§12.390ἡ δʼ ἔφη Ἑρμείαο διακτόρου αὐτὴ ἀκοῦσαι.
And she said that she herself had heard it from Hermes the messenger.
§12.391αὐτὰρ ἐπεί ῥʼ ἐπὶ νῆα κατήλυθον ἠδὲ θάλασσαν, §12.392νείκεον ἄλλοθεν ἄλλον ἐπισταδόν, οὐδέ τι μῆχος §12.393εὑρέμεναι δυνάμεσθα, βόες δʼ ἀποτέθνασαν ἤδη.
But when I had come down to the ship and the sea, I rebuked them, standing by them, one after another, yet no remedy could we find, and the cattle were already dead.
§12.394τοῖσιν δʼ αὐτίκʼ ἔπειτα θεοὶ τέραα προύφαινον· §12.395εἷρπον μὲν ῥινοί, κρέα δʼ ἀμφʼ ὀβελοῖσι μεμύκει, §12.396ὀπταλέα τε καὶ ὠμά, βοῶν δʼ ὣς γίγνετο φωνή.
Straightway then the gods showed them portents: the hides began to creep, and the flesh bellowed upon the spits, both roast and raw, and there was a sound as of the voice of cattle.
§12.397ἑξῆμαρ μὲν ἔπειτα ἐμοὶ ἐρίηρες ἑταῖροι §12.398δαίνυντʼ Ἠελίοιο βοῶν ἐλάσαντες ἀρίστας· §12.399ἀλλʼ ὅτε δὴ ἕβδομον ἦμαρ ἐπὶ Ζεὺς θῆκε Κρονίων, §12.400καὶ τότʼ ἔπειτʼ ἄνεμος μὲν ἐπαύσατο λαίλαπι θύων, §12.401ἡμεῖς δʼ αἶψʼ ἀναβάντες ἐνήκαμεν εὐρέι πόντῳ, §12.402ἱστὸν στησάμενοι ἀνά θʼ ἱστία λεύκʼ ἐρύσαντες.
For six days then my trusty companions feasted, having driven off the best of the cattle of the Sun; but when Zeus, son of Cronos, brought the seventh day, then the wind ceased to rage with a tempest, and we straightway went on board and put out into the wide sea, having set up the mast and hoisted the white sails.
§12.403ἀλλʼ ὅτε δὴ τὴν νῆσον ἐλείπομεν, οὐδέ τις ἄλλη §12.404φαίνετο γαιάων, ἀλλʼ οὐρανὸς ἠδὲ θάλασσα, §12.405δὴ τότε κυανέην νεφέλην ἔστησε Κρονίων §12.406νηὸς ὕπερ γλαφυρῆς, ἤχλυσε δὲ πόντος ὑπʼ αὐτῆς.
But when we had left that island, and no other land appeared, but only sky and sea, then indeed the son of Cronos stayed a dark cloud above our hollow ship, and the sea grew dark beneath it.
§12.407ἡ δʼ ἔθει οὐ μάλα πολλὸν ἐπὶ χρόνον· αἶψα γὰρ ἦλθε §12.408κεκληγὼς Ζέφυρος μεγάλῃ σὺν λαίλαπι θύων, §12.409ἱστοῦ δὲ προτόνους ἔρρηξʼ ἀνέμοιο θύελλα §12.410ἀμφοτέρους· ἱστὸς δʼ ὀπίσω πέσεν, ὅπλα τε πάντα §12.411εἰς ἄντλον κατέχυνθʼ.
She ran on for no very long time; for straightway came the shrieking West Wind, blowing with a mighty tempest, and the gale of wind broke both the forestays of the mast, and the mast fell backward, and all the gear was scattered in the bilge.
ὁ δʼ ἄρα πρυμνῇ ἐνὶ νηὶ §12.412πλῆξε κυβερνήτεω κεφαλήν, σὺν δʼ ὀστέʼ ἄραξε §12.413πάντʼ ἄμυδις κεφαλῆς· ὁ δʼ ἄρʼ ἀρνευτῆρι ἐοικὼς §12.414κάππεσʼ ἀπʼ ἰκριόφιν, λίπε δʼ ὀστέα θυμὸς ἀγήνωρ.
And the mast struck the head of the helmsman in the ship's stern, and crushed all the bones of his head at once; and like a diver he fell from the deck, and his proud spirit left his bones.
§12.415Ζεὺς δʼ ἄμυδις βρόντησε καὶ ἔμβαλε νηὶ κεραυνόν· §12.416ἡ δʼ ἐλελίχθη πᾶσα Διὸς πληγεῖσα κεραυνῷ, §12.417ἐν δὲ θεείου πλῆτο, πέσον δʼ ἐκ νηὸς ἑταῖροι.
And Zeus thundered at once and cast his bolt upon the ship; and she shuddered all over, struck by the bolt of Zeus, and was filled with sulfur, and my companions fell from the ship.
§12.418οἱ δὲ κορώνῃσιν ἴκελοι περὶ νῆα μέλαιναν §12.419κύμασιν ἐμφορέοντο, θεὸς δʼ ἀποαίνυτο νόστον.
They, like sea-crows, about the black ship were carried by the waves, and the god took away their return.
