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- Homer. Homeri Opera, Volumes 1-2. Monro, D. B. (David Binning), editor; Allen, Thomas W. (Thomas William), editor. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1908-1920.
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- Humanitext Reader · reader.humanitext.ai · 2026-10-31
Zeus, consumed by desire for Hera, postpones her journey to Oceanus, and the two make love enveloped in a golden cloud on Mount Ida. Sleep hastens to Poseidon to report Zeus's slumber, and Poseidon rallies the Achaean forces.
ἵπποι δʼ οὐ παρέασι καὶ ἅρματα τῶν κʼ ἐπιβαίης.1
and yet no horses are at hand, nor chariots, whereon you might mount.”
τὸν δὲ δολοφρονέουσα προσηύδα πότνια Ἥρη·
Then with guileful intent queenly Hera spoke to him:
ἔρχομαι ὀψομένη πολυφόρβου πείρατα γαίης,
”I am going to visit the limits of the all-nourishing earth,
Ὠκεανόν τε θεῶν γένεσιν καὶ μητέρα Τηθύν,
and Oceanus, from whom the gods sprung, and mother Tethys,
οἵ με σφοῖσι δόμοισιν ἐῢ τρέφον ἠδʼ ἀτίταλλον·
who lovingly nurtured and cherished me in their halls.
τοὺς εἶμʼ ὀψομένη, καί σφʼ ἄκριτα νείκεα λύσω·
Them I am going to see, and I will loose their endless strife;
ἤδη γὰρ δηρὸν χρόνον ἀλλήλων ἀπέχονται
for already for a long time they hold aloof from one another,
εὐνῆς καὶ φιλότητος, ἐπεὶ χόλος ἔμπεσε θυμῷ.
from the marriage-bed and from love, since anger has fallen upon their hearts.
ἵπποι δʼ ἐν πρυμνωρείῃ πολυπίδακος Ἴδης
But my horses stand at the foot of many-fountained Ida,
ἑστᾶσʼ, οἵ μʼ οἴσουσιν ἐπὶ τραφερήν τε καὶ ὑγρήν.
which shall bear me over dry land and wet.
νῦν δὲ σεῦ εἵνεκα δεῦρο κατʼ Οὐλύμπου τόδʼ ἱκάνω,
And now it is for your sake that I have come hither from Olympus,
μή πώς μοι μετέπειτα χολώσεαι, αἴ κε σιωπῇ
lest you should be angry with me hereafter, if in silence
οἴχωμαι πρὸς δῶμα βαθυρρόου Ὠκεανοῖο.
I should go to the house of deep-flowing Oceanus.”
τὴν δʼ ἀπαμειβόμενος προσέφη νεφεληγερέτα Ζεύς·
Then Zeus, the cloud-gatherer, answered her, saying:
Ἥρη κεῖσε μὲν ἔστι καὶ ὕστερον ὁρμηθῆναι,
”Hera, thither you can hasten even hereafter,
νῶϊ δʼ ἄγʼ ἐν φιλότητι τραπείομεν2 εὐνηθέντε.
but for us twain, come, let us take our joy of love, lying together.
οὐ γάρ πώ ποτέ μʼ ὧδε θεᾶς ἔρος οὐδὲ γυναικὸς
For never yet did love for goddess or mortal woman
θυμὸν ἐνὶ στήθεσσι περιπροχυθεὶς ἐδάμασσεν,
so possess and master the heart within my breast,
οὐδʼ ὁπότʼ ἠρασάμην Ἰξιονίης ἀλόχοιο,
not even when I was enamored of the wife of Ixion,
ἣ τέκε Πειρίθοον θεόφιν μήστωρʼ ἀτάλαντον·
who bore Pirithous, the peer of gods in counsel;
οὐδʼ ὅτε περ Δανάης καλλισφύρου Ἀκρισιώνης,
nor when I loved Danaë of the fair ankles, daughter of Acrisius,
ἣ τέκε Περσῆα πάντων ἀριδείκετον ἀνδρῶν·
who bore Perseus, most illustrious of all men;
οὐδʼ ὅτε Φοίνικος κούρης τηλεκλειτοῖο,
nor when I loved the daughter of far-famed Phoenix,
ἣ τέκε μοι Μίνων τε καὶ ἀντίθεον Ῥαδάμανθυν·
who bore me Minos and godlike Rhadamanthys;
οὐδʼ ὅτε περ Σεμέλης οὐδʼ Ἀλκμήνης ἐνὶ Θήβῃ,
nor when I loved Semele, nor Alcmene in Thebes,
ἥ ῥʼ Ἡρακλῆα κρατερόφρονα γείνατο παῖδα·
who bore Heracles, her stout-hearted son;
ἣ δὲ Διώνυσον Σεμέλη τέκε χάρμα βροτοῖσιν·
and Semele bore Dionysus, a joy to mortals;
οὐδʼ ὅτε Δήμητρος καλλιπλοκάμοιο ἀνάσσης,
nor when I loved Demeter, the fair-tressed queen;
οὐδʼ ὁπότε Λητοῦς ἐρικυδέος, οὐδὲ σεῦ αὐτῆς,
nor when I loved glorious Leto, nor yourself,
ὡς σέο νῦν ἔραμαι καί με γλυκὺς ἵμερος αἱρεῖ.
as now I love you, and sweet desire takes hold of me.”
