§18.276μακραὶ ἐΰξεστοι ἐζευγμέναι εἰρύσσονται·
long and well-polished, fitted together, will stretch across and guard [the city].
§18.277πρῶϊ δʼ ὑπηοῖοι σὺν τεύχεσι θωρηχθέντες §18.278στησόμεθʼ ἂμ πύργους· τῷ δʼ ἄλγιον, αἴ κʼ ἐθέλῃσιν §18.279ἐλθὼν ἐκ νηῶν περὶ τείχεος ἄμμι μάχεσθαι.
And early in the morning, at dawn, clad in our armor, we shall take our stand upon the towers; and it will be the worse for him, if he shall wish to come from the ships and fight with us for the wall.
§18.280ἂψ πάλιν εἶσʼ ἐπὶ νῆας, ἐπεί κʼ ἐριαύχενας ἵππους §18.281παντοίου δρόμου ἄσῃ ὑπὸ πτόλιν ἠλασκάζων· §18.282εἴσω δʼ οὔ μιν θυμὸς ἐφορμηθῆναι ἐάσει, §18.283οὐδέ ποτʼ ἐκπέρσει· πρίν μιν κύνες ἀργοὶ ἔδονται. §18.284τὸν δʼ ἄρʼ ὑπόδρα ἰδὼν προσέφη κορυθαίολος Ἕκτωρ· §18.285Πουλυδάμα σὺ μὲν οὐκέτʼ ἐμοὶ φίλα ταῦτʼ ἀγορεύεις,
Back again will he go to the ships, when he has glutted his proud-necked horses with every kind of running, as he makes them gallop beneath the city; but inside his spirit will not suffer him to rush, nor will he ever sack it; before that, the swift dogs will devour him." Then with an angry glance, Hector of the flashing helmet addressed him: "Polydamas, these things that you speak are no longer pleasing to me, you who bid us go back again and be pent within the city.
Are you not yet sated with being pent within the towers?
§18.288πρὶν μὲν γὰρ Πριάμοιο πόλιν μέροπες ἄνθρωποι §18.289πάντες μυθέσκοντο πολύχρυσον πολύχαλκον· §18.290νῦν δὲ δὴ ἐξαπόλωλε δόμων κειμήλια καλά, §18.291πολλὰ δὲ δὴ Φρυγίην καὶ Μῃονίην ἐρατεινὴν §18.292κτήματα περνάμενʼ ἵκει, ἐπεὶ μέγας ὠδύσατο Ζεύς.
For of old all mortal men used to tell of the city of Priam as rich in gold and rich in bronze; but now indeed the fair treasures of our houses have perished utterly, and many possessions have gone to Phrygia and lovely Maeonia, to be sold, since great Zeus grew angry.
§18.293νῦν δʼ ὅτε πέρ μοι ἔδωκε Κρόνου πάϊς ἀγκυλομήτεω §18.294κῦδος ἀρέσθʼ ἐπὶ νηυσί, θαλάσσῃ τʼ ἔλσαι Ἀχαιούς, §18.295νήπιε μηκέτι ταῦτα νοήματα φαῖνʼ ἐνὶ δήμῳ· §18.296οὐ γάρ τις Τρώων ἐπιπείσεται· οὐ γὰρ ἐάσω.
But now, when the son of crooked-counseling Cronos has granted me to win glory at the ships, and to coop the Achaeans by the sea, fool, no longer manifest these thoughts among the people; for none of the Trojans will obey; for I will not suffer it.
§18.297ἀλλʼ ἄγεθʼ ὡς ἂν ἐγὼ εἴπω, πειθώμεθα πάντες.
But come, as I shall say, let us all obey.
§18.298νῦν μὲν δόρπον ἕλεσθε κατὰ στρατὸν ἐν τελέεσσι, §18.299καὶ φυλακῆς μνήσασθε, καὶ ἐγρήγορθε ἕκαστος· §18.300Τρώων δʼ ὃς κτεάτεσσιν ὑπερφιάλως ἀνιάζει, §18.301συλλέξας λαοῖσι δότω καταδημοβορῆσαι· §18.302τῶν τινὰ βέλτερόν ἐστιν ἐπαυρέμεν ἤ περ Ἀχαιούς.
For now take your supper throughout the host by companies, and keep watch, and let everyone be wakeful; and whosoever of the Trojans is exceedingly troubled for his possessions, let him gather them and give them to the people to consume in common; it is better that some of them enjoy them than the Achaeans.
And early in the morning, at dawn, clad in our armor, at the hollow ships let us rouse fierce war.
§18.305εἰ δʼ ἐτεὸν παρὰ ναῦφιν ἀνέστη δῖος Ἀχιλλεύς, §18.306ἄλγιον αἴ κʼ ἐθέλῃσι τῷ ἔσσεται· οὔ μιν ἔγωγε §18.307φεύξομαι ἐκ πολέμοιο δυσηχέος, ἀλλὰ μάλʼ ἄντην §18.308στήσομαι, ἤ κε φέρῃσι μέγα κράτος, ἦ κε φεροίμην.
But if in truth noble Achilles has arisen by the ships, it will be the worse for him if he shall wish it; I at least will not flee from him out of dread-sounding war, but face to face will I stand against him, whether he shall bear away great victory, or I shall bear it away.
§18.309ξυνὸς Ἐνυάλιος, καί τε κτανέοντα κατέκτα. §18.310ὣς Ἕκτωρ ἀγόρευʼ, ἐπὶ δὲ Τρῶες κελάδησαν §18.311νήπιοι· ἐκ γάρ σφεων φρένας εἵλετο Παλλὰς Ἀθήνη.
The god of war is common to all, and he slays him that would slay." So Hector spoke, and the Trojans shouted assent, fools; for Pallas Athena had taken away their wits from them.
