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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 final part of the Achaean catalog of ships is completed, followed by the Muse's assessment of the best heroes and horses. Iris, as a messenger from Zeus, then warns the Trojans of the massive Achaean advance, appearing in the guise of Polites.
τόν ῥʼ ἔτεκεν Ῥήνη ὑπʼ Ὀϊλῆϊ πτολιπόρθῳ.
Him Rhene bore beneath Oileus, sacker of cities.
οἳ δʼ εἶχον Τρίκκην καὶ Ἰθώμην κλωμακόεσσαν,
And they who held Trikke and rocky Ithome,
οἵ τʼ ἔχον Οἰχαλίην πόλιν Εὐρύτου Οἰχαλιῆος,
and they who held Oichalia, the city of Eurytos the Oichalian,
τῶν αὖθʼ ἡγείσθην Ἀσκληπιοῦ δύο παῖδε
of these again Asclepius’ two sons were leaders,
ἰητῆρʼ ἀγαθὼ Ποδαλείριος ἠδὲ Μαχάων·
the excellent healers Podaleirios and Machaon;
τοῖς δὲ τριήκοντα γλαφυραὶ νέες ἐστιχόωντο.
and with them thirty hollow ships went in order.
οἳ δʼ ἔχον Ὀρμένιον, οἵ τε κρήνην Ὑπέρειαν,
And they who held Ormenion, and the spring Hypereia,
οἵ τʼ ἔχον Ἀστέριον Τιτάνοιό τε λευκὰ κάρηνα,
and they who held Asterion and the white peaks of Titanos,
τῶν ἦρχʼ Εὐρύπυλος Εὐαίμονος ἀγλαὸς υἱός·
of these Eurypylos, the glorious son of Euaimon, was leader;
τῷ δʼ ἅμα τεσσαράκοντα μέλαιναι νῆες ἕποντο.
and with him forty black ships followed.
οἳ δʼ Ἄργισσαν ἔχον καὶ Γυρτώνην ἐνέμοντο,
And they who held Argissa and dwelt in Gyrtone,
Ὄρθην Ἠλώνην τε πόλιν τʼ Ὀλοοσσόνα λευκήν,
Orthe, and Elone, and the white city of Oloosson,
τῶν αὖθʼ ἡγεμόνευε μενεπτόλεμος Πολυποίτης
of these again steadfast-in-battle Polypoites was leader,
υἱὸς Πειριθόοιο τὸν ἀθάνατος τέκετο Ζεύς·
son of Peirithous, whom immortal Zeus begot;
τόν ῥʼ ὑπὸ Πειριθόῳ1 τέκετο κλυτὸς Ἱπποδάμεια
him glorious Hippodameia bore beneath Peirithous
ἤματι τῷ ὅτε Φῆρας ἐτίσατο λαχνήεντας,
on the day when he took vengeance on the shaggy beasts,
τοὺς δʼ ἐκ Πηλίου ὦσε καὶ Αἰθίκεσσι πέλασσεν·
and drove them out from Pelion and forced them near the Aithikes;
οὐκ οἶος, ἅμα τῷ γε Λεοντεὺς ὄζος Ἄρηος
not alone, for with him was Leonteus, a branch of Ares,
υἱὸς ὑπερθύμοιο Κορώνου Καινεΐδαο·
son of high-hearted Koronos, son of Kaineus;
τοῖς δʼ ἅμα τεσσαράκοντα μέλαιναι νῆες ἕποντο.
and with them forty black ships followed.
Γουνεὺς δʼ ἐκ Κύφου ἦγε δύω καὶ εἴκοσι νῆας·
And Gouneus from Kyphos led two and twenty ships;
τῷ δʼ Ἐνιῆνες ἕποντο μενεπτόλεμοί τε Περαιβοὶ
and with him followed the Enienes and the steadfast-in-battle Peraiboi,
οἳ περὶ Δωδώνην δυσχείμερον οἰκίʼ ἔθεντο,
who had made their dwellings about wintry Dodona,
οἵ τʼ ἀμφʼ ἱμερτὸν Τιταρησσὸν ἔργα νέμοντο
and they who cultivated the land about lovely Titaresios,
ὅς ῥʼ ἐς Πηνειὸν προΐει καλλίρροον ὕδωρ,
which pours its fair-flowing water into Peneios,
οὐδʼ ὅ γε Πηνειῷ συμμίσγεται ἀργυροδίνῃ,
yet it does not mix with silver-swirling Peneios,
ἀλλά τέ μιν καθύπερθεν ἐπιρρέει ἠΰτʼ ἔλαιον·2
but flows over it like oil;
ὅρκου γὰρ δεινοῦ Στυγὸς ὕδατός ἐστιν ἀπορρώξ.
for it is an offshoot of the water of Styx, the terrible oath.
