§3.146νήπιος, οὐδὲ τὸ ᾔδη, ὃ οὐ πείσεσθαι ἔμελλεν· §3.147οὐ γάρ τʼ αἶψα θεῶν τρέπεται νόος αἰὲν ἐόντων.
Foolish man, he did not know that she was not going to be persuaded; for the mind of the gods who are forever is not quickly turned.
§3.148ὣς τὼ μὲν χαλεποῖσιν ἀμειβομένω ἐπέεσσιν §3.149ἕστασαν· οἱ δʼ ἀνόρουσαν ἐυκνήμιδες Ἀχαιοὶ §3.150ἠχῇ θεσπεσίῃ, δίχα δέ σφισιν ἥνδανε βουλή.
So those two stood exchanging harsh words; but the well-greaved Achaeans sprang up with a wondrous cry, and their counsel pleased them in two ways.
Through the night we slept, debating hard things in our minds against one another; for Zeus was preparing a plight of evil.
§3.153ἠῶθεν δʼ οἱ μὲν νέας ἕλκομεν εἰς ἅλα δῖαν §3.154κτήματά τʼ ἐντιθέμεσθα βαθυζώνους τε γυναῖκας.
At dawn, some of us drew our ships into the noble sea and put in our possessions and deep-girdled women.
§3.155ἡμίσεες δʼ ἄρα λαοὶ ἐρητύοντο μένοντες §3.156αὖθι παρʼ Ἀτρεΐδῃ Ἀγαμέμνονι, ποιμένι λαῶν· §3.157ἡμίσεες δʼ ἀναβάντες ἐλαύνομεν· αἱ δὲ μάλʼ ὦκα §3.158ἔπλεον, ἐστόρεσεν δὲ θεὸς μεγακήτεα πόντον.
But half of the host remained behind, staying there with Agamemnon, son of Atreus, shepherd of the people; the other half of us embarked and drove on; and the ships very quickly sailed, and a god smoothed the deep sea of great monsters.
§3.159ἐς Τένεδον δʼ ἐλθόντες ἐρέξαμεν ἱρὰ θεοῖσιν, §3.160οἴκαδε ἱέμενοι· Ζεὺς δʼ οὔ πω μήδετο νόστον, §3.161σχέτλιος, ὅς ῥʼ ἔριν ὦρσε κακὴν ἔπι δεύτερον αὖτις.
And coming to Tenedos we offered sacrifices to the gods, longing for home; but Zeus was not yet planning our return, merciless, who indeed stirred up evil strife a second time again.
§3.162οἱ μὲν ἀποστρέψαντες ἔβαν νέας ἀμφιελίσσας §3.163ἀμφʼ Ὀδυσῆα ἄνακτα δαΐφρονα, ποικιλομήτην, §3.164αὖτις ἐπʼ Ἀτρεΐδῃ Ἀγαμέμνονι ἦρα φέροντες· §3.165αὐτὰρ ἐγὼ σὺν νηυσὶν ἀολλέσιν, αἵ μοι ἕποντο, §3.166φεῦγον, ἐπεὶ γίγνωσκον, ὃ δὴ κακὰ μήδετο δαίμων.
Then some, turning back, went in their curved ships around king Odysseus, wise and full of wiles, bringing favor again to Agamemnon, son of Atreus; but I, with all the ships that followed me, fled, since I knew that the god was planning evil.
§3.167φεῦγε δὲ Τυδέος υἱὸς ἀρήιος, ὦρσε δʼ ἑταίρους.
And the warlike son of Tydeus fled and urged on his companions.
§3.168ὀψὲ δὲ δὴ μετὰ νῶι κίε ξανθὸς Μενέλαος, §3.169ἐν Λέσβῳ δʼ ἔκιχεν δολιχὸν πλόον ὁρμαίνοντας, §3.170ἢ καθύπερθε Χίοιο νεοίμεθα παιπαλοέσσης, §3.171νήσου ἔπι Ψυρίης, αὐτὴν ἐπʼ ἀριστέρʼ ἔχοντες, §3.172ἦ ὑπένερθε Χίοιο, παρʼ ἠνεμόεντα Μίμαντα.
And late indeed yellow Menelaus came after us, and caught us in Lesbos, as we were debating the long voyage, whether we should go above craggy Chios, toward the island of Psyria, keeping it on our left, or below Chios, past windy Mimas.
§3.173ᾐτέομεν δὲ θεὸν φῆναι τέρας· αὐτὰρ ὅ γʼ ἡμῖν §3.174δεῖξε, καὶ ἠνώγει πέλαγος μέσον εἰς Εὔβοιαν §3.175τέμνειν, ὄφρα τάχιστα ὑπὲκ κακότητα φύγοιμεν.
And we asked the god to show us a sign; and he showed it to us, and bade us cut through the middle of the sea to Euboea, that we might escape disaster as quickly as possible.
§3.176ὦρτο δʼ ἐπὶ λιγὺς οὖρος ἀήμεναι· αἱ δὲ μάλʼ ὦκα §3.177ἰχθυόεντα κέλευθα διέδραμον, ἐς δὲ Γεραιστὸν §3.178ἐννύχιαι κατάγοντο· Ποσειδάωνι δὲ ταύρων §3.179πόλλʼ ἐπὶ μῆρʼ ἔθεμεν, πέλαγος μέγα μετρήσαντες.
And a shrill wind arose to blow; and the ships very quickly ran through the fish-filled paths, and into Geraestus they were brought at night; and to Poseidon many thighs of bulls we placed, having measured the great sea.
