§3.66ὅσσά κεν αὐτοὶ δῶσιν, ἑκὼν δʼ οὐκ ἄν τις ἕλοιτο·
whatever they themselves may give, and of his own will no man could take them.
§3.67νῦν αὖτʼ εἴ μʼ ἐθέλεις πολεμίζειν ἠδὲ μάχεσθαι, §3.68ἄλλους μὲν κάθισον Τρῶας καὶ πάντας Ἀχαιούς, §3.69αὐτὰρ ἔμʼ ἐν μέσσῳ καὶ ἀρηΐφιλον Μενέλαον §3.70συμβάλετʼ ἀμφʼ Ἑλένῃ καὶ κτήμασι πᾶσι μάχεσθαι· §3.71ὁππότερος δέ κε νικήσῃ κρείσσων τε γένηται, §3.72κτήμαθʼ ἑλὼν εὖ πάντα γυναῖκά τε οἴκαδʼ ἀγέσθω·
Now, if you will have me war and fight, make the other Trojans and all the Achaeans sit down, but set me in the midst and Menelaus, dear to Ares, to fight for Helen and all her possessions; and whichever of us shall win and prove the better, let him take all the possessions and the woman, and lead them home.
§3.73οἳ δʼ ἄλλοι φιλότητα καὶ ὅρκια πιστὰ ταμόντες §3.74ναίοιτε Τροίην ἐριβώλακα, τοὶ δὲ νεέσθων §3.75Ἄργος ἐς ἱππόβοτον καὶ Ἀχαιΐδα καλλιγύναικα. §3.76ὣς ἔφαθʼ, Ἕκτωρ δʼ αὖτʼ ἐχάρη μέγα μῦθον ἀκούσας, §3.77καί ῥʼ ἐς μέσσον ἰὼν Τρώων ἀνέεργε φάλαγγας §3.78μέσσου δουρὸς ἑλών· τοὶ δʼ ἱδρύνθησαν ἅπαντες.
But you others, having sworn friendship and solemn oaths, may you dwell in fertile Troy, and let them return to horse-pasturing Argos and Achaea, land of fair women." So he spoke, and Hector was glad when he heard his words, and went into the midst and held back the phalanxes of the Trojans, grasping his spear by the middle; and they all sat down.
But against him the long-haired Achaeans began to aim their bows, trying to hit him with arrows and casting stones.
§3.81αὐτὰρ ὃ μακρὸν ἄϋσεν ἄναξ ἀνδρῶν Ἀγαμέμνων·
But Agamemnon, lord of men, cried aloud: "Hold, Argives!
§3.82ἴσχεσθʼ Ἀργεῖοι, μὴ βάλλετε κοῦροι Ἀχαιῶν·
Shoot not, youths of the Achaeans!
§3.83στεῦται γάρ τι ἔπος ἐρέειν κορυθαίολος Ἕκτωρ. §3.84ὣς ἔφαθʼ, οἳ δʼ ἔσχοντο μάχης ἄνεῴ τʼ ἐγένοντο §3.85ἐσσυμένως·
For Hector of the flashing helm is making as if to speak." So he spoke, and they held back from battle and became silent speedily.
Ἕκτωρ δὲ μετʼ ἀμφοτέροισιν ἔειπε· §3.86κέκλυτέ μευ Τρῶες καὶ ἐϋκνήμιδες Ἀχαιοὶ §3.87μῦθον Ἀλεξάνδροιο, τοῦ εἵνεκα νεῖκος ὄρωρεν.
And Hector spoke between both hosts: "Hear from me, Trojans and well-greaved Achaeans, the words of Alexander, for whose sake the strife has arisen.
§3.88ἄλλους μὲν κέλεται Τρῶας καὶ πάντας Ἀχαιοὺς §3.89τεύχεα κάλʼ ἀποθέσθαι ἐπὶ χθονὶ πουλυβοτείρῃ, §3.90αὐτὸν δʼ ἐν μέσσῳ καὶ ἀρηΐφιλον Μενέλαον §3.91οἴους ἀμφʼ Ἑλένῃ καὶ κτήμασι πᾶσι μάχεσθαι.
He bids the other Trojans and all the Achaeans to lay aside their fair armor upon the bounteous earth, and himself in the midst and Menelaus, dear to Ares, alone to fight for Helen and all her possessions.
§3.92ὁππότερος δέ κε νικήσῃ κρείσσων τε γένηται §3.93κτήμαθʼ ἑλὼν εὖ πάντα γυναῖκά τε οἴκαδʼ ἀγέσθω·
And whichever of us shall win and prove the better, let him take all the possessions and the woman, and lead them home.
§3.94οἳ δʼ ἄλλοι φιλότητα καὶ ὅρκια πιστὰ τάμωμεν. §3.95ὣς ἔφαθʼ, οἳ δʼ ἄρα πάντες ἀκὴν ἐγένοντο σιωπῇ·
But let the rest of us swear friendship and solemn oaths." So he spoke, and they all became hushed in silence.
