§22.451αἰδοίης ἑκυρῆς ὀπὸς ἔκλυον, ἐν δʼ ἐμοὶ αὐτῇ §22.452στήθεσι πάλλεται ἦτορ ἀνὰ στόμα, νέρθε δὲ γοῦνα §22.453πήγνυται· ἐγγὺς δή τι κακὸν Πριάμοιο τέκεσσιν.
I heard the voice of my revered mother-in-law, and in my own breast my heart leaps to my mouth, and beneath me my knees are stiffened; surely some evil is near for the children of Priam.
§22.454αἲ γὰρ ἀπʼ οὔατος εἴη ἐμεῦ ἔπος·
Would that such a word might be far from my ear!
ἀλλὰ μάλʼ αἰνῶς §22.455δείδω μὴ δή μοι θρασὺν Ἕκτορα δῖος Ἀχιλλεὺς §22.456μοῦνον ἀποτμήξας πόλιος πεδίον δὲ δίηται, §22.457καὶ δή μιν καταπαύσῃ ἀγηνορίης ἀλεγεινῆς §22.458ἥ μιν ἔχεσκʼ, ἐπεὶ οὔ ποτʼ ἐνὶ πληθυῖ μένεν ἀνδρῶν, §22.459ἀλλὰ πολὺ προθέεσκε, τὸ ὃν μένος οὐδενὶ εἴκων.
But most terribly I fear lest noble Achilles may have cut off brave Hector all alone from the city and driven him to the plain, and indeed put an end to the grievous pride that possessed him; for he would never remain in the throng of men, but would run far out in front, yielding to no one in his might.
So saying she rushed through the hall like a madwoman, with throbbing heart; and her handmaids went with her.
§22.462αὐτὰρ ἐπεὶ πύργόν τε καὶ ἀνδρῶν ἷξεν ὅμιλον §22.463ἔστη παπτήνασʼ ἐπὶ τείχεϊ, τὸν δὲ νόησεν §22.464ἑλκόμενον πρόσθεν πόλιος· ταχέες δέ μιν ἵπποι §22.465ἕλκον ἀκηδέστως κοίλας ἐπὶ νῆας Ἀχαιῶν.
But when she came to the wall and the throng of men, she stood on the wall, looking about, and descried him being dragged before the city; and swift horses were dragging him ruthlessly toward the hollow ships of the Achaeans.
Then dark night veiled her eyes, and she fell backward, and gasped out her spirit.
§22.468τῆλε δʼ ἀπὸ κρατὸς βάλε δέσματα σιγαλόεντα, §22.469ἄμπυκα κεκρύφαλόν τε ἰδὲ πλεκτὴν ἀναδέσμην §22.470κρήδεμνόν θʼ, ὅ ῥά οἱ δῶκε χρυσῆ Ἀφροδίτη §22.471ἤματι τῷ ὅτε μιν κορυθαίολος ἠγάγεθʼ Ἕκτωρ §22.472ἐκ δόμου Ἠετίωνος, ἐπεὶ πόρε μυρία ἕδνα.
Far from her head she cast the bright head-bands, the diadem, the net, and the woven band, and the veil which golden Aphrodite had given her on the day when Hector of the flashing helm led her from the house of Eëtion, after he had given countless bridal gifts.
§22.473ἀμφὶ δέ μιν γαλόῳ τε καὶ εἰνατέρες ἅλις ἔσταν, §22.474αἵ ἑ μετὰ σφίσιν εἶχον ἀτυζομένην ἀπολέσθαι.
And around her stood thronging her husband's sisters and his brothers' wives, who held her up among them, distracted even to death.
§22.475ἣ δʼ ἐπεὶ οὖν ἔμπνυτο καὶ ἐς φρένα θυμὸς ἀγέρθη §22.476ἀμβλήδην γοόωσα μετὰ Τρῳῇσιν ἔειπεν· §22.477Ἕκτορ ἐγὼ δύστηνος· ἰῇ ἄρα γεινόμεθʼ αἴσῃ §22.478ἀμφότεροι, σὺ μὲν ἐν Τροίῃ Πριάμου κατὰ δῶμα, §22.479αὐτὰρ ἐγὼ Θήβῃσιν ὑπὸ Πλάκῳ ὑληέσσῃ §22.480ἐν δόμῳ Ἠετίωνος, ὅ μʼ ἔτρεφε τυτθὸν ἐοῦσαν §22.481δύσμορος αἰνόμορον· ὡς μὴ ὤφελλε τεκέσθαι.
But when she revived, and her spirit was gathered back into her breast, with deep sobs she spoke among the Trojan women: "Hector, unhappy me! to one and the same fate, it seems, we were both born, you in Troy in the house of Priam, and I in Thebe under wooded Placos, in the house of Eëtion, who reared me when I was a little one, ill-fated father of an ill-fated child; would that he had never begotten me!
§22.482νῦν δὲ σὺ μὲν Ἀΐδαο δόμους ὑπὸ κεύθεσι γαίης §22.483ἔρχεαι, αὐτὰρ ἐμὲ στυγερῷ ἐνὶ πένθεϊ λείπεις §22.484χήρην ἐν μεγάροισι· πάϊς δʼ ἔτι νήπιος αὔτως, §22.485ὃν τέκομεν σύ τʼ ἐγώ τε δυσάμμοροι· οὔτε σὺ τούτῳ §22.486ἔσσεαι Ἕκτορ ὄνειαρ ἐπεὶ θάνες, οὔτε σοὶ οὗτος.
