§2.728τόν ῥʼ ἔτεκεν Ῥήνη ὑπʼ Ὀϊλῆϊ πτολιπόρθῳ.
Him Rhene bore beneath Oileus, sacker of cities.
§2.729οἳ δʼ εἶχον Τρίκκην καὶ Ἰθώμην κλωμακόεσσαν, §2.730οἵ τʼ ἔχον Οἰχαλίην πόλιν Εὐρύτου Οἰχαλιῆος, §2.731τῶν αὖθʼ ἡγείσθην Ἀσκληπιοῦ δύο παῖδε §2.732ἰητῆρʼ ἀγαθὼ Ποδαλείριος ἠδὲ Μαχάων· §2.733τοῖς δὲ τριήκοντα γλαφυραὶ νέες ἐστιχόωντο.
And they who held Trikke and rocky Ithome, and they who held Oichalia, the city of Eurytos the Oichalian, of these again Asclepius' two sons were leaders, the excellent healers Podaleirios and Machaon; and with them thirty hollow ships went in order.
§2.734οἳ δʼ ἔχον Ὀρμένιον, οἵ τε κρήνην Ὑπέρειαν, §2.735οἵ τʼ ἔχον Ἀστέριον Τιτάνοιό τε λευκὰ κάρηνα, §2.736τῶν ἦρχʼ Εὐρύπυλος Εὐαίμονος ἀγλαὸς υἱός· §2.737τῷ δʼ ἅμα τεσσαράκοντα μέλαιναι νῆες ἕποντο.
And they who held Ormenion, and the spring Hypereia, and they who held Asterion and the white peaks of Titanos, of these Eurypylos, the glorious son of Euaimon, was leader; and with him forty black ships followed.
§2.738οἳ δʼ Ἄργισσαν ἔχον καὶ Γυρτώνην ἐνέμοντο, §2.739Ὄρθην Ἠλώνην τε πόλιν τʼ Ὀλοοσσόνα λευκήν, §2.740τῶν αὖθʼ ἡγεμόνευε μενεπτόλεμος Πολυποίτης §2.741υἱὸς Πειριθόοιο τὸν ἀθάνατος τέκετο Ζεύς· §2.742τόν ῥʼ ὑπὸ Πειριθόῳ τέκετο κλυτὸς Ἱπποδάμεια §2.743ἤματι τῷ ὅτε Φῆρας ἐτίσατο λαχνήεντας, §2.744τοὺς δʼ ἐκ Πηλίου ὦσε καὶ Αἰθίκεσσι πέλασσεν· §2.745οὐκ οἶος, ἅμα τῷ γε Λεοντεὺς ὄζος Ἄρηος §2.746υἱὸς ὑπερθύμοιο Κορώνου Καινεΐδαο· §2.747τοῖς δʼ ἅμα τεσσαράκοντα μέλαιναι νῆες ἕποντο.
And they who held Argissa and dwelt in Gyrtone, Orthe, and Elone, and the white city of Oloosson, of these again steadfast-in-battle Polypoites was leader, son of Peirithous, whom immortal Zeus begot; him glorious Hippodameia bore beneath Peirithous on the day when he took vengeance on the shaggy beasts, and drove them out from Pelion and forced them near the Aithikes; not alone, for with him was Leonteus, a branch of Ares, son of high-hearted Koronos, son of Kaineus; and with them forty black ships followed.
§2.748Γουνεὺς δʼ ἐκ Κύφου ἦγε δύω καὶ εἴκοσι νῆας· §2.749τῷ δʼ Ἐνιῆνες ἕποντο μενεπτόλεμοί τε Περαιβοὶ §2.750οἳ περὶ Δωδώνην δυσχείμερον οἰκίʼ ἔθεντο, §2.751οἵ τʼ ἀμφʼ ἱμερτὸν Τιταρησσὸν ἔργα νέμοντο §2.752ὅς ῥʼ ἐς Πηνειὸν προΐει καλλίρροον ὕδωρ, §2.753οὐδʼ ὅ γε Πηνειῷ συμμίσγεται ἀργυροδίνῃ, §2.754ἀλλά τέ μιν καθύπερθεν ἐπιρρέει ἠΰτʼ ἔλαιον· §2.755ὅρκου γὰρ δεινοῦ Στυγὸς ὕδατός ἐστιν ἀπορρώξ.
