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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
Rebuked by Sarpedon, Hector leaps from his chariot to rally the Trojan forces, which regain strength with the aid of Apollo and Ares. A fierce battle ensues, highlighting the return of Aeneas, Agamemnon's rallying speech, and the deaths of prominent warriors on both sides.
ἀνδρὶ μαχήσασθαι· ἀτὰρ οὔ τί μοι ἐνθάδε τοῖον
to fight with the foe; yet I have nothing of my own here,
οἷόν κʼ ἠὲ φέροιεν Ἀχαιοὶ ἤ κεν ἄγοιεν·
such as the Achaeans might either carry off or drive away;
τύνη δʼ ἕστηκας, ἀτὰρ οὐδʼ ἄλλοισι κελεύεις
yet you stand still, and do not even bid the other
λαοῖσιν μενέμεν καὶ ἀμυνέμεναι ὤρεσσι.
peoples to stand and defend their wives.
μή πως ὡς ἀψῖσι λίνου ἁλόντε1 πανάγρου
See to it lest somehow, as if caught in the meshes of an all-snaring net,
ἀνδράσι δυσμενέεσσιν ἕλωρ καὶ κύρμα γένησθε·
you become a prey and a spoil to hostile men;
οἳ δὲ τάχʼ ἐκπέρσουσʼ εὖ ναιομένην πόλιν ὑμήν.
and they will soon sack your well-peopled city.
σοὶ δὲ χρὴ τάδε πάντα μέλειν νύκτάς τε καὶ ἦμαρ
But on you should all these things weigh, both night and day,
ἀρχοὺς λισσομένῳ τηλεκλειτῶν ἐπικούρων
entreating the leaders of the far-famed allies
νωλεμέως ἐχέμεν, κρατερὴν δʼ ἀποθέσθαι ἐνιπήν.
to hold their ground unflinchingly, and you must put away harsh rebukes.”
ὣς φάτο Σαρπηδών, δάκε δὲ φρένας Ἕκτορι μῦθος·
So spoke Sarpedon, and his word bit to the heart of Hector;
αὐτίκα δʼ ἐξ ὀχέων σὺν τεύχεσιν ἆλτο χαμᾶζε,
and straightway he leapt from his chariot in his armor to the ground,
πάλλων δʼ ὀξέα δοῦρα κατὰ στρατὸν ᾤχετο πάντῃ
and brandishing his sharp spears went everywhere through the host,
ὀτρύνων μαχέσασθαι, ἔγειρε δὲ φύλοπιν αἰνήν.
urging them to fight, and he aroused the dread din of battle.
οἳ δʼ ἐλελίχθησαν καὶ ἐναντίοι ἔσταν Ἀχαιῶν·
So they rallied and stood to face the Achaeans;
Ἀργεῖοι δʼ ὑπέμειναν ἀολλέες οὐδὲ φόβηθεν.
and the Argives withstood them in close throng, and were not afraid.
ὡς δʼ ἄνεμος ἄχνας φορέει ἱερὰς κατʼ ἀλωὰς
And even as the wind carries chaff about the sacred threshing-floors
ἀνδρῶν λικμώντων, ὅτε τε ξανθὴ Δημήτηρ
when men are winnowing, and golden Demeter
κρίνῃ ἐπειγομένων ἀνέμων καρπόν τε καὶ ἄχνας,
divides the grain and the chaff as the winds rush;
αἳ δʼ ὑπολευκαίνονται ἀχυρμιαί· ὣς τότʼ Ἀχαιοὶ
and the heaps of chaff grow white; so then the Achaeans
λευκοὶ ὕπερθε γένοντο κονισάλῳ, ὅν ῥα διʼ αὐτῶν
grew white with the dust above, which through their midst
οὐρανὸν ἐς πολύχαλκον ἐπέπληγον πόδες ἵππων
the feet of the horses beat up into the brazen heaven
ἂψ ἐπιμισγομένων·2 ὑπὸ δʼ ἔστρεφον ἡνιοχῆες.
as they joined battle again; and the charioteers wheeled their horses round.