And now you are gone to the house of Hades beneath the depths of the earth, but you leave me in bitter grief, a widow in the halls; and our child is still but a babe, whom we begot, you and I, ill-fated that we are; and neither shall you be a blessing to him, Hector, since you are dead, nor he to you.
§22.487ἤν περ γὰρ πόλεμόν γε φύγῃ πολύδακρυν Ἀχαιῶν, §22.488αἰεί τοι τούτῳ γε πόνος καὶ κήδεʼ ὀπίσσω §22.489ἔσσοντʼ· ἄλλοι γάρ οἱ ἀπουρίσσουσιν ἀρούρας.
For even if he escapes the tearful war of the Achaeans, yet evermore shall labor and sorrows be his lot hereafter; for others will take away his fields by altering the boundaries.
§22.490ἦμαρ δʼ ὀρφανικὸν παναφήλικα παῖδα τίθησι· §22.491πάντα δʼ ὑπεμνήμυκε, δεδάκρυνται δὲ παρειαί, §22.492δευόμενος δέ τʼ ἄνεισι πάϊς ἐς πατρὸς ἑταίρους, §22.493ἄλλον μὲν χλαίνης ἐρύων, ἄλλον δὲ χιτῶνος· §22.494τῶν δʼ ἐλεησάντων κοτύλην τις τυτθὸν ἐπέσχε· §22.495χείλεα μέν τʼ ἐδίηνʼ, ὑπερῴην δʼ οὐκ ἐδίηνε.
The day of orphanhood makes a child utterly companionless; and his head is ever bowed down, and his cheeks are wet with tears, and in his need the child goes up to his father's companions, tugging one by his cloak and another by his tunic; and of those who pity him, one holds out a little cup for a moment: it wets his lips, but does not wet his palate.
§22.496τὸν δὲ καὶ ἀμφιθαλὴς ἐκ δαιτύος ἐστυφέλιξε §22.497χερσὶν πεπλήγων καὶ ὀνειδείοισιν ἐνίσσων· §22.498ἔρρʼ οὕτως·
And one whose parents both are living thrusts him from the feast, striking him with his hands and reviling him with mocking words: 'Get gone, you!
οὐ σός γε πατὴρ μεταδαίνυται ἡμῖν. §22.499δακρυόεις δέ τʼ ἄνεισι πάϊς ἐς μητέρα χήρην §22.500Ἀστυάναξ, ὃς πρὶν μὲν ἑοῦ ἐπὶ γούνασι πατρὸς §22.501μυελὸν οἶον ἔδεσκε καὶ οἰῶν πίονα δημόν· §22.502αὐτὰρ ὅθʼ ὕπνος ἕλοι, παύσαιτό τε νηπιαχεύων, §22.503εὕδεσκʼ ἐν λέκτροισιν ἐν ἀγκαλίδεσσι τιθήνης §22.504εὐνῇ ἔνι μαλακῇ θαλέων ἐμπλησάμενος κῆρ·
No father of yours dines with us.' Then weeping the child goes back to his widowed mother, even Astyanax, who before on his father's knees would eat only marrow and the rich fat of sheep; and when sleep came upon him and he ceased from his childish play, he would sleep in a bed in the arms of his nurse, on a soft couch, his heart filled with good things.
§22.505νῦν δʼ ἂν πολλὰ πάθῃσι φίλου ἀπὸ πατρὸς ἁμαρτὼν §22.506Ἀστυάναξ, ὃν Τρῶες ἐπίκλησιν καλέουσιν· §22.507οἶος γάρ σφιν ἔρυσο πύλας καὶ τείχεα μακρά.
But now, since he has lost his dear father, many things will he suffer, even Astyanax, whom the Trojans call by this name; because you alone defended their gates and long walls.
§22.508νῦν δὲ σὲ μὲν παρὰ νηυσὶ κορωνίσι νόσφι τοκήων §22.509αἰόλαι εὐλαὶ ἔδονται, ἐπεί κε κύνες κορέσωνται §22.510γυμνόν· ἀτάρ τοι εἵματʼ ἐνὶ μεγάροισι κέονται §22.511λεπτά τε καὶ χαρίεντα τετυγμένα χερσὶ γυναικῶν.
But now by the curved ships, far from your parents, writhing worms will devour you, when the dogs have had their fill of your naked body; yet in your halls there lie garments fine and gracious, wrought by the hands of women.
§22.512ἀλλʼ ἤτοι τάδε πάντα καταφλέξω πυρὶ κηλέῳ §22.513οὐδὲν σοί γʼ ὄφελος, ἐπεὶ οὐκ ἐγκείσεαι αὐτοῖς, §22.514ἀλλὰ πρὸς Τρώων καὶ Τρωϊάδων κλέος εἶναι. §22.515ὣς ἔφατο κλαίουσʼ, ἐπὶ δὲ στενάχοντο γυναῖκες.
But verily all these I will burn with blazing fire, of no use to you, since you will not lie in them, but to be an honor to you from the men and women of Troy." So she spoke weeping, and the women lamented therewith.