τὸν δὲ δολοφρονέουσα προσηύδα πότνια Ἥρη·
Then with guileful intent queenly Hera spoke to him:
αἰνότατε Κρονίδη ποῖον τὸν μῦθον ἔειπες.
”Dread son of Cronos, what a word have you spoken!
εἰ νῦν ἐν φιλότητι λιλαίεαι εὐνηθῆναι
If now you are eager to lie in love
Ἴδης ἐν κορυφῇσι, τὰ δὲ προπέφανται ἅπαντα·
on the peaks of Ida, where all is plain to view,
πῶς κʼ ἔοι εἴ τις νῶϊ θεῶν αἰειγενετάων
how would it be if one of the everlasting gods
εὕδοντʼ ἀθρήσειε, θεοῖσι δὲ πᾶσι μετελθὼν
should see us sleeping, and go and tell it to all the gods?
πεφράδοι; οὐκ ἂν ἔγωγε τεὸν πρὸς δῶμα νεοίμην
I indeed would not arise from the bed and go to your house,
ἐξ εὐνῆς ἀνστᾶσα, νεμεσσητὸν δέ κεν εἴη.
for that would be a shameful thing.
ἀλλʼ εἰ δή ῥʼ ἐθέλεις καί τοι φίλον ἔπλετο θυμῷ,
But if you indeed wish it, and it is pleasing to your heart,
ἔστιν τοι θάλαμος, τόν τοι φίλος υἱὸς ἔτευξεν
you have a chamber which your dear son Hephaestus
Ἥφαιστος, πυκινὰς δὲ θύρας σταθμοῖσιν ἐπῆρσεν·
fashioned for you, and fitted its strong doors to the doorposts;
ἔνθʼ ἴομεν κείοντες, ἐπεί νύ τοι εὔαδεν εὐνή.
thither let us go and lay us down, since the bed is your pleasure.”
τὴν δʼ ἀπαμειβόμενος προσέφη νεφεληγερέτα Ζεύς·
Then Zeus, the cloud-gatherer, answered her, saying:
Ἥρη μήτε θεῶν τό γε δείδιθι μήτέ τινʼ ἀνδρῶν
”Hera, fear not that any god or man
ὄψεσθαι· τοῖόν τοι ἐγὼ νέφος ἀμφικαλύψω
shall behold this; with such a golden cloud will I enfold you,
χρύσεον· οὐδʼ ἂν νῶϊ διαδράκοι Ἠέλιός περ,
that not even the Sun could spy us through it,
οὗ τε καὶ ὀξύτατον πέλεται φάος εἰσοράασθαι.
whose sight is the sharpest of all for beholding.”
ἦ ῥα καὶ ἀγκὰς ἔμαρπτε Κρόνου παῖς ἣν παράκοιτιν·
Therewith the son of Cronos clasped his wife in his arms;
τοῖσι δʼ ὑπὸ χθὼν δῖα φύεν νεοθηλέα ποίην,
and beneath them the divine earth made fresh-sprung grass to grow,
λωτόν θʼ ἑρσήεντα ἰδὲ κρόκον ἠδʼ ὑάκινθον
and dewy lotus, and crocus, and hyacinth,
πυκνὸν καὶ μαλακόν, ὃς ἀπὸ χθονὸς ὑψόσʼ ἔεργε.3
thick and soft, which kept them high off the ground.
τῷ ἔνι λεξάσθην, ἐπὶ δὲ νεφέλην ἕσσαντο
Therein they lay, and clothed themselves with a cloud,
καλὴν χρυσείην· στιλπναὶ δʼ ἀπέπιπτον ἔερσαι.
fair and golden, whence bright drops of dew fell.
ὣς4 ὃ μὲν ἀτρέμας εὗδε πατὴρ ἀνὰ Γαργάρῳ ἄκρῳ,
Thus the Father slept quietly on the peak of Gargarus,
ὕπνῳ καὶ φιλότητι δαμείς, ἔχε δʼ ἀγκὰς ἄκοιτιν·
vanquished by sleep and love, and held his wife in his arms.
