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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 · 2026-10-29
Upon Iris's warning, Hera and Athena turn back and return to Olympus. Zeus, returning shortly after, mocks their silence and prophesies a harsher fate for the Achaeans tomorrow, coldly dismissing Hera's anger. As night falls, Hector calls a council of the Trojans.
ἣ μὲν ἄρʼ ὣς εἰποῦσʼ ἀπέβη πόδας ὠκέα Ἶρις,
So she spoke, and swift-footed Iris departed;
αὐτὰρ Ἀθηναίην Ἥρη πρὸς μῦθον ἔειπεν·
but Hera spoke to Athena, saying:
ὢ πόποι αἰγιόχοιο Διὸς τέκος, οὐκέτʼ ἔγωγε
”Alas, child of aegis-bearing Zeus, I for my part
νῶϊ ἐῶ1 Διὸς ἄντα βροτῶν ἕνεκα πτολεμίζειν·
will no longer allow the two of us to war against Zeus for the sake of mortals.
τῶν ἄλλος μὲν ἀποφθίσθω, ἄλλος δὲ βιώτω,
Let one of them perish, and let another live,
ὅς κε τύχῃ· κεῖνος δὲ τὰ ἃ φρονέων2 ἐνὶ θυμῷ
whosoever may chance to do so; and let him, purposing his own things in his heart,
Τρωσί τε καὶ Δαναοῖσι δικαζέτω, ὡς ἐπιεικές.
judge between Trojans and Danaans, as is fitting.”
ὣς ἄρα φωνήσασα πάλιν τρέπε μώνυχας ἵππους·
So she spoke, and turned back her single-hooved horses.
τῇσιν δʼ Ὧραι μὲν λῦσαν καλλίτριχας ἵππους,
For them the Hours unyoked the fair-maned horses,
καὶ τοὺς μὲν κατέδησαν ἐπʼ ἀμβροσίῃσι κάπῃσιν,
and bound them at their ambrosial mangers,
ἅρματα δʼ ἔκλιναν πρὸς ἐνώπια παμφανόωντα·
and leaned the chariot against the fully-gleaming wall;
αὐταὶ δὲ χρυσέοισιν ἐπὶ κλισμοῖσι κάθιζον
and they themselves sat upon golden couches,
μίγδʼ ἄλλοισι θεοῖσι, φίλον τετιημέναι ἦτορ.
mingling with the other gods, grieved in their dear heart.
Ζεὺς δὲ πατὴρ Ἴδηθεν ἐΰτροχον ἅρμα καὶ ἵππους
But father Zeus drove his well-wheeled chariot and horses from Ida
Οὔλυμπον δὲ δίωκε, θεῶν δʼ ἐξίκετο θώκους.
to Olympus, and came to the seats of the gods.
τῷ δὲ καὶ ἵππους μὲν λῦσε κλυτὸς ἐννοσίγαιος,
For him the famous Earth-shaker unyoked the horses,
ἅρματα δʼ ἂμ βωμοῖσι τίθει κατὰ λῖτα πετάσσας·
and placed the chariot upon its stand, spreading a linen cloth over it;
αὐτὸς δὲ χρύσειον ἐπὶ θρόνον εὐρύοπα Ζεὺς
and Zeus himself, of the far-sounding voice, sat upon his golden
ἕζετο, τῷ δʼ ὑπὸ ποσσὶ μέγας πελεμίζετʼ Ὄλυμπος.
throne, and beneath his feet great Olympus trembled.
αἳ δʼ οἶαι Διὸς ἀμφὶς Ἀθηναίη τε καὶ Ἥρη
But they two, Athena and Hera, sat apart from Zeus
ἥσθην, οὐδέ τί μιν προσεφώνεον οὐδʼ ἐρέοντο·
by themselves, and did not address him at all, nor ask him anything.
αὐτὰρ ὃ ἔγνω ᾗσιν ἐνὶ φρεσὶ φώνησέν τε·
But he knew it in his own mind, and spoke:
τίφθʼ οὕτω τετίησθον Ἀθηναίη τε καὶ Ἥρη;
”Why are you two so grieved, Athena and Hera?
οὐ μέν θην κάμετόν γε3 μάχῃ ἔνι κυδιανείρῃ
Surely you have not grown weary in the glory-bringing battle
ὀλλῦσαι Τρῶας, τοῖσιν κότον αἰνὸν ἔθεσθε.
of destroying the Trojans, against whom you have set terrible wrath.
