§558Ἕκτωρ ὤτρυνε κατόπταν; §559— ταρβῶ· χρόνιος γὰρ ἄπεστιν. §560— ἀλλʼ ἦ κρυπτὸν λόχον ἐσπαίσας §561διόλωλε; — τάχʼ ἄν.
"Did Hector urge on the scout?" —"I fear; for he has been gone a long time." —"Or can it be that, falling into a hidden ambush," "he has perished?"—"Perhaps so.
φοβερόν μοι. §562— αὐδῶ Λυκίους πέμπτην φυλακὴν §563βάντας ἐγείρειν §564ἡμᾶς κλήρου κατὰ μοῖραν. §565Διόμηδες, οὐκ ἤκουσας — ἢ κενὸς ψόφος §566στάζει διʼ ὤτων; — τευχέων τινὰ κτύπον; §567οὔκ, ἀλλὰ δεσμὰ πωλικῶν ἐξ ἀντύγων §568κλάζει σιδήρου· κἀμέ τοι, πρὶν ᾐσθόμην §569δεσμῶν ἀραγμὸν ἱππικῶν, ἔδυ φόβος. §570ὅρα κατʼ ὄρφνην μὴ φύλαξιν ἐντύχῃς. §571φυλάξομαί τοι κἀν σκότῳ τιθεὶς πόδα. §572ἢν δʼ οὖν ἐγείρῃς, οἶσθα σύνθημα στρατοῦ; §573Φοῖβον Δόλωνος οἶδα σύμβολον κλύων. §574ἔα· §574aεὐνὰς ἐρήμους τάσδε πολεμίων ὁρῶ. §575καὶ μὴν Δόλων γε τάσδʼ ἔφραζεν Ἕκτορος §576κοίτας, ἐφʼ ᾧπερ ἔγχος εἵλκυσται τόδε.
It is terrifying to me." —"I tell someone to go and wake" "the Lycians for their turn," "according to the share of our lot." "Diomedes, did you not hear—or is an empty sound" "dripping through your ears?—some clang of weapons?" "No, but iron chains from the chariot rails" "are clanking; and indeed, before I perceived" "the rattling of the horses' chains, fear stole over me." "See to it in the darkness that you do not run into the guards." "I will indeed be careful, even as I set my foot in the dark." "If then you should rouse anyone, do you know the army's watchword?" "I know it is 'Phoebus', having heard the token from Dolon." "Ha!" "I see these empty sleeping quarters of the enemy." "And yet Dolon did point to these as Hector's" "quarters, against whom this very spear of mine is drawn." "What indeed could it be?
§577τί δῆτʼ ἂν εἴη; μῶν λόχος βέβηκέ ποι; §578ἴσως ἐφʼ ἡμῖν μηχανὴν στήσων τινά. §579θρασὺς γὰρ Ἕκτωρ νῦν, ἐπεὶ κρατεῖ, θρασύς. §580τί δῆτʼ, Ὀδυσσεῦ, δρῶμεν;
Has an ambush gone off somewhere?" "Perhaps to set up some device against us." "For Hector is bold now, since he is victorious, bold indeed." "What then, Odysseus, shall we do?
οὐ γὰρ ηὕρομεν §581τὸν ἄνδρʼ ἐν εὐναῖς, ἐλπίδων δʼ ἡμάρτομεν. §582στείχωμεν ὡς τάχιστα ναυστάθμων πέλας. §583σῴζει γὰρ αὐτὸν ὅστις εὐτυχῆ θεῶν §584τίθησιν· ἡμῖν δʼ οὐ βιαστέον τύχην. §585οὐκ οὖν ἐπʼ Αἰνέαν ἢ τὸν ἔχθιστον Φρυγῶν §586Πάριν μολόντε χρὴ καρατομεῖν ξίφει; §587πῶς οὖν ἐν ὄρφνῃ πολεμίων ἀνὰ στρατὸν §588ζητῶν δυνήσῃ τούσδʼ ἀκινδύνως κτανεῖν; §589αἰσχρόν γε μέντοι ναῦς ἐπʼ Ἀργείων μολεῖν §590δράσαντε μηδὲν πολεμίους νεώτερον.
