§83ἀλλʼ οὐδὲ νῦν σε μὴ παρόντʼ ἴδῃ πέλας.
But even now, he shall by no means see you, though you are near.
§84πῶς, εἴπερ ὀφθαλμοῖς γε τοῖς αὐτοῖς ὁρᾷ;
How so, if indeed he still sees with the same eyes?
§85ἐγὼ σκοτώσω βλέφαρα καὶ δεδορκότα.
I will darken his eyelids, even though they are seeing.
§86γένοιτο μέντἂν πᾶν θεοῦ τεχνωμένου.
Anything might happen, indeed, when a god contrives it.
§87σίγα νυν ἑστὼς καὶ μένʼ ὡς κυρεῖς ἔχων.
Stand silent now, and remain just as you are.
§88μένοιμʼ ἄν· ἤθελον δʼ ἂν ἐκτὸς ὢν τυχεῖν.
I will remain; but I could have wished to be out of this place.
§89ὦ οὗτος, Αἴας, δεύτερόν σε προσκαλῶ.
You there, Ajax, I call you for the second time.
§90τί βαιὸν οὕτως ἐντρέπῃ τῆς συμμάχου;
Why do you pay so little heed to your ally?
§91ὦ χαῖρʼ Ἀθάνα, χαῖρε Διογενὲς τέκνον,
O welcome, Athena! Welcome, daughter of Zeus!
§92ὡς εὖ παρέστης·
How well you have stood by me!
καί σε παγχρύσοις ἐγὼ §93στέψω λαφύροις τῆσδε τῆς ἄγρας χάριν.
And I with all-golden spoils will crown you, in gratitude for this prey.
§94καλῶς ἔλεξας.
Well spoken.
ἀλλʼ ἐκεῖνό μοι φράσον, §95ἔβαψας ἔγχος εὖ πρὸς Ἀργείων στρατῷ;
But tell me this: did you dip your spear well into the army of the Argives?
§96κόμπος πάρεστι κοὐκ ἀπαρνοῦμαι τὸ μή.
I can boast of it, and I do not deny it.
§97ἦ καὶ πρὸς Ἀτρείδαισιν ᾔχμασας χέρα;
Did you indeed wield your armed hand against the sons of Atreus?
§98ὥστʼ οὔποτʼ Αἴανθʼ οἵδʼ ἀτιμάσουσʼ ἔτι.
Yes, so that they will never again dishonor Ajax.
§99τεθνᾶσιν ἅνδρες, ὡς τὸ σὸν ξυνῆκʼ ἐγώ.
The men are dead, as I understand your words.
§100θανόντες ἤδη τἄμʼ ἀφαιρείσθων ὅπλα.
Dead indeed; now let them rob me of my arms!
§101εἶεν· τί γὰρ δὴ παῖς ὁ τοῦ Λαερτίου;
Very well; but what of the son of Laertius?
§102ποῦ σοι τύχης ἕστηκεν;
Where does he stand in fortune for you?
ἢ πέφευγέ σε;
Or has he escaped you?
§103ἦ τοὐπίτριπτον κίναδος ἐξήρου μʼ ὅπου;
Do you ask me where that cursed fox is?
§104ἔγωγʼ· Ὀδυσσέα τὸν σὸν ἐνστάτην λέγω.
Yes, I mean Odysseus, your adversary.
Most pleasant, mistress, he sits as a prisoner inside; for I do not yet wish him to die.
§107πρὶν ἂν τί δράσῃς ἢ τί κερδάνῃς πλέον;
Until you do what, or gain what further advantage?
Until, bound to the pillar of the courtyard's roof, What evil, then, will you work upon the wretched man?
§110μάστιγι πρῶτον νῶτα φοινιχθεὶς θάνῃ.
First, having his back reddened with the whip, he shall die.
§111μὴ δῆτα τὸν δύστηνον ὧδέ γʼ αἰκίσῃ.
Do not, indeed, torture the wretched man so.
In other things, Athena, I bid you have your way; but he shall pay this penalty and no other.
You, then, since this deed is your pleasure, use your hand; spare nothing of what you intend.
I go to the work; and this I charge you, always to stand by me as such an ally.
§118ὁρᾷς, Ὀδυσσεῦ, τὴν θεῶν ἰσχὺν ὅση;
Do you see, Odysseus, how great is the power of the gods?
Who could have been found more forethoughtful than this man, or better at doing what is opportune?