πάντως, οἷον ἐμόν γε μένος καὶ χεῖρες ἄαπτοι,
Truly, such is my strength and my hands untouchable,
οὐκ ἄν με τρέψειαν ὅσοι θεοί εἰσʼ ἐν Ὀλύμπῳ.
that not all the gods in Olympus could have turned me back.
σφῶϊν δὲ πρίν περ τρόμος ἔλλαβε φαίδιμα γυῖα
But as for you two, trembling seized your glorious limbs
πρὶν πόλεμόν τε ἰδεῖν πολέμοιό τε μέρμερα ἔργα.
before you even saw war and the terrible deeds of war.
ὧδε γὰρ ἐξερέω, τὸ δέ κεν τετελεσμένον ἦεν·4
For thus will I speak, and it would indeed have been fulfilled:
οὐκ ἂν ἐφʼ ὑμετέρων ὀχέων πληγέντε κεραυνῷ
not on your own chariot, struck by the thunderbolt,
ἂψ ἐς Ὄλυμπον ἵκεσθον, ἵνʼ ἀθανάτων ἕδος ἐστίν.
would you have returned to Olympus, where is the seat of the immortals.”
ὣς ἔφαθʼ, αἳ δʼ ἐπέμυξαν Ἀθηναίη τε καὶ Ἥρη·
So he spoke, and Athena and Hera murmured;
πλησίαι αἵ γʼ ἥσθην, κακὰ δὲ Τρώεσσι μεδέσθην.
they sat close together, and were planning evils for the Trojans.
ἤτοι Ἀθηναίη ἀκέων ἦν οὐδέ τι εἶπε
Indeed Athena kept silence and said nothing,
σκυζομένη Διὶ πατρί, χόλος δέ μιν ἄγριος ᾕρει·
wroth with father Zeus, and wild anger possessed her;
Ἥρῃ δʼ οὐκ ἔχαδε στῆθος χόλον, ἀλλὰ προσηύδα·
but Hera did not contain her anger in her breast, but spoke:
αἰνότατε Κρονίδη ποῖον τὸν μῦθον ἔειπες.
”Most dread son of Cronos, what a word is this you have spoken!
εὖ νυ καὶ ἡμεῖς ἴδμεν ὅ τοι σθένος οὐκ ἀλαπαδνόν·
Well do we too know that your power is not weak;
ἀλλʼ ἔμπης Δαναῶν ὀλοφυρόμεθʼ αἰχμητάων,
yet nevertheless we pity the Danaan spearmen,
οἵ κεν δὴ κακὸν οἶτον ἀναπλήσαντες ὄλωνται.
who indeed are about to perish, fulfilling an evil fate.
ἀλλʼ ἤτοι πολέμου μὲν ἀφεξόμεθʼ, εἰ σὺ κελεύεις·
Yet truly we will refrain from war, if you so bid;
βουλὴν δʼ Ἀργείοις ὑποθησόμεθʼ ἥ τις ὀνήσει,
but counsel we will offer to the Argives, which shall profit them,
ὡς μὴ πάντες ὄλωνται ὀδυσσαμένοιο τεοῖο.
so that they may not all perish because of your wrath.”
τὴν δʼ ἀπαμειβόμενος προσέφη νεφεληγερέτα Ζεύς·
And in answer to her spoke cloud-gathering Zeus:
ἠοῦς δὴ καὶ μᾶλλον ὑπερμενέα Κρονίωνα
”At dawn tomorrow, if you will, O ox-eyed queen Hera,
ὄψεαι, αἴ κʼ ἐθέλῃσθα, βοῶπις πότνια Ἥρη
you shall see the all-powerful son of Cronos
ὀλλύντʼ Ἀργείων πουλὺν στρατὸν αἰχμητάων·
destroying still more of the great host of Argive spearmen;
οὐ γὰρ πρὶν πολέμου ἀποπαύσεται ὄβριμος Ἕκτωρ
for mighty Hector shall not cease from war
πρὶν ὄρθαι5 παρὰ ναῦφι ποδώκεα Πηλεΐωνα,
until the swift-footed son of Peleus is aroused beside the ships,
ἤματι τῷ ὅτʼ ἂν οἳ μὲν ἐπὶ πρύμνῃσι μάχωνται
on that day when they shall fight at the sterns of the ships
στείνει ἐν αἰνοτάτῳ περὶ Πατρόκλοιο θανόντος·
in most terrible straits around Patroclus fallen;
ὣς γὰρ θέσφατόν ἐστι· σέθεν δʼ ἐγὼ οὐκ ἀλεγίζω
for so is it decreed by heaven. And of your anger I care not,
χωομένης, οὐδʼ εἴ κε τὰ νείατα πείραθʼ ἵκηαι
not even if you should go to the furthest bounds
γαίης καὶ πόντοιο, ἵνʼ Ἰάπετός τε Κρόνος τε
of earth and sea, where Iapetus and Cronos
ἥμενοι οὔτʼ αὐγῇς Ὑπερίονος Ἠελίοιο
sit and have joy neither in the rays of Hyperion Helios
τέρποντʼ οὔτʼ ἀνέμοισι, βαθὺς δέ τε Τάρταρος ἀμφίς·
nor in any winds, but deep Tartarus is all around;
οὐδʼ ἢν ἔνθʼ ἀφίκηαι ἀλωμένη, οὔ σευ ἔγωγε
not even if you should wander thither, do I care
σκυζομένης ἀλέγω, ἐπεὶ οὐ σέο κύντερον ἄλλο.
