrwv, Kal \alraa rd^Lad' aXo? e/c7rep6coo~iv
rjept, Kal ve$>e\r) KKa\vu/j,evai' ovBe Trore <r<j)iv
THE ODYSSEY, VIII. 275
marked him and took heed, for he sat near and heard his
deep-drawn sighs ; and to the Phaiakians, who delight in
oars, he straightway said :
" Hearken, Phaiakian captains and councillors, and let
Demodokos hush now the tuneful lyre, because not to the
pleasure of us all he sings of this ; for since we supped
and since the sacred bard began, this stranger has not
ceased from bitter sighing. Surely some grief hovers
about his heart. Let then the bard cease singing, that
all alike be merry, stranger and entertainers, for that is
better far ; since for the worthy stranger's sake have all
things been prepared, the outfit and the friendly gifts,
which we grant heartily. Even as a brother is the
stranger and the suppliant treated by any man who feels
the slightest touch of wisdom.
"Do not, then, longer cautiously conceal what I will
ask ; plain speech is better. Tell me the name by which at
home your father and mother called you, they and the
other folk, your townsmen and your neighbors ; for none
of all mankind can lack a name, be he of low degree or
high, when once he has been born. Nay, in the very hour
of birth parents give names to all. And tell me of your
land, your home, and city, that thither our ships may bear
you with a discerning aim ; for on Phaiakian ships there
are no pilots, nor are there rudders such as other vessels
carry, but the ships understand themselves the will and
mind of man. They know the cities and rich lands of
every people, and swiftly they cross the sea-gulf, shrouded
in mist and cloud. Once upon them, there is no fear of
276 OAY22EIA2 0.
OVT6 TI TTTjfJLavdrjvat e-TTt 8eo? DVT a7TO\e(rOat,.
aXXa rob* o>9 TTore Trarpbs eycov etVo^ro? dtcova-a
NavcriOoov, 09 e^aatce Ilocrei&dtov dydaaaOat, 665
THUV, ovve/ca 7ro/jL7rol ajrrj/jioves elfjuev aTrdvrcov.
(j)rj TTore ^airf/ccov dv&pcov evepyea vrja
etc 7ro/jL7rf]$ aviovcrav ev rjepoeiBei irovrq*
paicrefievai, /jLeya 8' rjfjuv 0/309 TroXet a^iKaXv^reiv.
w? dyopev 6 yepw ra 8e icev Oebs rj reXecrete^, 670
77 K are'Xeo-r' e'lrj, w? ol (j)l\ov eVXero Ov/j,<2>.
aXX' dye pot roSe etVe /cat drpe/ceco^ Kard\e%ov,
re teal 9 riva? wceo
re
oo-ot ^aXeTrot re #at aypioi ouSe Bl/caioi,, 675
ot' re <f)i\o%ewoi, /cal a-fyiv vbos earl
e/7re 6" o ri /cXatet9 /^al b&vpeai ev&oOt,
'Apyeicov Aavawv ^S' 'IXtbf olroz/ d/covcov.
rov Be 6eol fjuep rev^av, eTre/cXcioa-avro B' o\e6pov
dvOpctJTrow, iva ri<ri teal eo-o-ojjbevoiaiv doi&ij. 680
^ T/9 TOf /Cat 7T7709 CLTT$QiTO 'IXtO#t 7T/3O
0-^X09 a)z^, 7a/z/3po9 ^ TrevOepbs, o'i re pdXicrTa
fcri^iaroi, reXe^ou<7t /^e^' at/z-a re /cat 76^09 avrwv ;
fj Tt9 TTOI; >cat erat/309 ai/^/3 Ke^apicrfieva et8a>9,
0-^X09 ; eVet ou /xei/ rt tcao-LyviJTOio ^epelcov 686
yiyverat 09 A:ev eralpos ewv TreTrvvfieva elSfi.'
THE ODYSSEY, VIII. 277
wreck or ruin. Still, this is what I heard Nausithob's, my
father, once relate : he said Poseidon was displeased be-
cause we were safe guides for all mankind ; and he averred
the god would one day wreck a stanch ship of the Phaia-
kian people, returning from her convoy on the misty sea,
and with a mighty hill would cover up our city. That
was the old man's tale, and this God may fulfil, or else
it may go unfulfilled, as pleases him. But come, declare
me this, and plainly tell both how you lost your way and
to whose coasts you came. About the men and stately
towns, too, let me hear, what ones were fierce and sav-
age, with no regard for right, what ones were kind to
strangers and reverent toward the gods. And tell me
why you weep and grieve within your breast on hearing
the lot of Argive Danaans and of Ilios. This the gods
wrought ; they spun the thread of death for some, that
others in the time to come might have a song. Had you
indeed some relative who fell at Ilios? One who was
dear ? a daughter's husband or wife's father ? they who
stand closest to us after our flesh and blood. Or was it
perhaps some friend who pleased you well, a gallant com-
rade ? For a friend with an understanding heart is worth
no less than a brother."
OAY25EIA2 I.
'AXicCvou diroXoOi. KvicXioiraeu
Tbv B J dTraaei/Bo/jLevos Trpoae^rj TroXv/^Tt? 'OBvaaev?'
f 'A\Kivoe Kpelov, Trdvrcav dpiBeiKere \aa)v,
77 rot, fiev roBe Ka\ov aKove/juev early doiBov
rotoOS' olo? 08' e'crrt, 6eols eVaAi/y/ao? avbijv.
ov yap ej(t) ye ri <j)7)jj,t, reXo? ^apiecnepov Given 6
rj or evcppoo-vvrj /j,ev e^r) Kara Brjfjiov arcavra>
&UTU/z(W? 8' ava Bco/juar aKOvd^wvrai doibov
rjfjuevot, efe/7;?, Trapa Se 7r\rj0a)cri, rpdire^ai
(rirov Kal Kpeiwv, fjiedv 8' /c /cpr)rf]po<; dtyvcracov
olvo%oo<i <f)oper)(Ti, Kal ey^etrj BeTrdeao-f 10
rovro ri pot, /cd\\icrrov Ivl fypealv ei&erat, elvai.
a-ol 8' e'yu-a (crfSea Ovfjuos errerpdirero crovoevra
elpeaO'y o^>p' ert, yu-aXXoz/ oSupoyL
ri Trpcorov rou eireira, ri 8' vcrrriov
Kr)$e 67Ti pot, 7ro\\d Socrav Oeol
vvv 8' ovo/jia Trpcorov pvOijcrofMai, 6(f)pa Kal v
ei&er, eyco 8' av eVeira cfrvycov VTTO
%elvo<$ eco Kal diroTrpoOt, $a)/j,ara valcov.
aepridSrjs, 09 rracn &6\oicriv
//-e'Xeo, /cal pev /fXeo? ovpavov i/cei. 20
vaierda* 8' 'IddKTjv v$i\ov ev B' opos avrfj,
Nrjpirov elvo<ri(j)v\\ov dpiTTpeTres" dfjb^l Be vfjaoi
TroXXat vaierdovo-i fjid\a (T^eBov d\\r)\rfa-i,
Aov\i-%i6v re ^d/jurj re Kal vXijeaaa
IX.
THE STORY TOLD TO ALKLNOOS. THE LAND OF THE CYCLOPS.
THEN wise Odysseus answered him and said : " Mighty
Alkinoos, renowned of all, surely it is a pleasant thing to
hear a bard like this, one who is even like the gods in
voice. For a more delightful end of toil I think there
cannot be than when good cheer possesses a whole people,
and feasting through the houses they listen to a bard,
seated in proper order, while beside them stand the tables
loaded with bread and meat, and dipping wine from out
the mixer the pourer bears it round and fills the cups ;
that is a sight most pleasing to the mind. But now your
heart has turned aside to learn my grievous woes, that
thus I still may meet with further grief and sorrow.
What shall I tell you first, then, and what last? For
many are the woes the gods of heaven gave me. First, I
will tell my name, that you, like all, may know it, and
I henceforth, if I escape the ruthless day, may be your
guest-friend, though my home is far away. I am Odys-
seus, son of Laertes, who for all craft am noted amongst
men, and my renown reaches to heaven. I live in Ithaka,
a land far seen ; for on it is the lofty height of Neriton,
covered with waving woods. Around lie many islands,
very close to one another, Doulichion, Same, and woody
Zakynthos. Ithaka itself lies low, farthest along the sea
280 OAY22EIA2 I.
avTrj Se %0afjLa\rj TravvTreprdrrj elv aXl Kelrai 26
6(f)ov, at oe T' avevOe 777)09 rjS) T rje\ibv re,
\ aXX' dyaOrj Kovporpbtyos* ov rot eyd) ye
/jbai, y\VKepa)Tepov a\\o Ibecrdau
rj fjuev p avroO' epv/ce Ka\v^ra) y $ia Oedwv,
\ev (jirkddi yXacfrvpolat,, \i\aio pewr} TTOCTLV
w? S' ayrw? Kipfcrj KareprJTvev ev
So\6e(raa, \i\aiofjLevrj irotTiv elvai.
ejjuov ov irore Ovpbv evl cmjOea-atv 7rei0ov.
ovbev <y\vKiov ^? TrarpiSos ov$e rofctfcov
, el Trep icai rt? aTTOTrpoOt Trlova ol/cov
ev d\\oba7rrj valei djrdvevOe TOKTTJWV.
el S' aye TOI Kal VCKTTOV epov 7ro\vtcr)Se' evi<T7rco,
ov pot Zev<$ etyerjfcev CLTTO TpolrjQev IOVTI.
'I\i66ev pe (f>epcov ave^o? Kucovecrcri, TreXaacrev,
'lo-papa)' evOa S' eyto 7ro\tv eirpaOov, a>\ecra 8'
eic TToXto? S' aXo^ou9 KOI /cr^ara TroXXa \ajBbvres 41
Baaad/JieO't w? ^ rk f^oi, drefjLjSo/jbevo^ KLOI for}?.
ev6' r) rot jjiev eya> &i,ep<p TTO&L favye/jiev rjfjbeas
rjvwyea, rot Be fjieya VIJTTIOI, ov/c eTriOovro.
evOa Se 7ro\\bv fjuev fieOu Trlvero, TroXXa Be fjirj/Xa 45
evfyafyv irapa Olva Kal etXtVoSa? e\i,Ka<s /5oO?.
T0(j)pa 8' ap ol%6fjt,evoi, Ki/coves Kiicovecro'i, yeycovevv,
OL acf)LV yeiTOves rjaav afia TrXeo^e? Kal apeiovs
jJTTCipov vaiovres, eTnvrdiievoi fj,ev a<j> ITTTTWV
av&pda-i /jbdpvaa-dat KOI odi %pr) Tre^bv eovra. 60
ri\6ov eireiO' ocra ^>yXXa Kal avOea ylyverat,
Tore Brj pa KaKrj At,o<$ alo~a
alvoi6pot,criv, iv a\yea TroXXa
8' e^d-^ovro pd-fflv Trapa vyvcrl
THE ODYSSEY, IX. 281
toward the dark west, the others stretching eastward,
toward the dawn, a rugged land, and yet a kindly nurse.
A spot more pleasant I can never see than my own land.
Kalypso, a heavenly goddess, sought to keep me by her
side within her hollow grotto, desiring me to be her hus-
band ; so Circe also would detain me in her palace, she
of Aiaia, full of craft, desiring me to be her husband ;
but they never beguiled the heart within my breast.
Nothing more sweet than home and parents can a man
find, however rich a house he have far in a foreign land,
cut off from parents. But let me tell you of the grievous
journey home which Zeus ordained upon my setting forth
from Troy.
" From Ilios the wind took me and bore me to the Ki-
konians, to Ismaros. There I destroyed the town and slew
its men ; but from the town we took the women and great
stores of treasure, and parted all, that none might go lack-
ing his proper share. This done, I warned our men to
fly with eager haste ; but they, in utter folly, did not heed.
Much wine was drunk there still, and they slaughtered on
the shore a multitude of sheep and swing-paced, crook-
horned oxen. Meanwhile, escaped Kikonians began to call
for aid on those Kikonians who were their neighbors and
more numerous and brave than they, a people dwelling
inland, skilled in fighting from the chariot or on foot, as
need might be. These gathered soon, thick as the leaves
and flowers break forth in spring. They came at early
dawn, and an evil fate from Zeus beset our luckless men,
making us meet with many sorrows ; for setting the battle
in array by the swift ships, they fought and hurled their
282 OAY22EIA2 I.
o(f)pa fjuev 770)9 rjv /cal de^ero lepov
r6(f)pa B' d\6^ojjL6vot, pevopev TrXeoz^a? Trep e(W9*
?7/-tO9 B' r)e\i,os perevicro'ero f3ov\vr6vBe,
/cal Tore Brj Ki/coves /c\lvav bapdcravTes 'A%aiov<;.
ef 8' d<f> e/cdo-TTjs vr)o<$ ev/cvtf/ju&es eralpoi 60
&\ov6' ' ot S' a\\oi <f)v<yofjiv Odvarov re popov re.
"Evdev Se TTporepa) TrXeoyLtez/ d/ca^jfievoi, rjrop,
acrpevoi, IK Oavdroio, ^/Xou? oXecravres eralpov?.
ov&' dpa fjioi, Trporepco vries fciov d/jL(j)(,e\i,o-crai,
irpiv TWO, TWV $ei,\wv krdpwv rpl? eicao-rov dvaai, 65
o? Odvov ev 7reS/ft> KIKOVWV VTTO SycoOevres.
vrjval S' eTrwpcr' ave/j,ov Boperjv ve(f)6\r)yp6ra Zevs
\al\airi OeaT^eo-lrj, avv Be vecfreecrcn Kakv^re
yalav OJJLOV Kal TTOVTOV opcapei, B' ovpavodev vv%.
al /jLev CTreiT Ifyepovr eTriKapa-iai, Icrrla Be crcfuv 70
rpi^Od re Kal rerpa^dd Bcea^arev t? dvefjioto.
Kal rd pev e? vrjas KaOe^ev, Beio-avres oXeOpov,
avrd? S' eao-viievtos Trpoepecrcrafjiev iJTreipovBe.
evOa Bva) vvttTas Bvo T ij^ara crwe^e? alel
O/JLOV Ka/jidrw re Kal a\rye<n, OV/JLOV eBovres* 75
' ore Brj rpirov rjfJLap evifkoKapo^ re\ecr y
/CTTOU? crT'rjad^evoi dvd 0* icrria \evK
rffjieOa' ra9 B' avefjios re Kv/3epvrjral r Wvvov.
Kal vv Kev do-K^Br]? IKO^TJV e? TrarplBa <yaiav,
aXXa yite Kv/jua /ooo? re Trep^vdfirfrovra Md\eiav
Kal Boperjs aTreaxre, nraperrKa^ev Be KvOrfpow.
"EvOev B' evvfj/jiap (^epofjLfjv oXoot? dvefjioicri
rrovrov eir fyOvoevra' drdp BeKarrj e7re{3r}/j,ev
Awro^dycov, 01 r avOwov elSap eBovaw,
THE ODYSSEY, IX. 283
brazen spears at one another. While it was morning and
the blessed light increased, we steadily kept them off and
held our ground, though they were more than we ; but as
the sun declined, toward stalling-time, then the Kikoiiians
turned our men and routed the Achaians. Six of the
crew of every ship fell in their harness there ; the rest
fled death and doom.
" Thence we sailed on with aching hearts, glad to be clear
of death, though missing our good comrades ; yet the curved
ships did not pass on till we had called three times to
each poor comrade who died upon the plain, cut off by the
Kikonians. But now against our ships cloud-gathering
Zeus sent the north wind in a fierce tempest, and with
his clouds covered both land and sea ; night broke from
heaven. The ships drove headlong onward, and their sails
were torn to tatters by the fury of the wind. The sails
we lowered to the deck, in terror of our lives, and rowed
the ships themselves hurriedly toward the land. There
for two nights and days continuously we lay, gnawing our
hearts because of toil and trouble. But when the fair-
haired Dawn brought the third day, we set our masts and
hoisted the white sails and sat us down, while wind and
helmsmen kept the vessels to their course. And now I
should have come unharmed to my own native land, but
that the swell and current in doubling Maleia, and the
north wind turned me aside and drove me past Kythera.
" Thence for nine days I drifted on, forced by the
deadly winds along the swarming sea ; but on the tenth
we touched a land of Lotus-eaters, men who make their
284 OAY22EIA2 I.
evOa 8' eV vyirtipov firjfjbev fcal d^va-crapeO' vScop,
al^fra 8e SCLTTVOV \ovro Ooys irapa wrjvcrlv eralpoi.
avrap eVel alroio re 7ra(rcrdfj,e0' qbe
Brj TOT eyobv eTapov? irpotew irevBecrOai io
01 Tives avepes elev eVt ^Oovl aiTov eSoi^re?,
avSp Bvco Kpivas, TpiTdTOv KTjpv)^ afju OTrdcra-as. 90
ol 8' al^fr' oi%pf4VOl fjityev dv8pd(ri, AwTOcfrdyoKTW
ouS' apa AcoTocfrdyoi, /jujBovO' eTapoiaw 6\e6pov
77/A6re/)ot9, d\\d crfa Socrav \CDTOIO 7rd(racr6at,.
T&V 8' o? Tt9 Xwroto (frdyoi, fjLeXirjSea tcapTrbv,
OVKZT airayyeL\cu, Trakiv r]6e\ev ovBe veeaOai,, %
aXX' avTov /3ov\ovTO /zer' dv$pd<n, A.a)Tocf)d<yot,o't,
\COTOV epeTTTOfAevot fjuvefj,ev VOCTTOV T \aQkaQai.
TOI? fjiev eycbv eVl vfjas ayov K\aiovTa<; dvd<yKrj t
vrjvcrl 8' evl ry\a<f>vpfj(riv VTTO vya Sijaa epvcrcras.
avTap TOU? aXXou? Ke\6^v eptrjpas era//)ou5 100
fJilj TTCO? 7Y9 Xa>T04O (f)ajODV VOCTTOIO \d07JTai,.
ol S' at-^r' cfar/Scuvov /cat eVt K\r]l(Ti icaOl^ov,
ef^? S' e^dfjievot Tro\ir]v d\a TVTTTOV epcT/jLOL^.
"Evdev Be TTpoTepco 7r\eo/j,V d/ca^/jievoi, rJTOp. 106
Kv/c\a)7rct)v 8' 69 yalav VTrepcfridXcov
iKo/ieO', OL pa Oeoiai, 7re7rot^ore9
OVT (f)VTVOV(Tt,V ^epCTlV <f>VTOV OVT
d\\a Ta <y' a&TrapTa KOL avrjpOTO, TTCLVTCL <f)vovTai t
nrvpol fcal KpiBal 7)8' a/j,7re\oi, al re t^epovaiv 110
olvov pi(TTd(f)V\ov, Kai <r(f>i,v At,os o/Ji/3po<; aefet.
Tolaiv 8* oijT 1 djopal /3ov\r)<f>dpoi, OVTC @/J.LO~TS,
01 y vtyrfKtov opewv vaiovo~i, icdprjva
THE ODYSSEY, IX. 285
food of flowers. So here we came to land, and drew us
water, and soon by the swift ships my men prepared a
meal. Then after we had tasted food and drink I sent
some of my comrades forth to go and learn what men
who lived by bread dwelt in the land, selecting two,
and joining with them a herald as a third. These straight-
way went and mingled with the Lotus-eaters, yet did the
Lotus-eaters have no thought of harm against our men ;
indeed, they gave them lotus to taste, but whosoever of
them ate the lotus' honeyed fruit wished to bring tidings
back no more, and never to leave the place ; there with
the Lotus-eaters they desired to stay, to feed on lotus
and forget the homeward way. These men I brought
back weeping to the ships by very force, and dragging
them under the benches of our hollow ships I tied them
there, and bade my other trusty men to hasten and em-
bark on the swift ships, that none of them might eat the
lotus and forget his going home. Quickly they came
aboard, took places at the pins, and, sitting in order,
smote the foaming water with their oars.
" Thence we sailed on with aching hearts, and came to
the land of the Cyclops, a rude and lawless folk, who,
trusting to the immortal gods, plant with their hands
no plant, nor ever plough, but all things spring un-
sown and without use of plough, wheat, barley, and
grape-vines which bear wine in their heavy clusters,
and the rain of Zeus makes the grape grow. Among
this people there are no assemblies held for consulta-
tion ; they have no stable laws. They live on the high
286 OAY22EIA2 I.
ev (TTrecro'i, y\a^vpol(Ti, Oe/Ma-revei, Be e/ca<rro9
TraiBcov rjB' aXo^coz/, ovB' d\\rj\a)V d\eyov<ri. 115
Nf)<ros eireira \ayeia Trape/c Xt/A6z/o9 rerdvv&rai
KV/C^COTTCOV ovre a^eBbv ovr aTror^XoO,
ev S' aZye? aTreipeaiat, yeydacrw
aypicu" ov fjuev yap Trdros di>0pa)7ra)v direpvicei,
ovSe fjLiv ela-oixyevcri, Kvvrjyerat,, 01 re KaO' v\rjv 120
d\yea r jrdo"^ovcri,v /copv^ds opecov e^eTro^re?.
ovr dpa 'jroifjuvrja-iv Karatd^erai, ovr dp6rot,<ri,v,
d\\' ij y d(77rapros Kal dvrjporos ij^ara Trdvra
dvBpwv fflpevet,, fidcr/cei Be re jjLrjfcd&as alyas.
ov <ydp KvK\a)7T(7(7t, vee? rcdpa iiCkroTrdprioi,, 126
ouS' a^Spe? vrj&v evi re/craves, 01 /ce Kapoiev
eucro-eXyLtou?, a'L KCV re\eoiev e/cacrra
' eV dvOpwTrcov i/cvev/jbevai, old re 7ro\\d
err aXXrjXou? vr)vo~lv rrepowo-i OdXaaaav
01 /ce o-$iv Kal vr\(TOV ev/crifJLewrjv e/cd/jiovro. 130
ov /JLCV yap n /carcrf ye, <j>epoi, &e Kev copia rrdvra*
ev pev ydp Xetyitwi/e? aXo? rro\iolo reap 6'^#a?
vop7)\ol /xaXa^ot* fidXa K dd>6iroi, a/x7reXot elev.
ev 8' apoo~i<s \eirj' /jid\a Kev J3a6v \7Jiov alel
et? wpa? dfiwev, errel jjbd\a rrlap vrc ovftas. 135
ev Be \t,pr)v euopyu-o?, r iv ov %/3ea) Treicr/Aa-ro? ecrriv,
ovr evvd<$ /3a\eeLV ovre rrpvfivrja-^ dvdtyai,
aXX* eTrtAceXerayra? /juelvai, %p6vov et? o Ke vavrea)V
Ovfibs eirorpiivrj Kal emTrvevcrwaLv drjrat,.
avrdp errl Kparos Xt/aei/o? peei dy\aov vBwp, 140
Kpijvrj VTTO o-Tre/ou?' 7repl 8' aiyeipoi Tr
ev0a Kare7r\eo/jiV, Kal rt? ^eo? rjye/jboveve
vvKra BS 6(vair)v, ovBe Troixfraiver loe<T0ai
THE ODYSSEY, IX. 287
mountain peaks, in hollow caves ; each gives the law to
his own wife and children, and for each other they have
little care.
" Now a rough island stretches along outside the harbor,
not close to the Cyclops' coast nor yet far out, covered
with trees. On it innumerable wild goats breed, for no
tread of man disturbs them ; none comes here to follow
hounds, to toil through woods and climb the crests of hills.
The island is not held for flocks or tillage, but all un-
sown, untilled, it evermore is bare of men and feeds the
bleating goats ; for among the Cyclops are no red-cheeked
ships, nor have they men for shipwrights, who might build
the well-benched ships to do them service by speeding to
foreign cities as oftentimes men cross the sea in ships
to one another. Such men besides would have worked
for them and made the island prosperous, for it is not at
all a worthless spot, but would bear all things duly. For
here are meadows by the shores of the gray sea, moist,
with soft soil ; here vines could never die ; here is smooth
ploughing-land ; a very heavy crop, and always in due
season, might be reaped, for the under soil is very rich.
Here also is a quiet harbor, where is no need of mooring,
throwing out anchor-stones or fastening cables, but
merely to run in and wait awhile till sailor hearts are
ready and the winds are blowing. Just at the harbor's
head a spring of sparkling water flows from beneath a
cave; around it poplars grow. Here we sailed in, some
god our guide, through murky night ; there was no light
to see, for round the ships the fog was thick. No moon
288 OAY22EIA2 I.
drjp jap 7Tpl vrjvo-l fiaOel' fy, ovBe cre\ijvrj
ovpavoOev irpovcfrcuve, Karei^ero Be ve<j>eecr(n,v. 145
zvff ou T9 rrjv vr\crov ecreBpa/cev o<f)6a\/jLo1(n,v'
OVT ovv /cvfjiara pa/cpa KvXivBofjLeva Trporl %ep(rov
Trplv vr)as V(7(Te\jj,ovs eVt/ceXcrai.
Be wrjvcrl Ka0el\ojjLev laria irdvra t
lie Be ical avrol /3 t fj(jLev eVt pvjyiJilvi 6a\dcrcrri$ 150
ev6a S' a7ro(Bpi%avTe<; epeivapev 'Hco Biav.
^H/jios S' rjpiyeveia fydvrj poBoBa.KTV\os 'Uo)9,
vr\dov Oav^d^ovre^ e^Lveo^eaOa KCLT avrijv.
Be vviifyai, Kovpai Aib<$ al^ioyoio,
opecr/cojou?, iva BeiTrvtfcreiav eraipoi,. 165
avrl/ca Kafj,7rv\a ro^a /cal alyaveas Bo\i%av\ov<;
et\6fjieQ* e/c VTJWV, Bia Be Tpi^a Koa^Qivr^
/3d\\ofjLev altya S' eBwfce 6ebs pevoeifcea Oijprjv.
vfjes fj,ev fj,oi CTTOVTO BvcoBexa, e? Be e/cdaTTjv
evvea \dy%avov alyes* e/x-ot Be Bex e%e\ov otw. 160
w? rore fiev TrpOTrav rj/jLdp e? r)e\iov KaraBvvra
rjiJLeOa Baivv/j,evoi, rcpea T' dcrTrera /cal fjiedv rjBv.
ov <ydp Trot) vr)wv egecfrdtTo oLo?
aXX' everjv 7ro\\bv jap ev d
r)(j)vcrajjLev Ki/covwv lepov 7TTo\ie0pov eXo^re?. 165
KvK\a)7rct)v B* e? jalav e\evcrcro/jLV 771)9 eovrcov,
T avr&v re (frOoyyrjv oiwv re /cal alya>v.
^eXto9 /careBv /cal eVt Kvecfras rf\6e,
Brj rore KOifjurjOTj^ev eVt prjjfMvi 6a\d(7O-r}^.
^yu,09 8' rjpijeveia (frdvij poBoBd/CTvXo? 'jEfa)9, 17*
/cal TOT e<ya>v dyoprjv Oepevo^ /ACTO, nraaLV eeiTrov
(l> A\\oi fjuev vvv /j,lfjuvT, e/jLol epir]pe^ eTalpoi'
avTap ejci) crvv vr]l T C'/ZT} /cal e/juol? eTapoicriv
THE ODYSSEY, IX. 289
looked out from heaven ; it was shut in with clouds.
Thus none made out the island, and the long waves roll-
ing upon the shore we did not see until we beached our
well-benched ships. After the ships were beached, we
lowered all our sails and forth we went ourselves upon the
sea-shore, where falling fast asleep, we awaited the sacred
Dawn.
" But when the early rosy-fingered Dawn appeared, in
wonder at the island we made a circuit round it, and
nymphs, daughters of segis - bearing Zeus, started the
mountain goats, that so my men might find a meal.
Forthwith we took our bending bows and our long-hilted
spears from out the ships, and parted in three bands began
to shoot, and soon God gave us ample game. Twelve
ships were in my train ; to each nine goats now fell, while
ten they set apart for me alone. Thus, then, throughout
the day till setting sun, we sat and feasted on abundant
meat and the sweet wine. For the ruddy wine of our ships
was not yet spent ; some still was left, for each of the
crews took a large store in jars the day when we laid waste
the sacred hold of the Kikonians. We looked across to
the land of the neighboring Cyclops, and marked the
smoke, the sounds of men, the bleat of sheep and goats ;
and when the sun went down and darkness came, we laid
us down upon the sea-beach. Then as the early rosy-fin-
gered Dawn appeared, holding a council, I said to all my
men :
" ' The rest of you, my trusty crews, stay for the present
here ; but I myself, with my own ship and my own crew,
290 OAY22EIA2 I.
e\0o)V To>vS' dvSpwv Treipijcroaai,, o r i rives el(rw t
rf p y 01 y vfipio-rai re /cal ayptoi ov&e SUaioi, 175
976 (f)i\6^eivoi, Kai crfyv vdos earl OeovStjs.'
*/29 elTToav ava 1/7709 effrjv, e/ceXevcra 8' eratpov?
avrovs r a/jL/Baiveiv ava re Trpv/jLvijaia \vaai.
ol S' al^r eto-ftaivov /cal 7rl K\r)l(ri tcaOl^ov,
8' e^ofjLcvot 7ro\t,r)v a\a TVTTTOV eper/jiois. 180
ore &rj rov x&pov a<j)(,K6/j,e0' 6771)9 e6vra f
ev6a S' eV eV^arig o-Treo? e'i&o/jiev, dy%i, 0a\d<r(rrjs,
$d<pvr}(7i, Karrjpe(f>6S' evOa & 7ro\\a
\ ot9 re /cal alyes laved KOV Trepl S' av\rj
BeB/JLijro /carcopv^eeo-a-t, \i6oi<Ti 185
fjLa/cpf)(rlv re Trlrvao-iv l&e Bpvalv vtyi/cofjioiaiv.
ev6a S' dvrjp evlave 7re\a>pio<;, 09 pa re fjL7j\a
0*09 TroifJLaivecrtcev aTTOTrpodev ov$e per aXXou?
TrcoXetr', aXV aTrdvevOev eobv dOe^icma ffiij.
/cal yap Oav/Ji ererv/CTO Tre^copiov, ov$e ey/cei 190
ye a-iTofydyo), d\\a plw vXrjevri,
a)v opeav, o re (fralverai, olov dir a\\(ov.
Ar) Tore TOV9 aXXof9 /ce\6fjLr)v epirjpas eralpovs
avrov Trap vyl re ueveiv /cal vrja epvcOar
avrap eyco /cplvas erdpwv Bvo/calSe/c dpiarovs 195
/3f)v drdp aiyeov OLOTKOV e^ov /jueXavos oivoio t
^8eo9, ov fioc eSatfce Mdpwv, EvdvOeos u/09,
//56U9 '-47ToXXa)y09, O9 "lo-fJiapOV d/J,(j)l/3e/3tf/Cl,,
ovve/cd IJLIV <rvv TraiSl 7repio"%6u0' r)Se yvvac/cl
d^ouevoi" wKei yap ev aXcret SevSprjevri 200
<t>ol{3ov '^47ToXXw^o9. o Be /JLOL Tropev dy\ad Bcopa'
yjpvcrov fiev aot, SWK evepyeos eTrrd rd\avra,
Bot)/ce Be jjioi /cprjrfjpa Travdpyvpov, avrap erceira
THE ODYSSEY, IX. 291
go to make trial of these men, to learn who they may be
if they are lawless, savage, with no regard for right, or
kind to strangers, and reverent toward the gods.'
" When I had spoken thus, I went on board my ship,
and called my crew to come on board themselves and
loose the cables. Quickly they came, took places at the
pins, and, sitting in order, smote the foaming water with
their oars. But as we reached the neighboring shore,
there at the outer point, close to the sea, we saw a cave,
high, overhung with laurel. Here many flocks of sheep
and goats were nightly housed. Around was built a yard
with a high wall of deep-embedded stone, tall pines, and
crested oaks. Here a man-monster slept, who shepherded
his flock alone and far apart ; with others he did not min-
gle, but holding himself aloof followed his lawless ways.
Thus had he grown to be a marvelous monster ; not like a
man who lives by bread, but rather like a woody peak of
the high hills, seen single, clear of others.
" Now to my other trusty men I gave command to stay
there by the ship and guard the ship ; but I myself chose
the twelve best among my men and sallied forth. I took
along a goat-skin bottle of the dark sweet wine which
had been given to me by Maron, son of Euanthes, priest
of Apollo who watches over Ismaros. He gave me this
because we kept him safe him and his son and wife
through holy fear ; for he dwelt within the shady grove of
Phoibos Apollo. He brought me splendid gifts : of fine-
wrought gold he gave me seven talents ; he gave besides
a mixing-bowl of solid silver, and afterwards filled me
292 OAY22EIA2 I.
olvov ev apfyufropevGi BvwBetca Tracnv
fjBvv d/CTjpdoriov, Oelov TTOTOV ovBe TLS avrbv 205
776/877 BfjLWcov ovB' djj f ^>i,7r6\a)v evl OLKW,
aXX' avros aXo^o? re <f>i\rj Tapir) re fu" ofy.
rbv S' ore Trtvoiev /z-eX^Sea olvov epvOpov,
ev Sevra? e^ir\ricra^ i/Saro? dva eitcocri fjuerpa
rj S' rjSeia cnrb KprjTTJpos 68to8et, 210
TOT' av ov TOI aTroo-^idOai (f>i\ov tfev.
