§11.74οἴη γάρ ῥα θεῶν παρετύγχανε μαρναμένοισιν, §11.75οἳ δʼ ἄλλοι οὔ σφιν πάρεσαν θεοί, ἀλλὰ ἕκηλοι §11.76σφοῖσιν ἐνὶ μεγάροισι καθήατο, ἧχι ἑκάστῳ §11.77δώματα καλὰ τέτυκτο κατὰ πτύχας Οὐλύμποιο.
For she alone of the gods was present with the combatants, whereas the other gods were not with them, but at peace sat in their own halls, where for each one beautiful dwellings had been built along the folds of Olympus.
And they all blamed the son of Cronos, lord of the dark clouds, because he was minded to grant glory to the Trojans.
§11.80τῶν μὲν ἄρʼ οὐκ ἀλέγιζε πατήρ· ὃ δὲ νόσφι λιασθεὶς §11.81τῶν ἄλλων ἀπάνευθε καθέζετο κύδεϊ γαίων §11.82εἰσορόων Τρώων τε πόλιν καὶ νῆας Ἀχαιῶν §11.83χαλκοῦ τε στεροπήν, ὀλλύντάς τʼ ὀλλυμένους τε.
Of them the father took no heed; but he, withdrawing himself apart from the others, sat down exulting in his glory, looking upon both the city of the Trojans and the ships of the Achaeans, and the flash of bronze, and the slayers and the slain.
§11.84ὄφρα μὲν ἠὼς ἦν καὶ ἀέξετο ἱερὸν ἦμαρ, §11.85τόφρα μάλʼ ἀμφοτέρων βέλεʼ ἥπτετο, πῖπτε δὲ λαός· §11.86ἦμος δὲ δρυτόμος περ ἀνὴρ ὁπλίσσατο δεῖπνον §11.87οὔρεος ἐν βήσσῃσιν, ἐπεί τʼ ἐκορέσσατο χεῖρας §11.88τάμνων δένδρεα μακρά, ἅδος τέ μιν ἵκετο θυμόν, §11.89σίτου τε γλυκεροῖο περὶ φρένας ἵμερος αἱρεῖ, §11.90τῆμος σφῇ ἀρετῇ Δαναοὶ ῥήξαντο φάλαγγας §11.91κεκλόμενοι ἑτάροισι κατὰ στίχας· ἐν δʼ Ἀγαμέμνων §11.92πρῶτος ὄρουσʼ, ἕλε δʼ ἄνδρα Βιάνορα ποιμένα λαῶν §11.93αὐτόν, ἔπειτα δʼ ἑταῖρον Ὀϊλῆα πλήξιππον.
As long as it was morning and the sacred day was waxing, so long did the missiles of both sides take effect, and the people fell; but at the hour when a woodman makes ready his meal in the glades of a mountain, when his arms are weary with felling tall trees, and weariness comes upon his soul, and desire for sweet food seizes his heart, then then the Danaans by their valor broke the battalions, calling to their comrades through the ranks; and among them Agamemnon first rushed forward, and slew the warrior Bianor, a shepherd of the people, himself, and next his comrade, Oileus, driver of horses.
§11.94ἤτοι ὅ γʼ ἐξ ἵππων κατεπάλμενος ἀντίος ἔστη· §11.95τὸν δʼ ἰθὺς μεμαῶτα μετώπιον ὀξέϊ δουρὶ §11.96νύξʼ, οὐδὲ στεφάνη δόρυ οἱ σχέθε χαλκοβάρεια, §11.97ἀλλὰ διʼ αὐτῆς ἦλθε καὶ ὀστέου, ἐγκέφαλος δὲ §11.98ἔνδον ἅπας πεπάλακτο· δάμασσε δέ μιν μεμαῶτα.
For Oileus had leapt down from his chariot and stood against him; but as he rushed straight at him Agamemnon stabbed him on the forehead with his sharp spear, nor did his helmet-rim, heavy with bronze, hold off the spear, but straight through it it went and through the bone, and the brain within was all spattered; and so he laid him low in his fury.
