§8.353ὀλλυμένων Δαναῶν κεκαδησόμεθʼ ὑστάτιόν περ; §8.354οἵ κεν δὴ κακὸν οἶτον ἀναπλήσαντες ὄλωνται §8.355ἀνδρὸς ἑνὸς ῥιπῇ, ὃ δὲ μαίνεται οὐκέτʼ ἀνεκτῶς §8.356Ἕκτωρ Πριαμίδης, καὶ δὴ κακὰ πολλὰ ἔοργε. §8.357τὴν δʼ αὖτε προσέειπε θεὰ γλαυκῶπις Ἀθήνη· §8.358καὶ λίην οὗτός γε μένος θυμόν τʼ ὀλέσειε §8.359χερσὶν ὑπʼ Ἀργείων φθίμενος ἐν πατρίδι γαίῃ· §8.360ἀλλὰ πατὴρ οὑμὸς φρεσὶ μαίνεται οὐκ ἀγαθῇσι §8.361σχέτλιος, αἰὲν ἀλιτρός, ἐμῶν μενέων ἀπερωεύς· §8.362οὐδέ τι τῶν μέμνηται, ὅ οἱ μάλα πολλάκις υἱὸν §8.363τειρόμενον σώεσκον ὑπʼ Εὐρυσθῆος ἀέθλων. §8.364ἤτοι ὃ μὲν κλαίεσκε πρὸς οὐρανόν, αὐτὰρ ἐμὲ Ζεὺς §8.365τῷ ἐπαλεξήσουσαν ἀπʼ οὐρανόθεν προΐαλλεν. §8.366εἰ γὰρ ἐγὼ τάδε ᾔδεʼ ἐνὶ φρεσὶ πευκαλίμῃσιν §8.367εὖτέ μιν εἰς Ἀΐδαο πυλάρταο προὔπεμψεν §8.368ἐξ Ἐρέβευς ἄξοντα κύνα στυγεροῦ Ἀΐδαο, §8.369οὐκ ἂν ὑπεξέφυγε Στυγὸς ὕδατος αἰπὰ ῥέεθρα. §8.370νῦν δʼ ἐμὲ μὲν στυγέει, Θέτιδος δʼ ἐξήνυσε βουλάς, §8.371ἥ οἱ γούνατʼ ἔκυσσε καὶ ἔλλαβε χειρὶ γενείου, §8.372λισσομένη τιμῆσαι Ἀχιλλῆα πτολίπορθον. §8.373ἔσται μὰν ὅτʼ ἂν αὖτε φίλην γλαυκώπιδα εἴπῃ. §8.374ἀλλὰ σὺ μὲν νῦν νῶϊν ἐπέντυε μώνυχας ἵππους, §8.375ὄφρʼ ἂν ἐγὼ καταδῦσα Διὸς δόμον αἰγιόχοιο §8.376τεύχεσιν ἐς πόλεμον θωρήξομαι, ὄφρα ἴδωμαι §8.377ἢ νῶϊ Πριάμοιο πάϊς κορυθαίολος Ἕκτωρ §8.378γηθήσει προφανέντε ἀνὰ πτολέμοιο γεφύρας, §8.379ἦ τις καὶ Τρώων κορέει κύνας ἠδʼ οἰωνοὺς §8.380δημῷ καὶ σάρκεσσι, πεσὼν ἐπὶ νηυσὶν Ἀχαιῶν. §8.381ὣς ἔφατʼ, οὐδʼ ἀπίθησε θεὰ λευκώλενος Ἥρη. §8.382ἣ μὲν ἐποιχομένη χρυσάμπυκας ἔντυεν ἵππους §8.383Ἥρη πρέσβα θεὰ θυγάτηρ μεγάλοιο Κρόνοιο· §8.384αὐτὰρ Ἀθηναίη κούρη Διὸς αἰγιόχοιο §8.385πέπλον μὲν κατέχευεν ἑανὸν πατρὸς ἐπʼ οὔδει §8.386ποικίλον, ὅν ῥʼ αὐτὴ ποιήσατο καὶ κάμε χερσίν, §8.387ἣ δὲ χιτῶνʼ ἐνδῦσα Διὸς νεφεληγερέταο §8.388τεύχεσιν ἐς πόλεμον θωρήσσετο δακρυόεντα. §8.389ἐς δʼ ὄχεα φλόγεα ποσὶ βήσετο, λάζετο δʼ ἔγχος §8.390βριθὺ μέγα στιβαρόν, τῷ δάμνησι στίχας ἀνδρῶν §8.391ἡρώων, τοῖσίν τε κοτέσσεται ὀβριμοπάτρη. §8.392Ἥρη δὲ μάστιγι θοῶς ἐπεμαίετʼ ἄρʼ ἵππους· §8.393αὐτόμαται δὲ πύλαι μύκον οὐρανοῦ ἃς ἔχον Ὧραι, §8.394τῇς ἐπιτέτραπται μέγας οὐρανὸς Οὔλυμπός τε §8.395ἠμὲν ἀνακλῖναι πυκινὸν νέφος ἠδʼ ἐπιθεῖναι. §8.396τῇ ῥα διʼ αὐτάων κεντρηνεκέας ἔχον ἵππους. §8.397Ζεὺς δὲ πατὴρ Ἴδηθεν ἐπεὶ ἴδε χώσατʼ ἄρʼ αἰνῶς, §8.398Ἶριν δʼ ὄτρυνε χρυσόπτερον ἀγγελέουσαν· §8.399βάσκʼ ἴθι Ἶρι ταχεῖα, πάλιν τρέπε μηδʼ ἔα ἄντην §8.400ἔρχεσθʼ· οὐ γὰρ καλὰ συνοισόμεθα πτόλεμον δέ. §8.401ὧδε γὰρ ἐξερέω, τὸ δὲ καὶ τετελεσμένον ἔσται· §8.402γυιώσω μέν σφωϊν ὑφʼ ἅρμασιν ὠκέας ἵππους, §8.403αὐτὰς δʼ ἐκ δίφρου βαλέω κατά θʼ ἅρματα ἄξω· §8.404οὐδέ κεν ἐς δεκάτους περιτελλομένους