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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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The catalogue lists the contingents, leaders, and ships from Lacedaemon, Pylos, Arcadia, Elis, Ithaca, Aetolia, and Crete, including Agamemnon's support and local myths.
λαοὶ ἕποντʼ· ἐν δʼ αὐτὸς ἐδύσετο νώροπα χαλκὸν
the host followed; and among them he himself put on his gleaming bronze,
κυδιόων, πᾶσιν δὲ μετέπρεπεν ἡρώεσσιν
proud, and pre-eminent among all the heroes,
οὕνεκʼ ἄριστος ἔην πολὺ δὲ πλείστους ἄγε λαούς.
because he was the best and led by far the most host.
οἳ δʼ εἶχον κοίλην Λακεδαίμονα κητώεσσαν,
And they who held Lacedaemon, deep and full of clefts,
Φᾶρίν τε Σπάρτην τε πολυτρήρωνά τε Μέσσην,
Pharis, and Sparta, and Messa, the haunt of many doves,
Βρυσειάς τʼ ἐνέμοντο καὶ Αὐγειὰς ἐρατεινάς,
and they who dwelt in Bryseiae and lovely Augeiae,
οἵ τʼ ἄρʼ Ἀμύκλας εἶχον Ἕλος τʼ ἔφαλον πτολίεθρον,
and they who held Amyclae and Helos, the city by the sea,
οἵ τε Λάαν εἶχον ἠδʼ Οἴτυλον ἀμφενέμοντο,
and they who held Laas and they who dwelt about Oetylus,
τῶν οἱ ἀδελφεὸς ἦρχε βοὴν ἀγαθὸς Μενέλαος
these were led by his brother, Menelaus, good at the war-cry,
ἑξήκοντα νεῶν· ἀπάτερθε δὲ θωρήσσοντο·
with sixty ships; and they were armed apart.
ἐν δʼ αὐτὸς κίεν ᾗσι προθυμίῃσι πεποιθὼς
And among them he himself went, trusting in his own zeal,
ὀτρύνων πόλεμον δέ· μάλιστα δὲ ἵετο θυμῷ
urging them to war; and most of all he was eager in his heart
τίσασθαι Ἑλένης1 ὁρμήματά τε στοναχάς τε.
to avenge the sorrow and groans of Helen.
οἳ δὲ Πύλον τʼ ἐνέμοντο καὶ Ἀρήνην ἐρατεινὴν
And they who dwelt in Pylos, and lovely Arene,
καὶ Θρύον Ἀλφειοῖο πόρον καὶ ἐΰκτιτον Αἰπὺ
and Thryon, the ford of Alpheius, and well-built Aipy,
καὶ Κυπαρισσήεντα καὶ Ἀμφιγένειαν ἔναιον
and they who dwelt in Cyparisseis and Amphigeneia,
καὶ Πτελεὸν καὶ Ἕλος καὶ Δώριον, ἔνθά τε Μοῦσαι
and Pteleon, and Helos, and Dorion, where the Muses
ἀντόμεναι Θάμυριν τὸν Θρήϊκα παῦσαν ἀοιδῆς
met Thamyris the Thracian and put an end to his song,
Οἰχαλίηθεν ἰόντα παρʼ Εὐρύτου Οἰχαλιῆος·
as he was journeying from Echalia from Eurytus of Echalia;
στεῦτο2 γὰρ εὐχόμενος νικησέμεν εἴ περ ἂν αὐταὶ
for he boasted and declared that he would win even if the Muses themselves,
Μοῦσαι ἀείδοιεν κοῦραι Διὸς αἰγιόχοιο·
daughters of aegis-bearing Zeus, should sing.
αἳ δὲ χολωσάμεναι πηρὸν θέσαν, αὐτὰρ ἀοιδὴν
And they in anger made him blind, and took away his wondrous song
θεσπεσίην ἀφέλοντο καὶ ἐκλέλαθον κιθαριστύν·
and made him forget his playing of the lyre;
τῶν αὖθʼ ἡγεμόνευε Γερήνιος ἱππότα Νέστωρ·
these again Gerenian horseman Nestor led;
τῷ δʼ ἐνενήκοντα γλαφυραὶ νέες ἐστιχόωντο.
and with him ninety hollow ships went in order.
