§11.213ὀτρύνων μαχέσασθαι, ἔγειρε δὲ φύλοπιν αἰνήν.
urging them to fight, and he roused the dread din of battle.
§11.214οἳ δʼ ἐλελίχθησαν καὶ ἐναντίοι ἔσταν Ἀχαιῶν, §11.215Ἀργεῖοι δʼ ἑτέρωθεν ἐκαρτύναντο φάλαγγας.
And they rallied and stood to face the Achaeans, and the Argives on their part strengthened their battalions.
§11.216ἀρτύνθη δὲ μάχη, στὰν δʼ ἀντίοι· ἐν δʼ Ἀγαμέμνων §11.217πρῶτος ὄρουσʼ, ἔθελεν δὲ πολὺ προμάχεσθαι ἁπάντων.
And the battle was set, and they stood face to face; and Agamemnon among them leapt first, for he wished to fight far in advance of all.
§11.218ἔσπετε νῦν μοι Μοῦσαι Ὀλύμπια δώματʼ ἔχουσαι §11.219ὅς τις δὴ πρῶτος Ἀγαμέμνονος ἀντίον ἦλθεν §11.220ἢ αὐτῶν Τρώων ἠὲ κλειτῶν ἐπικούρων.
Tell me now, Muses who have homes on Olympus, who was the first to come face to face with Agamemnon, either of the Trojans themselves or of their famous allies.
§11.221Ἰφιδάμας Ἀντηνορίδης ἠΰς τε μέγας τε §11.222ὃς τράφη ἐν Θρῄκῃ ἐριβώλακι μητέρι μήλων· §11.223Κισσῆς τόν γʼ ἔθρεψε δόμοις ἔνι τυτθὸν ἐόντα §11.224μητροπάτωρ, ὃς τίκτε Θεανὼ καλλιπάρῃον·
It was Iphidamas, son of Antenor, both valiant and great, who was bred in fertile Thrace, mother of sheep; Cisseus reared him in his halls while he was yet a little child, his mother's father, who begot Theano of the fair cheeks.
§11.225αὐτὰρ ἐπεί ῥʼ ἥβης ἐρικυδέος ἵκετο μέτρον, §11.226αὐτοῦ μιν κατέρυκε, δίδου δʼ ὅ γε θυγατέρα ἥν· §11.227γήμας δʼ ἐκ θαλάμοιο μετὰ κλέος ἵκετʼ Ἀχαιῶν §11.228σὺν δυοκαίδεκα νηυσὶ κορωνίσιν, αἵ οἱ ἕποντο.
But when he reached the measure of glorious youth, his grandfather stayed him there, and gave him his own daughter; and having married her, he went from the bridal chamber after the rumor of the Achaeans, with twelve curved ships that followed him.
§11.229τὰς μὲν ἔπειτʼ ἐν Περκώτῃ λίπε νῆας ἐΐσας, §11.230αὐτὰρ ὃ πεζὸς ἐὼν ἐς Ἴλιον εἰληλούθει· §11.231ὅς ῥα τότʼ Ἀτρεΐδεω Ἀγαμέμνονος ἀντίον ἦλθεν.
These well-balanced ships he then left at Percote, but himself went on foot to Ilios; he it was who then came face to face with Agamemnon, son of Atreus.
§11.232οἳ δʼ ὅτε δὴ σχεδὸν ἦσαν ἐπʼ ἀλλήλοισιν ἰόντες, §11.233Ἀτρεΐδης μὲν ἅμαρτε, παραὶ δέ οἱ ἐτράπετʼ ἔγχος, §11.234Ἰφιδάμας δὲ κατὰ ζώνην θώρηκος ἔνερθε §11.235νύξʼ, ἐπὶ δʼ αὐτὸς ἔρεισε βαρείῃ χειρὶ πιθήσας·
And when they were near as they advanced upon one another, the son of Atreus missed, and his spear turned aside; but Iphidamas struck him upon the belt, beneath the corselet, and pressed upon it, trusting to his heavy hand.
