§14.269φύζαν ἐμοῖς ἑτάροισι κακὴν βάλεν, οὐδέ τις ἔτλη §14.270μεῖναι ἐναντίβιον· περὶ γὰρ κακὰ πάντοθεν ἔστη.
Zeus cast evil panic upon my companions, and no one dared to stand and face them; for evils stood around us on all sides.
§14.271ἔνθʼ ἡμέων πολλοὺς μὲν ἀπέκτανον ὀξέϊ χαλκῷ, §14.272τοὺς δʼ ἄναγον ζωούς, σφίσιν ἐργάζεσθαι ἀνάγκῃ.
Then many of us they slew with the sharp bronze, and others they led away alive, to work for them of necessity.
§14.273αὐτὰρ ἐμοὶ Ζεὺς αὐτὸς ἐνὶ φρεσὶν ὧδε νόημα §14.274ποίησʼ—ὡς ὄφελον θανέειν καὶ πότμον ἐπισπεῖν §14.275αὐτοῦ ἐν Αἰγύπτῳ· ἔτι γάρ νύ με πῆμʼ ὑπέδεκτο— §14.276αὐτίκʼ ἀπὸ κρατὸς κυνέην εὔτυκτον ἔθηκα §14.277καὶ σάκος ὤμοιϊν, δόρυ δʼ ἔκβαλον ἔκτοσε χειρός·
But in my heart Zeus himself put this thought— —would that I had died and met my fate there in Egypt; for still even now trouble awaited me— straightway I put off my well-made helmet from my head and the shield from my shoulders, and cast the spear out of my hand.
§14.278αὐτὰρ ἐγὼ βασιλῆος ἐναντίον ἤλυθον ἵππων §14.279καὶ κύσα γούναθʼ ἑλών· ὁδʼ ἐρύσατο καί μʼ ἐλέησεν, §14.280ἐς δίφρον δέ μʼ ἕσας ἄγεν οἴκαδε δάκρυ χέοντα.
And I went to meet the horses of the king, and clasped and kissed his knees; and he saved me and pitied me, and setting me in his chariot, led me home as I shed tears.
§14.281ἦ μέν μοι μάλα πολλοὶ ἐπήϊσσον μελίῃσιν, §14.282ἱέμενοι κτεῖναι—δὴ γὰρ κεχολώατο λίην— §14.283ἀλλʼ ἀπὸ κεῖνος ἔρυκε, Διὸς δʼ ὠπίζετο μῆνιν §14.284ξεινίου, ὅς τε μάλιστα νεμεσσᾶται κακὰ ἔργα.
Indeed very many rushed at me with their ashen spears, eager to slay me—for they were exceedingly angry— but he kept them off, and respected the wrath of Zeus the god of strangers, who most of all is wroth at evil deeds.
§14.285ἔνθα μὲν ἑπτάετες μένον αὐτόθι, πολλὰ δʼ ἄγειρα §14.286χρήματʼ ἀνʼ Αἰγυπτίους ἄνδρας· δίδοσαν γὰρ ἅπαντες.
There for seven years I remained, and gathered many possessions among the Egyptian men; for all gave to me.
§14.287ἀλλʼ ὅτε δὴ ὄγδοόν μοι ἐπιπλόμενον ἔτος ἦλθεν, §14.288δὴ τότε Φοῖνιξ ἦλθεν ἀνὴρ ἀπατήλια εἰδώς, §14.289τρώκτης, ὃς δὴ πολλὰ κάκʼ ἀνθρώποισιν ἐώργει·
But when indeed the eighth circling year came, then indeed there came a Phoenician man, skilled in deceits, a greedy knave, who had already wrought many evils for men.
§14.290ὅς μʼ ἄγε παρπεπιθὼν ᾗσι φρεσίν, ὄφρʼ ἱκόμεσθα §14.291Φοινίκην, ὅθι τοῦ γε δόμοι καὶ κτήματʼ ἔκειτο.
He led me away, having persuaded me by his cunning, until we came to Phoenicia, where his house and possessions lay.
§14.292ἔνθα παρʼ αὐτῷ μεῖνα τελεσφόρον εἰς ἐνιαυτόν.
There I remained with him for a full year.
§14.293ἀλλʼ ὅτε δὴ μῆνές τε καὶ ἡμέραι ἐξετελεῦντο §14.294ἄψ περιτελλομένου ἔτεος καὶ ἐπήλυθον ὧραι, §14.295ἐς Λιβύην μʼ ἐπὶ νηὸς ἐέσσατο ποντοπόροιο §14.296ψεύδεα βουλεύσας, ἵνα οἱ σὺν φόρτον ἄγοιμι, §14.297κεῖθι δέ μʼ ὡς περάσειε καὶ ἄσπετον ὦνον ἕλοιτο.
But when indeed the months and days were fulfilled, as the year rolled round again, and the seasons came on, he set me on a seafaring ship to go to Libya, having devised lies, pretending that I should convey a cargo with him, but in truth that he might sell me there and get a vast price.
§14.298τῷ ἑπόμην ἐπὶ νηός, ὀϊόμενός περ, ἀνάγκῃ.
I followed him on the ship, though suspecting him, of necessity.
And the ship ran with a fresh and fair North wind, over the midst of the sea beyond Crete; but Zeus was devising destruction for them.
