§9.425νηυσὶν ἔπι γλαφυρῇς, ἐπεὶ οὔ σφισιν ἥδέ γʼ ἑτοίμη §9.426ἣν νῦν ἐφράσσαντο ἐμεῦ ἀπομηνίσαντος· §9.427Φοῖνιξ δʼ αὖθι παρʼ ἄμμι μένων κατακοιμηθήτω, §9.428ὄφρά μοι ἐν νήεσσι φίλην ἐς πατρίδʼ ἕπηται §9.429αὔριον ἢν ἐθέλῃσιν· ἀνάγκῃ δʼ οὔ τί μιν ἄξω.
by the hollow ships, since this plan is not ready for them which they have now devised while I am holding my wrath; But let Phoenix remain here with us and sleep, so that he may follow me in my ships to my dear native land tomorrow, if he so wishes; but by force I will not take him.
§9.430ὣς ἔφαθʼ, οἳ δʼ ἄρα πάντες ἀκὴν ἐγένοντο σιωπῇ §9.431μῦθον ἀγασσάμενοι· μάλα γὰρ κρατερῶς ἀπέειπεν·
So he spoke, and they all became hushed in silence, marveling at his speech; for he had refused very vehemently.
§9.432ὀψὲ δὲ δὴ μετέειπε γέρων ἱππηλάτα Φοῖνιξ §9.433δάκρυʼ ἀναπρήσας· περὶ γὰρ δίε νηυσὶν Ἀχαιῶν· §9.434εἰ μὲν δὴ νόστόν γε μετὰ φρεσὶ φαίδιμʼ Ἀχιλλεῦ §9.435βάλλεαι, οὐδέ τι πάμπαν ἀμύνειν νηυσὶ θοῇσι §9.436πῦρ ἐθέλεις ἀΐδηλον, ἐπεὶ χόλος ἔμπεσε θυμῷ, §9.437πῶς ἂν ἔπειτʼ ἀπὸ σεῖο φίλον τέκος αὖθι λιποίμην §9.438οἶος;
At last the old horseman Phoenix spoke among them, letting his tears burst forth; for he feared exceedingly for the ships of the Achaeans: "If indeed, glorious Achilles, you are planning return in your heart, and are not at all willing to ward off destructive fire from the swift ships, since anger has fallen upon your soul, how then could I be left here without you, dear child, alone?
σοὶ δέ μʼ ἔπεμπε γέρων ἱππηλάτα Πηλεὺς §9.439ἤματι τῷ ὅτε σʼ ἐκ Φθίης Ἀγαμέμνονι πέμπε §9.440νήπιον οὔ πω εἰδόθʼ ὁμοιΐου πολέμοιο §9.441οὐδʼ ἀγορέων, ἵνα τʼ ἄνδρες ἀριπρεπέες τελέθουσι.
To you the old horseman Peleus sent me, on that day when he sent you from Phthia to Agamemnon, a child, knowing not yet of cruel war nor of assemblies, where men win preeminence.
Therefore he sent me forth to teach you all these things, to be a speaker of words and a doer of deeds.
§9.444ὡς ἂν ἔπειτʼ ἀπὸ σεῖο φίλον τέκος οὐκ ἐθέλοιμι §9.445λείπεσθʼ, οὐδʼ εἴ κέν μοι ὑποσταίη θεὸς αὐτὸς §9.446γῆρας ἀποξύσας θήσειν νέον ἡβώοντα, §9.447οἷον ὅτε πρῶτον λίπον Ἑλλάδα καλλιγύναικα §9.448φεύγων νείκεα πατρὸς Ἀμύντορος Ὀρμενίδαο, §9.449ὅς μοι παλλακίδος περιχώσατο καλλικόμοιο, §9.450τὴν αὐτὸς φιλέεσκεν, ἀτιμάζεσκε δʼ ἄκοιτιν §9.451μητέρʼ ἐμήν·
So then, dear child, I would not wish to be left behind without you, not even if a god himself should promise me to scrape off my old age and make me a young man in my youth, such as I was when first I left Hellas of the fair women, fleeing the quarrels with my father Amyntor, son of Ormenus, who was furious with me because of his fair-haired concubine, whom he himself loved, but dishonored his wife, my mother.
ἣ δʼ αἰὲν ἐμὲ λισσέσκετο γούνων §9.452παλλακίδι προμιγῆναι, ἵνʼ ἐχθήρειε γέροντα.
And she continually entreated me by my knees to lie with the concubine first, so that she might loathe the old man.
§9.453τῇ πιθόμην καὶ ἔρεξα· πατὴρ δʼ ἐμὸς αὐτίκʼ ὀϊσθεὶς §9.454πολλὰ κατηρᾶτο, στυγερὰς δʼ ἐπεκέκλετʼ Ἐρινῦς, §9.455μή ποτε γούνασιν οἷσιν ἐφέσσεσθαι φίλον υἱὸν §9.456ἐξ ἐμέθεν γεγαῶτα· θεοὶ δʼ ἐτέλειον ἐπαρὰς §9.457Ζεύς τε καταχθόνιος καὶ ἐπαινὴ Περσεφόνεια.
I obeyed her and did so; and my father straightway suspected it and cursed me many times, and invoked the hateful Erinyes, that never should a beloved son, born of me, sit upon his knees; and the gods fulfilled his curses, even Zeus of the underworld and dread Persephone.
§9.462ἔνθʼ ἐμοὶ οὐκέτι πάμπαν ἐρητύετʼ ἐν φρεσὶ θυμὸς §9.463πατρὸς χωομένοιο κατὰ μέγαρα στρωφᾶσθαι.
Then my heart was no longer at all restrained within me to linger in the halls of my angry father.
