devised it, and poured a blast of shrill winds, and huge waves swelled, equal to mountains.
There, having parted the ships, he drove some of them to Crete, where the Cydonians dwelt around the streams of Iardanus.
§3.293ἔστι δέ τις λισσὴ αἰπεῖά τε εἰς ἅλα πέτρη §3.294ἐσχατιῇ Γόρτυνος ἐν ἠεροειδέι πόντῳ· §3.295ἔνθα Νότος μέγα κῦμα ποτὶ σκαιὸν ῥίον ὠθεῖ, §3.296ἐς Φαιστόν, μικρὸς δὲ λίθος μέγα κῦμʼ ἀποέργει.
Now there is a certain smooth and steep rock in the sea, at the border of Gortyn, in the misty sea; there the South Wind pushes a great wave against the left headland, towards Phaestus, but a small rock keeps back the great wave.
§3.297αἱ μὲν ἄρʼ ἔνθʼ ἦλθον, σπουδῇ δʼ ἤλυξαν ὄλεθρον §3.298ἄνδρες, ἀτὰρ νῆάς γε ποτὶ σπιλάδεσσιν ἔαξαν §3.299κύματʼ·
The ships indeed came there, and with difficulty the men escaped destruction, but the waves shattered the ships against the reefs.
ἀτὰρ τὰς πέντε νέας κυανοπρῳρείους §3.300Αἰγύπτῳ ἐπέλασσε φέρων ἄνεμός τε καὶ ὕδωρ.
But the other five dark-prowed ships the wind and the water carried and brought to Egypt.
§3.301ὣς ὁ μὲν ἔνθα πολὺν βίοτον καὶ χρυσὸν ἀγείρων §3.302ἠλᾶτο ξὺν νηυσὶ κατʼ ἀλλοθρόους ἀνθρώπους· §3.303τόφρα δὲ ταῦτʼ Αἴγισθος ἐμήσατο οἴκοθι λυγρά.
So he indeed, gathering much wealth and gold, wandered with his ships among men of alien speech; meanwhile Aegisthus devised these grievous deeds at home.
For seven years he ruled over golden Mycenae, having slain the son of Atreus, and the people were subdued under him.
§3.306τῷ δέ οἱ ὀγδοάτῳ κακὸν ἤλυθε δῖος Ὀρέστης §3.307ἂψ ἀπʼ Ἀθηνάων, κατὰ δʼ ἔκτανε πατροφονῆα, §3.308Αἴγισθον δολόμητιν, ὅ οἱ πατέρα κλυτὸν ἔκτα.
But in the eighth year noble Orestes came as a bane to him, back from Athens, and slew his father's slayer, crafty Aegisthus, who had slain his glorious father.
§3.309ἦ τοι ὁ τὸν κτείνας δαίνυ τάφον Ἀργείοισιν §3.310μητρός τε στυγερῆς καὶ ἀνάλκιδος Αἰγίσθοιο· §3.311αὐτῆμαρ δέ οἱ ἦλθε βοὴν ἀγαθὸς Μενέλαος §3.312πολλὰ κτήματʼ ἄγων, ὅσα οἱ νέες ἄχθος ἄειραν.
Having slain him indeed, he gave a funeral feast to the Argives for his hateful mother and cowardly Aegisthus; and on the self-same day came Menelaus, good at the war-cry, bringing many treasures, as much as his ships could carry as their load.
§3.313καὶ σύ, φίλος, μὴ δηθὰ δόμων ἄπο τῆλʼ ἀλάλησο, §3.314κτήματά τε προλιπὼν ἄνδρας τʼ ἐν σοῖσι δόμοισιν §3.315οὕτω ὑπερφιάλους, μή τοι κατὰ πάντα φάγωσιν §3.316κτήματα δασσάμενοι, σὺ δὲ τηϋσίην ὁδὸν ἔλθῃς.
"And you, my friend, do not wander long far from home, leaving behind your property and men in your halls so arrogant, lest they devour all your goods, dividing them, and you go on a fruitless journey.
§3.317ἀλλʼ ἐς μὲν Μενέλαον ἐγὼ κέλομαι καὶ ἄνωγα §3.318ἐλθεῖν· κεῖνος γὰρ νέον ἄλλοθεν εἰλήλουθεν, §3.319ἐκ τῶν ἀνθρώπων, ὅθεν οὐκ ἔλποιτό γε θυμῷ §3.320ἐλθέμεν, ὅν τινα πρῶτον ἀποσφήλωσιν ἄελλαι §3.321ἐς πέλαγος μέγα τοῖον, ὅθεν τέ περ οὐδʼ οἰωνοὶ §3.322αὐτόετες οἰχνεῦσιν, ἐπεὶ μέγα τε δεινόν τε.
But I urge and bid you to go to Menelaus; for he has newly come from elsewhere, from those people, whence one could not hope in his heart to return, whomsoever the tempests have once driven astray into a sea so great, whence not even the birds return in the same year, since it is great and terrible.
§3.323ἀλλʼ ἴθι νῦν σὺν νηί τε σῇ καὶ σοῖς ἑτάροισιν· §3.324εἰ δʼ ἐθέλεις πεζός, πάρα τοι δίφρος τε καὶ ἵπποι, §3.325πὰρ δέ τοι υἷες ἐμοί, οἵ τοι πομπῆες ἔσονται §3.326ἐς Λακεδαίμονα δῖαν, ὅθι ξανθὸς Μενέλαος.
