§19.70τὴν δʼ ἄρʼ ὑπόδρα ἰδὼν προσέφη πολύμητις Ὀδυσσεύς· §19.71δαιμονίη, τί μοι ὧδʼ ἐπέχεις κεκοτηότι θυμῷ;
Then Odysseus of many wiles looked fiercely at her and said: "Strange woman, why do you thus set upon me with angry heart?
Is it because I am dirty, and wear mean clothing on my body, and beg through the land?
ἀναγκαίη γὰρ ἐπείγει.
For necessity constrains me.
§19.74τοιοῦτοι πτωχοὶ καὶ ἀλήμονες ἄνδρες ἔασι
Such is the lot of beggars and wandering men.
§19.75καὶ γὰρ ἐγώ ποτε οἶκον ἐν ἀνθρώποισιν ἔναιον §19.76ὄλβιος ἀφνειὸν καὶ πολλάκι δόσκον ἀλήτῃ, §19.77τοίῳ ὁποῖος ἔοι καὶ ὅτευ κεχρημένος ἔλθοι·
For I too once dwelt in a house among men, prosperous and rich, and often gave to a wanderer, whoever he might be and in whatever need he came.
And I had countless servants and many other things by which men live well and are called rich.
§19.80ἀλλὰ Ζεὺς ἀλάπαξε Κρονίων· ἤθελε γάρ που·
But Zeus, son of Cronos, destroyed it all; for so, I ween, it was his will.
§19.81τῷ νῦν μήποτε καὶ σύ, γύναι, ἀπὸ πᾶσαν ὀλέσσῃς §19.82ἀγλαΐην, τῇ νῦν γε μετὰ δμῳῇσι κέκασσαι· §19.83μή πώς τοι δέσποινα κοτεσσαμένη χαλεπήνῃ,
Therefore, woman, beware lest you too should lose all beauty, wherein you now excel among the handmaids; lest perchance your mistress, being angered, grow harsh with you, or Odysseus return; for there is still a share of hope.
§19.84ἢ Ὀδυσεὺς ἔλθῃ· ἔτι γὰρ καὶ ἐλπίδος αἶσα. §19.85εἰ δʼ ὁ μὲν ὣς ἀπόλωλε καὶ οὐκέτι νόστιμός ἐστιν, §19.86ἀλλʼ ἤδη παῖς τοῖος Ἀπόλλωνός γε ἕκητι, §19.87Τηλέμαχος· τὸν δʼ οὔ τις ἐνὶ μεγάροισι γυναικῶν §19.88λήθει ἀτασθάλλουσʼ, ἐπεὶ οὐκέτι τηλίκος ἐστίν. §19.89ὣς φάτο, τοῦ δʼ ἤκουσε περίφρων Πηνελόπεια, §19.90ἀμφίπολον δʼ ἐνένιπεν ἔπος τʼ ἔφατʼ ἔκ τʼ ὀνόμαζε· §19.91πάντως, θαρσαλέη, κύον ἀδεές, οὔ τί με λήθεις §19.92ἔρδουσα μέγα ἔργον, ὃ σῇ κεφαλῇ ἀναμάξεις·
But even if he has perished, as you think, and is no more to return, yet now by the favor of Apollo he has a son of such worth, Telemachus; and no one of the women in the palace who does wrong escapes his notice, for he is no longer of an age to be blind." So he spoke, and wise Penelope heard him, and she chid her handmaid, and spoke, and addressed her: "Surely, bold, shameless dog, you do not escape my notice doing this evil deed, which you shall wipe out with your own head.
§19.93πάντα γὰρ εὖ ᾔδησθʼ, ἐπεὶ ἐξ ἐμεῦ ἔκλυες αὐτῆς §19.94ὡς τὸν ξεῖνον ἔμελλον ἐνὶ μεγάροισιν ἐμοῖσιν §19.95ἀμφὶ πόσει εἴρεσθαι, ἐπεὶ πυκινῶς ἀκάχημαι. §19.96ἦ ῥα καὶ Εὐρυνόμην ταμίην πρὸς μῦθον ἔειπεν· §19.97Εὐρυνόμη, φέρε δὴ δίφρον καὶ κῶας ἐπʼ αὐτοῦ, §19.98ὄφρα καθεζόμενος εἴπῃ ἔπος ἠδʼ ἐπακούσῃ §19.99ὁ ξεῖνος ἐμέθεν· ἐθέλω δέ μιν ἐξερέεσθαι. §19.100ὣς ἔφαθʼ, ἡ δὲ μάλʼ ὀτραλέως κατέθηκε φέρουσα §19.101δίφρον ἐΰξεστον καὶ ἐπʼ αὐτῷ κῶας ἔβαλλεν·
For you knew it well, since you heard it from my own lips, how I was minded to ask the stranger in my halls concerning my husband, since I am sore distressed." She spoke, and addressed the housekeeper, Eurynome: "Eurynome, bring now a chair and a fleece upon it, so that the stranger may sit down and speak to me, and hear my words; for I wish to question him." So she spoke, and she very quickly brought and set a well-polished chair, and cast a fleece upon it.
§19.102ἔνθα καθέζετʼ ἔπειτα πολύτλας δῖος Ὀδυσσεύς.