for your anger, since there is nothing more shameless than you.”
ὣς φάτο, τὸν δʼ οὔ τι προσέφη λευκώλενος Ἥρη.
So he spoke, and white-armed Hera made no answer.
ἐν δʼ ἔπεσʼ Ὠκεανῷ λαμπρὸν φάος ἠελίοιο
And the bright light of the sun fell into Oceanus,
ἕλκον νύκτα μέλαιναν ἐπὶ ζείδωρον ἄρουραν.
drawing black night over the grain-giving earth.
Τρωσὶν μέν ῥʼ ἀέκουσιν ἔδυ φάος, αὐτὰρ Ἀχαιοῖς
Unwillingly to the Trojans the light went down, but to the Achaeans
ἀσπασίη τρίλλιστος ἐπήλυθε νὺξ ἐρεβεννή.
welcome, thrice-prayed-for, came dark night.
Τρώων αὖτʼ ἀγορὴν ποιήσατο φαίδιμος Ἕκτωρ
Then glorious Hector made an assembly of the Trojans,
νόσφι νεῶν ἀγαγὼν ποταμῷ ἔπι δινήεντι,
leading them apart from the ships beside the eddying river,
ἐν καθαρῷ ὅθι δὴ νεκύων διεφαίνετο χῶρος.
in a clear space where the ground appeared free of dead bodies.
ἐξ ἵππων δʼ ἀποβάντες ἐπὶ χθόνα μῦθον ἄκουον
And stepping down from their horses to the ground they heard the word
τόν ῥʼ Ἕκτωρ ἀγόρευε Διῒ φίλος· ἐν δʼ ἄρα χειρὶ
which Hector, beloved of Zeus, spoke; and in his hand
- 8.428νῶϊ ἐῶ
The verb ἐῶ (1st person singular present indicative of ἐάω), when accompanying an infinitive, means 'to permit' or 'to allow'. Here, with the dual first-person accusative pronoun νῶϊ as the subject of the infinitive πτολεμίζειν, it means 'I no longer allow the two of us to fight.' It expresses Hera's strong resolution to abandon their intervention.
- 8.430τὰ ἃ φρονέων
The neuter plural accusative demonstrative/possessive pronoun τὰ ἃ (his own things) functions either as the internal object of the present participle φρονέων (purposing, thinking) or adverbially. It translates as 'purposing his own designs in his heart' or 'according to his own mind.'
- 8.448οὐ μέν θην κάμετόν γε
The verb form κάμετον is the second aorist dual second person of κάμνω (to grow weary, toil). Together with the following infinitive ὀλλῦσαι (to destroy), it forms an ironic expression: 'surely you have not grown weary of destroying.' The particle θην adds an ironic or confident emphasis ('surely not').
- 8.454τὸ δέ κεν τετελεσμένον ἦεν
The combination of κεν (the poetic equivalent of ἄν) and the imperfect indicative ἦεν (3rd person singular of εἰμί, forming a periphrastic pluperfect with the perfect passive participle τετελεσμένον) expresses a past counterfactual condition: 'it would indeed have been fulfilled.' It emphasizes the certainty of the result that would have occurred had Zeus struck them with his thunderbolt.
- 8.474πρὶν ὄρθαι
The conjunction πρὶν, following a negative in the preceding clause (οὐ γὰρ πρὶν...), takes the infinitive ὄρθαι (the second aorist middle/intransitive of ὄρνυμι, meaning 'to rise, be aroused') and means 'until...' The accusative Πηλεΐωνα acts as the subject of the infinitive.