§20.1ὣς οἳ μὲν παρὰ νηυσὶ κορωνίσι θωρήσσοντο §20.2ἀμφὶ σὲ Πηλέος υἱὲ μάχης ἀκόρητον Ἀχαιοί, §20.3Τρῶες δʼ αὖθʼ ἑτέρωθεν ἐπὶ θρωσμῷ πεδίοιο·
Thus, son of Peleus, insatiable of battle, did the Achaeans arm themselves by their curved ships around you, and the Trojans on the other side likewise on the rising ground of the plain.
§20.4Ζεὺς δὲ Θέμιστα κέλευσε θεοὺς ἀγορὴν δὲ καλέσσαι §20.5κρατὸς ἀπʼ Οὐλύμποιο πολυπτύχου· ἣ δʼ ἄρα πάντῃ §20.6φοιτήσασα κέλευσε Διὸς πρὸς δῶμα νέεσθαι.
Zeus bade Themis call the gods to assembly from the peak of many-folded Olympus; and she went everywhere and bade them go to the house of Zeus.
§20.7οὔτέ τις οὖν ποταμῶν ἀπέην νόσφʼ Ὠκεανοῖο, §20.8οὔτʼ ἄρα νυμφάων αἵ τʼ ἄλσεα καλὰ νέμονται §20.9καὶ πηγὰς ποταμῶν καὶ πίσεα ποιήεντα.
Not one of the rivers was absent, save Oceanus, nor any of the nymphs who inhabit the beautiful groves, the springs of rivers, and the grassy meadows.
§20.10ἐλθόντες δʼ ἐς δῶμα Διὸς νεφεληγερέταο §20.11ξεστῇς αἰθούσῃσιν ἐνίζανον, ἃς Διὶ πατρὶ §20.12Ἥφαιστος ποίησεν ἰδυίῃσι πραπίδεσσιν.
And coming to the house of cloud-gathering Zeus, they sat down in the polished porticoes which Hephaestus had made for father Zeus with cunning skill.
§20.13ὣς οἳ μὲν Διὸς ἔνδον ἀγηγέρατʼ· οὐδʼ ἐνοσίχθων §20.14νηκούστησε θεᾶς, ἀλλʼ ἐξ ἁλὸς ἦλθε μετʼ αὐτούς, §20.15ἷζε δʼ ἄρʼ ἐν μέσσοισι, Διὸς δʼ ἐξείρετο βουλήν·
Thus were they gathered within the house of Zeus; nor did the Earthshaker fail to hear the goddess, but came from the sea after them, and sat in the midst, and asked the counsel of Zeus: "Why, lord of the lightning, have you called the gods again to assembly?
§20.16τίπτʼ αὖτʼ ἀργικέραυνε θεοὺς ἀγορὴν δὲ κάλεσσας; §20.17ἦ τι περὶ Τρώων καὶ Ἀχαιῶν μερμηρίζεις;
Are you devising some purpose concerning the Trojans and Achaeans?
§20.18τῶν γὰρ νῦν ἄγχιστα μάχη πόλεμός τε δέδηε. §20.19τὸν δʼ ἀπαμειβόμενος προσέφη νεφεληγερέτα Ζεύς· §20.20ἔγνως ἐννοσίγαιε ἐμὴν ἐν στήθεσι βουλὴν
For now their battle and war is kindled very near." Then cloud-gathering Zeus answered him: "You know, Earthshaker, the purpose in my breast for which I gathered them; they are a care to me, even though they perish.
§20.21ὧν ἕνεκα ξυνάγειρα· μέλουσί μοι ὀλλύμενοί περ. §20.22ἀλλʼ ἤτοι μὲν ἐγὼ μενέω πτυχὶ Οὐλύμποιο §20.23ἥμενος, ἔνθʼ ὁρόων φρένα τέρψομαι· οἳ δὲ δὴ ἄλλοι §20.24ἔρχεσθʼ ὄφρʼ ἂν ἵκησθε μετὰ Τρῶας καὶ Ἀχαιούς, §20.25ἀμφοτέροισι δʼ ἀρήγεθʼ ὅπῃ νόος ἐστὶν ἑκάστου.
Yet I will remain sitting in a fold of Olympus, where I will please my heart by looking on; but do you others go until you come among the Trojans and Achaeans, and aid both sides as the mind of each is inclined.
For if Achilles fights alone against the Trojans, they will not for even a little space hold back the swift-footed son of Peleus.
§20.28καὶ δέ τί μιν καὶ πρόσθεν ὑποτρομέεσκον ὁρῶντες· §20.29νῦν δʼ ὅτε δὴ καὶ θυμὸν ἑταίρου χώεται αἰνῶς §20.30δείδω μὴ καὶ τεῖχος ὑπέρμορον ἐξαλαπάξῃ. §20.31ὣς ἔφατο Κρονίδης, πόλεμον δʼ ἀλίαστον ἔγειρε.
Even before this they used to tremble when they saw him; and now when he is terribly angered in heart for his companion, I fear lest he even sack the wall beyond what is fated." Thus spoke the son of Cronos, and roused unrelenting war.
§20.32βὰν δʼ ἴμεναι πόλεμον δὲ θεοὶ δίχα θυμὸν ἔχοντες· §20.33Ἥρη μὲν μετʼ ἀγῶνα νεῶν καὶ Παλλὰς Ἀθήνη §20.34ἠδὲ Ποσειδάων γαιήοχος ἠδʼ ἐριούνης §20.35Ἑρμείας, ὃς ἐπὶ φρεσὶ πευκαλίμῃσι κέκασται· §20.36Ἥφαιστος δʼ ἅμα τοῖσι κίε σθένεϊ βλεμεαίνων §20.37χωλεύων, ὑπὸ δὲ κνῆμαι ῥώοντο ἀραιαί.
And the gods went forth to the war, divided in their minds: Hera went to the gathering of the ships, and Pallas Athena, and Poseidon the earth-enfolder, and the helper Hermes, who is adorned with a wise mind; and with them went Hephaestus, exulting in his strength, limping, and beneath him his slender legs moved nimbly.
§20.38ἐς δὲ Τρῶας Ἄρης κορυθαίολος, αὐτὰρ ἅμʼ αὐτῷ §20.39Φοῖβος ἀκερσεκόμης ἠδʼ Ἄρτεμις ἰοχέαιρα §20.40Λητώ τε Ξάνθός τε φιλομειδής τʼ Ἀφροδίτη.
But to the Trojans went Ares of the flashing helmet, and with him Phoebus of the unshorn hair, and Artemis the archer, and Leto, and Xanthus, and laughter-loving Aphrodite.
§20.41εἷος μέν ῥʼ ἀπάνευθε θεοὶ θνητῶν ἔσαν ἀνδρῶν, §20.42τεῖος Ἀχαιοὶ μὲν μέγα κύδανον, οὕνεκʼ Ἀχιλλεὺς §20.43ἐξεφάνη, δηρὸν δὲ μάχης ἐπέπαυτʼ ἀλεγεινῆς· §20.44Τρῶας δὲ τρόμος αἰνὸς ὑπήλυθε γυῖα ἕκαστον §20.45δειδιότας, ὅθʼ ὁρῶντο ποδώκεα Πηλεΐωνα §20.46τεύχεσι λαμπόμενον βροτολοιγῷ ἶσον Ἄρηϊ.
As long as the gods were far from mortal men, so long did the Achaeans triumph greatly, because Achilles had appeared, and he had long held aloof from grievous war; but a terrible trembling came upon the limbs of each of the Trojans, in their fear when they beheld the swift-footed son of Peleus gleaming in his armor like baneful Ares.
§20.47αὐτὰρ ἐπεὶ μεθʼ ὅμιλον Ὀλύμπιοι ἤλυθον ἀνδρῶν, §20.48ὦρτο δʼ Ἔρις κρατερὴ λαοσσόος, αὖε δʼ Ἀθήνη §20.49στᾶσʼ ὁτὲ μὲν παρὰ τάφρον ὀρυκτὴν τείχεος ἐκτός, §20.50ἄλλοτʼ ἐπʼ ἀκτάων ἐριδούπων μακρὸν ἀΰτει.
