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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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Pandarus boasts of wounding Diomedes but is immediately killed by Diomedes' deadly return cast. As Aeneas stands guard over his body, Diomedes crushes Aeneas' hip with a massive boulder, prompting Aphrodite to rescue her son; Sthenelus then drives Aeneas' prize horses away while Diomedes pursues and wounds Aphrodite in the hand.
καρτερόθυμε δαΐφρον ἀγαυοῦ Τυδέος υἱὲ
”Stout-hearted, wise-minded son of noble Tydeus,
ἦ μάλα σʼ οὐ βέλος ὠκὺ δαμάσσατο πικρὸς ὀϊστός·
truly that swift missile, the bitter arrow, did not vanquish you;
νῦν αὖτʼ ἐγχείῃ πειρήσομαι αἴ κε τύχωμι.
now once more I will make trial with my spear, to see if I may hit you.”
ἦ ῥα καὶ ἀμπεπαλὼν προΐει δολιχόσκιον ἔγχος
He spoke, and poising his far-shadowing spear, he hurled it,
καὶ βάλε Τυδεΐδαο κατʼ ἀσπίδα· τῆς δὲ διὰ πρὸ
and struck the shield of Tydeus’ son; and straight through it
αἰχμὴ χαλκείη πταμένη θώρηκι πελάσθη·
the bronze point flew and reached his breastplate.
τῷ δʼ ἐπὶ μακρὸν ἄϋσε Λυκάονος ἀγλαὸς υἱός·
And over him the glorious son of Lycaon shouted aloud:
βέβληαι κενεῶνα διαμπερές, οὐδέ σʼ ὀΐω
”You are hit clean through the flank, and I deem you will not
δηρὸν ἔτʼ ἀνσχήσεσθαι· ἐμοὶ δὲ μέγʼ εὖχος ἔδωκας.
long endure it; and to me you have given great glory.”
τὸν δʼ οὐ ταρβήσας προσέφη κρατερὸς Διομήδης·
Then, with no fear, mighty Diomedes spoke to him:
ἤμβροτες οὐδʼ ἔτυχες· ἀτὰρ οὐ μὲν σφῶΐ γʼ ὀΐω
”You have missed, and not hit; but you two, I deem,
πρίν γʼ ἀποπαύσεσθαι πρίν γʼ ἢ ἕτερόν γε πεσόντα
will not cease before one or the other of you has fallen
αἵματος ἆσαι Ἄρηα,1 ταλαύρινον πολεμιστήν.
and glutted with his blood Ares, the warrior with shield of bull’s hide.”
ὣς φάμενος προέηκε· βέλος δʼ ἴθυνεν Ἀθήνη
So saying he hurled his spear; and Athena guided the missile
ῥῖνα παρʼ ὀφθαλμόν, λευκοὺς δʼ ἐπέρησεν ὀδόντας.
to the nose beside the eye, and it passed through his white teeth.
τοῦ δʼ ἀπὸ μὲν γλῶσσαν πρυμνὴν τάμε χαλκὸς ἀτειρής,
And the relentless bronze cut off his tongue at the root,
αἰχμὴ δʼ ἐξελύθη παρὰ νείατον ἀνθερεῶνα·
and the spear-point came out by the base of his chin.
ἤριπε δʼ ἐξ ὀχέων, ἀράβησε δὲ τεύχεʼ ἐπʼ αὐτῷ
Then he fell from the chariot, and over him clattered his armor,
αἰόλα παμφανόωντα, παρέτρεσσαν δέ οἱ ἵπποι
dædal and gleaming, and the swift-footed horses
ὠκύποδες· τοῦ δʼ αὖθι λύθη ψυχή τε μένος τε.
swerved aside; and there his life and his strength were dissolved.
Αἰνείας δʼ ἀπόρουσε σὺν ἀσπίδι δουρί τε μακρῷ
But Aeneas leaped down with shield and long spear,
δείσας μή πώς οἱ ἐρυσαίατο νεκρὸν Ἀχαιοί.
fearing lest the Achaeans should drag away the dead body from him.
