§1068οὐ γάρ τις οὕτω παῖδας εὖ παιδεύσεται,
ὥστ’ ἐκ πονηρῶν μὴ οὐ κακοὺς πεφυκέναι.
For no one will educate children so well that those born of evil parents do not turn out bad.
§1069〈A.〉 χρυσοῦ σὲ πλήθει, τούσδε δ’ οὐ χαίρειν χρεών; 〈B.〉 σκαιὸν τὸ πλουτεῖν κἄλλο μηδὲν εἰδέναι.
<A.> Does it fill you with an abundance of gold, while these people ought not to rejoice? <B.> It is ignorant to be rich and know nothing else.
§1070ὅστις δὲ λύπας φησὶ πημαίνειν βροτούς,
δεῖν δ’ ἀγχονῶν τε καὶ πετρῶν ῥίπτειν ἄπο,
οὐκ ἐν σοφοῖσιν ἔστιν, εὐχέσθω δ’ ὅμως
ἄπειρος εἶναι τῆς νόσου ταύτης ἀεί.
But whoever says that griefs afflict mortals, and that it is necessary to cast oneself from hangings and rocks, is not among the wise; yet let him pray nevertheless to be always inexperienced in this disease.
§1071λῦπαι γὰρ ἀνθρώποισι τίκτουσιν νόσους.
For griefs beget diseases for human beings.
§1072μέλλων τ’ ἰατρὸς τῇ νόσῳ διδοὺς χρόνον
ἰάσατ’ ἤδη μᾶλλον ἢ τεμὼν χρόα.
And a hesitating physician, by giving time to the disease, has already healed more than one who cuts the skin.
§1073οὐ χρή ποτ’ ὀρθαῖς ἐν τύχαις βεβηκότα
ἕξειν τὸν αὐτὸν δαίμον’ εἰς ἀεὶ δοκεῖν· ὁ γὰρ θεός πως, εἰ θεόν σφε χρὴ καλεῖν,
κάμνει ξυνὼν τὰ πολλὰ τοῖς αὐτοῖς ἀεί.
One who stands in upright fortunes must never think that he will keep the same deity forever; for the god somehow, if one must call him a god, tires of being with the same people most of the time.
θνητῶν δὲ θνητὸς ὄλβος· οἱ δ’ ὑπέρφρονες
καὶ τῷ παρόντι τοὐπιὸν πιστούμενοι
ἔλεγχον ἔλαβον τῆς τύχης ἐν τῷ παθεῖν.
The prosperity of mortals is mortal; and those who are arrogant, trusting in the future because of the present, have received a test of fortune in their suffering.
§1074βέβαια δ’ οὐδεὶς εὐτυχεῖ θνητὸς γεγώς.
For no mortal is firmly fortunate by birth.
§1075θνητὸς γὰρ ὢν καὶ θνητὰ πείσεσθαι δόκει· 〈ἢ〉 θεοῦ βίον ζῆν ἀξιοῖς ἄνθρωπος ὤν;
For being a mortal, expect to suffer mortal things; or do you, being a human, deem yourself worthy to live the life of a god?
§1076πάντων ἄριστον μὴ βιάζεσθαι θεούς,
στέργειν δὲ μοῖραν· τῶν ἀμηχάνων δ’ ἔρως
πολλοὺς ἔθηκε τοῦ παρόντος ἀμπλακεῖν.
Best of all is not to force the gods, but to accept one's lot; for love of impossible things has caused many to lose what they have.
§1077πέπονθας οἷα χἅτεροι πολλοὶ βροτῶν· τὰς γὰρ παρούσας οὐχὶ σῴζοντες τύχας
ὤλοντ’ ἐρῶντες μειζόνων ἀβουλίᾳ.
You have suffered what many other mortals have; for not preserving their present fortunes, they perished by desiring greater things through folly.
§1078ἀνδρῶν τάδ’ ἐστὶν ἐνδίκων τε καὶ σοφῶν,
κἀν τοῖς κακοῖσι μὴ τεθυμῶσθαι θεοῖς.
It is the part of just and wise men not to be angry with the gods even in evils.
§1079οὐκ ἔστι λύπης ἄλλο φάρμακον βροτοῖς
ὡς ἀνδρὸς ἐσθλοῦ καὶ φίλου παραίνεσις· ὅστις δὲ ταύτῃ τῇ νόσῳ ξυνὼν ἀνὴρ
μέθῃ ταράσσει καὶ γαληνίζει φρένα,
παραυτίχ’ ἡσθεὶς ὕστερον στένει διπλᾶ.
There is no other medicine for grief for mortals like the advice of a good man and friend; but the man who, when accompanied by this disease, disturbs and calms his mind with drunkenness, is pleased for the moment but later groans doubly.
§1080ὦ γῆρας, οἵαν ἐλπίδ’ ἡδονῆς ἔχεις,
καὶ πᾶς τις εἰς σὲ βούλετ’ ἀνθρώπων μολεῖν· λαβὼν δὲ πεῖραν, μεταμέλειαν λαμβάνει,
ὡς οὐδὲν ἔστι χεῖρον ἐν θνητῷ γένει.
O old age, what hope of pleasure you hold, and every human wishes to come to you; but having had experience, one takes regret, since there is nothing worse in the mortal race.
§1081τύμβῳ γὰρ οὐδεὶς πιστὸς ἀνθρώπων φίλος.