TOV (frepov eyu-TrX^cra? acricov peyav, ev Be KOL ya
KCDpv/ctt)' avTL/ca yap /iot oicraTO OV/JLOS dyrjvcop
avSp' eireXevcreadat, /jieydXrjv eiueiiievov d\fcrjv,
aypiov, OVTC Si/cas ev elSoTa OVTC OefJUcrTas. 215
8' et? avTpov d^nco/jieO' , ov&e /JLIV evSov
, aXV evbpeve vo^bv KCLTCL Trlova prj\a.
e\66vTes 8' els avTpov edrjevfjiecrda e/cacrra*
Tapcrol fjuev Tvpwv fipWov, crTewovTO Be arj/col
apvwv rjS' epl<f>c0v Siafcetcpi/jievcu Be e/eacrrat 220
, %&)/3t? fJ>ev TTpoyovoi, %w/)l9 Be fteracrtrai,
B' avO' epaai,' vaiov B' 6pw dyyea TrdvTa,
yav\ol re o-tca<j>lBes re, TeTvyfJueva, rot? evdfjbe\yev.
ev&' efjue fjiev 7rpa>Ti,cr0' eTapoi XtWozrr' eirieaa-i,
Tvpwv alvvfjievovs Ikvai r jrd\Lv t avTap eTretra 225
Kap7ra\lfjLco$ eTrl vfja Oorjv ep/^ou? re KOI apvas
(TrjK&v efeXao-az/ra? eTmrKelv d\/j,vpbv vBcop*
aXX* eya> ov 7ri,06fjir)v, rj T av TTO\V KepBiov r)ev>
o^p* avTov T6 tSot/it, real e* poi, %elvia Bolrj.
pvB* ap e/i-eXX* eTapotcn <f>avel<; epaTeivbs eaecrOai. 23?
"EvOa Be irvp KrjavTes e@vo-afj,ev r)Be KCU avTol
rvpwv alvvpevoi <f>dyofjiev t fievopev re /JLCV evBov
fjfj,evot, t eJo? 7rf)\0e VC/JLCOV <f>epe 8
THE ODYSSEY, IX. 293
twelve jars of wine, sweet and unmixed, a drink for
gods. None knew that wine among the slaves and hand-
maids of his house, none but himself, his own dear
wife, and one sole house-dame. Whenever they drank the
honeyed ruddy wine, he filled a cup, and poured it into
twenty parts of water, and still from the bowl came a
sweet odor of a surprising strength ; then to refrain had
been no easy task. I filled a large skin full of this and
took it with me, and also took provision in a sack ; for my
stout heart suspected I soon should meet a man arrayed
in mighty power, a savage, ignorant of rights and laws.
" Quickly we reached the cave, but did not find him
there ; for in the pasture he was tending his fat flock.
Entering the cave, we looked around on all. Here crates
were standing, loaded down with cheese, and here pens
thronged with lambs and kids. In separate pens each sort
was folded : by themselves the older, by themselves those
later born, and by themselves the younglings. Swimming
with whey were all the vessels pails and bowls, wrought
out with care in which he milked. Here, at the very
first, my men entreated me to take some cheeses and de-
part ; and then that we should afterwards hurriedly drive
to our swift ship the kids and lambs out of the pens, and
sail away over the briny water. But I did not consent,
far better had I done so, hoping that I might see him
and he might offer gifts. But he was to prove, when seen,
no pleasure to my men.
" Kindling a fire here, we made burnt offering, and we
ourselves took of the cheese and ate ; and so we sat and
waited in the cave until he came from pasture. He
294 OAY22EIA2 I.
, iva ol irortiopTnov CLTJ.
evroadev S' dvrpoto ^a\cbv opvpaySbv e07)Kev
rffjuei? Be Belffavres aTreaav/jLeO' es fJ'V'^bv dvrpov.
avrap o y els evpv c-Treo? T/Xaae rciova /jLr)\a,
Trdvra /z-aX' Q<TG rj/4eX<ye, ra 8' apaeva \ei7re
apveiovs re rpdyovs re, fiaOelrjs evroOev avXijs.
avrap eVetr' eiredrjKe Ovpebv peyav vtyod aetpa?, 240
$flpi/M>v OVK av TOV 76 Bvco /cal 6t/co<r' a/
ecrd\al reo-aapaKV/cXoi air oi/8eo9 o
rdcro-rjv rf\i^arov Trerprjv eTredrj/ce Ovpycnv.
jrdvra Kara polpav, /cal VTT epfipvov rjfcev crcdo-Ty. 245
avri/ca S* ^/jaav pv 6ptya<$ \evKolo yd\aicros
7r\KroL<$ ev ra\dpoi,criv dfjirja-d^evo^ KareOijtcev,
YI^LO-V S' avr e&rrjcrev ev ayyecriv, o(f>pa ol elrj
irivew alvviievto Kal ol TroriBopTTiov eifj.
avrap eVel Brj (nreva'G irovrjo-duevos ra a epya, 250
Kal rore irvp dve/caie Kal elcr&ev, eiptro 8' rj/Aeas'
' ^/2 %elvoi, rives ea-re ; iroOev rr\el6* vypa Ke\evOa ;
fj rt Kara rrp^iv fy aa^fri^lcos d\d\7jo-0e
old re \r]io-rr)pe<; vrrelp a\a, roi r a\6wvrai
tyv%as TrapOeuevoi, KaKov a\\o$aTrol(n, (frepovres ; ' 255
**f2? e(j)ad\ rjiuv S' avre KarK\do-6rj <pi\ov rjrop
$ei(rdvrct)v <j)06<yyov re /3apvv avrov re
aXXa Kal w? uw eTrea&iv dueiftouevos
f 'Hfjueis rot TpoirjOev d7ro7r\ayxOevres 'A%ai,ol
jravroiois dveuoKrw vrrep fjueya \alrua OaXdao-rjs, 260
aX\.r)v 6Bbv, aXXa
ovrco TTOV Zevs r)6e\e
\aol S* 'ArpeiSeco 'A<yafj,e/jLvovo<i ev'^oped^ elvai,
THE ODYSSEY, IX. 295
brought a ponderous burden of dry wood to serve at
supper time, and tossing it down inside the cave raised a
great din. In terror we retreated to a corner of the cave.
But into the spacious cave he drove his sturdy flock, all
that he milked; the males he left out-doors, both rams
and goats, in the high yard. And now he set in place the
huge door-stone, lifting it high in air, a ponderous thing;
no two and twenty carts, stanch and four-wheeled, could
start it from the ground ; such was the rugged rock he
set against the door. Then sitting down, he milked the
ewes and bleating goats, all in due order, and underneath
put each one's young. Straightway he curdled half of the
white milk, and gathering it in wicker baskets, set it by ;
half he left standing in the pails, to be at hand to take
and drink, and for his supper also. So after he had
busily performed his tasks, he kindled a fire, spied us, and
asked :
" ' Ha, strangers, who are you ? Where do you come
from, sailing on the watery ways? Are you upon some
errand? Or do you rove at random as the pirates roam
the seas, risking their lives and bringing ill to strangers ? '
" As he thus spoke our very souls were crushed within
us, dismayed by the heavy voice and by the monster's self ;
but even so, I answered thus and said to him :
" ' We are from Troy, Achaians, driven from our course
across the great gulf of the sea by many a wind ; home-
ward we fared, but through strange ways and wanderings
hitherward came ; so Zeus was pleased to purpose. Sub-
jects of Agamemnon, son of Atreus, we boast ourselves
296 OAY22EIA2 I.
TOV Brj vvv ye fieyi(TTOv virovpaviov /c\eo$ e
roo-arjv yap SieTrepa-e TroXiv KOI aTrcoXecre Xaou? 266
7roXXou9* fjpels S* avre Ki^avo/juevoL rd era yovva
IrcofJieO', el' TI Tropois %zivr]iov 776 fcal aXX&>9
80/779 SwTiwrjv, T) re ^eivcov Oe/LLt,^ early.
a\X' alBeio, tfrepHrre, Qeovs' i/cerat Se rot el/Jbev.
vs 8* eTriTi/jiTJTcop l/cerdcov re ^elvwv re, 270
ivio<s, o? %elvoi,a-i,v a/ju
, 6 Se /*' avri/c
6/9, w fetz/', 77 T7)\6Qev el\r)\ov6a<$,
09 yLte ^eou9 Ke\eai rj SeiSlpev rj a\eaa0ai*
ov yap Ku/cXa)7T69 Aios alyio%ov aXeyovaiv 275
cv$e 6e<t)v jAa/cdpcov, eirel r) iro\v (freprepol el/j,ev
ouS* av ey&) Aios e%0os akevdjjievos 7re<f)i$ot/jLrjv
ovre <rev ovO' erdpwv, el /JLT) Ovfjios pe /ce\evoi,.
aXXa ULOL et^>' 07777 <7^e9 l&v evepyea vfja,
77 TTOV eV eV^artr79 77 /cal o"%eBbv, o(j)pa Saela).' 280
A /29 (/>aro Treipd^cov, e/jue 8' ou \d6ev elSora TroXXa,
aXXa /ztz/ atyoppov Trpocre^rjv 8oX/ot9
' Nea //,/ yLtot fcarea^e Hocre&dwv
?rpo9 Trerprjari f3a\a)V VJJLTJS eVl ireipadi 70/179,
aV/977 7rpO(T7re\d(Ta<; ave/jLO? S' e/c TTOVTOV eveifcev 285
aura/3 70) o~w rotcrSe VTrefccfrvyov alirvv o\e6pov*
lN /29 <f)djj.r)v, 6 8e /A* ovSev apei/Scro wrfket, 6vfJi<p,
aXX' o 7' avat%a<; erdpois CTTL %eipa<; TaXXe,
o-w Se 8ua> fjudptyas a>? re <ricv\aKa<; irorl yaiy
KOTTT e/c ' 67/ce<^>aXo9 %a//.aS^9 ^ee, See Se yalav. 29Q
9 Se Sta yLteXetcrrl rafJLWv toTrXtVo-aro So
9 T Xea>i> ope(rlTpo<f)o
eyrcard re (rdpfca? re Kal ocrrea
THE ODYSSEY, IX. 297
to be, whose fame is now the greatest under heaven ; so
great was the city he sacked, so many the people he slew.
But chancing here, we come before your knees to ask if
you will offer hospitality, or in some other way will give
the gift which is the stranger's due. O mighty one, re-
spect the gods. We are your suppliants, and Zeus is the
avenger of the suppliant and the stranger ; lie is the
stranger's friend and waits on sacred strangers.'
" So I spoke, and from a ruthless heart he straightway
answered : ' Stranger, you are a fool, or come from far
away, to bid me dread the gods or shrink before them.
The Cyclops pay no heed to aegis-bearing Zeus, nor to the
blessed gods, because we are much stronger than them-
selves. To shun the wrath of Zeus, I would not spare
you or your comrades, did my heart not bid. But tell me
where you left your good ship at your coming. At the
far shore, or near ? Let me but know.'
"He thought to tempt me, but he could not cheat a
knowing man like me ; and I again replied with words
of guile : ' The Earth-shaker, Poseidon, wrecked my ship
and cast her on the rocks at the land's end, drifting her
on a headland ; the wind blew from the sea ; and I with
these men here escaped from utter ruin.'
" So I spoke, and from a ruthless heart he answered
nothing, but starting up laid hands on my companions.
He seized on two and dashed them to the ground as if
they had been dogs. Their brains ran out upon the floor,
and wet the earth. Tearing them limb from limb, he made
his evening meal, and ate as does a mountain lion, leaving
nothing, entrails, or flesh, or marrow bones. We in our
298 OAY22EIA2 I.
t^ Be /cXalovres dveo-^eOo^ev Au f )(elpa<s i
epy opowvres' d^^avlt] 8' e%e OV/JLOV. 296
avrdp ejrel Kv/c\a)^jr /jLeyd\r)v /jL7r\rj<raTO vrj&VV
dvBp6/j,ea Kpe* eBcov /cal ITT' d/cpijTov yd\a 7rlva)v t
Ketr evroa-Q' avrpoio rawer a-dpevos Bt,a /jbrj\cov.
TOP JAW eyo) /3ov\evaa Kara p,e^a\r)ropa
acraov ia>v, t^>o? ogv epvaraa^vo^ irapa
ovrd/jivai, 777)05 CTTTJ^O?, oBi <f>peves rjTrap c^ovcri,
Xzip 1 farifMUWaptlW ere/)o? Be fjue OV/JLOS epv/cev.
avTov yap /ce ical a/x/z-e? a7r&)Xo/xe^' tUTTi/v 6\e@pov
ov yap Kev Bvvd/J,e(r()a Ovpdcov v^rf^awv
^epalv dTrooaacrdai \i6ov o{3pi/jiov, bv 'TrpocreOijicev. 306
w? Tore fA,ev (T.Tevd'XpvTes efjLeivafAev 'JJai Blav.
^H/xo? B' rjpiyeveia (frdvrj poBoBd/crvXos 'JFfa)?,
/cal Tore Trvp dve/caie Kal rj/jL\ye K\vra prfka,
iravra Kara /j,olpav, /cal L>TT' e/ju/Spvov rjfcev e/cdo'T'rj.
avrdp eVet Brj (TTrevo-e Trowrjo-dfAevo? rd a epya, 310
avv S' o 76 Brj avre Bva) pdptyas toTrKia-craro Beiirvov.
Benrvrjcras B' avrpov eg rfKaae Trlova
prjiBlws d(j>e\(t)v Ovpeov fjueyav- avrdp
aty e7re0r)%, &>? el' re cfraperpr) TTM/JU
'jro\\fj Be poi<p 7T/30? opo? TpeTre Trlova fjbrf^a 315
Kv/cKa)^' avrdp eya) \LTTO fjiijv ica/cd
ell TTG)? TicralfjLrjv, Boirj Be /JLOI, eu%o? '
rjBe Be JJLOI, /card OV/JLOV dpiaTir) cfralvero /3ov\rj.
Kv/c\c07ros yap efceiro /jueya po7ra\ov Trapd
^\a)pov e\a'l'veov TO /juev e/cra/jiev, o<f>pa
avavQev. TO jj,ev ayLtyLte? eiatcofjiev elcropowvres
6o~o~ov O y IdTov 1/7705 eeLKoaopoio /jL\aivrj<;,
evpelrjs, rf T' e/CTrepda peya \air/j,a'
THE ODYSSEY, IX. 299
tears held up our hands to Zeus, at sight of his reckless
deeds; for helplessness held our hearts. But when the
Cyclops had filled his monstrous maw by eating human
flesh and pouring in pure milk, he lay down in the cave
full length among his flock. And I then formed the plan
within my daring heart of closing on him, drawing my
sharp sword from my thigh, and stabbing him in the
breast where the midriff holds the liver, feeling the place
out with my hand. Yet second thoughts restrained me,
for there we too had met with utter ruin ; because from
the lofty door we could not with our hands have pushed
away the enormous stone which he had set against it.
Thus, then, with sighs, we awaited the sacred Dawn.
" But when the early rosy-fingered Dawn appeared, he
kindled a fire and milked his goodly flock, all in due
order, and underneath put each one's young. Then after
he had busily performed his tasks, seizing once more two
men, he made his morning meal. And when the meal was
ended, he drove from the cave his sturdy flock, and easily
moved the huge door-stone, but put it back as one might
put the lid upon a quiver. Then to the hills, with many a
a call, the Cyclops turned his sturdy flock, while I was
left behind brooding on evil, and thinking how I might
obtain revenge and have Athene grant me glory. This to
my mind appeared the wisest way. There lay beside the
pen a great club of the Cyclops, an olive stick still green,
which he had cut to be his staff when dried. As we
examined it, we guessed its size, and thought it like the
mast of a black ship that carries twenty oars some
broad-built merchantman which sails the great gulf of the
300 OAY22EIA2 I.
erjv fjLrjKos, TOO~O~OV Tra^o? elcropdao~6ai.
TOV uev ocrov T opyviav eywv dTreKo^ra TrapacrTaSt
Kal TrapeOij'X erdpoia-w, airo^vvat, B' e/ceXeucra*
ol S' opakov iroirjcrav e'y&> B' eOococra
a/cpov, a(frap Be \aj3cov eTrvpd/creov zv vrvpl
teal TO yu-ez/ ev /careOrj/ca KaraKpvtyas VTTO
TI pa Kara crTre/ou? /ce^vro fj,eyd\' ij\i0a
avrap rou? aXXou? K\r)pa> 7r7ra\da0ai, avwyov,
09 rt? ro\/jLijcrei,6V e/jiol avis //.o^Xoz/ deipas
rpltyai ev 6^>da\/jia), ore TOV y\v/cv<i VTTVOS !/cdvoi.
ol &' e\a%ov TOVS av /ce Kal rj6e\ov auro?
, avTap eya> Tre/ATrro? /xera Tolcriv
8' rf\6ev Ka\\iTpi^a /jbrjX
8* 6t? evpv o-Treo? r/Xacre triova
TrdvTa //,aX', ou8e Ti XetTre /SaOelrjs evToOev
r) TI OLcrd/jLevos, TJ Kal deos &>? eKeXevaev.
avTap eireiT eTT&fojtce Ovpeov peyav v-fyo& ae/pa?, 340
e6/j,evo$ S' r/yLteXye^ ot? /cat yLt^/caSa? aZya?,
irdvTa KaTa /j,oipav, Kal VTT /jL/3pvov rj/cev e
avTap eTrel Brj aTrevcre irov^o-dfjievo^ TO, a epya,
<rvv o' o ye Brj avTe Bvco ftdffyas WTrX/o-craro
Kal TOT eyo) KvK\co7ra Trpoo-rjvScov ay%i Trapao-Tas, 345
/xera ^epalv e-^wv fieXavo^ olvoio.
TT), 'Trie olvov, eTrel (frdyes dvSpopea Kpea t
0(f>p' et'S^? olov Tl 7TOTOV ToSe V7JVS CKCKevOet
crol B' av \oi/3rjv <f>epov, el /// eXe^o-a?
eu-^reias' <rv Be paiveai OVKCT dveKT&s. 350
TTW? Kev r/? o~e Kal vo~Tepov aXXo? IKCATO
dv6pd)7ra)v 7ro\ecov ; eTrel ov KaTa fjbolpav
THE ODYSSEY, IX. 301
sea ; so huge to look upon it was in length and bulk. Of
this I went and cut a fathom's length, laid it before my
men, and bade them shape it down ; they made it smooth ;
I then stood by to point the tip, and, laying hold, I
charred it quickly in the blazing fire. The piece I now
put carefully away, hiding it in the dung which lay about
the cave in great abundance ; and then I bade my com-
rades fix by lot who the bold men should be to help me
raise the stake and grind it in his eye, so soon as pleasant
sleep should fall upon him. Those drew the lot whom I
myself would fain have chosen ; four were they, for a fifth
I counted in myself. He came toward evening, shepherd-
ing the fleecy flock, and forthwith drove his sturdy flock
into the spacious cave, all with much care; he did not
leave a sheep in the high yard outside, either through
some suspicion, or perhaps God bade him so to do. Again
he set in place the huge door-stone, lifting it high in air,
and, sitting down, he milked the sheep and bleating goats,
all in due order, and underneath put each one's young.
Then after he had busily performed his tasks, he seized
once more two men and made his evening meal. And now
it was that drawing near the Cyclops thus I spoke, hold-
ing within my hands an ivy bowl filled with dark wine :
" ' Here, Cyclops, drink some wine after your meal of
human flesh, and see what sort of liquor our ship held.
I brought it hither as an offering, in hope that you would
pity me and send me home. But you are mad past bear-
ing. Reckless ! How should a stranger come to you
again from any people, when you have done so impious
a deed?'
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302 OAY22EIA2 I.
6 Be &e/cro Ka
r)$v TTOTOV TTI'VCOV, Kdi p! rjree Sevrepov ain't?
* -J6? /-tOi Tl TTpO^pCOV, Kal /J>Ot T60V OVVO/JLO, tVe 365
avri/ca vvv, f iva TOI w ^eiviov, o5 tee av
/cal yap K.vK\a)7T<7(n, <f>epei, fe/St/)o? apovpa
olvov pia"rd<f>v\ov, teat crfyiv A LOS oyu-/5po? ae
oa-Lr)^ Kal veKrapos earns
V /2? <f)dr' drdp ol aurt? eya) iropov aWojra olvov
avrdp 7rel Ki>K\o)7ra irepl (frpevas rj\v6ev
Kal rare ^ y^iv evrecrcrt irpoarjvowv
1 Ki>K\c0y}r, 6tpa>ra? p ovo/jba K\VTOV ; avrap eya) rot
egepeco' o~i> Se JJLOL 80? elviov, w? Trep UTrecrrT;?. 365
Ovrt? e'/W 7' ovojjLa' OVTIV >e /-te KiK\r)crKOV(n
fMJrrjp rj&e Trarrjp ^8' aXXot Traz^re? eralpoi.'
tN /2? ecfrd/jirjv, 6 be fjL avriic a/ze//3ero vr]\ei OV/JLO)'
' OVTIV 670) TrvjjLarov eSopat, fjiera ol? erdpo^cn,,
TOU? 8' aXXou? TrpoaOev TO &e rot %ivr]iov eVrat.' 370
*H /cat avcucKwQels ireaev VTTTLOS, avrdp
Keir aTToSo^yu-coo-a? ira-^yv av%eva, KaS 8e /
ypei TravSa/jLaTfap' (f>dpv<yos 8' e^eacrvro olz^o?
tycDfjioi T dv$p6fj,eoi' 6 8' epevyero olvo/3apei(0v.
Kal TOT eyco rbv fjio^bv VTTO GTTOOOV rjKaaa ?roXX^?, 376
? OepfiaivoiTO' eVecro-/ re nrdvTas era<pou?
Qdpa-vvov, pr) r/9 /tot VTToSSetVct?
aXX' ore S^ T ^%' o /^o^Xo? eXati/o? e
atyea-dai, p^Xwpo? 7re/9 eooz/, Siecfraivero S'
al TOT' 70)^ aao-ov <f)epov IK Trvpbs, dfji(f)l 8' eralpoi 380
r<TTairr'. avrap Bdpcros eveirveva-ev fj,eya Sai/jbcov,
ol fiev /io^Xoz/ eXoi^T? e\divov, o%vv eV a/cpy,
THE ODYSSEY, IX. 303
" So I spoke ; he took the cup and drank it off, and
mightily pleased he was with the taste of the sweet liquor,
and thus he asked me for it yet again :
" 4 Give me some more, kind sir, and tell your name at
once, that I may give a stranger's gift with which you
shall be pleased. Ah yes, the Cyclops' fruitful fields bear
wine in the heavy clusters, and the rain of Zeus makes the
grape grow ; but this is a bit of ambrosia and nectar.'
" So he spoke, and I again offered the sparkling wine.
Thrice did I bring and give, and thrice he drank it in his
folly. Then as the wine crept round the Cyclops' senses,
in winning words I said to him :
" 4 Cyclops, you asked my noble name, and I will tell it ;
but do you give the stranger's gift, just as you promised.
My name is Noman. Noman I am called by mother,
father, and by all my comrades.'
" So I spoke, and from a ruthless heart he straightway
answered : ' Noman I eat up last, after his comrades ; all
the rest first ; and that shall be the stranger's gift for you.'
" He spoke, and sinking back fell flat, and there he lay,
lolling his thick neck over, and sleep, that conquers all,
took hold upon him. Out of his throat poured wine and
scraps of flesh ; heavy with wine, he spewed it forth.
And now it was I drove the stake under a heap of ashes,
to let it there grow hot, and with my words emboldened all
my men, that none might fail through fear. Then when
the olive stake within the fire was just about to catch, green
though it was, and showed a fearful glow, I snatched it
from the fire, and my men stood around, while God in-
spired great courage. Seizing the olive stake, sharp at
304 OAY22EIA2 I.
6(f)0d\fJi(p evepeia-av eyci) B' e^vTrepOev a
Blveov, et>? ore Ti? TpVTra) Bopv vrjiov dvrjp
TOVTrdva), ol Be T evepOev vTroacreiova-iv laavTi 3SI
'
e/cdrepOe, TO Be Tpe^ei e/A/jbeves alel
&>9 TOV ev 6<f)0a\/jLq) Trvpiij/cea jjiO'^Xbv eXoz/re?
, TOV S' aljjua irepippee 6ep^ov eovTa.
Be ol ft\e<$ap afj,<f>l /cal cxfrpvas evaev d
KaiOfjLevr]^' o-ffrapayevvTO Be ol Trvpl pl^ai. 390
o>9 B' OT dvrjp %a\Kevs 7re\etcvv peyav ^e a/ceTrapvov
elv vBaTi tyvxpa) /SaTrr^ /j,6yd\a Id^ovTa
(frap/jLaao-wv' TO yap avTe o~iBr}pov <ye rcpaTOS eo~TLV
a>9 TOV cri 6(f)0a\fjLb$ e\aive<p Trepl fjLo^Xm.
<r(j,epBa\eov Be pe*/ (p/j,ci)%ev, Trepl B' la^e TreTprj, 895
17/16*5 Be BetcravTes d7recro-v/jLed\ avTap 6
egepvcr o(f)da\/jLolo TrefyvpjJLevov afyaTi Tro
TOV fJiev 7reiT eppityev CLTTO eo %epo-lv d\vo)v,
avTap 6 Kvic\wjra<; fjieydlC iJTrvev, OL pd JJLW
opiceov ev o-Trrjeacn BC aicpias rjvefJLoeo-o-a?. 400
ol Be fiofjs diovTes efoiTcov a\\o6ev aXXo?,
IcrTafievoi B' eipovTO Trepl er7reo5 OTTL e
' TiTTTe TOO-OV, IloXvipijijb
VV/CTO, Bi dfM^poaiTjVt /cal dvTrvovs
77 fjirj T/? crev yu,r)Xa fipOTWv di/covTos e\avvei ; 405
rf /jiij r/? a avTov KTeivei, B6\a) ye ftirjfyiv ;'
Tovs B' avr ef dvTpov Trpoa-e<p7j KpaTepos IIo\v(f>rjiJio<;'
' w </Xot, Ovrfa fjie KTeivei Bo\(p, ovBe {3lif<f>urC
Oi B' aTra/jLeifto/jLevot, eirea TTTepoevT dyopevov
f el fjuev Br) /juij T/? ere /3merat olov eovTa, *W
vovaov 7' ov TTto? ecrTi Aws fjieydkov d\eacr6ai,,
aXXa <rv y ev%eo TTdTpl JJoo-eiBdcovi ava/CTi.'
THE ODYSSEY, IX. 305
the tip, they plunged it in his eye, and I, perched up
above, whirled it around. As when a man bores ship-
beams with a drill, and those below keep it in motion with
a strap held by the ends, and steadily it runs ; even so we
seized the fire-pointed stake and whirled it in his eye.
Blood bubbled round the heated thing. The vapor singed
off all his lids on the two sides, and even his brows, as
the ball burned and its roots crackled in the flame. As
when a smith dips a great axe or adze into cold water,
hissing loud, to temper it, for that is strength to iron,
so hissed his eye about the olive stake. A hideous roar
he raised ; the rock resounded ; we hurried off in terror.
He wrenched the stake from out his eye, all dabbled with
the blood, and flung it from his hands in frenzy. Then
he called loudly on the Cyclops who dwelt about him in
the caves, along the windy heights. They heard his cry,
and ran from every side, and standing by the cave they
asked what ailed him :
" ' What has come on you, Polyphemos, that you
screamed so in the immortal night, and thus kept us
from sleeping ? Is a man driving off your flocks in spite
of you ? Is a man murdering you by craft or force ? '
" Then in his turn from out the cave big Polyphemos
answered : ' Friends, Noman is murdering me by craft.
Force there is none.'
" But answering him in winged words they said : ' If no
man harms you, then, and you are alone, illness which
comes from mighty Zeus you cannot fly. But make your
prayer to your father, Lord Poseidon.'
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306 OAY22EIA2 I.
l \T2? ap e(f)av airibvTes, efjubv B' eye\ao~o-e (j>l\ov /cf}p,
a>? ovo/j,' e^aTraTijo-ev e/Jibv /cal /JLTJTIS d/jLv/JLWV.
Be (TTevd^cov re /cal a)Biva)v oBvvrjai,, 415
v, CLTTO ^ev \idov el\e Ovpdwv,
auro? ' elvl 6vpr)(Ti, Kade^ero X 6 W 6 IT *? da eras,
t Tivd 7TOV JJL6T QZCTGl \a/?0t (7T6t%OI/Ta 0Vpa%'
OVTCO yap TTOV p ij\7T6T evl fypecrl V^TTIOV elvai.
avrdp 70) (Bov\evov, OTTO)? o^' apia"ra yevoiro, 420
t TIV kiaLpQiGiv Bavdrov \vcnv 778' efiol avra)
evpoi/jbrjv Traz/ra? Be B6\ovs /cal jjLrjrw vfyaivov,
cov re Kepi tyvyfis' fjieya jdp KCLKOV e<y<yv@ev rjev.
tfSe Be JJLOI /card OVJJLOV dpla-rrj (fralvero Bov\rj.
apcreves ote? fjcrav VTp<f>ee<;, Bao-vjj,a\\oi, 426
Ka\oi re fjLeyd\oi re, loBve<pes elpos e
diceow (rvveepyov eva-rpefyeeo-cri
m Kv/c\a)'\lr evBe 7re\ayp, d
alvvftevos* 6 fjiev ev iiecrw avBpa fyepecnce,
TOD B' erepco e/cdrepOev LTTJV crcooz/Te? eralpovs. 430
rpels Be e/caarov 0<wr' ote? (frepov avrdp eya> ye,
dpvews yap erjv, prfkwv o% apt<7TO? djrdvTWV,
TOV /card vcora \a/3(i)v, \aa~ifjv VTTO ya&Tep' eXucr^efc?
avrdp %ep(rlv doorov Oeo-Trecrioio
frOels e^o^v rer\r]ori 6vjjiq>. 435
^>9 Tore fj,ev crrevd'XpvTe*; efLeiva^ev 'Tco Biav.
*J?/Lto? B* rjpiyeveia fydwri poBoBdrcrvXos 'JEfco?,
teal TOT eVetra vojjLovB e^eo-crvTO dp<reva /jifj\a,
0rj\eiat, 8' efjLefjLijKOV dvr)/j,e\KTOi, Trepl crrj/coix;'
ovOaTa yap atyapayevvTO. ava% B' oBvvyo-i, Ka/cfj<ri 44
TrdvT&v olwv eVe/iatero v&Ta
e&TaoTW TO Be vrfjno^ OVK evdrjaev,
THE ODYSSEY, IX. 807
"This said, they went their way, and in my heart I
laughed my name, that clever notion, so deceived them.
But now the Cyclops, groaning and in agonies of anguish,
by groping with his hands took the stone off the door, yet
sat himself inside the door holding his hands outstretched,
to catch whoever issued forth among the sheep ; for in his
mind he doubtless hoped that I should be so silly. But
I was planning how it best might come about that I should
win escape from death both for my men and me. So
many a plot and scheme I framed, as for my life ; great
danger was at hand. Then to my mind this seemed the
wisest way : some rams were there of a good breed, thick
in the fleece, handsome and large, bearing a dark blue
wool. These silently I bound together with the twisted
willow withes on which the giant Cyclops slept, the
brute, taking three sheep together. One, in the mid-
dle, carried the man ; the other two walked by the sides,
keeping my comrades safe. Thus three sheep bore each
man. Then for myself there was a ram, by far the best
of all the flock, whose back I grasped, and curled beneath
his shaggy belly there I lay, and with my hands twisted
in that extraordinary fleece I steadily held on, with pa-
tient heart. Thus, then, with sighs, we awaited the sacred
Dawn.
"Now when the early rosy-fingered Dawn appeared,
the rams soon hied to pasture, but the ewes bleated un-
milked about the pens, for their udders were well-nigh
bursting. Their master, racked with grievous pains, felt
over the backs of all the sheep as they stood up, but fool-
ishly did not notice how under the breasts of the woolly
308 OAY22EIA2 I.
&>9 ol VTT elpoTTO/ccov olcov <nepvoi(Tt, BeBevro*
(7Teiv6/j,evo<; /cal e/^ol TTVKIVCL (frpoveovri. 445
TOV B* 7ri,fjLa<T(rdfj,evos Trpoa-e^r) tcparepbs IIoXv^rj/jLO^*
* Kpt,e 7T67TOV, Tt fJLOi wSe Sia O-7T609 (7(7VO /JL1J\(OV
vcrraro? ; ov ri> Trdpos <ye XeXetyLtyiteVo? ep^eai olG)v t
d\\a TroXv 7rpwTO9 ve/j,ai repev avdea TTO/T;?