There then sat down the much-enduring, noble Odysseus.
§19.103τοῖσι δὲ μύθων ἦρχε περίφρων Πηνελόπεια· §19.104ξεῖνε, τὸ μέν σε πρῶτον ἐγὼν εἰρήσομαι αὐτή· §19.105τίς πόθεν εἶς ἀνδρῶν;
And among them wise Penelope was the first to speak: "Stranger, this first I will myself ask you: Who are you, and from whence among men?
πόθι τοι πόλις ἠδὲ τοκῆες; §19.106τὴν δʼ ἀπαμειβόμενος προσέφη πολύμητις Ὀδυσσεύς· §19.107ὦ γύναι, οὐκ ἄν τίς σε βροτῶν ἐπʼ ἀπείρονα γαῖαν §19.108νεικέοι· ἦ γάρ σευ κλέος οὐρανὸν εὐρὺν ἱκάνει, §19.109ὥς τέ τευ ἢ βασιλῆος ἀμύμονος, ὅς τε θεουδὴς §19.110ἀνδράσιν ἐν πολλοῖσι καὶ ἰφθίμοισιν ἀνάσσων §19.111εὐδικίας ἀνέχῃσι, φέρῃσι δὲ γαῖα μέλαινα §19.112πυροὺς καὶ κριθάς, βρίθῃσι δὲ δένδρεα καρπῷ, §19.113τίκτῃ δʼ ἔμπεδα μῆλα, θάλασσα δὲ παρέχῃ ἰχθῦς §19.114ἐξ εὐηγεσίης, ἀρετῶσι δὲ λαοὶ ὑπʼ αὐτοῦ.
Where are your city and your parents?" Then Odysseus of many wiles answered her, saying: "Lady, no one among mortal men on the boundless earth could find fault with you; for your fame goes up to the wide heaven, even as that of some blameless king, who, god-fearing, ruling over many and mighty men, upholds justice, and the black earth bears wheat and barley, and the trees are heavy with fruit, and the sheep bring forth without fail, and the sea yields fish because of his good leadership, and the people prosper under him.
§19.115τῷ ἐμὲ νῦν τὰ μὲν ἄλλα μετάλλα σῷ ἐνὶ οἴκῳ, §19.116μηδʼ ἐμὸν ἐξερέεινε γένος καὶ πατρίδα γαῖαν, §19.117μή μοι μᾶλλον θυμὸν ἐνιπλήσῃς ὀδυνάων §19.118μνησαμένῳ μάλα δʼ εἰμὶ πολύστονος·
Therefore question me now of all else in your house, but do not ask of my lineage and my native land, lest you fill my heart yet more with pains as I remember; for I am a man of many sorrows.
οὐδέ τί με χρὴ §19.119οἴκῳ ἐν ἀλλοτρίῳ γοόωντά τε μυρόμενόν τε §19.120ἧσθαι, ἐπεὶ κάκιον πενθήμεναι ἄκριτον αἰεί·
Nor is it right for me to sit weeping and wailing in another's house, since it is an ill thing to mourn forever without ceasing.
§19.121μή τίς μοι δμῳῶν νεμεσήσεται, ἠὲ σύ γʼ αὐτή, §19.122φῇ δὲ δακρυπλώειν βεβαρηότα με φρένας οἴνῳ. §19.123τὸν δʼ ἠμείβετʼ ἔπειτα περίφρων Πηνελόπεια· §19.124ξεῖνʼ, ἦ τοι μὲν ἐμὴν ἀρετὴν εἶδός τε δέμας τε §19.125ὤλεσαν ἀθάνατοι, ὅτε Ἴλιον εἰσανέβαινον §19.126Ἀργεῖοι, μετὰ τοῖσι δʼ ἐμὸς πόσις ᾖεν Ὀδυσσεύς
Let no one of the handmaids be vexed with me, nor you yourself, and say that I float in tears because my mind is heavy with wine." Then wise Penelope answered him, saying: "Stranger, truly my excellence and my beauty and my form the immortals destroyed, when the Argives embarked for Ilium, and with them went my husband, Odysseus.
§19.127εἰ κεῖνός γʼ ἐλθὼν τὸν ἐμὸν βίον ἀμφιπολεύοι, §19.128μεῖζον κε κλέος εἴη ἐμὸν καὶ κάλλιον οὕτως.
If he might but come and tend this life of mine, greater and fairer would be my fame.
§19.129νῦν δʼ ἄχομαι· τόσα γάρ μοι ἐπέσσευεν κακὰ δαίμων.
But now I am in sorrow, so many evils has a god driven upon me.
§19.130ὅσσοι γὰρ νήσοισιν ἐπικρατέουσιν ἄριστοι, §19.131Δουλιχίῳ τε Σάμῃ τε καὶ ὑλήεντι Ζακύνθῳ, §19.132οἵ τʼ αὐτὴν Ἰθάκην εὐδείελον ἀμφινέμονται, §19.133οἵ μʼ ἀεκαζομένην μνῶνται, τρύχουσι δὲ οἶκον.
For all the nobles who rule over the islands, Dulichium and Same and wooded Zacynthus, and those who dwell in clear-seen Ithaca itself, woo me against my will, and waste my house.