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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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In contrast to Sarpedon, who is rescued by Pelagon, the Achaean forces are pushed back by Ares and Hector. Witnessing this, Hera and Athena obtain Zeus's consent, equip themselves in full battle armor, and drive their chariot to the battlefield to stop Ares.
ἐκ δʼ ἄρα οἱ1 μηροῦ δόρυ μείλινον ὦσε θύραζε
And from his thigh mighty Pelagon, who was his dear companion,
ἴφθιμος Πελάγων, ὅς οἱ φίλος ἦεν ἑταῖρος.
pushed the ashen spear out of him.
τὸν δʼ ἔλιπε ψυχή, κατὰ δʼ ὀφθαλμῶν κέχυτʼ ἀχλύς·
And his soul left him, and mist was poured down over his eyes;
αὖτις δʼ ἐμπνύνθη, περὶ δὲ πνοιὴ Βορέαο
but he breathed again, and the breath of the North Wind, blowing upon him,
ζώγρει ἐπιπνείουσα κακῶς κεκαφηότα θυμόν.
revived his spirit as he gasped sorely for breath.
Ἀργεῖοι δʼ ὑπʼ Ἄρηϊ καὶ Ἕκτορι χαλκοκορυστῇ
But the Argives, before Ares and bronze-clad Hector,
οὔτε ποτὲ προτρέποντο μελαινάων ἐπὶ νηῶν
neither turned to flee toward their black ships
οὔτε ποτʼ ἀντεφέροντο μάχῃ, ἀλλʼ αἰὲν ὀπίσσω
nor did they ever face them in battle, but always backward
χάζονθʼ, ὡς ἐπύθοντο μετὰ Τρώεσσιν Ἄρηα.
they were shrinking, when they learned that Ares was among the Trojans.
ἔνθα τίνα πρῶτον τίνα δʼ ὕστατον ἐξενάριξαν
Then whom first, and whom last, did they slay,
Ἕκτωρ τε Πριάμοιο πάϊς καὶ χάλκεος Ἄρης;
Hector, son of Priam, and brazen Ares?
ἀντίθεον Τεύθραντʼ, ἐπὶ δὲ πλήξιππον Ὀρέστην,
Godlike Teuthras, and next Orestes, driver of horses,
Τρῆχόν τʼ αἰχμητὴν Αἰτώλιον Οἰνόμαόν τε,
and Trechus, spearman of Aetolia, and Oenomaus,
Οἰνοπίδην θʼ Ἕλενον καὶ Ὀρέσβιον αἰολομίτρην,
and Helenus, son of Oenops, and Oresbius of the flashing belt,
ὅς ῥʼ ἐν Ὕλῃ ναίεσκε μέγα πλούτοιο μεμηλώς,
who used to dwell in Hyle, caring greatly for his wealth,
λίμνῃ κεκλιμένος Κηφισίδι· πὰρ δέ οἱ ἄλλοι
leaning upon the Cephisian lake; and near him other
ναῖον Βοιωτοὶ μάλα πίονα δῆμον ἔχοντες.
Boeotians dwelt, possessing a very rich land.
τοὺς2 δʼ ὡς οὖν ἐνόησε θεὰ λευκώλενος Ἥρη
And when the white-armed goddess Hera saw them,
Ἀργείους ὀλέκοντας ἐνὶ κρατερῇ ὑσμίνῃ,
the Argives, perishing in the mighty combat,
αὐτίκʼ Ἀθηναίην ἔπεα πτερόεντα προσηύδα·
straightway she spoke winged words to Athena:
ὢ πόποι αἰγιόχοιο Διὸς τέκος Ἀτρυτώνη,
”Alas, child of aegis-bearing Zeus, untamed one,
ἦ ῥʼ ἅλιον τὸν μῦθον ὑπέστημεν Μενελάῳ
surely it was a vain promise we made to Menelaus,
Ἴλιον ἐκπέρσαντʼ3 εὐτείχεον ἀπονέεσθαι,
that he should return home after sacking well-walled Ilios,
εἰ οὕτω μαίνεσθαι ἐάσομεν οὖλον Ἄρηα.
if we are thus to let destructive Ares rage.
ἀλλʼ ἄγε δὴ καὶ νῶϊ μεδώμεθα θούριδος ἀλκῆς.
But come, let us two also think of furious valor.”
ὣς ἔφατʼ, οὐδʼ ἀπίθησε θεὰ γλαυκῶπις Ἀθήνη.