Se /5oa9 Trorafjicov d<j)i,Kdvei<;, 460
\i\aieai aTroveecrOat,
ecnrepw vvv a5re iravva-Taros. 77 cru 7' az/a/cro?
ov TroOeeiSt rbv avrjp Katco? efaXa
7TO) </>77/-tt 7T6(j)VyfjLVOV elvdl 0\60pOV. 465
et 8^ o/jLO(f)poveoi<; TroTKfxovijeis re yevoio
eiTrelv OTTTrr) icelvos efjubv /juevos rjXaa/cd&i,'
TW /ce ot eyK(f>a\6s 76 Sta o-7reo9 aXXv&is a\\rj
Oeivofievov paioiro Trpbs ov&e'i, /cab Be K /JLOV fcrjp
\a><t>rj(reie /ca/c&v, rd fiot, ovnSavbs iropev Ovris.' 460
A /29 etVftW roz/ Kpibv CLTTO eo irefLire Ovpa^e.
e\06vT<; S' rjfSaibv aTrb cnrelovs re ^;at av\rj$
7T/oa)T09 VTT' dpveiov \v6/j,7)v, V7re\vcra 8' eraipov?.
Se ra firj\a ravavTro&a, irLova 8?;yu,a5,
TrepiTpoTreovres ekavvofjiev, o(j>p eirl vrja 466
iKO/ji0 ' da'jrdo'tot, Be </Xot9 erdpoicri <f)dwrjij,ev,
ot (f>vyo/jbev Odvarov Toi>9 Be o-revd^ovro yo&VTes.
aXX' eyco ov/c e'layv, dva B' o<f>pvo-i, vevov eKd(TT(p,
K\alew aXX' e/ceXevara ^00)9 fcaXkirpi^a ^\a
TroXX* ev vrji ySaXoi/ra9 7n7r\eiv d\fjuvpbv vBcop. 470
ot S' anjr' efoftawov /cal eirl K\7jl<n,
THE ODYSSEY, IX. 309
sheep men had been fastened. Last of the flock, the ram
walked to the door, cramped by his fleece and me the
crafty plotter ; and feeling him over, big Polyphemos said :
" 4 What, my pet ram ! Why do you move across the
cave the hindmost of the flock ? Till now you were not
wont to lag behind, but you were always first to crop
the tender blooms of grass, making long strides ; you
were the first to reach the running streams, and the first
to wish to turn back to the stall at night : yet here you
are the last. Ah, but you miss your master's eye, which
a villain has put out, he and his vile companions,
subduing my wits with wine. Noman it was, and I can
tell him he has not yet got clear of death. If only you
could take my part, and find the power of speech to say
where he is skulking from my rage, then should that brain
of his, battered about the cave this way and that, be
dashed upon the ground. So might my heart recover from
the ills which miserable Noman brought upon me.'
" As he said this, from out his hand he let the ram go
forth ; and after we were come a little distance from the
cave and from the yard, first from beneath the ram I freed
myself, and then set free my comrades. So at quick pace
we drove away those long-legged sheep, loaded with fat,
many times turning round, until we reached the ship. A
welcome sight we seemed to our dear friends, as men
escaped from death. Yet for the others they began to
weep and wail; but this I did not suffer, and by my
frowns I checked their weeping. Instead, I bade them
quickly toss the many fleecy sheep into the ship, and
Bail away over the briny water. Forthwith they came,
310 OAY22EIA2 I.
ef?)? S' e%6/jLvot, 7ro\ir)V a\a TVTTTOV
dXX' ore Toacrov aTrrjv oacrov re yeycove
Kal TOT eya) KvK\a)7ra Trpoarjvotov
, OVK dp e/^eXXe? amX/aSo? dvBpbs eraipovs
ev O-TTTJL y\a<pvpw /cpaTpr)(pi< ^lrj(f)i. 476
Kal \irjv ere 7' e/^eXXe Ki^cr^dQai /caica epya,
, 67rel feiVou? ov% a^eo <7&> eVt oi-Vco
vai' TCO ere ^ei)? r/craro /ftu ^eot a
? e^djjbijv, 6 $' GTreiTa
rjtce S' a,7ropp^a<; /copv(f>7jv opeos /jLeyd\oio, 481
/caS 5' e/3aXe TrpoTrdpoide vebs
\rvT6ov, $ev7j(rev 8* olrjiov d/cpov lice
eK\vcr6r) 8e OdXaaaa /caTep^o/jLevrj^ vrro
Trjv 8' ali|r' rjTreipov^e rrakippoOiov fyepe KV/J.O,, 485
7r\7)iJ,vpls etc TTOVTOLO, 0efj,a)a Be ^epaov l/ceadai.
avrap 70) %eipea-(n, \a/3(ov TrepifjL^Kea KOVTOV
wcra Trape^' eTapoicn 8' erroTpvvas eKeXevcra
e/j,/3a\eei,v KMTrys, tV UTT' e/c /catcoTijTa (frvyoi/JieVf
Kpa,T\ KdTavevwv ol $e irporcecrovTes epeacrov, 490
aXX' ore S^/ Si? Toaaov a\a Trpr)(r<rovTe<s d7rfj/j,ev,
Kal TOT eya) Kvickwira Trpocr^uScoz/' ayu.^1 8' eTalpoi
eTreeacriv eprjTvov a\\oOev aXXo?*
, T/TTT' e^eXet? epeOi^e/juev dypiov dvSpa ;
o? /cat yOz^ TrovTOvBe ftaXcov /SeXo? ijyaye vr\a 495
avri? e? rjTreipov, Kal Sr) <f>d/jiV avToO' o\<r6ai>.
el Be (frOey^a/jievov Tev rj avSijaavTO? d/covcre,
G"VV Kev apa^* rj/juecov /ce^aXa? #al ^ta Bovpa
OKpibevTi /3aXa>y Tocrorov yap irjcrw.'
<f>d(rav, aXX' ou ireldov IJJLOV fjbeya\iJTopa Ovjjibv, 500
THE ODYSSEY, IX. 311
took places at the pins, and, sitting in order, smote the
foaming water with their oars. But when I was as far
away as one can call, I shouted to the Cyclops in derision :
" ' Cyclops, no weakling's comrades you were destined
to devour in the great cave, with brutal might. But it
was destined your bad deeds should find you out, auda-
cious wretch, that did not hesitate to eat the guests within
your house ! For this did Zeus chastise you, Zeus and
the other gods.'
" So I spoke, and he thereat was angered in his heart
the more ; and wrenching off the crest of a high hill, he
flung it at us. Down it fell before the dark-bowed ship a
little space, but failed to reach the rudder's tip. The sea
surged underneath the stone as it came down, and swiftly
toward the land the wash of water swept us, like a flood-
tide from the deep, and forced us to the shore. I took a
long pole in my hand and shoved our vessel off; and
cheering on my men, I bade them fall to the oars that we
might flee from danger, with my head making signs,
and bending forward on they rowed. When we had trav-
ersed twice the distance on the sea, then to the Cyclops
would I call ; but my men, gathering round, sought with
mild words to stay me, each in his separate wise :
" ' O reckless man, why do you seek to vex this savage,
who but even now, hurling a missile in the deep, drove our
ship back to shore ? We verily thought that time that we
were lost. And had he heard a man make but a sound
or speak, he would have crushed our heads and our ships'
beams, by hurling jagged granite ; for he can send so far.'
" So they spoke, and still they did not move my daring
312 OAY22EIA2 I.
d\\d fjiiv aifroppov Trpoare^rjv Ke/corrjoTi,
, at Kev r/9 o~e KaraOvrjTwv dv6pa)7rcov
vlov Aaepreco, 'lOdfcrj evt, ol/cC e%ovTa* 60S
, 6 Se fj,' ol^at^a^ rj^ei^ero /juvOa)'
\a &ij fie Trd^aL^ara Oea-fyaO' Ifcdvei.
ea/ce rt? evOdbe ILCLVTIS dvrjp rjvs re jjieyas re,
TIJ\JJLO<; Evpv/j,i8rj^ f 05 /jLavrocrvvrj e/ce/cao-ro
Kal fj,avTv6/jL6VOS KCtTeyrjpa Kv/cXcoTrecro-iv 510
05 JJLOL e(f>7j rdSe irdvra reXevrija-ecrOai,
ef 'O8v(7r)o9 d/juaprr) veer Oat,
' alel Tiva (pcora /jueyav real KCL\OV
evOdB' eXevaea-Qai,, fjijd\rjv CTriei/jLevov d\/cijv
vvv Be p ewv 0X1709 re Kal ovriSavbs Kal CUKUCVS 615
O(f)0a\fjiov d\dcoo-ev, eireL /JL' e'8ayLtacrcraTO otW.
aXX' aye Sevp 1 , 'OSvcrev, tva rot Trap %eivia delco,
TTOfjiTrijv r orpvvw So/jievai, K\VTOV evvoo-iyaiov
TOV jap eyo) Trat? elfu, Trarrjp 8* e/>to? ev%erai, elvai.
avros S', at K* e6e\rj(T , lij(7eTai, ov$e rt9 a\Xo9 520
ovre Oeayv fiaKapwv ovre Ovyrtov dvOpcoTrwv.'
' N /29 e(f)ar, avrap eyco uiv dueiftofjievcx; Trpoa-eenrov
f al jap Srj 1^^779 re Kal alwvos ere Bvvalfjirjv
evviv Troirjcras Trefju^rai SbfJiov "AiSo? efcrw,
o>9 OVK o<f)6a\a6v j' IrjcreTat, ouS' evoo'i'vOwv.' 525
<v /29 e^da'rjv, 6 S' eTreira Hoo-etSdwvi avaKTi
%et/D opejmv efc ovpavov do-repoevra'
ei ereov je 0*09 et/xt, Trarrjp S' 6/109 ev%eai elvai,
809 fJirj 'OSvaafja 7TTO\nr6p6iov otVaS' iKea-Oai 530
THE ODYSSEY, IX. 313
spirit ; I called aloud again out of an angry heart : ' Cy-
clops, if ever a mortal man asks you the story of the
ugly blinding of your eye, say that Odysseus made you
blind, the spoiler of cities, Laertes' son, who dwells in
Ithaka.'
" So I spoke, and with a groan he answered thus : ' Ah,
surely now the ancient oracles are come upon me ! Here
once a prophet lived, a noble man and mighty, Telemos,
son of Eurymos, who by his prophecies had won renown,
and in prophetic works grew old among the Cyclops. He
told me all these things should come to pass in after time,
.that I should lose my sight by means of one Odys-
seus ; but I was always watching for the coming of some
tall and comely person, somebody clad with mighty power ;
and now a little miserable feeble creature blinded me
of my eye, after subduing me with wine. Still, come,
draw nigh, Odysseus, and let me give the stranger's gift,
and urge the famous Land-shaker to grant safe conduct
home. His son am I ; he calls himself my father. He,
if he will, shall heal, and none else can, whether among
the blessed gods or mortal men.'
" So he spoke, and answering him said I : ' Ah, would I
could as surely strip you of life and being and send you
to the house of Hades, as it is sure the Earth-shaker will
never heal your eye ! '
" So I spoke ; thereat he prayed to Lord Poseidon,
stretching his hands forth toward the starry heaven:
' Hear me, O thou that compassest the land, dark-haired
Poseidon ! If I am truly thine, and thou dost call thy-
self my father, vouchsafe no coming home to this Odys-
314 OAY22EIA2 I.
[ylbv Aaeprew, 'lOutcy evi Old
d\\' el ol fjiolp earl </Xot>9 r IBeew /cal li
OLKOV ev/crlfjievov Kal erjv 69 TrarpiBa jalap,
otye Ka/cws e\0oi, oXecras CLTTQ Trdvras eraipovs,
1/7709 eV' a\\orpir)<;, evpoi S' ev TrrffjuaTa oi/cq)' 53fi
f> /29 (/)ar' 6V%6)it6^09, roO 8' e/c\v KV avo^alT^
avrap 6 y egavris TTO\V fjLel&va \dav delpas
TJK eiribivrja-as, eVepetcre Se lv djreXeOpov,
Kao o e/3a\ev /jberoTTiO'de vebs KvavoTrpqipoio
TVT&OV, eSevrjaev 8' olrjiov a/cpov l/cecr0ai. 540
6K\va6r) & Oakaaaa Karep^o/jievrjf; VTTO irerpT]^'
rrjv Be TTpocKD <t>epe /cv/jia, OefjLwae Be ^epcrov i/cea-Oai.
' ore Brj TTJV vijcrov d^i/co/jueO', ev6a irep a\\at,
iJLOi p,evov dOpoai, d/j,(f)l S* eralpoi
eiar oBvpofjievoi, rj/jueas TroriBeyfjLevot, alel, 545
vfja p,ev evd' eXOovres eKeKcra^ev eV
etc Be Kal avrol fBrf^ev eTrl prjy/jilvi,
Be KvK\w7ro<$ ry\a(f)vpfjs etc 1/7709 e\6vres
o>9 firf T/9 pot, are/z/3oyLtei/09 KLOL 40-779.
apveibv B' efjuol oiw evfcvrfiJiiBes eralpoi 550
/jLT}\a)v Baiopevcov B6a~av eo%a' rov B' tirl dtvl
Zrjvl /ce\awe(f)et, KpoviBy, 09 Traaiv dvdcro-ei,
pet;as fJi'rjpi' e/caiov 6 S' OVK e/ATrd^ero Ip&v,
a\X' o 76 fiepfMTJpL^ev 6Va)9 a7ro\oiaro Tracrat,
1/7769 ev(T(re\fJLOi, Kal 6/iot epirjpes eratpoi. 55fi
W9 Tore fj,ev TTpoirav rjpap 69 r)e\iov KaraBvvra
a Baivv/Jievot, Kpea T acrTrera Kal fjieOv rJSu*
8* 77e'Xto9 KareBv Kal eTrl Kvecfras rj\Qe,
Brj rore KOifjLijOrjfjbev eirl pyyfjuvi Oa\d(T(T7]^.
8' rjpiyeveia <f>dvrj poBoBaKTvXos 'Ha)<? t 560
THE ODYSSEY, IX. 315
seus, spoiler of cities, Laertes' son, who dwells in Ithaka.
Yet if it be his lot to see his friends, and reach his stately
house and native land, late let him come, in evil plight,
with loss of all his crew, on the vessel of a stranger, and
may he at his home find trouble.'
" Thus did he speak and pray, and the dark-haired god
gave ear. Again lifting a stone much larger than before,
he swung and sent it, and he put forth stupendous power.
Down fell the stone behind the dark-bowed ship a little
space, but failed to reach the rudder's tip. The sea
surged underneath the stone as it came down, but the
wave swept us forward and helped us to our shore.
" Now when we reached the island where our other well-
benched ships waited together, and their crews sat round
them full of sorrow, watching continually for us, as we
ran in, we beached our ship among the sands, and forth
we went ourselves upon the sea-shore. Then taking the
Cyclops' sheep from out the hollow ship, we parted all,
that none might go lacking his proper share. The ram
my mailed companions set apart for me alone, a mark of
special honor in the division of the flock ; and on the shore
I offered him to Zeus of the dark cloud, the son of Kro-
nos, who is the lord of all, burning to him the thighs.
But he did not regard the sacrifice ; instead, he purposed
that my well-benched ships should all be lost, and all my
trusty comrades. Thus, then, throughout the day till set-
ting sun, we sat and feasted on abundant meat and the
sweet wine ; but when the sun went down and darkness
came, we laid us down upon the beach. Then as the early
316 OAY22EIA2 I.
rj TOT eyo)v
avTOVt T apftaivew avd re 7Tpv/jLVij(n,a
ol &' al^fr elo-ftawov /ecu eirl K\7jlcri tc
TroXirjv d\a TVTTTOV e
Ev6ev Se TrpoTepco ir\eo^ev a/ca^ij/ji
6\e<7az/Te5
THE ODYSSEY, IX. 317
rosy-fingered Dawn appeared, rousing my men, I bade
them come on board and loose the cables. Quickly they
came, took places at the pins, and, sitting in order, smote
the foaming water with their oars.
" Thence we sailed on, with aching hearts, glad to be
clear of death, though missing our good comrades."
OAYS2EIA2 K.
To. irepl AloXov ical AaiorTpvyovwv Kal
Alo\irjv ' 6*9 vrjo-ov dipiKOfjieO'' evOa S' evaiev
Aio\o<$ ' iTTirordBrjs, <tXo? d&avdroi,<Tt, Oeolcri,,
7rXft>T?7 eVt vij(T<j)' Tra&av Be re /JLW wept, ret^o?
%d\(ceov appijKTOV, \uro-rj S' avaSeSpo/Jbe Trerprj.
rov /cal SwSe/ca TratSe? evl fieydpois yeydacrw,
If //,ei/ Bvyarepes, ef S J wee? rjficoovres.
evO' 6 ye Ovyarepas tropev viaviv zlvai
ol S y alel Trapa Trarpl <j)\<p KOI jjLrjrepi
rrrapa Be <r<f>w ovelara /Jivpla
Be re Bapa irepia'Teva'^L^erai, av\fj 10
' vv/cras 8' avre 'Trap' alBotys d\6%oi(Tiv
evBovcr' ev re rdirtjcn Kal ev rpTjrola-t Xe^e<T<Tt.
Kal /j,ei> TCOV iKo/jiea-Oa ir6\iv Kal Bco/iara Ka\d.
firjva Be iravra <f>t\ei pe Kal e^epeeivev e/cacrra,
y J\toi/ 'ApjeioDV re veas Kal voa-rov y A%aia)v 15
avrap eyo* raJ irdvra Kara fiolpav Kare\e^a.
' ore BTJ jcal eyobv 6Bbv fjreov ^S' eKekevov
, ovBe ri Kelvos dvijvaro, rev%e Be
Be IJL e/cSet^a? dcrKov ySoo? evvetopoio,
evOa Be pvKrdcov dve/Acov KareBr)(re Ke\ev6a'
Kelvov yap ra^i'rjv dve/jicov Troirjae Kpoviwv,
rjpev Trave/Jievai, ^8' opvv/juev ov K
vrjl B* evl <y\a(f)vpf} KareBei ^epfja
apyvperj, iva prf n irapaTrvevcrr) o\iyov
AIOLO8, THE LAISTRYGONIAN8, AND CIRCE.
" WE now drew near the island of Aiolia, where Aiolos,
the son of Hippotas, one dear to the immortal gods, dwelt
on a floating island. All round it is a wall of bronze, not
to be broken through, and the cliff rises sheer. Twelve
children have been born to him within his house, six
daughters and six sturdy sons, and here he gave his
daughters to his sons to be their wives. With their loved
father and dear mother they hold continual feasting;
beside them countless viands lie ; the steaming house
resounds by day even to its court, but in the night they
sleep by their chaste wives under the coverlets on corded
beds. Their city it was we reached, their goodly dwelling.
For a full month he made me welcome, and he questioned
me of all, of Ilios, the Argive ships, and the return of the
Achaians. So I related to him all the tale in its due
order. And when I furthermore asked him about my
journey and entreated him for aid, he did not say me nay,
but made provision for my going. He gave me a sack,
flaying therefor a nine-year ox, -and in it bound the
courses of the blustering winds ; for the son of Kronos
made him steward of the winds, to stay or rouse which
one he would. Upon my hollow ship he tied the sack
with a bright cord of silver, that not a breath might stir,
however slight. Then for my aid he sent the west wind
320 OAY22EIA2 K.
avrap efjtol Trvotrjv Ze<f>vpov TrpoerjKev dfjvat,
O(f)pa <f>epot vfjds re ical avrovs' ov&' ap' e//,eXXez>
avrwv yap airuikopeO' dfypabirjcrtv.
ev 6fjL&<; TrXeo/jLev vv/cras re Kal r}fJ,ap,
ry BeKarrj S' 7/817 dve^awero TrarpW apovpa,
/cat &rj TTVpiroKeovras eXev<r<ro/xe^ 6771)? eoz/re?.
evd 1 //, pep y\vfci>s VTTVOS eirri\v6e
alel <yap 7ro$a vijos evcofAtov, ovBe T
Sw%' erdpcov, iva Oacrcrov l/col^eda TrarpiBa yalav
ol B' erapoi eVeecro-A vr/ao? aXX/JXcu? dyopevov,
ical fM e<t>a(rav ^pvaov re Kal apyvpov olWS' ayea-Qai,
$>)pa Trap AloKov /jLeya\rJTopo<; ' j7T7rora8ao
69 7T\7]<7loV Ci\\OV '
/Xo9 at T//U09
is, 6rea)v re iroKiv Kal <yalav UMJTCU*
TroXXa yu-ev e/c Tpotrjs ayerat, K^i^rfkia /ca\a
avre O/A^I/ o
/ceveas <rvv
Kal vvv ol rd&' eSco/ce %api,6fjLevos
AiciXos. aXX' aye Qacraov l^cafJieda om raS*
o<r<709 T9 %/)ucro9 re /cat apyvpos dcrKa) eveGTW?
tN /29 e<j)a(7av, /3ov\rj Be KaKrj vi/c7]<rev eraipcov
CLVKQV /J,v \v<rav, ave^oi 8' e/c Trdvres opov&av,
<j>epev irovrovbe 6ve\\a
) yalrjs aTro TrarpiBo^' avrdp eya> ye
Kara 6vpov d/j,vuova
rje Tre&wv IK ^7709 djro^Oij^rjv evl
^ dxeajv T\ai r r]v Kal ert, a)Oi(ri
aXX' erXT/z/ Kal eueiva, Ka\wfrduevo<; 8' evl vr)l
at &' e<f>epovro KaKy dvepoto Ove\\rj
THE ODYSSEY, X. 321
forth, to blow and bear along my ships and men. But
this was not to be ; by our own folly we were lost.
" Nine days we sailed, as well by night as day. At last,
upon the tenth, our native fields appeared, and we were
now so near we saw men tending fires. Then sweet sleep
overcame me, wearied as I was ; for all the time I had
been managing the vessel's sheet, and I had yielded it to
no one else among the crew, that so we might the sooner
reach our native land. Meanwhile my men began to talk
with one another, and to tell how I was bringing gold
and silver home as gifts from Aiolos, the generous son of
Hippotas ; and glancing at his neighbor, one would say :
" ' Lo, how this man is welcomed and esteemed by all
mankind, come to whose town and land he may! He
brings a store of goodly treasure back from Troy, out of
its booty ; while we, who toiled along the selfsame road,
come home with empty hands. Now also Aiolos has given
him gifts in lavish kindness. Come, then, and let us
quickly see what there is here, and how much gold and
silver the sack holds.'
" Such was their talk, and the ill counsel of the crew
prevailed; they loosed the sack, and out rushed all the
winds. Straightway a sweeping storm drove off to sea
my weeping comrades, off from their native land. And I,
awaking, hesitated in my gallant heart whether to cast my-
self out of the ship into the sea and perish there, or saying
nothing to endure and bide among the living. I forced
myself to stay ; covering my head, I lay upon my ship, the
while the ships were driven by the cruel storm of wind
back to the island of Aiolia, my comrades sighing sore.
322 OAY22EIA2 K.
eV Alo\lr)v vfjo-ov, (rrevd^ovro S' eralpoi. 65
"Ev6a ' eV rjireipov /Brj/juev KOI d^vcra-dfjieO' v$a>p,
atya Be ^elirvov e\ovro #0779 nrapa vrjv&lv eralpoi,.
avrap eVet criroio re 7raa-(rdfj,e0' r)Se TTOT^TO?,
5^ TOT' 670) Krjpvicd T O7ra(rad/j,vos KOI eralpov,
/3f)v et? ^ItoXof K\wra Ba>fjLara' TOV 8' eicl^avov 60
^aivvpsvov Trapa fj r aX-o^w /cal olcrt re/ceaa-tv.
e\06vT6<; S' e? Sw/Lta irapa crTaO^oldiv eV ov8oO
%6/jt,0'' ol $' dva OvfJLOv e0d/jL/3eov e/c r epeovro'
(7* evSv/cews dTreTre/jLTrofjiev, oipp' av 'iicrjai
a crrjv teal Scoyita, /cat et TTOU Tot <f>i\ov ecrrlv.'
avrap ey
' aaadv p erapoi re Ka/col TT/^O? rolal re
aXX' diceo-acrOe, <j)i\oi' Svva/Ais yap ev
jv fJLa\a/coi(7i, KaOaTrro/jievos eTreeaaiv 70
ol S' aVew eyevovro' Trarrjp S' r) pel/Sera
' epp e/c vrfaov Oacrcrov, e\ey%i<rre
ov ydp pot, Oefjiis earl
avSpa rbv 09 tee 6eol<n,v
epp, eirel dOavdroKrw dTre^Oo/juevo^ ToS' tfcdveis.' 75
*/29 eltrtov aTreTreuTTe SO/JLWV fiapea a-revd^ovra.
evOev Se Trporepco 7r\eouev dKa^/mevoi rjrop.
reipero S' dvSpwv 0iy/-09 vir elpeai^ d
parlrj, eVel ovfcen <j>alvero
fiev oyLtw9 7r\eofjLev vvfcras re teal r}jj,ap
' iKOfievOa Adpov aliri) irro\ieOpov t
T7j\e7rv\ov Aaio-rpvyovlrjv, oOi nroipeva
rjTTvei etcreXawz/, o 8e r efeXaaw vTra/covei.
evda K avTrvos dvrjp 80^01)9 e%r)paro
THE ODYSSEY, X. 323
" So here we came to land and drew us water, and soon
by the swift ships my men prepared a meal. Then after
we had tasted food and drink, taking a herald and a com-
rade with me, I turned me toward the famous house of
Aiolos. I found him at the feast, beside his wife and
children. We entered the hall and sat down by the door-
posts on the threshold, and they all marveled in their
hearts and questioned us :
" ' How came you here, Odysseus ? What evil god
assailed you? With care we sent you forth, hoping that
you might reach your land and home, or wheresoever was
your pleasure.'
" So they spoke, and with an aching heart I answered :
4 A wicked crew betrayed me they and a cruel sleep.
But heal my woes, my friends ; the power is yours.'
" So I spoke, appealingly, in humble words. Then all
the rest kept silence, but the father answered thus : ' Out
of the island instantly, vilest of all that live ! I may not
aid or send upon his way a man who is detested by the
blessed gods. Begone ! for you are here because detested
by the immortals.'
" Therewith he turned me loud lamenting from his
door. Thence we sailed on, with aching hearts. Worn
grew the spirit of my men under the heavy rowing, caused
by our folly too ; aid on our way appeared no more.
" Six days we sailed, as well by night as day, and on the
seventh we came to the steep hold of Lamos, Telepylos
in Laistrygonia, where shepherd greets shepherd leading
home his flock, and the other answers leading forth his
own. Here might a man who never slept have earned
324 OAY22EIA2 K.
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$r) TOT eycov erapof? Trpotew TrevOecrdai IOVTO,? 100
ot Tfci>69 avepes elev eVt ^dovl crlTov
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ol Se Trapia-Tcifjuevoi, irpoo'e^wveov, efc T epeovro
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17 8* aZi|r' e'f ayopfjs efcd\ei K\VTOV
THE ODYSSEY, X. 325
a double wage, this herding kine, that tending silvery
sheep; so close are the outgoings of the night and day.
Now when we reached the splendid harbor, round which
the rock lies steep, unbroken all the way, and the project-
ing cliffs, facing each other, stretch forward at the mouth,
and narrow is the entrance, into the basin all the rest
steered their curved ships, and so the ships lay in the
hollow harbor close -anchored, side by side; for no wave
swelled within it, large or small, but a clear calm was all
around. Now I alone kept my black ship without the
harbor, there at the point, lashing my cables to the rock.
Then climbing up, I took my stand on a high point of
outlook. From it no work of man or beast was to be seen,
save that we saw some smoke arising from the ground.
So I sent sailors forth to go and learn what men who lived
by bread dwelt in the land selecting two, and joining
with them a herald as a third. Leaving the ship, they
followed a beaten road where carts brought timber from
the lofty hills down to the town below. Outside the town
they met a maiden drawing water, the stately daughter
of the Laistrygonian Antiphates. She had come down
to the clear-flowing fountain of Artakia, for thence they
used to fetch the water for the town. So my men, draw-
ing near, addressed her and inquired who was the king
of the folk here and over whom he ruled. At once she
pointed to her father's high-roofed house. But they when
they had entered the great hall, found there a woman
huge as a mountain peak; at her they were aghast.
Forthwith she called from the assembly-place noble An-
326 OAY22EIA2 K.
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oi p* O.TTO Trerpdcov dvBpa^Beo't, xep/AaBioicri,
jBd\\ov a<t>ap Be ica/cbs KovajSos Kara vijas opcopet,
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ol B 1 a\a Trdvres dveppityav, Belo-avres o\e0pov. 130
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a\X' oTe Brj rpirov
THE ODYSSEY, X. &27
tiphates, her husband, who sought to bring a cruel death
upon my men. Straight seizing one, he made his meal of
him ; and the two others, dashing off, came flying to the
ships. Thereat he raised a cry throughout the town, and
hearing it, the mighty Laistrygonians gathered from here
and there, seeming not men, but giants. So from the
rocks they hurled down ponderous stones ; and soon
amongst the ships arose a dreadful din of murdered men
and crashing ships. As men spear fish, they gathered in
their loathsome meal. But while they slaughtered these
in the deep harbor, I drew my sharp sword from my
thigh and cut the cables of my dark-bowed ship; and
quickly cheering on my crew I bade them fall to their
oars, that we might flee from danger. They all tossed up
the water with their oars, in terror for their lives, and
cheerily over the sea, away from the beetling cliff, my
ship sped on ; but all the other ships went down together
there.
" Thence we sailed on with aching hearts, glad to be
clear of death, though missing our dear comrades. And
now we reached the island of Aiaia, where Circe dwelt,
a fair-haired, mighty goddess, human of speech. She was
own sister of the sorcerer Aietes ; both were the children
of the beaming Sun and of a mother Perse, the daughter
of Okeanos. Here we bore landwards with our ship and
ran in silence into a sheltering harbor ; some god became
our guide. We disembarked, and lay two days and nights
gnawing our hearts because of toil and trouble ; but when
the fair-haired Dawn brought the third day, I took my
328 OAY22EIA2 K.
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a B' eireiTa /caTa <f>peva /cal KCLTCU OV/JLOV
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^7% 6fc e/56t8o/^ei/05, evrel ov TTCOS r)ev eir &/JLOV 170
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THE ODYSSEY, X. 329
spear and my sharp sword, and from the ship walked
briskly up to a place of distant view, hoping to see some
work of man or catch some voice. So climbing up, I took
my stand on a high point of outlook, and smoke appeared
rising from open ground at Circe's dwelling, through
some oak thickets and a wood. I hesitated then in mind
and heart whether to go and search the matter while I
saw the flaring smoke ; yet, on reflecting thus, it seemed
the better way first to return to the swift ship and to the
sea-shore ; there give my men a meal, and send them forth
to search.
" But on my way, as I drew near to my curved ship,
some god took pity on me all forlorn, and sent a great stag
with branching horns into my very path. He came down
to the stream from feeding in the wood to drink, for the
sun's power oppressed him. As he stepped out, I struck
him in the spine midway along the back ; the bronze spear
passed clean through ; down in the dust he fell with a
moan, and his life flew away. Setting my foot upon him
I drew from the wound the brazen spear, and left it lying
there upon the ground ; then I broke twigs and osiers,
and wove a rope a fathom long, twisted from end to end,
with which I bound together the monstrous creature's
legs. So across my back I carried him, and I walked to
the black ship leaning upon my spear, because it was not
possible to carry him on my shoulder with a single hand ;
for the beast was very large. I threw him down before
the ship, and waked my men with cheerful words, standing
by each in turn :
" ' Friends, we shall not go down, for all our sorrows,
330 OAY22EIA2 K.
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, ol ' &>/ea e/iot? eTreeo-crt trlBovro'
IK Se KoXv^rdfjievoi Trapa 6lv aXo? arpvyeroio
Or/rfo-avT' e\a$ov yLtaXa 7^/9 ^67^ Orjplov rjev. 180
avTap eVet rdpTrrja-av opw/juevot, o^)6a\fJLolcrL t
'Xelpas vL^dfjuevoi Tev^ovr epi/cvbea Balra.
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KareSv /cal eVt icvefyas rj\6e, 186
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THE ODYSSEY, X. 331
into the halls of Hades till comes the appointed day.
Therefore, so long as there is food and drink in the swift
ship, let us take thought of food, not pine away with
hunger.'
" So I spoke, and my words they quickly heeded ; they
threw their coverings off upon the shore beside the bar-
ren sea, and gazed upon the stag, for the beast was very
large ; and when they had satisfied their eyes with gaz-
ing, they washed their hands and made a bounteous feast.
Thus, then, throughout the day till setting sun, we sat
and feasted on abundant meat and the sweet wine ; and
when the sun went down and darkness came, we laid us
down upon the beach. Then, as the early rosy-fingered
Dawn appeared, I held a council, and said to all my men :
" ' Hearken to these my words, my suffering comrades.
Friends, since we do not know the place of dusk or dawn,
the place at which the beaming sun goes under ground or
where he rises, let us at once consider if a wise course is
left. I do not think there is ; for I saw, on climbing to
a high point of outlook, an island which the boundless
deep encircles like a crown. Low in the sea it lies ; mid-
way across, I saw a smoke through some oak thickets and
a wood.'