οἳ δʼ ἔχον Ἀρκαδίην ὑπὸ Κυλλήνης ὄρος αἰπὺ
And they who held Arcadia beneath the steep mountain of Cyllene,
Αἰπύτιον παρὰ τύμβον ἵνʼ ἀνέρες ἀγχιμαχηταί,
by the tomb of Aepytus, where are men who fight hand-to-hand,
οἳ Φενεόν τʼ ἐνέμοντο καὶ Ὀρχομενὸν πολύμηλον
they who dwelt in Pheneus and Orchomenus, rich in sheep,
Ῥίπην τε Στρατίην τε καὶ ἠνεμόεσσαν Ἐνίσπην
and Rhipe, and Stratie, and windy Enispe,
καὶ Τεγέην εἶχον καὶ Μαντινέην ἐρατεινὴν
and they who held Tegea and lovely Mantineia,
Στύμφηλόν τʼ εἶχον καὶ Παρρασίην ἐνέμοντο,
and they who held Stymphalus and they who dwelt in Parrhasia,
τῶν ἦρχʼ Ἀγκαίοιο πάϊς κρείων Ἀγαπήνωρ
these were led by Ancaeus’ son, lord Agapenor,
ἑξήκοντα νεῶν· πολέες δʼ ἐν νηῒ ἑκάστῃ
with sixty ships; and many Arcadian men,
Ἀρκάδες ἄνδρες ἔβαινον ἐπιστάμενοι πολεμίζειν.
skilled in war, embarked on each ship.
αὐτὸς γάρ σφιν δῶκεν ἄναξ ἀνδρῶν Ἀγαμέμνων
For Agamemnon himself, lord of men, son of Atreus,
νῆας ἐϋσσέλμους περάαν ἐπὶ οἴνοπα πόντον
had given them well-benched ships to cross the wine-dark sea,
Ἀτρεΐδης, ἐπεὶ οὔ σφι θαλάσσια ἔργα μεμήλει.3
since they had no care for the works of the sea.
οἳ δʼ ἄρα Βουπράσιόν τε καὶ Ἤλιδα δῖαν ἔναιον
And they who dwelt in Buprasion and divine Elis,
ὅσσον ἐφʼ Ὑρμίνη καὶ Μύρσινος ἐσχατόωσα
as much as Hyrmine and Myrsinus on the frontier
πέτρη τʼ Ὠλενίη καὶ Ἀλήσιον ἐντὸς ἐέργει,
and the Olenian rock and Alesion enclose within,
τῶν αὖ τέσσαρες ἀρχοὶ ἔσαν, δέκα δʼ ἀνδρὶ ἑκάστῳ
of these again there were four leaders, and ten swift ships
νῆες ἕποντο θοαί, πολέες δʼ ἔμβαινον Ἐπειοί.
followed each man, and many Epeians embarked.
τῶν μὲν ἄρʼ Ἀμφίμαχος καὶ Θάλπιος ἡγησάσθην
Of these indeed Amphimachus and Thalpius led,
υἷες ὃ μὲν Κτεάτου, ὃ δʼ ἄρʼ Εὐρύτου, Ἀκτορίωνε·
sons, the one of Cteatus, the other of Eurytus, sons of Actor;
τῶν δʼ Ἀμαρυγκεΐδης ἦρχε κρατερὸς Διώρης·
and of others the strong Diores, son of Amarynceus, was leader;
τῶν δὲ τετάρτων ἦρχε Πολύξεινος θεοειδὴς
and of the fourth group led godlike Polyxeinus,
υἱὸς Ἀγασθένεος Αὐγηϊάδαο ἄνακτος.
son of king Agasthenes, son of Augeias.
οἳ δʼ ἐκ Δουλιχίοιο Ἐχινάων θʼ ἱεράων
And they who came from Dulichium and the sacred Echinades,
νήσων, αἳ ναίουσι πέρην ἁλὸς Ἤλιδος ἄντα,
the islands that dwell across the sea, opposite Elis,
τῶν αὖθʼ ἡγεμόνευε Μέγης ἀτάλαντος Ἄρηϊ
these again were led by Meges, peer of Ares,
Φυλεΐδης, ὃν τίκτε Διῒ φίλος ἱππότα Φυλεύς,
son of Phyleus, whom the horseman Phyleus, dear to Zeus, begot,
ὅς ποτε Δουλίχιον δʼ ἀπενάσσατο πατρὶ χολωθείς·
who once removed to Dulichium, being wroth with his father;
τῷ δʼ ἅμα τεσσαράκοντα μέλαιναι νῆες ἕποντο.
and with him followed forty black ships.