ἀμφὶ δʼ ἄρʼ αὐτῷ βαῖνε λέων ὣς ἀλκὶ πεποιθώς,
Over him he strode like a lion trusting in his strength,
πρόσθε δέ οἱ δόρυ τʼ ἔσχε καὶ ἀσπίδα πάντοσʼ ἐΐσην,
and before him he held his spear and his shield equal on all sides,
τὸν κτάμεναι μεμαὼς ὅς τις τοῦ γʼ ἀντίος ἔλθοι
eager to slay anyone who should come to face him,
σμερδαλέα ἰάχων· ὃ δὲ χερμάδιον λάβε χειρὶ
shouting terribly. But the son of Tydeus grasped in his hand a stone,
Τυδεΐδης μέγα ἔργον ὃ οὐ δύο γʼ ἄνδρε φέροιεν,2
a mighty deed, which not two men could carry,
οἷοι νῦν βροτοί εἰσʼ· ὃ δέ μιν ῥέα πάλλε καὶ οἶος.
such as mortals now are; yet he shook it easily, even alone.
τῷ βάλεν Αἰνείαο κατʼ ἰσχίον ἔνθά τε μηρὸς
With it he struck Aeneas on the hip, where the thigh
ἰσχίῳ ἐνστρέφεται, κοτύλην δέ τέ μιν καλέουσι·
turns in the hip, and which men call the cup;
θλάσσε δέ οἱ κοτύλην, πρὸς δʼ ἄμφω ῥῆξε τένοντε·
and he crushed his cup, and broke moreover both the tendons;
ὦσε δʼ ἀπὸ ῥινὸν τρηχὺς λίθος· αὐτὰρ ὅ γʼ ἥρως
and the rough stone tore away the skin; but the hero
ἔστη γνὺξ ἐριπὼν καὶ ἐρείσατο χειρὶ παχείῃ
sank on his knees, and supported himself with his stout hand
γαίης· ἀμφὶ δὲ ὄσσε κελαινὴ νὺξ ἐκάλυψε.
on the ground; and dark night enfolded his eyes.
καί νύ κεν ἔνθʼ ἀπόλοιτο ἄναξ ἀνδρῶν Αἰνείας,
And now in that place would Aeneas, king of men, have perished,
εἰ μὴ ἄρʼ ὀξὺ νόησε3 Διὸς θυγάτηρ Ἀφροδίτη
had not Aphrodite, daughter of Zeus, been quick to mark,
μήτηρ, ἥ μιν ὑπʼ Ἀγχίσῃ τέκε βουκολέοντι·
his mother, who had borne him to Anchises as he herded his kine;
ἀμφὶ δʼ ἑὸν φίλον υἱὸν ἐχεύατο πήχεε λευκώ,
and about her dear son she wound her white arms,
πρόσθε δέ οἱ πέπλοιο φαεινοῦ πτύγμα κάλυψεν
and before him she spread a fold of her shining robe
ἕρκος ἔμεν βελέων, μή τις Δαναῶν ταχυπώλων
to be a shelter from missiles, lest any of the Danaans with swift horses
χαλκὸν ἐνὶ στήθεσσι βαλὼν ἐκ θυμὸν ἕλοιτο.
should hurl the bronze into his breast and take away his life.
ἣ μὲν ἑὸν φίλον υἱὸν ὑπεξέφερεν πολέμοιο·
She then was bearing her dear son away out of the battle;
οὐδʼ υἱὸς Καπανῆος ἐλήθετο συνθεσιάων
and the son of Capaneus did not forget the commands
τάων ἃς ἐπέτελλε βοὴν ἀγαθὸς Διομήδης,
which Diomedes, good at the war-cry, had laid upon him,
ἀλλʼ ὅ γε τοὺς μὲν ἑοὺς ἠρύκακε μώνυχας ἵππους
but he held back his own whole-hoofed horses
νόσφιν ἀπὸ φλοίσβου ἐξ ἄντυγος ἡνία τείνας,
apart from the tumult, fastening the reins to the chariot-rim,
Αἰνείαο δʼ ἐπαΐξας καλλίτριχας ἵππους
and rushing upon the fair-maned horses of Aeneas
ἐξέλασε Τρώων μετʼ ἐϋκνήμιδας Ἀχαιούς.
he drove them from the Trojans to the well-greaved Achaeans.
