§20.76Ἕκτορος ἄντα μάλιστα λιλαίετο δῦναι ὅμιλον §20.77Πριαμίδεω· τοῦ γάρ ῥα μάλιστά ἑ θυμὸς ἀνώγει §20.78αἵματος ἆσαι Ἄρηα ταλαύρινον πολεμιστήν.
But Achilles was most of all eager to plunge into the throng of men to meet Hector, son of Priam; for his heart especially urged him to glut with his blood Ares, the stubborn warrior.
§20.79Αἰνείαν δʼ ἰθὺς λαοσσόος ὦρσεν Ἀπόλλων §20.80ἀντία Πηλεΐωνος, ἐνῆκε δέ οἱ μένος ἠΰ· §20.81υἱέϊ δὲ Πριάμοιο Λυκάονι εἴσατο φωνήν·
But Aeneas did Apollo, rouser of hosts, urge straight against the son of Peleus, and he inspired him with great strength; and he made his voice like that of Lycaon, son of Priam.
§20.82τῷ μιν ἐεισάμενος προσέφη Διὸς υἱὸς Ἀπόλλων· §20.83Αἰνεία Τρώων βουληφόρε ποῦ τοι ἀπειλαὶ §20.84ἃς Τρώων βασιλεῦσιν ὑπίσχεο οἰνοποτάζων §20.85Πηλεΐδεω Ἀχιλῆος ἐναντίβιον πολεμίξειν; §20.86τὸν δʼ αὖτʼ Αἰνείας ἀπαμειβόμενος προσέειπε· §20.87Πριαμίδη τί με ταῦτα καὶ οὐκ ἐθέλοντα κελεύεις §20.88ἀντία Πηλεΐωνος ὑπερθύμοιο μάχεσθαι;
Likening himself to him, Apollo, son of Zeus, addressed him: "Aeneas, counselor of the Trojans, where are now your threats, which you made to the kings of the Trojans while drinking wine, that you would fight face to face against Achilles, son of Peleus?" And Aeneas answered him, saying: "Son of Priam, why do you bid me, who have no desire, to fight against the high-hearted son of Peleus?
§20.89οὐ μὲν γὰρ νῦν πρῶτα ποδώκεος ἄντʼ Ἀχιλῆος §20.90στήσομαι, ἀλλʼ ἤδη με καὶ ἄλλοτε δουρὶ φόβησεν §20.91ἐξ Ἴδης, ὅτε βουσὶν ἐπήλυθεν ἡμετέρῃσι, §20.92πέρσε δὲ Λυρνησσὸν καὶ Πήδασον· αὐτὰρ ἐμὲ Ζεὺς §20.93εἰρύσαθʼ, ὅς μοι ἐπῶρσε μένος λαιψηρά τε γοῦνα.
For not now for the first time shall I stand against swift-footed Achilles, but already ere now did he drive me in flight with his spear from Ida, when he came upon our cattle and sacked Lyrnessus and Pedasus; but Zeus saved me, who aroused strength in me and swift knees.
§20.94ἦ κʼ ἐδάμην ὑπὸ χερσὶν Ἀχιλλῆος καὶ Ἀθήνης, §20.95ἥ οἱ πρόσθεν ἰοῦσα τίθει φάος ἠδʼ ἐκέλευεν §20.96ἔγχεϊ χαλκείῳ Λέλεγας καὶ Τρῶας ἐναίρειν.
Else had I been laid low beneath the hands of Achilles and of Athena, who went before him and set a light, and bade him slay Leleges and Trojans with his bronze spear.
§20.97τὼ οὐκ ἔστʼ Ἀχιλῆος ἐναντίον ἄνδρα μάχεσθαι· §20.98αἰεὶ γὰρ πάρα εἷς γε θεῶν ὃς λοιγὸν ἀμύνει.
Therefore it is not possible for a man to fight against Achilles; for always one of the gods is by him, who wards off destruction.
