§11.358καὶ κε τὸ βουλοίμην, καί κεν πολὺ κέρδιον εἴη,
And I should indeed wish that, and it would be far better, to return to my dear fatherland with a fuller hand.
§11.359πλειοτέρῃ σὺν χειρὶ φίλην ἐς πατρίδʼ ἱκέσθαι· §11.360καί κʼ αἰδοιότερος καὶ φίλτερος ἀνδράσιν εἴην §11.361πᾶσιν, ὅσοι μʼ Ἰθάκηνδε ἰδοίατο νοστήσαντα.
And I should be more respected and loved by all men, as many as should see me having returned home to Ithaca.
§11.362τὸν δʼ αὖτʼ Ἀλκίνοος ἀπαμείβετο φώνησέν τε· §11.363ὦ Ὀδυσεῦ, τὸ μὲν οὔ τί σʼ ἐίσκομεν εἰσορόωντες, §11.364ἠπεροπῆά τʼ ἔμεν καὶ ἐπίκλοπον, οἷά τε πολλοὺς §11.365βόσκει γαῖα μέλαινα πολυσπερέας ἀνθρώπους, §11.366ψεύδεά τʼ ἀρτύνοντας ὅθεν κέ τις οὐδὲ ἴδοιτο·
And Alcinous in turn answered him and spoke: "O Odysseus, looking upon you, we do not at all deem you to be this, a deceiver and a cheat, such as many the dark earth breeds among widely scattered men, fashioning lies from which one could not even see anything.
§11.367σοὶ δʼ ἔπι μὲν μορφὴ ἐπέων, ἔνι δὲ φρένες ἐσθλαί.
But upon you is the grace of words, and within you is a noble mind.
§11.368μῦθον δʼ ὡς ὅτʼ ἀοιδὸς ἐπισταμένως κατέλεξας, §11.369πάντων τʼ Ἀργείων σέο τʼ αὐτοῦ κήδεα λυγρά.
And you have related your story skillfully, like a singer, even the grievous sorrows of all the Argives and of yourself.
§11.370ἀλλʼ ἄγε μοι τόδε εἰπὲ καὶ ἀτρεκέως κατάλεξον, §11.371εἴ τινας ἀντιθέων ἑτάρων ἴδες, οἵ τοι ἅμʼ αὐτῷ §11.372Ἴλιον εἰς ἅμʼ ἕποντο καὶ αὐτοῦ πότμον ἐπέσπον.
But come, tell me this and relate it precisely, if you saw any of your godlike companions, who together with you followed to Ilium and met their fate there.
§11.373νὺξ δʼ ἥδε μάλα μακρή, ἀθέσφατος· οὐδέ πω ὥρη §11.374εὕδειν ἐν μεγάρῳ, σὺ δέ μοι λέγε θέσκελα ἔργα.
And this night is very long, boundless; nor is it yet time to sleep in the hall; but do tell me of these wondrous deeds.
§11.375καί κεν ἐς ἠῶ δῖαν ἀνασχοίμην, ὅτε μοι σὺ §11.376τλαίης ἐν μεγάρῳ τὰ σὰ κήδεα μυθήσασθαι. §11.377τὸν δʼ ἀπαμειβόμενος προσέφη πολύμητις Ὀδυσσεύς· §11.378Ἀλκίνοε κρεῖον, πάντων ἀριδείκετε λαῶν,
And I could hold out even until the divine dawn, when you would bring yourself to tell me your sorrows in the hall." And answering him spoke resourceful Odysseus: "Lord Alcinous, most illustrious of all peoples, there is a time for many words, and there is a time also for sleep.
§11.379ὥρη μὲν πολέων μύθων, ὥρη δὲ καὶ ὕπνου· §11.380εἰ δʼ ἔτʼ ἀκουέμεναί γε λιλαίεαι, οὐκ ἂν ἐγώ γε §11.381τούτων σοι φθονέοιμι καὶ οἰκτρότερʼ ἄλλʼ ἀγορεύειν, §11.382κήδεʼ ἐμῶν ἑτάρων, οἳ δὴ μετόπισθεν ὄλοντο, §11.383οἳ Τρώων μὲν ὑπεξέφυγον στονόεσσαν ἀυτήν, §11.384ἐν νόστῳ δʼ ἀπόλοντο κακῆς ἰότητι γυναικός.
But if you still desire to listen, I indeed should not grudge to tell you of other things even more pitiful than these, the sorrows of my companions, who perished afterwards, who escaped indeed the mournful battle-cry of the Trojans, but perished in their return by the will of an evil woman.
§11.385αὐτὰρ ἐπεὶ ψυχὰς μὲν ἀπεσκέδασʼ ἄλλυδις ἄλλῃ §11.386ἁγνὴ Περσεφόνεια γυναικῶν θηλυτεράων, §11.387ἦλθε δʼ ἐπὶ ψυχὴ Ἀγαμέμνονος Ἀτρεΐδαο §11.388ἀχνυμένη· περὶ δʼ ἄλλαι ἀγηγέραθʼ, ὅσσοι ἅμʼ αὐτῷ §11.389οἴκῳ ἐν Αἰγίσθοιο θάνον καὶ πότμον ἐπέσπον.
But when holy Persephoneia had scattered this way and that the spirits of the women, there came up the spirit of Agamemnon, son of Atreus, sorrowing; and around him others were gathered, as many as together with him died in the house of Aegisthus and met their fate.
§11.390ἔγνω δʼ αἶψʼ ἔμʼ ἐκεῖνος, ἐπεὶ πίεν αἷμα κελαινόν· §11.391κλαῖε δʼ ὅ γε λιγέως, θαλερὸν κατὰ δάκρυον εἴβων, §11.392πιτνὰς εἰς ἐμὲ χεῖρας, ὀρέξασθαι μενεαίνων·
And he knew me straightway, when he had drunk the dark blood; and he wept aloud, shedding copious tears, stretching out his hands towards me, eager to reach me.
§11.393ἀλλʼ οὐ γάρ οἱ ἔτʼ ἦν ἲς ἔμπεδος οὐδέ τι κῖκυς, §11.394οἵη περ πάρος ἔσκεν ἐνὶ γναμπτοῖσι μέλεσσι.
But indeed there was no longer any steadfast strength in him, nor any vigor, such as was formerly in his supple limbs.
§11.395τὸν μὲν ἐγὼ δάκρυσα ἰδὼν ἐλέησά τε θυμῷ, §11.396καί μιν φωνήσας ἔπεα πτερόεντα προσηύδων· §11.397Ἀτρεΐδη κύδιστε, ἄναξ ἀνδρῶν Ἀγάμεμνον, §11.398τίς νύ σε κὴρ ἐδάμασσε τανηλεγέος θανάτοιο;
I wept when I saw him, and pitied him in my heart, and speaking I addressed him with winged words: 'Most glorious son of Atreus, Agamemnon, king of men, what doom of grievous death subdued you?
Did Poseidon subdue you in your ships, raising a terrible blast of cruel winds?
§11.401ἦέ σʼ ἀνάρσιοι ἄνδρες ἐδηλήσαντʼ ἐπὶ χέρσου §11.402βοῦς περιταμνόμενον ἠδʼ οἰῶν πώεα καλά, §11.403ἠὲ περὶ πτόλιος μαχεούμενον ἠδὲ γυναικῶν; §11.404ὣς ἐφάμην, ὁ δέ μʼ αὐτίκʼ ἀμειβόμενος προσέειπε· §11.405διογενὲς Λαερτιάδη, πολυμήχανʼ Ὀδυσσεῦ, §11.406οὔτʼ ἐμέ γʼ ἐν νήεσσι Ποσειδάων ἐδάμασσεν §11.407ὄρσας ἀργαλέων ἀνέμων ἀμέγαρτον ἀυτμήν, §11.408οὔτε μʼ ἀνάρσιοι ἄνδρες ἐδηλήσαντʼ ἐπὶ χέρσου, §11.409ἀλλά μοι Αἴγισθος τεύξας θάνατόν τε μόρον τε §11.410ἔκτα σὺν οὐλομένῃ ἀλόχῳ, οἶκόνδε καλέσσας, §11.411δειπνίσσας, ὥς τίς τε κατέκτανε βοῦν ἐπὶ φάτνῃ.
Or did hostile men harm you on the mainland, while you were cutting off their cattle and fair flocks of sheep, or while they were fighting for their city and their women?' So I spoke, and he straightway answering addressed me: 'Son of Laertes, sprung from Zeus, resourceful Odysseus, neither did Poseidon subdue me in my ships, raising a terrible blast of cruel winds, nor did hostile men harm me on the mainland, but Aegisthus, having fashioned death and doom for me, slew me with my destructive wife, having called me to his house and feasted me, as one slays an ox at the manger.
§11.412ὣς θάνον οἰκτίστῳ θανάτῳ· περὶ δʼ ἄλλοι ἑταῖροι §11.413νωλεμέως κτείνοντο σύες ὣς ἀργιόδοντες, §11.414οἵ ῥά τʼ ἐν ἀφνειοῦ ἀνδρὸς μέγα δυναμένοιο §11.415ἢ γάμῳ ἢ ἐράνῳ ἢ εἰλαπίνῃ τεθαλυίῃ.
Thus I died a most pitiful death; and around me my other companions were slain without ceasing, like white-tusked swine which are slaughtered in the house of a rich man of great power, either at a wedding, or a joint feast, or a rich banquet.
§11.416ἤδη μὲν πολέων φόνῳ ἀνδρῶν ἀντεβόλησας, §11.417μουνὰξ κτεινομένων καὶ ἐνὶ κρατερῇ ὑσμίνῃ· §11.418ἀλλά κε κεῖνα μάλιστα ἰδὼν ὀλοφύραο θυμῷ, §11.419ὡς ἀμφὶ κρητῆρα τραπέζας τε πληθούσας §11.420κείμεθʼ ἐνὶ μεγάρῳ, δάπεδον δʼ ἅπαν αἵματι θῦεν.
Already you have met with the slaughter of many men, slain in single combat or in the strong battle; but you would have lamented most of all in your heart had you seen those things, how we lay in the hall around the mixing-bowl and the laden tables, and the whole floor swam with blood.
§11.421οἰκτροτάτην δʼ ἤκουσα ὄπα Πριάμοιο θυγατρός, §11.422Κασσάνδρης, τὴν κτεῖνε Κλυταιμνήστρη δολόμητις §11.423ἀμφʼ ἐμοί, αὐτὰρ ἐγὼ ποτὶ γαίῃ χεῖρας ἀείρων §11.424βάλλον ἀποθνήσκων περὶ φασγάνῳ· ἡ δὲ κυνῶπις §11.425νοσφίσατʼ, οὐδέ μοι ἔτλη ἰόντι περ εἰς Ἀίδαο §11.426χερσὶ κατʼ ὀφθαλμοὺς ἑλέειν σύν τε στόμʼ ἐρεῖσαι.
And I heard the most pitiful voice of the daughter of Priam, Cassandra, whom guileful Clytemnestra slew beside me; but I, raising my hands as I lay on the ground, cast them around my sword as I died; but the dog-faced woman turned away, nor did she dare, though I was going to the house of Hades, to close my eyes with her hands and shut my mouth.
§11.427ὣς οὐκ αἰνότερον καὶ κύντερον ἄλλο γυναικός,
Thus there is nothing more dreadful and shameless than a woman,