§1.77νόστον, ὅπως ἔλθῃσι·
his return, so that he may come.
Ποσειδάων δὲ μεθήσει §1.78ὃν χόλον· οὐ μὲν γάρ τι δυνήσεται ἀντία πάντων §1.79ἀθανάτων ἀέκητι θεῶν ἐριδαινέμεν οἶος.
And Poseidon shall let go his anger; for he will not be able, against the will of all the immortal gods, to strive alone.
§1.80τὸν δʼ ἠμείβετʼ ἔπειτα θεά, γλαυκῶπις Ἀθήνη· §1.81ὦ πάτερ ἡμέτερε Κρονίδη, ὕπατε κρειόντων, §1.82εἰ μὲν δὴ νῦν τοῦτο φίλον μακάρεσσι θεοῖσιν, §1.83νοστῆσαι Ὀδυσῆα πολύφρονα ὅνδε δόμονδε, §1.84Ἑρμείαν μὲν ἔπειτα διάκτορον ἀργεϊφόντην §1.85νῆσον ἐς Ὠγυγίην ὀτρύνομεν, ὄφρα τάχιστα §1.86νύμφῃ ἐυπλοκάμῳ εἴπῃ νημερτέα βουλήν, §1.87νόστον Ὀδυσσῆος ταλασίφρονος, ὥς κε νέηται·
And him the goddess, flashing-eyed Athena, answered then: "Our father, son of Cronus, highest of ruling powers, if indeed this is now well-pleasing to the blessed gods, that the wise Odysseus should return to his own home, then let us speed Hermes, the messenger, the slayer of Argus, to the island of Ogygia, so that with all speed he may declare to the fair-tressed nymph our unerring counsel, even the return of the steadfast Odysseus, that he may return.
§1.88αὐτὰρ ἐγὼν Ἰθάκηνδʼ ἐσελεύσομαι, ὄφρα οἱ υἱὸν §1.89μᾶλλον ἐποτρύνω καί οἱ μένος ἐν φρεσὶ θείω, §1.90εἰς ἀγορὴν καλέσαντα κάρη κομόωντας Ἀχαιοὺς §1.91πᾶσι μνηστήρεσσιν ἀπειπέμεν, οἵ τέ οἱ αἰεὶ §1.92μῆλʼ ἁδινὰ σφάζουσι καὶ εἰλίποδας ἕλικας βοῦς.
But I will go to Ithaca, that I may the more rouse his son and put courage in his heart, calling the long-haired Achaeans to the assembly, to speak his mind to all the suitors, who are ever slaughtering his thronging sheep and his shambling, crook-horned kine.
§1.93πέμψω δʼ ἐς Σπάρτην τε καὶ ἐς Πύλον ἠμαθόεντα §1.94νόστον πευσόμενον πατρὸς φίλου, ἤν που ἀκούσῃ, §1.95ἠδʼ ἵνα μιν κλέος ἐσθλὸν ἐν ἀνθρώποισιν ἔχῃσιν. §1.96ὣς εἰποῦσʼ ὑπὸ ποσσὶν ἐδήσατο καλὰ πέδιλα, §1.97ἀμβρόσια χρύσεια, τά μιν φέρον ἠμὲν ἐφʼ ὑγρὴν §1.98ἠδʼ ἐπʼ ἀπείρονα γαῖαν ἅμα πνοιῇς ἀνέμοιο·
And I will send him to Sparta and to sandy Pylos, to seek tidings of his dear father's return, if so be he may hear of it, and that he may win good report among men." So she spoke, and bound beneath her feet her beautiful sandals, immortal, golden, which bore her both over the wet sea and over the boundless earth, fleet as the blasts of the wind.
§1.99εἵλετο δʼ ἄλκιμον ἔγχος, ἀκαχμένον ὀξέι χαλκῷ, §1.100βριθὺ μέγα στιβαρόν, τῷ δάμνησι στίχας ἀνδρῶν §1.101ἡρώων, τοῖσίν τε κοτέσσεται ὀβριμοπάτρη.