Moreover, even otherwise his missile flies straight, and does not cease until it has pierced through the flesh of man.
εἰ δὲ θεός περ §20.101ἶσον τείνειεν πολέμου τέλος, οὔ κε μάλα ῥέα §20.102νικήσειʼ, οὐδʼ εἰ παγχάλκεος εὔχεται εἶναι. §20.103τὸν δʼ αὖτε προσέειπεν ἄναξ Διὸς υἱὸς Ἀπόλλων· §20.104ἥρως ἀλλʼ ἄγε καὶ σὺ θεοῖς αἰειγενέτῃσιν §20.105εὔχεο· καὶ δὲ σέ φασι Διὸς κούρης Ἀφροδίτης §20.106ἐκγεγάμεν, κεῖνος δὲ χερείονος ἐκ θεοῦ ἐστίν·
But if a god would stretch the issue of war evenly, not very easily would he conquer me, no, not though he boasts to be all of bronze." And to him again spoke the lord Apollo, son of Zeus: "Hero, come, do you too pray to the ever-living gods; for they say that you too are born of Aphrodite, daughter of Zeus, while he is from a lesser goddess.
§20.107ἣ μὲν γὰρ Διός ἐσθʼ, ἣ δʼ ἐξ ἁλίοιο γέροντος.
For she is from Zeus, and the other from the old man of the sea.
§20.108ἀλλʼ ἰθὺς φέρε χαλκὸν ἀτειρέα, μηδέ σε πάμπαν §20.109λευγαλέοις ἐπέεσσιν ἀποτρεπέτω καὶ ἀρειῇ. §20.110ὣς εἰπὼν ἔμπνευσε μένος μέγα ποιμένι λαῶν, §20.111βῆ δὲ διὰ προμάχων κεκορυθμένος αἴθοπι χαλκῷ.
But bear your unwearied bronze straight against him, and let him by no means turn you back with words of insult and threat." So saying, he breathed great strength into the shepherd of the host, and he went through the foremost fighters, harnessed in flaming bronze.
§20.112οὐδʼ ἔλαθʼ Ἀγχίσαο πάϊς λευκώλενον Ἥρην §20.113ἀντία Πηλεΐωνος ἰὼν ἀνὰ οὐλαμὸν ἀνδρῶν· §20.114ἣ δʼ ἄμυδις στήσασα θεοὺς μετὰ μῦθον ἔειπε· §20.115φράζεσθον δὴ σφῶϊ Ποσείδαον καὶ Ἀθήνη §20.116ἐν φρεσὶν ὑμετέρῃσιν, ὅπως ἔσται τάδε ἔργα.
Nor did the son of Anchises escape the notice of white-armed Hera as he went through the throng of men against the son of Peleus; and she gathered the gods together and spoke among them, saying: "Consider well, you two, Poseidon and Athena, in your minds, how these things shall turn.
Here is Aeneas gone, harnessed in flaming bronze, against the son of Peleus, and Phoebus Apollo has sent him.
§20.119ἀλλʼ ἄγεθʼ, ἡμεῖς πέρ μιν ἀποτρωπῶμεν ὀπίσσω §20.120αὐτόθεν· ἤ τις ἔπειτα καὶ ἡμείων Ἀχιλῆϊ §20.121παρσταίη, δοίη δὲ κράτος μέγα, μηδέ τι θυμῷ §20.122δευέσθω, ἵνα εἰδῇ ὅ μιν φιλέουσιν ἄριστοι §20.123ἀθανάτων, οἳ δʼ αὖτʼ ἀνεμώλιοι οἳ τὸ πάρος περ §20.124Τρωσὶν ἀμύνουσιν πόλεμον καὶ δηϊοτῆτα.
But come, let us turn him back from here straightway; or else let some one of us also stand by Achilles' side, and give him great strength, and let him not fail in heart at all; so that he may know that the best of the immortals love him, and that those are of no account who hitherto ward off war and battle from the Trojans.
