§15.426κούρη δʼ εἴμʼ Ἀρύβαντος ἐγὼ ῥυδὸν ἀφνειοῖο·
'I boast to be the daughter of Arybas, rich in flowing wealth.
§15.427ἀλλά μʼ ἀνήρπαξαν Τάφιοι ληΐστορες ἄνδρες §15.428ἀγρόθεν ἐρχομένην, πέρασαν δέ τε δεῦρʼ ἀγαγόντες §15.429τοῦδʼ ἀνδρὸς πρὸς δώμαθʼ· ὁ δʼ ἄξιον ὦνον ἔδωκε. §15.430τὴν δʼ αὖτε προσέειπεν ἀνήρ, ὃς ἐμίσγετο λάθρη· §15.431ἦ ῥά κε νῦν πάλιν αὖτις ἅμʼ ἡμῖν οἴκαδʼ ἕποιο, §15.432ὄφρα ἴδῃ πατρὸς καὶ μητέρος ὑψερεφὲς δῶ §15.433αὐτούς τʼ;
But Taphians, men of plunder, snatched me away as I was coming from the field, and carried me hither and sold me to the house of this man; and he paid a worthy price.' Then the man who lay with her in secret spoke to her again: 'Would you then now go back home again with us, that you may see the high-roofed house of your father and mother, and themselves?
ἦ γὰρ ἔτʼ εἰσὶ καὶ ἀφνειοὶ καλέονται. §15.434τὸν δʼ αὖτε προσέειπε γυνὴ καὶ ἀμείβετο μύθῳ· §15.435εἴη κεν καὶ τοῦτʼ, εἴ μοι ἐθέλοιτέ γε, ναῦται, §15.436ὅρκῳ πιστωθῆναι ἀπήμονά μʼ οἴκαδʼ ἀπάξειν. §15.437ὣς ἔφαθʼ, οἱ δʼ ἄρα πάντες ἐπώμνυον ὡς ἐκέλευεν.
For indeed they are still alive and are called rich.' To him in turn the woman spoke and answered with words: 'This too might be, if you would be willing, sailors, to bind yourselves by an oath to bring me home unharmed.' So she spoke, and they all swore as she bade them.
§15.438αὐτὰρ ἐπεί ῥʼ ὄμοσάν τε τελεύτησάν τε τὸν ὅρκον, §15.439τοῖς δʼ αὖτις μετέειπε γυνὴ καὶ ἀμείβετο μύθῳ· §15.440σιγῇ νῦν, μή τίς με προσαυδάτω ἐπέεσσιν §15.441ὑμετέρων ἑτάρων, ξυμβλήμενος ἢ ἐν ἀγυιῇ, §15.442ἤ που ἐπὶ κρήνῃ· μή τις ποτὶ δῶμα γέροντι §15.443ἐλθὼν ἐξείπῃ, ὁ δʼ ὀϊσάμενος καταδήσῃ §15.444δεσμῷ ἐν ἀργαλέῳ, ὑμῖν δʼ ἐπιφράσσετʼ ὄλεθρον.
But when they had sworn and completed their oath, to them again the woman spoke and answered with words: 'Be silent now; let none of your companions address me with words, meeting me either in the street, or perhaps at the spring; lest some one should go and tell the old man in the house, and he, becoming suspicious, should bind me in hard bonds, and devise destruction for you.
§15.445ἀλλʼ ἔχετʼ ἐν φρεσὶ μῦθον, ἐπείγετε δʼ ὦνον ὁδαίων.
But keep the plan in your minds, and hasten the purchase of your homeward freight.
§15.446ἀλλʼ ὅτε κεν δὴ νηῦς πλείη βιότοιο γένηται, §15.447ἀγγελίη μοι ἔπειτα θοῶς ἐς δώμαθʼ ἱκέσθω· §15.448οἴσω γὰρ καὶ χρυσόν, ὅτις χʼ ὑποχείριος ἔλθῃ· §15.449καὶ δέ κεν ἄλλʼ ἐπίβαθρον ἐγὼν ἐθέλουσά γε δοίην.
But when indeed the ship is full of livelihood, then let a message come to me quickly at the house; for I will also bring whatever gold comes under my hand; and gladly would I give another passage-fee besides.
§15.450παῖδα γὰρ ἀνδρὸς ἑῆος ἐνὶ μεγάροις ἀτιτάλλω, §15.451κερδαλέον δὴ τοῖον, ἅμα τροχόωντα θύραζε· §15.452τόν κεν ἄγοιμʼ ἐπὶ νηός, ὁ δʼ ὑμῖν μυρίον ὦνον §15.453ἄλφοι, ὅπῃ περάσητε κατʼ ἀλλοθρόους ἀνθρώπους. §15.454ἡ μὲν ἄρʼ ὣς εἰποῦσʼ ἀπέβη πρὸς δώματα καλά,
For I nurse the child of that good man in the halls, so wily a child, who runs abroad with me; him would I bring on board, and he would fetch you a countless price, wherever you may sell him among men of strange speech.' She, having thus spoken, departed to the beautiful house.
But they remained there with us for a whole year, and bought and sold much livelihood in their hollow ship.
§15.457ἀλλʼ ὅτε δὴ κοίλη νηῦς ἤχθετο τοῖσι νέεσθαι, §15.458καὶ τότʼ ἄρʼ ἄγγελον ἧκαν, ὃς ἀγγείλειε γυναικί.
But when indeed the hollow ship was laden for their return, then indeed they sent a messenger to tell the woman.
