§1— Βᾶθι πρὸς εὐνὰς τὰς Ἑκτορέους.
— Go to the bed of Hector.
Who of the king's shield-bearers is awake, or of his armed men?
— Let him receive the message of new words, who, for the fourfold watch of the night, sit in front of the whole army as sentinels.
§7— ὄρθου κεφαλὴν πῆχυν ἐρείσας, §8λῦσον βλεφάρων γοργωπὸν ἕδραν, §9λεῖπε χαμεύνας φυλλοστρώτους, §10Ἕκτορ· καιρὸς γὰρ ἀκοῦσαι.
— Raise your head, leaning on your elbow, loosen the fierce slumber of your eyelids, leave your leaf-strewn bed of grass, Hector; for it is time to hear.
§11τίς ὅδʼ;
Who is this?
ἦ φίλιος φθόγγος·
Surely a friendly voice.
τίς ἀνήρ;
What man is it?
§12τί τὸ σῆμα;
What is the watchword?
θρόει·
Speak.
Who are they that from the night approach our bed?
ἐνέπειν χρή.
You must speak.
§15φύλακες στρατιᾶς.
Sentinels of the army.
§15bτί φέρῃ θορύβῳ;
Why do you come in haste?
§16θάρσει.
Take courage.
§16bθαρσῶ.
I do take courage.
§17μῶν τις λόχος ἐκ νυκτῶν;
Is there some ambush in the night?
For why do you, leaving your guard-posts, stir up the army, unless you have some night-tidings?
Do you not know that close to the Argive spear we are keeping our nightly watch, fully armed?
— Arm your hand; go to the beds of the allies, Hector, urge them to raise the spear, awaken them.
— Send friends to go to your own company, harness the horses with bridles.
— Who will go to the son of Panthoos, or to the son of Europa, the leader of the Lycian men?
§30— ποῦ σφαγίων ἔφοροι;
— Where are the inspectors of the sacrifices?
— And where are the leaders of the light-armed troops, and the archers of the Phrygians?
§33— ζεύγνυτε κερόδετα τόξα νευραῖς.
— Bind the horn-tipped bows with strings.
Some of what you report is fearful to hear, while other parts encourage, and nothing is clear.
But are you terrified by the trembling whip of Cronian Pan?
§38τί θροεῖς;
What are you saying?
τί σε φῶ §39νέον ἀγγέλλειν;
What shall I say you are reporting anew?
πολλὰ γὰρ εἰπὼν §40οὐδὲν τρανῶς ἀπέδειξας.
For though you say many things, you have made nothing clear.
— The Argive army is lighting fires, Hector, through the whole night, and the ship-stations are bright with torches.
And the whole army has rushed to the tent of Agamemnon in nightly tumult, desiring some new order.
οὐ γάρ πω πάρος ὧδʼ ἐφοβήθη §48ναυσιπόρος στρατιά.
For never before was the seafaring army so terrified.
Suspecting what is to come, I came to you as a messenger, so that you might never direct any blame against me.
§52ἐς καιρὸν ἥκεις, καίπερ ἀγγέλλων φόβον· §53ἅνδρες γὰρ ἐκ γῆς τῆσδε νυκτέρῳ πλάτῃ §54λαθόντες ὄμμα τοὐμὸν ἀρεῖσθαι φυγὴν §55μέλλουσι·
You have come in good time, though you bring tidings of fear; for the men are about to take flight from this land by night, escaping my sight.
σαίνει μʼ ἔννυχος φρυκτωρία.
The nightly torchlight pleases me.
§56ὦ δαῖμον, ὅστις μʼ εὐτυχοῦντʼ ἐνόσφισας §57θοίνης λέοντα, πρὶν τὸν Ἀργείων στρατὸν §58σύρδην ἅπαντα τῷδʼ ἀναλῶσαι δορί.
O deity, who snatched from me, when I was successful, the Argive army, like a lion from its feast, before I could utterly destroy them all with this spear.
§59εἰ γὰρ φαεννοὶ μὴ ξυνέσχον ἡλίου §60λαμπτῆρες, οὔτἂν ἔσχον εὐτυχοῦν δόρυ, §61πρὶν ναῦς πυρῶσαι καὶ διὰ σκηνῶν μολεῖν §62κτείνων Ἀχαιοὺς τῇδε πολυφόνῳ χερί.
