§1.70ὃς ᾔδη τά τʼ ἐόντα τά τʼ ἐσσόμενα πρό τʼ ἐόντα, §1.71καὶ νήεσσʼ ἡγήσατʼ Ἀχαιῶν Ἴλιον εἴσω §1.72ἣν διὰ μαντοσύνην, τήν οἱ πόρε Φοῖβος Ἀπόλλων·
who knew things that were, things that were to be, and things that had been before, and who had guided the ships of the Achaeans to Ilium by his own art of divination, which Phoebus Apollo had granted him.
§1.73ὅ σφιν ἐὺ φρονέων ἀγορήσατο καὶ μετέειπεν· §1.74ὦ Ἀχιλεῦ κέλεαί με Διῒ φίλε μυθήσασθαι §1.75μῆνιν Ἀπόλλωνος ἑκατηβελέταο ἄνακτος·
He with good intent addressed them and spoke among them: "O Achilles, dear to Zeus, you bid me declare the wrath of lord Apollo, the striker from afar.
§1.76τοὶ γὰρ ἐγὼν ἐρέω· σὺ δὲ σύνθεο καί μοι ὄμοσσον §1.77ἦ μέν μοι πρόφρων ἔπεσιν καὶ χερσὶν ἀρήξειν·
Therefore I will speak; but do you take thought and swear to me that you will indeed with ready mind protect me by word and hand.
For I think I shall anger a man who rules mightily over all the Argives, and whom the Achaeans obey.
§1.80κρείσσων γὰρ βασιλεὺς ὅτε χώσεται ἀνδρὶ χέρηϊ· §1.81εἴ περ γάρ τε χόλον γε καὶ αὐτῆμαρ καταπέψῃ, §1.82ἀλλά τε καὶ μετόπισθεν ἔχει κότον, ὄφρα τελέσσῃ, §1.83ἐν στήθεσσιν ἑοῖσι·
For a king is more powerful when he is angry at a lesser man; for even if he swallows down his anger for that same day, yet he still keeps his resentment thereafter in his breast, until he fulfills it.
σὺ δὲ φράσαι εἴ με σαώσεις. §1.84τὸν δʼ ἀπαμειβόμενος προσέφη πόδας ὠκὺς Ἀχιλλεύς· §1.85θαρσήσας μάλα εἰπὲ θεοπρόπιον ὅ τι οἶσθα· §1.86οὐ μὰ γὰρ Ἀπόλλωνα Διῒ φίλον, ᾧ τε σὺ Κάλχαν §1.87εὐχόμενος Δαναοῖσι θεοπροπίας ἀναφαίνεις, §1.88οὔ τις ἐμεῦ ζῶντος καὶ ἐπὶ χθονὶ δερκομένοιο §1.89σοὶ κοίλῃς παρὰ νηυσί βαρείας χεῖρας ἐποίσει §1.90συμπάντων Δαναῶν, οὐδʼ ἢν Ἀγαμέμνονα εἴπῃς, §1.91ὃς νῦν πολλὸν ἄριστος Ἀχαιῶν εὔχεται εἶναι. §1.92καὶ τότε δὴ θάρσησε καὶ ηὔδα μάντις ἀμύμων· §1.93οὔ τʼ ἄρ ὅ γʼ εὐχωλῆς ἐπιμέμφεται οὐδʼ ἑκατόμβης, §1.94ἀλλʼ ἕνεκʼ ἀρητῆρος ὃν ἠτίμησʼ Ἀγαμέμνων, §1.95οὐδʼ ἀπέλυσε θύγατρα καὶ οὐκ ἀπεδέξατʼ ἄποινα, §1.96τοὔνεκʼ ἄρʼ ἄλγεʼ ἔδωκεν ἑκηβόλος ἠδʼ ἔτι δώσει·
Consider then if you will keep me safe." Then swift-footed Achilles answered him and said: "Take courage and speak whatever prophecy you know; for by Apollo, dear to Zeus, to whom you, Calchas, pray when you reveal prophecies to the Danaans, no one, while I live and look upon the earth, shall lay heavy hands on you by the hollow ships— none of all the Danaans, not even if you name Agamemnon, who now boasts to be by far the best of the Achaeans." And then indeed the blameless prophet took courage and spoke: "He blames us neither for a vow nor for a hecatomb, but because of the priest whom Agamemnon dishonored, and did not release his daughter and did not accept the ransom; therefore the striker from afar has given us woes, and will still give them.
§1.97οὐδʼ ὅ γε πρὶν Δαναοῖσιν ἀεικέα λοιγὸν ἀπώσει §1.98πρίν γʼ ἀπὸ πατρὶ φίλῳ δόμεναι ἑλικώπιδα κούρην §1.99ἀπριάτην ἀνάποινον, ἄγειν θʼ ἱερὴν ἑκατόμβην §1.100ἐς Χρύσην· τότε κέν μιν ἱλασσάμενοι πεπίθοιμεν. §1.101ἤτοι ὅ γʼ ὣς εἰπὼν κατʼ ἄρʼ ἕζετο· τοῖσι δʼ ἀνέστη §1.102ἥρως Ἀτρεΐδης εὐρὺ κρείων Ἀγαμέμνων §1.103ἀχνύμενος· μένεος δὲ μέγα φρένες ἀμφιμέλαιναι §1.104πίμπλαντʼ, ὄσσε δέ οἱ πυρὶ λαμπετόωντι ἐΐκτην·
Nor will he drive away the shameful pestilence from the Danaans until we give back the bright-eyed maiden to her dear father, without buying, without ransom, and bring a holy hecatomb to Chryse; then we might appease and persuade him." When he had thus spoken he sat down; and among them rose the hero son of Atreus, wide-ruling Agamemnon, grieved; and with rage his dark heart was greatly filled, and his eyes were like flashing fire.
