§9.73πᾶσά τοί ἐσθʼ ὑποδεξίη, πολέεσσι δʼ ἀνάσσεις.
Your huts are full of all hospitality, and you rule over many.
§9.74πολλῶν δʼ ἀγρομένων τῷ πείσεαι ὅς κεν ἀρίστην §9.75βουλὴν βουλεύσῃ· μάλα δὲ χρεὼ πάντας Ἀχαιοὺς §9.76ἐσθλῆς καὶ πυκινῆς, ὅτι δήϊοι ἐγγύθι νηῶν §9.77καίουσιν πυρὰ πολλά· τίς ἂν τάδε γηθήσειε;
And when many are gathered, you will obey him who counsels the best counsel; for indeed there is great need for all the Achaeans of one that is noble and prudent, since the enemy near our ships are burning many watch-fires; who could rejoice at these things?
§9.78νὺξ δʼ ἧδʼ ἠὲ διαρραίσει στρατὸν ἠὲ σαώσει. §9.79ὣς ἔφαθʼ, οἳ δʼ ἄρα τοῦ μάλα μὲν κλύον ἠδὲ πίθοντο.
This night will either destroy our army or save it." So he spoke, and they readily heard him and obeyed.
§9.80ἐκ δὲ φυλακτῆρες σὺν τεύχεσιν ἐσσεύοντο §9.81ἀμφί τε Νεστορίδην Θρασυμήδεα ποιμένα λαῶν, §9.82ἠδʼ ἀμφʼ Ἀσκάλαφον καὶ Ἰάλμενον υἷας Ἄρηος §9.83ἀμφί τε Μηριόνην Ἀφαρῆά τε Δηΐπυρόν τε, §9.84ἠδʼ ἀμφὶ Κρείοντος υἱὸν Λυκομήδεα δῖον.
And the sentinels rushed forth with their armor, around Nestor's son Thrasymedes, shepherd of the host, and around Ascalaphus and Ialmenus, sons of Ares, and around Meriones, Aphareus, and Deipyrus, and around the son of Creon, noble Lycomedes.
§9.85ἕπτʼ ἔσαν ἡγεμόνες φυλάκων, ἑκατὸν δὲ ἑκάστῳ §9.86κοῦροι ἅμα στεῖχον δολίχʼ ἔγχεα χερσὶν ἔχοντες·
Seven were the leaders of the sentinels, and with each one a hundred youths marched along, holding long spears in their hands.
§9.87κὰδ δὲ μέσον τάφρου καὶ τείχεος ἷζον ἰόντες· §9.88ἔνθα δὲ πῦρ κήαντο, τίθεντο δὲ δόρπα ἕκαστος.
They went and sat down in the space between the trench and the wall; and there they kindled a fire, and each man prepared his supper.
But the son of Atreus led the gathered elders of the Achaeans to his hut, and set before them a heart-satisfying feast.
§9.91οἳ δʼ ἐπʼ ὀνείαθʼ ἑτοῖμα προκείμενα χεῖρας ἴαλλον.
And they stretched forth their hands to the good things set ready before them.
§9.92αὐτὰρ ἐπεὶ πόσιος καὶ ἐδητύος ἐξ ἔρον ἕντο, §9.93τοῖς ὁ γέρων πάμπρωτος ὑφαίνειν ἤρχετο μῆτιν §9.94Νέστωρ, οὗ καὶ πρόσθεν ἀρίστη φαίνετο βουλή·
But when they had put away the desire for drink and food, among them the old man first of all began to weave his counsel, Nestor, whose counsel had even before seemed the best.
§9.95ὅ σφιν ἐϋφρονέων ἀγορήσατο καὶ μετέειπεν· §9.96Ἀτρεΐδη κύδιστε ἄναξ ἀνδρῶν Ἀγάμεμνον §9.97ἐν σοὶ μὲν λήξω, σέο δʼ ἄρξομαι, οὕνεκα πολλῶν §9.98λαῶν ἐσσι ἄναξ καί τοι Ζεὺς ἐγγυάλιξε §9.99σκῆπτρόν τʼ ἠδὲ θέμιστας, ἵνά σφισι βουλεύῃσθα.
He with wise intent addressed them and spoke: "Most glorious son of Atreus, Agamemnon, king of men, with you will I end, and with you will I begin, because over many peoples you are king, and to you Zeus has delivered the scepter and the laws, that you might take counsel for them.
§9.100τώ σε χρὴ περὶ μὲν φάσθαι ἔπος ἠδʼ ἐπακοῦσαι, §9.101κρηῆναι δὲ καὶ ἄλλῳ, ὅτʼ ἄν τινα θυμὸς ἀνώγῃ §9.102εἰπεῖν εἰς ἀγαθόν· σέο δʼ ἕξεται ὅττί κεν ἄρχῃ.
Therefore it behoves you above all to speak your word, and to hearken, and to fulfill also for another, when his heart bids him speak for our good; for on you will depend whatever may prevail.
§9.103αὐτὰρ ἐγὼν ἐρέω ὥς μοι δοκεῖ εἶναι ἄριστα.
But I will speak as seems to me to be best.