αὐτὰρ Ὀδυσσεὺς ἦγε Κεφαλλῆνας μεγαθύμους,
But Odysseus led the great-hearted Cephallenians,
οἵ ῥʼ Ἰθάκην εἶχον καὶ Νήριτον εἰνοσίφυλλον
who held Ithaca and Neriton with quivering leafage,
καὶ Κροκύλειʼ ἐνέμοντο καὶ Αἰγίλιπα τρηχεῖαν,
and they who dwelt in Crocyleia and rugged Aegilips,
οἵ τε Ζάκυνθον ἔχον ἠδʼ οἳ Σάμον ἀμφενέμοντο,
and they who held Zacynthus and they who dwelt about Samos,
οἵ τʼ ἤπειρον ἔχον ἠδʼ ἀντιπέραιʼ ἐνέμοντο·
and they who held the mainland and dwelt on the opposite shore;
τῶν μὲν Ὀδυσσεὺς ἦρχε Διὶ μῆτιν ἀτάλαντος·
these Odysseus led, peer of Zeus in counsel;
τῷ δʼ ἅμα νῆες ἕποντο δυώδεκα μιλτοπάρῃοι.
and with him followed twelve ships with red prows.
Αἰτωλῶν δʼ ἡγεῖτο Θόας Ἀνδραίμονος υἱός,
And of the Aetolians Thoas, son of Andraemon, was leader,
οἳ Πλευρῶνʼ ἐνέμοντο καὶ Ὤλενον ἠδὲ Πυλήνην
they who dwelt in Pleuron, and Olenus, and Pylene,
Χαλκίδα τʼ ἀγχίαλον Καλυδῶνά τε πετρήεσσαν·
and Chalcis by the sea, and rocky Calydon;
οὐ γὰρ ἔτʼ Οἰνῆος μεγαλήτορος υἱέες ἦσαν,
for no longer were the sons of great-hearted Oeneus living,
οὐδʼ ἄρʼ ἔτʼ αὐτὸς ἔην, θάνε δὲ ξανθὸς Μελέαγρος·
nor was he himself any longer alive, and fair-haired Meleager was dead;
τῷ δʼ ἐπὶ πάντʼ ἐτέταλτο ἀνασσέμεν Αἰτωλοῖσι·
and to Thoas was entrusted all the charge to rule over the Aetolians;
τῷ δʼ ἅμα τεσσαράκοντα μέλαιναι νῆες ἕποντο.
and with him followed forty black ships.
Κρητῶν δʼ Ἰδομενεὺς δουρὶ κλυτὸς ἡγεμόνευεν,
And of the Cretans Idomeneus, famous with the spear, was leader,
οἳ Κνωσόν τʼ εἶχον Γόρτυνά τε τειχιόεσσαν,
they who held Cnossus and Gortyn of the great walls,
Λύκτον Μίλητόν τε καὶ ἀργινόεντα Λύκαστον
Lyctus, and Miletus, and chalky Lycastus,
Φαιστόν τε Ῥύτιόν τε, πόλεις εὖ ναιετοώσας,
and Phaestus, and Rhytion, well-inhabited cities,
ἄλλοι θʼ οἳ Κρήτην ἑκατόμπολιν ἀμφενέμοντο.
and others who dwelt about Crete of the hundred cities.
τῶν μὲν ἄρʼ Ἰδομενεὺς δουρὶ κλυτὸς ἡγεμόνευε
Of these indeed Idomeneus, famous with the spear, was leader,
Μηριόνης τʼ ἀτάλαντος Ἐνυαλίῳ ἀνδρειφόντῃ·
and Meriones, peer of Enyalius, slayer of men;
τοῖσι δʼ ἅμʼ ὀγδώκοντα μέλαιναι νῆες ἕποντο.
and with them followed eighty black ships.
- 2.590Ἑλένης
The genitive Ἑλένης can be interpreted either as a subjective genitive ("the struggles and groans of Helen herself") or as an objective genitive ("the struggles and groans [of the Achaeans] on account of Helen"). In the context of Menelaus' personal motive, it is here taken as a subjective genitive, referring to the suffering experienced by Helen herself after being taken to Troy.
- 2.597στεῦτο
The verb στεῦτο (third-person singular imperfect of στεῦμαι, "to boast, declare solemnly") governs the simple active infinitive νικησέμεν (epic/Aeolic aorist form of νικάω) to express a strong self-assertion with future reference. Combined with the concessive optative clause (εἴ περ ἂν αὐταὶ Μοῦσαι ἀείδοιεν), it highlights Thamyris' hubris.
- 2.614μεμήλει
This is the pluperfect of the verb μέλω used impersonally, here appearing as a singular verb agreeing with the neuter plural subject θαλάσσια ἔργα, in accordance with the standard rule of Greek syntax (neuter plural subject with a singular verb). With the dative pronoun σφι (to them), it expresses their lack of concern for or skill in maritime activities.