"and to bring seats and wood all around, and bright water." So he spoke, and they indeed all busied themselves.
ἦλθε μὲν ἂρ βοῦς §3.431ἐκ πεδίου, ἦλθον δὲ θοῆς παρὰ νηὸς ἐίσης §3.432Τηλεμάχου ἕταροι μεγαλήτορος, ἦλθε δὲ χαλκεὺς §3.433ὅπλʼ ἐν χερσὶν ἔχων χαλκήια, πείρατα τέχνης, §3.434ἄκμονά τε σφῦραν τʼ ἐυποίητόν τε πυράγρην, §3.435οἷσίν τε χρυσὸν εἰργάζετο· ἦλθε δʼ Ἀθήνη §3.436ἱρῶν ἀντιόωσα.
The heifer came indeed from the plain, and there came from the swift, well-balanced ship the companions of great-hearted Telemachus, and there came the smith holding in his hands his bronze tools, the instruments of his art, an anvil and a hammer and well-made tongs, with which he worked gold; and Athena came to meet the sacrifice.
γέρων δʼ ἱππηλάτα Νέστωρ §3.437χρυσὸν ἔδωχʼ· ὁ δʼ ἔπειτα βοὸς κέρασιν περίχευεν §3.438ἀσκήσας, ἵνʼ ἄγαλμα θεὰ κεχάροιτο ἰδοῦσα.
And the old horseman Nestor gave gold; and he then poured it about the horns of the heifer, having fashioned it, so that the goddess might rejoice when seeing the ornament.
§3.439βοῦν δʼ ἀγέτην κεράων Στρατίος καὶ δῖος Ἐχέφρων.
And Stratius and noble Echephron led the heifer by the horns.
§3.440χέρνιβα δέ σφʼ Ἄρητος ἐν ἀνθεμόεντι λέβητι §3.441ἤλυθεν ἐκ θαλάμοιο φέρων, ἑτέρῃ δʼ ἔχεν οὐλὰς §3.442ἐν κανέῳ πέλεκυν δὲ μενεπτόλεμος Θρασυμήδης §3.443ὀξὺν ἔχων ἐν χειρὶ παρίστατο βοῦν ἐπικόψων.
And Aretus came, bringing for them hand-washing water in a flowered basin from the chamber, and in his other hand he held barley meal in a basket; and Thrasymedes, steadfast in battle, stood by, holding a sharp axe in his hand to strike down the heifer.
§3.444Περσεὺς δʼ ἀμνίον εἶχε· γέρων δʼ ἱππηλάτα Νέστωρ §3.445χέρνιβά τʼ οὐλοχύτας τε κατήρχετο, πολλὰ δʼ Ἀθήνῃ §3.446εὔχετʼ ἀπαρχόμενος, κεφαλῆς τρίχας ἐν πυρὶ βάλλων.
And Perseus held the vessel for the blood; and the old horseman Nestor began the rite with the hand-washing water and the barley meal, and to Athena he prayed much, offering the first fruits, throwing the hairs of the head into the fire.
§3.447αὐτὰρ ἐπεί ῥʼ εὔξαντο καὶ οὐλοχύτας προβάλοντο, §3.448αὐτίκα Νέστορος υἱὸς ὑπέρθυμος Θρασυμήδης §3.449ἤλασεν ἄγχι στάς· πέλεκυς δʼ ἀπέκοψε τένοντας §3.450αὐχενίους, λῦσεν δὲ βοὸς μένος.
But when they had prayed and cast forward the barley meal, straightway Nestor's son, high-spirited Thrasymedes, stood near and struck; and the axe cut through the tendons of the neck, and loosened the strength of the heifer.
αἱ δʼ ὀλόλυξαν §3.451θυγατέρες τε νυοί τε καὶ αἰδοίη παράκοιτις §3.452Νέστορος, Εὐρυδίκη, πρέσβα Κλυμένοιο θυγατρῶν.
And they cried aloud, the daughters and daughters-in-law and the revered wife of Nestor, Eurydice, the eldest of Clymenus' daughters.