§121ἐγὼ μὲν οὐδένʼ οἶδʼ· ἐποικτίρω δέ νιν §122δύστηνον ἔμπας, καίπερ ὄντα δυσμενῆ, §123ὁθούνεκʼ ἄτῃ συγκατέζευκται κακῇ, §124οὐδὲν τὸ τούτου μᾶλλον ἢ τοὐμὸν σκοπῶν.
I know of no one; yet I pity him in his misery, even though he is my enemy, because he is yoked to an evil doom, looking not to his case more than to my own.
For I see that we are nothing else than phantoms, all we who live, or a fleeting shadow.
§127τοιαῦτα τοίνυν εἰσορῶν ὑπέρκοπον §128μηδέν ποτʼ εἴπῃς αὐτὸς ἐς θεοὺς ἔπος, §129μηδʼ ὄγκον ἄρῃ μηδένʼ, εἴ τινος πλέον §130ἢ χειρὶ βρίθεις ἢ μακροῦ πλούτου βάθει.
Beholding such things, therefore, never speak an arrogant word yourself against the gods, nor assume any heavy pride, if you surpass anyone either in strength of hand or in the depth of vast wealth.
§131ὡς ἡμέρα κλίνει τε κἀνάγει πάλιν §132ἅπαντα τἀνθρώπεια· τοὺς δὲ σώφρονας §133θεοὶ φιλοῦσι καὶ στυγοῦσι τοὺς κακούς.
For a single day inclines and brings back again all human things; and the moderate the gods love, and they detest the wicked.
§134Τελαμώνιε παῖ, τῆς ἀμφιρύτου §135Σαλαμῖνος ἔχων βάθρον ἀγχιάλου, §136σὲ μὲν εὖ πράσσοντʼ ἐπιχαίρω· §137σὲ δʼ ὅταν πληγὴ Διὸς ἢ ζαμενὴς §138λόγος ἐκ Δαναῶν κακόθρους ἐπιβῇ, §139μέγαν ὄκνον ἔχω καὶ πεφόβημαι §140πτηνῆς ὡς ὄμμα πελείας.
Son of Telamon, who hold the pedestal of sea-girt Salamis close to the shore, I rejoice when you prosper; but when a stroke from Zeus or a furious, evil-tongued rumor from the Danai assails you, I have great dread and am terrified like the eye of a winged dove.
§141ὡς καὶ τῆς νῦν φθιμένης νυκτὸς §142μεγάλοι θόρυβοι κατέχουσʼ ἡμᾶς §143ἐπὶ δυσκλείᾳ, σὲ τὸν ἱππομανῆ §144λειμῶνʼ ἐπιβάντʼ ὀλέσαι Δαναῶν §145βοτὰ καὶ λείαν, §146ἥπερ δορίληπτος ἔτʼ ἦν λοιπή, §147κτείνοντʼ αἴθωνι σιδήρῳ.
As indeed concerning the night that has now vanished, great clamors hold us in disgrace—that you, entering the horse-mad meadow, destroyed the cattle of the Danai and the spoils— those which were still left captured by the spear— slaughtering them with flashing iron.
Fashioning such whispering rumors, Odysseus carries them to the ears of all, and persuades them mightily.
περὶ γὰρ σοῦ νῦν §151εὔπειστα λέγει, καὶ πᾶς ὁ κλύων §152τοῦ λέξαντος χαίρει μᾶλλον §153τοῖς σοῖς ἄχεσιν καθυβρίζων.
For about you now he speaks things easy to believe, and everyone who hears rejoices more than the speaker, insulting over your sorrows.
§154τῶν γὰρ μεγάλων ψυχῶν ἱεὶς §155οὐκ ἂν ἁμάρτοι· κατὰ δʼ ἄν τις ἐμοῦ §156τοιαῦτα λέγων οὐκ ἂν πείθοι.
For if one aims at great souls he would not miss; but if one said such things against me, he would not persuade.
§157πρὸς γὰρ τὸν ἔχονθʼ ὁ φθόνος ἕρπει.
For envy creeps against the man of influence.
§158καίτοι σμικροὶ μεγάλων χωρὶς §159σφαλερὸν πύργου ῥῦμα πέλονται· §160μετὰ γὰρ μεγάλων βαιὸς ἄριστʼ ἂν §161καὶ μέγας ὀρθοῖθʼ ὑπὸ μικροτέρων.
Yet small men without the great are an unstable defense for a fortress; for the small would best be upright with the great, and the great supported by the lesser.
But it is not possible to teach these thoughts beforehand to the foolish.