§9.104οὐ γάρ τις νόον ἄλλος ἀμείνονα τοῦδε νοήσει §9.105οἷον ἐγὼ νοέω ἠμὲν πάλαι ἠδʼ ἔτι καὶ νῦν §9.106ἐξ ἔτι τοῦ ὅτε διογενὲς Βρισηΐδα κούρην §9.107χωομένου Ἀχιλῆος ἔβης κλισίηθεν ἀπούρας §9.108οὔ τι καθʼ ἡμέτερόν γε νόον· μάλα γάρ τοι ἔγωγε §9.109πόλλʼ ἀπεμυθεόμην· σὺ δὲ σῷ μεγαλήτορι θυμῷ §9.110εἴξας ἄνδρα φέριστον, ὃν ἀθάνατοί περ ἔτισαν, §9.111ἠτίμησας, ἑλὼν γὰρ ἔχεις γέρας·
For no other man will think of a better mind than this which I think, both of old and even now, ever since that day when, O Zeus-born, the girl Briseis you went and took from the hut of angry Achilles, not at all according to our mind; for indeed I, for my part, strove much to dissuade you; but you, yielding to your great-hearted soul, dishonored a most excellent man, whom even the immortals honored; for you took and keep his prize.
ἀλλʼ ἔτι καὶ νῦν §9.112φραζώμεσθʼ ὥς κέν μιν ἀρεσσάμενοι πεπίθωμεν §9.113δώροισίν τʼ ἀγανοῖσιν ἔπεσσί τε μειλιχίοισι. §9.114τὸν δʼ αὖτε προσέειπεν ἄναξ ἀνδρῶν Ἀγαμέμνων· §9.115ὦ γέρον οὔ τι ψεῦδος ἐμὰς ἄτας κατέλεξας·
Yet even now let us consider how we may appease and persuade him with gentle gifts and soothing words." Then in turn Agamemnon, king of men, answered him: "Old man, in no way falsely have you recounted my blindness.
§9.116ἀασάμην, οὐδʼ αὐτὸς ἀναίνομαι.
I was blind, I do not deny it myself.
ἀντί νυ πολλῶν §9.117λαῶν ἐστὶν ἀνὴρ ὅν τε Ζεὺς κῆρι φιλήσῃ, §9.118ὡς νῦν τοῦτον ἔτισε, δάμασσε δὲ λαὸν Ἀχαιῶν.
Worth many hosts is the man whom Zeus loves in his heart, even as now he has honored this man, and has destroyed the host of the Achaeans.
§9.119ἀλλʼ ἐπεὶ ἀασάμην φρεσὶ λευγαλέῃσι πιθήσας, §9.120ἂψ ἐθέλω ἀρέσαι δόμεναί τʼ ἀπερείσιʼ ἄποινα.
But since I was blind, yielding to my miserable passion, I am minded to make amends, and to give countless gifts of atonement.
§9.121ὑμῖν δʼ ἐν πάντεσσι περικλυτὰ δῶρʼ ὀνομήνω §9.122ἕπτʼ ἀπύρους τρίποδας, δέκα δὲ χρυσοῖο τάλαντα, §9.123αἴθωνας δὲ λέβητας ἐείκοσι, δώδεκα δʼ ἵππους §9.124πηγοὺς ἀθλοφόρους, οἳ ἀέθλια ποσσὶν ἄροντο.
In the presence of you all I will name the glorious gifts: seven tripods that have not felt the fire, and ten talents of gold, and twenty gleaming cauldrons, and twelve horses, sturdy prize-winning steeds, who have won prizes by their speed.
§9.125οὔ κεν ἀλήϊος εἴη ἀνὴρ ᾧ τόσσα γένοιτο, §9.126οὐδέ κεν ἀκτήμων ἐριτίμοιο χρυσοῖο, §9.127ὅσσά μοι ἠνείκαντο ἀέθλια μώνυχες ἵπποι.
Not without booty would a man be who possessed so many, nor unpossessed of precious gold, as many prizes as those single-hoofed horses have won for me.
§9.128δώσω δʼ ἑπτὰ γυναῖκας ἀμύμονα ἔργα ἰδυίας §9.129Λεσβίδας, ἃς ὅτε Λέσβον ἐϋκτιμένην ἕλεν αὐτὸς §9.130ἐξελόμην, αἳ κάλλει ἐνίκων φῦλα γυναικῶν.
And I will give seven women skilled in faultless handiwork, women of Lesbos, whom when he himself took well-built Lesbos I chose out, and who in beauty surpassed the race of women.
§9.131τὰς μέν οἱ δώσω, μετὰ δʼ ἔσσεται ἣν τότʼ ἀπηύρων §9.132κούρη Βρισῆος· ἐπὶ δὲ μέγαν ὅρκον ὀμοῦμαι §9.133μή ποτε τῆς εὐνῆς ἐπιβήμεναι ἠδὲ μιγῆναι, §9.134ἣ θέμις ἀνθρώπων πέλει ἀνδρῶν ἠδὲ γυναικῶν.
These will I give him, and among them shall be she whom I then took away, the daughter of Briseus; and I will swear a great oath therewith, that never did I go into her bed or lie with her, as is the custom of mankind, of men and women.
§9.135ταῦτα μὲν αὐτίκα πάντα παρέσσεται· εἰ δέ κεν αὖτε §9.136ἄστυ μέγα Πριάμοιο θεοὶ δώωσʼ ἀλαπάξαι, §9.137νῆα ἅλις χρυσοῦ καὶ χαλκοῦ νηησάσθω §9.138εἰσελθών, ὅτε κεν δατεώμεθα ληΐδʼ Ἀχαιοί, §9.139Τρωϊάδας δὲ γυναῖκας ἐείκοσιν αὐτὸς ἑλέσθω, §9.140αἴ κε μετʼ Ἀργείην Ἑλένην κάλλισται ἔωσιν.
All these things shall be ready at once; and if hereafter the gods grant us to sack the great city of Priam, let him heap up his ship with gold and bronze in abundance, entering in when we Achaeans divide the spoil; and let him choose for himself twenty Trojan women, who shall be fairest after Argive Helen.