But go now with your ship and your companions; or if you wish to go by land, you have a chariot and horses, and my sons are at hand to be your guides to divine Lacedaemon, where yellow-haired Menelaus is.
§3.327λίσσεσθαι δέ μιν αὐτός, ἵνα νημερτὲς ἐνίσπῃ· §3.328ψεῦδος δʼ οὐκ ἐρέει· μάλα γὰρ πεπνυμένος ἐστίν. §3.329ὣς ἔφατʼ, ἠέλιος δʼ ἄρʼ ἔδυ καὶ ἐπὶ κνέφας ἦλθε.
And do you yourself entreat him that he may tell you the truth; and he will not tell a lie, for he is very wise." So he spoke, and the sun set and darkness came on.
§3.330τοῖσι δὲ καὶ μετέειπε θεά, γλαυκῶπις Ἀθήνη· §3.331ὦ γέρον, ἦ τοι ταῦτα κατὰ μοῖραν κατέλεξας· §3.332ἀλλʼ ἄγε τάμνετε μὲν γλώσσας, κεράασθε δὲ οἶνον, §3.333ὄφρα Ποσειδάωνι καὶ ἄλλοις ἀθανάτοισιν §3.334σπείσαντες κοίτοιο μεδώμεθα· τοῖο γὰρ ὥρη.
And among them spoke the goddess, grey-eyed Athena: "Old man, indeed you have spoken these things aright; but come, cut the tongues of the victims, and mix the wine, so that having poured libations to Poseidon and the other immortals, we may think of sleep; for it is the hour for it.
§3.335ἤδη γὰρ φάος οἴχεθʼ ὑπὸ ζόφον, οὐδὲ ἔοικεν· §3.336δηθὰ θεῶν ἐν δαιτὶ θαασσέμεν, ἀλλὰ νέεσθαι. §3.337ἦ ῥα Διὸς θυγάτηρ, οἱ δʼ ἔκλυον αὐδησάσης.
For already the light has gone under the darkness, and it is not seemly to sit long at a feast of the gods, but to depart." So spoke the daughter of Zeus, and they hearkened to her voice.
§3.338τοῖσι δὲ κήρυκες μὲν ὕδωρ ἐπὶ χεῖρας ἔχευαν, §3.339κοῦροι δὲ κρητῆρας ἐπεστέψαντο ποτοῖο, §3.340νώμησαν δʼ ἄρα πᾶσιν ἐπαρξάμενοι δεπάεσσι· §3.341γλώσσας δʼ ἐν πυρὶ βάλλον, ἀνιστάμενοι δʼ ἐπέλειβον.
And the heralds poured water over their hands, and the youths filled the bowls brim-full with drink, and distributed it to all, pouring first a drop into the cups; and they cast the tongues into the fire, and standing up, poured libations.
§3.342αὐτὰρ ἐπεὶ σπεῖσάν τʼ ἔπιον θʼ, ὅσον ἤθελε θυμός, §3.343δὴ τότʼ Ἀθηναίη καὶ Τηλέμαχος θεοειδὴς §3.344ἄμφω ἱέσθην κοίλην ἐπὶ νῆα νέεσθαι.
But when they had poured libations and drunk as much as their heart desired, then indeed Athena and godlike Telemachus both set out to go to the hollow ship.
§3.345Νέστωρ δʼ αὖ κατέρυκε καθαπτόμενος ἐπέεσσιν· §3.346Ζεὺς τό γʼ ἀλεξήσειε καὶ ἀθάνατοι θεοὶ ἄλλοι, §3.347ὡς ὑμεῖς παρʼ ἐμεῖο θοὴν ἐπὶ νῆα κίοιτε §3.348ὥς τέ τευ ἦ παρὰ πάμπαν ἀνείμονος ἠδὲ πενιχροῦ, §3.349ᾧ οὔ τι χλαῖναι καὶ ῥήγεα πόλλʼ ἐνὶ οἴκῳ, §3.350οὔτʼ αὐτῷ μαλακῶς οὔτε ξείνοισιν ἐνεύδειν.
But Nestor in turn detained them, addressing them with words: "May Zeus ward off this, and the other immortal gods, that you should go from me to your swift ship, as though from one utterly without clothing and poor, who has not cloaks and many rugs in his house, for either himself or his guests to sleep softly.
§3.351αὐτὰρ ἐμοὶ πάρα μὲν χλαῖναι καὶ ῥήγεα καλά.
But with me indeed there are cloaks and beautiful rugs.
§3.352οὔ θην δὴ τοῦδʼ ἀνδρὸς Ὀδυσσῆος φίλος υἱὸς §3.353νηὸς ἐπʼ ἰκριόφιν καταλέξεται, ὄφρʼ ἂν ἐγώ γε §3.354ζώω, ἔπειτα δὲ παῖδες ἐνὶ μεγάροισι λίπωνται, §3.355ξείνους ξεινίζειν, ὅς τίς κʼ ἐμὰ δώμαθʼ ἵκηται. §3.356τὸν δʼ αὖτε προσέειπε θεά, γλαυκῶπις Ἀθήνη· §3.357εὖ δὴ ταῦτά γʼ ἔφησθα, γέρον φίλε· σοὶ δὲ ἔοικεν
Surely the dear son of this man Odysseus shall not lie down on the deck of a ship, as long as I live, and my sons are left in my halls after me to entertain guests, whoever comes to my house." To him in turn spoke the goddess, grey-eyed Athena: "Well indeed have you spoken this, dear old man; and it is fitting for you..."