§7.1ὣς εἰπὼν πυλέων ἐξέσσυτο φαίδιμος Ἕκτωρ, §7.2τῷ δʼ ἅμʼ Ἀλέξανδρος κίʼ ἀδελφεός· ἐν δʼ ἄρα θυμῷ §7.3ἀμφότεροι μέμασαν πολεμίζειν ἠδὲ μάχεσθαι.
So saying, illustrious Hector rushed out from the gates, and with him went his brother Alexander; and in their hearts both were eager to war and to fight.
§7.4ὡς δὲ θεὸς ναύτῃσιν ἐελδομένοισιν ἔδωκεν §7.5οὖρον, ἐπεί κε κάμωσιν ἐϋξέστῃς ἐλάτῃσι §7.6πόντον ἐλαύνοντες, καμάτῳ δʼ ὑπὸ γυῖα λέλυνται, §7.7ὣς ἄρα τὼ Τρώεσσιν ἐελδομένοισι φανήτην.
And as a god gives to longing mariners a fair wind, when they are weary with smiting the sea with well-polished oars of fir, and their limbs are loosed with weariness, even so did those two appear to the longing Trojans.
§7.8ἔνθʼ ἑλέτην ὃ μὲν υἱὸν Ἀρηϊθόοιο ἄνακτος §7.9Ἄρνῃ ναιετάοντα Μενέσθιον, ὃν κορυνήτης §7.10γείνατʼ Ἀρηΐθοος καὶ Φυλομέδουσα βοῶπις· §7.11Ἕκτωρ δʼ Ἠϊονῆα βάλʼ ἔγχεϊ ὀξυόεντι §7.12αὐχένʼ ὑπὸ στεφάνης εὐχάλκου, λύντο δὲ γυῖα.
Then they slew, the one the son of king Areïthous, Menesthius, who dwelt in Arne, whom the mace-bearer Areïthous begat, and ox-eyed Philomedusa; and Hector smote Eïoneus with his sharp spear on the neck beneath his well-bronzed helmet-rim, and loosed his limbs.
§7.13Γλαῦκος δʼ Ἱππολόχοιο πάϊς Λυκίων ἀγὸς ἀνδρῶν §7.14Ἰφίνοον βάλε δουρὶ κατὰ κρατερὴν ὑσμίνην §7.15Δεξιάδην ἵππων ἐπιάλμενον ὠκειάων §7.16ὦμον· ὃ δʼ ἐξ ἵππων χαμάδις πέσε, λύντο δὲ γυῖα.
And Glaucus, son of Hippolochus, leader of the Lycian men, smote Iphinous with his spear in the fierce conflict, the son of Dexias, as he sprang upon his swift mares, on the shoulder; and he fell from his chariot to the ground, and his limbs were loosed.
§7.17τοὺς δʼ ὡς οὖν ἐνόησε θεὰ γλαυκῶπις Ἀθήνη §7.18Ἀργείους ὀλέκοντας ἐνὶ κρατερῇ ὑσμίνῃ, §7.19βῆ ῥα κατʼ Οὐλύμποιο καρήνων ἀΐξασα §7.20Ἴλιον εἰς ἱερήν· τῇ δʼ ἀντίος ὄρνυτʼ Ἀπόλλων §7.21Περγάμου ἐκκατιδών, Τρώεσσι δὲ βούλετο νίκην·
But when the goddess, flashing-eyed Athena, perceived them destroying the Argives in the fierce conflict, she went darting down from the peaks of Olympus to sacred Ilios; and Apollo rose up to meet her, looking down from Pergamos, for he willed victory to the Trojans.
§7.22ἀλλήλοισι δὲ τώ γε συναντέσθην παρὰ φηγῷ.
So the two met each other by the oak tree.
§7.23τὴν πρότερος προσέειπεν ἄναξ Διὸς υἱὸς Ἀπόλλων· §7.24τίπτε σὺ δʼ αὖ μεμαυῖα Διὸς θύγατερ μεγάλοιο §7.25ἦλθες ἀπʼ Οὐλύμποιο, μέγας δέ σε θυμὸς ἀνῆκεν;
To her first spoke king Apollo, son of Zeus: “Why now art thou come again, daughter of great Zeus, eagerly from Olympus, and why has thy great spirit sent thee?
Is it that thou mayest give to the Danaans the turning victory of battle?
ἐπεὶ οὔ τι Τρῶας ἀπολλυμένους ἐλεαίρεις.
Since thou hast no pity at all for the Trojans who perish.
§7.28ἀλλʼ εἴ μοί τι πίθοιο τό κεν πολὺ κέρδιον εἴη· §7.29νῦν μὲν παύσωμεν πόλεμον καὶ δηϊοτῆτα §7.30σήμερον· ὕστερον αὖτε μαχήσοντʼ εἰς ὅ κε τέκμωρ §7.31Ἰλίου εὕρωσιν, ἐπεὶ ὣς φίλον ἔπλετο θυμῷ §7.32ὑμῖν ἀθανάτῃσι, διαπραθέειν τόδε ἄστυ. §7.33τὸν δʼ αὖτε προσέειπε θεὰ γλαυκῶπις Ἀθήνη· §7.34ὧδʼ ἔστω ἑκάεργε· τὰ γὰρ φρονέουσα καὶ αὐτὴ
But if thou wouldst hearken to me, which would be far better: let us now stay the war and the fighting for today; hereafter they shall fight again, until they find the end of Ilios, since thus it is well-pleasing to the hearts of you immortal goddesses, to utterly destroy this city.” To him then made answer the goddess, flashing-eyed Athena: “So let it be, worker from afar; for with this intent I myself came from Olympus among the Trojans and Achaeans.