And she took her mighty spear, tipped with sharp bronze, heavy and huge and strong, with which she vanishes the ranks of warrior men, whensoever she is wroth, she of the mighty sire.
§1.102βῆ δὲ κατʼ Οὐλύμποιο καρήνων ἀίξασα, §1.103στῆ δʼ Ἰθάκης ἐνὶ δήμῳ ἐπὶ προθύροις Ὀδυσῆος, §1.104οὐδοῦ ἐπʼ αὐλείου· παλάμῃ δʼ ἔχε χάλκεον ἔγχος, §1.105εἰδομένη ξείνῳ, Ταφίων ἡγήτορι Μέντῃ.
Down from the peaks of Olympus she went darting, and stood in the land of Ithaca at the outer gate of Odysseus, on the threshold of the courtyard; and in her hand she held her bronze spear, pretending to be a guest, Mentes, leader of the Taphians.
§1.106εὗρε δʼ ἄρα μνηστῆρας ἀγήνορας.
There she found the lordly suitors.
οἱ μὲν ἔπειτα §1.107πεσσοῖσι προπάροιθε θυράων θυμὸν ἔτερπον §1.108ἥμενοι ἐν ῥινοῖσι βοῶν, οὓς ἔκτανον αὐτοί·
They were then with dice before the doors, making merry, sitting on the hides of oxen which they themselves had slain.
§1.109κήρυκες δʼ αὐτοῖσι καὶ ὀτρηροὶ θεράποντες §1.110οἱ μὲν οἶνον ἔμισγον ἐνὶ κρητῆρσι καὶ ὕδωρ, §1.111οἱ δʼ αὖτε σπόγγοισι πολυτρήτοισι τραπέζας §1.112νίζον καὶ πρότιθεν, τοὶ δὲ κρέα πολλὰ δατεῦντο.
And heralds and busy squires were with them; some mixing wine and water in mixing-bowls, and others wiping the tables with porous sponges and setting them forth, and others carving much meat.
§1.113τὴν δὲ πολὺ πρῶτος ἴδε Τηλέμαχος θεοειδής, §1.114ἧστο γὰρ ἐν μνηστῆρσι φίλον τετιημένος ἦτορ, §1.115ὀσσόμενος πατέρʼ ἐσθλὸν ἐνὶ φρεσίν, εἴ ποθεν ἐλθὼν §1.116μνηστήρων τῶν μὲν σκέδασιν κατὰ δώματα θείη, §1.117τιμὴν δʼ αὐτὸς ἔχοι καὶ δώμασιν οἷσιν ἀνάσσοι.
And her godlike Telemachus was far the first to see, for he was sitting among the suitors, sad at heart, seeing his noble father in his mind's eye, if he might come from somewhere and make a scattering of the suitors in his halls, and himself hold his honors and rule over his own house.
§1.118τὰ φρονέων, μνηστῆρσι μεθήμενος, εἴσιδʼ Ἀθήνην.
Thinking on these things, as he sat among the suitors, he saw Athena.
And he went straight to the outer door, and was vexed in his heart that a guest should stand long at the gates.
ἐγγύθι δὲ στὰς §1.121χεῖρʼ ἕλε δεξιτερὴν καὶ ἐδέξατο χάλκεον ἔγχος, §1.122καί μιν φωνήσας ἔπεα πτερόεντα προσηύδα· §1.123χαῖρε, ξεῖνε, παρʼ ἄμμι φιλήσεαι· αὐτὰρ ἔπειτα §1.124δείπνου πασσάμενος μυθήσεαι ὅττεό σε χρή. §1.125ὣς εἰπὼν ἡγεῖθʼ, ἡ δʼ ἕσπετο Παλλὰς Ἀθήνη.
Standing near, he took her right hand and received her bronze spear, and spoke, and addressed her with winged words: "Welcome, guest, you shall be well-treated with us; and then when you have tasted food, you shall tell of what you have need." So saying he led the way, and Pallas Athena followed him.