βῆ δὲ θέειν ἐπὶ νῆας Ἀχαιῶν νήδυμος Ὕπνος
But sweet Sleep went running to the ships of the Achaeans
ἀγγελίην ἐρέων γαιηόχῳ ἐννοσιγαίῳ·
to bear tidings to the earth-enfolding Earth-shaker;
ἀγχοῦ δʼ ἱστάμενος ἔπεα πτερόεντα προσηύδα·
and standing close to him he spoke winged words:
πρόφρων νῦν Δαναοῖσι Ποσείδαον ἐπάμυνε,
”With a ready heart now, Poseidon, aid the Danaans,
καί σφιν κῦδος ὄπαζε μίνυνθά περ, ὄφρʼ ἔτι εὕδει
and grant them glory, though it be but for a little, while yet Zeus sleeps;
Ζεύς, ἐπεὶ αὐτῷ ἐγὼ μαλακὸν περὶ κῶμʼ ἐκάλυψα·
for I have enfolded him in soft slumber,
Ἥρη δʼ ἐν φιλότητι παρήπαφεν εὐνηθῆναι.
and Hera has beguiled him to lie with her in love.”
ὣς εἰπὼν ὃ μὲν ᾤχετʼ ἐπὶ κλυτὰ φῦλʼ ἀνθρώπων,
So saying, he departed to the famous tribes of men,
τὸν δʼ ἔτι μᾶλλον ἀνῆκεν ἀμυνέμεναι Δαναοῖσιν.
and Poseidon he aroused yet more to aid the Danaans.
αὐτίκα δʼ ἐν πρώτοισι μέγα προθορὼν ἐκέλευσεν·
Straightway he leapt forth among the foremost and commanded:
Ἀργεῖοι καὶ δʼ αὖτε5 μεθίεμεν Ἕκτορι νίκην
”Argives, are we again to yield victory to Hector,
Πριαμίδῃ, ἵνα νῆας ἕλῃ καὶ κῦδος ἄρηται;
son of Priam, that he may take the ships and win glory?
ἀλλʼ ὃ μὲν οὕτω φησὶ καὶ εὔχεται οὕνεκʼ Ἀχιλλεὺς
Ny, so he says and boasts, because Achilles
νηυσὶν ἔπι γλαφυρῇσι μένει κεχολωμένος ἦτορ·
abides by the hollow ships, angry at heart;
κείνου δʼ οὔ τι λίην ποθὴ ἔσσεται, εἴ κεν οἳ ἄλλοι
yet of him there will be no great need, if we others
ἡμεῖς ὀτρυνώμεθʼ ἀμυνέμεν ἀλλήλοισιν.
bestir ourselves to aid one another.
ἀλλʼ ἄγεθʼ ὡς ἂν ἐγὼ εἴπω πειθώμεθα πάντες·
But come, even as I shall bid, let us all obey:
ἀσπίδες ὅσσαι ἄρισται ἐνὶ στρατῷ ἠδὲ μέγισται
let us gird on the shields that are best and greatest in the host,
ἑσσάμενοι, κεφαλὰς δὲ παναίθῃσιν κορύθεσσι
and cover our heads with gleaming helmets,
κρύψαντες, χερσίν τε τὰ μακρότατʼ ἔγχεʼ ἑλόντες
and take the longest spears in our hands,
ἴομεν· αὐτὰρ ἐγὼν ἡγήσομαι, οὐδʼ ἔτι φημὶ
and go; and I will lead the way, nor do I think...”
- 14.299τῶν κʼ ἐπιβαίης
The relative pronoun τῶν refers back to the horses (ἵπποι) and chariots (ἅρματα), standing in the genitive case because the verb ἐπιβαίνω takes a genitive object. The optative ἐπιβαίης with the particle κʼ (κεν) expresses potentiality ('on which you might mount').
- 14.314τραπείομεν
Homeric form of τραπῶμεν, the second aorist passive (used in a middle sense) subjunctive first-person plural of τέρπω ('to enjoy/delight'). It functions as a hortatory subjunctive ('let us enjoy ourselves').
- 14.349ὃς ἀπὸ χθονὸς ὑψόσʼ ἔεργε
The relative pronoun ὃς (nominative singular masculine) has as its antecedent either the collective bedding of flowers or the 'fresh-sprung grass' (ποίη) mentioned earlier. The imperfect verb ἔεργε (from εἴργω, 'to keep off/separate') indicates that the thick mattress of plants kept them elevated high off the cold ground.
- 14.345οὐ γάρ πώ ποτέ μʼ ὧδε... ὡς
A correlative construction where οὐ... ὧδε ('never so...') in line 315 corresponds to ὡς ('as...') in line 328. Despite the long catalog of Zeus's past lovers separating them, the core structure is comparative: 'never did love so master my heart... as I now love you.'
- 14.364καὶ δʼ αὖτε
A combination of particles used at the beginning of an indignant question to emphasize frustration and urgency ('Are we indeed once again to yield victory...?').