§11.99καὶ τοὺς μὲν λίπεν αὖθι ἄναξ ἀνδρῶν Ἀγαμέμνων §11.100στήθεσι παμφαίνοντας, ἐπεὶ περίδυσε χιτῶνας· §11.101αὐτὰρ ὃ βῆ Ἶσόν τε καὶ Ἄντιφον ἐξεναρίξων §11.102υἷε δύω Πριάμοιο νόθον καὶ γνήσιον ἄμφω §11.103εἰν ἑνὶ δίφρῳ ἐόντας· ὃ μὲν νόθος ἡνιόχευεν, §11.104Ἄντιφος αὖ παρέβασκε περικλυτός·
And them the king of men, Agamemnon, left there, with their chests gleaming, when he had stripped off their tunics; but he went on to slay Isus and Antiphus, two sons of Priam, a bastard and a legitimate son, both in one chariot; the bastard was driving, while renowned Antiphus stood beside him to fight.
ὥ ποτʼ Ἀχιλλεὺς §11.105Ἴδης ἐν κνημοῖσι δίδη μόσχοισι λύγοισι, §11.106ποιμαίνοντʼ ἐπʼ ὄεσσι λαβών, καὶ ἔλυσεν ἀποίνων.
These two once Achilles had bound with slender osiers on the spurs of Ida, catching them as they watched their sheep, and had released them for a ransom.
§11.107δὴ τότε γʼ Ἀτρεΐδης εὐρὺ κρείων Ἀγαμέμνων §11.108τὸν μὲν ὑπὲρ μαζοῖο κατὰ στῆθος βάλε δουρί, §11.109Ἄντιφον αὖ παρὰ οὖς ἔλασε ξίφει, ἐκ δʼ ἔβαλʼ ἵππων.
But now the son of Atreus, wide-ruling Agamemnon, struck the one upon the breast above the nipple with his spear, and Antiphus he smote beside the ear with his sword, and cast him from the chariot.
§11.110σπερχόμενος δʼ ἀπὸ τοῖιν ἐσύλα τεύχεα καλὰ §11.111γιγνώσκων· καὶ γάρ σφε πάρος παρὰ νηυσὶ θοῇσιν §11.112εἶδεν, ὅτʼ ἐξ Ἴδης ἄγαγεν πόδας ὠκὺς Ἀχιλλεύς.
In haste he stripped them of their beautiful armor, knowing them; for he had seen them before by the swift ships, when fleet-footed Achilles had brought them from Ida.
§11.113ὡς δὲ λέων ἐλάφοιο ταχείης νήπια τέκνα §11.114ῥηϊδίως συνέαξε λαβὼν κρατεροῖσιν ὀδοῦσιν §11.115ἐλθὼν εἰς εὐνήν, ἁπαλόν τέ σφʼ ἦτορ ἀπηύρα· §11.116ἣ δʼ εἴ πέρ τε τύχῃσι μάλα σχεδόν, οὐ δύναταί σφι §11.117χραισμεῖν· αὐτὴν γάρ μιν ὑπὸ τρόμος αἰνὸς ἱκάνει· §11.118καρπαλίμως δʼ ἤϊξε διὰ δρυμὰ πυκνὰ καὶ ὕλην §11.119σπεύδουσʼ ἱδρώουσα κραταιοῦ θηρὸς ὑφʼ ὁρμῆς· §11.120ὣς ἄρα τοῖς οὔ τις δύνατο χραισμῆσαι ὄλεθρον §11.121Τρώων, ἀλλὰ καὶ αὐτοὶ ὑπʼ Ἀργείοισι φέβοντο.
And as a lion easily crushes the tender young of a swift hind, seizing them in his strong teeth when he has come to their lair, and robs them of their tender life; and even if she happens to be very near, she cannot help them; for dread trembling comes upon herself; but swiftly she darts through the thick brush and the forest, sweating and fleeing before the onslaught of the mighty beast; even so there was no one of the Trojans who could ward off destruction from those two, but they themselves were fleeing before the Argives.