" As I thus spoke, their very souls were crushed within
them, for they remembered the deeds of Laistrygonian
Antiphates and the might of the daring Cyclops, the de-
vourer of men. They cried aloud, and let the big tears
fall ; but no good came to them from their lamenting.
" Now the whole body of my mailed companions I told
off in two bands, and to each band assigned a leader : the
332 OAY22EIA2 K.
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ovpfjcnv fjia/cpfjat, Trepio-o-aivovres dvecrrav. 215
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craivov rot ' ebeicrav, eVel l'8o^ atz^a 7re\copa.
ecrrav 8' eV TTpoOvpoio-i, 6eas /ca\\i,7r\OKd/j,oi,o, 220
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THE ODYSSEY, X. 333
one I led, princely Eurylochos the other. Straightway
we shook the lots in a bronze helmet, and out leapt the
lot of bold Eurylochos. So he departed, two and twenty
comrades following, all in tears, and us they left in sorrow
there behind. Within the glades they found the house of
Circe, built of smooth stone on a clear plot of ground. All
round about the place were mountain wolves and lions,
whom Circe had charmed by giving them evil drugs.
These creatures did not spring upon my men, but stood
erect, wagging their long tails fawningly. And as the
hounds fawn round their master when he comes from
meat, because he always brings them dainties that they
desire, so round these men the strong-clawed wolves and
lions fawned. Still my men trembled at the sight of the
strange beasts. They paused before the door of the fair-
haired goddess, and in the house heard Circe singing with
sweet voice, while plying her great imperishable loom and
weaving webs, fine, beautiful, and lustrous as are the works
of gods. Polites was the first to speak, one ever foremost,
and one to me the nearest and the dearest of my com-
rades:
" ' Ah, friends, somebody in this house is plying a great
loom and singing sweetly ; all the pavement rings. It is
a god or woman. Nay, quickly let us call.'
" He spoke ; the others lifted up their voice and called.
Suddenly coming forth, she opened the shining doors
and bade them in. The rest all followed, heedless ; but
Eurylochos remained behind, suspicious of a snare. She
brought them in and seated them on couches and on
chairs, and made a potion for them, cheese, barley, and
334 OAY22EIA2 K.
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teal rore rcov a\\wv erdpcov Kare\e%ev oKeOpov 250
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et;e<t>dviT Srjpov Be fcaOtfaevos ecrKoiria^ov' 260
lV /2? e<t>ar t avrap eya* rrepl fjiev f/^>o? dpyvporjXov
wuouv /3a\jdfirjv, peya ^d\KOV, dp^l Be roa'
rov S' a^ rjvcbyea avrrjv 6Bbv
THE ODYSSEY, X. 335
yellow honey, stirred into Pramnian wine, but mixed
with the food pernicious drugs, that they might utterly
forget their native land. Now after she had given the cup
and they had drunk it off, straight with a wand she smote
my men and penned them up in sties ; and they took on
the heads of swine, the voice, the bristles, and even the
shape, yet was their reason as sound as heretofore. Thus,
weeping, they were penned ; and Circe flung them acorns,
chestnuts, and cornel-fruit for them to eat, such things as
swine that wallow in the mire are wont to eat.
" Eurylochos, meanwhile, came to the swift black ship
to tell the tidings of his comrades and their bitter fate.
Strive as he might, he could not speak a word, for he was
stricken to the soul with great distress; his eyes were
filled with tears; his heart felt anguish. But when we
all in great amazement questioned him, then he described
the loss of all the other men :
" ' We went, as you commanded, noble Odysseus,
through the thicket, and found within the glades a beauti-
ful house, built of smooth stone on a clear plot of ground.
There somebody was tending a great loom and singing
loud, some god or woman. The others lifted up their
voice and called ; and suddenly coming forth, she opened
the shining doors and bade them in. The rest all fol-
lowed, heedless ; but I remained behind, suspicious of a
snare. They vanished, one and all; not one appeared
again, though long I sat and watched.'
" So he spoke ; I slung my silver-studded sword about
my shoulders, large it was and made of bronze, and
my bow with it, and bade him lead me back the selfsame
336 OAY22EIA2 K.
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' Mr) fi dye /ceiv de/covTa, Biorpe^es, a\\a XiV avTOv
olBa yap to? OVT avros e\ev(reai, ovre TIV a\\ov
afet? aS)v erdpwv a\\a gvv roiaSeo-i Oaaaov
<f>evyc0fjL6V ert yap tcev a\vai/jbev KCLK-QV rj/jiap'
tN /2? e(f>ar, avrap eyco piv ayuei/3o/xe^o5 TrpoaeeiTrov 270
' Evpv\o%, r] TOI /Ltei/ o~v fjiev avrov roSS' eVl
ecrOcov KOL Trlvatv, Koi\rj irapa vrfi yiteXatV^*
avrap eyoDV eZ/u* /cpareprj Be poi, eVXer' avdy/crj.'
d\\' ore &r) ap e/Jie\\ov low tepas dvd ptfcro-as 275
KipKijs ij-eaOai irokv^ap^dKov e? fj,eya
evda fioi 'Ep/jLeias ^pvcToppa
6/9%0/xeVo) 7T/905 SwfJLO,, verjvlrj
TTpcorov VTnjv^rrj, rov 7Tp ^
ev T dpa fioi <f>v %eipl eVo? T* ^(par e/c r 6v6jj,ae' 280
' Ilf) 8' aur', w SvcrT'rjve, Bi a/cpias ep-^eai olo?,
%<opov aiBpis lav ; erapoi Be TOI o?B' evl
ep^arat, co? re true?, TTVKWOVS Kev0^va<;
17 rot'? \vcr6/j,evo<; Bevp' ep^eai ouSe <7e
avrov voaTijoreiv, fteveet,? Be <rv y evOa Trep d\\oi. 285
aXX' dye Bij ere tcaiccov eicXvaofiaL rjBe
rrj t roBe <f>dpfjLa/cov l(rO\ov %a)v e?
p%ev, 6 tcev rot Kparbs d\d\fcrjo-iv icatcov rj/Jiap.
Trdvra Be TOI epea) 6\o(f)a)i,a Brjvea KlpKij^.
rev^ei TOI tcvKew, ($a\eei, 8' evl <f>dp/j,aKa <r/rft) 299
uS' w? 6e\j~at, ae BwrfcreTaL- ov yap edaei
ecr6\ov, o TOI Baxra), epea) Be
THE ODYSSEY, X. 337
way. But he, clasping my knees with both his hands, en-
treated me, and sorrowfully said in winged words :
" ' O heaven-descended man, bring me not there against
my will, but leave me here ; for well I know you never
will return, nor will you bring another of your comrades.
Rather, with these now here, let us speed on ; for we might
even yet escape the evil day.'
" So he spoke, and answering him said I : ' Eurylochos,
remain yourself here in this place, eating and drinking by
the black hollow ship ; but I will go, for strong necessity
is laid on me.'
" Saying this, I passed up from the ship and from the
sea. But when, in walking up the solemn glades, I was
about to reach the great house of the sorceress Circe,
there was I met, as I approached the house, by Hermes of
the golden wand, in the likeness of a youth, the first down
on his lip a time of life most winning. He grasped my
hand and spoke, and thus addressed me :
" 4 Where are you going, hapless man, along the hills
alone, ignorant of the land ? Your comrades yonder, at
the house of Circe, are penned like swine and kept in
fast-closed sties. Do you come here to free them ? Nay,
I am sure you will return no more, but, like the others,
there you too will stay. Still, I can keep you clear of
harm and bring you safety. Here, take this potent herb
and go to Circe's house ; this shall protect your life against
the evil day. And I will tell you all the baleful wiles of
Circe : she will prepare for you a potion and cast drugs
into your food ; but even so, she cannot charm you, be-
cause the potent herb which I shall give will not permit it.
338 OAY22EIA2 K.
OTTTrore Kev Kip/CTj a ekdcrrj TrepifjLtJKel pd/3B<p,
BTJ Tore o~v /<o9 6v epvcrcrdjjLevos Trapd fijjpov
Kip/crj eVatfat w? re Krdjj,evai, fjueveatvcov. 296
V) Be d vTroBeicracra /ce^crerai evvijBfjvaf
evOa <rv fj,7)KT 7reiT airavrivacrOaL Oeov evvrjv t
o(f)pa ice TQI \va-y 0' erdpovs avrov re /cop la cry
d\\a Ke\ecr0al piv fiaicdpcov /jueyav 6p/cov o^ocrcrai,
fjLtj rl TOI, auTw 7r^/ia KCLKOV /BovXevcre/nev a\\o, 300
IJLIJ cr d7royvjjLva)0evTa KCLKOV /cat dvrjvopa 6eiy.'
' N /2? dpa (jtcovijcras Trope (frappa/cov dpyei(f>6vTr]s
etc ryalrjs epvcras, KCL'I JJLOL <f>vcriv avrov eSetfe.
pity pev fie\av ecr/cc, yd\aKTi 8e eiicekov avOos"
fjuo)\v 8e fJLiv Ka\eovcrt 6eoi' %a\7rbv Be r opvcrcreiv 306
avftpdcri ye OvijToicri,' Oeol Se re Trdvra
e Epfj,eta<; fjuev eVetr' aTrepr) TT/DO? fiaicpov
vfjcrov av v\r)ecrcrav, eyco ' 6? ^co^ar
r)ia' 7ro\\d 8e /-tot KpaSirj Troptpvpe KIQVTI.
eo-rrjv S' eivl Ovprjcri, 6eas Ka\\t,7r\o/cd/jLoi,o' 310
evOa crra? e/3o?;cra, 6ea Be pev K\vev av&ijs.
vj 8' al-^r' e%e\6ovcra Ovpas wtfe 0aetz/a?
Kal Ka\ei' avrap eywv 7r6/j,r)v dKa%r)fjt,evo<; r^rop.
elcre Be JJL elcrayayovcra eVl Opovov dpyvporf\ov,
KaXov BcuBa\eov VTTO Be Oprjvvs Troalv fjev 316
reufe Be /JLOL fcvtceco ^pvcreq) BeTrai, o(f)pa TTIOI/M,
ev Be re (frdpjmaKov rj/ce, KCLKCL fypoveovcr eVl ^u/io5.
avrap eirel Bco/cev re Kal e/CTriov ovBe p,' e0e\%e,
pd/3Bq> 7T7r\r)yvla eVo? T' ecfrar etc r ovoaa^ev
fV Ep^eo vvv <rv(f)e6vBe, aer' aXXwv Xefo eraipcov.' 320
w? ^>ar', eyci) 8' dop 6%v epvcrcrdfjLevos Trapa fjLijpov
eTnji,j;a w? re Krdfievai fjuevealvcov.
THE ODYSSEY, X. 339
And let me tell you more : when Circe turns against you
her long wand, then draw the sharp sword from your thigh
and spring upon Circe as if you meant to slay her ; she
then will cower and bid you to her bed. Thereafter do
not you refuse the goddess' bed, that so she may release
your men and care for you. But bid her swear the
blessed ones' great oath never again to plot against you
cruel wrong, nor when she has you stripped to leave you
feeble and unmanned.'
"As he thus spoke, the Speedy-comer gave the herb,
drawing it from the ground, and pointed out its nature.
Black at the root it is, like milk its blossom, and the gods
call it moly. Hard is it for a mortal man to dig ; with
gods all things may be.
"Hermes departed now to high Olympos, along the
woody island. I made my way to Circe's house, and as
I went often my heart grew dark. But I stood at the
gate of the fair-haired goddess, stood there and called,
and the goddess heard my voice. Suddenly coming forth,
she opened the shining doors and bade me in ; I followed
her with aching heart. She led me in and placed me on
a silver-studded chair, beautiful, richly wrought, beneath
there was a footstool for the feet, and made a potion in
a golden cup for me to drink, but put therein a drug,
with wicked purpose in her heart. Now after she had
given and I had drunk it off, and yet it had not charmed
me, smiting me with her wand, she spoke these words and
cried : ' Off to the sty, and lie there with your fellows I '
" She spoke ; I drew the sharp blade from my thigh and
sprang upon Circe as if I meant to slay her. With a loud
340 OAY22EIA2 K.
17 Be fieya la^pwa vTreSpajjue KOI \dj3e yovvow,
Kai p 6\o(f)vpofjL6vrj eVea Trrepoevra TrpoarrjvSa-
' T/5 TroOev et5 dvSpwv ; nrodi TOI 770X^5 ^8e
OavjJid IJL e%ei, &>5 ov TL TTICOV rd&e
ovBe yap ovBe T^? aXXo? dvrjp raSe fydppaic dveT\rj,
05 K TTiTJ Kai 7TpO)TOV d/jLetye
[<70t 8e Tt? eV (TTr)6ecr(n,v a/c^X^ro? 1/005
Y) (TV y 'OSu<7O-6U5 O-0~t 7TO\l>Tp07rOS, OV T fJLOt,
(frdcr/cev e\evcreo-0ai xpva-dppaTTis a
K Tpolrjs dviovra 6oy vvv vrfl
d\\' aye &rj /co\ec3 pev aop 0eo, va)i S*
jfieTepTjs eTrifielofjiev, o(f>pa fjuiyevre
teal (^iXoTfjTL TreTroiOofiev a>Ckri\oi(riv.' 835
* N /25 efaT, avrdp eyco piv dp,ei^6^vo^ TrpocreeiTrov
' w Kipicr], 7TW5 ydp fjue tceXeat, a~ol TJTTLOV elvai,
r) pot, 0*1)5 /AW eOrjKas evl /jueydpoicTW eraipovs,
avrov B' evddB' e^ovcra So\o<ppoveova-a K6\eve^
5 6d\a/ji,6v T levai Kai 0-775 &Tf/9*7/*W eu^^5, 340
o<j>pa //.e yvjJLVo>6evra KCLKOV Kai dvijvopa ^6/775.
ou8' av eyco y eQe\oi,fj,i, re?)s eV^rJ^ei/at evvfjs,
el [IT) pal, rXa/775 ye, Oea, fteyav opKov Ofiocro-ai
/JLTJ ri poi, avra) Trrjfia KaKov ftovXevo-efjiev aXXo/
'V25 tydfjuriv, r) S' avTiK aTrcofJivvev (05 eKe\evov. 345
avrdp eVet p' ofioaev re re\evr7ja-ev re TOV opKov,
Kai TOT eya) KipKiys eTre/Brjv 7repiKa\\eos evvfjs.
^A^iiroKoi S' apa Tei&)5 fJ*ev evl /j,eydpoi<ri irevovTO
Teo"o-a/965, a'i ol SayfJia Kara Sprfo-reipai eaat,.
ylyvovrai S* apa rat y CK re Kprjveayv OTTO T* dXcreeov
K 6* iepwv TrorafjLWV, OL T 6t5 aXaSe irpopeovau 351
rdcov f) fjiev e/3aXXe Opbvow evi prjyea Ka\a,
THE ODYSSEY, X. 341
cry, she cowered and clasped my knees, and sorrowfully
said in winged words :
"'Who are you? Of what people? Where is your
town and kindred ? I marvel much that drinking of
these drugs you were not charmed. None, no man else,
ever withstood these drugs who tasted them, so soon as
they had passed the barrier of his teeth ; but in your
breast there is a mind which cannot be beguiled. Surely
you are that venturesome Odysseus who the god of the
golden wand, the Speedy-comer, always declared would
come upon his way from Troy, he and his swift black
ship. Nay, then, put up your blade within its sheath,
and let us now approach our bed, that there we two may
join in love and learn to trust each other.*
" So she spoke, and answering her said I : ' Ah, Circe,
how can you ask me to be gentle toward you when you
have turned my comrades into swine within your halls,
and here detain me and with treacherous purpose invite
me to your chamber and to approach your bed, that you,
when I am stripped, may leave me feeble and unmanned?
But I will never willingly approach your bed till you sub-
mit, goddess, to swear a mighty oath never again to plot
against me cruel wrong.'
" So I spoke, and she forthwith swore she would not, as
I required. So after she had sworn and ended all that
oath, then I approached the beauteous bed of Circe.
" Meanwhile attendants plied their work about the halls,
four maids, who were the serving- women of the house.
They are the children of the springs and groves and of
the sacred streams that run into the sea. One threw upon
342 OAY22EIA2 K.
/cadvTrepO't virevepOe Be \W
TI B' ereprj irpoirdpoiOe Opovwv er (reave
dpyvpeas, eVt Be cr<j)i, riOeu ^pvcreia /cdveia' 355
77 Be rpirrj Kprfrijpi fjie\i(f)pova dlvov e/cipva
rjSvv eV dpyvpey, vepe Be ^pvaeia tcv7re\\a'
TI Be Terdprr) vBwp efyopei /cal irvp dveicaie
TTO\\OV VTTO rptTToBi, /jieyd\(D ' laiveTO o' vBcop.
avrdp ejrel Brj ^eacrev vBcop evl rjvoTTi ^a\KM, 360
e? p' dadfjiivOov eaaora \6' etc rpiTroBos fjLeyd\.oto,
6vfirip<; Kepdcraaa Kara /cparos re /cdl w/xo)^,
o<f)pa pot, e/c tcd/jLarov 0v/jLO<f)06pov e^Xero yvlcov.
avrap eVel \ovcrev re /cal e^picrev \i7r' eXalq),
dfj,<f)l Be fie xXalvav Ka\rjv J3d\ev rjBe %iTa)va, 365
elcre Be /JL elaayajovaa eVl Opovov dpyvpor)\ov,
/ca\ov BaiBa\eov VTTO Be Opfjw? irocrlv rjev
\%epvifta B' d/ju<f)i7ro\os 7rpo%6q)
Ka\y, xpvcrelr), virep dpyvpeoio
vtyaaOai- Trapa Be geo-rrjv erdwdcre rpajre^av. 370
CTITOV B' alBolrj ra/JLtrj TrapeOrj/ce (^epovaa,
etBara vroXX' eTridelaa, %api,%o/jLevr] irapebvTwv]
e<r6 eleven, B' eice\evev eyLtcS S' ^% ijvBave
d\\o(j)povea)Vj /carca B' ocra-ero
Kip/cr) B' <? ev6t]crev e/jb rjfjLevov ouS' eVl O-/TW 375
ld\\ovra, icparepov Be /jue TrevOos %ovTa,
TrapKTTafjLevr) e'jrea Trrepoevra 7rpo<77)vBa'
' Ti(j)9' oi/T&)9, ^OBvaev, /car dp efeat Zero? dvav&q>,
eBcov, ftpwjArjs S' ov% dirreai ovBe TTOTTJTOS ;
rj TLvd TTOV B6\ov d\\ov oieai' ovBe rl <re %pr} 380
yap rot aTrco/jiocra Kaprepov opicov?
avrdp eya) piv d/J,ei/36jj,evo<;
THE ODYSSEY, X. 343
the chairs beautiful cloths ; purple she spread above, fine
linen underneath. The next placed silver tables by the
chairs and set forth golden trays. A third stirred in a
bowl the cheering wine sweet wine in a silver bowl
and filled the golden cups. A fourth brought water and
kindled a large fire under a great kettle, and let the water
warm. Then when the water in the glittering copper
boiled, she seated me in the bath and bathed me out of
the great kettle about the head and shoulders, temper-
ing the water well, till from my joints she drew the
sore fatigue. So after she had given the bath and had
anointed me with oil and put upon me a goodly cloak and
tunic, she led me in and placed me on a silver-studded
chair, beautiful, richly wrought, beneath there was a
footstool for the feet, and water for the hands a ser-
vant brought me in a beautiful pitcher made of gold, and
poured it out over a silver basin for my washing, and by
me spread a polished table. Then the grave housekeeper
brought bread and placed before me, setting out food of
many a kind, freely giving of her store, and bade me eat.
But that pleased not my heart : I sat with other thoughts ;
my heart was boding evil.
" When Circe marked me sitting thus, not laying hands
upon my food but cherishing sore sorrow, approaching me
she said in winged words : ' Why do you sit, Odysseus,
thus, as if you were struck dumb, gnawing your heart,
and touch no food nor drink ? Do you suspect some fur-
ther guile ? There is no cause for fear, for even now I
swore to you a heavy oath.'
344 OAY22EIA2 K.
' w KipKrj, Tt9 yap K6V dvrjp, 09 eVa/crt/^o? eir],
Trplv T\ai7] Trdcro-ao'dat eBrjrvos rjBe TTOTTJTO?,
Trplv \va-aa-0 ' erdpovs /cal ev o(f)Oa\/jLOLcrt,v IBecrdai, ;
aAV el Brj 7rp6(f)paao-a inelv (fraye/iev re
\V(TOV, iv ofyOaXpola-w iBco epirjpa? eralpovs.'
tV /2? ecfrd/jLrjv, Kip/crj Be $i e/c fjueydpoio
pd/BSov %ova-' ev %etpt, Ovpas $' aviw^e crv(f>ei,ov,
e/c S' \aaev o-id\oi,(Tiv eot/cora? evveaypoio-iv. 390
ol /lev eireiT earrjcrav evavrioi, r) Se Bi avrcov
crd\i(t)ev e/cda-ry <f>dpfjLa/cov d\\o.
8' IK JAW fjie\ea)v T/n^e? eppeov, a9 Trplv efyvare
OV\6/J,VOV, TO (7^>iV 7TO/06 TTOTVia Kip/CTJ
av&pes B y a^r eyevovro veatrepot fj Trdpos rjaav 395
Kal TTO\V Ka\\ioves Kal fj,eiove$ e 1(70 pdacr Oat,,
eyvcoaav B' e/jue Kelvoi, etyvv r ev ^epalv e/cacrro?.
Tracrtv B' ipepoew VTreBv 7009, dfjL(f>l Be Bwpa
<T/jLpBd\eov Kovdfiie, Oea B' eXeaipe /cal avrrf.
rj Be fJLev ay%t, (rrdaa Trpoo-rjvBa Bla Oedwv 400
es AaepndBrj, 'S'O\Vfj,i^(av 'OBvao-ev,
vvv eTrl vrja Oorjv /cal Olva Oakdaa-^.
vfja fjiev ap Trd/jLTTpcoTov epvaaare rJTreipovBe,
S' ev (nrrjecro-i TreXaacrare oVXa re Trdvra"
' cnjr levai /cal ayeiv epiypas eralpovs.' 405
' /29 e(f)aT\ avrdp epoi <y e7re7rei6ero OV/JLOS dyijvcop,
{3fjv B' levat, ejrl vrja Oorjv /cal Olva 0a\dcr<rr)s.
eupov eiret,T eirl vrjl Oofj epiTjpa^ eraipovs
o'i/crp' o\o(f>vpo/jLevov?, 6a\epov Kara Bd/cpv %eovra<;.
G>9 8' 6V av dypav\oi Tropies Trepl /3ov$ dye\alas, 4io
69 KOTTpov, eTrrjv ffordvrjs /copea-covrai,
d/jua G/calpovcriv evavrlai' ovB' en, <77)/col
THE ODYSSEY, X. 345
" So she spoke, and answering her said I : ' Ah, Circe,
what man who is true - hearted would taste of food or
drink before he had released his friends and seen them
with his eyes ? But if you in sincerity will bid me eat,
then set them free, that I with my own eyes may see my
trusty comrades.'
" So I spoke, and from the hall went Circe, wand in
hand. She opened the sty doors, and forth she drove what
seemed like nine-year swine : a while they stood before her,
and, passing along the line, Circe anointed each one with
a counter-charm. So from their members fell the hair
which at the first the accursed drug which potent Circe
gave had made to grow ; and once more they were men,
men younger than before, much fairer too, and taller to
behold. They knew me, and each grasped my hand, and
from them all passionate sobs burst forth, and all the
house gave a sad echo. The goddess pitied us, even she,
and standing by my side the heavenly goddess said :
" 4 High-born son of Laertes, ready Odysseus, go now to
your swift ship and to the sea-shore, and first of all draw
up your ship upon the land, and store within the caves
your goods and all your gear, and then come back your-
self and bring your trusty comrades.'
" So she spoke, and my high heart assented. I went to
the swift ship and to the sea-shore, and found by the swift
ship rny trusty comrades in bitter lamentation, letting the
big tears fall. As the stalled calves skip round a drove
of cows returning to the barn-yard when satisfied with
grazing ; they all with one accord bound forth, the folds
346 OAY22EIA2 K.
aXX' a&wov uv/ccofAevai,
a>5 e'/u-e tceivoi, eirel t'Soz/ o</>0aX/u,oto-t,
%WTO' So/crjo-e S' apa G$[GI OV/JLOS 415
a>? e/juev a>? el 7rarpi& itcoLaro Kal nrokiv avrrjv
/cys, wa r erpafyev ^8' eyevovro*
fjb o\o(j)vp6fjL6voi, eTrea Trrepoevra 7rpoo"r)v$c0v
el' T' et? 'lOd/c^jv a^iKoLfJLeda TrarpiSa yalav 420
' a^e, T&JZ/ a\\a)v erdpwv /cardXe^ov oKeOpov'
A iT2? etyav, avrap eyco Trpoaefyrjv fjLa\aicols
' vr\a fJLev ap Trd/jLTrpcorov epvaaopev
/cr^/jiara Se o-Trtjeao-i, 7re\dcrao/j,ev 07r\a re
avrol S' orpvveo-Oe e/iol apa Trai/re? eTrecr^at, 426
ocfrpa i&yO' erdpovs iepols ev Sco/jLacrt, Kiptcrjs
Trlvovras Kal e&ovras' eTrrjeravbv 'yap e^ovGW. 1
'^/i? e<t>d/jLrjv, ol 8' a>/ca eye-tot? 67reeo-<rt iridovro'
Evpv\o%os Se pot oto? epv/cave Traz/ra? eralpovs'
[/cat (7(/>ea? (jxavrfcras eirea TTTepoevra TrpoaijvSa ] 430
' *-4 SetXol, TTOCT' t/ttez^ ; Tt KaKwv l^eLpere TOVTWV,
Klp/cTj^ e? fjieyapov /cara/Stf/uevai, TJ icev aTravras
fj (7U? ^e \VKOVS Trot^crerat ^e Xeoz/ra?,
ot' ei/ ot /u,e7 8w/xa <f>v\do-<Tot,fjbev Kal dvdy/crj,
w? 7re/o Kv/c\(i)"^r ep%\ ore ol /juea-(rav\ov 'IKOVTO 436
rujbirepoi erapoi, crvv S' o 0pa<rv<$ etTrer' '
TOUTOV 7/D Acal Kelvot, dra(T0a\ir)criv oXoz/ro.*
A /2? e<f>ar\ avrap eyo) y /i-era <f>pecrl
o'Traa'O'duevos ravvrjtces dop Tra^eo? Trapa
TW ot' aTTOTrXrJfa? K<f>a\r)v ovBdaBe TreXao-crat, 440
/cat 7r?7ft> ?T/3 eoz/Tt yLtaXa o-^eSoz/* aXXa //,' eratpoi
eprjrvov a\\o@ev aXXo?*
THE ODYSSEY, X. 347
no longer hold them, but with continual bleating they frisk
about their mothers ; so did these men, when they caught
sight of me, press weeping round. Their joy was such as
if they had already reached their land, their very town
of rugged Ithaka, where they were bred and born, and
through their sobs they said in winged words :
" 4 Now you have come, O heaven-descended man, we
are as glad as if we were approaching Ithaka, our native
land. But tell about the loss of all our other comrades.'
" So they spoke ; I in soft words made answer : 4 Let
us now first of all draw up our ship upon the land and
store within the caves our goods and all our gear, and
hasten all of you to follow after me, that you may see
your comrades in the sacred house of Circe drinking and
eating ; for they have constant cheer.'
" So I spoke, and quickly they obeyed my words. Eu-
rylochos alone tried to hold back my comrades, and speak-
ing to them in winged words he said : * Poor fools, where
are we going ? Why are you so in love with misery that
we should go to Circe's hall, and let her turn us all to
swine and wolves and lions, that we may there keep watch
at her great house, perforce? Such deeds the Cyclops
did, when to his lair our comrades came, and with them
went this reckless man, Odysseus ; for through the folly
of Odysseus those men also perished.'
" As he thus spoke, I hesitated in my heart whether to
draw my keen-edged blade from my stout thigh, and with
a blow bring down his head into the dust, near as he was
by tie of marriage ; but with mild words my comrades
stayed me, each in his separate wise :
348 OAY22EIA2 K.
es, TOVTOV /J,ev edcro/jLev, el <rv
avTOV Trap vrjl re fievew fcal vrja epva-Oat,'
fjjuv 8' rjyepovev lepa 717)09 Sahara KipKTjs. 446
tN /2? fydpevoi, Trapa 1/7709 dvrfiov 7786
ovSe /jLev Evpv\o%o<; /col\rj Trapa vrjl
aXX' TTT- ebeivev 'yap e^v e/cTrayhov eviTnjv.
Td<f>pa Se rou? aXXou? erdpovs ev 8(/Ltacri Kip/crj
eVSf/ceaj? \ova-ev re ical e^piaev XtV e'Xa/ft), 460
d/jt,<f)l 8' dpa ^XatW? oiJXa? jBdkev r)$
Saivv/jLevov? S' ev Traz^ra? efavpo/jbev ev
ol 8' eVet aXX^Xou? eZ8o^ (frpdcraavTo r eVai/ra,
K\alov oSvpo/jLevoi, Trepl Be o-reva^i^ero Bcoyaa.
77 8e yiteu ay^t a-raa-a TrpoarjvBa &la Oedwv 465
' [^^076^69 AaepTidBrj, TroXv/^ij^av 'OSucrcrei),]
vvv 6a\epov <yoov opvvre' ol$a real avrrj
ocr' ev TTOVTQ) TrdOer' akyea l^Ovoevn,
^S' 6V dvdpo-iov av&pes e^>ri\r)cravr eirl %ep(7ov.
aXX' dyer eaOiere fipGOfJLrjv /cal Trlvere olvov, 460
olov ore Trpcorco-rov eXetVere TrarplBa <ya1av
Tprjxelijs 'lOd/crjs' vvv 8' acreXee9 ical
alev aX?;9 ^aXe7n}9 fjLefjLrjfjuevoL' ovSe Tro
ev evcfrpocrvvrj, eVet ^ /Jid\a Tro\\d TrerroaOe^ 465
evOa /j,ev ri/jLara irdvra T\e<7(f)dpov et9 eviavrov
Baivv^Lfvot Kpea r d(7Trera /cal peOv fjBv'
tff ^ /f)) \ v \p>)>/ ?
, ore or) p eviavros eqv, Trepi o erpajrov copai,
[/JLTJVCOV (f)0Lv6vra)v, Trepl S' TjfjiaTa /j,aicpd re\ecr0r),] 470
/cat Tore yu.' eKKd\eo-avTe<$ (f>av eplrjpes eralpoi'
( Aaip,6vi, 77877 vvv /jUfjLvrjo-Keo TrarpiBos
THE ODYSSEY, X. 349
" ' High-born Odysseus, we will leave this man, if you
consent, to stay here by the ship and guard the ship ;
but lead us to the sacred house of Circe/
" Saying this, they passed up from the ship and from
the sea. Yet did Eurylochos not tarry by the hollow
ship ; he followed, for he feared niy stern rebuke.
" But in the mean while to my other comrades at the
palace Circe had given a pleasant bath, and had anointed
them with oil, and she had put upon them fleecy cloaks
and tunics ; merrily feasting in her halls we found them
all. When the men saw and recognized each other face
to face, they wept aloud and the house rang around ; and
standing by my side, the heavenly goddess said :
" ' High-born son of Laertes, ready Odysseus, let not
this swelling grief rise farther now. I myself know what
hardships you have borne upon the sea and how fierce
men harassed you on the land. Come, then, eat food,
drink wine, until you find once more that spirit in the
breast which once was yours when you first left your
native land of rugged Ithaka. Now, worn and spiritless,
your thoughts still dwell upon your weary wandering.
This many a day your heart has not been glad, for sorely
have you suffered.'
" So she spoke, and our high hearts assented. Here,
then, day after day, for a full year, we sat and feasted on
abundant meat and the sweet wine. But after the year
was gone, when the round of the seasons rolled and the
months waned and the long days were done, then calling
me aside my trusty comrades said : ' Ah, sir, consider now
24
350 OAY22EIA2 K.
el rot OecrfyaroV ecrn (raa)0rjvai KOI i/eecrQat,
OLKOV ev/crlfAevov Kal <rv)v 9 TTdTplSa yalavS
[ A /2? ecfrav, avrap e/zot 7' eireireidero OV/AO? dyijvcop. 475
ft>9 Tore fjiev Trpbirav fjfiap e? r)e\iov /caraBvvra
a, &au>v/jt,evoi, /cpea T daTrera Kal peOv r] 8u.
S* T^eXto? /careSv teal eVi Kvefyas rfXOev,
ol JAW KOiprjo-avro Kara peyapa a-Kioevra.]
