§10.72ἔρρʼ ἐκ νήσου θᾶσσον, ἐλέγχιστε ζωόντων·
'Begone from the island quickly, most shameful of living men!
§10.73οὐ γάρ μοι θέμις ἐστὶ κομιζέμεν οὐδʼ ἀποπέμπειν §10.74ἄνδρα τόν, ὅς κε θεοῖσιν ἀπέχθηται μακάρεσσιν·
For it is not right for me to entertain or to send on his way a man who is hated by the blessed gods.
§10.75ἔρρε, ἐπεὶ ἄρα θεοῖσιν ἀπεχθόμενος τόδʼ ἱκάνεις. §10.76ὣς εἰπὼν ἀπέπεμπε δόμων βαρέα στενάχοντα.
Begone, since indeed you come here hated by the gods.' So saying, he sent me away from his halls, groaning heavily.
§10.77ἔνθεν δὲ προτέρω πλέομεν ἀκαχήμενοι ἦτορ.
Thence we sailed onward, grieving in our heart.
§10.78τείρετο δʼ ἀνδρῶν θυμὸς ὑπʼ εἰρεσίης ἀλεγεινῆς §10.79ἡμετέρῃ ματίῃ, ἐπεὶ οὐκέτι φαίνετο πομπή.
And the spirit of the men was worn out by the grievous rowing, through our own folly, since the escort was no longer in sight.
§10.80ἑξῆμαρ μὲν ὁμῶς πλέομεν νύκτας τε καὶ ἦμαρ, §10.81ἑβδομάτῃ δʼ ἱκόμεσθα Λάμου αἰπὺ πτολίεθρον, §10.82Τηλέπυλον Λαιστρυγονίην, ὅθι ποιμένα ποιμὴν §10.83ἠπύει εἰσελάων, ὁ δέ τʼ ἐξελάων ὑπακούει.
For six days we sailed alike, both night and day, and on the seventh day we came to the lofty stronghold of Lamus, Telepylus of the Laestrygonians, where herdsman hails herdsman as he drives in his flock, and the other driving forth answers him.
§10.84ἔνθα κʼ ἄυπνος ἀνὴρ δοιοὺς ἐξήρατο μισθούς, §10.85τὸν μὲν βουκολέων, τὸν δʼ ἄργυφα μῆλα νομεύων· §10.86ἐγγὺς γὰρ νυκτός τε καὶ ἤματός εἰσι κέλευθοι.
There an sleepless man might have earned double wages, the one by herding cattle, the other by pasturing white sheep; for the paths of night and day are close together.
§10.87ἔνθʼ ἐπεὶ ἐς λιμένα κλυτὸν ἤλθομεν, ὃν πέρι πέτρη §10.88ἠλίβατος τετύχηκε διαμπερὲς ἀμφοτέρωθεν, §10.89ἀκταὶ δὲ προβλῆτες ἐναντίαι ἀλλήλῃσιν §10.90ἐν στόματι προύχουσιν, ἀραιὴ δʼ εἴσοδός ἐστιν, §10.91ἔνθʼ οἵ γʼ εἴσω πάντες ἔχον νέας ἀμφιελίσσας.
There, when we came into the famous harbor, around which a sheer rock runs continuously on both sides, and projecting cliffs opposite to one another stretch out at the mouth, and the entrance is narrow; there they all steered their curved ships inside.
§10.92αἱ μὲν ἄρʼ ἔντοσθεν λιμένος κοίλοιο δέδεντο §10.93πλησίαι· οὐ μὲν γάρ ποτʼ ἀέξετο κῦμά γʼ ἐν αὐτῷ, §10.94οὔτε μέγʼ οὔτʼ ὀλίγον, λευκὴ δʼ ἦν ἀμφὶ γαλήνη·
These indeed were moored inside the hollow harbor, close to one another; for never did a wave swell within it, neither great nor small, but a bright calm was all around.
But I alone held my black ship outside, there at the very edge, binding the mooring-ropes to a rock.
§10.97ἔστην δὲ σκοπιὴν ἐς παιπαλόεσσαν ἀνελθών.
And I stood, having climbed up to a rugged lookout-point.
There appeared no works of oxen or of men, but we only saw smoke rising up from the land.
§10.100δὴ τότʼ ἐγὼν ἑτάρους προΐειν πεύθεσθαι ἰόντας, §10.101οἵ τινες ἀνέρες εἶεν ἐπὶ χθονὶ σῖτον ἔδοντες, §10.102ἄνδρε δύω κρίνας, τρίτατον κήρυχʼ ἅμʼ ὀπάσσας.
Then indeed I sent forth companions to go and find out what men they were that eat bread upon the land, choosing two men, and sending a herald with them as a third.
§10.103οἱ δʼ ἴσαν ἐκβάντες λείην ὁδόν, ᾗ περ ἄμαξαι §10.104ἄστυδʼ ἀφʼ ὑψηλῶν ὀρέων καταγίνεον ὕλην, §10.105κούρῃ δὲ ξύμβληντο πρὸ ἄστεος ὑδρευούσῃ, §10.106θυγατέρʼ ἰφθίμῃ Λαιστρυγόνος Ἀντιφάταο.
And they went, having disembarked, along a level road, by which wagons carried wood down to the city from the high mountains; and they met a girl before the city, drawing water, the noble daughter of the Laestrygonian Antiphates.