§11.236οὐδʼ ἔτορε ζωστῆρα παναίολον, ἀλλὰ πολὺ πρὶν §11.237ἀργύρῳ ἀντομένη μόλιβος ὣς ἐτράπετʼ αἰχμή.
Yet he did not pierce the gleaming belt, but long before that the spearpoint meeting the silver was turned like lead.
§11.238καὶ τό γε χειρὶ λαβὼν εὐρὺ κρείων Ἀγαμέμνων §11.239ἕλκʼ ἐπὶ οἷ μεμαὼς ὥς τε λίς, ἐκ δʼ ἄρα χειρὸς §11.240σπάσσατο· τὸν δʼ ἄορι πλῆξʼ αὐχένα, λῦσε δὲ γυῖα.
Then wide-ruling Agamemnon caught it in his hand and drew it toward him, raging like a lion, and from the hand of Iphidamas snatched it; then he struck him on the neck with his sword, and loosened his limbs.
§11.241ὣς ὃ μὲν αὖθι πεσὼν κοιμήσατο χάλκεον ὕπνον §11.242οἰκτρὸς ἀπὸ μνηστῆς ἀλόχου, ἀστοῖσιν ἀρήγων, §11.243κουριδίης, ἧς οὔ τι χάριν ἴδε, πολλὰ δʼ ἔδωκε· §11.244πρῶθʼ ἑκατὸν βοῦς δῶκεν, ἔπειτα δὲ χίλιʼ ὑπέστη §11.245αἶγας ὁμοῦ καὶ ὄϊς, τά οἱ ἄσπετα ποιμαίνοντο.
So he fell there and slept a sleep of bronze, pitiable, far from his wedded wife, helping his townsmen— from his young wife, of whom he had known no joy, though he had given much for her; first he gave a hundred cattle, and then promised a thousand, goats and sheep together, which were herded for him in countless numbers.
Then indeed did Agamemnon, son of Atreus, despoil him, and went bearing his beautiful armor through the throng of the Achaeans.
§11.248τὸν δʼ ὡς οὖν ἐνόησε Κόων ἀριδείκετος ἀνδρῶν §11.249πρεσβυγενὴς Ἀντηνορίδης, κρατερόν ῥά ἑ πένθος §11.250ὀφθαλμοὺς ἐκάλυψε κασιγνήτοιο πεσόντος.
But when Coön, conspicuous among men, marked him, the eldest son of Antenor, strong grief shrouded his eyes at the sight of his fallen brother.
§11.251στῆ δʼ εὐρὰξ σὺν δουρὶ λαθὼν Ἀγαμέμνονα δῖον, §11.252νύξε δέ μιν κατὰ χεῖρα μέσην ἀγκῶνος ἔνερθε, §11.253ἀντικρὺ δὲ διέσχε φαεινοῦ δουρὸς ἀκωκή.
And he stood to one side with his spear, unseen by noble Agamemnon, and stabbed him on the middle of the arm, below the elbow, and straight through went the point of the shining spear.
§11.254ῥίγησέν τʼ ἄρʼ ἔπειτα ἄναξ ἀνδρῶν Ἀγαμέμνων· §11.255ἀλλʼ οὐδʼ ὧς ἀπέληγε μάχης ἠδὲ πτολέμοιο, §11.256ἀλλʼ ἐπόρουσε Κόωνι ἔχων ἀνεμοτρεφὲς ἔγχος.
Then Agamemnon, king of men, shuddered; yet even so he did not cease from battle and war, but rushed upon Coön with his wind-toughened spear.
§11.257ἤτοι ὃ Ἰφιδάμαντα κασίγνητον καὶ ὄπατρον §11.258ἕλκε ποδὸς μεμαώς, καὶ ἀΰτει πάντας ἀρίστους· §11.259τὸν δʼ ἕλκοντʼ ἀνʼ ὅμιλον ὑπʼ ἀσπίδος ὀμφαλοέσσης §11.260οὔτησε ξυστῷ χαλκήρεϊ, λῦσε δὲ γυῖα· §11.261τοῖο δʼ ἐπʼ Ἰφιδάμαντι κάρη ἀπέκοψε παραστάς.