§3.96τοῖσι δὲ καὶ μετέειπε βοὴν ἀγαθὸς Μενέλαος· §3.97κέκλυτε νῦν καὶ ἐμεῖο· μάλιστα γὰρ ἄλγος ἱκάνει §3.98θυμὸν ἐμόν, φρονέω δὲ διακρινθήμεναι ἤδη §3.99Ἀργείους καὶ Τρῶας, ἐπεὶ κακὰ πολλὰ πέπασθε §3.100εἵνεκʼ ἐμῆς ἔριδος καὶ Ἀλεξάνδρου ἕνεκʼ ἀρχῆς·
And among them spoke Menelaus, good at the war-cry: "Hear now me also; for pain has come most of all upon my heart, and I deem that Argives and Trojans should now be parted, since you have suffered many evils for my quarrel's sake, and because of Alexander, who began it.
And for whichever of us death and fate are ordained, let him die; but do you others be parted right quickly.
§3.103οἴσετε ἄρνʼ, ἕτερον λευκόν, ἑτέρην δὲ μέλαιναν, §3.104Γῇ τε καὶ Ἠελίῳ· Διὶ δʼ ἡμεῖς οἴσομεν ἄλλον·
Bring lambs, one a white ram and the other a black ewe, for Earth and Sun; and for Zeus we will bring another.
§3.105ἄξετε δὲ Πριάμοιο βίην, ὄφρʼ ὅρκια τάμνῃ §3.106αὐτός, ἐπεί οἱ παῖδες ὑπερφίαλοι καὶ ἄπιστοι, §3.107μή τις ὑπερβασίῃ Διὸς ὅρκια δηλήσηται.
And bring the majesty of Priam, that he may swear the oaths himself, since his sons are arrogant and untrustworthy, lest anyone by transgression should violate the oaths of Zeus.
§3.108αἰεὶ δʼ ὁπλοτέρων ἀνδρῶν φρένες ἠερέθονται· §3.109οἷς δʼ ὁ γέρων μετέῃσιν ἅμα πρόσσω καὶ ὀπίσσω §3.110λεύσσει, ὅπως ὄχʼ ἄριστα μετʼ ἀμφοτέροισι γένηται. §3.111ὣς ἔφαθʼ, οἳ δʼ ἐχάρησαν Ἀχαιοί τε Τρῶές τε §3.112ἐλπόμενοι παύσασθαι ὀϊζυροῦ πολέμοιο.
For always the minds of younger men are unstable; but in what things an old man is among them, he looks both before and after, so that the issue may be far the best for both." So he spoke, and both Achaeans and Trojans were glad, hoping to have rest from grievous war.
And they held back their horses in the ranks, and stepped out themselves, and stripped off their armor.
τὰ μὲν κατέθεντʼ ἐπὶ γαίῃ §3.115πλησίον ἀλλήλων, ὀλίγη δʼ ἦν ἀμφὶς ἄρουρα·
They laid these upon the ground near to one another, and there was little space between them.
And Hector sent two heralds to the city speedily to bring the lambs and to call Priam.
§3.118αὐτὰρ ὃ Ταλθύβιον προΐει κρείων Ἀγαμέμνων §3.119νῆας ἔπι γλαφυρὰς ἰέναι, ἠδʼ ἄρνʼ ἐκέλευεν §3.120οἰσέμεναι· ὃ δʼ ἄρʼ οὐκ ἀπίθησʼ Ἀγαμέμνονι δίῳ.
But lord Agamemnon sent Talthybius forth to go to the hollow ships, and bade him bring a lamb; and he did not disobey noble Agamemnon.
§3.121Ἶρις δʼ αὖθʼ Ἑλένῃ λευκωλένῳ ἄγγελος ἦλθεν §3.122εἰδομένη γαλόῳ Ἀντηνορίδαο δάμαρτι, §3.123τὴν Ἀντηνορίδης εἶχε κρείων Ἑλικάων §3.124Λαοδίκην Πριάμοιο θυγατρῶν εἶδος ἀρίστην.
And Iris came as a messenger to white-armed Helen, likening herself to her sister-in-law, the wife of Antenor's son, whom Antenor's son, lord Helicaon, held as wife, even Laodice, the fairest in form of the daughters of Priam.
§3.125τὴν δʼ εὗρʼ ἐν μεγάρῳ· ἣ δὲ μέγαν ἱστὸν ὕφαινε §3.126δίπλακα πορφυρέην, πολέας δʼ ἐνέπασσεν ἀέθλους §3.127Τρώων θʼ ἱπποδάμων καὶ Ἀχαιῶν χαλκοχιτώνων, §3.128οὕς ἑθεν εἵνεκʼ ἔπασχον ὑπʼ Ἄρηος παλαμάων·
She found her in the hall; and she was weaving a great web, a purple mantle of double fold, and she broidered therein many struggles of the horse-taming Trojans and the bronze-clad Achaeans, which they had suffered for her sake at the hands of Ares.
§3.129ἀγχοῦ δʼ ἱσταμένη προσέφη πόδας ὠκέα Ἶρις· §3.130δεῦρʼ ἴθι νύμφα φίλη, ἵνα θέσκελα ἔργα ἴδηαι §3.131Τρώων θʼ ἱπποδάμων καὶ Ἀχαιῶν χαλκοχιτώνων,
And standing near, swift-footed Iris spoke to her: "Come hither, dear bride, so that you may see the wondrous deeds of the horse-taming Trojans and the bronze-clad Achaeans,