§5.209τώ ῥα κακῇ αἴσῃ ἀπὸ πασσάλου ἀγκύλα τόξα §5.210ἤματι τῷ ἑλόμην ὅτε Ἴλιον εἰς ἐρατεινὴν §5.211ἡγεόμην Τρώεσσι φέρων χάριν Ἕκτορι δίῳ.
Therefore, under an evil destiny, did I take down my curved bow from its peg on that day when I set out for lovely Ilium, leading the Trojans to do a pleasure to noble Hector.
§5.212εἰ δέ κε νοστήσω καὶ ἐσόψομαι ὀφθαλμοῖσι §5.213πατρίδʼ ἐμὴν ἄλοχόν τε καὶ ὑψερεφὲς μέγα δῶμα, §5.214αὐτίκʼ ἔπειτʼ ἀπʼ ἐμεῖο κάρη τάμοι ἀλλότριος φὼς §5.215εἰ μὴ ἐγὼ τάδε τόξα φαεινῷ ἐν πυρὶ θείην §5.216χερσὶ διακλάσσας· ἀνεμώλια γάρ μοι ὀπηδεῖ.
But if I shall return and behold with my eyes my native land and my wife and my great high-roofed house, straightway then may some alien cut my head from me, if I do not break this bow with my hands and cast it into the blazing fire; for it accompanies me in vain.
§5.217τὸν δʼ αὖτʼ Αἰνείας Τρώων ἀγὸς ἀντίον ηὔδα· §5.218μὴ δʼ οὕτως ἀγόρευε· πάρος δʼ οὐκ ἔσσεται ἄλλως, §5.219πρίν γʼ ἐπὶ νὼ τῷδʼ ἀνδρὶ σὺν ἵπποισιν καὶ ὄχεσφιν §5.220ἀντιβίην ἐλθόντε σὺν ἔντεσι πειρηθῆναι.
To him then Aeneas, leader of the Trojans, spoke in answer: "Speak not thus; things will not be otherwise before we two with horses and chariot go to face this man and make trial of him with our weapons.
§5.221ἀλλʼ ἄγʼ ἐμῶν ὀχέων ἐπιβήσεο, ὄφρα ἴδηαι §5.222οἷοι Τρώϊοι ἵπποι ἐπιστάμενοι πεδίοιο §5.223κραιπνὰ μάλʼ ἔνθα καὶ ἔνθα διωκέμεν ἠδὲ φέβεσθαι· §5.224τὼ καὶ νῶϊ πόλιν δὲ σαώσετον, εἴ περ ἂν αὖτε §5.225Ζεὺς ἐπὶ Τυδεΐδῃ Διομήδεϊ κῦδος ὀρέξῃ.
But come, mount my chariot, so that you may see what manner of horses are those of Tros, well-skilled over the plain to pursue swiftly here and there, and to flee; they will also bring us two safely to the city, even if once more Zeus should grant glory to Diomedes, son of Tydeus.
§5.226ἀλλʼ ἄγε νῦν μάστιγα καὶ ἡνία σιγαλόεντα §5.227δέξαι, ἐγὼ δʼ ἵππων ἀποβήσομαι ὄφρα μάχωμαι· §5.228ἠὲ σὺ τόνδε δέδεξο, μελήσουσιν δʼ ἐμοὶ ἵπποι. §5.229τὸν δʼ αὖτε προσέειπε Λυκάονος ἀγλαὸς υἱός· §5.230Αἰνεία σὺ μὲν αὐτὸς ἔχʼ ἡνία καὶ τεὼ ἵππω· §5.231μᾶλλον ὑφʼ ἡνιόχῳ εἰωθότι καμπύλον ἅρμα §5.232οἴσετον, εἴ περ ἂν αὖτε φεβώμεθα Τυδέος υἱόν· §5.233μὴ τὼ μὲν δείσαντε ματήσετον, οὐδʼ ἐθέλητον §5.234ἐκφερέμεν πολέμοιο τεὸν φθόγγον ποθέοντε, §5.235νῶϊ δʼ ἐπαΐξας μεγαθύμου Τυδέος υἱὸς §5.236αὐτώ τε κτείνῃ καὶ ἐλάσσῃ μώνυχας ἵππους.
But come, now take the whip and the shining reins, and I will dismount from the chariot to fight; or do you face this man, and the horses shall be my care." To him then the glorious son of Lycaon spoke in answer: "Aeneas, do you yourself keep the reins and drive your own horses; better will the curved chariot be drawn under its accustomed charioteer, even if once more we must flee from the son of Tydeus; lest they, being frightened, should falter, and refuse to carry us out of the battle, longing for your voice, and the son of great-hearted Tydeus, rushing upon us two, should slay ourselves and drive away the whole-hoofed horses.
§5.237ἀλλὰ σύ γʼ αὐτὸς ἔλαυνε τέʼ ἅρματα καὶ τεὼ ἵππω, §5.238τὸν δὲ δʼ ἐγὼν ἐπιόντα δεδέξομαι ὀξέϊ δουρί. §5.239ὣς ἄρα φωνήσαντες ἐς ἅρματα ποικίλα βάντες §5.240ἐμμεμαῶτʼ ἐπὶ Τυδεΐδῃ ἔχον ὠκέας ἵππους.
But do you yourself drive your chariot and your own horses, and I will await his onset with my sharp spear." So having spoken they mounted the inlaid chariot, and eagerly directed the swift horses against the son of Tydeus.
