§1386πῶς, ὅς γε τοῖς ἐχθροῖσί μʼ ἐκδοῦναι θέλεις;
How indeed, when you wish to hand me over to my enemies?
§1387ὦ τᾶν, διδάσκου μὴ θρασύνεσθαι κακοῖς.
O my friend, learn not to be insolent in your misfortunes.
§1388ὀλεῖς με, γιγνώσκω σε, τοῖσδε τοῖς λόγοις.
You will ruin me, I know you, by these words of yours.
§1389οὔκουν ἔγωγε· φημὶ δʼ οὔ σε μανθάνειν.
Not I, at least; but I say that you do not understand.
§1390ἐγὼ οὐκ Ἀτρείδας ἐκβαλόντας οἶδά με;
Do I not know that the Atridae cast me out?
§1391ἀλλʼ ἐκβαλόντες εἰ πάλιν σώσουσʼ ὅρα.
But look whether, having cast you out, they will save you in turn.
§1392οὐδέποθʼ ἑκόντα γʼ ὥστε τὴν Τροίαν ἰδεῖν.
Never, at least willingly, so as to see Troy.
What then should we do, if we cannot persuade you by words in any of the things I say?
Since it is easiest for me to cease from words, and for you to live on, just as you are living now, without salvation.
§1397ἔα με πάσχειν ταῦθʼ ἅπερ παθεῖν με δεῖ· §1398ἃ δʼ ᾔνεσάς μοι δεξιᾶς ἐμῆς θιγών, §1399πέμπειν πρὸς οἴκους, ταῦτά μοι πρᾶξον, τέκνον, §1400καὶ μὴ βράδυνε μηδʼ ἐπιμνησθῇς ἔτι §1401Τροίας· ἅλις γάρ μοι τεθρήνηται γόοις.
Let me suffer these very things which I must suffer; but what you promised me, touching my right hand, to send me home, do this for me, my child, and do not delay, nor make mention any more of Troy; for enough has been lamented by me with wailing.
§1402εἰ δοκεῖ, στείχωμεν.
If it seems best, let us go.
§1402aὦ γενναῖον εἰρηκὼς ἔπος.
O you who have spoken a noble word!
§1403ἀντέρειδε νῦν βάσιν σήν.
Support your step now against me.
§1403aεἰς ὅσον γʼ ἐγὼ σθένω.
As far as I have strength.
§1404αἰτίαν δὲ πῶς Ἀχαιῶν φεύξομαι;
And how shall I escape blame from the Achaeans?
§1404aμὴ φροντίσῃς.
Do not worry.
§1405τί γάρ, ἐὰν πορθῶσι χώραν τὴν ἐμήν;
What if they should ravage my land?
§1406aβέλεσι τοῖς Ἡρακλέους
With the arrows of Heracles.
§1407πῶς λέγεις;
How do you mean?
§1407aεἴρξω πελάζειν.
I will prevent them from approaching.
§1407bστεῖχε προσκύσας χθόνα.
Go, after having kissed the earth.
§1408μήπω γε, πρὶν ἂν τῶν ἡμετέρων §1409ἀίῃς μύθων, παῖ Ποίαντος· §1410φάσκειν δʼ αὐδὴν τὴν Ἡρακλέους §1411ἀκοῇ τε κλύειν λεύσσειν τʼ ὄψιν.
Not yet, indeed, before you hear our words, son of Poeas; and declare that you hear with your ears the voice of Heracles, and look upon his face.
§1412τὴν σὴν δʼ ἥκω χάριν οὐρανίας §1413ἕδρας προλιπών, §1415τὰ Διός τε φράσων βουλεύματά σοι §1416κατερητύσων θʼ ὁδὸν ἣν στέλλει· §1417σὺ δʼ ἐμῶν μύθων ἐπάκουσον.
And for your sake I have come, leaving my heavenly seat, to declare the counsels of Zeus to you, and to check the journey on which you are setting out; and do you hearken to my words.
§1418καὶ πρῶτα μέν σοι τὰς ἐμὰς λέξω τύχας, §1419ὅσους πονήσας καὶ διεξελθὼν πόνους §1420ἀθάνατον ἀρετὴν ἔσχον, ὡς πάρεσθʼ ὁρᾶν.
And first I will tell you of my own fortunes, how many labors I endured and passed through to win immortal virtue, as is present to be seen.
And for you, know well, this is owed to be suffered, to make from these labors of yours a glorious life.
