§14.336ἔνθʼ ὅ γέ μʼ ἠνώγει πέμψαι βασιλῆϊ Ἀκάστῳ §14.337ἐνδυκέως· τοῖσιν δὲ κακὴ φρεσὶν ἥνδανε βουλὴ §14.338ἀμφʼ ἐμοί, ὄφρʼ ἔτι πάγχυ δύης ἐπὶ πῆμα γενοίμην.
There he ordered them to convey me to king Acastus carefully; but to them an evil counsel in their hearts was pleasing concerning me, so that I might yet come to the very pain of misery.
§14.339ἀλλʼ ὅτε γαίης πολλὸν ἀπέπλω ποντοπόρος νηῦς, §14.340αὐτίκα δούλιον ἦμαρ ἐμοὶ περιμηχανόωντο.
But when the seafaring ship had sailed far away from the land, straightway they began to devise for me the day of slavery.
§14.341ἐκ μέν με χλαῖνάν τε χιτῶνά τε εἵματʼ ἔδυσαν, §14.342ἀμφὶ δέ μοι ῥάκος ἄλλο κακὸν βάλον ἠδὲ χιτῶνα, §14.343ῥωγαλέα, τὰ καὶ αὐτὸς ἐν ὀφθαλμοῖσιν ὅρηαι·
They stripped me of my cloak and tunic for garments, and cast about me another wretched rag and a tunic, tattered, which you yourself also see before your eyes.
§14.344ἑσπέριοι δʼ Ἰθάκης εὐδειέλου ἔργʼ ἀφίκοντο.
At evening they arrived at the tilled fields of sunny Ithaca.
§14.345ἔνθʼ ἐμὲ μὲν κατέδησαν ἐϋσσέλμῳ ἐνὶ νηῒ §14.346ὅπλῳ ἐϋστρεφέϊ στερεῶς, αὐτοὶ δʼ ἀποβάντες §14.347ἐσσυμένως παρὰ θῖνα θαλάσσης δόρπον ἕλοντο.
There they bound me tightly in the well-benched ship with a well-twisted rope, and they themselves disembarked hastily and took their supper along the shore of the sea.
§14.348αὐτὰρ ἐμοὶ δεσμὸν μὲν ἀνέγναμψαν θεοὶ αὐτοὶ §14.349ῥηϊδίως· κεφαλῇ δὲ κατὰ ῥάκος ἀμφικαλύψας, §14.350ξεστὸν ἐφόλκαιον καταβὰς ἐπέλασσα θαλάσσῃ §14.351στῆθος, ἔπειτα δὲ χερσὶ διήρεσσʼ ἀμφοτέρῃσι §14.352νηχόμενος, μάλα δʼ ὦκα θύρηθʼ ἔα ἀμφὶς ἐκείνων.
But as for me, the gods themselves untied my bonds easily; and wrapping a rag about my head, sliding down the polished steering-oar, I brought my chest close to the sea, and then with both my hands I rowed, swimming, and very quickly I was away from them and out of their reach.
There, having gone ashore where there was a thicket of flowering wood, I lay crouching.
οἱ δὲ μεγάλα στενάχοντες §14.355φοίτων· ἀλλʼ οὐ γάρ σφιν ἐφαίνετο κέρδιον εἶναι §14.356μαίεσθαι προτέρω, τοὶ μὲν πάλιν αὖτις ἔβαινον §14.357νηὸς ἔπι γλαφυρῆς·
But they, groaning greatly, went roaming about; but since it did not seem to them more profitable to search further, they went back again onboard their hollow ship.
ἐμὲ δʼ ἔκρυψαν θεοὶ αὐτοὶ §14.358ῥηϊδίως, καί με σταθμῷ ἐπέλασσαν ἄγοντες §14.359ἀνδρὸς ἐπισταμένου· ἔτι γάρ νύ μοι αἶσα βιῶναι.
And me the gods themselves hid easily, and guided me to the dwelling of a wise man; for still it was my fate to live.
§14.360τὸν δʼ ἀπαμειβόμενος προσέφης, Εὔμαιε συβῶτα· §14.361ἆ δειλὲ ξείνων, ἦ μοι μάλα θυμὸν ὄρινας §14.362ταῦτα ἕκαστα λέγων, ὅσα δὴ πάθες ἠδʼ ὅσʼ ἀλήθης.
To him in answer you spoke, Eumaeus, swineherd: Eumaeus: "Ah, wretched stranger, truly you have deeply stirred my heart, telling each of these things, how much you suffered and how much you wandered.
But these things, I think, are not in order, nor will you persuade me speaking about Odysseus.
τί σε χρὴ τοῖον ἐόντα §14.365μαψιδίως ψεύδεσθαι;
Why should you, being such as you are, lie to no purpose?
ἐγὼ δʼ εὖ οἶδα καὶ αὐτὸς §14.366νόστον ἐμοῖο ἄνακτος, ὅ τʼ ἤχθετο πᾶσι θεοῖσι §14.367πάγχυ μάλʼ, ὅττι μιν οὔ τι μετὰ Τρώεσσι δάμασσαν §14.368ἠὲ φίλων ἐν χερσίν, ἐπεὶ πόλεμον τολύπευσε.
I myself know well the return of my master, that he was utterly hated by all the gods, because they did not destroy him among the Trojans, or in the hands of his friends, after he had wound up the war.