Avrap eya) Klp/cys e7ri/3as 7repiKa\\eo<$ evvri<s 480
yovvwv e\\iTdveva-a, 6ea Be pev eic\vev
\K.ai JAW (fxovtjo-as eirea Trrepoevra
* *fl Kip/crj, re\e(Tov JJ,Q
oifcaBe Tre/jLtye/juevai' Ovpos 5e yu-ot ea-o-vrat
^S' a\Xo)v erdpcov, o'L pev fydwvdovGi, (f)l\ov /cijp 485
oSvpojjievoi, ore TTOV ffv 76 v6a<j)i, yevrjai,'
) S' avTiK d/j,i/3ero &ia Oedav
Aaeprtdfoj, r n-o\vfAr)'%av 'OSvo-aev,
/j,r)KTi vvv aeKovres e/^o3 evl al/juvere oi/cay
aXX' a\\7)v xpr) TTp&rov 6Bbv rekeaai Kal iKecrQat, 490
et? 'A /Sao SoyLto&? Kal eVat^r)? Uepae^o
f n<fi>i*>t>ovs Srjftaiov Teipe(rlao,
a\aov, rov re fypeves e/iTreSot
W Kal reOvTj&Ti, voov Trope Hepaefyoveia
rot Se &Kial ai<rcrov(Tiv? 495
po 76
K\alov S'
en, ^(oeiv Kal opav ^>ao? r)e\loio.
avrap enrel K\aiwv re KV\(,v$6/jbev6$ T e
Kal Tore ST? yu-ti/ eVecrtr^ dfjueifio/juevos TTpoaeeiTrov 500
f "^Jfi KipKij, r/9 7a/D ravrrjv
' Ol/ 7TQ> Tt9 d<f)LK6TO
THE ODYSSEY, X. 351
your native land, if you are destined ever to be saved and
reach your stately house and native land.'
" So they spoke, and my high heart assented. Thus,
then, throughout that day till setting sun we sat and
feasted on abundant meat and the sweet wine ; and when
the sun went down and darkness came, the others went to
rest throughout the dusky halls. But I, on coming to the
beauteous bed of Circe, made supplication to her by her
knees, and to my voice the goddess hearkened ; and speak-
ing to her in winged words, I said :
" 4 Circe, fulfil for me the promise that you made to
send me home ; for now my spirit stirs, with that of all
my men, who break my heart with their complaints when-
ever you are not by.'
" So I spoke, and straight the heavenly goddess an-
swered : ' High-born son of Laertes, ready Odysseus, stay
no longer at my home against your will. But you must
first perform a different journey, and go to the halls of
Hades and of dread Persephone^, there to consult the
spirit of Teiresias of Thebes, a prophet blind, who
still has knowledge. To him, though dead, PersephonS
has granted reason, to him alone sound understanding;
the rest are flitting shadows.'
" As she thus spoke, my very soul was crushed within
me, and sitting on the bed I fell to weeping ; my heart no
longer cared to live or see the sunshine. But when of
weeping and of writhing I had had my fill, then thus I
answered her and said : ' But, Circe, who will be my pilot
on this journey ? None ever reached the land of Hades
by black ship.'
352 OAY22EIA2 K.
e<f)d/j,r)v, rj B' avriK apeiftero Bia Oedcov
AaepndBrj, TToiXv/jLij^aj/ 'OBva<rev,
I^TI ri TOL rjyefjLovos 76 iroOr] Trapa vrfl fjueheaOco, 606
iarov Be crrijaas dvd 6* iarla \ev/ca Trerdcrcras
f}a-6ai,' rrjv Be /ce TOI TTVOLTJ Bopeao <j)epr)<Tt,v.
' OTTOT av Brj vrfl C 'flKeavolo
re \d^eia /cal a\(re
l T afyeipoi /cal trial a)\eo-itcap7rot,, 510
vfja fiev avrov /ceXcrai, eTT* 'fliceavq) ffaOvBlvrj,
auro? 8' et? 'AiSea) ievai SOJAOV evpcoevra.
evOa fjiev et? ^A^epovra Hvpi$\eryedwv re peov&i
KWKVTOS 0\ 09 Brj STVJOS vbaros ecrTiv
Trerprj T ^vvearfc re &va) Trora
evOa S' 7rei&\ ^p&)9, xpipfyOels TreXa?, w? ere Ke\eva),
ftbOpov opv^ai oaov re TTV^OVCTLOV evda /cal ev6a,
djj,(f) avra) be %07jv ^elaOai irdaiv ve/cveacri,
Ttp&ra fj,e\,i/cprJT(p, /JLereTreira Be rjBei oivw,
TO rplrov avO* v&ari,' eTrl 8' aX^tra \ev/ca iraKvvew. 520
TroXXa Be yovvovcrOai vetcvcov d/jLevrjva /caprjva,
ekOoDV et9 'I0d/crjv crelpav fiovv, ij rt9 dpio-Trj,
peeiv ev peydpoio-t, Trvpijv r e/jL7r\r}crefjLev e<r6\)v t
Teipeairj B ' airdvevOev OLV iepevaepev oiep
Tra/jLfjueXav , 09 fjLt]\oi<7i, fjieTarrpeirei v/jLerepoicriv. 525
avrap eirrjv ev^fjai, \i<rrj /c\vrd eOvea ve/cpwv,
ev6* OLV dpveiov pe^etv 6r{\.vv re
TTora/jLolo podcov evOa Be TroXXal
eXevaovrai ve/cvcov tcarareOvrjtoro&v. 59
Brj ror eTreiO' erdpoio-iv eTrorpvvai, /cal
, ra Brj /card/ceir eo-^ayfjLe^a vrfKeu
THE ODYSSEY, X. 353
" So I spoke, and straight the heavenly goddess an-
swered: 'High-born son of Laertes, ready Odysseus, let
not the lack of pilot for your ship disturb you, but set
the mast, spread the white sail aloft, and sit you down ;
the breath of Boreas shall bear her onward. When you
have crossed by ship the ocean-stream to where the shore
is rough and groves of Persephone stand, tall poplars
and seed-shedding willows, there beach your ship by
the deep eddies of the ocean-stream, and yourself seek the
mouldering house of Hades. There is a spot where' into
Acheron run Pyriphlegethon and Kokytos, a stream which
is an offshoot of the waters of the Styx ; here a rock forms
the meeting-point of two resounding rivers. To this spot,
then, hero, draw nigh, even as I bid, and dig a pit about a
cubit either way, and round its edge pour out an offering
to all the dead, first honey-mixture, next sweet wine,
and thirdly water, and over all scatter white barley-meal.
Make many supplications also to the strengthless dead,
vowing when you return to Ithaka to take the farrow cow
that is your best and offer it in your hall, heaping the
pyre with treasure ; and to Teiresias separately to sacrifice
a sheep, for him alone, one wholly black, the very choicest
of your flocks. So when you have besought with vows the
tribes of the illustrious dead, offer a ram and a black ewe,
bending their heads toward Erebos, but turn yourself
away, facing the river's stream ; to you shall gather many
spirits of those now dead and gone. Then straightway
call your comrades, and bid them take the sheep now ly-
ing there slain by the ruthless sword, and flay and burn
354 OAY22EIA2 K.
Betpavras /carafcrjai, iireu^atrQai Be Oeoicriv,
i<f>0ljj,q) T 'AlBy icai eTrcuvrj Hep(re<$oveir)
Be f/009 o%v epva-a-d/jievos Trapd fjujpov 635
i, fjbrjBe edv ve/cvcov djAevrjvd tcdprjva
aacrov IL/JLCV Trplv Teipea-iao
evOa TOI, avrl/ca fjbdvTis ekevcrerat,
09 Kev rot clirrjcnv 6Sbv teal /juerpa K\ev9ov
VO&TOV 6\ co? eTTt TTOVTOV eKevaeai l^dvoevra.' 540
lN /2? </>ar', avTL/ca be %pvo-66povos rjXvOev 'jEfw?.
dfjb(f)l Se fj, r )(\aivdv re ^irwvd re ei/iara eaaev
avTrj &' dpyvcf)ov $>apo$ fj,eya evvvro vv/jL(f>rj,
\7TTov KOI %apiev, Trepl Be ^cbvrjv /3a\er' I1*vl
KaXrjv xpvaeirjv, K6(f)a\fj 8' 67re6r)K KaXvTrrprjv. 645
avrdp eyco Sid ScoyLtar' IODV wrpvvov eralpovs
fjLei\L%ioi$ 67ree<7(ri, irapaorrabov avSpa e/cacrrov
' Mrj/cen vvv etJSoz/re? dcorelre yXv/cvv VTTVOV,
aXA,' io/jiV Sr) ydp JJLOI, 7re<f)paSe irorvia KlpKr).'
A /2? tydpifv, Tourw S* eVeTre/^ero BVJJLOS dyrfvcop. 650
ovSe fj,ev ov&* evOev Trep air^^ova^ fjyov era/pou?.
p Be Ti? eo-^re ^ea>raT09, ovre n \irjv
ev TToXeyLtw ovT6 <f)pe(rlv yaw
09 /J<OL avevO* erdpwv lepois ev 8&>yLta(7fc
ipeipwv, /care\e^aTO olvoftapeiwv 655
8' erdpcov 6/jiaBov /cdl SOVTTOV dfcova-a?
dvopovae KOI e/c\ddeTO
d^roppov /caTa/3rjvcu lav 69 K\ifjLa/ca
d\\d fcaravTLKpv reyeos TrecTev e/c Be ol
d<TTpayd\(0v edyrj, ^v^rj &' "AtBocrBe Karr)\0ev. 560
epXOfievoicn, Be rolo-iv eye* perd y&Qov eenrov
$dcr0e vv TTOV olicovBe (pi\rjv 9 irarpiBa yaiav
THE ODYSSEY, X. 355
them, and call upon the gods, on powerful Hades and
on dread Persephone, while you yourself, drawing your
sharp sword from your thigh, still hold your place, and do
not let the strengthless dead approach the blood till you
have made inquiry of Teiresias. Thither the seer will
quickly come, O chief of men, and he will tell your course,
the stages of your journey, and of your homeward way,
how you may pass along the swarming sea.'
" Even as she spoke, the gold-throned morning came.
On me she put a cloak and tunic as my raiment ; and the
nymph dressed herself in a long robe of silver-white, fine-
spun and graceful; she bound a beautiful golden girdle
round her waist, and set her veil upon her head. Then
through the house I passed and called my men, with
cheering words, standing by each in turn : ' Sleep no more
now, nor drowse in pleasant slumber, but let us go, for
potent Circe at last has made all clear.'
" So I spoke, and their high hearts assented. Yet even
thence I did not bring away my men in safety. A certain
Elpenor was the youngest of them all, a man not very
stanch in fight nor sound of understanding, who, parted
from his mates, lay down to sleep upon the sacred house
of Circe, seeking for coolness when overcome with wine.
As his companions stirred, hearing the noise and tumult,
he suddenly sprang up, and in his mind he quite forgot
how to come back again by way of the long ladder, but he
fell headlong from the roof: his neck was broken from
its socket, and his soul went down to the house of Hades.
" When my men mustered there, I said to them : ' You
think, perhaps, that you are going home to your own
356 OAY22EIA2 K.
a\\tjv S' rjfJLiv 6$bv Terc/jLrjpaTO Kip/crj
els 'AiSao &6/j,ovs KOI eTraivfjs Uepcrefyoveiris,
@7j@aiov Teipeariao.' 565
y rola-iv Be KaTeK\ao>6r] <f>l\ov
e /car avOi, yocav riXkovro re
ov yap rt? Trpfjgis eyvyvero
' ore 8rj p* eirl vfja Oorjv teal Blva 6a\dcrcr7)s
t 6a\epov Kara &d/cpv %eovTe$, 570
ro<f)pa S' ap ol^o/ievr) Klp/crj irapa vrji fj,e\aivy
dpveibv /careBrjcrev OLV OrjKvv re /j,e\aivav,
pela Trape^eXdovaa' r/9 av 0ebv ov/c ede\ovra
o(j)0a\fj,ola'iv iSoiT TJ evO* rj v&a KLOVTO, ;
THE ODTSSEY, X. 357
native land ; but Circe has marked out for us a different
course, even to the halls of Hades and of dread Perseph-
one, to make inquiry of the spirit of Teiresias of Thebes.'
" As I thus spoke, their very souls were crushed within
them, and sitting down where each man stood they
moaned and tore their hair ; but no good came to them
from their lamenting.
" Now while we walked to the swift ship and to the
sea-shore, sorrowing, letting the big tears fall, Circe went
on before, and there by the black ship made fast a ram
and a black ewe, passing us lightly by. When a god does
not wish it, who with his eyes can spy him moving from
place to place ?
OAY22EIA2 A.
NlKVtO.
AvTap 7rel p 9 ITTI vrja Karij\0ofjiv rj$e 0d\aa-<rav t
vrja /JLV ap TrdjjbTrpaiTOV epvacrapev els a\a Slav,
ev 8' larbv ndepecrQa /cal laria vrjl jjuekalvy,
ev Se ra fj,fj\a Xa/3o^re? i$r}<rapev t av 8e KOI avrol
paivojJLev a^vv/Jievoi,, ,0a\epbv Kara Sdicpv %e'oi/T9. 5
rj/jiiv 8' av fJLT07ri,a06 veb$ Kvavoirpapoio
iKpevov ovpov Vet TrXrja-io-Tiov, eaO\ov eralpov,
Klp/cr) ev7T\6fcafjio<;, Sewr) Oebs avbrjeacra.
rffjieLS 8* O7r\a e/caorra Trovrjo-dfjbevoi, Kara vfja
rj/jL0a' TTJV &' ave/jios re /cvflepvrJTTjs r Wvve. 10
TT}? 8e Travrj/jLepirjs reraO' laria TrovTOTropova-w
BvcreTo T T^eXto?, GKLOWVTQ re Tra&ai dyvcal.
t H 8' eV TreipaO' i/cave fiaOvppoov '/2/ceaz>oto.
evOa 8e K.L/j,fjbepicov dvSpwv 8?7//,o9 re TroXt? re,
rjepi /cal vetyeXy Ketca'\vfjL/j,evoi,' ou8e TTOT avrovs 15
'JfeXto? (j>ae0(ov KaTaSepfcerai afcrivea-o-iv,
ovO' OTTOT av dTeL^cn Trpo? ovpavov aarepbevTa,
ovO' or av a^jr eirl yalav air ovpavoBev TrporpdTT'rjTait
' eVl vvj; 6\orj rerarat SeiXolcri, fiporola-i.
ev0* e\6bvre<$ e/ceXcrafiev, etc 8e ra fjif]\a 20
l\6/ji0' avrol 8' avre Trapa poov '{irceavolo
fjo/jbV, o(f)p' e? jfopov a^LKOfjueO^ ov <f)pd<r Klp/CTj.
leprjia /j,ev Hep ifjurj^fj 9 Evpv\o%6s re
eya) 8* dop ofu epvao-dfjLevos Trapa
XI.
THE LAND OF THE DEAD.
" Now when we came down to the ship and to the sea,
we in the first place launched our ship into the sacred sea,
we put the mast and sail in the black ship, then took the
sheep and drove them in, and we ourselves embarked in
sadness, letting the big tears fall. And for our aid be-
hind our dark-bowed ship came a fair wind to fill our
sail, a welcome comrade, sent us by fair-haired Circe, the
mighty goddess, human of speech. So when we had done
our work at the several ropes about the ship we sat us
down, while wind and helmsman kept her steady; and
all day long her sail was stretched as she ran through
the water. Then the sun sank, and all the ways grew
dark.
" And now she reached earth's limits, the deep stream
of Okeanos, where the Kimmerian people's land and city
lie, wrapt in a fog and cloud. Never on them does the
shining sun look down with his beams as he goes up the
starry sky, or as again toward earth he turns back from
the sky, but deadly night spreads far and wide above these
hapless men. On coming here, we beached our ship, and
put the sheep on shore, then made our way along the ocean-
stream, until we reached the spot foretold by Circe.
" Here Perimedes and Eurylochos held fast the victims,
while I, drawing my sharp blade from my thigh, dug
360 OAY22EIA2 A.
ftbOpov opvg oacrov re irvyovaiov evOa KCLI evOa, 25
djU(/>' avrw Be %or)v %e6fjbr)v Tracnv vefcvecrai,,
rrpwra /j,e\i/cpijr(p, fjLer?7reira Be rjBet, OLVO),
TO Tpirov avQ' vBari,' eVt S* a\$ira \evtca 7ra\vvov.
TroXXa Be yovvovjjLrjv vetcvcov ajAewrjva tcdprjva,
e\0(t)v els ^lOd/crjv crrelpav ftovv, rj TIS apforrj, 30
pe^eiv ev fjueydpoKri, Trvptfv r efjL7T\rjcre/Jiev ea6\S)v t
B ' airdvevdev oiv lepevcre^ev o'icp
, 09 fj,ij\ot,(Ti fjueraTrpeireL rjfjLerepoKri.
B' eirel ev^wKyai Xtrfjai re eOvea veicp&v
e\\io-dfj,r)v, rd Be fjirjXa \a/3cov dTreBeipoTo/Arjaa
9 /360pov, pee 8' dlfjia Ke\aive$e<f at 8' dyepovro
VTT ef 'Epe/3ev<$ ve/cvcov KarareOvrjwrwv.
t, r r)i6eoi re iro\vr\rjroi re yepovres
irapOeviical r dra\al veoirevQea Ovpov
TroXXot 8' ovrd/JLevot, %a\icripe<Tiv
avBpes dpytyaroi, pepporwpeva rev%e'
ot TroXXol irepl ftoOpov etyoirwv a\\o0ev
Qecnreo-lr) ia%{)' e/jue Be %\(i)pbv Seo9 yp^>\
Brj TOT' eireiO* erdpocaiv error pvvas efce\evaa
fj,rj\a, rd Brj /carefceir eo-^a^^eva vrjXei, ^aX/ca), 45
Belpavras Karafcfjat,, eTrev^acrOai Be Oeolcrw,
r 'AiBy KOL erraivr) H
Be f^o9 ofu epva-o-dfievos irapd
ovB' elW veicvcov d^evrjvd icdprjva
aaa-ov t/juev, Trplv Teipecriao TrvOea-Oai.
Be ^V^TI 'E\7Tijvopo<; rj\6ev eralpov
ov yap 7TO) ereBarrro VTTO 'ftOovos evpvoBeLW
(rcofjua yap ev Klpfcrjs peydpu) /car e\e ITTO pev 17
dx\avrov ical aQaTrrov, eTrel ?roVo9 aXXo9
THE ODYSSEY, XI. 361
out a pit, about a cubit either way, and round its edges
poured an offering to all the dead, first honey-mixture,
next sweet wine, and thirdly water, and white barley-meal
I scattered over ; and I made many supplications to the
strengthless dead, vowing when I returned to Ithaka to
take the farrow cow that was my best and offer it in my
hall, heaping the pyre with treasure ; and to Teiresias sep-
arately to sacrifice a sheep, for him alone, one wholly
black, the very choicest of my flock. So when with
prayers and vows I had implored the peoples of the dead,
I took the sheep and cut their throats over the pit, and
forth the dark blood ran. Then gathered there spirits
from out of Erebos of those now dead and gone, brides,
and unwedded youths, and worn old men, delicate maids
with hearts but new to sorrow, and many pierced with
brazen spears, men slain in fight, wearing their blood-
stained armor. In crowds around the pit they flocked
from every side, with awful wail. Pale terror seized me.
Forthwith I called my men, and bade them take the sheep
now lying there slain by the ruthless sword, and flay and
burn them, and call upon the gods, on powerful Hades
and on dread Persephone, while I myself, drawing my
sharp sword from my thigh, still held my place and did
not let the strengthless dead approach the blood till I had
made inquiry of Teiresias.
" First came the spirit of my man, Elpenor. He had not
yet been buried under the broad earth ; for we left his
body at the hall of Circe, unwept, unburied, since other
tasks were urgent. I wept to see him and pitied him
362 OAY22EIA2 A.
rbv /JL6V e<ya) Sd/cpvcra IBcbv e\erj(rd re 0v/jL<p t 66
/cal JAW $wvr)<jas 7rea irrepoevTa Trpoo-rjvBwv
TTCO? r)\0es VTTO 6(f)ov rjepoevra ;
v rj 70) vvv vrjl
o Be /M ol/juwgas
' [Aio<yeve<s Aaeprtd&r), TroXv/jLtj^av 'O&vao-ev,] 60
acre fie Sat/^oz/o? alcra /ca/crj /cal a^ecr^aro? oZj/o?*
KipKys S' eV fjLeydpa) /caTaXey/i^o? oy: evorjcra
aifroppov /carafiijvai, IODV e? KKiy^aica /jLa/cprjv,
d\\a KaravTLKpv Teyeos Trecrov etc Be /JLOL av%r)V
d(7Tpayd\o)v edyrj, tyv%r) 8' "AiSocrBe /carrj\0e. 65
rOy Be ere TCOV OTriOev <yovvdo/Aai, ov Trapeovrwv,
7T/30? T* d\6%ov /cal 7rarp09, o cr' erpe^e TvrOov eowra,
Tr)\ejj,d%ov 6\ ov povvov evl fjieydpoio-iv eXeiTre?*
ol&a jap &>? evOevbe KICOV BOJJLOV e% 'AlSao
vfjcrov e? Alalvjv cr^a-e^ evepjea vija' 70
evda (T eTreira, ava%, /ce\ojjLai {JivrjaacrOai
fiij fi a/c\,avrov, aOaTrrov, lav oinOev
-fy lord els, ^ TOL n 6e&v ^
/ca/c/cf)ai <rvv rev^eo-iv, dacra fioi ecrrt,
crfjfjid re pot, ^evai TroXifjs eVfc Qiv\ 6a\dacn>]s, 76
dvpo<$ Bvo-rtjvoio, teal eVcroyLtez'OJcu irvOeo-Oai'
ravrd re poi reXeerat Trij^ai r eVt TV/JL^W epeT/jiov,
rc5 /cal ^coo? epe&crov ea>z/ /ACT' eyLtot? eTdpoianv'
A /29 e(f)ar, avrdp eyco piv d/nei/Bopevos TrpocreeiTrov
f ravrd rot, <w Bvcrrrjve, re\evrrjo-(i) re /cal ep^co.' 80
Nwi /juev co? eTreeo-cnv afAlf$op&to crrvyepolaiv
rjfjieu , 70) fj,ev dvevOev e^> aXfJMTl (frdcryavov
eloa)\ov S' erepcoOev eraipov TroXX' dyopevev.
9 H\Oe S' eVt ^v^rj fjLrjrpbs Karare6vrjvir]s t
THE ODYSSEY, XI. 363
from my heart, and speaking to him in winged words I
said : 4 Elpenor, how came you hither to this murky gloom ?
You were sooner here on foot than I in my black ship.'
" So I spoke, and with a groan he answered : ' High-
born son of Laertes, ready Odysseus, an evil doom of God
betrayed me, and excess of wine. At Circe's hall, when I
lay down, I did not notice how to come back again by way
of the long ladder, but I fell headlong from the roof ; my
neck was broken from its socket, and my soul came down
to the house of Hades. Now I entreat you by those left
behind, not present here, even by your wife and by the
father that took care of you when you were little, and by
Telemachos, whom you left alone at home, for I know,
as you go hence out of the house of Hades, you will turn
your stanch ship toward the island of Aiaia, there, then,
my master, I charge you, think of me. Do not, in going,
leave me behind, unwept, unburied, deserting me, lest I
become a cause of anger to the gods against you; but
burn me in the armor that is on me, and on the shore of
the foaming sea erect the mound of an unhappy man that
the men yet to be may ask my story. Do this for me,
and plant upon my grave the oar with which in life I
rowed among my comrades.'
" So he spoke, and answering him said I : ' Unhappy
man, this will I carry out and do for you.'
" In such sad words conversing with each other, there
we sat, I on the one side, holding my blade over the
blood, while the spectre of my comrade, on the other,
told of his many woes.
"Now came the spirit of my dead mother, Antikleia,
364 OAY22EIA2 A.
AvrokvKov Ovydrrjp fj,e<ya\ijTopos ^
TT]V ^(orjv Kare\,eLTTov Icov et? "JXtoz;
TTJV fj,ev eyco Sd/cpvcra l&cov eXe^era re
aXX' ovB' c5? elwv Trporeprjv, TTVKLVOV irep
a<T(TOV 'Ipev, Trplv Teipecriao
ov Teipeaiao,
/jL6 8* ejvco Kal
' [A toy eves Aaeprid^rj,
TLTTT dVT, 0) &V(7Tr)V
, o(j>pa i&rj vetcvas teal drepirea
TTo^afeo /368pov, a-Trtcr^e Be (frdcryavov 6j;v, 95
at/xaro? 6(ppa Trio) KOLI rot vrjfieprea 6i7ro).'
tV /25 <$>dr\ eyco 8* dva^aaadfjLevo^ f/^>o? dpyvp07j\ov
fcov\eq) eyfcaTeTTTj^ 6 &' eVet rrrlev al^a Ke\aivov,
Kal Tore Btf fju eTreecra-i nrpoo-rjv^a iidvris d/j,v/jia)v
' Noarov &%r)cu /j,e\ir)$ea, ^ai^ifji 'O$v(rcrev' 100
rov be TGI dpya\eov Orjcret, 0e6<?' ov <ydp olco
evvocriycuov, o rot KOTOV i>0ero 0v/j,q),
on ol vlov (j)l\ov e
ert fiev ice Kal w? KaKa Trep
ai K' ede\y<; aov OV/JLOV epvKaKeeiv Kal eralpcov, 105
OTTTTore K TTpwrov 7re\d(Tr)s evepyea vrja
Gpiva/clrj vrjcrw, 7rpo(f)vy(t)V loeiBea TTOVTOV,
evprjre /3oa? Kal l$ia fJLrj\a
, o? Trdvr e(f>opa Kal nrdvr 7raKovei.
ra? el fjuev K dcriveas e'aa? vocrrov re yLteS^at, no
Kai Kev er K 'IQaKrjv KaKa Trep Trao-^o^re? f iKOL<r6e'
el Se Ke criwrjai, Tore TOL reK/jLalpo/ju o\e6pov
VTJI re Kal erdpois'* avros 8' et Trep Kev d\v%r)s,
oijre KaK&s velat,, oXecra? CLTTO Trdvras eraipovs,
THE ODYSSEY, XI. 365
daughter of brave Autolykos, whom I had left alive on
setting forth for sacred Ilios. I wept to see her, and
pitied her from my heart ; but even so, I did not let her
deeply though it grieved me approach the blood till
I had made inquiry of Teiresias.
" Now came the spirit of Teiresias of Thebes, holding
his golden sceptre, and he knew me, and said to me :
' High-born son of Laertes, ready Odysseus, why now, un-
happy man, leaving the sunshine, have you come here to
see the dead and all this cheerless region? Nay, draw
back from the trench and turn your sharp blade from
the blood, that I may drink and speak what will not fail.'
"So he spoke, and drawing back I thrust my silver-
studded sword into its sheath. And after he had drunk
of the dark blood, then thus the blameless seer addressed
me :
"'You are looking for a joyous journey home, glorious
Odysseus, but God will make it hard ; for I do not think
you will elude the Land-shaker, since he has laid up in his
heart wrath against you, angry because you blinded his
dear son. Yet even so, by meeting hardship you may
still reach home, if you will curb the passions of yourself
and crew when once you bring your stanch ship to the
Thrinakian island, safe from the dark blue sea, and come
on the pasturing kine and sturdy flocks of the Sun, who
all things oversees, all overhears. If you leave these un-
harmed and heed your homeward way, you still may come
to Ithaka, though you shall meet with hardship. But if
you harm them, then I predict the loss of ship and crew ;
and even if you yourself escape, late shall you come, in evil
25
366 OAY22EIA2 A.
eV aXXoT/H?79* Brjew B' ev Tnjaara oi/cq>, 115
s virepfyidKovs, o'i roi ftiorov KareBov&i,
avriOeyv a\o%ov KOI eBva BiBovres.
aXX' r) roi icelvwv ye /3/a? arcoriceai e\0a)V
avrap CTTTJV fjLvrjo-r'fjpas evl /jie<ydpoi(Ti reotat,
ye SoXw r) a^a^ov o%ei ^aXiccc, 120
i Brj eTreira, \afta)v evfjpes eper/jibv,
els 6 /ce TOU? dcfrltcrjai o/ N OVK Icraai
dvepes, ovSe 6* aXeo-ai /Aefjujfievov elBap
ov$* apa roi y Icracri veas (froiviKOTrapijovs,
ouS' evrjpe eper/jia, rd re irrepa vyval TreXovrcu. 125
Be TOI epeco yitaX' apt^paSe?, ovBe ae \ijaei,'
Kev &?j rot v/jif3\rj/jievo<; aXXo? oBlrrjs
ddr}pr)\oiybv e^etv dvd ^atS/yLtw WyLtft),
teal rore Brj yairj vr^fa? evfjpes eper/jibv,
pefa? iepa Kaka IToo-etSawz/t civa/cri, 130
dpveuov ravpov re GVWV T eTripijropa /cdirpov,
oi/caB' aTrocrrei-xeiv epbew 6' lepas
aOavdroiori Oeolcri, roi ovpavov evpvv e
Tracrt fj,d\' ef 6/779* Odvaros $e rot, ej* a\09 avra>
dXa roto9 e\eva-erai, 09 ice ere Tre^vrj 135
VTTO \nrapM dprj/juevov d/ui(f)l Se Xaol
eo-a-ovrat,' ra Be roi vrjjjbeprea ellpco'
*fls efyar, avrap eyco JJLLV ayLtet/So/A6^o9 Trpoo-eeiTrov
( Teipecrlr), ra fiev dp TTOV e7reK\w(Tav Oeol avroL
ttXX' aye poi roBe etVe real drpe/cews Kard\e%ov no
urjrpos rtjvB' opoa) tyw%r)V Karare6vr]vir]<;'
TI S' diceovcT rfa-rai o-^eBbv a'taaros, ovB* ebv vlbv
er\r) ecrdvra IBelv ovBe TrporipvOrja-aaOai.
, ava% , 7T&)9 Kev pe dvayvolrj rbv eovra ; '
THE ODYSSEY, XI. 367
plight, with loss of all your crew, on the vessel of a stran-
ger. At home you shall find trouble, bold men devour-
ing your living, wooing your matchless wife, and giving
gifts. Nevertheless, on your return, you surely shall
avenge their crimes. But after you have slain the suit-
ors in your halls, whether by stratagem or by the sharp
sword boldly, then journey on, bearing a shapely oar,
until you reach the men that know no sea, and do not
eat food mixed with salt ; they therefore have no knowl-
edge of the red-cheeked ships, nor yet of shapely oars
that are the wings of ships. And I will give a sign easy
to be observed, which shall not fail you : whenever another
traveler, meeting you, shall say you have a winnowing
fan on your white shoulder, there fix in the ground your
shapely oar, and make fit offerings to Lord Poseidon
a ram, a bull, and the sow's mate, a boar, and turn-
ing homeward offer sacred hecatombs to the immortal
gods who hold the open sky, all in the order due. Upon
yourself death from the sea shall very gently come, and
cut you off when bowed with hale old age; round you
shall be a prosperous people. I speak what will not
fail.'
"He spoke, and answering him I said: 'Teiresias,
these are the threads of destiny the gods themselves have
spun. Nevertheless, declare me this, and plainly tell : I
see the spirit of my dead mother here ; silent she sits be-
side the blood and has not, although I am her son, deigned
to look in my face or speak to me. Tell me, my master,
how may she know that it is I ? '
368 OAV22EIAS A.
*\Q9 e(f)d/jLr)v, 6 be fj,' avri/c daeiffoaevos TTpoffeetTre* 145
' prjlBwv rot eVo? epeco KOI evl (frpeai
ov Tiva aev Kev ea? veKvcov Kara
at/iaro? acraov iaev, 6 Be rot vrjuepres tvty
tt> Be K .7Ti<f>6oveot,s, o Be rot iraXiv claw O
l> /2? (f>a/JLevr) ^v^r) pev eftrj BO/AOV "^4tSo? etcra) 150
Tetpecrlao ava/cros, eVel /cara Oeafyar \e%ev
avrap eya)v avrov y,evov ejuLTre&ov, ofyp eVl fJUJTTjp
rj\v6e Kal nriev alpa /ce\aive(j)es avri/ca B' eyvco,
KaL IJL oXo^vpofjievr) eirea TTTepoevra TrpocrrjvBa*
' Teicvov e/jbbv, TTW? rj\0e<; VTTO 6<f)ov rjepoevra 156
fojo? eobv ; ^a\7rbv Be rdBe ^wolaiv opaaOcu.
[fjLe<T(7(d yap fjLeyd\oi Trora/iot Kal Bewa peeOpa,
'/2/teavo9 fjLev Trp&Ta, TOV ov TTO)? ean Treprjaai
ire^ov eovr, r\v fiij rt? e^y evepyea vrja.]