§10.107ἡ μὲν ἄρʼ ἐς κρήνην κατεβήσετο καλλιρέεθρον §10.108Ἀρτακίην· ἔνθεν γὰρ ὕδωρ προτὶ ἄστυ φέρεσκον· §10.109οἱ δὲ παριστάμενοι προσεφώνεον ἔκ τʼ ἐρέοντο §10.110ὅς τις τῶνδʼ εἴη βασιλεὺς καὶ οἷσιν ἀνάσσοι· §10.111ἡ δὲ μάλʼ αὐτίκα πατρὸς ἐπέφραδεν ὑψερεφὲς δῶ.
She had gone down to the fair-flowing spring Artacia, from which they were wont to carry water to the city; and they, standing near, spoke to her and asked who was the king of these people, and over whom he ruled; and she straightway showed them the high-roofed house of her father.
§10.112οἱ δʼ ἐπεὶ εἰσῆλθον κλυτὰ δώματα, τὴν δὲ γυναῖκα §10.113εὗρον, ὅσην τʼ ὄρεος κορυφήν, κατὰ δʼ ἔστυγον αὐτήν.
But when they entered the famous house, they found his wife, as huge as a mountain peak, and they loathed her.
§10.114ἡ δʼ αἶψʼ ἐξ ἀγορῆς ἐκάλει κλυτὸν Ἀντιφατῆα, §10.115ὃν πόσιν, ὃς δὴ τοῖσιν ἐμήσατο λυγρὸν ὄλεθρον.
And she straightway called from the assembly the famous Antiphates, her husband, who indeed devised for them a lamentable destruction.
Straightway he seized one of my companions and prepared his meal; but the other two sprang up in flight and came to the ships.
§10.118αὐτὰρ ὁ τεῦχε βοὴν διὰ ἄστεος· οἱ δʼ ἀίοντες §10.119φοίτων ἴφθιμοι Λαιστρυγόνες ἄλλοθεν ἄλλος, §10.120μυρίοι, οὐκ ἄνδρεσσιν ἐοικότες, ἀλλὰ Γίγασιν.
But he raised a cry through the city; and hearing it, the mighty Laestrygonians came thronging from every side, countless, not like men, but Giants.
§10.121οἵ ῥʼ ἀπὸ πετράων ἀνδραχθέσι χερμαδίοισιν §10.122βάλλον· ἄφαρ δὲ κακὸς κόναβος κατὰ νῆας ὀρώρει §10.123ἀνδρῶν τʼ ὀλλυμένων νηῶν θʼ ἅμα ἀγνυμενάων· §10.124ἰχθῦς δʼ ὣς πείροντες ἀτερπέα δαῖτα φέροντο.
And they threw from the rocks with stones as big as a man could carry; and straightway an evil din arose throughout the ships, of men perishing and ships being broken all at once; and spearing them like fish they carried them away for a loathsome feast.
§10.125ὄφρʼ οἱ τοὺς ὄλεκον λιμένος πολυβενθέος ἐντός, §10.126τόφρα δʼ ἐγὼ ξίφος ὀξὺ ἐρυσσάμενος παρὰ μηροῦ §10.127τῷ ἀπὸ πείσματʼ ἔκοψα νεὸς κυανοπρῴροιο.
While they were slaying them within the deep harbor, meanwhile I drew my sharp sword from beside my thigh and with it cut the mooring-ropes of my dark-prowed ship.
§10.128αἶψα δʼ ἐμοῖς ἑτάροισιν ἐποτρύνας ἐκέλευσα §10.129ἐμβαλέειν κώπῃς, ἵνʼ ὑπὲκ κακότητα φύγοιμεν· §10.130οἱ δʼ ἅλα πάντες ἀνέρριψαν, δείσαντες ὄλεθρον.
And quickly I urged my companions and ordered them to fall to their oars, that we might escape from our evil plight; and they all tossed up the sea, fearing destruction.
§10.131ἀσπασίως δʼ ἐς πόντον ἐπηρεφέας φύγε πέτρας §10.132νηῦς ἐμή· αὐτὰρ αἱ ἄλλαι ἀολλέες αὐτόθʼ ὄλοντο.
And gladly my ship escaped into the open sea from the overhanging rocks; but the other ships perished there all together.
§10.133ἔνθεν δὲ προτέρω πλέομεν ἀκαχήμενοι ἦτορ, §10.134ἄσμενοι ἐκ θανάτοιο, φίλους ὀλέσαντες ἑταίρους.
Thence we sailed onward, grieving in our heart, glad to have escaped from death, though we had lost our dear companions.
§10.135Αἰαίην δʼ ἐς νῆσον ἀφικόμεθʼ· ἔνθα δʼ ἔναιε §10.136Κίρκη ἐυπλόκαμος, δεινὴ θεὸς αὐδήεσσα, §10.137αὐτοκασιγνήτη ὀλοόφρονος Αἰήταο· §10.138ἄμφω δʼ ἐκγεγάτην φαεσιμβρότου Ἠελίοιο §10.139μητρός τʼ ἐκ Πέρσης, τὴν Ὠκεανὸς τέκε παῖδα.
And we came to the Aeaean island; and there dwelt fair-tressed Circe, a dread goddess of human speech, own sister of the dark-minded Aeetes; and both were sprung from Helius, who gives light to mortals, and from their mother Perse, whom Oceanus begot as his child.
§10.140ἔνθα δʼ ἐπʼ ἀκτῆς νηὶ κατηγαγόμεσθα σιωπῇ §10.141ναύλοχον ἐς λιμένα, καί τις θεὸς ἡγεμόνευεν.
There we brought our ship to land on the shore in silence, into a sheltering harbor, and some god was our guide.