§9.464ἦ μὲν πολλὰ ἔται καὶ ἀνεψιοὶ ἀμφὶς ἐόντες §9.465αὐτοῦ λισσόμενοι κατερήτυον ἐν μεγάροισι, §9.466πολλὰ δὲ ἴφια μῆλα καὶ εἰλίποδας ἕλικας βοῦς §9.467ἔσφαζον, πολλοὶ δὲ σύες θαλέθοντες ἀλοιφῇ §9.468εὑόμενοι τανύοντο διὰ φλογὸς Ἡφαίστοιο, §9.469πολλὸν δʼ ἐκ κεράμων μέθυ πίνετο τοῖο γέροντος.
Indeed, many kinsmen and cousins surrounding me sought to restrain me there in the halls by their entreaties, and they slaughtered many fat sheep and shambling, crook-horned cattle, and many rich pigs with fat were singed and stretched over the flame of Hephaestus, and much wine from the jars of that old man was drunk.
§9.470εἰνάνυχες δέ μοι ἀμφʼ αὐτῷ παρὰ νύκτας ἴαυον· §9.471οἳ μὲν ἀμειβόμενοι φυλακὰς ἔχον, οὐδέ ποτʼ ἔσβη §9.472πῦρ, ἕτερον μὲν ὑπʼ αἰθούσῃ εὐερκέος αὐλῆς, §9.473ἄλλο δʼ ἐνὶ προδόμῳ, πρόσθεν θαλάμοιο θυράων.
For nine nights they slept around me, through the nights; and changing off they kept watch, nor was the fire ever quenched, one under the portico of the well-fenced courtyard, and another in the vestibule, before the doors of the chamber.
§9.474ἀλλʼ ὅτε δὴ δεκάτη μοι ἐπήλυθε νὺξ ἐρεβεννή, §9.475καὶ τότʼ ἐγὼ θαλάμοιο θύρας πυκινῶς ἀραρυίας §9.476ῥήξας ἐξῆλθον, καὶ ὑπέρθορον ἑρκίον αὐλῆς §9.477ῥεῖα, λαθὼν φύλακάς τʼ ἄνδρας δμῳάς τε γυναῖκας.
But when indeed the tenth dark night came upon me, even then I burst the closely-fitting doors of my chamber and went forth, and leaped over the fence of the courtyard easily, escaping the notice of the guards and the serving-women.
§9.478φεῦγον ἔπειτʼ ἀπάνευθε διʼ Ἑλλάδος εὐρυχόροιο, §9.479Φθίην δʼ ἐξικόμην ἐριβώλακα μητέρα μήλων §9.480ἐς Πηλῆα ἄναχθʼ· ὃ δέ με πρόφρων ὑπέδεκτο, §9.481καί μʼ ἐφίλησʼ ὡς εἴ τε πατὴρ ὃν παῖδα φιλήσῃ §9.482μοῦνον τηλύγετον πολλοῖσιν ἐπὶ κτεάτεσσι, §9.483καί μʼ ἀφνειὸν ἔθηκε, πολὺν δέ μοι ὤπασε λαόν· §9.484ναῖον δʼ ἐσχατιὴν Φθίης Δολόπεσσιν ἀνάσσων.
Then I fled far away through wide Hellas, and came to fertile Phthia, mother of sheep, to king Peleus; and he received me with a willing heart, and loved me as a father loves his son, an only son, born in his old age, heir to many possessions; and he made me wealthy, and gave me much people; and I dwelt on the frontier of Phthia, ruling over the Dolopes.
§9.485καί σε τοσοῦτον ἔθηκα θεοῖς ἐπιείκελʼ Ἀχιλλεῦ, §9.486ἐκ θυμοῦ φιλέων, ἐπεὶ οὐκ ἐθέλεσκες ἅμʼ ἄλλῳ §9.487οὔτʼ ἐς δαῖτʼ ἰέναι οὔτʼ ἐν μεγάροισι πάσασθαι, §9.488πρίν γʼ ὅτε δή σʼ ἐπʼ ἐμοῖσιν ἐγὼ γούνεσσι καθίσσας §9.489ὄψου τʼ ἄσαιμι προταμὼν καὶ οἶνον ἐπισχών.
And I reared you to be such as you are, Achilles peer of gods, loving you from my heart, since you would not go with another either to a feast or to eat in the halls, until I set you upon my knees and satisfied you with meat, carving it first, and held the wine to your lips.
Often did you wet the tunic upon my chest, sputtering out the wine in your troublesome infancy.
§9.492ὣς ἐπὶ σοὶ μάλα πολλὰ πάθον καὶ πολλὰ μόγησα, §9.493τὰ φρονέων ὅ μοι οὔ τι θεοὶ γόνον ἐξετέλειον §9.494ἐξ ἐμεῦ· ἀλλὰ σὲ παῖδα θεοῖς ἐπιείκελʼ Ἀχιλλεῦ §9.495ποιεύμην, ἵνα μοί ποτʼ ἀεικέα λοιγὸν ἀμύνῃς.
Thus did I suffer much and toil much for you, thinking that the gods would not bring any offspring to completion from me; but you, Achilles peer of gods, I made my son, so that you might one day ward off unseemly ruin from me.
But, Achilles, tame your mighty soul; it is not right for you to have a pitiless heart.
στρεπτοὶ δέ τε καὶ θεοὶ αὐτοί, §9.498τῶν περ καὶ μείζων ἀρετὴ τιμή τε βίη τε.
Even the gods themselves may be turned, whose virtue, honor, and might are yet greater.
§9.499καὶ μὲν τοὺς θυέεσσι καὶ εὐχωλῇς ἀγανῇσι
And indeed men turn them with sacrifices and gentle prayers,