Μαγνήτων δʼ ἦρχε Πρόθοος Τενθρηδόνος υἱός,
And of the Magnetes Prothoos, son of Tenthredon, was leader,
οἳ περὶ Πηνειὸν καὶ Πήλιον εἰνοσίφυλλον
who dwelt about Peneios and leaf-shaking Pelion;
ναίεσκον· τῶν μὲν Πρόθοος θοὸς ἡγεμόνευε,
of these swift Prothoos was leader,
τῷ δʼ ἅμα τεσσαράκοντα μέλαιναι νῆες ἕποντο.
and with him forty black ships followed.
οὗτοι ἄρʼ ἡγεμόνες Δαναῶν καὶ κοίρανοι ἦσαν·
These then were the leaders and lords of the Danaans.
τίς τὰρ τῶν ὄχʼ ἄριστος ἔην σύ μοι ἔννεπε Μοῦσα
Who then of them was far the best, tell me, Muse,
αὐτῶν ἠδʼ ἵππων, οἳ ἅμʼ Ἀτρεΐδῃσιν ἕποντο.
of themselves and of the horses that followed with the sons of Atreus.
ἵπποι μὲν μέγʼ ἄρισται ἔσαν Φηρητιάδαο,
The horses indeed of the grandson of Pheres were far the best,
τὰς Εὔμηλος ἔλαυνε ποδώκεας ὄρνιθας ὣς
which Eumelus drove, swift as birds,
ὄτριχας οἰέτεας σταφύλῃ ἐπὶ νῶτον ἐΐσας·3
alike in hair, of equal age, and even on their backs as by a leveling line;
τὰς ἐν Πηρείῃ θρέψʼ ἀργυρότοξος Ἀπόλλων
these in Pereia silver-bowed Apollo had reared,
ἄμφω θηλείας, φόβον Ἄρηος φορεούσας.
both mares, bearing the terror of Ares.
ἀνδρῶν αὖ μέγʼ ἄριστος ἔην Τελαμώνιος Αἴας
Of men again, Telamonian Ajax was far the best,
ὄφρʼ Ἀχιλεὺς μήνιεν· ὃ γὰρ πολὺ φέρτατος ἦεν,
while Achilles was wroth; for he was by far the greatest,
ἵπποι θʼ οἳ φορέεσκον ἀμύμονα Πηλεΐωνα.
as were the horses that bore the peerless son of Peleus.
ἀλλʼ ὃ μὲν ἐν νήεσσι κορωνίσι ποντοπόροισι
But he lay among his curved, sea-faring ships,
κεῖτʼ ἀπομηνίσας Ἀγαμέμνονι ποιμένι λαῶν
nursing his wrath against Agamemnon, shepherd of the host,
Ἀτρεΐδῃ· λαοὶ δὲ παρὰ ῥηγμῖνι θαλάσσης
Atreus’ son; and the folk along the shore of the sea
δίσκοισιν τέρποντο καὶ αἰγανέῃσιν ἱέντες
amused themselves with discuses and with throwing light spears,
τόξοισίν θʼ· ἵπποι δὲ παρʼ ἅρμασιν οἷσιν ἕκαστος
and with bows; and their horses stood, each by his chariot,
λωτὸν ἐρεπτόμενοι ἐλεόθρεπτόν τε σέλινον
munching lotus and marsh-grown parsley,
ἕστασαν· ἅρματα δʼ εὖ πεπυκασμένα κεῖτο ἀνάκτων
and stood there; and the chariots lay well-covered
ἐν κλισίῃς· οἳ δʼ ἀρχὸν ἀρηΐφιλον ποθέοντες
in the shelters of their lords; but they, yearning for their war-loving leader,
φοίτων ἔνθα καὶ ἔνθα κατὰ στρατὸν οὐδὲ μάχοντο.
wandered here and there through the camp, and did not fight.
οἳ δʼ ἄρʼ ἴσαν ὡς εἴ τε πυρὶ χθὼν πᾶσα νέμοιτο·
And they went, as if all the earth were being swept by fire;
γαῖα δʼ ὑπεστενάχιζε Διὶ ὣς τερπικεραύνῳ
and the earth groaned beneath them, as for Zeus who delights in thunder
χωομένῳ ὅτε τʼ ἀμφὶ Τυφωέϊ γαῖαν ἱμάσσῃ4
when in his wrath he scourges the earth about Typhoeus
εἰν Ἀρίμοις, ὅθι φασὶ Τυφωέος ἔμμεναι εὐνάς·
among the Arimi, where they say Typhoeus’ bed is;
ὣς ἄρα τῶν ὑπὸ ποσσὶ μέγα στεναχίζετο γαῖα
so then beneath their feet the earth groaned mightily
ἐρχομένων· μάλα δʼ ὦκα διέπρησσον πεδίοιο.
as they went; and very swiftly they made their way across the plain.
