§1.406τὸν καὶ ὑπέδεισαν μάκαρες θεοὶ οὐδʼ ἔτʼ ἔδησαν.
The blessed gods feared him too, and did not bind Zeus any longer.
§1.407τῶν νῦν μιν μνήσασα παρέζεο καὶ λαβὲ γούνων §1.408αἴ κέν πως ἐθέλῃσιν ἐπὶ Τρώεσσιν ἀρῆξαι, §1.409τοὺς δὲ κατὰ πρύμνας τε καὶ ἀμφʼ ἅλα ἔλσαι Ἀχαιοὺς §1.410κτεινομένους, ἵνα πάντες ἐπαύρωνται βασιλῆος, §1.411γνῷ δὲ καὶ Ἀτρεΐδης εὐρὺ κρείων Ἀγαμέμνων §1.412ἣν ἄτην ὅ τʼ ἄριστον Ἀχαιῶν οὐδὲν ἔτισεν. §1.413τὸν δʼ ἠμείβετʼ ἔπειτα Θέτις κατὰ δάκρυ χέουσα· §1.414ὤ μοι τέκνον ἐμόν, τί νύ σʼ ἔτρεφον αἰνὰ τεκοῦσα;
Go now, sit by him and clasp his knees, reminding him of these things, in the hope that he might be willing to aid the Trojans, and to hem in the Achaeans among the sterns of their ships and along the sea as they are slain, so that they all may win the benefit of their king, and that the son of Atreus, wide-ruling Agamemnon, may know his own madness, in that he honored not at all the best of the Achaeans." Then Thetis answered him, shedding tears: "Ah me, my child, why did I rear you, having borne you to an evil fate?
§1.415αἴθʼ ὄφελες παρὰ νηυσὶν ἀδάκρυτος καὶ ἀπήμων §1.416ἧσθαι, ἐπεί νύ τοι αἶσα μίνυνθά περ οὔ τι μάλα δήν· §1.417νῦν δʼ ἅμα τʼ ὠκύμορος καὶ ὀϊζυρὸς περὶ πάντων §1.418ἔπλεο· τώ σε κακῇ αἴσῃ τέκον ἐν μεγάροισι.
Would that you could sit by your ships without tears and without pain, since indeed your lease of life is brief, and not at all long; but now you are at once swift-fated and wretched beyond all men; therefore to an evil doom did I bear you in my halls.
§1.419τοῦτο δέ τοι ἐρέουσα ἔπος Διὶ τερπικεραύνῳ §1.420εἶμʼ αὐτὴ πρὸς Ὄλυμπον ἀγάννιφον αἴ κε πίθηται.
To tell this word to Zeus who hurls the thunderbolt, I myself will go to snowy Olympus, in the hope that he may be persuaded.
§1.421ἀλλὰ σὺ μὲν νῦν νηυσὶ παρήμενος ὠκυπόροισι §1.422μήνιʼ Ἀχαιοῖσιν, πολέμου δʼ ἀποπαύεο πάμπαν· §1.423Ζεὺς γὰρ ἐς Ὠκεανὸν μετʼ ἀμύμονας Αἰθιοπῆας §1.424χθιζὸς ἔβη κατὰ δαῖτα, θεοὶ δʼ ἅμα πάντες ἕποντο· §1.425δωδεκάτῃ δέ τοι αὖτις ἐλεύσεται Οὔλυμπον δέ, §1.426καὶ τότʼ ἔπειτά τοι εἶμι Διὸς ποτὶ χαλκοβατὲς δῶ, §1.427καί μιν γουνάσομαι καί μιν πείσεσθαι ὀΐω. §1.428ὣς ἄρα φωνήσασʼ ἀπεβήσετο, τὸν δὲ λίπʼ αὐτοῦ §1.429χωόμενον κατὰ θυμὸν ἐϋζώνοιο γυναικὸς §1.430τήν ῥα βίῃ ἀέκοντος ἀπηύρων·
But do you now, sitting by your swift-faring ships, nurse your anger against the Achaeans, and hold aloof utterly from war; for Zeus went yesterday to Oceanus, to the blameless Ethiopians, for a feast, and all the gods followed after him; but on the twelfth day he will come back again to Olympus, and then I will go to the bronze-floored house of Zeus, and I will clasp his knees, and I think he will be persuaded." Having thus spoken she went away, and left him there angry in his heart because of the fair-girdled woman whom they had taken away by force against his will.
