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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
Apollo rescues Aeneas from the battlefield, while the wounded Aphrodite, aided by Iris, flees to Olympus and is comforted by her mother Dione. Dione recalls past instances of gods suffering at the hands of mortals and predicts a short and tragic life for Diomedes for fighting against the immortals.
καὶ τὸν μὲν μετὰ χερσὶν ἐρύσατο Φοῖβος Ἀπόλλων
And him Phoebus Apollo snatched up in his hands
κυανέῃ νεφέλῃ, μή τις Δαναῶν ταχυπώλων
in a dark cloud, 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.
τῇ δʼ ἐπὶ μακρὸν ἄϋσε βοὴν ἀγαθὸς Διομήδης·
And over her Diomedes, good at the war-cry, shouted aloud:
εἶκε Διὸς θύγατερ πολέμου καὶ δηϊοτῆτος·
”Give way, daughter of Zeus, from battle and strife;
ἦ οὐχ ἅλις ὅττι γυναῖκας ἀνάλκιδας ἠπεροπεύεις;1
is it not enough that you deceive weak women?
εἰ δὲ σύ γʼ ἐς πόλεμον πωλήσεαι, ἦ τέ σʼ ὀΐω
But if you will resort to war, I deem indeed that
ῥιγήσειν πόλεμόν γε καὶ εἴ χʼ ἑτέρωθι πύθηαι.2
you will shudder at the very name of war, even if you but hear of it elsewhere.”
ὣς ἔφαθʼ, ἣ δʼ ἀλύουσʼ ἀπεβήσετο, τείρετο δʼ αἰνῶς·
So he spoke, and she went away distracted, and was sorely distressed;
τὴν μὲν ἄρʼ Ἶρις ἑλοῦσα ποδήνεμος ἔξαγʼ ὁμίλου
then wind-footed Iris took her and led her out of the throng,
ἀχθομένην ὀδύνῃσι, μελαίνετο δὲ χρόα καλόν.
oppressed with her pains, and her fair skin grew dark.
εὗρεν ἔπειτα μάχης ἐπʼ ἀριστερὰ θοῦρον Ἄρηα
Then she found furious Ares sitting on the left of the battle;
ἥμενον· ἠέρι δʼ ἔγχος ἐκέκλιτο καὶ ταχέʼ ἵππω·
and his spear and his swift horses were leaned against the mist;
ἣ δὲ γνὺξ ἐριποῦσα κασιγνήτοιο φίλοιο
and sinking on her knees before her dear brother,
πολλὰ λισσομένη χρυσάμπυκας ᾔτεεν ἵππους·
with many entreaties she begged for his horses with frontlets of gold:
φίλε κασίγνητε κόμισαί τέ με δός τέ μοι ἵππους,
”Dear brother, rescue me, and give me your horses,
ὄφρʼ ἐς Ὄλυμπον ἵκωμαι ἵνʼ ἀθανάτων ἕδος ἐστί.
that I may come to Olympus, where is the seat of the immortals.
λίην ἄχθομαι ἕλκος ὅ με βροτὸς οὔτασεν ἀνὴρ
I am sorely oppressed by a wound which a mortal man dealt me,
Τυδεΐδης, ὃς νῦν γε καὶ ἂν Διὶ πατρὶ μάχοιτο.
the son of Tydeus, who now would fight even with father Zeus.”
ὣς φάτο, τῇ δʼ ἄρʼ Ἄρης δῶκε χρυσάμπυκας ἵππους·
So she spoke, and Ares gave her his horses with frontlets of gold;
ἣ δʼ ἐς δίφρον ἔβαινεν ἀκηχεμένη φίλον ἦτορ,
and she mounted the chariot, grieving in her dear heart,
πὰρ δέ οἱ Ἶρις ἔβαινε καὶ ἡνία λάζετο χερσί,
and beside her Iris mounted and took the reins in her hands,
μάστιξεν δʼ ἐλάαν, τὼ δʼ οὐκ ἀέκοντε πετέσθην.
and she whipped them to speed, and the pair flew nothing loath.
