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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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Led by Apollo, the Trojans breach the Achaean ditch and wall to attack the ships, prompting Patroclus to leave Eurypylus's tent and hasten to persuade Achilles to join the battle.
ἐν Φυλάκῃ γαίης ἄπο πατρίδος ἄνδρα κατακτὰς1
in Phylace, far from his native land, because he had slain a man,
γνωτὸν μητρυιῆς Ἐριώπιδος, ἣν ἔχʼ Ὀϊλεύς·
a kinsman of his stepmother Eriopis, whom Oileus had to wife.
Ἴασος αὖτʼ ἀρχὸς μὲν Ἀθηναίων ἐτέτυκτο,
And Iasus was marshaled as a leader of the Athenians,
υἱὸς δὲ Σφήλοιο καλέσκετο Βουκολίδαο.
and was called the son of Sphelus, son of Bucolus.
Μηκιστῆ δʼ ἕλε Πουλυδάμας, Ἐχίον δὲ Πολίτης
And Mecisteus was slain by Polydamas, and Echios by Polites
πρώτῃ ἐν ὑσμίνῃ, Κλονίον δʼ ἕλε δῖος Ἀγήνωρ.
in the foremost encounter, and noble Agenor slew Clonius.
Δηΐοχον δὲ Πάρις βάλε νείατον ὦμον ὄπισθε
And Paris smote Deïochus from behind, on the lower part of the shoulder,
φεύγοντʼ ἐν προμάχοισι, διὰ πρὸ δὲ χαλκὸν ἔλασσεν.
as he fled among the foremost fighters, and drove the bronze clean through.
ὄφρʼ οἳ τοὺς ἐνάριζον ἀπʼ ἔντεα, τόφρα δʼ Ἀχαιοὶ
While they were stripping the armor from these, meanwhile the Achaeans
τάφρῳ καὶ σκολόπεσσιν ἐνιπλήξαντες ὀρυκτῇ
had fallen into the dug trench and among the palisades,
ἔνθα καὶ ἔνθα φέβοντο, δύοντο δὲ τεῖχος ἀνάγκῃ.
and fled this way and that, and entered within the wall of necessity.
Ἕκτωρ δὲ Τρώεσσιν ἐκέκλετο μακρὸν ἀΰσας
And Hector shouted aloud, calling to the Trojans
νηυσὶν ἐπισσεύεσθαι, ἐᾶν δʼ ἔναρα βροτόεντα·
to rush upon the ships, and to leave the bloody spoils;
ὃν δʼ ἂν ἐγὼν ἀπάνευθε νεῶν ἑτέρωθι νοήσω,
”And whomsoever I shall mark elsewhere, away from the ships,
αὐτοῦ οἱ θάνατον μητίσομαι, οὐδέ νυ τόν γε
on the very spot I will devise his death, nor shall his
γνωτοί τε γνωταί τε πυρὸς λελάχωσι2 θανόντα,
kinsmen and kinswomen give him his share of fire when dead,
ἀλλὰ κύνες ἐρύουσι πρὸ ἄστεος ἡμετέροιο.
but the dogs shall drag him before our city.”
ὣς εἰπὼν μάστιγι κατωμαδὸν ἤλασεν ἵππους
So saying, he lashed his horses on the shoulder with his whip,
κεκλόμενος Τρώεσσι κατὰ στίχας· οἳ δὲ σὺν αὐτῷ
calling to the Trojans along the ranks; and they with him,
πάντες ὁμοκλήσαντες ἔχον ἐρυσάρματας ἵππους
all with one shouting, held the horses that drew their chariots
ἠχῇ θεσπεσίῃ· προπάροιθε δὲ Φοῖβος Ἀπόλλων
with a wondrous din; and before them Phoebus Apollo
ῥεῖʼ ὄχθας καπέτοιο βαθείης ποσσὶν ἐρείπων
easily kicked down the banks of the deep ditch with his feet,
ἐς μέσσον κατέβαλλε, γεφύρωσεν δὲ κέλευθον
and threw them into the midst, and bridged a pathway,
μακρὴν ἠδʼ εὐρεῖαν, ὅσον τʼ ἐπὶ δουρὸς ἐρωὴ
long and broad, as far as a spear-cast reaches,
γίγνεται, ὁππότʼ ἀνὴρ σθένεος πειρώμενος ᾗσι.
when a man makes trial of his strength.