Now Coön was eagerly dragging Iphidamas, his brother by the same father, by the foot, and was calling to all the bravest; but as he was dragging him through the throng, beneath his bossed shield Agamemnon stabbed him with his bronze-shod spear, and loosened his limbs; and standing over him, he cut off his head upon Iphidamas.
There the sons of Antenor, fulfilling their fate at the hands of king Agamemnon, entered the house of Hades.
§11.264αὐτὰρ ὃ τῶν ἄλλων ἐπεπωλεῖτο στίχας ἀνδρῶν §11.265ἔγχεΐ τʼ ἄορί τε μεγάλοισί τε χερμαδίοισιν, §11.266ὄφρά οἱ αἷμʼ ἔτι θερμὸν ἀνήνοθεν ἐξ ὠτειλῆς.
But he went to and fro among the ranks of other men with spear and sword and great stones, as long as the warm blood still welled up from his wound.
§11.267αὐτὰρ ἐπεὶ τὸ μὲν ἕλκος ἐτέρσετο, παύσατο δʼ αἷμα, §11.268ὀξεῖαι δʼ ὀδύναι δῦνον μένος Ἀτρεΐδαο.
But when the wound grew dry and the blood ceased, then sharp pains began to sink into the strength of the son of Atreus.
§11.269ὡς δʼ ὅτʼ ἂν ὠδίνουσαν ἔχῃ βέλος ὀξὺ γυναῖκα §11.270δριμύ, τό τε προϊεῖσι μογοστόκοι Εἰλείθυιαι §11.271Ἥρης θυγατέρες πικρὰς ὠδῖνας ἔχουσαι, §11.272ὣς ὀξεῖʼ ὀδύναι δῦνον μένος Ἀτρεΐδαο.
And just as when a sharp arrow of pain seizes a woman in labor, sharp and bitter, which the Eileithyiae send, who preside over childbirth, daughters of Hera, who hold bitter pangs in their keeping; even so did sharp pains sink into the strength of Atreus' son.
§11.273ἐς δίφρον δʼ ἀνόρουσε, καὶ ἡνιόχῳ ἐπέτελλε §11.274νηυσὶν ἔπι γλαφυρῇσιν ἐλαυνέμεν· ἤχθετο γὰρ κῆρ.
And he leapt into his chariot, and bade his charioteer drive to the hollow ships; for his heart was sore distressed.
§11.275ἤϋσεν δὲ διαπρύσιον Δαναοῖσι γεγωνώς· §11.276ὦ φίλοι Ἀργείων ἡγήτορες ἠδὲ μέδοντες §11.277ὑμεῖς μὲν νῦν νηυσὶν ἀμύνετε ποντοπόροισι §11.278φύλοπιν ἀργαλέην, ἐπεὶ οὐκ ἐμὲ μητίετα Ζεὺς §11.279εἴασε Τρώεσσι πανημέριον πολεμίζειν. §11.280ὣς ἔφαθʼ, ἡνίοχος δʼ ἵμασεν καλλίτριχας ἵππους §11.281νῆας ἔπι γλαφυράς· τὼ δʼ οὐκ ἀέκοντε πετέσθην·
And he shouted aloud, calling to the Danaans: "O friends, leaders and rulers of the Argives, do you now ward off from the seafaring ships the grievous din of battle, since wise Zeus has not allowed me to fight the whole day through against the Trojans." So he spoke, and the charioteer lashed the fair-maned horses toward the hollow ships; and they flew nothing loath.
They foamed at the chest, and were sprinkled with dust from beneath, as they bore the suffering king away from the battle.
§11.284Ἕκτωρ δʼ ὡς ἐνόησʼ Ἀγαμέμνονα νόσφι κιόντα
But Hector, when he marked Agamemnon departing,