αἶψα δʼ ἔπειθʼ ἵκοντο θεῶν ἕδος αἰπὺν Ὄλυμπον·
And straightway they came to the seat of the gods, steep Olympus;
ἔνθʼ ἵππους ἔστησε ποδήνεμος ὠκέα Ἶρις
there wind-footed swift Iris stayed the horses,
λύσασʼ ἐξ ὀχέων, παρὰ δʼ ἀμβρόσιον βάλεν εἶδαρ·
loosing them from the chariot, and before them she cast ambrosial food;
ἣ δʼ ἐν γούνασι πῖπτε Διώνης δῖʼ Ἀφροδίτη
but fair Aphrodite fell upon the knees of Dione,
μητρὸς ἑῆς· ἣ δʼ ἀγκὰς ἐλάζετο θυγατέρα ἥν,
her mother; and she folded her daughter in her arms,
χειρί τέ μιν κατέρεξεν ἔπος τʼ ἔφατʼ ἐκ τʼ ὀνόμαζε·
and stroked her with her hand, and spoke to her, saying:
τίς νύ σε τοιάδʼ ἔρεξε φίλον τέκος Οὐρανιώνων
”Who now of the sons of heaven, dear child, has done such things to you
μαψιδίως, ὡς εἴ τι κακὸν ῥέζουσαν ἐνωπῇ;3
wantonly, as though you were doing some evil openly?”
τὴν δʼ ἠμείβετʼ ἔπειτα φιλομμειδὴς Ἀφροδίτη·
Then laughter-loving Aphrodite answered her:
οὖτά με Τυδέος υἱὸς ὑπέρθυμος Διομήδης,
”The son of Tydeus, high-spirited Diomedes, wounded me,
οὕνεκʼ ἐγὼ φίλον υἱὸν ὑπεξέφερον πολέμοιο
because I was bearing my dear son away out of the battle,
Αἰνείαν, ὃς ἐμοὶ πάντων πολὺ φίλτατός ἐστιν.
Aeneas, who is to me far the dearest of all.
οὐ γὰρ ἔτι Τρώων καὶ Ἀχαιῶν φύλοπις αἰνή,
For no longer is the dread strife between Trojans and Achaeans,
ἀλλʼ ἤδη Δαναοί γε καὶ ἀθανάτοισι μάχονται.
but now the Danaans are fighting even with the immortals.”
τὴν δʼ ἠμείβετʼ ἔπειτα Διώνη, δῖα θεάων·
Then Dione, fair among goddesses, answered her:
τέτλαθι τέκνον ἐμόν, καὶ ἀνάσχεο κηδομένη περ·
”Endure, my child, and hold up under your grief, though you are distressed;
πολλοὶ γὰρ δὴ τλῆμεν Ὀλύμπια δώματʼ ἔχοντες
for many of us who have dwellings on Olympus have endured
ἐξ ἀνδρῶν χαλέπʼ ἄλγεʼ ἐπʼ ἀλλήλοισι τιθέντες.4
hard pains at the hands of men, in bringing grievous woes upon one another.
τλῆ μὲν Ἄρης ὅτε μιν Ὦτος κρατερός τʼ Ἐφιάλτης
Ares endured it, when Otus and mighty Ephialtes,
παῖδες Ἀλωῆος, δῆσαν κρατερῷ ἐνὶ δεσμῷ·
sons of Aloeus, bound him in a strong bond;
χαλκέῳ δʼ ἐν κεράμῳ δέδετο τρισκαίδεκα μῆνας·
and in a vessel of bronze he lay bound for thirteen months;
καί νύ κεν ἔνθʼ ἀπόλοιτο Ἄρης ἆτος πολέμοιο,
and now would Ares, insatiate of war, have perished there,
εἰ μὴ μητρυιὴ περικαλλὴς Ἠερίβοια
had not his stepmother, beautiful Eeriboea,
Ἑρμέᾳ ἐξήγγειλεν· ὃ δʼ ἐξέκλεψεν Ἄρηα
brought word to Hermes; and he stole Ares away
ἤδη τειρόμενον, χαλεπὸς δέ ἑ δεσμὸς ἐδάμνα.
when he was already exhausted, and the hard bond was crushing him.
τλῆ δʼ Ἥρη, ὅτε μιν κρατερὸς πάϊς Ἀμφιτρύωνος
Hera, too, endured, when the mighty son of Amphitryon
δεξιτερὸν κατὰ μαζὸν ὀϊστῷ τριγλώχινι
struck her on the right breast with a three-barbed arrow;
βεβλήκει· τότε καί μιν ἀνήκεστον λάβεν ἄλγος.
then she too was seized by pain incurable.