οἳ δὲ μένος χειρῶν ἰθὺς φέρον· ἀμφὶ δὲ νύκτα
And they bore the fury of their hands straight forward; and furious Ares
θοῦρος Ἄρης ἐκάλυψε μάχῃ Τρώεσσιν ἀρήγων
wrapped the battle in darkness to aid the Trojans,
πάντοσʼ ἐποιχόμενος· τοῦ δʼ ἐκραίαινεν ἐφετμὰς
ranging everywhere; and he fulfilled the commands
Φοίβου Ἀπόλλωνος χρυσαόρου, ὅς μιν ἀνώγει
of Phoebus Apollo of the golden sword, who had bidden him
Τρωσὶν θυμὸν ἐγεῖραι, ἐπεὶ ἴδε Παλλάδʼ Ἀθήνην
arouse the spirit of the Trojans, when he saw Pallas Athena
οἰχομένην· ἣ γάρ ῥα πέλεν Δαναοῖσιν ἀρηγών.
departing; for she was the helper of the Danaans.
αὐτὸς δʼ Αἰνείαν μάλα πίονος ἐξ ἀδύτοιο
And Apollo himself sent Aeneas forth from his rich sanctuary,
ἧκε, καὶ ἐν στήθεσσι μένος βάλε ποιμένι λαῶν.
and put strength into the breast of the shepherd of the host.
Αἰνείας δʼ ἑτάροισι μεθίστατο· τοὶ δὲ χάρησαν,
And Aeneas took his place among his comrades, and they were glad
ὡς εἶδον ζωόν τε καὶ ἀρτεμέα προσιόντα
when they saw him coming alive and whole
καὶ μένος ἐσθλὸν ἔχοντα· μετάλλησάν γε μὲν οὔ τι.
and possessing noble strength; yet they asked him no question.
οὐ γὰρ ἔα πόνος ἄλλος, ὃν ἀργυρότοξος ἔγειρεν3
For another labor did not permit, which he of the silver bow aroused,
Ἄρης τε βροτολοιγὸς Ἔρις τʼ ἄμοτον μεμαυῖα.
and Ares the bane of men, and Discord that raged insatiably.
τοὺς δʼ Αἴαντε δύω καὶ Ὀδυσσεὺς καὶ Διομήδης
But the two Aiantes and Odysseus and Diomedes
ὄτρυνον Δαναοὺς πολεμιζέμεν· οἳ δὲ καὶ αὐτοὶ
urged the Danaans to fight; and they of themselves
οὔτε βίας Τρώων ὑπεδείδισαν οὔτε ἰωκάς,
feared neither the violence of the Trojans nor their charges,
ἀλλʼ ἔμενον νεφέλῃσιν ἐοικότες ἅς τε Κρονίων
but remained like clouds which the son of Cronos
νηνεμίης ἔστησεν ἐπʼ ἀκροπόλοισιν ὄρεσσιν
has set in a windless time on the mountaintops,
ἀτρέμας, ὄφρʼ εὕδῃσι μένος Βορέαο καὶ ἄλλων
motionless, while the might of Boreas and the other
ζαχρειῶν ἀνέμων, οἵ τε νέφεα σκιόεντα
violent winds are asleep, which when they blow
πνοιῇσιν λιγυρῇσι διασκιδνᾶσιν ἀέντες·
with shrill blasts scatter the shadowy clouds;
ὣς Δαναοὶ Τρῶας μένον ἔμπεδον οὐδὲ φέβοντο.
even so the Danaans withstood the Trojans steadfastly, and did not flee.
Ἀτρεΐδης δʼ ἀνʼ ὅμιλον ἐφοίτα πολλὰ κελεύων·
And the son of Atreus went through the throng, giving many commands:
ὦ φίλοι ἀνέρες ἔστε καὶ ἄλκιμον ἦτορ ἕλεσθε,
”O friends, be men, and take to you a courageous heart,
ἀλλήλους τʼ αἰδεῖσθε κατὰ κρατερὰς ὑσμίνας·
and revere one another in the fierce combat;
αἰδομένων ἀνδρῶν πλέονες σόοι ἠὲ πέφανται·
of men who revere one another, more are saved than are slain;
φευγόντων δʼ οὔτʼ ἂρ κλέος ὄρνυται οὔτε τις ἀλκή.
but of those who flee, neither does glory arise, nor any help.”