αὐτὰρ Ὀδυσσεὺς §1.431ἐς Χρύσην ἵκανεν ἄγων ἱερὴν ἑκατόμβην.
But Odysseus came to Chryse, bringing the holy hecatomb.
§1.432οἳ δʼ ὅτε δὴ λιμένος πολυβενθέος ἐντὸς ἵκοντο §1.433ἱστία μὲν στείλαντο, θέσαν δʼ ἐν νηῒ μελαίνῃ, §1.434ἱστὸν δʼ ἱστοδόκῃ πέλασαν προτόνοισιν ὑφέντες §1.435καρπαλίμως, τὴν δʼ εἰς ὅρμον προέρεσσαν ἐρετμοῖς.
And when they had come within the deep harbor, they furled the sails and laid them in the black ship, and lowered the mast by the forestays, bringing it quickly to the crutch, and rowed her into the anchorage with oars.
§1.436ἐκ δʼ εὐνὰς ἔβαλον, κατὰ δὲ πρυμνήσιʼ ἔδησαν· §1.437ἐκ δὲ καὶ αὐτοὶ βαῖνον ἐπὶ ῥηγμῖνι θαλάσσης, §1.438ἐκ δʼ ἑκατόμβην βῆσαν ἑκηβόλῳ Ἀπόλλωνι· §1.439ἐκ δὲ Χρυσηῒς νηὸς βῆ ποντοπόροιο.
They threw out the anchor-stones and bound the stern-cables fast; and they themselves stepped out onto the break of the sea, and led out the hecatomb for far-shooting Apollo; and out from the seafaring ship stepped Chryseis.
§1.440τὴν μὲν ἔπειτʼ ἐπὶ βωμὸν ἄγων πολύμητις Ὀδυσσεὺς §1.441πατρὶ φίλῳ ἐν χερσὶ τίθει καί μιν προσέειπεν· §1.442ὦ Χρύση, πρό μʼ ἔπεμψεν ἄναξ ἀνδρῶν Ἀγαμέμνων §1.443παῖδά τε σοὶ ἀγέμεν, Φοίβῳ θʼ ἱερὴν ἑκατόμβην §1.444ῥέξαι ὑπὲρ Δαναῶν ὄφρʼ ἱλασόμεσθα ἄνακτα, §1.445ὃς νῦν Ἀργείοισι πολύστονα κήδεʼ ἐφῆκεν. §1.446ὣς εἰπὼν ἐν χερσὶ τίθει, ὃ δὲ δέξατο χαίρων §1.447παῖδα φίλην· τοὶ δʼ ὦκα θεῷ ἱερὴν ἑκατόμβην §1.448ἑξείης ἔστησαν ἐΰδμητον περὶ βωμόν, §1.449χερνίψαντο δʼ ἔπειτα καὶ οὐλοχύτας ἀνέλοντο.
Her then did resourceful Odysseus lead to the altar, and placed her in the hands of her dear father, and spoke to him: "Chryses, Agamemnon, king of men, sent me forth to bring to you your child, and to offer to Phoebus a holy hecatomb on behalf of the Danaans, that we may appease the king, who has now sent upon the Argives woes of many groans." So saying he placed her in his hands, and he received with joy his dear child; and quickly they set the holy hecatomb for the god in order around the well-built altar, and then they washed their hands and took up the barley-grains.