In that case all the Achaeans would have made a tomb for him, and for his son also he would have won great glory hereafter.
§14.371νῦν δέ μιν ἀκλειῶς ἅρπυιαι ἀνηρείψαντο.
But now the storm-winds have snatched him away ingloriously.
§14.372αὐτὰρ ἐγὼ παρʼ ὕεσσιν ἀπότροπος· οὐδὲ πόλινδε §14.373ἔρχομαι, εἰ μή πού τι περίφρων Πηνελόπεια §14.374ἐλθέμεν ὀτρύνῃσιν, ὅτʼ ἀγγελίη ποθὲν ἔλθῃ.
But I live apart with the swine; and to the city I do not go, unless perchance wise Penelope urges me to come, when some news comes from somewhere.
§14.375ἀλλʼ οἱ μὲν τὰ ἕκαστα παρήμενοι ἐξερέουσιν, §14.376ἠμὲν οἳ ἄχνυνται δὴν οἰχομένοιο ἄνακτος, §14.377ἠδʼ οἳ χαίρουσιν βίοτον νήποινον ἔδοντες·
But they sit by and question everything, both those who grieve for our long-absent master and those who rejoice, eating up his livelihood without payment.
§14.378ἀλλʼ ἐμοὶ οὐ φίλον ἐστὶ μεταλλῆσαι καὶ ἐρέσθαι, §14.379ἐξ οὗ δή μʼ Αἰτωλὸς ἀνὴρ ἐξήπαφε μύθῳ, §14.380ὅς ῥʼ ἄνδρα κτείνας, πολλὴν ἐπὶ γαῖαν ἀληθείς, §14.381ἦλθεν ἐμὰ πρὸς δώματʼ· ἐγὼ δέ μιν ἀμφαγάπαζον.
But to me it is not pleasing to search and inquire, since the time when an Aetolian man deceived me with his story, who having slain a man, after wandering over much land, came to my house, and I welcomed him warmly.
§14.382φῆ δέ μιν ἐν Κρήτεσσι παρʼ Ἰδομενῆϊ ἰδέσθαι §14.383νῆας ἀκειόμενον, τάς οἱ ξυνέαξαν ἄελλαι· §14.384καὶ φάτʼ ἐλεύσεσθαι ἢ ἐς θέρος ἢ ἐς ὀπώρην, §14.385πολλὰ χρήματʼ ἄγοντα, σὺν ἀντιθέοις ἑτάροισι.
He said he had seen him among the Cretans at the house of Idomeneus, repairing his ships, which the tempests had shattered; and he said that he would return either in summer or in autumn, bringing many possessions, with his godlike companions.
§14.386καὶ σύ, γέρον πολυπενθές, ἐπεί σέ μοι ἤγαγε δαίμων, §14.387μήτε τί μοι ψεύδεσσι χαρίζεο μήτε τι θέλγε· §14.388οὐ γὰρ τοὔνεκʼ ἐγώ σʼ αἰδέσσομαι οὐδὲ φιλήσω, §14.389ἀλλὰ Δία ξένιον δείσας αὐτόν τʼ ἐλεαίρων. §14.390τὸν δʼ ἀπαμειβόμενος προσέφη πολύμητις Ὀδυσσεύς §14.391ἦ μάλα τίς τοι θυμὸς ἐνὶ στήθεσσιν ἄπιστος, §14.392οἷόν σʼ οὐδʼ ὀμόσας περ ἐπήγαγον οὐδέ σε πείθω.
And you, old man of many sorrows, since a divinity has brought you to me, neither please me with lies nor soothe me at all; for not for that reason will I respect or welcome you, but from fear of Zeus the god of strangers, and from pitying you yourself." In answer to him spoke resourceful Odysseus: Odysseus: "Truly a very unbelieving heart is in your breast, since not even by swearing an oath did I bring you over, nor do I convince you.
§14.393ἀλλʼ ἄγε νῦν ῥήτρην ποιησόμεθʼ· αὐτὰρ ὄπισθε §14.394μάρτυροι ἀμφοτέροισι θεοί, τοὶ Ὄλυμπον ἔχουσιν.
But come now, let us make a covenant; and hereafter let the gods who hold Olympus be witnesses for both of us.
§14.395εἰ μέν κεν νοστήσῃ ἄναξ τεὸς ἐς τόδε δῶμα, §14.396ἕσσας με χλαῖνάν τε χιτῶνά τε εἵματα πέμψαι §14.397Δουλίχιόνδʼ ἰέναι, ὅθι μοι φίλον ἔπλετο θυμῷ· §14.398εἰ δέ κε μὴ ἔλθῃσιν ἄναξ τεὸς ὡς ἀγορεύω, §14.399δμῶας ἐπισσεύας βαλέειν μεγάλης κατὰ πέτρης, §14.400ὄφρα καὶ ἄλλος πτωχὸς ἀλεύεται ἠπεροπεύειν. §14.401τὸν δʼ ἀπαμειβόμενος προσεφώνεε δῖος ὑφορβός·
If indeed your master returns to this house, clothe me in a cloak and a tunic for garments and send me to go to Dulichium, where it is pleasing to my heart; but if your master does not come as I say, set your servants upon me and cast me down from a great cliff, so that another beggar also may avoid practicing deceit." In answer to him spoke the noble swineherd: