§326ὥστε σʼ ἀλγῦναί γʼ, ἀνοίξας ἃ σὺ κάκʼ εἰργάσω λάθρᾳ.
So that you are pained, indeed, since I opened what evils you wrought in secret.
§327ποῦ δὲ κἄλαβές νιν;
And where did you get it?
ὦ θεοί, σῆς ἀναισχύντου φρενός.
O gods, what a shameless mind is yours!
§328προσδοκῶν σὴν παῖδʼ ἀπʼ Ἄργους, εἰ στράτευμʼ ἀφίξεται.
Watching for your daughter from Argos, whether she would arrive at the army.
§329τί δέ σε τἀμὰ δεῖ φυλάσσειν;
And why must you watch my affairs?
οὐκ ἀναισχύντου τόδε;
Is this not the act of a shameless man?
§330ὅτι τὸ βούλεσθαί μʼ ἔκνιζε· σὸς δὲ δοῦλος οὐκ ἔφυν.
Because the desire vexed me; and I was not born your slave.
§331οὐχὶ δεινά;
Is this not terrible?
τὸν ἐμὸν οἰκεῖν οἶκον οὐκ ἐάσομαι;
Shall I not be allowed to rule my own house?
§332πλάγια γὰρ φρονεῖς, τὰ μὲν νῦν, τὰ δὲ πάλαι, τὰ δʼ αὐτίκα.
For your thoughts are crooked, now one thing, earlier another, and soon another still.
§333εὖ κεκόμψευσαι πονηρά· γλῶσσʼ ἐπίφθονον σοφή.
You have cleverly styled your wickedness; a clever tongue is a hateful thing.
§334νοῦς δέ γʼ οὐ βέβαιος ἄδικον κτῆμα κοὐ σαφὲς φίλοις.
But an unstable mind is an unjust possession, and not clear to friends.
§335βούλομαι δέ σʼ ἐξελέγξαι, καὶ σὺ μήτʼ ὀργῆς ὕπο §336ἀποτρέπου τἀληθὲς οὔτʼ αὖ κατατενῶ λίαν ἐγώ.
But I wish to refute you, and do not you turn away from the truth under anger, nor again will I strain too tightly.
§337οἶσθʼ, ὅτʼ ἐσπούδαζες ἄρχειν Δαναΐδαις πρὸς Ἴλιον, §338τῷ δοκεῖν μὲν οὐχὶ χρῄζων, τῷ δὲ βούλεσθαι θέλων, §339ὡς ταπεινὸς ἦσθα, πάσης δεξιᾶς προσθιγγάνων §340καὶ θύρας ἔχων ἀκλῄστους τῷ θέλοντι δημοτῶν §341καὶ διδοὺς πρόσρησιν ἑξῆς πᾶσι — κεἰ μή τις θέλοι — §342τοῖς τρόποις ζητῶν πρίασθαι τὸ φιλότιμον ἐκ μέσου;
You know, when you were eager to lead the Danaans to Ilium, in appearance indeed not desiring it, but in your heart wishing it, how humble you were, touching every right hand and keeping your doors unbolted for any of the common people who wished, and giving greeting to all in turn—even if someone did not wish it— seeking by these ways to buy ambition from the midst?
§343κᾆτʼ, ἐπεὶ κατέσχες ἀρχάς, μεταβαλὼν ἄλλους τρόπους §344τοῖς φίλοισιν οὐκέτʼ ἦσθα τοῖς πρὶν ὡς πρόσθεν φίλος, §345δυσπρόσιτος ἔσω τε κλῄθρων σπάνιος.
And then, when you obtained the command, changing to other ways you were no longer a friend to your former friends as before, hard to approach and rarely to be seen behind locked doors.
ἄνδρα δʼ οὐ χρεὼν §346τὸν ἀγαθὸν πράσσοντα μεγάλα τοὺς τρόπους μεθιστάναι, §347ἀλλὰ καὶ βέβαιον εἶναι τότε μάλιστα τοῖς φίλοις, §348ἡνίκʼ ὠφελεῖν μάλιστα δυνατός ἐστιν εὐτυχῶν.
But a good man ought not change his ways when he fares highly, but should be then especially steady toward his friends, when, being fortunate, he is most able to benefit them.
§349ταῦτα μέν σε πρῶτʼ ἐπῆλθον, ἵνα σε πρῶθʼ ηὗρον κακόν.
These are the first points on which I attack you, where I first found you to be base.
§350ὡς δʼ ἐς Αὖλιν ἦλθες αὖθις χὡ Πανελλήνων στρατός, §351οὐδὲν ἦσθʼ, ἀλλʼ ἐξεπλήσσου τῇ τύχῃ τῇ τῶν θεῶν, §352οὐρίας πομπῆς σπανίζων· Δαναΐδαι δʼ ἀφιέναι §353ναῦς διήγγελλον, μάτην δὲ μὴ πονεῖν ἐν Αὐλίδι.
But when you came again to Aulis and the army of all the Greeks, you were nothing, but were struck with dismay by the fortune from the gods, lacking a favorable escort; and the Danaans were calling out to dismiss the ships and not to toil in vain at Aulis.
§354ὡς ἄνολβον εἶχες ὄμμα σύγχυσίν τʼ, εἰ μὴ νεῶν §355χιλίων ἄρχων τὸ Πριάμου πεδίον ἐμπλήσεις δορός.
How wretched an eye and confusion you had, unless you, ruling a thousand ships, should fill the plain of Priam with spears!