§15.459ἤλυθʼ ἀνὴρ πολύϊδρις ἐμοῦ πρὸς δώματα πατρὸς §15.460χρύσεον ὅρμον ἔχων, μετὰ δʼ ἠλέκτροισιν ἔερτο.
There came a very wily man to the house of my father, bringing a golden necklace, and it was strung with amber.
§15.461τὸν μὲν ἄρʼ ἐν μεγάρῳ δμῳαὶ καὶ πότνια μήτηρ §15.462χερσίν τʼ ἀμφαφόωντο καὶ ὀφθαλμοῖσιν ὁρῶντο, §15.463ὦνον ὑπισχόμεναι· ὁ δὲ τῇ κατένευσε σιωπῇ.
In the hall the handmaids and my lady mother were handling it and gazing on it with their eyes, promising a price; but he nodded to her in silence.
Having nodded, he went back to the hollow ship, and she took me by the hand and led me forth from the house.
§15.466εὗρε δʼ ἐνὶ προδόμῳ ἠμὲν δέπα ἠδὲ τραπέζας §15.467ἀνδρῶν δαιτυμόνων, οἵ μευ πατέρʼ ἀμφεπένοντο.
In the porch she found the cups and tables of the men who had been feasting, who were attending upon my father.
§15.468οἱ μὲν ἄρʼ ἐς θῶκον πρόμολον, δήμοιό τε φῆμιν, §15.469ἡ δʼ αἶψα τρίʼ ἄλεισα κατακρύψασʼ ὑπὸ κόλπῳ §15.470ἔκφερεν· αὐτὰρ ἐγὼν ἑπόμην ἀεσιφροσύνῃσι.
They had gone forth to the seat of assembly and the talk of the people, but she quickly hid three goblets under her bosom and carried them out; and I followed in my childish innocence.
§15.471δύσετό τʼ ἠέλιος, σκιόωντό τε πᾶσαι ἀγυιαί· §15.472ἡμεῖς δʼ ἐς λιμένα κλυτὸν ἤλθομεν ὦκα κιόντες, §15.473ἔνθʼ ἄρα Φοινίκων ἀνδρῶν ἦν ὠκύαλος νηῦς.
And the sun set, and all the ways grew dark; and we came quickly to the famous harbor, where was the swift-sailing ship of the Phoenicians.
§15.474οἱ μὲν ἔπειτʼ ἀναβάντες ἐπέπλεον ὑγρὰ κέλευθα, §15.475νὼ ἀναβησάμενοι· ἐπὶ δὲ Ζεὺς οὖρον ἴαλλεν.
Then they went on board and sailed over the watery ways, having put us two on board; and Zeus sent a favorable wind.
§15.476ἑξῆμαρ μὲν ὁμῶς πλέομεν νύκτας τε καὶ ἦμαρ· §15.477ἀλλʼ ὅτε δὴ ἕβδομον ἦμαρ ἐπὶ Ζεὺς θῆκε Κρονίων, §15.478τὴν μὲν ἔπειτα γυναῖκα βάλʼ Ἄρτεμις ἰοχέαιρα, §15.479ἄντλῳ δʼ ἐνδούπησε πεσοῦσʼ ὡς εἰναλίη κήξ.
For six days we sailed alike by night and day; but when indeed the son of Cronos, Zeus, brought the seventh day, then Artemis, who delights in arrows, smote the woman, and she fell with a thud into the bilge like a sea-bird.
§15.480καὶ τὴν μὲν φώκῃσι καὶ ἰχθύσι κύρμα γενέσθαι §15.481ἔκβαλον· αὐτὰρ ἐγὼ λιπόμην ἀκαχήμενος ἦτορ· §15.482τοὺς δʼ Ἰθάκῃ ἐπέλασσε φέρων ἄνεμός τε καὶ ὕδωρ, §15.483ἔνθα με Λαέρτης πρίατο κτεάτεσσιν ἑοῖσιν.
And her they cast out to be a prey to seals and fish, but I was left behind, grieving in my heart; and the wind and the water brought them near to Ithaca, where Laertes bought me with his own wealth.
§15.484οὕτω τήνδε τε γαῖαν ἐγὼν ἴδον ὀφθαλμοῖσι. §15.485τὸν δʼ αὖ διογενὴς Ὀδυσεὺς ἠμείβετο μύθῳ· §15.486Εὔμαιʼ, ἦ μάλα δή μοι ἐνὶ φρεσὶ θυμὸν ὄρινας §15.487ταῦτα ἕκαστα λέγων, ὅσα δὴ πάθες ἄλγεα θυμῷ.
Thus it was that I saw this land with my eyes.' To him in turn Zeus-born Odysseus answered with words: 'Eumaeus, indeed you have deeply stirred the heart in my breast by telling each of these things, all the griefs you have suffered in your heart.
§15.488ἀλλʼ ἦ τοι σοὶ μὲν παρὰ καὶ κακῷ ἐσθλὸν ἔθηκε §15.489Ζεύς, ἐπεὶ ἀνδρὸς δώματʼ ἀφίκεο πολλὰ μογήσας §15.490ἠπίου, ὃς δή τοι παρέχει βρῶσίν τε πόσιν τε §15.491ἐνδυκέως, ζώεις δʼ ἀγαθὸν βίον· αὐτὰρ ἐγώ γε
Yet surely for you, Zeus has set good even alongside the evil, since you have come to the house of a gentle master, after suffering much, who indeed provides you food and drink kindly, and you live a good life; but as for me...'