δῶκε δὲ Δηϊπύλῳ ἑτάρῳ φίλῳ, ὃν περὶ πάσης
And he gave them to Deipylus, his dear comrade, whom he honored
τῖεν ὁμηλικίης ὅτι οἱ φρεσὶν ἄρτια ᾔδη,4
above all his peers because he was like-minded with himself,
νηυσὶν ἔπι γλαφυρῇσιν ἐλαυνέμεν· αὐτὰρ ὅ γʼ ἥρως
to drive them to the hollow ships; but the hero himself
ὧν ἵππων ἐπιβὰς ἔλαβʼ ἡνία σιγαλόεντα,
mounted his own chariot and took the shining reins,
αἶψα δὲ Τυδεΐδην μέθεπε κρατερώνυχας ἵππους
and straightway drove the strong-hoofed horses after the son of Tydeus,
ἐμμεμαώς· ὃ δὲ Κύπριν ἐπῴχετο νηλέϊ χαλκῷ
eagerly. But Diomedes went in pursuit of Cypris with his pitiless bronze,
γιγνώσκων ὅ τʼ ἄναλκις ἔην θεός, οὐδὲ θεάων
knowing that she was a weak goddess, and not one of those goddesses
τάων αἵ τʼ ἀνδρῶν πόλεμον κάτα κοιρανέουσιν,
who hold sway in the battle of men,
οὔτʼ ἄρʼ Ἀθηναίη οὔτε πτολίπορθος Ἐνυώ.
neither Athena nor Enyo, sacker of cities.
ἀλλʼ ὅτε δή ῥʼ ἐκίχανε πολὺν καθʼ ὅμιλον ὀπάζων,
But when he had overtaken her, pursuing her through the great throng,
ἔνθʼ ἐπορεξάμενος μεγαθύμου Τυδέος υἱὸς
then the son of great-hearted Tydeus thrust forward
ἄκρην οὔτασε χεῖρα μετάλμενος ὀξέϊ δουρὶ
and leaped upon her, and wounded the surface of her delicate hand with his sharp spear—
ἀβληχρήν· εἶθαρ δὲ δόρυ χροὸς ἀντετόρησεν
even her tender skin; and straightway the spear pierced through the skin,
ἀμβροσίου διὰ πέπλου, ὅν οἱ Χάριτες κάμον αὐταί,
through the ambrosial robe which the Graces themselves had wrought for her,
πρυμνὸν ὕπερ θέναρος· ῥέε δʼ ἄμβροτον αἷμα θεοῖο
just above the palm. And the ambrosial blood of the goddess started to flow,
ἰχώρ, οἷός πέρ τε ῥέει μακάρεσσι θεοῖσιν·
ichor, such as flows in the veins of the blessed gods;
οὐ γὰρ σῖτον ἔδουσʼ, οὐ πίνουσʼ αἴθοπα οἶνον,
for they eat no bread, nor drink flaming wine,
τοὔνεκʼ ἀναίμονές εἰσι καὶ ἀθάνατοι καλέονται.
therefore they are bloodless, and are called immortal.
ἣ δὲ μέγα ἰάχουσα ἀπὸ ἕο κάββαλεν υἱόν·
She then shrieked aloud, and let her son fall from her;
- 5.288πρίν γʼ ἀποπαύσεσθαι πρίν γʼ ἢ ἕτερόν γε πεσόντα αἵματος ἆσαι Ἄρηα
A double πρίν construction. The first πρίν governs the future infinitive ἀποπαύσεσθαι with the dual subject σφῶϊ ("you two will not cease"), while the second πρίν γʼ ἢ introduces an accusative-and-infinitive construction where ἕτερόν γε πεσόντα ("one or the other having fallen") serves as the subject of the aorist infinitive ἆσαι ("to glut") and Ἄρηα ("Ares") as the direct object, with αἵματος ("with blood") as a genitive of material.
- 5.303ὃ οὐ δύο γʼ ἄνδρε φέροιεν
The relative pronoun ὃ refers to the neuter antecedent χερμάδιον ("stone"). ἄνδρε is the nominative dual form of ἀνήρ. The optative φέροιεν without the modal particle ἄν (or κεν) is a Homeric usage expressing potentiality ("which not even two men could carry") in a relative clause.
- 5.311καί νύ κεν ἔνθʼ ἀπόλοιτο ... εἰ μὴ ἄρʼ ὀξὺ νόησε
A past contrary-to-fact conditional sentence. While the protasis uses the regular construction "εἰ μή + past indicative" (εἰ μὴ ... νόησε, "had she not quickly noticed"), the apodosis employs the archaic Homeric construction "optative + κεν" (κεν ... ἀπόλοιτο, "would have perished") instead of the classical "past indicative + ἄν/κεν".
- 5.326ὅτι οἱ φρεσὶν ἄρτια ᾔδη
A causal clause introduced by ὅτι ("because"). ᾔδη is the 3rd person singular pluperfect of οἶδα ("to know"). The dative personal pronoun οἱ ("to/for him") refers back to the relative pronoun ὃν (Deipylus), forming the meaning "because he knew that there were things fitting (ἄρτια) to him (Deipylus) in his mind" (i.e., they were like-minded).