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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 · 2026-10-28
Diomedes accepts Agamemnon's rebuke and silences the protesting Sthenelus as they prepare for battle. The Achaean and Trojan armies clash, initiating fierce hand-to-hand combat where heroes like Antilochus and Ajax slay their foes.
τὼ μή μοι πατέρας ποθʼ ὁμοίῃ ἔνθεο τιμῇ.1
Therefore, do not ever place our fathers in the same honor as us.
τὸν δʼ ἄρʼ ὑπόδρα ἰδὼν προσέφη κρατερὸς Διομήδης·
Then strong Diomedes looked at him fiercely and addressed him:
τέττα,2 σιωπῇ ἧσο, ἐμῷ δʼ ἐπιπείθεο μύθῳ·
”Friend, sit in silence, and obey my word;
οὐ γὰρ ἐγὼ νεμεσῶ Ἀγαμέμνονι ποιμένι λαῶν
for I do not upbraid Agamemnon, shepherd of the host,
ὀτρύνοντι μάχεσθαι ἐϋκνήμιδας Ἀχαιούς·
as he rouses the well-greaved Achaeans to fight.
τούτῳ μὲν γὰρ κῦδος ἅμʼ ἕψεται εἴ κεν Ἀχαιοὶ
For glory will attend him if the Achaeans
Τρῶας δῃώσωσιν ἕλωσί τε Ἴλιον ἱρήν,
destroy the Trojans and take sacred Ilios,
τούτῳ δʼ αὖ μέγα πένθος Ἀχαιῶν δῃωθέντων.
but to him on the other hand will come great sorrow if the Achaeans are destroyed.
ἀλλʼ ἄγε δὴ καὶ νῶϊ μεδώμεθα θούριδος ἀλκῆς.
But come, let us two also take thought of furious valor.”
ἦ ῥα καὶ ἐξ ὀχέων σὺν τεύχεσιν ἆλτο χαμᾶζε·
He spoke, and leaped in his armor from his chariot to the ground;
δεινὸν δʼ ἔβραχε χαλκὸς ἐπὶ στήθεσσιν ἄνακτος
and terribly rang the bronze upon the breast of the prince
ὀρνυμένου· ὑπό κεν ταλασίφρονά περ δέος εἷλεν.3
as he moved; fear would have seized even one of stout heart.
ὡς δʼ ὅτʼ ἐν αἰγιαλῷ πολυηχέϊ κῦμα θαλάσσης
As when on an echoing shore the wave of the sea
ὄρνυτʼ ἐπασσύτερον Ζεφύρου ὕπο κινήσαντος·
rises line after line beneath the driving of the West Wind;
πόντῳ μέν τε πρῶτα κορύσσεται, αὐτὰρ ἔπειτα
at first on the deep it crests, but then
χέρσῳ ῥηγνύμενον μεγάλα βρέμει, ἀμφὶ δέ τʼ ἄκρας
breaking on the land it roars aloud, and arching
κυρτὸν ἐὸν κορυφοῦται, ἀποπτύει δʼ ἁλὸς ἄχνην·
about the headlands it rises high and crests, and spits forth the foam of the sea;
ὣς τότʼ ἐπασσύτεραι Δαναῶν κίνυντο φάλαγγες
so then did the ranks of the Danaans move, line after line,
νωλεμέως πόλεμον δέ· κέλευε δὲ οἷσιν ἕκαστος
ceaselessly to war; and each of the leaders commanded his own men;
ἡγεμόνων· οἳ δʼ ἄλλοι ἀκὴν ἴσαν, οὐδέ κε φαίης
but the rest went in silence, nor would you have said that
τόσσον λαὸν ἕπεσθαι ἔχοντʼ ἐν στήθεσιν αὐδήν,
so great a host followed with any voice in their breasts,
σιγῇ δειδιότες σημάντορας· ἀμφὶ δὲ πᾶσι
fearing their leaders in silence; and about them all
τεύχεα ποικίλʼ ἔλαμπε, τὰ εἱμένοι ἐστιχόωντο.
shone their patterned armor, clad in which they marched in ranks.