§1.105Κάλχαντα πρώτιστα κάκʼ ὀσσόμενος προσέειπε· §1.106μάντι κακῶν οὐ πώ ποτέ μοι τὸ κρήγυον εἶπας· §1.107αἰεί τοι τὰ κάκʼ ἐστὶ φίλα φρεσὶ μαντεύεσθαι, §1.108ἐσθλὸν δʼ οὔτέ τί πω εἶπας ἔπος οὔτʼ ἐτέλεσσας·
To Calchas first of all he spoke, glaring with evil eyes: "Prophet of evil, never yet have you spoken a good thing to me; always it is dear to your heart to prophesy evil, and you have never yet spoken or accomplished a good word.
§1.109καὶ νῦν ἐν Δαναοῖσι θεοπροπέων ἀγορεύεις §1.110ὡς δὴ τοῦδʼ ἕνεκά σφιν ἑκηβόλος ἄλγεα τεύχει, §1.111οὕνεκʼ ἐγὼ κούρης Χρυσηΐδος ἀγλάʼ ἄποινα §1.112οὐκ ἔθελον δέξασθαι, ἐπεὶ πολὺ βούλομαι αὐτὴν §1.113οἴκοι ἔχειν· καὶ γάρ ῥα Κλυταιμνήστρης προβέβουλα §1.114κουριδίης ἀλόχου, ἐπεὶ οὔ ἑθέν ἐστι χερείων, §1.115οὐ δέμας οὐδὲ φυήν, οὔτʼ ἂρ φρένας οὔτέ τι ἔργα.
And now you declare prophecies among the Danaans, saying that for this reason the striker from afar works woes for them, because I was not willing to accept the glorious ransom for the maiden Chryseis, since I much prefer to have her at home; for indeed I prefer her to Clytemnestra, my wedded wife, since she is not inferior to her, neither in stature, nor in form, nor in mind, nor in any accomplishments.
§1.116ἀλλὰ καὶ ὧς ἐθέλω δόμεναι πάλιν εἰ τό γʼ ἄμεινον· §1.117βούλομʼ ἐγὼ λαὸν σῶν ἔμμεναι ἢ ἀπολέσθαι·
But even so, I am willing to give her back if that is better; I wish the people to be safe rather than to perish.
§1.118αὐτὰρ ἐμοὶ γέρας αὐτίχʼ ἑτοιμάσατʼ ὄφρα μὴ οἶος §1.119Ἀργείων ἀγέραστος ἔω, ἐπεὶ οὐδὲ ἔοικε· §1.120λεύσσετε γὰρ τό γε πάντες ὅ μοι γέρας ἔρχεται ἄλλῃ. §1.121τὸν δʼ ἠμείβετʼ ἔπειτα ποδάρκης δῖος Ἀχιλλεύς· §1.122Ἀτρεΐδη κύδιστε φιλοκτεανώτατε πάντων,
But prepare a prize for me at once, so that I may not be the only one of the Argives without a prize, for that is not seemly; for you all see this, that my prize goes elsewhere." Then the swift-footed noble Achilles answered him: "Most glorious son of Atreus, most covetous of all men, how shall the great-hearted Achaeans give you a prize?
§1.123πῶς γάρ τοι δώσουσι γέρας μεγάθυμοι Ἀχαιοί; §1.124οὐδέ τί που ἴδμεν ξυνήϊα κείμενα πολλά· §1.125ἀλλὰ τὰ μὲν πολίων ἐξεπράθομεν, τὰ δέδασται, §1.126λαοὺς δʼ οὐκ ἐπέοικε παλίλλογα ταῦτʼ ἐπαγείρειν.
We do not know of any great common stores lying anywhere; what we took from the cities has been distributed, and it is not proper for the soldiers to gather these things back again.
§1.127ἀλλὰ σὺ μὲν νῦν τήνδε θεῷ πρόες· αὐτὰρ Ἀχαιοὶ §1.128τριπλῇ τετραπλῇ τʼ ἀποτείσομεν, αἴ κέ ποθι Ζεὺς §1.129δῷσι πόλιν Τροίην εὐτείχεον ἐξαλαπάξαι. §1.130τὸν δʼ ἀπαμειβόμενος προσέφη κρείων Ἀγαμέμνων· §1.131μὴ δʼ οὕτως ἀγαθός περ ἐὼν θεοείκελʼ Ἀχιλλεῦ §1.132κλέπτε νόῳ, ἐπεὶ οὐ παρελεύσεαι οὐδέ με πείσεις.
But do you now yield her to the god; and we Achaeans will repay you threefold and fourfold, if ever Zeus grants us to sack the well-walled city of Troy." Then ruling Agamemnon answered him and said: "Do not, upright though you are, godlike Achilles, try to deceive me in your mind, for you will not outwit me nor persuade me.
§1.133ἦ ἐθέλεις ὄφρʼ αὐτὸς ἔχῃς γέρας, αὐτὰρ ἔμʼ αὔτως §1.134ἧσθαι δευόμενον, κέλεαι δέ με τήνδʼ ἀποδοῦναι;
Do you wish, so that you yourself may keep your prize, while I sit here empty-handed, to bid me give this girl back?
§1.135ἀλλʼ εἰ μὲν δώσουσι γέρας μεγάθυμοι Ἀχαιοὶ §1.136ἄρσαντες κατὰ θυμὸν ὅπως ἀντάξιον ἔσται· §1.137εἰ δέ κε μὴ δώωσιν ἐγὼ δέ κεν αὐτὸς ἕλωμαι
If the great-hearted Achaeans will give me a prize, suiting it to my mind so that it shall be of equal value, it is well; but if they do not give it, then I will go and take one myself"