60-77 Flashcards
οἴκαδε νοστήσαντα δόμον Πηλήϊον εἴσω.
Having returned home into the house of Peleus.
ὄφρα δέ μοι ζώει καὶ ὁρᾷ φάος ἠελίοιο
But as for me, while he lives and sees the light of day,
ἄχνυται, οὐδέ τί οἱ δύναμαι χραισμῆσαι ἰοῦσα.
He suffers, nor can I defend him at all, going.
ἀλλ᾽ εἶμ᾽, ὄφρα ἴδωμι φίλον τέκος, ἠδ᾽ ἐπακούσω
But go I will, so that I might see my dear child, and I might hear
ὅττί μιν ἵκετο πένθος ἀπὸ πτολέμοιο μένοντα.
What pain has come to him, [though] abstaining from war.”
ὣς ἄρα φωνήσασα λίπε σπέος: αἳ δὲ σὺν αὐτῇ
δακρυόεσσαι ἴσαν, περὶ δέ σφισι κῦμα θαλάσσης
ῥήγνυτο: ταὶ δ᾽ ὅτε δὴ Τροίην ἐρίβωλον ἵκοντο
Thus having spoken she left the cave; and with her
They went weeping, and for them the wave of the sea all around
Was parted: and when indeed they came to fertile Troy
ἀκτὴν εἰσανέβαινον ἐπισχερώ, ἔνθα θαμειαὶ
They went up onto the shore one after the other, where in a crowd
Μυρμιδόνων εἴρυντο νέες ταχὺν ἀμφ᾽ Ἀχιλῆα.
The ships of the Myrmidons had been drawn up around swift Achilles.
τῷ δὲ βαρὺ στενάχοντι παρίστατο πότνια μήτηρ,
By him, as he groaned deeply, stood his revered mother,
ὀξὺ δὲ κωκύσασα κάρη λάβε παιδὸς ἑοῖο,
And having wailed sharply she took the head of her son,
καί ῥ᾽ ὀλοφυρομένη ἔπεα πτερόεντα προσηύδα:
And lamenting addressed winged words:
‘τέκνον τί κλαίεις; τί δέ σε φρένας ἵκετο πένθος;
“Child, why do you cry? What pain has come to your heart?
ἐξαύδα, μὴ κεῦθε: τὰ μὲν δή τοι τετέλεσται
75ἐκ Διός, ὡς ἄρα δὴ πρίν γ᾽ εὔχεο χεῖρας ἀνασχὼν
πάντας ἐπὶ πρύμνῃσιν ἀλήμεναι υἷας Ἀχαιῶν
Speak, do not hide it. These things were fulfilled for you
By Zeus, when you prayed before, raising your hands, that
All of the sons of the Achaeans be hemmed in at the ship-sterns,
And, in sore need of you, should suffer shameful deeds.”