§12.420αὐτὰρ ἐγὼ διὰ νηὸς ἐφοίτων, ὄφρʼ ἀπὸ τοίχους §12.421λῦσε κλύδων τρόπιος, τὴν δὲ ψιλὴν φέρε κῦμα, §12.422ἐκ δέ οἱ ἱστὸν ἄραξε ποτὶ τρόπιν.
But I kept pacing through the ship until the surge washed the sides loose from the keel, and the wave bore her along dismantled, and snapped the mast off at the keel.
αὐτὰρ ἐπʼ αὐτῷ §12.423ἐπίτονος βέβλητο, βοὸς ῥινοῖο τετευχώς· §12.424τῷ ῥʼ ἄμφω συνέεργον, ὁμοῦ τρόπιν ἠδὲ καὶ ἱστόν, §12.425ἑζόμενος δʼ ἐπὶ τοῖς φερόμην ὀλοοῖς ἀνέμοισιν.
But upon the mast itself a backstay was cast, made of ox-hide; with this I bound both together, keel and mast, and sitting upon them was carried by the ruinous winds.
§12.426ἔνθʼ ἦ τοι Ζέφυρος μὲν ἐπαύσατο λαίλαπι θύων, §12.427ἦλθε δʼ ἐπὶ Νότος ὦκα, φέρων ἐμῷ ἄλγεα θυμῷ, §12.428ὄφρʼ ἔτι τὴν ὀλοὴν ἀναμετρήσαιμι Χάρυβδιν.
Then indeed the West Wind ceased to rage with a tempest, and quickly the South Wind came on, bringing grief to my soul, that I might measure back my way to ruinous Charybdis.
§12.429παννύχιος φερόμην, ἅμα δʼ ἠελίῳ ἀνιόντι §12.430ἦλθον ἐπὶ Σκύλλης σκόπελον δεινήν τε Χάρυβδιν.
All night long I was carried, and with the rising sun I came to the rock of Scylla and dread Charybdis.
§12.431ἡ μὲν ἀνερροίβδησε θαλάσσης ἁλμυρὸν ὕδωρ· §12.432αὐτὰρ ἐγὼ ποτὶ μακρὸν ἐρινεὸν ὑψόσʼ ἀερθείς, §12.433τῷ προσφὺς ἐχόμην ὡς νυκτερίς.
She was sucking down the salt water of the sea; but I, raised on high toward the tall wild fig tree, clung to it like a bat.
οὐδέ πῃ εἶχον §12.434οὔτε στηρίξαι ποσὶν ἔμπεδον οὔτʼ ἐπιβῆναι· §12.435ῥίζαι γὰρ ἑκὰς εἶχον, ἀπήωροι δʼ ἔσαν ὄζοι, §12.436μακροί τε μεγάλοι τε, κατεσκίαον δὲ Χάρυβδιν.
Nowhere could I either plant my feet firmly or climb up; for the roots were far below, and the branches were hanging high aloft, long and large, and they overshadowed Charybdis.
§12.437νωλεμέως δʼ ἐχόμην, ὄφρʼ ἐξεμέσειεν ὀπίσσω §12.438ἱστὸν καὶ τρόπιν αὖτις· ἐελδομένῳ δέ μοι ἦλθον §12.439ὄψʼ·
So I clung steadfastly, until she should vomit up the mast and keel again; and to my longing they came late.
ἦμος δʼ ἐπὶ δόρπον ἀνὴρ ἀγορῆθεν ἀνέστη §12.440κρίνων νείκεα πολλὰ δικαζομένων αἰζηῶν, §12.441τῆμος δὴ τά γε δοῦρα Χαρύβδιος ἐξεφαάνθη.
At the hour when a man rises from the assembly for his dinner, deciding the many quarrels of disputing youths, even then those timbers appeared from Charybdis.
§12.442ἧκα δʼ ἐγὼ καθύπερθε πόδας καὶ χεῖρε φέρεσθαι, §12.443μέσσῳ δʼ ἐνδούπησα παρὲξ περιμήκεα δοῦρα, §12.444ἑζόμενος δʼ ἐπὶ τοῖσι διήρεσα χερσὶν ἐμῇσι.
And I let go, hands and feet from above, to fall, and plashed down right in the middle, past the long timbers, and sitting upon them I rowed with my hands.
§12.445Σκύλλην δʼ οὐκέτʼ ἔασε πατὴρ ἀνδρῶν τε θεῶν τε §12.446εἰσιδέειν· οὐ γάρ κεν ὑπέκφυγον αἰπὺν ὄλεθρον.
But the father of gods and men did not allow Scylla to sight me again, else I should not have escaped sheer destruction.
§12.447ἔνθεν δʼ ἐννῆμαρ φερόμην, δεκάτῃ δέ με νυκτὶ §12.448νῆσον ἐς Ὠγυγίην πέλασαν θεοί, ἔνθα Καλυψὼ §12.449ναίει ἐυπλόκαμος, δεινὴ θεὸς αὐδήεσσα, §12.450ἥ μʼ ἐφίλει τʼ ἐκόμει τε.
Thence I was carried for nine days, and on the tenth night the gods brought me to the Ogygian isle, where Calypso of the fair tresses dwells, a dread goddess of human speech, who welcomed me and cared for me.
τί τοι τάδε μυθολογεύω;
But why should I tell you this tale?