Τρωσὶν δʼ ἄγγελος ἦλθε ποδήνεμος ὠκέα Ἶρις
And to the Trojans there came as messenger wind-swift Iris,
πὰρ Διὸς αἰγιόχοιο σὺν ἀγγελίῃ ἀλεγεινῇ·
from aegis-bearing Zeus, with a grievous message;
οἳ δʼ ἀγορὰς ἀγόρευον ἐπὶ Πριάμοιο θύρῃσι
and they were holding assembly at Priam’s gates,
πάντες ὁμηγερέες ἠμὲν νέοι ἠδὲ γέροντες·
all gathered together, both young men and elders;
ἀγχοῦ δʼ ἱσταμένη προσέφη πόδας ὠκέα Ἶρις·
and standing near, swift-foot Iris spoke to them;
εἴσατο δὲ φθογγὴν5 υἷϊ Πριάμοιο Πολίτῃ,
and she likened her voice to that of Priam’s son, Polites,
ὃς Τρώων σκοπὸς ἷζε ποδωκείῃσι πεποιθὼς
who sat as a watchman for the Trojans, trusting in his swiftness of foot,
τύμβῳ ἐπʼ ἀκροτάτῳ Αἰσυήταο γέροντος,
on the topmost part of the barrow of old Aisyetes,
δέγμενος ὁππότε ναῦφιν ἀφορμηθεῖεν Ἀχαιοί·
waiting for when the Achaeans should set forth from their ships;
τῷ μιν ἐεισαμένη προσέφη πόδας ὠκέα Ἶρις·
likening herself to him, swift-foot Iris spoke to them:
ὦ γέρον αἰεί τοι μῦθοι φίλοι ἄκριτοί εἰσιν,
”Old man, words without end are ever dear to you,
ὥς ποτʼ ἐπʼ εἰρήνης· πόλεμος δʼ ἀλίαστος ὄρωρεν.
as once in time of peace; but war inescapable has arisen.
ἤδη μὲν μάλα πολλὰ μάχας εἰσήλυθον ἀνδρῶν,
Indeed, I have entered into many battles of men ere now,
ἀλλʼ οὔ πω τοιόνδε τοσόνδέ τε λαὸν ὄπωπα·
but never yet have I seen a host such as this, and so great;
λίην γὰρ φύλλοισιν ἐοικότες ἢ ψαμάθοισιν
for very like to leaves or the sands
ἔρχονται πεδίοιο μαχησόμενοι προτὶ ἄστυ.
they come across the plain to fight around the city.
Ἕκτορ σοὶ δὲ μάλιστʼ ἐπιτέλλομαι, ὧδε δὲ ῥέξαι·
Hector, to you especially I give charge, and do you act thus.”
- 2.742ὑπὸ Πειριθόῳ
The preposition ὑπό with the dative case here indicates paternal agency or begetting: "under (begotten by) Peirithous."
- 2.754ἠΰτʼ ἔλαιον
The conjunction ἠΰτε (like, as) introducing the accusative ἔλαιον. It vividly describes how the water of Titaresios flows like oil on the surface of Peneios without mixing with it.
- 2.765σταφύλῇ ἐπὶ νῶτον ἐΐσας
The noun σταφύλη refers to a plumb-line or leveling tool. Together with the accusative of respect νῶτον (backs) and the adjective ἐΐσας (equal), it expresses that the backs of the two horses are perfectly level as if measured by a leveling instrument.
- 2.782ὅτε τʼ ἀμφὶ Τυφωέϊ γαῖαν ἱμάσσῃ
The conjunction ὅτε (when) governs the subjunctive verb ἱμάσσῃ, denoting a repeated or general occurrence when Zeus scourges the earth around Typhoeus in anger.
- 2.791εἴσατο δὲ φθογγὴν
The verb εἴσατο (aorist middle of εἴδομαι, "to seem, resemble") takes the accusative of respect φθογγήν (voice) and the dative υἷϊ (son), meaning "she made herself resemble the son in voice," i.e., "she spoke in the voice of the son."
Translated by Gemini 3.5 Flash (published 2026-05-23) · Revision history (1, latest 2026-09-22)
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