§11.122αὐτὰρ ὃ Πείσανδρόν τε καὶ Ἱππόλοχον μενεχάρμην §11.123υἱέας Ἀντιμάχοιο δαΐφρονος, ὅς ῥα μάλιστα §11.124χρυσὸν Ἀλεξάνδροιο δεδεγμένος ἀγλαὰ δῶρα §11.125οὐκ εἴασχʼ Ἑλένην δόμεναι ξανθῷ Μενελάῳ,
Then he fell upon Peisandrus and Hippolochus, steadfast in fight, sons of wise Antimachus, who above all others, having received gold, splendid gifts from Alexandrus, would not suffer Helen to be given back to fair-haired Menelaus.
§11.126τοῦ περ δὴ δύο παῖδε λάβε κρείων Ἀγαμέμνων §11.127εἰν ἑνὶ δίφρῳ ἐόντας, ὁμοῦ δʼ ἔχον ὠκέας ἵππους· §11.128ἐκ γάρ σφεας χειρῶν φύγον ἡνία σιγαλόεντα, §11.129τὼ δὲ κυκηθήτην·
His two sons indeed wide-ruling Agamemnon took, both being in one chariot, and together they were holding the swift horses; for the gleaming reins had slipped from their hands, and the two were confounded.
ὃ δʼ ἐναντίον ὦρτο λέων ὣς §11.130Ἀτρεΐδης· τὼ δʼ αὖτʼ ἐκ δίφρου γουναζέσθην· §11.131ζώγρει Ἀτρέος υἱέ, σὺ δʼ ἄξια δέξαι ἄποινα· §11.132πολλὰ δʼ ἐν Ἀντιμάχοιο δόμοις κειμήλια κεῖται §11.133χαλκός τε χρυσός τε πολύκμητός τε σίδηρος, §11.134τῶν κέν τοι χαρίσαιτο πατὴρ ἀπερείσιʼ ἄποινα, §11.135εἰ νῶϊ ζωοὺς πεπύθοιτʼ ἐπὶ νηυσὶν Ἀχαιῶν. §11.136ὣς τώ γε κλαίοντε προσαυδήτην βασιλῆα §11.137μειλιχίοις ἐπέεσσιν· ἀμείλικτον δʼ ὄπʼ ἄκουσαν· §11.138εἰ μὲν δὴ Ἀντιμάχοιο δαΐφρονος υἱέες ἐστόν, §11.139ὅς ποτʼ ἐνὶ Τρώων ἀγορῇ Μενέλαον ἄνωγεν §11.140ἀγγελίην ἐλθόντα σὺν ἀντιθέῳ Ὀδυσῆϊ §11.141αὖθι κατακτεῖναι μηδʼ ἐξέμεν ἂψ ἐς Ἀχαιούς, §11.142νῦν μὲν δὴ τοῦ πατρὸς ἀεικέα τίσετε λώβην. §11.143ἦ, καὶ Πείσανδρον μὲν ἀφʼ ἵππων ὦσε χαμᾶζε
And against them rushed like a lion the son of Atreus; and they from the chariot clasped his knees: "Take us alive, son of Atreus, and accept a worthy ransom; many treasures lie stored in the halls of Antimachus, bronze and gold and iron wrought with much labor, thereof would our father grant you countless ransom, if he should hear that we are alive at the ships of the Achaeans." Thus with wailing did the two speak to the king with gentle words; but they heard a harsh voice: "If you are indeed the sons of wise Antimachus, who once in the assembly of the Trojans bade them slay Menelaus, when he came on an embassy with godlike Odysseus, there on the spot and not let him return to the Achaeans, now indeed shall you pay for your father's shameful outrage." He spoke, and thrust Peisandrus from his chariot to the earth,