§7.346δεινὴ τετρηχυῖα, παρὰ Πριάμοιο θύρῃσι· §7.347τοῖσιν δʼ Ἀντήνωρ πεπνυμένος ἦρχʼ ἀγορεύειν· §7.348κέκλυτέ μευ Τρῶες καὶ Δάρδανοι ἠδʼ ἐπίκουροι, §7.349ὄφρʼ εἴπω τά με θυμὸς ἐνὶ στήθεσσι κελεύει.
terrible and turbulent, by the gates of Priam; and among them wise Antenor was first to speak: "Hear me, Trojans and Dardanians and allies, so that I may say what the heart in my breast bids me.
§7.350δεῦτʼ ἄγετʼ Ἀργείην Ἑλένην καὶ κτήμαθʼ ἅμʼ αὐτῇ §7.351δώομεν Ἀτρεΐδῃσιν ἄγειν· νῦν δʼ ὅρκια πιστὰ §7.352ψευσάμενοι μαχόμεσθα·
Come now, let us give Argive Helen and her possessions with her to the sons of Atreus to take away; for now we fight having lied in our oaths.
τὼ οὔ νύ τι κέρδιον ἡμῖν §7.353ἔλπομαι ἐκτελέεσθαι, ἵνα μὴ ῥέξομεν ὧδε. §7.354ἤτοι ὅ γʼ ὣς εἰπὼν κατʼ ἄρʼ ἕζετο· τοῖσι δʼ ἀνέστη §7.355δῖος Ἀλέξανδρος Ἑλένης πόσις ἠϋκόμοιο, §7.356ὅς μιν ἀμειβόμενος ἔπεα πτερόεντα προσηύδα·
Therefore I do not expect that anything better will be accomplished for us, unless we do thus." Having thus spoken, he sat down; and to them rose up noble Alexander, husband of fair-haired Helen, who answering him spoke winged words: "Antenor, these things you speak are no longer pleasing to me; you know how to devise another speech better than this.
§7.357Ἀντῆνορ σὺ μὲν οὐκέτʼ ἐμοὶ φίλα ταῦτʼ ἀγορεύεις· §7.358οἶσθα καὶ ἄλλον μῦθον ἀμείνονα τοῦδε νοῆσαι. §7.359εἰ δʼ ἐτεὸν δὴ τοῦτον ἀπὸ σπουδῆς ἀγορεύεις, §7.360ἐξ ἄρα δή τοι ἔπειτα θεοὶ φρένας ὤλεσαν αὐτοί.
But if you truly speak this in all seriousness, then surely the gods themselves have destroyed your senses.
§7.361αὐτὰρ ἐγὼ Τρώεσσι μεθʼ ἱπποδάμοις ἀγορεύσω· §7.362ἀντικρὺ δʼ ἀπόφημι γυναῖκα μὲν οὐκ ἀποδώσω· §7.363κτήματα δʼ ὅσσʼ ἀγόμην ἐξ Ἄργεος ἡμέτερον δῶ §7.364πάντʼ ἐθέλω δόμεναι καὶ οἴκοθεν ἄλλʼ ἐπιθεῖναι. §7.365ἤτοι ὅ γʼ ὣς εἰπὼν κατʼ ἄρʼ ἕζετο· τοῖσι δʼ ἀνέστη §7.366Δαρδανίδης Πρίαμος, θεόφιν μήστωρ ἀτάλαντος, §7.367ὅ σφιν ἐϋφρονέων ἀγορήσατο καὶ μετέειπε· §7.368κέκλυτέ μευ Τρῶες καὶ Δάρδανοι ἠδʼ ἐπίκουροι, §7.369ὄφρʼ εἴπω τά με θυμὸς ἐνὶ στήθεσσι κελεύει.
But I will speak among the horse-taming Trojans: straight out I say it: my wife I will not give back; but the possessions that I brought home from Argos I am willing to give them all, and to add other things from my own home." Having thus spoken, he sat down; and to them rose up Priam, son of Dardanus, a counselor equal to the gods, who with wise intent harangued and spoke among them: "Hear me, Trojans and Dardanians and allies, so that I may say what the heart in my breast bids me.
§7.370νῦν μὲν δόρπον ἕλεσθε κατὰ πτόλιν ὡς τὸ πάρος περ, §7.371καὶ φυλακῆς μνήσασθε καὶ ἐγρήγορθε ἕκαστος· §7.372ἠῶθεν δʼ Ἰδαῖος ἴτω κοίλας ἐπὶ νῆας §7.373εἰπέμεν Ἀτρεΐδῃς Ἀγαμέμνονι καὶ Μενελάῳ §7.374μῦθον Ἀλεξάνδροιο, τοῦ εἵνεκα νεῖκος ὄρωρε· §7.375καὶ δὲ τόδʼ εἰπέμεναι πυκινὸν ἔπος, αἴ κʼ ἐθέλωσι §7.376παύσασθαι πολέμοιο δυσηχέος, εἰς ὅ κε νεκροὺς §7.377κήομεν· ὕστερον αὖτε μαχησόμεθʼ εἰς ὅ κε δαίμων §7.378ἄμμε διακρίνῃ, δώῃ δʼ ἑτέροισί γε νίκην. §7.379ὣς ἔφαθʼ, οἳ δʼ ἄρα τοῦ μάλα μὲν κλύον ἠδʼ ἐπίθοντο· §7.380δόρπον ἔπειθʼ εἵλοντο κατὰ στρατὸν ἐν τελέεσσιν·
Now take your supper throughout the city as before, and mind your watch, and keep awake, each one; but at dawn let Idaeus go to the hollow ships to tell the sons of Atreus, Agamemnon and Menelaus, the word of Alexander, for whose sake the strife has arisen; and to tell them also this wise word, if they are willing to cease from harsh-sounding war until we burn the dead; hereafter we shall fight again until the deity decides between us, and gives victory to one of us." So he spoke, and they readily heard him and obeyed; then they took their supper throughout the host, division by division.