§7.35ἦλθον ἀπʼ Οὐλύμποιο μετὰ Τρῶας καὶ Ἀχαιούς. §7.36ἀλλʼ ἄγε πῶς μέμονας πόλεμον καταπαυσέμεν ἀνδρῶν; §7.37τὴν δʼ αὖτε προσέειπεν ἄναξ Διὸς υἱὸς Ἀπόλλων· §7.38Ἕκτορος ὄρσωμεν κρατερὸν μένος ἱπποδάμοιο, §7.39ἤν τινά που Δαναῶν προκαλέσσεται οἰόθεν οἶος §7.40ἀντίβιον μαχέσασθαι ἐν αἰνῇ δηϊοτῆτι, §7.41οἳ δέ κʼ ἀγασσάμενοι χαλκοκνήμιδες Ἀχαιοὶ §7.42οἶον ἐπόρσειαν πολεμίζειν Ἕκτορι δίῳ. §7.43ὣς ἔφατʼ, οὐδʼ ἀπίθησε θεὰ γλαυκῶπις Ἀθήνη.
But come, how art thou minded to stay the war of men?” To her then made answer king Apollo, son of Zeus: “Let us arouse the valiant spirit of horse-taming Hector, if perchance he will challenge some one of the Danaans, matching himself alone against his foe to fight in grim combat, and the bronze-greaved Achaeans, being moved to anger, shall stir up some single man to fight with noble Hector.” So he spoke, and the goddess, flashing-eyed Athena, did not disobey.
§7.44τῶν δʼ Ἕλενος Πριάμοιο φίλος παῖς σύνθετο θυμῷ §7.45βουλήν, ἥ ῥα θεοῖσιν ἐφήνδανε μητιόωσι· §7.46στῆ δὲ παρʼ Ἕκτορʼ ἰὼν καί μιν πρὸς μῦθον ἔειπεν· §7.47Ἕκτορ υἱὲ Πριάμοιο Διὶ μῆτιν ἀτάλαντε
And Helenus, the dear son of Priam, understood in his heart their counsel, which was well-pleasing to the deliberating gods; and he went and stood by Hector, and spoke to him, saying: “Hector, son of Priam, peer of Zeus in counsel, wouldst thou now hearken to me?
§7.48ἦ ῥά νύ μοί τι πίθοιο, κασίγνητος δέ τοί εἰμι·
For I am thy brother.
§7.49ἄλλους μὲν κάθισον Τρῶας καὶ πάντας Ἀχαιούς, §7.50αὐτὸς δὲ προκάλεσσαι Ἀχαιῶν ὅς τις ἄριστος §7.51ἀντίβιον μαχέσασθαι ἐν αἰνῇ δηϊοτῆτι· §7.52οὐ γάρ πώ τοι μοῖρα θανεῖν καὶ πότμον ἐπισπεῖν· §7.53ὣς γὰρ ἐγὼ ὄπʼ ἄκουσα θεῶν αἰειγενετάων. §7.54ὣς ἔφαθʼ, Ἕκτωρ δʼ αὖτε χάρη μέγα μῦθον ἀκούσας, §7.55καί ῥʼ ἐς μέσσον ἰὼν Τρώων ἀνέεργε φάλαγγας, §7.56μέσσου δουρὸς ἑλών· οἳ δʼ ἱδρύνθησαν ἅπαντες.
Make the other Trojans sit down, and all the Achaeans, and do thou challenge whoever is best of the Achaeans to fight against thee in grim combat; for it is not yet thy fate to die and meet thy doom; for thus have I heard the voice of the gods who are for ever.” So he spoke, and Hector rejoiced greatly when he heard his words; and he went into the midst and held back the phalanxes of the Trojans, grasping his spear by the middle; and they all sat down.
§7.57κὰδ δʼ Ἀγαμέμνων εἷσεν ἐϋκνήμιδας Ἀχαιούς· §7.58κὰδ δʼ ἄρʼ Ἀθηναίη τε καὶ ἀργυρότοξος Ἀπόλλων §7.59ἑζέσθην ὄρνισιν ἐοικότες αἰγυπιοῖσι §7.60φηγῷ ἐφʼ ὑψηλῇ πατρὸς Διὸς αἰγιόχοιο §7.61ἀνδράσι τερπόμενοι· τῶν δὲ στίχες εἵατο πυκναὶ §7.62ἀσπίσι καὶ κορύθεσσι καὶ ἔγχεσι πεφρικυῖαι.
And Agamemnon made the well-greaved Achaeans sit down; and Athena and Apollo of the silver bow sat down in the likeness of vulture birds upon the high oak of father Zeus who bears the aegis, rejoicing in the warriors; and the ranks of these sat thick, bristling with shields and helms and spears.
§7.63οἵη δὲ Ζεφύροιο ἐχεύατο πόντον ἔπι φρὶξ §7.64ὀρνυμένοιο νέον, μελάνει δέ τε πόντος ὑπʼ αὐτῆς, §7.65τοῖαι ἄρα στίχες εἵατʼ Ἀχαιῶν τε Τρώων τε §7.66ἐν πεδίῳ·
And even as there is spread over the sea the ripple of the West Wind when it is newly risen, and the sea grows black beneath it, even so sat the ranks of the Achaeans and Trojans on the plain.