So she spoke, and the goddess, flashing-eyed Athena, did not disobey.
ἣ μὲν ἐποιχομένη χρυσάμπυκας ἔντυεν ἵππους
Then she, going to them, harnessed the horses with golden frontlets,
Ἥρη πρέσβα θεὰ θυγάτηρ μεγάλοιο Κρόνοιο·
Hera, the venerable goddess, daughter of great Cronus;
Ἥβη δʼ ἀμφʼ ὀχέεσσι θοῶς βάλε καμπύλα κύκλα
and Hebe quickly put around the chariot, on both sides, the curved wheels
χάλκεα ὀκτάκνημα σιδηρέῳ ἄξονι ἀμφίς.
of bronze, eight-spoked, about the iron axle.
τῶν ἤτοι χρυσέη ἴτυς ἄφθιτος, αὐτὰρ ὕπερθε
Of these indeed the felloe is of gold, imperishable, but above it
χάλκεʼ ἐπίσσωτρα προσαρηρότα, θαῦμα ἰδέσθαι·
bronze tires are fitted, a wonder to behold;
πλῆμναι δʼ ἀργύρου εἰσὶ περίδρομοι ἀμφοτέρωθεν·
and the hubs are of silver, rotating on both sides;
δίφρος δὲ χρυσέοισι καὶ ἀργυρέοισιν ἱμᾶσιν
and the body of the chariot is tightly bound with gold and silver straps,
ἐντέταται, δοιαὶ δὲ περίδρομοι ἄντυγές εἰσι.
and there are two curved handrails running around.
τοῦ δʼ ἐξ ἀργύρεος ῥυμὸς πέλεν· αὐτὰρ ἐπʼ ἄκρῳ
From this extended the silver pole; and at its end
δῆσε χρύσειον καλὸν ζυγόν, ἐν δὲ λέπαδνα
she bound the beautiful golden yoke, and on it threw the beautiful
κάλʼ ἔβαλε χρύσειʼ· ὑπὸ δὲ ζυγὸν ἤγαγεν Ἥρη
golden breast-traps; and under the yoke Hera led
ἵππους ὠκύποδας, μεμαυῖʼ ἔριδος καὶ ἀϋτῆς.
the swift-footed horses, eager for strife and the battle cry.
αὐτὰρ Ἀθηναίη κούρη Διὸς αἰγιόχοιο
But Athena, daughter of aegis-bearing Zeus,
πέπλον μὲν κατέχευεν ἑανὸν πατρὸς ἐπʼ οὔδει
let slip down upon her father’s floor her soft robe,
ποικίλον, ὅν ῥʼ αὐτὴ ποιήσατο καὶ κάμε χερσίν·
richly worked, which she herself had made and fashioned with her hands;
ἣ δὲ χιτῶνʼ ἐνδῦσα Διὸς νεφεληγερέταο
and she, putting on the tunic of cloud-gathering Zeus,
τεύχεσιν ἐς πόλεμον θωρήσσετο δακρυόεντα.
girded herself in armor for tearful war.
ἀμφὶ δʼ ἄρʼ ὤμοισιν βάλετʼ αἰγίδα θυσσανόεσσαν
And about her shoulders she cast the tasselled aegis,
δεινήν, ἣν περὶ μὲν πάντῃ Φόβος ἐστεφάνωται,
dread, around which on all sides Rout is crowned as a wreath,
ἐν δʼ Ἔρις, ἐν δʼ Ἀλκή, ἐν δὲ κρυόεσσα Ἰωκή,
and on it is Strife, and on it Valor, and on it chilling Pursuit,
ἐν δέ τε Γοργείη κεφαλὴ δεινοῖο πελώρου
and on it is the Gorgon head of the dread monster,
δεινή τε σμερδνή τε, Διὸς τέρας αἰγιόχοιο.
dread and terrible, a portent of aegis-bearing Zeus.
κρατὶ δʼ ἐπʼ ἀμφίφαλον κυνέην θέτο τετραφάληρον
And upon her head she set the helmet with double ridge and fourfold crest,
χρυσείην, ἑκατὸν πολίων πρυλέεσσʼ ἀραρυῖαν·4
golden, fitted to protect the foot-soldiers of a hundred cities;
ἐς δʼ ὄχεα φλόγεα ποσὶ βήσετο, λάζετο δʼ ἔγχος
and into the flaming chariot she stepped with her feet, and grasped her spear,
βριθὺ μέγα στιβαρόν, τῷ δάμνησι στίχας ἀνδρῶν
heavy and huge and strong, with which she vanquishes the ranks of hero
ἡρώων, οἷσίν τε κοτέσσεται ὀβριμοπάτρη.
men, with whomsoever she is wroth, she of the mighty father.