Τρῶες δʼ, ὥς τʼ ὄϊες πολυπάμονος ἀνδρὸς ἐν αὐλῇ
But the Trojans, as sheep in the fold of a rich man
μυρίαι ἑστήκασιν ἀμελγόμεναι γάλα λευκὸν
stand in countless numbers to be milked of their white milk,
ἀζηχὲς μεμακυῖαι ἀκούουσαι ὄπα ἀρνῶν,
bleating incessantly as they hear the voice of their lambs,
ὣς Τρώων ἀλαλητὸς ἀνὰ στρατὸν εὐρὺν ὀρώρει·
even so arose the clamor of the Trojans throughout their wide host;
οὐ γὰρ πάντων ἦεν ὁμὸς θρόος οὐδʼ ἴα γῆρυς,
for they had not all the same speech nor one voice,
ἀλλὰ γλῶσσα μέμικτο, πολύκλητοι δʼ ἔσαν ἄνδρες.
but their language was mixed, and they were men called from many lands.
ὄρσε δὲ τοὺς μὲν Ἄρης, τοὺς δὲ γλαυκῶπις Ἀθήνη
And Ares aroused these, and grey-eyed Athena those,
Δεῖμός τʼ ἠδὲ Φόβος καὶ Ἔρις ἄμοτον μεμαυῖα,
and Deimos, and Phobos, and Eris who rages incessantly,
Ἄρεος ἀνδροφόνοιο κασιγνήτη ἑτάρη τε,
the sister and companion of man-slaying Ares,
ἥ τʼ ὀλίγη μὲν πρῶτα κορύσσεται, αὐτὰρ ἔπειτα
who at the first rears her crest but small, but then
οὐρανῷ ἐστήριξε κάρη καὶ ἐπὶ χθονὶ βαίνει·
plants her head in heaven and walks upon the earth;
ἥ σφιν καὶ τότε νεῖκος ὁμοίϊον ἔμβαλε μέσσῳ
she it was who then cast common strife into their midst,
ἐρχομένη καθʼ ὅμιλον ὀφέλλουσα στόνον ἀνδρῶν.
as she went through the throng, multiplying the groaning of men.
οἳ δʼ ὅτε δή ῥʼ ἐς χῶρον ἕνα ξυνιόντες ἵκοντο,
Now when they had come together and reached one place,
σύν ῥʼ ἔβαλον ῥινούς, σὺν δʼ ἔγχεα καὶ μένεʼ ἀνδρῶν
they clashed their shields of bull’s hide, and their spears, and the might of men
χαλκεοθωρήκων· ἀτὰρ ἀσπίδες ὀμφαλόεσσαι
clad in bronze armor; and the bossed shields
ἔπληντʼ ἀλλήλῃσι, πολὺς δʼ ὀρυμαγδὸς ὀρώρει.
pressed one upon another, and a great din arose.
ἔνθα δʼ ἅμʼ οἰμωγή τε καὶ εὐχωλὴ πέλεν ἀνδρῶν
There arose at the same time the groaning and the triumphing of men
ὀλλύντων τε καὶ ὀλλυμένων, ῥέε δʼ αἵματι γαῖα.
as they slew and were slain, and the earth flowed with blood.
ὡς δʼ ὅτε χείμαρροι ποταμοὶ κατʼ ὄρεσφι ῥέοντες
As when winter torrents flowing down the mountains
ἐς μισγάγκειαν συμβάλλετον4 ὄβριμον ὕδωρ
join their mighty waters in a valley’s cleft,
κρουνῶν ἐκ μεγάλων κοίλης ἔντοσθε χαράδρης,
from their great springs within a deep ravine,
τῶν δέ τε τηλόσε δοῦπον ἐν οὔρεσιν ἔκλυε ποιμήν·
and far off in the mountains the shepherd hears the roar;
ὣς τῶν μισγομένων γένετο ἰαχή τε πόνος τε.
even so from the joining of these arose clamor and toil.
πρῶτος δʼ Ἀντίλοχος Τρώων ἕλεν ἄνδρα κορυστὴν
Antilochus was the first to slay a crested warrior of the Trojans,
ἐσθλὸν ἐνὶ προμάχοισι Θαλυσιάδην Ἐχέπωλον·
a brave man among the foremost fighters, Echepolus, son of Thalysias.