§1.450τοῖσιν δὲ Χρύσης μεγάλʼ εὔχετο χεῖρας ἀνασχών· §1.451κλῦθί μευ ἀργυρότοξʼ, ὃς Χρύσην ἀμφιβέβηκας §1.452Κίλλαν τε ζαθέην Τενέδοιό τε ἶφι ἀνάσσεις· §1.453ἦ μὲν δή ποτʼ ἐμεῦ πάρος ἔκλυες εὐξαμένοιο, §1.454τίμησας μὲν ἐμέ, μέγα δʼ ἴψαο λαὸν Ἀχαιῶν· §1.455ἠδʼ ἔτι καὶ νῦν μοι τόδʼ ἐπικρήηνον ἐέλδωρ· §1.456ἤδη νῦν Δαναοῖσιν ἀεικέα λοιγὸν ἄμυνον. §1.457ὣς ἔφατʼ εὐχόμενος, τοῦ δʼ ἔκλυε Φοῖβος Ἀπόλλων.
For them Chryses prayed aloud, holding up his hands: "Hear me, god of the silver bow, who stand over Chryse and sacred Cilla, and rule mightily over Tenedos; indeed once before you heard me when I prayed, and you honored me, and smote heavily the people of the Achaeans; even so now fulfill for me this further desire: ward off now from the Danaans the shameful ruin." Thus he spoke in prayer, and Phoebus Apollo heard him.
§1.458αὐτὰρ ἐπεί ῥʼ εὔξαντο καὶ οὐλοχύτας προβάλοντο, §1.459αὐέρυσαν μὲν πρῶτα καὶ ἔσφαξαν καὶ ἔδειραν, §1.460μηρούς τʼ ἐξέταμον κατά τε κνίσῃ ἐκάλυψαν §1.461δίπτυχα ποιήσαντες, ἐπʼ αὐτῶν δʼ ὠμοθέτησαν· §1.462καῖε δʼ ἐπὶ σχίζῃς ὁ γέρων, ἐπὶ δʼ αἴθοπα οἶνον §1.463λεῖβε· νέοι δὲ παρʼ αὐτὸν ἔχον πεμπώβολα χερσίν.
But when they had prayed and cast the barley-grains, they first drew back the victims' heads, and slaughtered them, and flayed them, and cut out the thigh-bones and covered them with fat, making a double fold, and laid raw flesh upon them; and the old man burned them on split wood, and poured upon them glowing wine; and the young men beside him held five-pronged forks in their hands.
§1.464αὐτὰρ ἐπεὶ κατὰ μῆρε κάη καὶ σπλάγχνα πάσαντο, §1.465μίστυλλόν τʼ ἄρα τἆλλα καὶ ἀμφʼ ὀβελοῖσιν ἔπειραν, §1.466ὤπτησάν τε περιφραδέως, ἐρύσαντό τε πάντα.
But when the thigh-pieces were burned and they had tasted the inner parts, they sliced the rest and spitted it, and roasted it carefully, and drew all off the spits.
§1.467αὐτὰρ ἐπεὶ παύσαντο πόνου τετύκοντό τε δαῖτα §1.468δαίνυντʼ, οὐδέ τι θυμὸς ἐδεύετο δαιτὸς ἐΐσης.
But when they had ceased from their labor and had made ready the feast, they feasted, nor did their hearts lack anything of the equal feast.
§1.469αὐτὰρ ἐπεὶ πόσιος καὶ ἐδητύος ἐξ ἔρον ἕντο, §1.470κοῦροι μὲν κρητῆρας ἐπεστέψαντο ποτοῖο, §1.471νώμησαν δʼ ἄρα πᾶσιν ἐπαρξάμενοι δεπάεσσιν· §1.472οἳ δὲ πανημέριοι μολπῇ θεὸν ἱλάσκοντο §1.473καλὸν ἀείδοντες παιήονα κοῦροι Ἀχαιῶν §1.474μέλποντες ἑκάεργον· ὃ δὲ φρένα τέρπετʼ ἀκούων.
But when they had put away the desire for food and drink, the youths filled the bowls high with drink, and distributed it to all, pouring a drop for libation into the cups; and all day long they appeased the god with song, singing the beautiful paean, the youths of the Achaeans, hymning the far-worker; and his heart was glad as he heard.