% vvv Brj TpoiyOev aXutfJLevos evOdB* t/cdveis 160
vrj L re /cal erdpoiai iro\vv ^povov ; ovBe TTOJ rj\0e<;
et9 'lOaKrjv, ovB' elSe? evi fieydpoicn, yvvawa ; '
A /2? e<t>aT, avrap eyco fiw a/^et/SoyLte^o? TrpocreeiTrov
' /JLrjrep ear), Xpeuo fie Karrjyayev ei9 'AiBao
ifrvxy %p7;o-oyLte^oi/ Orjffalov Teipealao' 165
ov ydp 7TO) a^eBov rj\6ov *A%aiLBos, ovBe irw dufj?
7779 eTreffrjv, aXX' a/ei/ e%a)V d\d\rjaat, oi^vv,
ef ou ra Trpairio-O' 67r6f*T)V ^Ayaaeavovt Bl(o
aXV a'7e /xot roSe etVe /cal drpeKecos KardXegov 170
rt9 z^v ae /c^p eBduaa-cre TavrjKeyeos Oavdroio ;
% BoXi^rj vov<ro<$ ; rj "Aprefjuis lo^eaipa
ol9 ay avals (Bekeea-aiv eTro^oaevr} Karen efoev ;
e Be fjLOL 7rar/)09 re Kal vleos, ov Kare\ei7rov t
THE ODYSSEY, XI. 369
" So I spoke, and straightway answering me said he :
*A simple saying I will tell and fix it in your mind :
whomever among those dead and gone you let approach
the blood, he shall declare the truth. But whomsoever
you refuse, he shall go back again.'
" So saying, into the house of Hades passed the spirit
of the great Teiresias, after telling heaven's decrees ; but
I still held my place until my mother came and drank of
the dark blood. She knew me instantly, and sorrowfully
said in winged words :
" ' My child, how came you hither to this murky gloom,
while still alive? Awful to the living are these sights.
Great rivers are between, and fearful floods, mightiest
of all Okeanos, not to be crossed on foot ; no, not without
a strong-built ship. Have you but now come here, upon
your way from Troy, wandering a long time with your ship
and crew ? Did you not go to Ithaka, nor see your wife
at home ? '
" So she spoke, and answering her I said : ' My mother,
need brought me to the house of Hades, that I might here
consult the spirit of Teiresias of Thebes. I have not yet
been near Achaia, nor once set foot upon my land, but have
been always wandering and meeting sorrow since the first
day I followed royal Agamemnon to Ilios, famous for its
horses, to fight the Trojans there. But come, declare me
this, and plainly tell : what doom of death that lays men
low o'erwhelmed you ? Some long disease ? Or did the
huntress Artemis attack and slay you with her gentle ar-
rows ? And tell me of my father and the son I left ; still
370 OAY22EIA2 A.
TI en Trap KeivoHTW epov yepas, ^e rt? ijBrj 175
dvBpwv aXXo? e^et,, epe B' ov/ceri (fracrl veeaOai.
elrre 8e //,ot /JLvrjarTJs d\d%ov /3ov\r)v re voov re,
rje fj,evei Trapd Traibl /cal e/jLTreSa Trdvra
rj tf&ri fuv eyrjfiev 'A%cua)v o? rt? a/uo-TO?.'
tN /2? e^d^rjvy rj & avrl/c a/xet/3ero Trorvia jiiTT' 180
' /cat X/T/Z/ /ce/z/i; 76 pevei re-f^rjon BV/JLO)
croicrw evl fjLeydpoio'W oi^vpai oe ot, diet,
$>6ivov(Tiv vvKres re Kal ij/jLara Sdfcpv
<rbv S' ov 7ra) rt? %ei Kakov 7ep
T7)\e/JLa%os revived ve/jLerai, /cal Sairas eiaa^ 185
Salvvrai, a? eireoiice $iKacr7r6\ov
yap /cdXeovcn. Trarrjp Be cro? avroOi
a), ovBe TrdXwSe Karep^erai' ovBe ol evval
Kal ^Xati/at Kal ptfyea (riyaXoevra,
aXX* o ye %et/u,a fiev ev&ei, oOt, SyLtwe? evl OIKM 190
eV KOVI 7%t TTfpo?, Kafcd Be %/30t el/xara emu*
avrdp ITTTJV e\6rja-L 6 epos reOa\vld r' OTTO!) pi],
Trdvrrj ol Kara yovvov aXa)?)? olvoTreooio
<f)v\\o)v Ke/c\i/j,evci)v ^Oafjia\al fiep^ijarai evval'
evO' o ye Kelr d%ea)v, /j,eya Be fypecrl irevOos de^ci 195
aov VOVTOV TToOewv ')(a\e'jrov S' eVt yfjpas iKavei.
ovrco yap Kal eycbv 6\6/jLr)v Kal TTOT/JLOV eTreaTrov
OVT efjue y ev jjbeydpoiaiv evcr/coTro? lo^eaipa
ol? dyavols (3e\eeo-<riv eTro^o/jLevr) KareTrefyvev,
ovre rt? ovv JAOI VOVGOS eirrj\v6ev t rf re fjudXiara 200
rrjKeBovi, arvyepfj fj,e\ea)v eei\To 6vp,6v
aXXa fjue cro? re TTO^O? era re /jLijBea, (fraiBifj,' 'OBv<T<rev,
o"if) T dyavofypocrvwr] /jbe\LrjBea OVJJLOV aTrrjvpa.'
tN /2? e</>ar', avrdp eyu> y e0e\ov
THE ODYSSEY, XI. 371
in their keeping are my honors ? Or does at last an alien
hold them, while men say that I shall come no more?
Tell me, moreover, of my wedded wife, her wishes and her
thoughts. Is she now staying by her child, and keeping
all in safety ? Or was she finally married by some chief
of the Achaians ? '
" So I spoke, and straight my honored mother answered :
* Indeed she stays with patient heart in your own halls,
and wearily her nights and days are wasted with her
tears. Nobody yet holds your fair honors ; in peace Te-
lemachos farms your demesne, and sits at equal feasts
where it befits the lawgiver to be a guest ; for all give him
a welcome. Your father still remains among the fields,
and comes no more to the town. Bed has he none, bed-
stead, or robes, or bright-hued rugs ; but through the win-
ter he sleeps in the house where servants sleep, in the dust
beside the fire, and wears upon his body sorry clothes.
Then when the summer comes, and fruitful autumn, wher-
ever he may be about his slope of vineyard-ground a bed
is piled of leaves fallen on the earth. There lies he in dis-
tress, woe waxing strong within, longing for your return ;
and hard old age comes on. Even so I also died and met
my doom : not that at home the sure-aiming huntress at-
tacked and slew me with her gentle arrows ; nor did a
sickness come, which oftentimes by sad decay steals from
the limbs the life ; but longing for you your wise ways,
glorious Odysseus, and your tenderness took joyous life
away.'
" As she thus spoke, I yearned, though my mind hesi-
372 OAY22EIA2 A.
e/x?}? ilrv%r)V e\eetv
T/H? uev e^wpfJLtjQrjv, e\eeiv re ue Ovabs dvwyei,
rpls Se IJLOI e/c xeip&v cr/ciy Ltce\ov rj KOI bveipw
eirrar' e/Jiol S* %o<? 6v yevecr/cero Kr)po6i, /AoXXov,
/cat fjiiv <j)Ct)vijcra<; eVea Trrepoevra TrpocrrjvBcov
' Mfjrep e/jir), TI vv fju ov fj,i/jivei,s eKeeuv /jLepawTa, 210
o(f>pa real eiv 'AtSao (j)i\a<; irepl %elpe fta\bvre
afjL(f)OTepa) Kpvepolo rerapTrco/jbeo-Oa yooio ;
% TI IJLOI elL&a)\ov ro8' ayavrj
orpvv, 6(f>p' Ti /jLo\\ov
* N /2? (j)d/jL7)V, T) S* aVTLK afjLl/3eTO TTOTVIO, /jLIJTyp' 215
' ft) fjLOl, T6KVOV C/JLOV, TTCpl TTCLVTCOV fcd/AfjiOpe (f)0)TCOV,
ov TI ae Hepo-efyoveia, ^dto? Ovydrrjp, a7ra(f)LcrK6t t
a\\' avrrj SIKIJ ecrrl /3/Jorwz/, ore r/5 ice
ov jap en, (rdp/cas re /cal oarea lve<$
d\\a ra [lev re irvpos Kparepov ytteVo? alOofjievoio
67T6t K TTpMTtt \L7Trj \V/c' OCTTea ^fyLtO?,
' r)vr oveipos aTroTTTa^evrj TreTrorrjrat,.
a\\a ^ooxrSe rd^ia-ra \i\aleo' ravra Be Trdvra
106' , f iva /cal fjLeroTria-Oe refj eiTrrjada <yvvaiKi'
Nwi, i*,ev o>5 eTreeaaw a^i^6^Q\ al Be
rj\v0ov, orpvvev jap djavr)
oaaai dptcrTijcov a\o%oi, ecrav
al S' ayu,(^)' alfjia Ke\aivbv aoXXee? rjyepeOovro,
avrap eyco /3ov\evov OTTOJ? epeoifjn, e/cdo-rrjv.
^Se Se fjLOL Kara OV/JLOV dplarrj tyaivero (3ov\r)'
(TTrao-cra/xez/o? ravvrjKe^ dop Tra^eo? Trapa aijpov
ov/c elwv TTieew aaa irdcras alaa Ke\aivbv.
at, 8e irpofjLV7](TTlvai, 7rijia-av,
ov yovov e^ayopevev eyw 8' epeewov
THE ODYSSEY, XI. 373
tated, to clasp the spirit of my mother, even if dead.
Three times the impulse came ; my heart bade me to clasp
her. Three times out of my arms like a shadow or a dream
she flitted, and the sharp pain about my heart grew only
more ; and speaking to her in winged words, I said :
" 4 My mother, why not stay for me who long to clasp
you, so that even in the very house of Hades, throwing
dear arms round one another, we two may take our fill of
piercing grief ? Or is it a phantom high Persephone has
sent, to make me weep and mourn the more ? '
" So I spoke, and straight my honored mother answered :
'Ah, my own child, beyond all men ill-fated! In no
wise is Persephone, daughter of Zeus, beguiling you, but
this is the way with mortals when they die : the sinews
then no longer hold the flesh and bones together ; for
these the strong force of the blazing fire destroys when
once the life leaves the white bones, and like a dream
the spirit flies away. ) Nay, now, press quickly on into the
light, and of all this take heed, to tell your wife here-
after.'
" So we held converse there ; but now the other women
came for high Persephone had sent them who were
great men's wives and daughters. Round the dark blood
in throngs they gathered, and I considered how to ques-
tion each. Then to my mind this seemed the wisest way :
I drew my keen-edged blade from my stout thigh and did
not let them all at once drink the dark blood, but one by
one they came, and each declared her lineage, and I ques-
tioned all.
374 OAY22EIA2 A.
"EvO' r) rot Trpwrrjv Tvpa> iBov evTrarepeiav, 235
r) (f)dro Sa\fjLO)vi)o^ d/JLVfAovos e/cyovos elvai,,
<j)?j Be KprjOfjos yvvrj efjL^evai Alo\i&ao*
fy TrorafjLov rjpda-o-aT, 'EviTrrjos Oeiouo,
O9 7ToXl> tfttXXtCTTO? TTOTdfjitoV 67Tt ^fCiiciV tT^CTi,
Kai p' eV 'EviTrfjos TreoXeV/cero /ca\a peeOpa. 240
rco B ' ap eet<rayu,ei/o? yarfo%o
ev 7rpo%of]s TTorafjiov 7rap\e^aro
7rop(f)vpeov 8' apa tcvfjLa TreptcrrdOr], ovpel laov,
KvpTtoOev, Kpvtyev Be Oeov Bwjmjv re yvvai/ca.
\\vo-e Be TrapOevlrjv ^tovrjv, Kara B' VTTVOV e%evev.] 245
avrap eVe/ p' ereXecrcre 6ebs (jtiXoTijo-ia epja,
ev r apa ol (f>v xeipl eVo? r' e^ar' etc r ovo^a^e"
6 Xalpe, yvvai, (f>i\6rr)Ti,, 7re/3t7rXoyLteVof B' eviavrov
re^et? dy\aa Teicva, eirel OVK aTro^xaiKiOi euval
aOavdrw av Be rou? /co/jLeew artraXXeyLtez/a/ re. '^50
VVV 8' pXV 7Ty009 BwjJLa, KOI tO"%fO /J*r)B' OPO^VT)^'
avrap eyco roi el/jii Hocre&dwv voai%()cov.'
fN /2? elTTow VTTO TTOVTOV eBvcreTo KV/JLaivovra.
i] B } V7roKV(ra/Jbev7) He\ir]v reice /cal NrjXfja,
TO) /cparepo) Oepdnrovre Aios /j,eyd\oio yeveo-Qrjv 255
d/jL<f)OTpa)' ITeX/77? fiev ev evpv^opw
vale 7ro\vprjvo^, 6 S' ap ev IIv\ft)
' erepovs Kprjdrji, re/cev /5ao-/Xeta yvvaifcwv.
a T rjBe <&epi)T 'ApvOdovd 0' iTTTrio^dp/jLTjv.
Trjv Be /A6T* 'AvnoTTTjv iBov, 'Ao-cDTTolo OvyaTpa, 260
r) Br) /cal A Cos ev^er ev a^KOivrjaLV lavcrai,
Kai p' eretcev Bvo 7ralB\ ' A^iova re ZrjOov re,
o'l TTpMroi, Orj/Biys e'So? eicricrav e7rra7rv\OLO,
Trvpywadv r', evret ov fj,ev aTrvpywrov y' eBvvavro
THE ODYSSEY, XI. 375
" There I saw Tyro first, of noble ancestry, who told of
being sprung from gallant Salm6neus ; told how she was
the wife of Kretheus, son of Aiolos. She loved a river-
god, divine Enipeus, who flows the fairest of all streams
on earth. So she would wander by the fair currents of
Enipeus, in guise of whom the Land-shaker, who girds
the land, lay with her at the outpouring of the eddying
stream. A purple wave encompassed them, high as a hill
and arching, which hid the god and mortal woman. He
loosed the maiden's girdle and shed on her a sleep.
Then when the god had done the deeds of love, he grasped
her hand and spoke and thus addressed her :
" ' Be happy, lady, in my love ! In the revolving year
you shall bear noble children ; for the beds of the immor-
tals are not barren. Rear them yourself, and cherish them.
And now go home. Hold fast, and speak it not : I am
Poseidon, the shaker of the earth.'
" Saying this, he plunged into the surging sea. She
then, conceiving, bore Pelias and Neleus, who both became
strong ministers of mighty Zeus. Pelias dwelt in the
open country of laolkos, rich in flocks ; the other at
sandy Pylos. And sons to Kretheus, also, this queen of
women bore, Aison and Pheres and Amythaon the
charioteer.
" And after her I saw Antiope", Asopos' daughter, who
boasted she had lain in the embrace of Zeus himself.
And so she bore two sons, Amphion and Zethos, who first
laid the foundations of seven-gated Thebes, and fortified
it ; because unfortified, they could not dwell in open
Thebes, for all their power.
376 OAY22EIA2 A.
vaiepev ei>pv%opov rj/3rjv t Kparepa) Trep eovre.
Trjv Se fjber 'A\K/jLrjvr]v c8ov, 'A/jL<j)iTpv(0vo<; a/coiTW,
yeivar ev dytcolvrjcri Aios fj,eyd\oio
Kal Meydprjv, Kpeiovros VTrepOvpoio Ovyarpa,
TT]v e%ev 'A/jL(j)i,Tpva)vos vlos fjuevos alev aret/3?;?. 270
Mrjrepa r OlSiTroSao i$ov t /ca\rjv
rj peya epyov epegev aiSpetyo-t, vooio,
y7)fjLafj,evr) a> vlt,' 6 8' ov irarep
8' avaTrvcrra 6eol
o jj^ev ev >jj3r} Tro^vrjpdra) a\yea Trdcr^cov 276
Ka8jJLeia)v TJvaaore Oewv oXoa? Sta /3ov\d<f
f) 8' e/Br) et? '-4 /Sao irvkdprao Kparepolo,
rj /3pd%oi> CLLTTVV d
a^ofjbevr)' TO) $' d\yea icd\\nr O
yLtaX', ocrcra re /jLTjTpbs epwves e/creXeovai.
Kal X\wpiv elSov 7Tpi/ca\\ea rijv Trore IV^Xeu?
eov Sta /faXXo?, eirel Trope fjbvpia eSva,
/covprjv 'A/jicfrtovos 'lacriSao,
09 TTOT' eV ^Op^o^evut Mivveiw l(f>i avaao-ev
f) 8e IIvXov /3ao-l\eve, re/cev 8e ol dy\aa re/cva,
Nearopd re Xpoplov re TIepiK\vfjbevov r dyepco^ov.
S' eV l(j)dl/jLrjv Ilijpa) reVe, Oav^a Pporolcn,
Trdvres ILVWOVTO irepiKTirai,' ou8e 11
TO) eSl&OV 0? /JL7J 6\l,Ka$ /3o<Z9 VpVfJ,TO)7rOVS
etc $v\dfcr)<s ekdcreie ^8/779 '
apya\ea<s* ra? S' oto? VTrea-^ero
i r dpya\eot, Kal fSovico\ot, dypoicorai.
a\\' ore &r) firjves re Kal rj^epai efereXewro
THE ODYSSEY, XI. 377
" And after her I saw Alkmene, wife of Amphitryon, -
her who bore dauntless Herakles, the lion-hearted, yield-
ing to the embrace of mighty Zeus ; and Megara, high
Kreon's daughter, whom the son of Amphitryon had to
wife, he who in vigor never tired.
" The mother of Oidipous I saw, fair Epikaste, who did
a monstrous deed through ignorance of heart, in marrying
her son. He, having slain his father, married her ; and
soon the gods made the thing known to men. He at de-
lightful Thebes in woe ruled over the Kadmeians, through
the gods' destroying purpose; and she went down to
Hades, the strong gaoler, fastening a fatal noose to the
high rafter, abandoned to her grief. To him she left be-
hind the many woes that the avengers of a mother cause
to follow.
" Beautiful Chloris, too, I saw, whom Neleus once mar-
ried for her beauty after making countless gifts, the
youngest daughter of that Amphion, son of lasos, who once
held powerful sway at Minyan Orchomenos. She was the
queen of Pylos, and bore Neleus noble children, Nestor
and Chromios and Periklymenos the headstrong. And
beside these she bore that stately Pero, the marvel of
mankind, whom all her neighbors wooed. But to none
would Neleus give her save to him who should drive from
Phylake the crook-horned, broad-browed kine of mighty
Iphiklos, and dangerous kine were they. None but a
blameless seer would undertake to drive them ; but the
harsh doom of God prevented, the cruel bonds and
clownish herdsmen. Yet after months and days were
378 OAY22EIA2 A.
a^r 7repi,Te\\o/jLei>ov ereo? KOI e7rij\v0ov wpai, 296
Kal rore Bij IMV eXt>(7e /3lr) 'I^i/cX^elr),
6eo-<f)ara iravr elirovra' Auos B' ereXelero /3ov\tf.
Kal ArjBrjv elBov, rrjv TvvBapeov TrapdfcoiTiv,
YI p' VTTO TvvSapeq) /cpaTp6(ppov yelvaro TratSe,
Kd(TTOpd 6' iTTTroSa/jbov /cal TTV dyaObv TloiXv^evicea, 300
rovs d/jL(f)Ci) ^wou? Kare^ei ^>ucr/foo9 ala"
o'l /cal vepQev 7779 TL^V 7r/?o? Zrjvos e^oz/re?
aXXore /J,ev faovo-' erepijfjbepoi, aXXore B' avre
Tedvacnv Ti/jurjv Be ~\,e\6y%a(Tiv Icra deolo-i.
Tr]v Se fjier 'I(f>i/jLe$6iai>, 'AXwfjos Trapdfcoiriv, 305
elaibov, r) $rj (f>d(TK6 JTocretSaco^t fjbi^/rjvaiy
/cai p 1 erefcev $vo Tral&e, fJUvvvOabiw Be <yevea-07]v,
^flrov r dvTiOeov rrj\e/c\ei,TO^ r' 'E<j)id\Tr)v,
of)? Br) /jLrjKL<TTOVs Ope^e fe/Swpo? dpovpa
/cal TTO\V /caXXtcrrou? fjuerd ye K\VTOV 'flplwva* 310
evvecopoi, <ydp roi ye Kal evvea r Trr)'%ees rjaav
evpos, drdp /IT}/CO? 76 yeveaOrjv evveopyvioi.
Oi pa Kal dOavdroKTiv dTreikiJT'rjv ev 'O\v/j,7rq>
$>v\b7r&a a-rrja-ew TroXucu/eo? TroXeyLtoto.
"O&crav 7T* OuXu/^TTW /jLe/Jiao-av Be/jiev, avrdp eV "Ovar)
HrjXiov elvoatfyvXkov, tV ovpavos dp/SaTos eirj. 316
Kai vv Kev efereXecro-ai/, el ^779 perpov 'IKOVTO-
aXX' o\eaev Aios vios, ov fjVKOfjios reKe Arjra),
dfjL^orepco, TTpiv (T(j)(0iv VTTO Kpordfyoia-iv tov
avQr]<rai nrvKacraL re yews evavOei \d%vr).
re UpOKpiv re i$ov Ka\tfv r
Mlvooos o\oocf)povos, ijv Trore
69 yovvbv 'AOrjvdwv lepdoov
rjye /iez/, ou8' aTTOvrjro' Trdpos Be fiiv " ' Aprepis e/cra
THE ODYSSEY, XI. 379
spent, as the year rolled around and the seasons came
again, then mighty Iphiklos released him on his telling
all the oracles. The will of Zeus was done.
" Leda I saw, the wife of Tyndareus, who bore to Tyn-
dareus two stalwart sons : Kastor, the horseman, and Poly-
deukes, good at boxing. These two in a kind of life the
nourishing earth now holds ; and even beneath the earth
they have from Zeus the boon that to-day they be alive,
although to-morrow dead ; and they are allotted honors
like the gods.
"Next, Iphimedeia I saw, wife of Aloeus, who said
that she had lain beside Poseidon. And so she bore two
children, but short-lived they proved, Otos, the godlike,
and the far-famed Ephialtes, whom the fruitful earth
made grow to be the tallest and the most beautiful of men,
after renowned Orion ; for at nine years they were nine
cubits broad, and in height they reached nine fathoms.
Therefore they even threatened the immortals with raising
on Olympos the din of furious war. Ossa they strove to
set upon Olympos, and upon Ossa leafy Pelion, that so
the heavens might be scaled. And this they would have
accomplished, had they but reached the period of their
vigor ; but the son of Zeus whom fair-haired Leto bore
destroyed them both before below their temples the downy
hair had sprung and covered their chins with the fresh
beard.
" Phaidra and Prokris, too, I saw, and beautiful Ariadne,
daughter of cunning Minos, whom once from Crete The-
seus had tried to bring to the slopes of sacred Athens.
But he gained naught thereby ; before she came, Artemis
380 OAY22EIA2 A.
Air) ev d/JL(j)t,pVTrj Atovvcrov fJiapTVptycri,.
Maipdv re K.\vp,evr)v re i&ov CTTvyeprfv r '
rj xpvcrbv (f>i\ov a^8p09 eSefaro rt^
irdcras 8' OVK av eyco pvOrjcro/jLat, ouS' o
ocrcras rjpcocov aXo^oy? i$ov 77^6 OvyaTpw
Trplv yap Kev KOI vi>% fyOlr afjufiporos. d\\a KOI copy
vSew, TI eTrl vrja dorjv e\66vr e? eraipovs 3
TI avrov' TTo/jiTrrj $e 6eol<$ VJJLIV re /LteX^cret/
ol S' apa irdvres aicrjv eyevovro (7ico7ry,
8' O-%OVTO Kara /jieyapa (TKioevra.
rol(Tiv &' 'Aptjrri \VK(*)\evo<; rjp^ero /Jiv0cov 8
elvat,
eZ8o? re ^676^0? re IBe <f>pevas ev^ov e'/cra? ;
fetyo? 8' avr 6/^09 ecrriv, eWcrro? S' e^^ope
To5 yu-^ eTreiyofjievof, aTTOTrefjLTrere, /ji^Be ra S&pa
OVTCO 'XprjifyvTl KO\OVT' 7TO\\CL ryap V/JLfJMV 340
KTrjfJLar evl /jLeydpoicri, Oewv IQ
Tolcri $6 KOI ^T6eL7T yepo>v
[09 &rj 3>air)ic(Dv a
, ov pav rjfjilv aTrb CTKOTTOV ou8' CLTTO
/3a,(ri\eia Trepl^pcov d\\a iriOeaOe. 345
8' etc roi)8' e^erai epyov re 7T09 re.'
Toy 8' avr 'A\,icivoos a7ra/-ie//3eTo ^xavrjaev re*
TOVTO fJLev OVTCO 8t) ecrrat eVo9, at /cez^ e'^co 76
air)KecrcTi cf)i\7)peT/jiOicriv dvdcrcrco'
8e rX-^Tft), fid\a 7Tp VOCTTOIO ^arl^cov f 350
OVV 67TL/JLiVai 69 ClVplOV, t9 O
reXecro)' TrofJLTrrj 8' avSpecrcri,
p,d\LCTTa 8' e/uor roO 7ap /cpdros ear evl
Toy 8'
THE ODYSSEY, XI. 381
slew her in sea-girt Dia, because of what was testified by
Dionysos.
" Maira and Klymene I saw, and odious Eriphyle" who
accepted precious gold as the price of her own husband.
But all I cannot tell, nor even name the many heroes'
wives and daughters that I saw; ere that, the immor-
tal night would wear away. Nay, it is time to sleep, at
the swift ship among the crew, or here. My journey hence
rests with the gods and you."
Such were his words : they all were hushed to silence,
held by the spell throughout the dusky hall. White-armed
Arete" was the first to speak : " Phaiakians, how seems
to you this man in beauty, height, and balanced mind
within ? My guest indeed he is, but each one shares the
honor. Be not in haste, then, to dismiss him, nor stint
your gifts to one so needy ; for by the favor of the gods
great wealth lies in your houses."
Then also spoke the old lord Echeneos, who was the
oldest of Phaiakiaii men : " My friends, not wide of the
mark, nor wide of what befits her, speaks the wise queen ;
therefore give heed. But word and work rest with Al-
kinoos here."
Then answered him Alkinoos and said : " Thus, as she
speaks, that word shall be, if I be now the living lord of
oar-loving Phaiakians ! But let our guest, however zeal-
ous for his journey, consent to stay, at all events until to-
morrow, till I shall make our gift to him complete. To
send him hence shall be the charge of all, and chief of
all of me ; for power within this land rests here."
382 OAY22EIA2 A.
* *A\/clvoe /cpeiov, TrdvTcov a/noV/cere \awv, 355
et fjb /col et5 eviavTOv dvwyoiT avroBi pl/jLveiv,
TTOfJLTTIJV T OTpVVOlT6 KOI dj\aa $Wpa &SotT6,
Kal K TO povXoijJLrjV, KObl KV TTOXU KCpSlOV irj,
TrXeiOTeprf GVV %et/Dt (f>l\r}v e? Trarpifr i/cecrOai,'
feat K alBoiorepos /cal </XTe/3O5 avbpdcrw elrjv 360
TTCLGIV, OCTOL /JL 'lOd/crjvSe IBolaro vocmjo-avra.'
Tov 8' avr *A\Kivoo<; aira^l^eTO (fxovrjcrev re*
' W 'O$V(TV, TO fJ,eV 0V TL <T KffKOftfV i (70/900)^765
rjTrepoTrfjd T efiev /cal 7rlrc\o7rov, old re TroXXou?
j3oo-KL <yaia iieXaiva TroKvcnrepeas
^Irevoed T dpTvvovTas, oOev tee rt? ovbe i
<rol 8' ?rt /jbv /M0p(f)rj eirewv, evt Se
pvOov 8' co? OT aot8o? eTTio-Ta/Jievcos
TrdvTcov T' 'Apyeltov <reo T avTov K^ea \wypd.
aXX' aye /JLOI ToSe etTre KOI ar^e^ea)? AraraXefor, 370
t Ttz/a? avTiQkwv eTdpwv t^e?, ot x TO* a/z-' auraJ
"IXtoy 6t? a/^ eirovTo KOI CIVTOV TTOT/JLOV eirecnrov.
vvg 8' ^Se //.aXa /Aatcpr) a6ea$>a,To<$' ovBe TTCO cop?;
/ fieydpto' G-V Se //-o*- Xe^e 6eo-/ce\a epya.
Kev 6? ^o> Staz/ dvacr^oL^Vt ore yu-ot cru 375
fjLeydpq) TO, <ra /crjSea /Jiv6ijcra<r0ai.'
Tov S' d7ra/ji,6i,/36fj,vos Trpocre^rj 770X^777^5 'O8f(7creu5'
' 'AX/civoe Kpelov, TrdvTcov dpioeitceTe \a&v,
wprj fj,ev TToXecoz/ /JbvOwv, cbprj Se /cal VTTVOV
el &' 6T aKovk^vai <ye \i\aieai, ov/c av eyco <ye 380
Tovrayv croi ^Qovkoi^i /cal olicTpoTep aXX' dyopevaai,
Krj^e efJLWv eTapcov, ot $r} fieTOTridOev oXoz^ro,
ot Tpa)0)i> fJLev VTre^ecfivjov (TTOvbea-aav avTrjv,
ev VOCTTW S' aTToXovTO /carer]? IOTIJTI
THE ODYSSEY, XI. 383
Then wise Odysseus answered him and said : " Mighty
Alkinoos, renowned of all, if you should bid me linger
here throughout the year and then should send me on my
way giving me brilliant gifts, this is what I would choose ;
for much more to my profit would it be with fuller hands
to reach my native land. Then should I be regarded
more and welcomed more by all who saw me coming home
to Ithaka."
Then answered him Alkinoos and said : " Odysseus,
we judge you from your looks to be no cheat or thief;
though many are the men the dark earth breeds, and
scatters far and wide, who fashion falsehoods out of what
no man can see. But you have a grace of word and a
noble mind within, and you told your tale as skilfully as
if you were a bard, relating all the Argives' and your own
sore troubles. But come, declare me this, and plainly
tell : did you see any of the godlike comrades who went
with you to Ilios and there met doom ? The night is very
long ; yes, vastly long. The hour for sleeping in the hall
is not yet come. Tell me the wondrous story. I could
be well content till sacred dawn, if here in my hall you
had the patience to relate your woes."
Then wise Odysseus answered him and said : " Lord
Alkinoos, renowned of all, there is a time for a long story
and a time for sleep ; yet if you wish to listen longer, I
myself would not shrink from telling tales more pitiful
than these, the woes of my companions who perished
later on, men who escaped the grievous war-cry of the
Trojans to die on their return through a wicked woman's
will.
384 OAY22EIA2 A.
Avrap eVel ijrtr^a? /JLEV aTrecr/ceSatr' aXXu8^9 a\\rj 385
ayvrj Tlepo-efyoveLa ryvvaiK&v OrjXvrepdcov,
8' eVl ^f%^ 'Ayafjie/jbvovos 'ArpeiSao
Trepl 8' aXXat ayrjyepaO', oaaot, a/A auraJ
ot/cft) eV Airyicrdoio Odvov /cal TTOTJJLOV eVeo-Troz/.
7^0) S' at-^r' eyu-e icelvos, eVel 7r/ei/ alyu,a Ke\aiv6v 390
K\ale 8' o 76 \t,y0)s, daXepov Kara &d/cpvov eijBwv,
s et? e'//.e ^et/oa?, ope^aadai /Aeveaivcov
ou 7/) ot' eV ^i/ t? e/^TreSo? ouSe rt
O f i7] 7Tp TTapO? CCTK6V vl yvajJLT
rov fjiev 70) Safcpvaa IScov e'Xe^cra re
/eat 7 /uz> <^o)y^cra? eVea Trrepoevra
' 'ArpeiSr) Kv&io-re, ava% dvbpcov, '
rt<? j/u ere tf^p e'8a/i.a(7<7e Tavr)\e
976 <re 7* eV vrfeao-i Hocreidwv
op<ra<; dpya\cov dve/juwv dfieyaprov dvrjjLrjv, 400
976 <r' avdpa-ioi avSpes eSr)\ij(ravT eirl
fiovs 7TpiTa/jLv6fjLvov ^8' otwv TTGoea rca\d,
6 8e //-' CLVTIK d/j,ei/36/jLevo<;
f Sioyeve? AaepridSr), 7ro\v/jLij'%av' 'OSucrcreO, 406
our' e'yLte 7* eV vrjecrcn, Hocre&dwv
op&as ap i ya\e(tiv dvefjLfov d^eyaprov
ovre p dvdpaioi avbpes e&rjXrja-avT GTTL %ep(rov,
aXXa JJLOI, Al<yicr6os Tvt;as Odvarov re popov re
/CTCC avv ov\ofj,evr) aXo^w, ol/cov$6 ^aXecrcra?,
benrvia-aaSi w? Ti? re fcare/crave ftovv eVt (frdrvrj.