τῇ ῥʼ οἵ γε προχέοντο φαλαγγηδόν, πρὸ δʼ Ἀπόλλων
Thereby they poured onward in their squadrons, and before them Apollo
αἰγίδʼ ἔχων ἐρίτιμον· ἔρειπε δὲ τεῖχος Ἀχαιῶν
went holding the precious aegis; and he overthrew the wall of the Achaeans
ῥεῖα μάλʼ, ὡς ὅτε τις ψάμαθον πάϊς ἄγχι θαλάσσης,
very easily, as when a child does sand near the sea,
ὅς τʼ ἐπεὶ οὖν ποιήσῃ ἀθύρματα νηπιέῃσιν
who, when he has made playthings in his childishness,
ἂψ αὖτις συνέχευε ποσὶν καὶ χερσὶν ἀθύρων.
back again confounds them with feet and hands, playing.
ὥς ῥα σὺ ἤϊε Φοῖβε πολὺν κάματον καὶ ὀϊζὺν
Even so didst thou, archer Phoebus, confound the long toil and sore trouble
σύγχεας Ἀργείων, αὐτοῖσι δὲ φύζαν ἐνῶρσας.
of the Argives, and didst rouse panic among them.
ὣς οἳ μὲν παρὰ νηυσὶν ἐρητύοντο μένοντες,
So they were held in check, remaining beside the ships,
ἀλλήλοισί τε κεκλόμενοι καὶ πᾶσι θεοῖσι
calling upon one another, and lifting up their hands
χεῖρας ἀνίσχοντες μεγάλʼ εὐχετόωντο ἕκαστος·
to all the gods they made prayer, each one of them aloud.
Νέστωρ αὖτε μάλιστα Γερήνιος οὖρος Ἀχαιῶν
And Nestor, the warder of the Achaeans, prayed most of all,
εὔχετο χεῖρʼ ὀρέγων εἰς οὐρανὸν ἀστερόεντα·
stretching out his hands to the starry heaven:
Ζεῦ πάτερ εἴ ποτέ τίς τοι ἐν Ἄργεΐ περ πολυπύρῳ
”Father Zeus, if ever any one in wheat-bearing Argos
ἢ βοὸς ἢ οἰὸς κατὰ πίονα μηρία καίων
burned to thee fat thighs of bull or sheep,
εὔχετο νοστῆσαι, σὺ δʼ ὑπέσχεο καὶ κατένευσας,
and prayed that he might return, and thou didst promise and nod assent;
τῶν μνῆσαι καὶ ἄμυνον Ὀλύμπιε νηλεὲς ἦμαρ,
of these things be mindful, Olympian, and ward off the pitiless day,
μηδʼ οὕτω Τρώεσσιν ἔα δάμνασθαι Ἀχαιούς.
nor suffer the Achaeans thus to be vanquished by the Trojans.”
ὣς ἔφατʼ εὐχόμενος, μέγα δʼ ἔκτυπε μητίετα Ζεύς,
So he spoke in prayer, and counseling Zeus thundered aloud,
ἀράων ἀΐων Νηληϊάδαο γέροντος.
hearing the prayers of the aged son of Neleus.
Τρῶες δʼ ὡς ἐπύθοντο Διὸς κτύπον αἰγιόχοιο,
But the Trojans, when they heard the thunder of aegis-bearing Zeus,
μᾶλλον ἐπʼ Ἀργείοισι θόρον, μνήσαντο δὲ χάρμης.
leapt yet more upon the Argives, and remembered their lust of battle.
οἳ δʼ ὥς τε μέγα κῦμα θαλάσσης εὐρυπόροιο
And they, as a great wave of the broad-wayed sea
νηὸς ὑπὲρ τοίχων καταβήσεται, ὁππότʼ ἐπείγῃ3
sweeps down over the sides of a ship, when the force of the wind
ἲς ἀνέμου· ἣ γάρ τε μάλιστά γε κύματʼ ὀφέλλει·
drives it; for that especially swells the waves;
ὣς Τρῶες μεγάλῃ ἰαχῇ κατὰ τεῖχος ἔβαινον,
even so the Trojans with a great shout came down over the wall.