And Gouneus from Kyphos led two and twenty ships; and with him followed the Enienes and the steadfast-in-battle Peraiboi, who had made their dwellings about wintry Dodona, and they who cultivated the land about lovely Titaresios, which pours its fair-flowing water into Peneios, yet it does not mix with silver-swirling Peneios, but flows over it like oil; for it is an offshoot of the water of Styx, the terrible oath.
§2.756Μαγνήτων δʼ ἦρχε Πρόθοος Τενθρηδόνος υἱός, §2.757οἳ περὶ Πηνειὸν καὶ Πήλιον εἰνοσίφυλλον §2.758ναίεσκον· τῶν μὲν Πρόθοος θοὸς ἡγεμόνευε, §2.759τῷ δʼ ἅμα τεσσαράκοντα μέλαιναι νῆες ἕποντο.
And of the Magnetes Prothoos, son of Tenthredon, was leader, who dwelt about Peneios and leaf-shaking Pelion; of these swift Prothoos was leader, and with him forty black ships followed.
§2.760οὗτοι ἄρʼ ἡγεμόνες Δαναῶν καὶ κοίρανοι ἦσαν·
These then were the leaders and lords of the Danaans.
§2.761τίς τὰρ τῶν ὄχʼ ἄριστος ἔην σύ μοι ἔννεπε Μοῦσα §2.762αὐτῶν ἠδʼ ἵππων, οἳ ἅμʼ Ἀτρεΐδῃσιν ἕποντο.
Who then of them was far the best, tell me, Muse, of themselves and of the horses that followed with the sons of Atreus.
§2.763ἵπποι μὲν μέγʼ ἄρισται ἔσαν Φηρητιάδαο, §2.764τὰς Εὔμηλος ἔλαυνε ποδώκεας ὄρνιθας ὣς §2.765ὄτριχας οἰέτεας σταφύλῇ ἐπὶ νῶτον ἐΐσας· §2.766τὰς ἐν Πηρείῃ θρέψʼ ἀργυρότοξος Ἀπόλλων §2.767ἄμφω θηλείας, φόβον Ἄρηος φορεούσας.
The horses indeed of the grandson of Pheres were far the best, which Eumelus drove, swift as birds, alike in hair, of equal age, and even on their backs as by a leveling line; these in Pereia silver-bowed Apollo had reared, both mares, bearing the terror of Ares.
§2.768ἀνδρῶν αὖ μέγʼ ἄριστος ἔην Τελαμώνιος Αἴας §2.769ὄφρʼ Ἀχιλεὺς μήνιεν· ὃ γὰρ πολὺ φέρτατος ἦεν, §2.770ἵπποι θʼ οἳ φορέεσκον ἀμύμονα Πηλεΐωνα.
Of men again, Telamonian Ajax was far the best, while Achilles was wroth; for he was by far the greatest, as were the horses that bore the peerless son of Peleus.
§2.771ἀλλʼ ὃ μὲν ἐν νήεσσι κορωνίσι ποντοπόροισι §2.772κεῖτʼ ἀπομηνίσας Ἀγαμέμνονι ποιμένι λαῶν §2.773Ἀτρεΐδῃ· λαοὶ δὲ παρὰ ῥηγμῖνι θαλάσσης §2.774δίσκοισιν τέρποντο καὶ αἰγανέῃσιν ἱέντες §2.775τόξοισίν θʼ· ἵπποι δὲ παρʼ ἅρμασιν οἷσιν ἕκαστος §2.776λωτὸν ἐρεπτόμενοι ἐλεόθρεπτόν τε σέλινον §2.777ἕστασαν· ἅρματα δʼ εὖ πεπυκασμένα κεῖτο ἀνάκτων §2.778ἐν κλισίῃς· οἳ δʼ ἀρχὸν ἀρηΐφιλον ποθέοντες §2.779φοίτων ἔνθα καὶ ἔνθα κατὰ στρατὸν οὐδὲ μάχοντο.
But he lay among his curved, sea-faring ships, nursing his wrath against Agamemnon, shepherd of the host, Atreus' son; and the folk along the shore of the sea amused themselves with discuses and with throwing light spears, and with bows; and their horses stood, each by his chariot, munching lotus and marsh-grown parsley, and stood there; and the chariots lay well-covered in the shelters of their lords; but they, yearning for their war-loving leader, wandered here and there through the camp, and did not fight.
§2.780οἳ δʼ ἄρʼ ἴσαν ὡς εἴ τε πυρὶ χθὼν πᾶσα νέμοιτο· §2.781γαῖα δʼ ὑπεστενάχιζε Διὶ ὣς τερπικεραύνῳ §2.782χωομένῳ ὅτε τʼ ἀμφὶ Τυφωέϊ γαῖαν ἱμάσσῃ §2.783εἰν Ἀρίμοις, ὅθι φασὶ Τυφωέος ἔμμεναι εὐνάς· §2.784ὣς ἄρα τῶν ὑπὸ ποσσὶ μέγα στεναχίζετο γαῖα §2.785ἐρχομένων· μάλα δʼ ὦκα διέπρησσον πεδίοιο.
And they went, as if all the earth were being swept by fire; and the earth groaned beneath them, as for Zeus who delights in thunder when in his wrath he scourges the earth about Typhoeus among the Arimi, where they say Typhoeus' bed is; so then beneath their feet the earth groaned mightily as they went; and very swiftly they made their way across the plain.
§2.786Τρωσὶν δʼ ἄγγελος ἦλθε ποδήνεμος ὠκέα Ἶρις §2.787πὰρ Διὸς αἰγιόχοιο σὺν ἀγγελίῃ ἀλεγεινῇ· §2.788οἳ δʼ ἀγορὰς ἀγόρευον ἐπὶ Πριάμοιο θύρῃσι §2.789πάντες ὁμηγερέες ἠμὲν νέοι ἠδὲ γέροντες· §2.790ἀγχοῦ δʼ ἱσταμένη προσέφη πόδας ὠκέα Ἶρις· §2.791εἴσατο δὲ φθογγὴν υἷϊ Πριάμοιο Πολίτῃ, §2.792ὃς Τρώων σκοπὸς ἷζε ποδωκείῃσι πεποιθὼς §2.793τύμβῳ ἐπʼ ἀκροτάτῳ Αἰσυήταο γέροντος, §2.794δέγμενος ὁππότε ναῦφιν ἀφορμηθεῖεν Ἀχαιοί· §2.795τῷ μιν ἐεισαμένη προσέφη πόδας ὠκέα Ἶρις· §2.796ὦ γέρον αἰεί τοι μῦθοι φίλοι ἄκριτοί εἰσιν, §2.797ὥς ποτʼ ἐπʼ εἰρήνης· πόλεμος δʼ ἀλίαστος ὄρωρεν.
And to the Trojans there came as messenger wind-swift Iris, from aegis-bearing Zeus, with a grievous message; and they were holding assembly at Priam's gates, all gathered together, both young men and elders; and standing near, swift-foot Iris spoke to them; and she likened her voice to that of Priam's son, Polites, who sat as a watchman for the Trojans, trusting in his swiftness of foot, on the topmost part of the barrow of old Aisyetes, waiting for when the Achaeans should set forth from their ships; likening herself to him, swift-foot Iris spoke to them: "Old man, words without end are ever dear to you, as once in time of peace; but war inescapable has arisen.
§2.798ἤδη μὲν μάλα πολλὰ μάχας εἰσήλυθον ἀνδρῶν, §2.799ἀλλʼ οὔ πω τοιόνδε τοσόνδέ τε λαὸν ὄπωπα· §2.800λίην γὰρ φύλλοισιν ἐοικότες ἢ ψαμάθοισιν §2.801ἔρχονται πεδίοιο μαχησόμενοι προτὶ ἄστυ.
Indeed, I have entered into many battles of men ere now, but never yet have I seen a host such as this, and so great; for very like to leaves or the sands they come across the plain to fight around the city.
§2.802Ἕκτορ σοὶ δὲ μάλιστʼ ἐπιτέλλομαι, ὧδε δὲ ῥέξαι·
Hector, to you especially I give charge, and do you act thus."