§3.180τέτρατον ἦμαρ ἔην, ὅτʼ ἐν Ἄργεϊ νῆας ἐίσας §3.181Τυδεΐδεω ἕταροι Διομήδεος ἱπποδάμοιο §3.182ἵστασαν· αὐτὰρ ἐγώ γε Πύλονδʼ ἔχον, οὐδέ ποτʼ ἔσβη §3.183οὖρος, ἐπεὶ δὴ πρῶτα θεὸς προέηκεν ἀῆναι.
It was the fourth day when in Argos the well-balanced ships the companions of Diomedes, son of Tydeus, tamer of horses, were mooring; but I held on toward Pylos, and never was the wind quenched, since indeed first the god sent it forth to blow.
§3.184ὣς ἦλθον, φίλε τέκνον, ἀπευθής, οὐδέ τι οἶδα §3.185κείνων, οἵ τʼ ἐσάωθεν Ἀχαιῶν οἵ τʼ ἀπόλοντο.
Thus I came, dear child, without tidings, nor do I know anything of those of the Achaeans who were saved and those who perished.
§3.186ὅσσα δʼ ἐνὶ μεγάροισι καθήμενος ἡμετέροισι §3.187πεύθομαι, ἣ θέμις ἐστί, δαήσεαι, οὐδέ σε κεύσω.
But what I hear while sitting in our halls, as is right, you shall learn, nor will I hide it from you.
§3.188εὖ μὲν Μυρμιδόνας φάσʼ ἐλθέμεν ἐγχεσιμώρους, §3.189οὓς ἄγʼ Ἀχιλλῆος μεγαθύμου φαίδιμος υἱός, §3.190εὖ δὲ Φιλοκτήτην, Ποιάντιον ἀγλαὸν υἱόν.
Well, they say, did the Myrmidons, mighty with the spear, return, whom the illustrious son of great-hearted Achilles led, and well Philoctetes, the glorious son of Poeas.
§3.191πάντας δʼ Ἰδομενεὺς Κρήτην εἰσήγαγʼ ἑταίρους, §3.192οἳ φύγον ἐκ πολέμου, πόντος δέ οἱ οὔ τινʼ ἀπηύρα.
And all his companions Idomeneus brought back to Crete, those who fled from the war, nor did the sea rob him of any.
§3.193Ἀτρεΐδην δὲ καὶ αὐτοὶ ἀκούετε, νόσφιν ἐόντες, §3.194ὥς τʼ ἦλθʼ, ὥς τʼ Αἴγισθος ἐμήσατο λυγρὸν ὄλεθρον.
And of the son of Atreus you yourselves hear, though you are far away, both how he came, and how Aegisthus devised his grievous destruction.
§3.195ἀλλʼ ἦ τοι κεῖνος μὲν ἐπισμυγερῶς ἀπέτισεν· §3.196ὡς ἀγαθὸν καὶ παῖδα καταφθιμένοιο λιπέσθαι §3.197ἀνδρός, ἐπεὶ καὶ κεῖνος ἐτίσατο πατροφονῆα, §3.198Αἴγισθον δολόμητιν, ὅ οἱ πατέρα κλυτὸν ἔκτα.
But indeed that man paid the price in a terrible way; how good it is that even a son of a deceased man is left behind, since indeed he too took vengeance on the slayer of his father, crafty Aegisthus, who killed his famous father.
§3.199καὶ σὺ φίλος, μάλα γάρ σʼ ὁρόω καλόν τε μέγαν τε, §3.200ἄλκιμος ἔσσʼ, ἵνα τίς σε καὶ ὀψιγόνων ἐὺ εἴπῃ.
And you, my friend, for I see you are very handsome and tall, be brave, so that even one of those born hereafter may speak well of you.
§3.201τὸν δʼ αὖ Τηλέμαχος πεπνυμένος ἀντίον ηὔδα· §3.202ὦ Νέστορ Νηληϊάδη, μέγα κῦδος Ἀχαιῶν, §3.203καὶ λίην κεῖνος μὲν ἐτίσατο, καί οἱ Ἀχαιοὶ §3.204οἴσουσι κλέος εὐρὺ καὶ ἐσσομένοισι πυθέσθαι·
To him in turn wise Telemachus answered: "O Nestor, son of Neleus, great glory of the Achaeans, indeed that man took vengeance, and the Achaeans will bear his wide fame even for those to come to hear.
§3.205αἲ γὰρ ἐμοὶ τοσσήνδε θεοὶ δύναμιν περιθεῖεν, §3.206τίσασθαι μνηστῆρας ὑπερβασίης ἀλεγεινῆς, §3.207οἵ τέ μοι ὑβρίζοντες ἀτάσθαλα μηχανόωνται.
Would that the gods might clothe me with such power to take vengeance on the suitors for their painful insolence, who outrage me and devise reckless deeds.
§3.208ἀλλʼ οὔ μοι τοιοῦτον ἐπέκλωσαν θεοὶ ὄλβον, §3.209πατρί τʼ ἐμῷ καὶ ἐμοί· νῦν δὲ χρὴ τετλάμεν ἔμπης. §3.210τὸν δʼ ἠμείβετʼ ἔπειτα Γερήνιος ἱππότα Νέστωρ· §3.211ὦ φίλʼ, ἐπεὶ δὴ ταῦτά μʼ ἀνέμνησας καὶ ἔειπες, §3.212φασὶ μνηστῆρας σῆς μητέρος εἵνεκα πολλοὺς §3.213ἐν μεγάροις ἀέκητι σέθεν κακὰ μηχανάασθαι·
But the gods have spun no such fortune for me, either for my father or for me; and now we must endure it anyway." To him then answered Gerenian horseman Nestor: "O friend, since indeed you have reminded me of this and spoken of it, they say that many suitors, on account of your mother, devise evils in your halls against your will.