§7.276Ταλθύβιός τε καὶ Ἰδαῖος πεπνυμένω ἄμφω· §7.277μέσσῳ δʼ ἀμφοτέρων σκῆπτρα σχέθον, εἶπέ τε μῦθον §7.278κῆρυξ Ἰδαῖος πεπνυμένα μήδεα εἰδώς· §7.279μηκέτι παῖδε φίλω πολεμίζετε μηδὲ μάχεσθον· §7.280ἀμφοτέρω γὰρ σφῶϊ φιλεῖ νεφεληγερέτα Ζεύς, §7.281ἄμφω δʼ αἰχμητά·
Talthybius and Idaeus, both wise heralds, came; they held their sceptres between the two, and a word was spoken by the herald Idaeus, who knew wise counsels: "No longer, dear children, wage war or fight; for cloud-gathering Zeus loves both of you, and both are warriors; that indeed we all know.
τό γε δὴ καὶ ἴδμεν ἅπαντες. §7.282νὺξ δʼ ἤδη τελέθει· ἀγαθὸν καὶ νυκτὶ πιθέσθαι. §7.283τὸν δʼ ἀπαμειβόμενος προσέφη Τελαμώνιος Αἴας· §7.284Ἰδαῖʼ Ἕκτορα ταῦτα κελεύετε μυθήσασθαι·
But already night is coming on; it is good also to obey the night." To him then Telamonian Ajax made answer and said: "Idaeus, bid Hector to speak these words; for he himself challenged all our chieftains to the fight.
§7.285αὐτὸς γὰρ χάρμῃ προκαλέσσατο πάντας ἀρίστους. §7.286ἀρχέτω· αὐτὰρ ἐγὼ μάλα πείσομαι ᾗ περ ἂν οὗτος. §7.287τὸν δʼ αὖτε προσέειπε μέγας κορυθαίολος Ἕκτωρ· §7.288Αἶαν ἐπεί τοι δῶκε θεὸς μέγεθός τε βίην τε §7.289καὶ πινυτήν, περὶ δʼ ἔγχει Ἀχαιῶν φέρτατός ἐσσι, §7.290νῦν μὲν παυσώμεσθα μάχης καὶ δηϊοτῆτος §7.291σήμερον· ὕστερον αὖτε μαχησόμεθʼ εἰς ὅ κε δαίμων §7.292ἄμμε διακρίνῃ, δώῃ δʼ ἑτέροισί γε νίκην.
Let him begin; and I will surely obey in whatever way he does." To him then spoke great Hector of the flashing helmet: "Ajax, since God has given you stature and strength and wisdom, and with the spear you are the best of the Achaeans, now let us cease from battle and strife for today; hereafter we shall fight again until the deity decides between us, and gives victory to one of us.
§7.293νὺξ δʼ ἤδη τελέθει· ἀγαθὸν καὶ νυκτὶ πιθέσθαι, §7.294ὡς σύ τʼ ἐϋφρήνῃς πάντας παρὰ νηυσὶν Ἀχαιούς, §7.295σούς τε μάλιστα ἔτας καὶ ἑταίρους, οἵ τοι ἔασιν· §7.296αὐτὰρ ἐγὼ κατὰ ἄστυ μέγα Πριάμοιο ἄνακτος §7.297Τρῶας ἐϋφρανέω καὶ Τρῳάδας ἑλκεσιπέπλους, §7.298αἵ τέ μοι εὐχόμεναι θεῖον δύσονται ἀγῶνα.
But already night is coming on; it is good also to obey the night, so that you may gladden all the Achaeans beside the ships, and most of all your own kinsmen and companions who are yours; while I, throughout the great city of King Priam, shall gladden the Trojan men and the Trojan women with trailing robes, who praying for me will enter the divine assembly.
§7.299δῶρα δʼ ἄγʼ ἀλλήλοισι περικλυτὰ δώομεν ἄμφω, §7.300ὄφρά τις ὧδʼ εἴπῃσιν Ἀχαιῶν τε Τρώων τε· §7.301ἠμὲν ἐμαρνάσθην ἔριδος πέρι θυμοβόροιο, §7.302ἠδʼ αὖτʼ ἐν φιλότητι διέτμαγεν ἀρθμήσαντε. §7.303ὣς ἄρα φωνήσας δῶκε ξίφος ἀργυρόηλον §7.304σὺν κολεῷ τε φέρων καὶ ἐϋτμήτῳ τελαμῶνι· §7.305Αἴας δὲ ζωστῆρα δίδου φοίνικι φαεινόν.
Come, let us both give famous gifts to one another, so that many a one of the Achaeans and Trojans may say: 'These two fought indeed in a soul-devouring strife, but then they parted having joined in friendship.'" So he spoke, and gave him a silver-studded sword, bringing it with its scabbard and well-cut belt; and Ajax gave him a girdle bright with purple.
§7.306τὼ δὲ διακρινθέντε ὃ μὲν μετὰ λαὸν Ἀχαιῶν §7.307ἤϊʼ, ὃ δʼ ἐς Τρώων ὅμαδον κίε· τοὶ δὲ χάρησαν, §7.308ὡς εἶδον ζωόν τε καὶ ἀρτεμέα προσιόντα, §7.309Αἴαντος προφυγόντα μένος καὶ χεῖρας ἀάπτους· §7.310καί ῥʼ ἦγον προτὶ ἄστυ ἀελπτέοντες σόον εἶναι.
So the two parted, and one went to the host of the Achaeans, while the other went into the throng of the Trojans; and these rejoiced when they saw him coming alive and unharmed, having escaped the fury and invincible hands of Ajax; and they led him toward the city, having despaired of his safety.
