§492ἔτι σε, πότνια, μετατροπὰ §493τῶνδ’ ἔπεισιν ἔργων. §494καὶ μὴν ἐσορῶ §495τόδε σύγκρατον ζεῦγος πρὸ δόμων §496ψήφῳ θανάτου §497δύστηνε γύναι, τλῆμον δὲ σὺ παῖ, §498μητρὸς λεχέων ὃς ὑπερθνῄσκεις §499οὐδὲν μετέχων §500οὐδ’ αἴτιος ὢν βασιλεῦσιν. §501ἅδ’ ἐγὼ χέρας αἱματη- §502ρὰς βρόχοισι κεκλῃμένα §503πέμπομαι κατὰ γαίας. §504μᾶτερ μᾶτερ, ἐγὼ δὲ σᾷ §505πτέρυγι συγκαταβαίνω. §506θῦμα δάιον, ὦ χθονὸς §507Φθίας κράντορες. §507bὦ πάτερ, §508μόλε φίλοις ἐπίκουρος. §510κείσῃ δή, τέκνον ὦ φίλος, §511μαστοῖς ματέρος ἀμφὶ σᾶς §512νεκρὸς ὑπὸ χθονί, σὺν νεκρῷ τ’ §513ὤμοι μοι, τί πάθω;
, mistress, a turning back of these deeds will come upon you. indeed I see this pair, together in the vote of death, before the house, woman, and you, unhappy child, who die for your mother's marriage bed, no part in it, being guilty in the eyes of the kings. am I, my bleeding hands with ropes, beneath the earth., mother, and I go down you under your wing. cruel victim, O rulers of the land Phthia! father, as a helper to your loved ones! will indeed lie, O beloved child, corpse beneath the earth by the breasts of your mother, and together with a corpse. me, what will happen to me?
Wretched am I, and you too, mother. beneath the earth; for you have come from hostile
δύο δ’ ἐκ δισσαῖν §517θνῄσκετ’ ἀνάγκαιν· σὲ μὲν ἡμετέρα §518ψῆφος ἀναιρεῖ, παῖδα δ’ ἐμὴ παῖς §519τόνδ’ Ἑρμιόνη·
You die by two different: our vote destroys you, and my daughter destroys this child.
καὶ γὰρ ἀνοία §520μεγάλη λείπειν ἐχθροὺς ἐχθρῶν, §521ἐξὸν κτείνειν §522καὶ φόβον οἴκων ἀφελέσθαι. §523ὦ πόσις πόσις, εἴθε σὰν §524χεῖρα καὶ δόρυ σύμμαχον §525κτησαίμαν, Πριάμου παῖ. §526δύστανος, τί δ’ ἐγὼ μόρου §527παράτροπον μέλος εὕρω; §529λίσσου, γούνασι δεσπότου §530χρίμπτων, ὦ τέκνον. §530bὦ φίλος, §531φίλος, ἄνες θάνατόν μοι. §532λείβομαι δάκρυσιν κόρας, §533στάζω λισσάδος ὡς πέτρας §534λιβὰς ἀνήλιος, ἁ τάλαιν’ §535ὤμοι μοι, τί δ’ ἐγὼ κακῶν §536μῆχος ἐξανύσωμαι; §537τί με προσπίτνεις, ἁλίαν πέτραν §538ἢ κῦμα λιταῖς ὣς ἱκετεύων; §539τοῖς γὰρ ἐμοῖσιν γέγον’ ὠφελία, §540σοὶ δ’ οὐδὲν ἔχω φίλτρον, ἐπεί τοι §541μέγ’ ἀναλώσας ψυχῆς μόριον §542Τροίαν εἷλον καὶ μητέρα σήν· §543ἧς ἀπολαύων §544Ἅιδην χθόνιον καταβήσῃ. §545καὶ μὴν δέδορκα τόνδε Πηλέα πέλας, §546σπουδῇ τιθέντα δεῦρο γηραιὸν πόδα.
For it is a great to leave behind enemies born of, when it is possible to kill them remove fear from the house. husband, husband, if only I could obtain your and allied spear, son of Priam! as I am, how can I find a song turn away death? him, clinging to the master's, my child. friend,, release me from death! stream with tears from my eyes, like a sunless spring a smooth rock, wretched that I am. me, how can I achieve remedy for my evils? do you fall down before me, entreating me with prayers if to a sea-cliff or a wave? to my own people there has come benefit, for you I have no affection, since indeed, spent a great part of my life, took Troy and your mother; the fruits of her, shall go down to Hades beneath the earth. look, I see Peleus nearby, his aged foot here. ask you, and the one standing over the slaughter, is this?
ἐκ τίνος λόγου νοσεῖ §549δόμος;
For what reason is the house?
τί πράσσετ’ ἄκριτα μηχανώμενοι; §550Μενέλα’, ἐπίσχες·
What are you doing, contriving things without a trial?, hold!