ἵππους δʼ εἰσελάσαντες ἐπὶ πρύμνῃσι μάχοντο
And having driven in their horses, they fought at the sterns
ἔγχεσιν ἀμφιγύοις αὐτοσχεδόν, οἳ μὲν ἀφʼ ἵππων,
hand to hand with double-edged spears, some from their chariots,
οἳ δʼ ἀπὸ νηῶν ὕψι μελαινάων ἐπιβάντες
and others from their black ships, having clambered up aloft,
μακροῖσι ξυστοῖσι, τά ῥά σφʼ ἐπὶ νηυσὶν ἔκειτο
with long pikes that lay ready for them on the ships
ναύμαχα κολλήεντα, κατὰ στόμα εἱμένα χαλκῷ.
for sea-battles, jointed and tipped with bronze.
Πάτροκλος δʼ εἷος μὲν Ἀχαιοί τε Τρῶές τε
Now Patroclus, as long as the Achaeans and Trojans
τείχεος ἀμφεμάχοντο θοάων ἔκτοθι νηῶν,
were fighting about the wall, away from the swift ships,
τόφρʼ ὅ γʼ ἐνὶ κλισίῃ ἀγαπήνορος Εὐρυπύλοιο
so long he sat in the hut of kindly Eurypylus,
ἧστό τε καὶ τὸν ἔτερπε λόγοις, ἐπὶ δʼ ἕλκεϊ λυγρῷ
and cheered him with words, and upon his cruel wound
φάρμακʼ ἀκέσματʼ ἔπασσε μελαινάων ὀδυνάων.
sprinkled herbs that heal dark pains.
αὐτὰρ ἐπεὶ δὴ τεῖχος ἐπεσσυμένους ἐνόησε
But when he perceived the Trojans rushing upon the wall,
Τρῶας, ἀτὰρ Δαναῶν γένετο ἰαχή τε φόβος τε,
while among the Danaans arose clamor and rout,
ᾤμωξέν τʼ ἄρʼ ἔπειτα καὶ ὣ πεπλήγετο μηρὼ
then he groaned, and smote his thighs
χερσὶ καταπρηνέσσʼ, ὀλοφυρόμενος δʼ ἔπος ηὔδα·
with the flat of his hands, and mourning he spoke:
Εὐρύπυλʼ οὐκ ἔτι τοι δύναμαι χατέοντί περʼ ἔμπης4
”Eurypylus, in no wise can I abide longer with thee here,
ἐνθάδε παρμενέμεν· δὴ γὰρ μέγα νεῖκος ὄρωρεν·
straight though thy need; for a great struggle has arisen;
ἀλλὰ σὲ μὲν θεράπων ποτιτερπέτω, αὐτὰρ ἔγωγε
but as for thee, let thy squire comfort thee, and I
σπεύσομαι εἰς Ἀχιλῆα, ἵνʼ ὀτρύνω πολεμίζειν.
will hasten to Achilles, that I may urge him to fight.
τίς δʼ οἶδʼ εἴ κέν οἱ σὺν δαίμονι θυμὸν ὀρίνω
Who knows if, with God’s help, I may rouse his spirit
παρειπών; ἀγαθὴ δὲ παραίφασίς ἐστιν ἑταίρου.
by my persuasion? A good thing is the persuasion of a friend.”
- 15.335κατακτὰς
An aorist active participle modifying Medon, the subject from line 333 of the previous book/chunk. It expresses the cause of his exile in Phylace ("because he had slain"). The slain man (ἄνδρα) is further described by the appositive phrase "a kinsman of his stepmother... (γνωτὸν μητρυιῆς...)".
- 15.350λελάχωσι
The third-person plural subjunctive of the reduplicated aorist λέλαχον (with causative meaning) from λαγχάνω. Taking the genitive πυρός and the accusative object τόν γε (from line 349), it means "to make him partake of the fire" (i.e., to give him a funeral pyre). The subject is γνωτοί τε γνωταί τε (his kinsmen and kinswomen).
- 15.382ὁππότʼ ἐπείγῃ
The relative adverb ὁππότε with the subjunctive ἐπείγῃ expressing a general temporal clause ("whenever... drives"). The subject is ἲς ἀνέμου (the force of the wind). In the simile of the wave sweeping over a ship's sides, this clause describes the general truth of wind driving the waves.
- 15.399χατέοντί περʼ ἔμπης
The participle χατέοντι modifies the dative pronoun τοι (referring to Eurypylus), meaning "needing/desiring (my help)." The adverb ἔμπης ("nevertheless"), combined with the concessive particle περ, yields the meaning "even though you have great need of me, nevertheless (I cannot stay)."