§1.126οἱ δʼ ὅτε δή ῥʼ ἔντοσθεν ἔσαν δόμου ὑψηλοῖο, §1.127ἔγχος μέν ῥʼ ἔστησε φέρων πρὸς κίονα μακρὴν §1.128δουροδόκης ἔντοσθεν ἐυξόου, ἔνθα περ ἄλλα §1.129ἔγχεʼ Ὀδυσσῆος ταλασίφρονος ἵστατο πολλά, §1.130αὐτὴν δʼ ἐς θρόνον εἷσεν ἄγων, ὑπὸ λῖτα πετάσσας, §1.131καλὸν δαιδάλεον· ὑπὸ δὲ θρῆνυς ποσὶν ἦεν.
And when they were within the lofty house, he took the spear and leaned it against a tall pillar, within the well-polished spear-stand, where also many other spears of steadfast Odysseus were standing, And he led her to a chair and seated her, spreading a linen cloth beneath, beautiful and daintily carved; and beneath was a footstool for her feet.
§1.132πὰρ δʼ αὐτὸς κλισμὸν θέτο ποικίλον, ἔκτοθεν ἄλλων §1.133μνηστήρων, μὴ ξεῖνος ἀνιηθεὶς ὀρυμαγδῷ §1.134δείπνῳ ἁδήσειεν, ὑπερφιάλοισι μετελθών, §1.135ἠδʼ ἵνα μιν περὶ πατρὸς ἀποιχομένοιο ἔροιτο.
And by her side he placed for himself an inlaid seat, apart from the others, even the suitors, lest the guest, annoyed by the din, should lose his appetite for the feast, coming among arrogant men, and also that he might ask her about his absent father.
§1.136χέρνιβα δʼ ἀμφίπολος προχόῳ ἐπέχευε φέρουσα §1.137καλῇ χρυσείῃ, ὑπὲρ ἀργυρέοιο λέβητος, §1.138νίψασθαι· παρὰ δὲ ξεστὴν ἐτάνυσσε τράπεζαν.
And a handmaid brought water in a fair golden pitcher, and poured it over a silver basin, for washing; and beside them she drew a polished table.
And the grave housekeeper brought and set before them bread, and added thereto many dainties, giving freely of her store.
§1.141δαιτρὸς δὲ κρειῶν πίνακας παρέθηκεν ἀείρας §1.142παντοίων, παρὰ δέ σφι τίθει χρύσεια κύπελλα· §1.143κῆρυξ δʼ αὐτοῖσιν θάμʼ ἐπῴχετο οἰνοχοεύων.
And a carver lifted and placed before them platters of meats of all kinds, and set by them golden cups; and a herald went to and fro continually, pouring them wine.
§1.144ἐς δʼ ἦλθον μνηστῆρες ἀγήνορες.
Then in came the lordly suitors.
οἱ μὲν ἔπειτα §1.145ἑξείης ἕζοντο κατὰ κλισμούς τε θρόνους τε, §1.146τοῖσι δὲ κήρυκες μὲν ὕδωρ ἐπὶ χεῖρας ἔχευαν, §1.147σῖτον δὲ δμῳαὶ παρενήνεον ἐν κανέοισιν, §1.148κοῦροι δὲ κρητῆρας ἐπεστέψαντο ποτοῖο.
And they sat down in order on the seats and chairs; and heralds poured water over their hands, and handmaids heaped bread in baskets, and youths filled the mixing-bowls brim-full of drink.
§1.149οἱ δʼ ἐπʼ ὀνείαθʼ ἑτοῖμα προκείμενα χεῖρας ἴαλλον.
And they stretched forth their hands to the good things set ready before them.
§1.150αὐτὰρ ἐπεὶ πόσιος καὶ ἐδητύος ἐξ ἔρον ἕντο §1.151μνηστῆρες, τοῖσιν μὲν ἐνὶ φρεσὶν ἄλλα μεμήλει, §1.152μολπή τʼ ὀρχηστύς τε· τὰ γάρ τʼ ἀναθήματα δαιτός·
But when they had put from them the desire of food and drink, the suitors, other things were in their minds, even song and dance, for these are the crown of a feast.