μὴ τάχυν’ ἄνευ δίκης §551ἡγοῦ σὺ θᾶσσον, οὐ γὰρ ὡς ἔοικέ μοι §552σχολῆς τόδ’ ἔργον· ἀλλ’ ἀνηβητηρίαν §553ῥώμην μ’ ἐπαινῶ λαμβάνειν, εἴπερ ποτέ §554πρῶτον μὲν οὖν κατ’ οὖρον ὥσπερ ἱστίοις §555ἐμπνεύσομαι τῇδ’·
Do not hasten without justice. me faster, for this does not seem to me be a matter of leisure; but I think it well to take up strength that makes me young again, if ever I did. of all, then, like a sail to a favorable wind, will breathe life into this woman.
Tell me, by what right these men bound your hands with ropes and are leading and your child away?
ὕπαρνος γάρ τις οἶς ἀπόλλυσαι, §558ἡμῶν ἀπόντων τοῦ τε κυρίου σέθεν. §559οἵδ’, ὦ γεραιέ, σὺν τέκνῳ θανουμένην §560ἄγουσί μ’ οὕτως ὡς ὁρᾷς.
For you are being destroyed like a sheep with its lamb, we and your master are absent. men, O aged one, are leading me to die with my child, as you see.
τί σοι λέγω; §561οὐ γὰρ μιᾶς σε κληδόνος προθυμίᾳ §562μετῆλθον, ἀλλὰ μυρίων ὑπ’ ἀγγέλων. §563ἔριν δὲ τὴν κατ’ οἶκον οἶσθά που κλύων §564τῆς τοῦδε θυγατρός, ὧν τ’ ἀπόλλυμαι χάριν. §565καὶ νῦν με βωμοῦ Θέτιδος, ἣ τὸν εὐγενῆ §566ἔτικτέ σοι παῖδ’, ἣν σὺ θαυμαστὴν σέβεις, §567ἄγουσ’ ἀποσπάσαντες, οὔτε τῳ δίκῃ §568κρίναντες οὔτε τοὺς ἀπόντας ἐκ δόμων §569μείναντες, ἀλλὰ τὴν ἐμὴν ἐρημίαν §570γνόντες τέκνου τε τοῦδ’, ὃν οὐδὲν αἴτιον §571μέλλουσι σὺν ἐμοὶ τῇ ταλαιπώρῳ κτενεῖν. §572ἀλλ’ ἀντιάζω σ’, ὦ γέρον, τῶν σῶν πάρος §573πίτνουσα γονάτων—χειρὶ δ’ οὐκ ἔξεστί μοι §574τῆς σῆς λαβέσθαι φιλτάτης γενειάδος— §575ῥῦσαί με πρὸς θεῶν·
What shall I say to you? I did not send for you through the urgency a single message, but by countless messengers. the strife in the house, I suppose you know from hearing this man's daughter, and for what reasons I am being destroyed. now they are dragging me away, tearing me from the altar of Thetis, bore your noble son and whom you revere with wonder, judging me by any law, waiting for those who are absent from the house, knowing my helplessness that of this child, who is in no way guilty, they are about to kill along with me, wretched as I am. I entreat you, O elder, falling before knees — for it is not permitted for my hand touch your beloved beard — me, by the gods!
εἰ δὲ μή, θανούμεθα §576αἰσχρῶς μὲν ὑμῖν, δυστυχῶς δ’ ἐμοί, γέρον. §577χαλᾶν κελεύω δεσμὰ πρὶν κλαίειν τινά, §578καὶ τῆσδε χεῖρας διπτύχους ἀνιέναι. §579ἐγὼ δ’ ἀπαυδῶ γ’ ἄλλος οὐχ ἥσσων σέθεν §580καὶ τῆσδε πολλῷ κυριώτερος γεγώς.
Otherwise, we shall die, indeed for you, and unhappily for me, O elder. order you to loosen the bonds before anyone gets hurt, to release the two hands of this woman. I forbid it, being another who is not inferior to you, having far more authority over her.?
οὐχ ἅλις σοι τῶν κατὰ Σπάρτην κρατεῖν; §583εἷλόν νιν αἰχμάλωτον ἐκ Τροίας ἐγώ. §584οὑμὸς δέ γ’ αὐτὴν ἔλαβε παῖς παιδὸς γέρας. §585οὔκουν ἐκείνου τἀμὰ τἀκείνου τ’ ἐμά; §586aδρᾶν εὖ, κακῶς δ’ οὔ, μηδ’ ἀποκτείνειν βίᾳ. §587ὡς τήνδ’ ἀπάξεις οὔποτ’ ἐξ ἐμῆς χερός.
Is it not enough for you to rule over those in Sparta? took her captive from Troy myself. my son's son received her as a prize of honor. it not then that my things are his, and his things are mine?, to do good, but not to do evil, nor to kill by violence. assured that you will never lead her away from my hand.