And Ajax on the other side the well-greaved Achaeans led to noble Agamemnon, rejoicing in his victory.
§7.313οἳ δʼ ὅτε δὴ κλισίῃσιν ἐν Ἀτρεΐδαο γένοντο, §7.314τοῖσι δὲ βοῦν ἱέρευσεν ἄναξ ἀνδρῶν Ἀγαμέμνων §7.315ἄρσενα πενταέτηρον ὑπερμενέϊ Κρονίωνι.
But when they were come to the huts of the son of Atreus, for them Agamemnon, lord of men, sacrificed an ox, a male of five years, to the almighty son of Cronos.
§7.316τὸν δέρον ἀμφί θʼ ἕπον, καί μιν διέχευαν ἅπαντα, §7.317μίστυλλόν τʼ ἄρʼ ἐπισταμένως πεῖράν τʼ ὀβελοῖσιν, §7.318ὄπτησάν τε περιφραδέως, ἐρύσαντό τε πάντα.
They flayed it and busied themselves with it, and cut it all up, and divided it skillfully into small pieces and pierced them with spits, and roasted them carefully, and drew all off the spits.
§7.319αὐτὰρ ἐπεὶ παύσαντο πόνου τετύκοντό τε δαῖτα, §7.320δαίνυντʼ, οὐδέ τι θυμὸς ἐδεύετο δαιτὸς ἐΐσης· §7.321νώτοισιν δʼ Αἴαντα διηνεκέεσσι γέραιρεν §7.322ἥρως Ἀτρεΐδης εὐρὺ κρείων Ἀγαμέμνων.
But when they had ceased from their labor and made ready the feast, they feasted, nor did their hearts lack anything of the equal feast; and with the long chine-pieces did the hero son of Atreus, wide-ruling Agamemnon, honor Ajax.
§7.323αὐτὰρ ἐπεὶ πόσιος καὶ ἐδητύος ἐξ ἔρον ἕντο, §7.324τοῖς ὁ γέρων πάμπρωτος ὑφαίνειν ἤρχετο μῆτιν §7.325Νέστωρ, οὗ καὶ πρόσθεν ἀρίστη φαίνετο βουλή· §7.326ὅ σφιν ἐϋφρονέων ἀγορήσατο καὶ μετέειπεν· §7.327Ἀτρεΐδη τε καὶ ἄλλοι ἀριστῆες Παναχαιῶν, §7.328πολλοὶ γὰρ τεθνᾶσι κάρη κομόωντες Ἀχαιοί, §7.329τῶν νῦν αἷμα κελαινὸν ἐΰρροον ἀμφὶ Σκάμανδρον §7.330ἐσκέδασʼ ὀξὺς Ἄρης, ψυχαὶ δʼ Ἄϊδος δὲ κατῆλθον· §7.331τώ σε χρὴ πόλεμον μὲν ἅμʼ ἠοῖ παῦσαι Ἀχαιῶν, §7.332αὐτοὶ δʼ ἀγρόμενοι κυκλήσομεν ἐνθάδε νεκροὺς §7.333βουσὶ καὶ ἡμιόνοισιν· ἀτὰρ κατακήομεν αὐτοὺς §7.334τυτθὸν ἀπὸ πρὸ νεῶν, ὥς κʼ ὀστέα παισὶν ἕκαστος §7.335οἴκαδʼ ἄγῃ ὅτʼ ἂν αὖτε νεώμεθα πατρίδα γαῖαν.
But when they had put away desire for drink and food, for them the old man was first to begin to weave counsel, Nestor, whose advice had before also appeared the best; he with wise intent harangued and spoke among them: "Son of Atreus and other chieftains of the Pan-Achaeans, for many long-haired Achaeans are dead, whose dark blood now beside fair-flowing Scamander keen Ares has scattered, and their souls have gone down to Hades; therefore you must stay the battle of the Achaeans at dawn, and we ourselves, gathering together, will bring the dead here with oxen and mules; and we will burn them a little distance from the ships, so that each may carry the bones home to their children when we return again to our native land.
§7.336τύμβον δʼ ἀμφὶ πυρὴν ἕνα χεύομεν ἐξαγαγόντες §7.337ἄκριτον ἐκ πεδίου· ποτὶ δʼ αὐτὸν δείμομεν ὦκα
And we will heap up one barrow about the pyre, bringing earth indiscriminately from the plain; and against it we will build quickly high walls, a defense for the ships and for ourselves.
§7.338πύργους ὑψηλοὺς εἶλαρ νηῶν τε καὶ αὐτῶν. §7.339ἐν δʼ αὐτοῖσι πύλας ποιήσομεν εὖ ἀραρυίας, §7.340ὄφρα διʼ αὐτάων ἱππηλασίη ὁδὸς εἴη· §7.341ἔκτοσθεν δὲ βαθεῖαν ὀρύξομεν ἐγγύθι τάφρον, §7.342ἥ χʼ ἵππον καὶ λαὸν ἐρυκάκοι ἀμφὶς ἐοῦσα, §7.343μή ποτʼ ἐπιβρίσῃ πόλεμος Τρώων ἀγερώχων. §7.344ὣς ἔφαθʼ, οἳ δʼ ἄρα πάντες ἐπῄνησαν βασιλῆες.
And in them we will make well-fitted gates, so that through them there may be a way for driving chariots; and outside we will dig a deep ditch close by, which being around us would hold back horse and foot, lest ever the war of the proud Trojans should press hard." So he spoke, and all the kings approved.
§7.345Τρώων αὖτʼ ἀγορὴ γένετʼ Ἰλίου ἐν πόλει ἄκρῃ
But of the Trojans also there was an assembly in the high city of Ilium,