§5.241τοὺς δὲ ἴδε Σθένελος Καπανήϊος ἀγλαὸς υἱός, §5.242αἶψα δὲ Τυδεΐδην ἔπεα πτερόεντα προσηύδα· §5.243Τυδεΐδη Διόμηδες ἐμῷ κεχαρισμένε θυμῷ, §5.244ἄνδρʼ ὁρόω κρατερὼ ἐπὶ σοὶ μεμαῶτε μάχεσθαι §5.245ἶνʼ ἀπέλεθρον ἔχοντας· ὃ μὲν τόξων ἐῢ εἰδὼς §5.246Πάνδαρος, υἱὸς δʼ αὖτε Λυκάονος εὔχεται εἶναι· §5.247Αἰνείας δʼ υἱὸς μὲν ἀμύμονος Ἀγχίσαο §5.248εὔχεται ἐκγεγάμεν, μήτηρ δέ οἵ ἐστʼ Ἀφροδίτη.
And Sthenelus, the glorious son of Capaneus, saw them, and straightway spoke winged words to the son of Tydeus: "Diomedes, son of Tydeus, dear to my heart, I see two strong men eager to fight against you, possessing measureless strength; the one is well-skilled in the bow, Pandarus, and he boasts to be the son of Lycaon; and Aeneas boasts to be born as the son of blameless Anchises, and his mother is Aphrodite.
§5.249ἀλλʼ ἄγε δὴ χαζώμεθʼ ἐφʼ ἵππων, μηδέ μοι οὕτω §5.250θῦνε διὰ προμάχων, μή πως φίλον ἦτορ ὀλέσσῃς. §5.251τὸν δʼ ἄρʼ ὑπόδρα ἰδὼν προσέφη κρατερὸς Διομήδης·
But come, let us withdraw on our chariot, and I pray you rage not thus through the foremost fighters, lest you lose your life." Then with an angry glance mighty Diomedes spoke to him: "Talk not to me of flight, for I deem you will not persuade me.
§5.252μή τι φόβον δʼ ἀγόρευʼ, ἐπεὶ οὐδὲ σὲ πεισέμεν οἴω. §5.253οὐ γάρ μοι γενναῖον ἀλυσκάζοντι μάχεσθαι §5.254οὐδὲ καταπτώσσειν· ἔτι μοι μένος ἔμπεδόν ἐστιν·
It is not in my blood to fight while shrinking back, nor yet to cower; still is my strength firm within me.
§5.255ὀκνείω δʼ ἵππων ἐπιβαινέμεν, ἀλλὰ καὶ αὔτως §5.256ἀντίον εἶμʼ αὐτῶν· τρεῖν μʼ οὐκ ἐᾷ Παλλὰς Ἀθήνη.
I shrink to mount the chariot, but even as I am I will go to meet them face to face; Pallas Athena suffers me not to fear.
§5.257τούτω δʼ οὐ πάλιν αὖτις ἀποίσετον ὠκέες ἵπποι §5.258ἄμφω ἀφʼ ἡμείων, εἴ γʼ οὖν ἕτερός γε φύγῃσιν.
And those two, their swift horses shall not carry them both back from us, even if indeed one of them should escape.
§5.259ἄλλο δέ τοι ἐρέω, σὺ δʼ ἐνὶ φρεσὶ βάλλεο σῇσιν· §5.260αἴ κέν μοι πολύβουλος Ἀθήνη κῦδος ὀρέξῃ §5.261ἀμφοτέρω κτεῖναι, σὺ δὲ τούσδε μὲν ὠκέας ἵππους §5.262αὐτοῦ ἐρυκακέειν ἐξ ἄντυγος ἡνία τείνας, §5.263Αἰνείαο δʼ ἐπαΐξαι μεμνημένος ἵππων, §5.264ἐκ δʼ ἐλάσαι Τρώων μετʼ ἐϋκνήμιδας Ἀχαιούς.
And another thing will I tell you, and do you lay it to heart: if wise Athena should grant me the glory to slay both of them, do you hold back these swift horses of ours here, fastening the reins to the chariot-rim, and remember to rush upon the horses of Aeneas and drive them from the Trojans to the well-greaved Achaeans.
§5.265τῆς γάρ τοι γενεῆς ἧς Τρωΐ περ εὐρύοπα Ζεὺς §5.266δῶχʼ υἷος ποινὴν Γανυμήδεος, οὕνεκʼ ἄριστοι §5.267ἵππων ὅσσοι ἔασιν ὑπʼ ἠῶ τʼ ἠέλιόν τε, §5.268τῆς γενεῆς ἔκλεψεν ἄναξ ἀνδρῶν Ἀγχίσης §5.269λάθρῃ Λαομέδοντος ὑποσχὼν θήλεας ἵππους· §5.270τῶν οἱ ἓξ ἐγένοντο ἐνὶ μεγάροισι γενέθλη.
For they are of that stock which far-seeing Zeus gave to Tros as a recompense for his son Ganymede, because they are the best of all horses that are beneath the dawn and the sun; from this stock Anchises, king of men, stole secretly from Laomedon, putting mares beneath them; of these six were bred for him in his halls.
Four of them he kept himself and reared at the manger, but two he gave to Aeneas, devisers of rout.
§5.273εἰ τούτω κε λάβοιμεν, ἀροίμεθά κε κλέος ἐσθλόν. §5.274ὣς οἳ μὲν τοιαῦτα πρὸς ἀλλήλους ἀγόρευον, §5.275τὼ δὲ τάχʼ ἐγγύθεν ἦλθον ἐλαύνοντʼ ὠκέας ἵππους.
If we could take these two, we should win noble glory." Thus they spoke such things to one another, and those two quickly came near, driving the swift horses.
§5.276τὸν πρότερος προσέειπε Λυκάονος ἀγλαὸς υἱός·
And the glorious son of Lycaon spoke first to Diomedes: