§6.271πέπλον δʼ, ὅς τίς τοι χαριέστατος ἠδὲ μέγιστος §6.272ἔστιν ἐνὶ μεγάρῳ καί τοι πολὺ φίλτατος αὐτῇ, §6.273τὸν θὲς Ἀθηναίης ἐπὶ γούνασιν ἠϋκόμοιο, §6.274καί οἱ ὑποσχέσθαι δυοκαίδεκα βοῦς ἐνὶ νηῷ §6.275ἤνις ἠκέστας ἱερευσέμεν, αἴ κʼ ἐλεήσῃ §6.276ἄστύ τε καὶ Τρώων ἀλόχους καὶ νήπια τέκνα, §6.277αἴ κεν Τυδέος υἱὸν ἀπόσχῃ Ἰλίου ἱρῆς §6.278ἄγριον αἰχμητὴν κρατερὸν μήστωρα φόβοιο.
And the robe, whichever is most beautiful and largest to you in the hall, and is far the dearest to yourself, place that upon the knees of fair-haired Athena, and vow to her to sacrifice in her temple twelve yearling, ungoaded heifers, if she will have pity on the city and the wives of the Trojans and their infant children, if she will hold back the son of Tydeus from sacred Ilios, that wild spearman, the mighty deviser of rout.
§6.279ἀλλὰ σὺ μὲν πρὸς νηὸν Ἀθηναίης ἀγελείης §6.280ἔρχευ, ἐγὼ δὲ Πάριν μετελεύσομαι ὄφρα καλέσσω §6.281αἴ κʼ ἐθέλῃσʼ εἰπόντος ἀκουέμεν·
But go you to the temple of Athena, driver of the spoil, while I will go after Paris, that I may summon him, if he will be minded to hear my words.
ὥς κέ οἱ αὖθι §6.282γαῖα χάνοι·
Would that the earth might gape for him on the spot!
μέγα γάρ μιν Ὀλύμπιος ἔτρεφε πῆμα §6.283Τρωσί τε καὶ Πριάμῳ μεγαλήτορι τοῖό τε παισίν.
For a great bane did the Olympian rear him for the Trojans, and for great-hearted Priam, and his children.
§6.284εἰ κεῖνόν γε ἴδοιμι κατελθόντʼ Ἄϊδος εἴσω §6.285φαίην κε φρένʼ ἀτέρπου ὀϊζύος ἐκλελαθέσθαι. §6.286ὣς ἔφαθʼ, ἣ δὲ μολοῦσα ποτὶ μέγαρʼ ἀμφιπόλοισι §6.287κέκλετο· ταὶ δʼ ἄρʼ ἀόλλισσαν κατὰ ἄστυ γεραιάς.
If I could but see him going down into the house of Hades, I should say that my heart had forgotten its joyless woe.” So he spoke, and she went to the hall, and called to her handmaidens; and they gathered the elder women throughout the city.
§6.288αὐτὴ δʼ ἐς θάλαμον κατεβήσετο κηώεντα, §6.289ἔνθʼ ἔσάν οἱ πέπλοι παμποίκιλα ἔργα γυναικῶν §6.290Σιδονίων, τὰς αὐτὸς Ἀλέξανδρος θεοειδὴς §6.291ἤγαγε Σιδονίηθεν ἐπιπλὼς εὐρέα πόντον, §6.292τὴν ὁδὸν ἣν Ἑλένην περ ἀνήγαγεν εὐπατέρειαν·
But she herself went down into her fragrant chamber, where were her robes, richly embroidered, the handiwork of women of Sidon, whom godlike Alexander himself had brought from Sidon, sailing over the wide sea, on that journey on which he brought back Helen of noble lineage.
§6.293τῶν ἕνʼ ἀειραμένη Ἑκάβη φέρε δῶρον Ἀθήνῃ, §6.294ὃς κάλλιστος ἔην ποικίλμασιν ἠδὲ μέγιστος, §6.295ἀστὴρ δʼ ὣς ἀπέλαμπεν· ἔκειτο δὲ νείατος ἄλλων.
Of these Hecabe took one, and brought it as a gift for Athena, that one which was the most beautiful in its embroideries, and the largest, and shone like a star; and it lay undermost of all.
§6.296βῆ δʼ ἰέναι, πολλαὶ δὲ μετεσσεύοντο γεραιαί.
And she set forth to go, and many elder women hastened after her.
§6.297αἱ δʼ ὅτε νηὸν ἵκανον Ἀθήνης ἐν πόλει ἄκρῃ, §6.298τῇσι θύρας ὤϊξε Θεανὼ καλλιπάρῃος §6.299Κισσηῒς ἄλοχος Ἀντήνορος ἱπποδάμοιο· §6.300τὴν γὰρ Τρῶες ἔθηκαν Ἀθηναίης ἱέρειαν.
And when they came to the temple of Athena on the citadel, Theano of the fair cheeks opened the doors for them, daughter of Cisseus, wife of Antenor, tamer of horses; for the Trojans had made her priestess of Athena.