§356κἀμὲ παρεκάλεις· Τί δράσω;
And you kept calling on me: "What shall I do?
τίνα δὲ πόρον εὕρω πόθεν; — §357ὥστε μὴ στερέντα σʼ ἀρχῆς ἀπολέσαι καλὸν κλέος.
And what way out shall I find, from where?"— so that you might not lose your fair glory by being deprived of command.
§358κᾆτʼ, ἐπεὶ Κάλχας ἐν ἱεροῖς εἶπε σὴν θῦσαι κόρην §359Ἀρτέμιδι, καὶ πλοῦν ἔσεσθαι Δαναΐδαις, ἡσθεὶς φρένας §360ἄσμενος θύσειν ὑπέστης παῖδα· καὶ πέμπεις ἑκών, §361οὐ βίᾳ — μὴ τοῦτο λέξῃς — σῇ δάμαρτι, παῖδα σὴν §362δεῦρʼ ἀποστέλλειν, Ἀχιλλεῖ πρόφασιν ὡς γαμουμένην.
And then, when Calchas said in his holy rites that you must sacrifice your daughter to Artemis, and that there would be a voyage for the Danaans, rejoiced in heart, you willingly undertook to sacrifice your child; and you sent voluntarily, not by force—do not say this—to your wife, to dispatch your child hither, on the pretext of her being married to Achilles.
And then, turning back, you are caught changing to another writing, to the effect that you will no longer be the murderer of your daughter.
μάλιστά γε.
Most certainly!
§365οὗτος αὑτός ἐστιν αἰθὴρ ὃς τάδʼ ἤκουσεν σέθεν.
This very air is what heard those things from you.
§366μυρίοι δέ τοι πεπόνθασʼ αὐτό· πρὸς τὰ πράγματα §367ἐκπονοῦσʼ ἔχοντες, εἶτα δʼ ἐξεχώρησαν κακῶς, §368τὰ μὲν ὑπὸ γνώμης πολιτῶν ἀσυνέτου, τὰ δʼ ἐνδίκως §369ἀδύνατοι γεγῶτες αὐτοὶ διαφυλάξασθαι πόλιν.
Countless men indeed have suffered this very thing; they toil hard while in power, and then they retire disgracefully, partly through the foolish mind of the citizens, and partly, with justice, having themselves become unable to guard the city.
§370Ἑλλάδος μάλιστʼ ἔγωγε τῆς ταλαιπώρου στένω, §371ἥ, θέλουσα δρᾶν τι κεδνόν, βαρβάρους τοὺς οὐδένας §372καταγελῶντας ἐξανήσει διὰ σὲ καὶ τὴν σὴν κόρην.
I, for my part, groan most for wretched Greece, which, wishing to do something noble, will let those worthless barbarians laugh at her and escape, because of you and your daughter.
§373μηδένʼ ἀνδρείας ἕκατι προστάτην θείμην χθονός, §374μηδʼ ὅπλων ἄρχοντα· νοῦν χρὴ τὸν στρατηλάτην ἔχειν· §375πόλεος ὡς ἄρχων ἀνὴρ πᾶς, ξύνεσιν ἢν ἔχων τύχῃ.
I would set no one as protector of a land, nor as leader of arms, for the sake of mere courage; the general must have intellect; since any man is a ruler of a city, if he happens to have understanding.
It is terrible for words and battles to arise between brothers, whenever they fall into strife.
§378βούλομαί σʼ εἰπεῖν κακῶς εὖ, βραχέα, μὴ λίαν ἄνω §379βλέφαρα πρὸς τἀναιδὲς ἀγαγών, ἀλλὰ σωφρονεστέρως, §380ὡς ἀδελφὸν ὄντʼ· ἀνὴρ γὰρ χρηστὸς αἰδεῖσθαι φιλεῖ.
I wish to speak ill of you well, briefly, not raising my eyelids too high toward shamelessness, but more moderately, as to one who is a brother; for an honorable man is accustomed to feel shame.
§381εἰπέ μοι, τί δεινὰ φυσᾷς αἱματηρὸν ὄμμʼ ἔχων;
Tell me, why do you pant so fiercely, having a bloodshot eye?
§382τίς ἀδικεῖ σε;
Who wrongs you?
τοῦ κέχρησαι;
What do you lack?
χρηστὰ λέκτρʼ ἐρᾷς λαβεῖν;
Are you eager to obtain a virtuous wife?
I would not be able to provide one for you; for what you did possess, you ruled badly.
εἶτʼ ἐγὼ δίκην δῶ σῶν κακῶν, ὁ μὴ σφαλείς;
Then am I, who have not erred, to pay the penalty for your evils?
§385οὐ δάκνει σε τὸ φιλότιμον τοὐμόν, ἀλλʼ ἐν ἀγκάλαις §386εὐπρεπῆ γυναῖκα χρῄζεις, τὸ λελογισμένον παρεὶς §387καὶ τὸ καλόν, ἔχειν.
It is not my ambition that bites you, but you desire to hold a beautiful wife in your arms, discarding reason and honor.
πονηροῦ φωτὸς ἡδοναὶ κακαί.
The pleasures of a base man are evil.
§388εἰ δʼ ἐγώ, γνοὺς πρόσθεν οὐκ εὖ, μετετέθην εὐβουλίᾳ,
But if I, having realized beforehand that I did not decide well, have changed my mind to good counsel,