ἐνιαυτοὺς §8.405ἕλκεʼ ἀπαλθήσεσθον, ἅ κεν μάρπτῃσι κεραυνός· §8.406ὄφρα ἰδῇ γλαυκῶπις ὅτʼ ἂν ᾧ πατρὶ μάχηται. §8.407Ἥρῃ δʼ οὔ τι τόσον νεμεσίζομαι οὐδὲ χολοῦμαι· §8.408αἰεὶ γάρ μοι ἔωθεν ἐνικλᾶν ὅττί κεν εἴπω. §8.409ὣς ἔφατʼ, ὦρτο δὲ Ἶρις ἀελλόπος ἀγγελέουσα, §8.410βῆ δʼ ἐξ Ἰδαίων ὀρέων ἐς μακρὸν Ὄλυμπον. §8.411πρώτῃσιν δὲ πύλῃσι πολυπτύχου Οὐλύμποιο §8.412ἀντομένη κατέρυκε, Διὸς δέ σφʼ ἔννεπε μῦθον·
"Shall we no longer care for the dying Danaans, even at this last moment? They who are indeed about to perish, fulfilling an evil fate, by the onslaught of one man. And he rages no longer in bearable wise, Hector, son of Priam, and indeed has already wrought many evils." And the goddess, flashing-eyed Athena, spoke to her in turn: "Indeed, even he would lose his life and strength, slain by the hands of the Argives in his native land; but my father rages with no good mind, stubborn, ever perverse, the thwarter of my purposes. Nor does he remember anything of how very often I saved his son, when he was worn out by the labors of Eurystheus. For he indeed would weep to heaven, and Zeus sent me forth from heaven to help him. If I had known this in my cunning mind, when he sent him to the house of Hades the gate-keeper, to bring from Erebus the dog of loathsome Hades, he would not have escaped the steep waters of the river Styx. But now he hates me, and has fulfilled the counsels of Thetis, who kissed his knees and took his beard with her hand, beseeching him to honor Achilles, sacker of cities. Yet surely the time will come when he shall again call me his dear flashing-eyed daughter. But now yoke for us the single-hooved horses, while I enter the palace of aegis-bearing Zeus and gird myself with armor for war, that I may see whether the son of Priam, Hector of the flashing helm, will rejoice at the sight of us two appearing along the dykes of war, or whether some Trojan also shall glut the dogs and birds with his fat and flesh, falling by the ships of the Achaeans." So she spoke, and the white-armed goddess Hera did not disobey. She, the revered goddess Hera, daughter of great Cronos, went and yoked the horses with golden frontlets. But Athena, daughter of aegis-bearing Zeus, let fall upon her father's floor her soft robe, richly worked, which she herself had made and fashioned with her hands; she then put on the tunic of cloud-gathering Zeus, and arrayed herself in armor for tearful war. Then she stepped with her feet into the flaming chariot, and grasped her spear, heavy, huge, and strong, with which she subdues the ranks