But when the Olympians came into the throng of men, then rose mighty Eris, rouser of hosts, and Athena cried aloud, standing now by the dug trench outside the wall, and now upon the echoing shores she shouted loud.
§20.51αὖε δʼ Ἄρης ἑτέρωθεν ἐρεμνῇ λαίλαπι ἶσος §20.52ὀξὺ κατʼ ἀκροτάτης πόλιος Τρώεσσι κελεύων, §20.53ἄλλοτε πὰρ Σιμόεντι θέων ἐπὶ Καλλικολώνῃ.
And Ares on the other side shouted, like a dark tempest, urging the Trojans with sharp cries from the highest point of the city, and now running beside Simois upon the Callicolone.
§20.54ὣς τοὺς ἀμφοτέρους μάκαρες θεοὶ ὀτρύνοντες §20.55σύμβαλον, ἐν δʼ αὐτοῖς ἔριδα ῥήγνυντο βαρεῖαν· §20.56δεινὸν δὲ βρόντησε πατὴρ ἀνδρῶν τε θεῶν τε §20.57ὑψόθεν· αὐτὰρ νέρθε Ποσειδάων ἐτίναξε §20.58γαῖαν ἀπειρεσίην ὀρέων τʼ αἰπεινὰ κάρηνα.
Thus the blessed gods urged both sides to clash, and among them made heavy strife to break forth; and terribly did the father of men and gods thunder from above, while from beneath Poseidon shook the boundless earth and the steep peaks of the mountains.
All the feet of many-fountained Ida were shaken, and its crests, and the city of the Trojans, and the ships of the Achaeans.
§20.61ἔδεισεν δʼ ὑπένερθεν ἄναξ ἐνέρων Ἀϊδωνεύς, §20.62δείσας δʼ ἐκ θρόνου ἆλτο καὶ ἴαχε, μή οἱ ὕπερθε §20.63γαῖαν ἀναρρήξειε Ποσειδάων ἐνοσίχθων, §20.64οἰκία δὲ θνητοῖσι καὶ ἀθανάτοισι φανείη §20.65σμερδαλέʼ εὐρώεντα, τά τε στυγέουσι θεοί περ· §20.66τόσσος ἄρα κτύπος ὦρτο θεῶν ἔριδι ξυνιόντων.
And beneath, Aidoneus, lord of the nether world, was seized with fear, and leaped from his throne in terror and cried aloud, lest Poseidon, the earthshaker, should cleave the earth above him, and his dwellings should be laid bare to mortals and immortals, grim and mouldering, which even the gods abhor; such a crash arose when the gods clashed in strife.
§20.67ἤτοι μὲν γὰρ ἔναντα Ποσειδάωνος ἄνακτος §20.68ἵστατʼ Ἀπόλλων Φοῖβος ἔχων ἰὰ πτερόεντα, §20.69ἄντα δʼ Ἐνυαλίοιο θεὰ γλαυκῶπις Ἀθήνη· §20.70Ἥρῃ δʼ ἀντέστη χρυσηλάκατος κελαδεινὴ §20.71Ἄρτεμις ἰοχέαιρα κασιγνήτη ἑκάτοιο· §20.72Λητοῖ δʼ ἀντέστη σῶκος ἐριούνιος Ἑρμῆς, §20.73ἄντα δʼ ἄρʼ Ἡφαίστοιο μέγας ποταμὸς βαθυδίνης, §20.74ὃν Ξάνθον καλέουσι θεοί, ἄνδρες δὲ Σκάμανδρον.
For against lord Poseidon stood Phoebus Apollo with his winged arrows, and against Enyalius stood the goddess, flashing-eyed Athena; against Hera stood gold-shafted Artemis of the echoing chase, the sister of the Far-shooter; against Leto stood the strong helper Hermes, and against Hephaestus stood the great deep-eddying river, which gods call Xanthus, and men Scamander.
§20.75ὣς οἳ μὲν θεοὶ ἄντα θεῶν ἴσαν· αὐτὰρ Ἀχιλλεὺς
Thus gods went against gods; but Achilles