τόν ῥʼ ἔβαλε πρῶτος κόρυθος φάλον ἱπποδασείης,
Him he was the first to strike upon the horn of his horse-hair helmet,
ἐν δὲ μετώπῳ πῆξε, πέρησε δʼ ἄρʼ ὀστέον εἴσω
and the bronze point fixed in his forehead and passed within the bone;
αἰχμὴ χαλκείη· τὸν δὲ σκότος ὄσσε κάλυψεν,
and darkness covered his eyes,
ἤριπε δʼ ὡς ὅτε πύργος ἐνὶ κρατερῇ ὑσμίνῃ.
and he fell like a tower in the mighty conflict.
τὸν δὲ πεσόντα ποδῶν ἔλαβε κρείων Ἐλεφήνωρ
As he fell, Lord Elephenor seized him by the feet,
Χαλκωδοντιάδης μεγαθύμων ἀρχὸς Ἀβάντων,
the son of Chalcodon, leader of the great-hearted Abantes,
ἕλκε δʼ ὑπʼ ἐκ βελέων, λελιημένος ὄφρα τάχιστα
and dragged him out from under the missiles, eager with all speed
τεύχεα συλήσειε· μίνυνθα δέ οἱ γένεθʼ ὁρμή.
to strip him of his armor; but his effort was short-lived.
νεκρὸν γὰρ ἐρύοντα ἰδὼν μεγάθυμος Ἀγήνωρ
For as he was dragging the corpse, great-hearted Agenor saw him,
πλευρά, τά οἱ κύψαντι παρʼ ἀσπίδος ἐξεφαάνθη,
and where his ribs, as he stooped, were left uncovered by his shield,
οὔτησε ξυστῷ χαλκήρεϊ, λῦσε δὲ γυῖα.
he wounded him with a bronze-shod spear, and loosed his limbs.
ὣς τὸν μὲν λίπε θυμός, ἐπʼ αὐτῷ δʼ ἔργον ἐτύχθη
So his spirit left him, and over him arose a grim conflict
ἀργαλέον Τρώων καὶ Ἀχαιῶν· οἳ δὲ λύκοι ὣς
of Trojans and Achaeans; and they leaped upon one another like wolves,
ἀλλήλοις ἐπόρουσαν, ἀνὴρ δʼ ἄνδρʼ ἐδνοπάλιζεν.
and man grappled with man.
ἔνθʼ ἔβαλʼ Ἀνθεμίωνος υἱὸν Τελαμώνιος Αἴας
There Telamonian Ajax struck the son of Anthemion,
ἠΐθεον θαλερὸν Σιμοείσιον, ὅν ποτε μήτηρ
the lusty youth Simoeisius, whom once his mother
Ἴδηθεν κατιοῦσα παρʼ ὄχθῃσιν Σιμόεντος
as she came down from Ida had borne by the banks of Simois,
γείνατʼ, ἐπεί ῥα τοκεῦσιν ἅμʼ ἕσπετο μῆλα ἰδέσθαι·
when she followed her parents to see the sheep;
τοὔνεκά μιν κάλεον Σιμοείσιον· οὐδὲ τοκεῦσι
therefore they called him Simoeisius; yet to his parents
- 4.410ὁμοίῃ ... τιμῇ
Governed by the prohibitive imperative ἔνθεο (aorist middle imperative) with the negative particle μή. Literally "never place our fathers in the same honor with respect to me," meaning "do not class our fathers in the same rank as us."
- 4.412τέττα
A colloquial form of address used among companions, sometimes denoting respect or familiar warning. Here, Diomedes addresses his comrade Sthenelus to silence his complaints.
- 4.421ὑπό κεν ταλασίφρονά περ δέος εἷλεν
Features tmesis with the preposition ὑπό separated from the verb εἷλεν (representing ὑφεῖλεν). The particle κεν with the indicative past tense εἷλεν expresses a past potential or counterfactual statement: "fear would have seized even a stout-hearted man."
- 4.453συμβάλλετον
A third-person dual present indicative verb, reflecting the two subject torrents that flow down from the mountains. This dual form vividly pairs the two rushing rivers whose clashing waters the shepherd hears.