ἦ καὶ ἀκόντισε δουρὶ θοῶς, βάλε δὲ πρόμον ἄνδρα
He spoke, and hurled his spear swiftly, and struck a foremost warrior,
Αἰνείω ἕταρον μεγαθύμου Δηϊκόωντα
the comrade of great-hearted Aeneas, Deïcoön,
Περγασίδην, ὃν Τρῶες ὁμῶς Πριάμοιο τέκεσσι
son of Pergasus, whom the Trojans honored equally with the children of Priam,
τῖον, ἐπεὶ θοὸς ἔσκε μετὰ πρώτοισι μάχεσθαι.
since he was swift to fight among the foremost.
τόν ῥα κατʼ ἀσπίδα δουρὶ βάλε κρείων Ἀγαμέμνων·
Him then did lord Agamemnon strike with his spear upon the shield;
ἣ δʼ οὐκ ἔγχος ἔρυτο, διὰ πρὸ δὲ εἴσατο χαλκός,
and it did not stay the spear, but the bronze went right through,
νειαίρῃ δʼ ἐν γαστρὶ διὰ ζωστῆρος ἔλασσε·
and he drove it through his belt into the lower belly;
δούπησεν δὲ πεσών, ἀράβησε δὲ τεύχεʼ ἐπʼ αὐτῷ.
and he fell with a thud, and his armor clattered upon him.
ἔνθʼ αὖτʼ Αἰνείας Δαναῶν ἕλεν ἄνδρας ἀρίστους
Then did Aeneas slay the best men of the Danaans,
υἷε Διοκλῆος Κρήθωνά τε Ὀρσίλοχόν τε,
the sons of Diocles, Crethon and Orsilochus,
τῶν ῥα πατὴρ μὲν ἔναιεν ἐϋκτιμένῃ ἐνὶ Φηρῇ
whose father dwelt in well-built Phera,
ἀφνειὸς βιότοιο, γένος δʼ ἦν ἐκ ποταμοῖο
rich in substance, and his lineage was from the river
Ἀλφειοῦ, ὅς τʼ εὐρὺ ῥέει Πυλίων διὰ γαίης,
Alpheius, that flows broad through the land of the Pylians,
ὃς τέκετʼ Ὀρτίλοχον πολέεσσʼ ἄνδρεσσιν ἄνακτα·
who begot Ortilochus to be lord over many men;
Ὀρτίλοχος δʼ ἄρʼ ἔτικτε Διοκλῆα μεγάθυμον,
and Ortilochus begot great-hearted Diocles,
ἐκ δὲ Διοκλῆος διδυμάονε παῖδε γενέσθην,
and of Diocles were born twin sons,
Κρήθων Ὀρσίλοχός τε μάχης εὖ εἰδότε πάσης.
Crethon and Orsilochus, well skilled in all manner of fighting.
τὼ μὲν ἄρʼ ἡβήσαντε μελαινάων ἐπὶ νηῶν
These two, when they had reached manhood, on black ships
Ἴλιον εἰς εὔπωλον ἅμʼ Ἀργείοισιν ἑπέσθην,
followed with the Argives to Ilium famed for its horses,
τιμὴν Ἀτρεΐδῃς Ἀγαμέμνονι καὶ Μενελάῳ
seeking to win honor for the sons of Atreus, Agamemnon and Menelaus;
ἀρνυμένω· τὼ δʼ αὖθι τέλος θανάτοιο κάλυψεν.
but there the end of death enfolded them.
- 5.487ἁλόντε
The nominative dual participle ἁλόντε is syntactically connected with the second-person plural verb γένησθε. This irregular grammatical agreement (constructio ad sensum) suggests that Sarpedon is addressing Hector specifically or a specific pair (e.g., Hector and his brother), while extending the warning to the Trojan leadership as a whole.
- 5.505ἐπιμισγομένων
A genitive absolute construction with the present medio-passive participle, where the subject noun (either the horses or the combatants) is omitted. Drawing from the preceding ἵππων (of horses), it means 'as they (the horses or the warriors) mingled again,' with ἂψ emphasizing the recurrence of the intense clash.
- 5.517ἔγειρεν
Although there are multiple subjects ('the one of the silver bow' [Apollo], Ἄρης, and Ἔρις), the verb ἔγειρεν is in the singular. This is a common Greek syntactic feature where the verb agrees in number with the nearest subject (or the most prominent one, i.e., Apollo).