For we did not find" "the man in his bed, and we have failed in our hopes." "Let us go as quickly as possible near the ship stations." "For whichever of the gods makes him prosperous preserves him;" "and we must not force fortune." "Should we not then, going against Aeneas or Paris," "the most hateful of the Phrygians, cut off their heads with the sword?" "How then in the darkness, through the host of the enemy," "searching, will you be able to kill these men without danger?" "Yet indeed it is shameful to return to the ships of the Argives" "having done nothing unexpected to the enemy." "And how have you not achieved?
Did we not, by slaying Dolon," "the scout of the fleet, preserve these" "spoils?
ἢ πᾶν στρατόπεδον πέρσειν δοκεῖς; §594πείθεις, πάλιν στείχωμεν· εὖ δʼ εἴη τυχεῖν. §595ποῖ δὴ λιπόντες Τρωικῶν ἐκ τάξεων §596χωρεῖτε, λύπῃ καρδίαν δεδηγμένοι, §597εἰ μὴ κτανεῖν σφῷν Ἕκτορʼ ἢ Πάριν θεὸς §598δίδωσιν; ἄνδρα δʼ οὐ πέπυσθε σύμμαχον §599Τροίᾳ μολόντα Ῥῆσον οὐ φαύλῳ τρόπῳ. §600ὃς εἰ διοίσει νύκτα τήνδʼ ἐς αὔριον, §601οὔτε σφʼ Ἀχιλλεὺς οὔτʼ ἂν Αἴαντος δόρυ §602μὴ πάντα πέρσαι ναύσταθμʼ Ἀργείων σχέθοι, §603τείχη κατασκάψαντα καὶ πυλῶν ἔσω §604λόγχῃ πλατεῖαν ἐσδρομὴν ποιούμενον. §605τοῦτον κατακτὰς πάντʼ ἔχεις.
Or do you expect to destroy the whole camp?" "You persuade me; let us go back; and may it turn out well." "Whither indeed do you go, leaving the Trojan lines," "stung in your heart with grief," "because a god does not grant you to slay Hector or Paris?" "Have you not heard of the ally," "Rhesus, who has come to Troy in no ordinary fashion?" "Who, if he survives this night until tomorrow," "neither Achilles nor the spear of Ajax" "could prevent him from utterly destroying the whole fleet of the Argives," "leveling the walls and making within the gates" "a wide path of entry with his spear." "By slaying him you have everything.
τὰς δʼ Ἕκτορος §606εὐνὰς ἔασον καὶ καρατόμους σφαγάς· §607ἔσται γὰρ αὐτῷ θάνατος ἐξ ἄλλης χερός. §608δέσποινʼ Ἀθάνα, φθέγματος γὰρ ᾐσθόμην §609τοῦ σοῦ συνήθη γῆρυν· ἐν πόνοισι γὰρ §610παροῦσʼ ἀμύνεις τοῖς ἐμοῖς ἀεί ποτε· §611τὸν ἄνδρα δʼ ἡμῖν, ποῦ κατηύνασται, φράσον· §612πόθεν τέτακται βαρβάρου στρατεύματος; §613ὅδʼ ἐγγὺς ἧσται κοὐ συνήθροισται στρατῷ, §614ἀλλʼ ἐκτὸς αὐτὸν τάξεων κατηύνασεν §615Ἕκτωρ, ἕως ἂν νὺξ ἀμείψηται φάος. §616πέλας δὲ πῶλοι Θρῃκίων ἐξ ἁρμάτων §617λευκαὶ δέδενται, διαπρεπεῖς ἐν εὐφρόνῃ· §618στίλβουσι δʼ ὥστε ποταμίου κύκνου πτερόν. §619ταύτας, κτανόντες δεσπότην, κομίζετε, §620κάλλιστον οἴκοις σκῦλον· οὐ γὰρ ἔσθʼ ὅπου §621τοιόνδʼ ὄχημα χθὼν κέκευθε πωλικόν. §622Διόμηδες, ἢ σὺ κτεῖνε Θρῄκιον λεών, §623ἢ ʼμοὶ πάρες γε, σοὶ δὲ χρὴ πώλους μέλειν. §624ἐγὼ φονεύσω, πωλοδαμνήσεις δὲ σύ· §625τρίβων γὰρ εἶ τὰ κομψὰ καὶ νοεῖν σοφός. §626χρὴ δʼ ἄνδρα τάσσειν οὗ μάλιστʼ ἂν ὠφελοῖ. §627καὶ μὴν καθʼ ἡμᾶς τόνδʼ Ἀλέξανδρον βλέπω §628στείχοντα, φυλάκων ἔκ τινος πεπυσμένον §629δόξας ἀσήμους πολεμίων μεμβλωκότων. §630πότερα σὺν ἄλλοις ἢ μόνος πορεύεται; §631μόνος· πρὸς εὐνὰς δʼ, ὡς ἔοικεν, Ἕκτορος §632χωρεῖ, κατόπτας σημανῶν ἥκειν στρατοῦ. §633οὐκ οὖν ὑπάρχειν τόνδε κατθανόντα χρή; §634οὐκ ἂν δύναιο τοῦ πεπρωμένου πλέον. §635τοῦτον δὲ πρὸς σῆς χειρὸς οὐ θέμις θανεῖν. §636ἀλλʼ ᾧπερ ἥκεις μορσίμους φέρων σφαγάς, §637τάχυνʼ· ἐγὼ δέ, τῷδε σύμμαχος Κύπρις §638δοκοῦσʼ ἀρωγὸς ἐν πόνοις παραστατεῖν, §639σαθροῖς λόγοισιν ἐχθρὸν ἄνδρʼ ἀμείψομαι. §640καὶ ταῦτʼ ἐγὼ μὲν εἶπον· ὃν δὲ χρὴ παθεῖν, §641οὐκ οἶδεν οὐδʼ ἤκουσεν ἐγγὺς ὢν λόγου.
Leave Hector's" "bed alone and his decapitating slaughter;" "for death shall come to him from another hand." "Mistress Athena, for I perceived" "your familiar voice; for in my labors" "present, you ever protect me." "Tell us, where is this man asleep?" "Where is he stationed in the barbarian army?" "He is lodged near at hand and is not gathered with the main host," "but Hector has bedded him outside the ranks," "until night shall exchange with the light." "And nearby, white fillies from Thracian chariots" "are tied, conspicuous in the darkness;" "they gleam like the wing of a river swan." "Slay their master and carry these away," "a most beautiful spoil for your homes; for there is nowhere" "that the earth has hidden such a team of horses." "Diomedes, either you slay the Thracian king," "or leave him to me, and the horses must be your care." "I will do the slaying, and you shall manage the horses;" "for you are practiced in clever turns and wise in mind." "And one should post a man where he would be of most use." "And look, I see this Alexander coming toward us," "having learned from one of the guards" "vague rumors of enemies having arrived." "Does he travel with others, or alone?" "Alone; and, as it seems, he is heading to Hector's quarters," "to report that scouts of the army have come." "Should he not then first be a dead man?" "You cannot do more than what is fated." "And it is not lawful for this man to die by your hand." "But to whom you have come to bring fated slaughter," "make haste; while I, appearing to this man as Cypris, his ally," "standing by to aid him in his troubles," "will answer the hostile man with deceitful words." "And indeed I have said this; but he who must suffer" "does not know, nor has he heard the speech, though being near."