§1423ἐλθὼν δὲ σὺν τῷδʼ ἀνδρὶ πρὸς τὸ Τρωικὸν §1424πόλισμα, πρῶτον μὲν νόσου παύσει λυγρᾶς, §1425ἀρετῇ τε πρῶτος ἐκκριθεὶς στρατεύματος, §1426Πάριν μέν, ὃς τῶνδʼ αἴτιος κακῶν ἔφυ, §1427τόξοισι τοῖς ἐμοῖσι νοσφιεῖς βίου, §1428πέρσεις τε Τροίαν, σκῦλά τʼ εἰς μέλαθρα σὰ §1429πέμψεις, ἀριστεῖʼ ἐκλαβὼν στρατεύματος, §1430Ποίαντι πατρὶ πρὸς πάτρας Οἴτης πλάκα.
And going with this man to the Trojan city, first you shall be eased of your grievous disease, and having been chosen as first in virtue of the army, Paris, who was the cause of these evils, you shall deprive of life with my bow, and you shall sack Troy, and shall send spoils to your home, having received the prize of valor from the army, to your father Poeas, at the plateau of your native Oeta.
And whatever spoils you receive from this army, bring them to my pyre as memorials of my bow.
καὶ σοὶ ταῦτʼ, Ἀχιλλέως τέκνον, §1434παρῄνεσʼ· οὔτε γὰρ σὺ τοῦδʼ ἄτερ σθένεις §1435ἑλεῖν τὸ Τροίας πεδίον οὔθʼ οὗτος σέθεν.
And to you, child of Achilles, I advise these things; for neither do you have the strength without him to take the plain of Troy, nor he without you.
§1436ἀλλʼ ὡς λέοντε συννόμω φυλάσσετον §1437οὗτος σὲ καὶ σὺ τόνδʼ· ἐγὼ δʼ Ἀσκληπιὸν §1438παυστῆρα πέμψω σῆς νόσου πρὸς Ἴλιον.
But like two lions feeding together, guard each other, he you, and you him; and I will send Asclepius to Ilium to heal your disease.
For it is destined to be captured a second time by my bow.
τοῦτο δʼ ἐννοεῖθʼ, ὅταν §1441πορθῆτε γαῖαν, εὐσεβεῖν τὰ πρὸς θεούς· §1442ὡς τἄλλα πάντα δεύτερʼ ἡγεῖται πατὴρ §1443Ζεύς· οὐ γὰρ εὐσέβεια συνθνῄσκει βροτοῖς· §1444κἂν ζῶσι κἂν θάνωσιν, οὐκ ἀπόλλυται.
But bear this in mind, when you ravage the land, to show piety toward the gods; for father Zeus deems all other things secondary to this; for piety does not die with mortals; whether they live or die, it does not perish.
O you who have sent me a voice I longed for, and have appeared after a long time, I will not disobey your words.
§1448κἀγὼ γνώμην ταύτῃ τίθεμαι.
And I also set my mind to this.
Do not then delay long to act; for opportunity and this voyage urge you on from the stern.
§1452φέρε νυν στείχων χώραν καλέσω.
Come, then, as I go, let me call upon the land.
§1453χαῖρʼ, ὦ μέλαθρον ξύμφρουρον ἐμοί, §1454νύμφαι τʼ ἔνυδροι λειμωνιάδες, §1455καὶ κτύπος ἄρσην πόντου προβολῆς, §1456οὗ πολλάκι δὴ τοὐμὸν ἐτέγχθη §1457κρᾶτʼ ἐνδόμυχον πληγαῖσι νότου, §1458πολλὰ δὲ φωνῆς τῆς ἡμετέρας §1459Ἑρμαῖον ὄρος παρέπεμψεν ἐμοὶ §1460στόνον ἀντίτυπον χειμαζομένῳ.
Farewell, O chamber that shared my watch, and nymphs of the streams and meadows, and the manly roar of the sea-projecting cape, where often my head within the cave was wet with the blows of the south wind, and often did the Hermean mountain send back to me a responsive groan of my voice in my distress.
§1461νῦν δʼ, ὦ κρῆναι Λύκιόν τε ποτόν, §1462λείπομεν ὑμᾶς, λείπομεν ἤδη §1463δόξης οὔ ποτε τῆσδʼ ἐπιβάντες.
But now, O springs and Lycian fount, we leave you, we leave you now, having never before embarked upon this hope.
§1464χαῖρʼ, ὦ Λήμνου πέδον ἀμφίαλον, §1465καί μʼ εὐπλοίᾳ πέμψον ἀμέμπτως, §1466ἔνθʼ ἡ μεγάλη Μοῖρα κομίζει §1467γνώμη τε φίλων χὠ πανδαμάτωρ §1468δαίμων, ὃς ταῦτʼ ἐπέκρανεν.
Farewell, O sea-girt land of Lemnos, and send me blamelessly with a fair voyage, where great Fate carries me, and the judgment of friends, and the all-subduing deity, who has ordained these things.