§18.312Ἕκτορι μὲν γὰρ ἐπῄνησαν κακὰ μητιόωντι, §18.313Πουλυδάμαντι δʼ ἄρʼ οὔ τις ὃς ἐσθλὴν φράζετο βουλήν.
For they praised Hector who devised evil counsel, but Polydamas no one praised, who advised good counsel.
§18.314δόρπον ἔπειθʼ εἵλοντο κατὰ στρατόν· αὐτὰρ Ἀχαιοὶ §18.315παννύχιοι Πάτροκλον ἀνεστενάχοντο γοῶντες.
Then they took their supper throughout the host; but the Achaeans all night long made lamentation for Patroclus, wailing aloud.
§18.316τοῖσι δὲ Πηλεΐδης ἁδινοῦ ἐξῆρχε γόοιο §18.317χεῖρας ἐπʼ ἀνδροφόνους θέμενος στήθεσσιν ἑταίρου §18.318πυκνὰ μάλα στενάχων ὥς τε λὶς ἠϋγένειος, §18.319ᾧ ῥά θʼ ὑπὸ σκύμνους ἐλαφηβόλος ἁρπάσῃ ἀνὴρ §18.320ὕλης ἐκ πυκινῆς· ὃ δέ τʼ ἄχνυται ὕστερος ἐλθών, §18.321πολλὰ δέ τʼ ἄγκεʼ ἐπῆλθε μετʼ ἀνέρος ἴχνιʼ ἐρευνῶν §18.322εἴ ποθεν ἐξεύροι· μάλα γὰρ δριμὺς χόλος αἱρεῖ·
And among them the son of Peleus began the vehement lamentation, laying his manslaying hands upon the breast of his companion, groaning full heavily, like a bearded lion whose cubs some hunter of stags has snatched away out of the thick wood; and the lion grieves, coming too late, and goes through many glens tracing the footsteps of the man, if somewhere he may find him; for very bitter anger possesses him.
§18.323ὣς ὃ βαρὺ στενάχων μετεφώνεε Μυρμιδόνεσσιν· §18.324ὢ πόποι ἦ ῥʼ ἅλιον ἔπος ἔκβαλον ἤματι κείνῳ §18.325θαρσύνων ἥρωα Μενοίτιον ἐν μεγάροισι· §18.326φῆν δέ οἱ εἰς Ὀπόεντα περικλυτὸν υἱὸν ἀπάξειν §18.327Ἴλιον ἐκπέρσαντα, λαχόντα τε ληΐδος αἶσαν.
Even so groaning heavily did he speak among the Myrmidons: "Ah, surely a vain word did I let fall on that day when I comforted the hero Menoetius in his halls; I said that I would bring back his glorious son to Opus, when he had sacked Ilios and gotten his share of the spoil.
§18.328ἀλλʼ οὐ Ζεὺς ἄνδρεσσι νοήματα πάντα τελευτᾷ· §18.329ἄμφω γὰρ πέπρωται ὁμοίην γαῖαν ἐρεῦσαι §18.330αὐτοῦ ἐνὶ Τροίῃ, ἐπεὶ οὐδʼ ἐμὲ νοστήσαντα §18.331δέξεται ἐν μεγάροισι γέρων ἱππηλάτα Πηλεὺς §18.332οὐδὲ Θέτις μήτηρ, ἀλλʼ αὐτοῦ γαῖα καθέξει.
But Zeus does not fulfill all purposes for men; for it is fated for both of us to redden the same earth here in Troy, since neither shall the old horseman Peleus welcome me returning in his halls, nor my mother Thetis, but the earth here shall hold me fast.
§18.333νῦν δʼ ἐπεὶ οὖν Πάτροκλε σεῦ ὕστερος εἶμʼ ὑπὸ γαῖαν, §18.334οὔ σε πρὶν κτεριῶ πρίν γʼ Ἕκτορος ἐνθάδʼ ἐνεῖκαι §18.335τεύχεα καὶ κεφαλὴν μεγαθύμου σοῖο φονῆος· §18.336δώδεκα δὲ προπάροιθε πυρῆς ἀποδειροτομήσω §18.337Τρώων ἀγλαὰ τέκνα σέθεν κταμένοιο χολωθείς.
But now, since, Patroclus, I go beneath the earth after you, I will not perform your funeral rites until I have brought hither the armor and the head of Hector, the great-hearted slayer of you; and before your pyre I will cut the throats of twelve glorious children of the Trojans, in my wrath for your slaying.
§18.338τόφρα δέ μοι παρὰ νηυσὶ κορωνίσι κείσεαι αὔτως, §18.339ἀμφὶ δὲ σὲ Τρῳαὶ καὶ Δαρδανίδες βαθύκολποι §18.340κλαύσονται νύκτάς τε καὶ ἤματα δάκρυ χέουσαι, §18.341τὰς αὐτοὶ καμόμεσθα βίηφί τε δουρί τε μακρῷ §18.342πιείρας πέρθοντε πόλεις μερόπων ἀνθρώπων. §18.343ὣς εἰπὼν ἑτάροισιν ἐκέκλετο δῖος Ἀχιλλεὺς §18.344ἀμφὶ πυρὶ στῆσαι τρίποδα μέγαν, ὄφρα τάχιστα §18.345Πάτροκλον λούσειαν ἄπο βρότον αἱματόεντα.
Meanwhile you shall lie thus by my curved ships, and around you deep-bosomed Trojan and Dardanian women shall weep and shed tears night and day, whom we ourselves won by our strength and our long spears, when we sacked the rich cities of mortal men." So saying, noble Achilles bade his companions to set a great tripod upon the fire, so that as quickly as possible they might wash the bloody gore from Patroclus.