§7.381ἠῶθεν δʼ Ἰδαῖος ἔβη κοίλας ἐπὶ νῆας· §7.382τοὺς δʼ εὗρʼ εἰν ἀγορῇ Δαναοὺς θεράποντας Ἄρηος §7.383νηῒ πάρα πρύμνῃ Ἀγαμέμνονος· αὐτὰρ ὃ τοῖσι §7.384στὰς ἐν μέσσοισιν μετεφώνεεν ἠπύτα κῆρυξ· §7.385Ἀτρεΐδη τε καὶ ἄλλοι ἀριστῆες Παναχαιῶν §7.386ἠνώγει Πρίαμός τε καὶ ἄλλοι Τρῶες ἀγαυοὶ §7.387εἰπεῖν, αἴ κέ περ ὔμμι φίλον καὶ ἡδὺ γένοιτο, §7.388μῦθον Ἀλεξάνδροιο, τοῦ εἵνεκα νεῖκος ὄρωρε· §7.389κτήματα μὲν ὅσʼ Ἀλέξανδρος κοίλῃς ἐνὶ νηυσὶν §7.390ἠγάγετο Τροίηνδʼ· ὡς πρὶν ὤφελλʼ ἀπολέσθαι· §7.391πάντʼ ἐθέλει δόμεναι καὶ οἴκοθεν ἄλλʼ ἐπιθεῖναι· §7.392κουριδίην δʼ ἄλοχον Μενελάου κυδαλίμοιο §7.393οὔ φησιν δώσειν· ἦ μὴν Τρῶές γε κέλονται.
But at dawn Idaeus went to the hollow ships; and he found the Danaans, squires of Ares, in assembly beside the stern of Agamemnon's ship; and he, standing in their midst, spoke among them, the loud-voiced herald: "Son of Atreus and other chieftains of the Pan-Achaeans, Priam and the other noble Trojans bid me to speak, if indeed it should be pleasing and sweet to you, the word of Alexander, for whose sake the strife has arisen: The possessions that Alexander in his hollow ships brought to Troy—would that he had perished before!— he is willing to give them all, and to add other things from his own home; but the wedded wife of glorious Menelaus he says he will not give, though indeed the Trojans bid him.
§7.394καὶ δὲ τόδʼ ἠνώγεον εἰπεῖν ἔπος αἴ κʼ ἐθέλητε §7.395παύσασθαι πολέμοιο δυσηχέος εἰς ὅ κε νεκροὺς §7.396κήομεν· ὕστερον αὖτε μαχησόμεθʼ εἰς ὅ κε δαίμων §7.397ἄμμε διακρίνῃ, δώῃ δʼ ἑτέροισί γε νίκην. §7.398ὣς ἔφαθʼ, οἳ δʼ ἄρα πάντες ἀκὴν ἐγένοντο σιωπῇ·
And they bid me also speak this word, if you are willing to cease from harsh-sounding war until we burn the dead; hereafter we shall fight again until the deity decides between us, and gives victory to one of us." So he spoke, and they all became hushed in silence.
§7.399ὀψὲ δὲ δὴ μετέειπε βοὴν ἀγαθὸς Διομήδης· §7.400μήτʼ ἄρ τις νῦν κτήματʼ Ἀλεξάνδροιο δεχέσθω §7.401μήθʼ Ἑλένην· γνωτὸν δὲ καὶ ὃς μάλα νήπιός ἐστιν §7.402ὡς ἤδη Τρώεσσιν ὀλέθρου πείρατʼ ἐφῆπται. §7.403ὣς ἔφαθʼ, οἳ δʼ ἄρα πάντες ἐπίαχον υἷες Ἀχαιῶν §7.404μῦθον ἀγασσάμενοι Διομήδεος ἱπποδάμοιο·
At length there spoke among them Diomedes, good at the war-cry: "Let no one now accept the possessions of Alexander, nor Helen; for it is obvious even to him who is a mere babe that already the bonds of destruction are fastened upon the Trojans." So he spoke, and all the sons of the Achaeans shouted aloud, approving the speech of horse-taming Diomedes.
§7.405καὶ τότʼ ἄρʼ Ἰδαῖον προσέφη κρείων Ἀγαμέμνων· §7.406Ἰδαῖʼ ἤτοι μῦθον Ἀχαιῶν αὐτὸς ἀκούεις §7.407ὥς τοι ὑποκρίνονται· ἐμοὶ δʼ ἐπιανδάνει οὕτως
And then lord Agamemnon spoke to Idaeus: "Idaeus, you hear yourself the word of the Achaeans, how they answer you; and my pleasure is even so.
§7.408ἀμφὶ δὲ νεκροῖσιν κατακαιέμεν οὔ τι μεγαίρω· §7.409οὐ γάρ τις φειδὼ νεκύων κατατεθνηώτων §7.410γίγνετʼ ἐπεί κε θάνωσι πυρὸς μειλισσέμεν ὦκα.
But as touching the dead, I do not grudge that you should burn them; for there is no sparing of dead corpses, when they are once dead, in placing them quickly upon the fire.