Ἥρη δὲ μάστιγι θοῶς ἐπεμαίετʼ ἄρʼ ἵππους·
And Hera quickly touched the horses with the whip;
αὐτόμαται δὲ πύλαι μύκον οὐρανοῦ ἃς ἔχον Ὧραι,
and of themselves groaned the gates of heaven, which the Horae held,
τῇς ἐπιτέτραπται μέγας οὐρανὸς Οὔλυμπός τε
to whom is entrusted great heaven and Olympus,
ἠμὲν ἀνακλῖναι πυκινὸν νέφος ἠδʼ ἐπιθεῖναι.
both to roll back the thick cloud and to put it to.
τῇ ῥα διʼ αὐτάων κεντρηνεκέας ἔχον ἵππους·
Through these, then, they guided their horses driven by the goad;
εὗρον δὲ Κρονίωνα θεῶν ἄτερ ἥμενον ἄλλων
and they found the son of Cronus sitting apart from the other gods
ἀκροτάτῃ κορυφῇ πολυδειράδος Οὐλύμποιο.
on the topmost peak of many-ridged Olympus.
ἔνθʼ ἵππους στήσασα θεὰ λευκώλενος Ἥρη
There, having stayed her horses, the white-armed goddess Hera
Ζῆνʼ ὕπατον Κρονίδην ἐξείρετο καὶ προσέειπε·
questioned supreme Zeus, the son of Cronus, and spoke to him:
Ζεῦ πάτερ οὐ νεμεσίζῃ Ἄρῃ τάδε καρτερὰ ἔργα
”Father Zeus, are you not wroth with Ares for these violent deeds,
ὁσσάτιόν τε καὶ οἷον ἀπώλεσε λαὸν Ἀχαιῶν
for all and such a host of the Achaeans he has destroyed
μὰψ ἀτὰρ οὐ κατὰ κόσμον ἐμοὶ δʼ ἄχος, οἳ δὲ ἕκηλοι
recklessly and in no orderly way? To me it is a grief, while at their ease
τέρπονται Κύπρίς τε καὶ ἀργυρότοξος Ἀπόλλων
they rejoice, Cypris and Apollo of the silver bow,
ἄφρονα τοῦτον ἀνέντες, ὃς οὔ τινα οἶδε θέμιστα;
having let loose this madman, who knows no law?
Ζεῦ πάτερ ἦ ῥά τί μοι κεχολώσεαι, αἴ κεν Ἄρηα
Father Zeus, will you indeed be angry with me at all, if I
λυγρῶς πεπληγυῖα μάχης ἐξαποδίωμαι;
smite Ares grievously and drive him out of the battle?”
τὴν δʼ ἀπαμειβόμενος προσέφη νεφεληγερέτα Ζεύς·
And in answer spoke to her cloud-gathering Zeus:
ἄγρει μάν οἱ ἔπορσον Ἀθηναίην ἀγελείην,
”Go to then, urge against him Athena the plunderer,
ἥ ἑ μάλιστʼ εἴωθε κακῇς ὀδύνῃσι πελάζειν.
who is most accustomed to bring him near to grievous pains.”
ὣς ἔφατʼ, οὐδʼ ἀπίθησε θεὰ λευκώλενος Ἥρη,
So he spoke, and the white-armed goddess Hera did not disobey.
- 5.694οἱ
Dative of possession or separation, constructed with μηροῦ to mean "from his thigh."
- 5.711τοὺς
Accusative pronoun referring to the Achaeans, serving as the subject of the active participle ὀλέκοντας, which is used here intransitively ("perishing") or with a passive sense ("being destroyed").
- 5.716Ἴλιον ἐκπέρσαντʼ
Accusative participle modifying Menelaus (Μενελάῳ). Although it refers to a dative noun, its case is attracted to the accusative to act as the subject of the infinitive ἀπονέεσθαι in the indirect speech governed by ὑπέστημεν ("we promised that he [Menelaus], having sacked Ilios, would return").
- 5.744πρυλέεσσʼ ἀραρυῖαν
The dative πρυλέεσσι (foot-soldiers, warriors) depends on the participle ἀραρυῖαν (fitted, suited), meaning either "fitted to protect the warriors of a hundred cities" or "decorated with the figures of the warriors of a hundred cities."