§6.301αἳ δʼ ὀλολυγῇ πᾶσαι Ἀθήνῃ χεῖρας ἀνέσχον· §6.302ἣ δʼ ἄρα πέπλον ἑλοῦσα Θεανὼ καλλιπάρῃος §6.303θῆκεν Ἀθηναίης ἐπὶ γούνασιν ἠϋκόμοιο, §6.304εὐχομένη δʼ ἠρᾶτο Διὸς κούρῃ μεγάλοιο· §6.305πότνιʼ Ἀθηναίη ἐρυσίπτολι δῖα θεάων §6.306ἆξον δὴ ἔγχος Διομήδεος, ἠδὲ καὶ αὐτὸν §6.307πρηνέα δὸς πεσέειν Σκαιῶν προπάροιθε πυλάων, §6.308ὄφρά τοι αὐτίκα νῦν δυοκαίδεκα βοῦς ἐνὶ νηῷ §6.309ἤνις ἠκέστας ἱερεύσομεν, αἴ κʼ ἐλεήσῃς §6.310ἄστύ τε καὶ Τρώων ἀλόχους καὶ νήπια τέκνα. §6.311ὣς ἔφατʼ εὐχομένη, ἀνένευε δὲ Παλλὰς Ἀθήνη.
Then with crying all of them lifted up their hands to Athena; and Theano of the fair cheeks took the robe and laid it on the knees of fair-haired Athena, and with prayer made supplication to the daughter of great Zeus: “Lady Athena, protectress of the city, fairest among goddesses, break now the spear of Diomedes, and grant also that he himself may fall headlong before the Scaean gates; so that we may now immediately sacrifice to you in your temple twelve yearling, ungoaded heifers, if you will have pity on the city and the wives of the Trojans and their infant children.” So she spoke praying, but Pallas Athena denied the prayer.
§6.312ὣς αἳ μέν ῥʼ εὔχοντο Διὸς κούρῃ μεγάλοιο, §6.313Ἕκτωρ δὲ πρὸς δώματʼ Ἀλεξάνδροιο βεβήκει §6.314καλά, τά ῥʼ αὐτὸς ἔτευξε σὺν ἀνδράσιν οἳ τότʼ ἄριστοι §6.315ἦσαν ἐνὶ Τροίῃ ἐριβώλακι τέκτονες ἄνδρες, §6.316οἵ οἱ ἐποίησαν θάλαμον καὶ δῶμα καὶ αὐλὴν §6.317ἐγγύθι τε Πριάμοιο καὶ Ἕκτορος ἐν πόλει ἄκρῃ.
Thus they made prayer to the daughter of great Zeus; but Hector had gone to the beautiful palace of Alexander, which he himself had built with the men who were then the best carpenters in deep-soil Troy; these had made him his chamber and hall and court near to those of Priam and Hector on the citadel.
§6.318ἔνθʼ Ἕκτωρ εἰσῆλθε Διῒ φίλος, ἐν δʼ ἄρα χειρὶ §6.319ἔγχος ἔχʼ ἑνδεκάπηχυ· πάροιθε δὲ λάμπετο δουρὸς §6.320αἰχμὴ χαλκείη, περὶ δὲ χρύσεος θέε πόρκης.
There entered Hector, dear to Zeus, and in his hand he held a spear of eleven cubits, and before him shone the bronze point of the spear, and a ring of gold ran round it.
§6.321τὸν δʼ εὗρʼ ἐν θαλάμῳ περικαλλέα τεύχεʼ ἕποντα §6.322ἀσπίδα καὶ θώρηκα, καὶ ἀγκύλα τόξʼ ἁφόωντα· §6.323Ἀργείη δʼ Ἑλένη μετʼ ἄρα δμῳῇσι γυναιξὶν §6.324ἧστο καὶ ἀμφιπόλοισι περικλυτὰ ἔργα κέλευε.
And he found him in his chamber, busy with his beautiful armor, his shield and breastplate, and handling his curved bow; and Argive Helen sat among her handmaidens, and appointed to them their glorious handiworks.
§6.325τὸν δʼ Ἕκτωρ νείκεσσεν ἰδὼν αἰσχροῖς ἐπέεσσι· §6.326δαιμόνιʼ οὐ μὲν καλὰ χόλον τόνδʼ ἔνθεο θυμῷ, §6.327λαοὶ μὲν φθινύθουσι περὶ πτόλιν αἰπύ τε τεῖχος §6.328μαρνάμενοι· σέο δʼ εἵνεκʼ ἀϋτή τε πτόλεμός τε §6.329ἄστυ τόδʼ ἀμφιδέδηε· σὺ δʼ ἂν μαχέσαιο καὶ ἄλλῳ, §6.330ὅν τινά που μεθιέντα ἴδοις στυγεροῦ πολέμοιο.
At him Hector, when he saw him, mocked with words of shame: “Strange man, you do not well to nurse this anger in your heart; the people are perishing as they fight about the city and the steep wall, and because of you the battle cry and war blaze about this city; and you would yourself fight with another whomever you might see shrinking from hateful war.
§6.331ἀλλʼ ἄνα μὴ τάχα ἄστυ πυρὸς δηΐοιο θέρηται. §6.332τὸν δʼ αὖτε προσέειπεν Ἀλέξανδρος θεοειδής· §6.333Ἕκτορ ἐπεί με κατʼ αἶσαν ἐνείκεσας οὐδʼ ὑπὲρ αἶσαν, §6.334τοὔνεκά τοι ἐρέω· σὺ δὲ σύνθεο καί μευ ἄκουσον·
But arise, lest soon the city be burned with raging fire.” To him in turn godlike Alexander spoke: “Hector, since you have chided me fairly, and not beyond measure, therefore will I tell you; and do you mark what I say and hear me.