§14.301ἀλλʼ ὅτε δὴ Κρήτην μὲν ἐλείπομεν, οὐδέ τις ἄλλη §14.302φαίνετο γαιάων, ἀλλʼ οὐρανὸς ἠδὲ θάλασσα, §14.303δὴ τότε κυανέην νεφέλην ἔστησε Κρονίων §14.304νηὸς ὕπερ γλαφυρῆς, ἤχλυσε δὲ πόντος ὑπʼ αὐτῆς.
But when indeed we were leaving Crete, and no other land appeared, but only sky and sea, then indeed the son of Cronos set a dark cloud above the hollow ship, and the deep grew dark beneath it.
§14.305Ζεὺς δʼ ἄμυδις βρόντησε καὶ ἔμβαλε νηῒ κεραυνόν· §14.306ἡ δʼ ἐλελίχθη πᾶσα Διὸς πληγεῖσα κεραυνῷ, §14.307ἐν δὲ θεείου πλῆτο· πέσον δʼ ἐκ νηὸς ἅπαντες.
And Zeus thundered aloud and cast his bolt upon the ship; and it was shattered all through, struck by the thunderbolt of Zeus, and was filled with sulphur; and they all fell from the ship.
§14.308οἱ δὲ κορώνῃσιν ἴκελοι περὶ νῆα μέλαιναν §14.309κύμασιν ἐμφορέοντο· θεὸς δʼ ἀποαίνυτο νόστον.
And they, like sea-crows, about the black ship were borne on the waves; and the god took away their return.
§14.310αὐτὰρ ἐμοὶ Ζεὺς αὐτός, ἔχοντί περ ἄλγεα θυμῷ, §14.311ἱστὸν ἀμαιμάκετον νηὸς κυανοπρῴροιο §14.312ἐν χείρεσσιν ἔθηκεν, ὅπως ἔτι πῆμα φύγοιμι.
But to me myself, though I had grief in my heart, Zeus the vast mast of the dark-prowed ship put into my hands, so that I might yet escape destruction.
§14.313τῷ ῥα περιπλεχθεὶς φερόμην ὀλοοῖς ἀνέμοισιν.
Clinging to this, I was borne along by the deadly winds.
§14.314ἐννῆμαρ φερόμην, δεκάτῃ δέ με νυκτὶ μελαίνῃ §14.315γαίῃ Θεσπρωτῶν πέλασεν μέγα κῦμα κυλίνδον.
Nine days I was borne, and on the tenth black night a great rolling wave brought me near to the land of the Thesprotians.
§14.316ἔνθα με Θεσπρωτῶν βασιλεὺς ἐκομίσσατο Φείδων §14.317ἥρως ἀπριάτην· τοῦ γὰρ φίλος υἱὸς ἐπελθὼν §14.318αἴθρῳ καὶ καμάτῳ δεδμημένον ἦγεν ἐς οἶκον, §14.319χειρὸς ἀναστήσας, ὄφρʼ ἵκετο δώματα πατρός· §14.320ἀμφὶ δέ με χλαῖνάν τε χιτῶνά τε εἵματα ἕσσεν.
There the king of the Thesprotians, Pheidon, welcomed me heroically, without price; for his dear son coming upon me, conquered by cold and weariness, led me to his home, raising me up by the hand, until he came to the house of his father; and he clothed me in a cloak and a tunic for garments.
§14.321ἔνθʼ Ὀδυσῆος ἐγὼ πυθόμην· κεῖνος γὰρ ἔφασκε §14.322ξεινίσαι ἠδὲ φιλῆσαι ἰόντʼ ἐς πατρίδα γαῖαν, §14.323καί μοι κτήματʼ ἔδειξεν ὅσα ξυναγείρατʼ Ὀδυσσεύς, §14.324χαλκόν τε χρυσόν τε πολύκμητόν τε σίδηρον.
There I heard of Odysseus; for he said that he had entertained him and welcomed him as a guest on his way to his dear fatherland, and he showed me all the treasures that Odysseus had gathered, bronze and gold and well-wrought iron.
§14.325καί νύ ἐς δεκάτην γενεὴν ἕτερόν γʼ ἔτι βόσκοι· §14.326τόσσα οἱ ἐν μεγάροις κειμήλια κεῖτο ἄνακτος.
And truly it would feed another even to the tenth generation; so many treasures of the lord lay stored in the halls.
§14.327τὸν δʼ ἐς Δωδώνην φάτο βήμεναι, ὄφρα θεοῖο §14.328ἐκ δρυὸς ὑψικόμοιο Διὸς βουλὴν ἐπακούσαι, §14.329ὅππως νοστήσειʼ Ἰθάκης ἐς πίονα δῆμον §14.330ἤδη δὴν ἀπεών, ἢ ἀμφαδὸν ἦε κρυφηδόν.
But he said that he had gone to Dodona, so that from the god's high-foliaged oak he might hear the counsel of Zeus, how he should return to the rich land of Ithaca, having already been long absent, whether openly or in secret.
§14.331ὤμοσε δὲ πρὸς ἔμʼ αὐτόν, ἀποσπένδων ἐνὶ οἴκῳ, §14.332νῆα κατειρύσθαι καὶ ἐπαρτέας ἔμμεν ἑταίρους, §14.333οἳ δή μιν πέμψουσι φίλην ἐς πατρίδα γαῖαν.
And he swore to me myself, as he poured libations in his house, that a ship was launched and companions were ready, who would convey him to his dear fatherland.