§20.125πάντες δʼ Οὐλύμποιο κατήλθομεν ἀντιόωντες §20.126τῆσδε μάχης, ἵνα μή τι μετὰ Τρώεσσι πάθῃσι §20.127σήμερον· ὕστερον αὖτε τὰ πείσεται ἅσσά οἱ αἶσα §20.128γιγνομένῳ ἐπένησε λίνῳ ὅτε μιν τέκε μήτηρ.
And we have all come down from Olympus to take part in this battle, so that he may suffer no harm among the Trojans today; though hereafter he shall suffer whatever Fate spun for him with her thread at his birth, when his mother bore him.
§20.129εἰ δʼ Ἀχιλεὺς οὐ ταῦτα θεῶν ἐκ πεύσεται ὀμφῆς §20.130δείσετʼ ἔπειθʼ, ὅτε κέν τις ἐναντίβιον θεὸς ἔλθῃ §20.131ἐν πολέμῳ· χαλεποὶ δὲ θεοὶ φαίνεσθαι ἐναργεῖς. §20.132τὴν δʼ ἠμείβετʼ ἔπειτα Ποσειδάων ἐνοσίχθων· §20.133Ἥρη μὴ χαλέπαινε παρʼ ἐκ νόον· οὐδέ τί σε χρή.
But if Achilles does not learn this from the voice of the gods, he will be afraid when some god comes face to face against him in battle; for the gods are terrible to look upon when they appear in manifest form." Then Poseidon, the earthshaker, answered her: "Hera, be not angry beyond reason; it is not at all necessary.
§20.134οὐκ ἂν ἔγωγʼ ἐθέλοιμι θεοὺς ἔριδι ξυνελάσσαι §20.135ἡμέας τοὺς ἄλλους, ἐπεὶ ἦ πολὺ φέρτεροί εἰμεν·
I would not wish to clash the gods in strife— we who are the others—since we are far stronger.
§20.136ἀλλʼ ἡμεῖς μὲν ἔπειτα καθεζώμεσθα κιόντες §20.137ἐκ πάτου ἐς σκοπιήν, πόλεμος δʼ ἄνδρεσσι μελήσει.
Rather let us go and sit down out of the path, upon a watch-place, and the war shall be for men.
§20.138εἰ δέ κʼ Ἄρης ἄρχωσι μάχης ἢ Φοῖβος Ἀπόλλων, §20.139ἢ Ἀχιλῆʼ ἴσχωσι καὶ οὐκ εἰῶσι μάχεσθαι, §20.140αὐτίκʼ ἔπειτα καὶ ἄμμι παρʼ αὐτόθι νεῖκος ὀρεῖται §20.141φυλόπιδος· μάλα δʼ ὦκα διακρινθέντας ὀΐω §20.142ἂψ ἴμεν Οὔλυμπον δὲ θεῶν μεθʼ ὁμήγυριν ἄλλων §20.143ἡμετέρῃς ὑπὸ χερσὶν ἀναγκαίηφι δαμέντας. §20.144ὣς ἄρα φωνήσας ἡγήσατο κυανοχαίτης §20.145τεῖχος ἐς ἀμφίχυτον Ἡρακλῆος θείοιο §20.146ὑψηλόν, τό ῥά οἱ Τρῶες καὶ Παλλὰς Ἀθήνη §20.147ποίεον, ὄφρα τὸ κῆτος ὑπεκπροφυγὼν ἀλέαιτο, §20.148ὁππότε μιν σεύαιτο ἀπʼ ἠϊόνος πεδίον δέ.
But if Ares or Phoebus Apollo begins battle, or if they hold Achilles back and do not suffer him to fight, then straightway among us too will the strife of battle arise; and right quickly, I think, they will be parted, and go back to Olympus to the assembly of the other gods, vanquished perforce beneath our hands." So saying, the dark-haired god led the way to the mounded wall of divine Heracles, which the Trojans and Pallas Athena had made for him, that he might escape and avoid the monster whenever it chased him from the shore to the plain.