For if the bright lamps of the sun had not closed in, I would not have stayed my successful spear, before burning their ships and passing through their tents, slaying the Achaeans with this slaughtering hand.
§63κἀγὼ μὲν ἦ πρόθυμος ἱέναι δόρυ §64ἐν νυκτὶ χρῆσθαί τʼ εὐτυχεῖ ῥύμῃ θεοῦ· §65ἀλλʼ οἱ σοφοί με καὶ τὸ θεῖον εἰδότες §66μάντεις ἔπεισαν ἡμέρας μεῖναι φάος §67κἄπειτʼ Ἀχαιῶν μηδένʼ ἐν χέρσῳ λιπεῖν.
Indeed, I was eager to launch my spear in the night and use the favorable rush of the god; but the wise seers who know divine things persuaded me to wait for the light of day, and then to leave none of the Achaeans on the mainland.
But they do not wait for the counsels of my seers; in the darkness, a runaway has great strength.
§70ἀλλʼ ὡς τάχιστα χρὴ παραγγέλλειν στρατῷ §71τεύχη πρόχειρα λαμβάνειν λῆξαί θʼ ὕπνου, §72ὡς ἄν τις αὐτῶν καὶ νεὼς θρῴσκων ἔπι §73νῶτον χαραχθεὶς κλίμακας ῥάνῃ φόνῳ, §74οἳ δʼ ἐν βρόχοισι δέσμιοι λελημμένοι §75Φρυγῶν ἀρούρας ἐκμάθωσι γαπονεῖν.
But we must as quickly as possible order the army to take up arms and cease from sleep, so that some of them, even as they leap onto the ships, may be wounded in the back and drench the ladders with blood, and others, taken captive in bonds, may learn to cultivate the Phrygian fields.
Hector, you are hastening before learning what is being done; for we do not know clearly if the men are fleeing.
§78τίς γὰρ πύρʼ αἴθειν πρόφασις Ἀργείων στρατόν;
For what is the reason for the Argive army to light fires?
§79οὐκ οἶδʼ· ὕποπτον δʼ ἐστὶ κάρτʼ ἐμῇ φρενί.
I do not know; but it is very suspicious to my mind.
§80πάντʼ ἂν φοβηθεὶς ἴσθι, δειμαίνων τόδε.
Know that you should fear everything, dreading this.
§81οὔπω πρὶν ἧψαν πολέμιοι τοσόνδε φῶς.
Never before did the enemy kindle such a light.
§82οὐδʼ ὧδέ γʼ αἰσχρῶς ἔπεσον ἐν τροπῇ δορός.
Nor did they ever fall so shamefully in the defeat of the spear.
§83σὺ ταῦτʼ ἔπραξας· καὶ τὰ λοιπὰ νῦν σκόπει.
You accomplished this; and now consider what remains.
§84ἁπλοῦς ἐπʼ ἐχθροῖς μῦθος ὁπλίζειν χέρα.
Against enemies, the simple word is to arm the hand.
And look, here comes Aeneas in great haste of foot, walking, having some new matter to tell his friends.
§87Ἕκτορ, τί χρῆμα νύκτεροι κατὰ στρατὸν §88τὰς σὰς πρὸς εὐνὰς φύλακες ἐλθόντες φόβῳ §89νυκτηγοροῦσι καὶ κεκίνηται· στρατός;
Hector, why have the sentinels by night in the army, coming to your bed in fear, spoken in the night, and why has the army been stirred up?
§90Αἰνέα, πύκαζε τεύχεσιν δέμας σέθεν.
Aeneas, encase your body in armor.
§91τί δʼ ἔστι;
What is it?
μῶν τις πολεμίων ἀγγέλλεται §92δόλος κρυφαῖος ἑστάναι κατʼ εὐφρόνην;
Has some secret guile of the enemy been reported to be set during the night?
§93φεύγουσιν ἅνδρες κἀπιβαίνουσιν νεῶν.
The men are fleeing and embarking on the ships.
§94τί τοῦδʼ ἂν εἴποις ἀσφαλὲς τεκμήριον;
What reliable proof of this can you state?