For no friend among humans is faithful to a tomb.
§1082Ζεὺς γὰρ κακὸν μὲν Τρωσί, πῆμα δ’ Ἑλλάδι
θέλων γενέσθαι ταῦτ’ ἐβούλευσεν πατήρ.
For father Zeus, wishing to bring evil upon the Trojans and pain to Greece, planned these things.
§1083πολὺν μὲν ἄροτον, ἐκπονεῖν δ’ οὐ ῥᾴδιον· κοίλη γὰρ ὄρεσι περίδρομος τραχεῖά τε
δυσείσβολός τε πολεμίοις. . . . . . . . . καλλίκαρπον. . . κατάρρυτόν τε μυρίοισι νάμασιν
καὶ βουσὶ καὶ ποίμναισιν εὐβοτωτάτην,
οὔτ’ ἐν πνοαῖσι χείματος δυσχείμερον
οὔτ’ αὖ τεθρίπποις ἡλίου θερμὴν ἄγαν
. . . . . . . . . . . . γαίας Λακαίνης κύριον φαύλου χθονός
. . . . . . . . . . . . ἀρετὴν ἐχούσης μείζον’ ἢ λόγῳ φράσαι
. . . . . . . . . . . .
Much arable land, but not easy to work; for it is hollow, surrounded by mountains, and rough, and hard for enemies to invade......... fair-fruiting... and watered by countless streams and most rich in pasture for cattle and flocks, neither too wintry in the blasts of winter or again too hot under the four-horse chariots of the sun............ master of the Laconian land, a poor soil............ having a virtue greater than speech can tell............
Παμισὸν εἰς θάλασσαν ἐξορμώμενον
. . . . . . . . . . . . πρόσω. . ναυτίλοισιν. . . . . πρόσω δὲ βάντι ποταμὸν Ἦλις ἡ Διὸς
γείτων κάθηται.
Pamisos rushing forth into the sea............ further.. for sailors..... and for one who goes further, Elis, the neighbor of Zeus, sits nearby.
§1084ἥκω περίκλυστον προλιποῦσ’ Ἀκροκόρινθον,
ἱερὸν ὄχθον, πόλιν Ἀφροδίτας.
I have come, leaving behind wave-washed Acrocorinth, the sacred hill, the city of Aphrodite.
§1085τὰς διωνομασμένας
ναίειν Κελαινὰς ἐσχάτοις Ἴδης τόποις §1086ἄλλων ἰατρὸς αὐτὸς ἕλκεσιν βρύων §1087εὐφημία γὰρ εὐκολώτατος πόνων.
To dwell in famous Celaenae in the furthest regions of Ida A physician of others, himself abounding in wounds For silence is the easiest of tasks.
§1088ἀρχαῖον εἴρηκας. .
You have spoken an ancient saying..
§1089σῷσαι γὰρ ὁπόταν τῷ θεῷ δοκῇ,
πολλὰς προφάσεις δίδωσιν εἰς σωτηρίαν.
For whenever the god resolves to save, he offers many pretexts for salvation.
§1090ἀνέχου πάσχων· δρῶν γὰρ ἔχαιρες.
Endure suffering; for you rejoiced while doing.
It is the law to treat an enemy evilly wherever you catch him I consider doing evil to enemies to be a man's part.
§1095αἱμύλη §1096ἀμβλυωπός §1097ἀπάγου §1098ἀρκεσίγυιος §1099ἐμβριμώμενος §1100εὐπαιδευσία §1101θυστάς §1102Ξάνθιος §1103ξενοφόνον §1104ἐπροξένει §1105ῥαχίζειν §1106χνοῦν §1107ἄρχεσθαι χρεὼν
κακοὺς ὑπ’ ἐσθλῶν καὶ κλύειν τῶν κρεισσόνων.
cajoling dim-sighted be gone helping the limbs snorting with rage good education sacrificial Xanthian slaying strangers acted as a patron to cleave the spine down It is necessary for the bad to be ruled by the good and to listen to their betters.
Now the chariot-driver brings the fair-moonlit light O brave child of greatest Zeus, Pallas, what are we to do?
οὐκ ἐχρῆν ἡμᾶς ἔτι
μέλλειν Ἀχαιῶν ὠφελεῖν στρατεύματα.
It was not right for us to hesitate any longer to aid the armies of the Achaeans.
νῦν γὰρ κακῶς πράσσουσιν ἐν μάχῃ δορὸς
λόγχῃ βιαίως Ἕκτορος στροβούμενοι.
For now they are faring badly in the battle of the spear, being violently buffeted by the lance of Hector.
ἐμοὶ γὰρ οὐδὲν ἔστιν ἀλγέων ἄκος,
ἐξ οὗ γ’ ἔκρινε Κύπριν Ἀλέξανδρος θεὰν
κάλλει προήκειν τῆς ἐμῆς εὐμορφίας
καὶ σῆς, Ἀθάνα, φιλτάτης ἐμοὶ θεῶν,
εἰ μὴ κατασκαφεῖσαν ὄψομαι πόλιν
Πριάμου βίᾳ πρόρριζον ἐκτετριμμένην.
For I have no cure for my pains, ever since Alexander judged that the goddess Cypris excelled in beauty my comeliness and yours, Athena, dearest to me of the gods, unless I see Priam's city utterly destroyed, torn up by its roots by force.