&>5 Odvov olfcri(7TO) Oavdrq*' 7Tpl 8' aXXot eraipot,
ot pa T' ey d(f)veiov dvSpbs fjueya
THE ODYSSEY, XI. 385
"When then chaste Persephone' had scattered here
and there those spirits of tender women, there came the
spirit of Agamemnon, son of Atreus, sorrowing. Around
thronged other spirits of such as by his side had died at
the house of Aigisthos, and there had met their doom.
He knew me as soon as he had tasted the dark blood ;
and then he wailed aloud and let the big tears fall, and
stretched his hands forth eagerly to grasp me. But no,
there was no strength or vigor left, such as was once
within his supple limbs. I wept to see, and pitied him
from my heart, and speaking to him in winged words I
said :
" ' Great son of Atreus, Agamemnon, lord of men, what
doom of death that lays men low o'erwhelmed you ?
Was it that on your ships Poseidon smote you, raising
the unwelcome blast of cruel winds ? Or did your foes
destroy you on the land, while you were cutting off their
kine or their fair flocks of sheep, or while you fought to
win their town and carry away their women ? '
" So I spoke, and straightway answering me said he :
* No, high-born son of Laertes, ready Odysseus, upon my
ships Poseidon did not smite me, raising the unwel-
come blast of cruel winds, nor did my foes destroy me on
the land : it was Aigisthos, plotting death and doom,
who slew me, aided by my accursed wife, when he had
bidden me home and feasted me, just as one cuts the ox
down in the stall. So thus I died, a lamentable death,
and all my men, with no escape, were slain around me,
like the white-tusked swine at some rich, powerful man's
386 OAY22EIA2 A.
T) <yd/j,q> f) epdvq) rj eiKairivr) reOa\v[r). 415
KreivofjuevcDv KOI evl /cparepfj v
aXXa K6 icelva /jid\io'Ta IScov 6\o(f)vpao 6v/j,a) t
a>? djjL<f>l Kprjrijpa rpaTre^as re TrA^oucra?
Kel/Jie6* evl fjieydpo), BaTreBov S' aTrav at pan, 6vev. 420
ol/crpordrrji' 8' ij/covcra OTTO, IIpid/JLOio Ovyarpbs,
Kaoro-dvSprjs, rrjv Krelve K.\vTaifjbvr)crTpr] o\6/ji'r)Ti<;
d/ji(f) e/jLOi' avTap eya) Trorl yalrj ^elpa^ deipwv
/3d\\ov dTToQvijcrfccov Trepl (fraaydvq)' f) Se KWUTTIS
voo-fyiaaT , ov&e /JLOL T\T) lovrt Trep els 'AiSao 426
%epcrl /car o^^aX/iou? e\eeiv crvv re O-TO/J,' epetcrai.
w? OVK aworepov /cal Kvvrepov d\\o yvvai/cbs
\TI Tt? $rj TOiavra /j,era <f>pearlv epya ySaX^rat]'
olov Srj ical KelvT) e/jbrja-aro epyov deuces,
Tev^aaa Trocrei, fyovov. rj rot e^rjv 76 430
7rai$6o-<riv ISe S/i-coecro-^ efjiolaiv
e\eva-ecrOai,' 77 S' efo^a \vypd ISvla
ol re Kar alamos e%eve /cal ecro-ojjLevycriv O
yvvcuj;l, /cal r) K evepybs eyoriv'
(par\ avrdp eya) JJLIV djj,ei>{36/jLevo<$
r) fjid\a &r) yovov 'Arpeos evpvoTra
^O^pe yvvaifceta? Sid /SouXa?
ef a/9%%* 'E^evrjs ^ev d7rco\6/j,eO' e'lveica TroXXol,
aol Se KXvTai/jbvijo-rpr) &6\ov ijprve T7j\60' eowri,!
*!<$ e^djjiTjv, 6 Se p avriK d^i^o^evos TrpocreetTre* 440
' Tc5 vvv /Jitf TTore Kal (TV jvvai/cl Trep rjTTios elvai*
fjLrj$' ol pvOov diravra TrKfravcr/ce/jiev, ov K ev elSys,
aXXa TO fjuev fyda-Oai, TO Se Kal /ce/cpv/jujjuevov elvai.
aXX' ov aoi y, 'OBvaev, fyovos ecra-erat, e/c 76 <yvvai/c6$'
THE ODYSSEY, XI. 387
wedding, or banquet, or gay festival. In times gone by,
you have been present at the death of many men, men
slain in single combat and in the press of war ; yet here
you would have felt your heart most touched with pity,
to see how round the mixing-bowl and by the loaded ta-
bles we lay about the hall, and all the pavement swam
with blood. Saddest of all I heard was the cry of Pri-
am's daughter, Kassandra, whom crafty Klytaimnestra
slew beside me ; and I, on the ground, lifted my hands
and clutched at my blade in dying. But she, tho brutal
woman, turned away, and did not deign, though I was
going to the house of Hades, to draw with her hand my
eyelids down and press my lips together. Ah, what can
be more horrible and like a brute than woman when to
such deeds as this she turns her mind ! And what a
shameless deed she plotted to bring about the murder of
the husband of her youth ! Surely I thought I should be
welcomed even by rny children and my slaves, on coming
to my home ; but she, intent on such extremity of crime,
brought shame upon herself and upon all of woman-kind
who shall be born hereafter, even on well-doers also.'
" So he spoke, and answering him said I : ' Alas !
The line of Atreus far-seeing Zeus has sorely plagued with
women's arts, from the beginning : for Helen's sake how
many of us died ; and Klytaimnestra fashioned against
you treachery while you were far away.'
" So I spoke, and answering me said he : ' Never be you
yourself, then, gentle to your wife, nor speak out all the
matter that you really mean ; but tell one part, and let one
part be hid. * And yet on you, Odysseus, no violent death
388 OAY22EIA2 A.
\lvjv jap TTIVVTIJ re Kal ev <f>pecrl prjbea olSe 445
Kovprj 'I/caploio, Trepifypwv TIr]ve\6iTeLa.
97 /JLCV fjnv vv/A<f>r)v j verjv
05 7TOV VVV J
r) yap rov 76 Trarrjp <f>l\o$ o^erat, e\da)v, 450
/cal Kelvos Trarepa Trpoa-TTTV^erai, rj ^e/xt? earlv.
r) S' e/jurj ov$e Trep vlo<$ evt,7r\7]a6r)vai arotrt?
o<f>Ba\fjLola-Lv eacre' Trapo? Se //-e Trefoe Kal avrov.
[aXXo Be rot epeco, &v 8' evl typecrl {3d\\o o-fja-f
Kpv/3$7jv, fjwjS' dva^avba, (f>i\7]v e? TrarplSa jalap 455
vfja Kario-^efjLevai' eVet ovtceri Trtcrra <yvvai%lv.~\
' aye JJLOI roSe etVe /cat arpe/ce&j?
TTOV Tl a)OZ/T05 aKOV6T6
TTOI; eV 'Op^oyLtez/cS, ^ eV ITuXw rj
TTOV Trap Mei>eXaw eVt ^Trdprrj evpely 460
7ap TTW redvTjKev eVt ^Oovl Sto? '
A /2? (f)ar\ avrap eyco JJLW a/jLei,/36fj,evo<;
j, T'I fie ravra Sielpeai ; ouSe rt
o 7* ^ reOwrjKG* KaKov S' a
(TTa/jLV dxvvjjLevoi, 6a\epbv Kara BaKpv
' eVl ^v^f) IIr)\7ji,d$6(i) 'w
l IIaTpoK\fjos Kal a//,u//,oz>o? ^
0\ 05 apicrTos erjv eISo5 re SeyLta5 re
Aavawv per a/j,vfjLova Urj
71/0) Se ^u%^ /x-e TroScoKeos AlaK&ao,
Kal p y oXo^vpo/jLevtj eirea Trrepoevra
AaepTidSr}, TroXvfjiijxav
fj,ij<reai, epyov ;
THE ODYSSEY, XI. 389
shall ever fall from your wife's hand ; for truly wise and
of an understanding heart is the daughter of Ikarios, heed-
ful Penelope. As a young bride we left her, on going to
the war. A child was at her breast, an infant then, who
now perhaps sits in the ranks of men, and happy, too ;
for his dear father, coming home, will see him, and he will
meet his father with embrace, as children ought to do.
But my wife did not let me feast my eyes upon my
son ; ere that could be, she slew me. Nay, I will tell you
more ; lay it to heart. By stealth, not openly, bring in
your ship to your own shore^for there is no more faith
in women. ) But come, declare ine this, and plainly tell
if you hear my son is living still at Orchomenos, per-
haps, or sandy Pylos, or at the home of Menelaos in broad
Sparta ; for surely upon the earth royal Orestes has not
died/
" So he spoke, and answering him said I : * O son of
Atreus, why question me of this ? I do not know if he
be alive or dead. To speak vain words is ill.'
" In such sad words conversing with each other mourn-
fully we stood, letting the big tears fall. And now there
came the spirit of Achilles, son of Peleus, and of Patro-
klos also, of gallant Antilochos, and then of Ajax who
was the first in beauty and in stature among all Danaans
after the gallant son of Peleus. But the spirit of swift-
footed Aiakides knew me, and wailing said to me in
winged words :
" ' High-born son of Laertes, ready Odysseus, rash as
you are, what will you undertake more desperate than this !
390 OAY22EIA2 A.
7r9 T\7]s "AiBoaSe Kare\6epev, evOa re veicpol 476
d<j)pa&ees valovai, ftporwv eibwXa Kafiovrwv ; '
/2? e(f)ar', avrap eya) piv ayLtetySoyu-eyo? TTpocreeiTrov
( ft> 'A%i,\6v, 1X77X609 vie, peya fapra
rjXOov Teipeaiao Kara %/3o?, et TWO,
eiTrot,, OTTO)? 'I0dfcr)v 69 7rai7ra\6e<raav i/coifj,r)v 480
ov yap TTft) cr^eSoi/ rj\6ov '-4^at/So9,
7^9 eTreftrjv, aXX' atez/ e-'^a) /ca/ca- treto S', '
ou Tt9 a^/) Trpoirdpoide /JLarcdpTaros ovr ap
TT^t^ /A6I/ rydp (76 ttoOV MofAGf IcTO, OeOlCTlV
'Apyeioi, vvv avre fJLe<ya /cpaTeew veicvecrcriv
TO) fjiij Tt Oava)v dfca^i
, 6 8e /// avriK dfj,6il36/jLevo<;
Odvarov ye TrapavSa, fal&lfi '
eVa/30upo9 ecov 0r)Teve/jLV aXXw,
avBpl Trap' a/cX^pw, o5 />t^ /3/OTO9 770X1)9 el'i;, 490
aXX' aye yu,ot rou 7ratSo9 djavov (JLvOov eVtcr7r69,
^7 eVer' 69 7r6\efjiov Trpopos e/jL/jievai, rje ical ov/cl.
etTre Se /z-oi 11^X7709 d/jivfjiovos, i Ti 7T67Ti;crcrat,
^ IT' e%et rt/z-V 7ro\e(TLV fiera MvpjjLiSoveo-aw, 495
^ //,tz^ dri/jid^ovcriv dv r E\\dSa re 3>Qlr)v re,
ovvercd ^iv Kara yrjpas 6%et j^elpd^ re 7ro8a9 re.
ov yap eytov eTrapwyos VTT' avyd? ^eX/oto,
rot09 ea)V olo9 TTOT' evl Tpolrj evpeirj
irefyvov \aov api(rrov, dfjLvvwv 'Apyeloiaiv. 60fl
et rotocrS' e\Ooi/jLi, /jilvvvOd irep 6*9 Trarepos Sw,
TW /ce Tew o-rv^aifju //.6Z/O9 /cat ^6tp
ot Kelvov ftibwvrai, eepyovalv r aTrb
tV /29 (f>ar, avrap eyco JJLW d/ietySo/x,e^o9 Trpoa-eeiTTOV
THE ODYSSEY, XI. 391
How dared you come down hither to the house of Hades,
where dwell the senseless dead, spectres of toil-worn men ? '
" So he spoke, and answering him said I : ' Achilles, son
of Peleus, foremost of the Achaians, I came for consul-
tation with Teiresias, hoping that he might give advice
for reaching craggy Ithaka. I have not yet been near
Achaia, nor once set foot upon my land, but have had
constant trouble ; while as for you, Achilles, no man was
in the past more fortunate, nor in the future shall be ;
for formerly, during your life, we Argives gave you equal
honor with the gods, and now you are a mighty lord
among the dead, when here. Then do not grieve at
having died, Achilles.'
" So I spoke, and straightway answering me said he :
' Mock not at death, glorious Odysseus, j Better to be the
hireling of a stranger, and serve a man of mean estate
whose substance is but small, than be the ruler over all
these dead and gone.^ No, tell me tales about my noble
son, whether or not fie followed to the war to be a leader ;
and tell what you have heard of gallant Peleus, whether
he still has honor among the hosts of Myrmidons ; or do
they slight him now in Hellas and in Phthia, because old
age has touched his hands and feet ? I am myself no
longer in the sunlight as his defender, nor like what I
once was when on the Trojan plain I routed a brave troop
in succoring the Argives. If once like that I could but
come, even for a little space, into my father's house, a ter-
ror would I make my might and my resistless hands to
any who are troubling him and keeping him from honor.'
392 OAY22EIA2 A.
' r) rot, fiev 1777X7709 d/jiv/JLOvos ov TL 7re7TV(TfJLai t 606
avrdp TOI TratSo? 76 Neo7rTO\efj,oio (f>i\oio
avrbs yap fiiv eja) KOL\T)<; ejrl 1^7705 e'tcr?;?
ijyayov e/c ^Kvpov per evfcvrffJiiSas 'A%aLovs.
r) TOL or dfji<f)i Tr6\iv Tpolrjv (j)pa^oip,0a ySouXa?, 610
alel TrpwTO? efta^e /cal oi>% fjfjLaprave fjivOwv
NecrTG)/) T avriOeos KOI eya) VIKCLCTKO^V o'ico.
avrap or ev 7reu&> Tpaxov f^apvoi^eO'
ov TTOT' evl 7r\r)6vl /juevev dvBpwv ou8' ev
d\\a TTO\V TTpoOeeo-Ke, TO bv ftevos ovo'evl CIKWV 615
TroXXoi/9 8' avBpas eTrecfrvev ev alvfj brjioTiJTi,.
Trdvras 8' ovtc av eyob fjbvOrjoro^aL ouS' ovo/jujva),
oaaov \aov eTrecfrvev dfjivvcov 'Apyeioiaw,
aXX' olov TOV Trf\e^)i^7]v Karevrfparo ^dX/cy,
rfpw EvpvTrvXov TroXXot S' d/ji(f) avTov eralpoi 620
Krjreioi, rcrelvovTO yvvaicov eweica &copa)v.
Kelvov &rj Kd\\t,(TTov iBov yu-era Me/Jivova Slov.
Avrap or els "TTTTOV Kare/Balvo/jLev, bv KCLJJ} '.ETreio?,
'Apyelcov ol apicrroi, efjbol S' ejrl TTOLVT ereraXro,
IfjfjLev avaK\lvai TTVKIVOV \d%ov ^8* &iri0wai'] 625
evQ' aXXot Aavawv qyijTopes rj&e fjiebovTes
Sdfcpvd T o)fj,6p<yvvvTO rpepov 6' VTTO yvla eKaorrov'
Kelvov 8' ov Trore Trdfnrav eyoDV iSov bcj)6a\iiolcrt,v
ovr w^prjaavra %/ooa /cdXXi/jiov ovre irapeiwv
Sdicpv o/jbop^d/jievov 6 Be fjue ftaXa TroXX' i/cerevev 690
iTTTToOev e^efjievai, f/<eo? S' eVe^a/ero KWTTTJV
/col Sopv ^aXo/Sape9, /ca/ca be Tpcoecra-L fj,evolva.
aXX' ore $r) IIpid/jLoio 7rd\iv BieTrepo-a/juev alir^v,
/cal *yepa<$ ead\ov e^cov eVt vrjb? efiaivev
THE ODYSSEY, XI. 393
" So he spoke, and answering him said I : ' Indeed, of
gallant Peleus I know nothing. But about your dear son
Neoptolemos, I will tell you all the truth, as you desire ;
for it was I, in my trim hollow ship, who brought him
from Skyros to the mailed Achaians. And when en-
camped about the town of Troy we held a council, he al-
ways was the first to speak, and no word missed its mark ;
godlike Nestor and I alone surpassed him. Moreover,
on the Trojan plain, when we Achaians fought, he never
tarried in the throng nor at the rallying-place, but ran
before us all, yielding to none in courage. Many a man
he slew in mortal combat. Fully I could not tell, could
not even name, the host he slew in fighting for the Ar-
gives : but how he vanquished with his sword the son
of Telephos, Eurypylos the hero ! Many of that Keteian
band fell with their leader, lost by a woman's bribe. So
goodly a man as was Eurypylos I never saw, save kingly
Memnon.
" ' Afterwards, too, when we were entering the horse
Epeios made, we chieftains of the Argives, and it
all lay with me to shut or open our close hiding-place,
other captains and councillors of the Daiiaans would wipe
away a tear, and their limbs shook beneath them ; but
watching him, at no time did I see his fair skin pale, nor
from his cheeks did he wipe tears away. Often he begged
to leave the horse ; he fingered his sword - hilt and his
bronze-tipped spear, longing to vex the Trojans. Yet af-
ter we had overthrown the lofty town of Priam, he took
his share of spoil and an honorable prize, and went on
394 OAY22EIA2 A.
rj^t ovr dp /3e/3X77//,>o9 ofet
OVT avTOO"%eBl / r)v ovraa-fjuevos, old re TroXXa
ylyverai eV TroXe/Lto)' eVtyuf Be re fJLaiverai "Apr)?.'
e TroBco/ceos Ala/clBao
/car
o ol vlov etyrjv dpiSel/cerov elvai. 640
^4t 8' aXXat -^rv^al vefcvcov KaTaTe0vr)d)TQ)v
earaa-av a^vv^evaiy elpovro Se KijSe
oirj B' Aiavros ^v^r) Te\a/jLcovidSao
e'weica
fv /JLW 70) vbci)<ra $i/ca%6fjLevo<; Trapa wrjvcrl 545
dfj,(f> 'Axi\fjos' edrfKe Be irorvia
e Tpwwv Bi/cacrav KOI IJaXXa? '
rolrjv yap Ke<f>a\r]v eveic avrcov <yala
Alav6\ 09 Trepl fjuev eZSo?, irepl &' epja rerv/cro 550
TWV d\\cov Aavawv per d^vfjuova
TOV /j,ev eywv eireea'cri Trpoo-rjvScov
' Alav, Tral TeXa/i-w^o? d/jLv/jiovos, OVK dp 1 e
ovbe Qavtov \r}crea6ai e/i-ot ^o'Xof elveica
ov\o/j,evci)v ; rd Se irr\^a 6eol Qkaav 'Apyeloicn, 555
Toto9 ydp or(f>i,v TTvpyos
laov 'AxiXXrjos K(f)a\fj
d^vvfjieda fyOiiievow Sia/jLTrepe?' ovSe Ti9 aXXo9
amo9, aXXa ^eu9 Aavawv arparov al^/jujracov
etCTrdyXcos tfx^P 6 ' Te ^ v ^' e>7r ^ polpav eOrj/cev. 560
aXX' aye Bevpo, dva%, f iv 67T09 :at fjivdov dfcovcrrjs
Safiaaov Be pevos /cal dyijvopa OV/AOV.'
y o Be fju ovBev d/jLeijSero, @f) Be /zer' aXXa9
veicvcov
THE ODYSSEY, XI. 395
board unharmed, not struck by brazen point nor pierced
in the close combat, as for the most part happens in war ;
hap-hazard Ares rages.'
" So I spoke, and the spirit of swift-footed Aiakides
departed with long strides across the field of asphodel,
pleased that I said his son was famous.
" But the other spirits of those dead and gone stood
sadly there ; each asked for what he loved. Only the
spirit of Telamonian Ajax held aloof, still angry at the
victory I had gained in the contest at the ships for the
armor of Achilles. The goddess mother of Achilles gave
the prize, and the sons of the Trojans were the judges,
they and Pallas Athene. Would I had never won in
such a strife, since by that means the earth closed round
the head of Ajax, who in beauty and achievement sur-
passed all other Danaans save the gallant son of Peleus.
To him I spoke in gentle words and said :
" ' Ajax, son of gallant Telamon, will you not, even in
death, forget your wrath about the accursed armor ? To
plague the Argives the gods gave it, since such a tower
as you were lost thereby. Over your death as over that
of Achilles, son of Peleus, do we Achaians sorrow contin-
ually. None was to blame but Zeus, who, hating the host
of Danaan spearmen with fierce hatred, brought upon you
this doom. Nay, king, draw near, that you may listen
to our voice and what we say. Abate your pride and
haughty spirit.'
" I spoke : he answered not, but went his way after the
other spirits of those dead and gone on into Erebos. Yet
396 OAY22EIA2 A.
% OJJLCOS 7rpo(re<l>7] /ee^oXw/xez/o?, rj KCV eya) TQV 665
d\\d pot, r/#eXe Ovpos evl <7Tr)d evert, cf>i\oiai,
TWV d\\o)v ^v^d? IBeeiv KarareOvrj^Twv.
"Ev6' r) TOL Mtvcoa L&OV, Aibs ay\aov viov,
Xpvcreov o-fcrjTrTpov e-^ovra, Oe/jLiarevovTa vkicvcrGiv,
fjfjbevov ol 3e piv a/ji(j>l &LKCLS elpovro ava/cra, 670
THJLGVOI, ea-raores re, tear evpwirvXes "-4t8o5 8w.
Tov Se fjiT 'flpiwva TreXaipiov elcrevorjcra
Qijpas Ofjbov el\evvra KCLT acr^>o^e\ov XetyLtco^a,
TOU? avro? Kareirefyvev ev olo7r6\oicri,v opea-cri,
%p(rlv e%a)V pOTrakov Tray^dX/ceov, alev daye?. 675
Kal Tirvbv el&ov, Palrj^ epifcv&eos viov,
eV SaTreSy o S' eV evvea Kelro r jre\0pa t
Be fJLiv e/cdrepde 7rap7j/j,eva) rjTrap e/ceipov,
Seprpov ecra) ^vvovres* o 8* ov/c aTraiMvuero 'xepo-i*
Arjra) rydp e\fcr)cre, A LOS /cvBprjv Trapd/coirw, 580
IIv0(t)& ep%o/j,evrjv Bid
Kal fJLr)v Tdvra\ov elcrelbov
earewr ev \ifAvrj
crrevro Be B^doov, TTieeiv 8' OVK etyev e
ocro-d/a <ydp Kvtyei o yepwv Tneeuv fjLeveaivutVy
Toacrd^ vBcop aTToXecr/cer' dva/Spo^ev, d/ji<f)l Be
yala jjLe\aiva (frdveo-tce, /cara^vaa/ce Be Bat/jLcov.
BevBpea B' v^L7reT7j\a /card /cpfjOev %ee /capTrbv,
oyXvcu /cal poial /cal fjL7j\eat, dy\adfcap7roi,
(rv/ceat, re y\vfcepal Kal e\alat, rr)\e06a)crat,'
TO)V OTTOT Wvaei 6 yepcov eVl %e/?crt /Ltacracr^afc,
ra? 8' dvefjLos piTrracrKe Trorl vefaa crKioevra.
Kal jjirjv %lo-v(f)ov eiaeiBov Kparep d\ye'
\dav fiacrrd^ovra
THE ODYSSEY, XI. 397
then, despite his wrath, he would have spoken, or I had
spoken to him but that the heart within my breast
wished to see other spirits of the dead.
" There I saw Minos, the radiant son of Zeus, a golden
sceptre in his hand, administering justice to the dead from
where he sat, while all around men called for judgment
from the king, sitting and standing in the broad -gated
hall of Hades.
" Next I marked huge Orion drive along the field of
asphodel the game that in his life he slew amongst the
lonely hills. He held a club of solid bronze that never
can be broken.
" And Tityos I saw, the son of far-famed Gaia, stretched
on the plain ; across nine roods he stretched. Two vul-
tures sat beside him, one upon either side, and tore his
liver, piercing the caul within: yet with his hands he
did not keep them off ; for he did violence to Leto, the
proud wife of Zeus, as she was going to Pytho through
pleasant Panopeus.
" Tantalos, too, I saw in grievous torment, standing in
a pool. It came up to his chin. He strained for thirst,
but could not reach to drink ; for as the old man bent,
eager to drink, the water always was absorbed and dis-
appeared, and at his feet the dark earth showed : God
made it dry. Then leafy - crested trees drooped from
above their fruit, pears, pomegranates, apples with
shining fruit, sweet figs, and thrifty olives. But when
the old man stretched his hand to take, a breeze would
toss them toward the dusky clouds.
27
398 OAY22EIA2 A.
rj rot, 6 fjiev o-KrjpiTTTOfjLevos ^epcrLv re TTOO-LV re 695
\dav ava toOevKe irorl \6(f)ov dXX' ore
dKpov V7rp/3d\eeiv, TOT aTroa-Tpe-^raaKe
dVTt,<$ ejreiTd TreBovBe KvXivBeTo Xoa?
dVTdp o y a^r waacrKe TiTaivopevos, /caTa 5* t
eppeev IK peXewv, icovirj &' e/c /cparo? opwpet. 000
Tov Se fjiT elcrevorja-a fitijv 'HpaKXrjelijv,
auro? Be JJLCT aQavaTOKri 0eoi(rt
ev Oakiys KOI e^et KaXkicrfyvpov "Hfirjv
fj,eyd\oio KOI "Hprjs xpvo-07re$l\ov].
Be fJLiv K\ayyr) ve/cvwv TJV olwvwv a>9, 605
TTCLVTOG aTv^o/jbevcov 6 S' epefjwfj VVKTI e
ryVfJLVOV TOJ;OV %(i)V Kal 7rl VVprj(f)lV O
Seivbv TraTTTaivow, diet ySaXeoz/rt eoiica)*;.
<rfj,epBd\eos Be ol dfjbfa irepl (TTijOeo-o-iv dopTrjp
%/3ucreo9 rjv TeXd^aiv, ivd QeatceXa epjd TeTV/CTO, 610
apKTOi T dypOTepoi re <rve<$ %apo7roi re XeWre?,
V<7/J,lvdi T payO-l T <f)OVOl, T dv&pOKTdGLdl, T.
p,}) Te^vrjadfjbevo^ fJ>7)B* aXXo TL
05 /celvov Te\afjL(t)va efj ey/caTOeTO
eyvco B' dVTL/cd icelvos, eVel iBev o(f>0a\/jLoi(ri, t 615
Kdl IJL o^ofyvpopevos eVea TTTepoevTd TrpocrrjvBd'
' Aioyeves AaepTidBrj, TroXu/
a Se/X', 77 TWO, Kdl <rv KdKov fJLOpov r)<
ov trep eya)v o-^eeaKov VTT' dvyd?
fiev ?rat? rjd Kpoviovos, dVTdp oityv 620
aTreipeo-l'rjv /j,d\d ydp TTO\V ^eipovi
, 6 Be /JLOI %aXe7roi>9 eVereXXer' ae
Kdl TTore fi evOdB' eTre/JL^Jre KVV al~ovT ' ov ydp er a\\ov
TovBe ye fioi ^aXeTrwre/aoi/ elvat, ae6\ov.
THE ODYSSEY, XI. 399
" And Sisyphos I saw in bitter pains, forcing a mon-
strous stone along with both his hands. Tugging with
hand and foot, he pushed the stone upward along a hill.
But when he thought to heave it up clean to the sum-
mit, a mighty power would turn it back; and so once
more down to the ground the wicked stone would tumble.
Again he strained to push it on; sweat ran down from
his limbs, and from his head a dust cloud rose.
" And next I marked the might of Herakles, his
phantom form ; for he himself is with the immortal gods
reveling at their feasts, wed to fair-ankled Hebe\ child of
great Zeus and golden-sandaled Here. Around him rose
a clamor of the dead like that of birds fleeing all ways
in terror ; while he, like gloomy night, with his bow bare
and arrow on the string, glared fearfully, as if forever in
the act to shoot. Terrible was the baldric round about his
breast, a golden belt where marvelous devices had been
wrought, bears and wild boars and fierce-eyed lions, strug-
gles and fights, murders and blood-sheddings. Let the
artificer design no more who once achieved that sword-belt
by his art. Instantly when he saw, he knew me, and sor-
rowfully said in winged words :
"'High-born son of Laertes, ready Odysseus, so you,
poor man, work out a cruel task such as I often have en-
dured when in the sunlight. I was the son of Kronian
Zeus, yet I had pains unnumbered; for to one very far
beneath me was I bound, and he imposed hard labors.
Once he even sent me here to carry off the dog, for noth-
ing he supposed could be a harder labor. I brought the
400 OAY22EIA2 A.
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TTp&ra /j,ev elpea-lrj, /jLereirara Se /cd\\i,/j,o<: ovpos. 640
THE ODYSSEY, XI. 401
dog up hence, and dragged Mm forth from Hades. Hermes
was my guide, he and keen-eyed Athene.'
"So saying, back he went into the house of Hades,
while I still held my place, hoping there yet might come
some other heroes who died long ago. And more of the
men of old I might have seen, as I desired, Theseus and
Perithoos, famous children of the gods ; but ere they
came, myriads of the people of the dead gathered with
awful cry. Pale terror seized me ; I thought perhaps the
Gorgon head of some fell monster high PersephonS might
send out of the house of Hades. So, hurrying to my ship,
I called my crew to come on board and loose the cables.
Quickly they came, and took their places at the pins, and
down the ocean-stream the flowing current bore us, with
oarage first and then a pleasant breeze."
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XII.
THE SIRENS, SCYLLA, CHARYBDIS, AND THE B3NE OF THE SUN.
"AFTER our ship had left the current of the ocean-
stream and come into the waters of the open sea and to
the island of Aiaia, where is the dwelling of the early
Dawn, her dancing-ground and place of rising, as we ran
in we beached our ship among the sands, and forth we
went ourselves upon the sea -shore, where, falling fast
asleep, we awaited the sacred Dawn.
" But when the early rosy-fingered Dawn appeared, I
sent men forward to the house of Circe to fetch the body
of the dead Elpenor. Then we hewed logs in haste, and
where the shore projected farthest we buried him with
sorrow, letting the big tears fall. After the dead was
burned and the armor of the dead man, we raised a
mound, and placed thereon a pillar, and fixed on the
mound's highest point his shapely oar.
" With all this we were busied ; nevertheless, our com-
ing from the house of Hades was not hid from Circe, but
quickly she arrayed herself and came to meet us. Behind
her, maids bore bread and stores of meat and ruddy
sparkling wine ; and standing in the midst of all, thus
spoke the heavenly goddess :
" ' Madmen ! who have gone down alive into the house
of Hades, thus twice to meet with death while others die
but once, come, eat this food and drink this wine here for
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THE ODYSSEY, XII. 405
to-day, and with the morrow's dawn you shall set sail. I
will myself point out the way and fully show you all, lest
through some lamentable lack of skill you be distressed
on sea or land and suffer harm.'
" So she spoke, and our high hearts assented. Thus,
then, throughout the day till setting sun we sat and
feasted on abundant meat and the sweet wine ; and when
the sun had set and darkness came, my men lay down to
sleep by the ship's cables ; but leading me by the hand
apart from my good comrades, the goddess bade me sit,
herself reclined beside me, and asked me for my story.
So I related to her all in its due order. Then in these
words did potent Circe speak to me :
" ' All this is ended now ; but listen to what I say, and
God himself shall help you to remember. First you will
meet the Sirens, who cast a spell on every man who goes
their way. Whoso draws near unwarned and hears the
Sirens' voices, by him no wife or little child shall ever
stand, glad at his coming home ; for the Sirens cast a
spell of penetrating song, sitting within a meadow. But
by their side is a great heap of rotting human bones ; frag-
ments of skin are shriveling on them. Therefore sail on,
and stop your comrades' ears with sweet wax kneaded soft,
that none of the rest may hear. As for yourself, if you
desire to listen, see that they bind you hand and foot on
the swift ship, upright upon the mast-block, round the
mast let the rope's ends be wound, that so with pleasure
you may hear the Sirens' song. But if you should entreat
your men and bid them set you free, let them thereat with
still more fetters bind you fast.
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THE ODYSSEY, XII. 407
" ' Now when your men have brought the ship past
these, what is to be your course thenceforth I will not
fully say; do you yourself ponder it in your heart. I
will describe to you both ways. Along one route stand
beetling cliffs, and on them roar the mighty waves of
dark-eyed Amphitrite; the blessed gods call them the
Wanderers. This way not even winged things can pass,
no, not the gentle doves which bear ambrosia to father
Zeus ; but one of them the smooth rock always draws
away, though the father puts another in to fill the num-
ber. No ship of man ever escapes when once come
hither, but in one common ruin planks of ships and
sailors' bodies are swept by the sea- waves and storms of
deadly flame. The only coursing ship that ever passed
was Argo, famed of all mankind, when voyaging from
Aietes ; and her as well the waves would soon have
dashed on the great rocks, but Here brought her through
from love to Jason.