τλῆ δʼ Ἀΐδης ἐν τοῖσι πελώριος ὠκὺν ὀϊστόν,
And giant Hades, among the rest, endured a swift arrow,
εὖτέ μιν ωὐτὸς ἀνὴρ υἱὸς Διὸς αἰγιόχοιο
when the same man, the son of aegis-bearing Zeus,
ἐν Πύλῳ ἐν νεκύεσσι βαλὼν ὀδύνῃσιν ἔδωκεν·
shot him in Pylos among the dead and gave him over to pains;
αὐτὰρ ὃ βῆ πρὸς δῶμα Διὸς καὶ μακρὸν Ὄλυμπον
but he went to the house of Zeus and steep Olympus
κῆρ ἀχέων ὀδύνῃσι πεπαρμένος· αὐτὰρ ὀϊστὸς
grieving in heart, pierced through with pains; for the arrow
ὤμῳ ἔνι στιβαρῷ ἠλήλατο, κῆδε δὲ θυμόν.
was driven into his strong shoulder, and distressed his soul.
τῷ δʼ ἐπὶ Παιήων ὀδυνήφατα φάρμακα πάσσων
But on him Paeëon sprinkled pain-stilling herbs
ἠκέσατʼ· οὐ μὲν γάρ τι καταθνητός γε τέτυκτο.
and healed him; for he was not fashioned as one mortal.
σχέτλιος ὀβριμοεργὸς ὃς οὐκ ὄθετʼ αἴσυλα ῥέζων,5
Cruel man, violent doer, who cared not for his evil deeds,
ὃς τόξοισιν ἔκηδε θεοὺς οἳ Ὄλυμπον ἔχουσι.
who with his bow distressed the gods who hold Olympus.
σοὶ δʼ ἐπὶ τοῦτον ἀνῆκε θεὰ γλαυκῶπις Ἀθήνη·
But against you the goddess, flashing-eyed Athena, set this man on;
νήπιος, οὐδὲ τὸ οἶδε κατὰ φρένα Τυδέος υἱὸς
fool, nor does the son of Tydeus know this in his heart,
ὅττι μάλʼ οὐ δηναιὸς ὃς ἀθανάτοισι μάχηται,
that he is not long-lived who fights with the immortals,
οὐδέ τί μιν παῖδες ποτὶ γούνασι παππάζουσιν
nor do children lisp ‘papa’ at his knees
ἐλθόντʼ ἐκ πολέμοιο καὶ αἰνῆς δηϊοτῆτος.
when he returns from war and dread battle.
τὼ νῦν Τυδεΐδης, εἰ καὶ μάλα καρτερός ἐστι,
Therefore now let the son of Tydeus, even though he is very mighty,
- 5.349ἦ οὐχ ἅλις ὅττι γυναῖκας ἀνάλκιδας ἠπεροπεύεις;
The clause introduced by ὅττι (poetic form of ὅτι) functions as a noun clause explaining the content of ἅλις (enough). It literally means "Is it not enough that you deceive weak women?"
- 5.351ῥιγήσειν πόλεμόν γε καὶ εἴ χʼ ἑτέρωθι πύθηαι
The future infinitive ῥιγήσειν depends on ὀΐω (I deem) from the previous line. The conditional clause εἴ χʼ ἑτέρωθι πύθηαι uses the particles κε (elided to χʼ) with the subjunctive πύθηαι (second-person singular), forming a future general conditional condition ("even if you should hear of it elsewhere").
- 5.374ὡς εἴ τι κακὸν ῥέζουσαν ἐνωπῇ
The phrase ὡς εἴ introduces a hypothetical comparison ("as if"). The accusative present participle ῥέζουσαν agrees with the pronoun σε (you) in the preceding line. ἐνωπῇ is a dative functioning adverbially ("openly", "in public view"), describing a situation as though she were caught in the act of doing some evil.
- 5.384ἐξ ἀνδρῶν χαλέπʼ ἄλγεʼ ἐπʼ ἀλλήλοισι τιθέντες
The prepositional phrase ἐξ ἀνδρῶν means "at the hands of men" or "caused by mortals". The nominative plural participle τιθέντες refers back to the subject of the main clause (the Olympian gods), meaning "bringing/imposing hard pains upon one another" through their involvement in human conflicts.
- 5.403σχέτλιος ὀβριμοεργὸς ὃς οὐκ ὄθετʼ αἴσυλα ῥέζων
The verb ὄθετʼ (from ὄθομαι, meaning "to heed" or "to care") is used with the negative οὐκ and the supplementary participle ῥέζων (doing), meaning "he did not shrink from doing" or "cared not that he was doing unlawful deeds." The whole clause relative to the preceding subject refers to Heracles.