of heroic men, with whomsoever she, child of a mighty sire, is wroth. And Hera swiftly touched the horses with the whip; and of their own accord groaned the gates of heaven, which the Hours had in keeping, to whom is entrusted great heaven and Olympus, both to roll back the thick cloud and to shut it to. Through these gates then they drove their goaded horses. But father Zeus, when he saw them from Ida, was terribly wroth, and sent gold-winged Iris to bear a message: "Go, swift Iris, turn them back, and do not let them come face to face with me; for in no good way shall we join in battle. For thus will I speak, and it shall indeed be fulfilled: I will lame their swift horses beneath their chariot, and themselves will I cast from the chariot, and break the chariot; nor for ten circling years shall they heal the wounds which the thunderbolt shall deal; that the flashing-eyed goddess may know when she fights with her own father. But against Hera I have not so much anger or wrath, for she is ever wont to thwart whatever I may say." So he spoke, and storm-footed Iris rose to bear the message, and went from the hills of Ida to high Olympus. And at the first gates of many-folded Olympus she met them and stayed them, and spoke to them the word of Zeus: "Whither are you eager to go?
§8.413πῇ μέματον; τί σφῶϊν ἐνὶ φρεσὶ μαίνεται ἦτορ; §8.414οὐκ ἐάᾳ Κρονίδης ἐπαμυνέμεν Ἀργείοισιν. §8.415ὧδε γὰρ ἠπείλησε Κρόνου πάϊς, ᾗ τελέει περ, §8.416γυιώσειν μὲν σφῶϊν ὑφʼ ἅρμασιν ὠκέας ἵππους, §8.417αὐτὰς δʼ ἐκ δίφρου βαλέειν κατά θʼ ἅρματα ἄξειν· §8.418οὐδέ κεν ἐς δεκάτους περιτελλομένους ἐνιαυτοὺς §8.419ἕλκεʼ ἀπαλθήσεσθον, ἅ κεν μάρπτῃσι κεραυνός· §8.420ὄφρα ἰδῇς γλαυκῶπι ὅτʼ ἂν σῷ πατρὶ μάχηαι. §8.421Ἥρῃ δʼ οὔ τι τόσον νεμεσίζεται οὐδὲ χολοῦται· §8.422αἰεὶ γάρ οἱ ἔωθεν ἐνικλᾶν ὅττι κεν εἴπῃ· §8.423ἀλλὰ σύ γʼ αἰνοτάτη κύον ἀδεὲς εἰ ἐτεόν γε §8.424τολμήσεις Διὸς ἄντα πελώριον ἔγχος ἀεῖραι.
Why does the heart rage in your breasts? The son of Cronos does not allow you to help the Argives. For thus threatened the son of Cronos, and he will indeed fulfill it: he will lame your swift horses beneath your chariot, and yourselves will he cast from the chariot, and break the chariot; nor for ten circling years shall you heal the wounds which the thunderbolt shall deal; that you may know, flashing-eyed goddess, when you fight with your own father. But against Hera he has not so much anger or wrath, for she is ever wont to thwart whatever he may say. But you, most dread and shameless dog, if indeed you will dare to raise your huge spear against Zeus!"