" ' By the other way there are two crags, one touching
the broad heavens with its sharp peak. Clouds gather
about it darkly and never float away ; light strikes its
peak neither in heat nor harvest. Up this no mortal man
could climb or on it find a hold, not even if twenty hands
and feet were his ; for the rock is smooth, as it were pol-
ished. Now in the middle of the crag is a dim cave,
facing the west and Erebos, the very way where you
must steer your rounded ship, glorious Odysseus ; and
**-- nn that rounded ship no lusty youth could with a bow-
,ch the hollow cave. Here Scylla dwells, utter-
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THE ODYSSEY, XII. 409
ing hideous cries; her voice like that of a young dog,
and she herself an evil monster. None can behold her
and be glad, be it a god who meets her. Twelve feet she
has, and all misshapen; six necks, exceeding long; on
each a frightful head ; in these three rows of teeth, stout
and close - set, fraught with dark death. As far as the
waist she is drawn back within the hollow cave ; but forth
she holds her heads outside the awful chasm and fishes
there, spying around the crag for dolphins, dogfish, or
whatever larger creature she may catch, such things as
voiceful Amphitrite breeds by thousands. There never
yet could sailors boast of passing with their ship in safety ;
for with each head she takes a man, snatching him from
the dark-bowed ship.
" ' The second crag is lower, you will see, Odysseus, and
close beside the first ; you well might shoot across. On it
a fig-tree stands, tall and in leafy bloom, underneath
which divine Charybdis sucks the dark water down. For
thrice a day she sends it up, and thrice she sucks it down,
a fearful sight ! May you not happen to be there when
it goes down, for nobody could save you then from ill, not
even the Earth-shaker. But swiftly turn your course to-
ward Scylla's crag, and speed the ship past her; for surely
it is far better to miss six comrades from your ship than
all together.'
" So she spoke, and answering her, said I : ' Yet, god-
dess, tell me this in very truth : might I not possibly es-
cape from fell Charybdis, and then beat off that other
when she assails my crew ? '
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THE ODYSSEY, XII. 411
" So I spoke, and straight the heavenly goddess an-
swered : ' Foolhardy man ! Still bent on war and strug-
gle ! Will you not yield even to immortal gods ? This
is no mortal being, but an immortal woe, dire, hard,
and fierce, and not to be fought down. Courage is noth-
ing; flight is the bravest course. For if you arm and
linger by the rock, I fear that, issuing forth once more,
she may attack you with her many heads and carry off as
many men. Therefore with utmost zeal speed on ; and
call on Force, the mother of this Scylla, who bore her for
a bane to humankind; she will restrain her then from
sallying forth once more.
" ' Next, you will reach the island of Thrinakia, where
in great numbers feed the kine and the sturdy flocks of
the Sun, seven droves of kine and of sheep as many
beautiful herds, fifty in each. No young are born of them,
nor do they ever die. Goddesses are their shepherds,
nymphs of fair hair, Phaethousa and Lampetie, whom to
the exalted Sun divine Neaira bore. Them did their po-
tent mother bear and rear, and she sent them to the island
of Thrinakia to dwell afar, to keep their father's flocks
and crook-horned kine. If you leave these unharmed and
heed your homeward way, you still may come to Ithaka,
though you shall meet with hardship ; but if you harm
them, then I predict the loss of ship and crew; and even
if you yourself escape, late shall you come, in evil plight,
with loss of all your crew.'
"As she thus spoke, the gold-throned morning came,
and up the island the heavenly goddess went her way ; I
turned me toward my ship, and roused my men to come
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THE ODYSSEY, XII. 413
on board and loose the cables. Quickly they came, took
places at the pins, and sitting in order smote the foaming
water with their oars. And for our aid, behind our dark-
bowed ship, came a fair wind, to fill our sail, a welcome
comrade, sent us by fair-haired Circe, the mighty goddess
human of speech. Then after doing our work at the sev-
eral ropes about the ship, we sat us down, while wind and
helmsman kept her steady.
" Now to my men, with aching heart, I said : ' My friends,
it is not right for only one or two to know the oracles
which Circe told, that heavenly goddess. Therefore I
speak, that, knowing all, we so may die, or fleeing death
and doom, we may escape. Against the marvelous Sirens
first she warns us, that we should flee their voice and
flowery meadow. Only myself she bade to hear their
voice ; but bind me with galling cords, that I may stay
fixed in my place, upright upon the mast-block, round
the mast let the rope's ends be wound. And if I should
entreat you, and bid you set me free, thereat with still
more fetters bind me fast.'
" Thus I, relating all my tale, talked with my comrades.
Meanwhile our stanch ship swiftly neared the Sirens'
island ; a fair wind swept her on. Then on a sudden the
breeze stopped ; there came a breathless calm ; divine
power lulled the waves. My comrades, rising up, furled
the ship's sail, stowed it on board the hollow ship, and,
bending to their oars, whitened the water with the pol-
ished blades. But I, with my sharp sword, cut a great
roll of wax into small bits, and these I kneaded in my
sturdy hands. Soon the wax warmed, forced by the pow-
28
414 OAY22EIA2 M.
atya 8' laivero icrjpos, eVel /re'Xero fjieyd^rj 19 176
'He\iov T' avyrj 'TTrepiov&ao avcucros'
ef 6/779 8' erdpourw eV ovara 7rd(riv aXei^a.
ol 8' ev vrjl fji e&rj&av Ofjiou ^elpds re TroSa? re
opdov ev Zo-TOTrebr}, etc 8' avrov Treipar dviJTrrov
avrol 5' e^ofjievoi 7ro\irjv d\a TVTTTOV eper/jiOLS. 180
aXV ore Toaaov djrfjv oaaov re <yeya)V
plfjL<j)a 8tfw/co^T?, ra? 8' ou \d6ev
eyyvBev opvv/jLewrj, \iyvprjv 5' evrvvov doiSijv
' Atvp ay lav, Trokvaw 'OSucreO, yueya #1/809
i/^a Kardo-Trjcrov, wa vwiTeprjv 6V d/covays. 186
ou 7/3 7Ta> Tt9 T^Se TraprfXaae vrfl n,eKalvri>
irpiv y y rjfjbecov /jie\lyr)pvv diro (TTOjj,dTCi)V OTT drcovacu,
d\\* 6 ye Tp\jrdfjLvo<; veirat real irkeiova et'8w9.
ib/iev ydp roi irdvO' oa evl Tpoiy evpelrj
'Apyeloi, Tpayes re 6e&v IOTTJTI /jLoyrjaav HO
8' oao-a yevrjrai, eVt ^Oovl 7rov\v/3oTlpr).'
fydaav lelo-cu OTTO, Kd\\i^iov avrdp C/JLOV icrjp
' dicove/j,vcu, \vaai T 6K6\vov eraipovs,
6<f>pv(Tt, vevo-rd^ayv ol Se TrpoTreo-ovres epearcrov.
avrl/ca 8' dveravTes Tlepifjirj^T]^ Evpv\o%6$ re 196
TrXetocrt /JL ev $eo-/jt,oi(T{, Beov /j,d\\6v re TTie^ov.
avrdp end 8^ ra9 ye iraprfKacraVy ou8' er eireira
<l>0oyyf]<; ^eiprjvwv rjicovo/juev ovBe r' aot8^9,
al^ djrb /cijpbv e\ovro e/j,ol eplijpes eralpoi,,
8v ar(f)t,v 7r axrlv aXeti|r\ efjue T GK Secr/Awv dve\v<rav. 200
'^4XX' ore 8^ rrjv vrjcrov eXetVo/ie^, avrltc eVetra
Kdirvov /ecu /jieya /cvfAa tBov KOL SOVTTOV d/covaa'
8' dpa &ei(rdvT(i)v e/c ^eipwv eTrrar' eperpd,
8* apa Trdvra Kara poov ecr^ero 8' avrov
THE ODYSSEY, XII. 415
erful pressure and by the rays of the exalted Sun, the
lord of all. I then anointed, one by one, the ears of
all my crew ; and on the deck they bound me hand and
foot, upright upon the mast-block, round the mast they
knotted the rope's ends ; and sitting down they smote the
foaming water with their oars. J3ut when we were as far
away as one can call, and swiftly were driving onward,
our speeding ship, as it drew nigh, did not escape the
Sirens, and thus they lifted up their penetrating song :
" ' Come hither, come, Odysseus, whom all praise, great
glory of the Achaians ! Bring in your ship, and listen to
our voices. For none has ever passed us by in a black
ship till from our lips he heard ecstatic song, then went
his way rejoicing, and with larger knowledge. For we
know all that on the plain of Troy Argives and Trojans
suffered at the gods' behest ; we know whatever may be-
fall upon the bounteous earth.'
" So spoke they, sending forth their beauteous voices,
and my heart longed to listen. Knitting my brows, I
made the signal to my men to set me free ; but, bending
forward, on they rowed. And straightway Perimedes and
Eurylochos arose and laid upon me still more cords and
drew them tighter. Then, after passing by, when we
could hear no more the Sirens' voice or any singing,
(juickly my trusty crew removed the wax with which I
stopped their ears, and set me free from bondage.
"Soon after we left the island, I observed a smoke,
I saw high waves and heard a plunging sound. In the
terror of my men the oars flew from their hands, and
splashed against the current. There the ship stayed, for
416 OAY22EIA2 M.
vijvs, eirel ov/cer eperpa irpOTj/cea xepcrlv eireiyov. 206
avrap eya> Bid vrjbs l(*>v wrpvvov eraipov?
/LtetXi^/oi? eVeecrert irapaa-raBbv dvBpa e/cao-rov
' *fl </Xot, ov yap TTCO ri /ca/c&v
ov /J,ev Brj ro&e fiel^ov eiri /ccucbv rj ore
i\ei evl (TTTTji, <y\a(f)vpq) Kparepij^t, ftivifyiv
d\\a KOL ev6ev e/jiy apery /3ov\fj re vow re
e/c(f>vyofjL6V, Kai TTOU T&vbe jJLvrjo-ea-Oai, 6t(o.
vvv 8 5 ayeO', ft)? av eya) etVo), ireiOca^eOa T
vfieis JAW Ktoiryo-w dXo? p^jMva /3a0eiav
TVTrrere K\r)i8e(T(riv etyrjfjLevot,, ai /ce iroQi Zevs 215
B(orj roz/Se 7' o\e6pov V7re/c<j>vyei,v KOI d\vai,'
<rol Be, KvftepvrjO', &$' eVtTeXXo^af aXX' evl
)9aXXef, eVel 1/7709 ryXatyvprjs oitfia
TOVTOV pev KCLTTVOV KOI KV/jLaTO? 6/CTO9
vrja, (7V Be cr/coTreXcov iirtfiaUoi prf (re \d0yo-i, 220
teal 69 /ca/cbv a/Lt/xe
ol &' &/ca /J,ol
8' OVKCT e/JLvOeo/jLrjv, aTrpq/CTOV dvirjv,
ivf) 7rce)9 fioi Selo-avres aTroXX^fetaz/ eralpot,
eipea-iys, eVro9 8e irv/cd&iev crcfreas avroix;. 225
KOI rare Brj Klp/crjs }iev effrrjfjLoo-vvrjs d\e<yei,vf]<;
"havOavo/jLrjv, eVet ov n p dvcayei, Ocopijo-aeada^
avrap eyw /caraSvs K\vra rev^ea /cal Svo Bovpe
ev xepalv e\cov efc ifcpia vyo? effaivov
evOev yap fiuv eBey/jLTjv rrp&ra fyavelcrdai 230
Trerpalrjv, r\ pot <j)epe Trrj/j^ erdpOKrw*
ov$e TTTJ dOpfjcrai, Svvd/jLTjv e/ca/jiov Be f^oi owe
irdvrrj Trairraivovri 7rpo9 rjepoetSea rrerp^v.
Be arewcoTrbv dverr\eoiiev yoocovres*
THE ODYSSEY, XII. 417
they plied with their hands the tapering oars no more.
Then down the ship I passed and roused my men with
cheering words, standing by each in turn :
" 4 Friends, hitherto we have not been untried in dan-
ger. Here is no greater danger than when the Cyclops
penned us within his hollow cave with brutal might. Yet
out of that, through energy of mine, through will and
wisdom, we escaped. These dangers, too, I think some
day we shall remember. Come then, and what I say let
us all follow. You with your oars strike the deep break-
ers of the sea, keeping your places at the pins if haply
Zeus may set us free from present death, and let us go in
safety. And, helmsman, these are my commands for you ;
lay them to heart, for you control the rudders of our hol-
low ship : keep the ship off that smoke and surf, and hug
the crags, or else, before you know it, she may veer off
that way, and you will bring us into danger.'
" So I spoke, and my commands they quickly heeded.
But Scylla I did not name, that hopeless horror, for
fear, through fright, my men might cease to row, and hud-
dle all together in the hold. Then I neglected also the
hard behest of Circe, where she had said I must by no
means arm ; but putting on my splendid armor and tak-
ing in my hands my two long spears, I went upon the
ship's fore-deck, for thence I looked for the first sight of
Scylla of the rock, who brought my men disaster. No-
where could I descry her; my eyes grew weary, search-
ing up and down the gloomy cliff.
" So up the strait we sailed in sadness ; for here lay
418 OAY22EIA2 M.
evOev yap ^Kv\\r), erepcodi Be Sia XdpvftBis
, Xe/3r>? o>? eV Trvpl 7roXXo>
Traer' dva/j,opfjLvpe(TK6 '
aKpoLat (TtcoTreXoioriv eV a
aXV or' dvappogele 6a\dacrri<; dXfJLVpbv vbcop, 240
Tracr' evroade <j>dve<rKe /cv/cw/jievrj, dfjupl 8e Trerpij
Seivov fieffpvxei,, VTrevepOe Se yala
tcvaveij' TOU?
7T/90? T^y i&ofj,ev SeiVa^re? oXedpov
IJLOL %KvX\.r] tcoi\r)s e/c 1/770? eralpovs 245
6\e0\ ot yzpGW T6 /3lr)<f)l re (fteprarot rjaav.
e^d/jLevo^ 8' e? i^}a ^o^z/ a/z,a /cat yu,e#' kraipovs
TWV evorjaa TroSas /cal %et/3a?
vtybcr deipofjLevcov efte 3e (frOeyyo
^OVO/JLa/C\lj8lJV, TOT 7' VCTTaTOV, d^VV/JLeVOl, KTjp.
ft)? 8* or' eVl 7rpo/36&G) d\iev$ Trepifjuijtcei pdfi&q)
i%0v(n, rot? bXiyoccTi $6\ov Kara eiSara @d\\(ov
c? TTOVTOV TTpoirja-L fiobs icepas dypav\oio,
ft)? ot 7* a<77ra//30i/T65 deipovTo Trporl Trer/aa?* 255
avrov 8' etVt 6vpr)<ri /ca
%eipa<; ejiol bpeyovras eV ati
OLKTKTTOV $rj Kelvo e/Aot
irdvrwv o<r<r fyoyrjcra TTO/OOU? a\o? e^epeelvcov.
Avrap eVel Trer^a? (f>vyofj,ev Sewrjv re Xdpvfi&w 260
T', avritc eireira Oeov e? d/jLV/jbova vrjaov
* evOa S' eaai/ ^aXal /3oe? evpv/jLT(i)7roi t
Se t</)ta /i^X' 'TTreplovo? 'HeXtoto.
^ TOT* 70)^ ert 7roz/T) e'ft)i/ eV
THE ODYSSEY, XII. 419
Scylla, and there divine Charybdis fearfully sucked the
salt sea-water down. Whenever she belched it forth, like
a kettle in fierce flame, all would foam swirling up, and
overhead spray fell upon the tops of both the crags. But
as she gulped the salt sea-water down, then all within
seemed in a whirl ; the rock around roared fearfully, and
down below the bottom showed, dark with the sand.
Pale terror seized my men ; on her we looked and feared
to die.
" And now it was that Scylla snatched from my hollow
ship six of my comrades, men excellent in strength and
courage. I turned my eyes toward my swift ship to seek
my men, and saw their feet and hands already in the air,
as they were carried up. They screamed aloud and called
my name for the last time, in agony of heart. As when
a fisher, on a jutting rock, with long rod throws a bait to
lure the little fishes, casting into the deep the horn of stall-
fed ox, then, catching one, flings it ashore writhing ; even
so were these drawn writhing up the rock. There at her
door she ate them, loudly shrieking and stretching forth
their hands toward me in mortal anguish. That was the
saddest sight my eyes have ever seen, in all my toils,
searching the ocean pathways.
" Now after we had passed the rocks of dire Charybdis
and of Scylla, straight we drew near the pleasant island
of the god. Here were the goodly broad-browed kine and
all the sturdy flocks of the exalted Sun. While still at
sea, on the black ship, I heard the lowing of stalled cattle
420 OAY22EIA2 M.
fj,VK7)0/j,ov T rjKovq-a fiocov
ol&v re /3\r)xr)v Kai pot, eVo?
d\aov, &rj/3aio
r Alairj^, 77 JJLOI, jj,d\a TroXX' eVereXXe
VTJCTOV d\evaorOat, Tp^]n,/jL/3p6rov 'JfeXtbto.
8^ TOT eycov eTapoio-i /jLeTrjvScov, a^vvpevo^ /crjp* 270
' Ke/c\vTe /JLCV pvOwv, Ka/cd Trep Tracr^oi/re? eTalpoi,
o<j>p vpfiv eiTra) /jiavTijia Teipecriao
Kip/crjs T Alairjs, 77 fj,oi, fjbd\a TTO\\' eVereXXe
vrja-ov aKevaa^dai Teptyi/jiftpoTov 'JfeX/oto*
ev6a yap alvoTdTOV KCLKOV e^fjbevaL a^yav effracrtcev 275
ef TTJV vijcrov e\avvT vr\a
TOia-w 8e KaTefc\do-07j (f)l\ov
avTi/ca S' Evpv\o%o$ (TTvyepo) //,' ^/z-et/Sero
, 'OBucrev, irept TOI /ie^o?, ovbe TL
77 pa vv ffQ ^ 7^ crtS^/oea TrdvTd reru/crat,
09 p' CTapovs /capd d&rjKOTas ^8e KOI \)TCV<$
OVK edas yal^s eTri/Brffievai,, evOa icev avT
vrja-q) ev d/jL^ipvTrj \apov TGTVKOL^eOa So
aXX' avTws Bed VVKTCL 6or)v d\d\rjcr6ai
vr)<rov d7ro7r\ay^OevTa<;, ev
etc VVKTWV & dvefjLOi ^aXeTrot, S^X^/Aara VTJWV,
ylyvovTai" Try /cev r^9 vTre/c^vyot, alirvv o\e@pov t
ijv 7T&)9 ej;a7rlvr)<! e\9r) dve/JLOio 6ve\\a,
TI NOTOV TI Zefyvpoio 8uo-aeo9, o f i re //.aXtcrra
vfja Siappalovvi,, Oecov detcrjTL dvd/CTcov ;
aXX r) TOL vvv fj,ev 7reiO(^^eOa VVKT\
SopTTOv 0' OTrXtcroyaecr^a #077 Trapd vrfl
rj&Oev 8' dvajBdvTes evrnropev evpei
*/29 e^ar' Eu^uXo%09, eVl 8' yveov aXXot eTalpoi.
THE ODYSSEY, XII. 421
and the bleat of sheep ; and on my mind fell words of the
blind prophet, Teiresias of Thebes, and of Aiaian Circe,
who very strictly charged me to shun the island of the
Sun, the cheerer of mankind. So to my men with aching
heart I said :
"'Hearken to these my words, my suffering comrades,
that I may tell you of the warnings of Teiresias, and of
Aiaian Circe, who very strictly charged me to shun the
island of the Sun, the cheerer of mankind ; for there our
deadliest danger lay, she said. Then past the island
speed the black ship on her way.'
" As I thus spoke their very souls were crushed within
them, and instantly Eurylochos, with surly words, made
answer : ' Headstrong you are, Odysseus ; more than man's
is your mettle, and your limbs never tire ; and yet you
must be made of iron not to allow your comrades, worn
with fatigue and sleep, to touch the land where at a
sea-girt island we might make ourselves again a savory
supper. Instead, just as we are, with the night falling
fast, you bid us journey on our course turned from the
island over the misty deep. But out of the darkness
rough winds rise, fatal to vessels ; and how could any one
escape from utter ruin if by some chance a sudden storm
of wind should come, the south wind or the blustering
west, which wreck ships oftentimes, heedless of sovereign
gods. No, for the present let us obey the dark night's
bidding, let us prepare our supper and rest by the black
ship ; to-morrow morning we will go on board and put
forth on the open sea.'
" So spoke Eurylochos, the rest assented, and now I
422 OAY22EIA2 M.
/cal rore Brj yiyvwa-fcov o Br] tcatcd ftrfBeTO Bat/Mwv, 295
KaL fjuv (f>ci)vijcras ejrea Trrepoevra TrpoarjvBcov
' Evpv\o%, fj fjidka 77 /Me /3t.deT6 IJLOVVOV eovra
aXX' aye vvv pot, irdvres o/jLOcrcrare /caprepov optcov,
ei tee TLV rje fBowv dye\7jv rj TTWU pey* olwv
evpw/jiev, fir) TTOV rt? dracr6a\trjcri, /ca/cfjo-iv 300
rj ftovv rje rt fLr]\ov cnroKTavrj' a\\a e^Xot
ecrdlere {3pa)fj,r}v, rrjv aOavdrrj Trope Klp/crj.'
' /2? ecfxi/jLT/v, ot S avTLK aTTcofjivvov a)? Ke\evov.
avrap eTret p bfjuocrav re TeXevrrjadv re TOV opfcov,
ev \ifjL6vi, <y\a(f)vpq) evepjea vfja 305
/cepolo, /cal e^ajre^ricrav eraipot
0?, eVetra Se SopTrov eVtcrTayLte^ft)? TTVKOVTO.
avrdp eVet TTOCT^O? rat e'S^rvo? e'f e/?oz/
fjLvr)o-dfj,evoi, $rj evretra <f>i\ov<; e/c\aiov e
oi)? e(j)aye ^Kv\\r) ry\a(j)vpr)<; e/c 1/7709 e\o{)o"a' 310
K\atovTa-(ri Be TQIGIV eirrp^vOe v
^yu-o? Be rpfya vv/crbs erjv, fiera 8' a&rpa
wpcrev 7Ti, afjv avefiov vefa^yepera Zevs
\ai\a7ri 0<77T6o~t77, o~vv Be veffreeo'o'i KaXv^re
yaiav O/JLOV teal TTOVTOV opwpei, 8' ovpavoOev vvj;. 316
77/^,09 B* rjpiyeveia <f>dvr) poBoBdtcrvXos '
vr]a fj,ev a)pfjLi<TafjLv, /coT\,ov crvreo?
evOa B' eaav Nv/A^ewv /ca\ol %opol 77^6
Kal TOT eycov dyoprjv Genevas /JLTOL pvOov eeiTrov
' */2 0tXot, ev yap vtjl 6ofj ftpwa-ls re Troo-t? re 320
<7TIV, T&V B fBotoV a7T6^Ce)/I^a, fJitf TL
Beivov yap 6eov aiBe fioes /cal l$
, 09 rrdvT <f>opa /cal TCCLVT eTrarcovei,.'
rola iv B' lireTreiOeTO 0vjjib<; dyijva>p.
THE ODYSSEY, XII. 423
knew heaven was intending ill ; and, speaking to him in
winged words, I said :
" ' Eurylochos, plainly you force me, since I am only
one. But come, all swear me now a heavy oath that if
you find a herd of cattle or great flock of sheep, none in
mad wilfulness will slay a cow or sheep ; but be content,
and eat the food immortal Circe gave.'
" So I spoke, and readily they took the oath that I
required. And after they had sworn and ended all their
oath, we moored our stanch ship in the rounded harbor,
near a fresh stream, and my companions left the ship and
busily got supper. But after they had stayed desire for
drink and food, then calling to remembrance their dear
comrades, they wept for those whom Scylla ate, those
whom she snatched from out our hollow ship ; and as they
wept, there fell on them a pleasant sleep. Now when the
third watch of the night was come and the stars crossed
the zenith, cloud-gathering Zeus sent forth a furious wind
in a fierce tempest, and covered with his clouds both land
and sea ; night broke from heaven. So when the early
rosy-fingered Dawn appeared, we beached our ship, hauling
her up into a hollow cave where there were pretty dancing-
grounds and haunts for nymphs. Then holding a council,
I said to all my men :
" * Friends, there is meat and drink enough on the swift
ship ; let us then spare the kine, for fear we come to
harm, for these are the herds and sturdy flocks of a dread
god, the Sun, who all things oversees, all overhears.'
" So I spoke, and their high hearts assented. But all
424 OAY22EIA2 M.
Be Ttdvr aXX^/CTO? arj IVoro?, ovBe Ti? aXXo? 825
eiren' dvep&v, el ^ Evpos re Noro? re.
ol B' e9 fJiev crlrov e%ov /cal olvov epvdpov,
Tod>pa fiocov aTre'XpvTo \(,\a{,o/j,evoi, /5toroto.
aXX' ore 8^7 ^05 e'fe^tro ^ta Trdvra,
/cal &rj ajprjv eQeTrecr/cov d\r)revovT<i dvdy/crj, 830
opviOd? T, <f>l\a<i 6 TL %6tpa? IKQITQ,
icrTpoLGW T6ip6 8e fyaarepa
z/a VTJCTOV a r irk<TTi'Xpv t o<f)pa
et Tt? /xoi 68w (frrfveie veeo-Qai.
aXX' 6Ve 877 Sta vf)crov lew tf\va eraipovs,
7)pct)/j,rjv iravrea-cri Oeols OL
ot 8* a/oa /Ltot y\v/cvv VTTVOV 7rl /3\<f)dpoi(n,v e%evav.
erdpoKTi, /ca/crjs ^p^ero /rtouX?}?.
fjivOcov, rca/cd Trep 7rd(T%ovTS fcrtupoi*
fjuev a-rwyepol OdvaTOi ^eikolcrt, fiporoio-i, 841
S' olKTwrov 6aveLV /cal TTor/jiov eTricrTrelv.
aXX' dj6T\ 'HeXtoto fiocov eXdaavres dplcrra^
pe^ofjiev aQavaTQiGiy rol ovpavbv evpvv e%ovcriv.
el Be /cev et? 'lOd/crjv dfafcol/jieOa, Trarp&a yalav, 345
altyd Kev 'jETeX/a) 'TTrepiovi iriova vrfov
Tev^opev, ev Be ice 6el^ev dyd\fj,ara ?roXXa KOI ecrOXd*
el Be ^oXwcrayLtevo? n jSowv opOoKpcupdcov
vrf ede\y oXecrat, eVl B' ea-TrcovTai, Oeol aXXot,
j3ov\ojjb aira^ TT/JO? KVfia %avct)v CLTTO 0v/j,ov oXecrom 350
T) Br)0d arpevyeordai, e<bv ev vrfaq) eprj/jLy.'
A /2? e<f)ar Evpv\o%os, eVt B' jjveov aXXot eralpoi.
avri/ca 8' 'JfeX/oto fiocov ekdo-avres dplcrTa?
eyyvOev ov yap rrj\e vebs
THE ODYSSEY, XII. 425
that month incessant south winds blew ; no wind arose
except from east and south. So long as they had bread
and ruddy wine, they spared the kine, because they loved
their lives. But when the vessel's stores were now all
spent, and roaming perforce they sought for game, for
fish, for fowl, for what might come to hand, caught by
their crooked hooks, and hunger pinched their bellies,
then I departed by myself far up the island, to beg the
gods to show my homeward way. And when by a walk
along the island I had escaped my crew, I washed my
hands where there was shelter from the breeze, and offered
prayer to all the gods that hold Olympos. But they
poured down a sweet sleep on my eyelids, while Eury-
lochos began his evil counsel to my crew :
" ' Hearken to these my words, my suffering comrades.
Hateful is every form of death to wretched mortals ; and
yet to die by hunger, and so to meet one's doom, is the
most pitiful of all. Come then, and let us drive away the
best of the Sun's kine, and sacrifice them to the immortals
who hold the open sky. If we should ever come to Ithaka,
our native land, we will at once build a rich temple to the
exalted Sun, and put therein many fair offerings. But if
the Sun, wroth for his high-horned kine, seeks to destroy
our ship, and other gods consent, for my part I would
rather, open-mouthed in the sea, at once give up my life
than slowly let it wear away here in this desert island.'
" So spoke Eurylochos ; the rest assented. Forthwith
they drove away the best of the Sun's kine out of the
field close by ; for not far from the dark-bowed ship the
426 OAY22EIA2 M.
/ca\al /3o'e9 evpvpeTCDTroi,' 365
ra? Be Trepia-TTjadv re /cat ev^erowvro Oeolcrt,,
<f)v\\a Bpetydftevoi, repeva Bpvbs v
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THE ODYSSEY, XII. 427
kine were grazing, crook-horned and beautiful and broad
of brow. Round them they stood and prayed the gods,
stripping the tender leaves from off a crested oak ; for
they had no white barley on the well-benched ship. Then
after prayer, when they had cut the throats and flayed
the kine, they cut away the thighs, wrapped them in fat
in double layers, and placed raw flesh thereon. They had
no wine to pour upon the blazing victims, but using water
for libation they roasted all the entrails. So after the
thighs were burned and the inward parts were tasted, they
sliced the rest and stuck the bits on spits.
" And now the pleasant sleep fled from my eyelids ; I
hastened to the swift ship and the sea -shore. But on
my way, as I drew near to the curved ship, around me
came the savory smell of fat. I groaned and called aloud
to the immortal gods :
" ' O father Zeus, and all you other blessed gods that live
forever, verily to my ruin you laid me in ruthless sleep,
while my men left behind plotted this monstrous deed.'
" Soon to the exalted Sun came long-robed Lampetie",
bearing him word that we had slain his kine ; and straight-
way with an angry heart he thus invoked the immortals :
" ' O father Zeus, and all you other blessed gods that
live forever, avenge me on the comrades of Laertes' son,
Odysseus, who lawlessly slew the kine in which I ever joy
as I go forth into the starry sky, or when again toward
Earth I turn back from the sky. But if they do not
make me fit atonement for the kine, I will go down to
Hades and shine among the dead.'
" Then answered him cloud-gathering Zeus, and said :
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THE ODYSSEY, XII. 429
4 O Sun, do you shine on among the immortals and for all
mortal men upon the fruitful fields. I soon will hurl a
gleaming bolt at their swift ship, and cleave it in pieces in
the middle of the wine-dark sea.'
"All this I heard from the fair-haired Kalypso, who
said she heard it from the Guide-god Hermes.
44 Now when I came down to the ship and to the sea, I
chid my men, confronting each in turn. But no help could
we find ; the kine were dead already. Soon, too, the
gods made prodigies appear : the skins would crawl ; the
spitted flesh, both roast and raw, would moan ; and sounds
came forth like those of kine.
44 For six days afterwards my trusty men still feasted,
for they drove away the best of the Sun's kine ; when
Zeus, the son of Kronos, brought the seventh day round,
then the wind ceased to blow a gale, and we in haste
embarking put forth on the open sea, setting our mast
and hoisting the white sail.
44 Yet when we had left the island and no other land ap-
peared, but only sky and sea, the son of Kronos set a dark
cloud above our hollow ship and the deep gloomed below.
The ship ran on for no long time ; for soon a shrill west
wind arose, blowing a heavy gale. The storm of wind
snapped both the forestays of the mast. Back the mast
fell, and all its gear lay scattered in the hold. At the
ship's stern it struck the helmsman on the head and
crushed his skull, all in an instant ; like a diver from the
deck he dropped, and from his frame the strong life fled.
Zeus at the same time thundered, hurling his bolt against
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THE ODYSSEY, XII. 431
the ship. She quivered in every part, when struck by
the bolt of Zeus, and filled with sulphur smoke. Out of
the ship my men were thrown and borne like sea-fowl by
the side of the black ship along the waves ; God cut them
off from coming home.
" But for myself, I paced the deck until the surge had
torn the ribs from the keel, which the waves then carried
along dismantled. The mast was snapped at the keel ; to
it the backstay clung, made of ox-hide. "With this I lashed
the two together, keel and mast, and getting a seat
on these, was borne along by the destroying winds.
" And now the west wind ceased to blow a gale ; but
soon a south wind came and brought an anguish to my
heart that I must once more measure back my way to fell
Charybdis. All night I drifted on, and with the sunrise
I came to Scylla's crag and dire Charybdis. She at that
moment sucked the salt sea-water down ; and as toward
a tall fig-tree I was upward borne, I clutched and clung
as clings a bat. Yet could I nowhere set my feet steadily
or climb the tree ; for its roots were far away and out of
reach its branches, and these were long and large, and
overspread Charybdis. But patiently I clung, until again
she should disgorge my mast and keel ; and as I hoped
they came, though late it was. But at the hour when for
his supper one rises from the assembly, after deciding
many quarrels of contentious men, then was it that the
timbers came to light from out Charybdis. I let go feet
and hands and dropped down in the middle by the long
timbers, and mounting these rowed onward with my hands.
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