§3.453οἱ μὲν ἔπειτʼ ἀνελόντες ἀπὸ χθονὸς εὐρυοδείης §3.454ἔσχον· ἀτὰρ σφάξεν Πεισίστρατος, ὄρχαμος ἀνδρῶν.
Then indeed, lifting her up from the wide-wayed earth, they held her; and Pisistratus, leader of men, slaughtered her.
§3.455τῆς δʼ ἐπεὶ ἐκ μέλαν αἷμα ῥύη, λίπε δʼ ὀστέα θυμός, §3.456αἶψʼ ἄρα μιν διέχευαν, ἄφαρ δʼ ἐκ μηρία τάμνον §3.457πάντα κατὰ μοῖραν, κατά τε κνίσῃ ἐκάλυψαν §3.458δίπτυχα ποιήσαντες, ἐπʼ αὐτῶν δʼ ὠμοθέτησαν.
And when the black blood flowed from her, and life left her bones, straightway they cut her up, and quickly cut out the thigh-bones all in due order, and covered them with fat, making it double, and placed raw meat upon them.
§3.459καῖε δʼ ἐπὶ σχίζῃς ὁ γέρων, ἐπὶ δʼ αἴθοπα οἶνον §3.460λεῖβε· νέοι δὲ παρʼ αὐτὸν ἔχον πεμπώβολα χερσίν.
And the old man burned them on split wood, and over them poured glowing wine; and the young men beside him held five-pronged forks in their hands.
§3.461αὐτὰρ ἐπεὶ κατὰ μῆρʼ ἐκάη καὶ σπλάγχνα πάσαντο, §3.462μίστυλλόν τʼ ἄρα τἆλλα καὶ ἀμφʼ ὀβελοῖσιν ἔπειραν, §3.463ὤπτων δʼ ἀκροπόρους ὀβελοὺς ἐν χερσὶν ἔχοντες.
But when the thigh-bones were burned up and they had tasted the inner parts, they sliced the rest and spitted it on spits, and roasted it, holding the sharp-pointed spits in their hands.
Meanwhile beautiful Polycaste bathed Telemachus, the youngest daughter of Nestor, son of Neleus.
§3.466αὐτὰρ ἐπεὶ λοῦσέν τε καὶ ἔχρισεν λίπʼ ἐλαίῳ, §3.467ἀμφὶ δέ μιν φᾶρος καλὸν βάλεν ἠδὲ χιτῶνα, §3.468ἔκ ῥʼ ἀσαμίνθου βῆ δέμας ἀθανάτοισιν ὁμοῖος· §3.469πὰρ δʼ ὅ γε Νέστορʼ ἰὼν κατʼ ἄρʼ ἕζετο, ποιμένα λαῶν.
But when she had bathed him and anointed him smoothly with olive oil, she cast about him a beautiful cloak and a tunic, and he stepped from the bath, in form like the immortals; and going beside Nestor, the shepherd of the people, he sat down.
§3.470οἱ δʼ ἐπεὶ ὤπτησαν κρέʼ ὑπέρτερα καὶ ἐρύσαντο, §3.471δαίνυνθʼ ἑζόμενοι· ἐπὶ δʼ ἀνέρες ἐσθλοὶ ὄροντο §3.472οἶνον οἰνοχοεῦντες ἐνὶ χρυσέοις δεπάεσσιν.
And when they had roasted the upper meats and drawn them off, they sat and feasted; and noble men rose to serve them, pouring wine in golden cups.
§3.473αὐτὰρ ἐπεὶ πόσιος καὶ ἐδητύος ἐξ ἔρον ἕντο, §3.474τοῖσι δὲ μύθων ἦρχε Γερήνιος ἱππότα Νέστωρ· §3.475παῖδες ἐμοί, ἄγε Τηλεμάχῳ καλλίτριχας ἵππους §3.476ζεύξαθʼ ὑφʼ ἅρματʼ ἄγοντες, ἵνα πρήσσῃσιν ὁδοῖο. §3.477ὣς ἔφαθʼ, οἱ δʼ ἄρα τοῦ μάλα μὲν κλύον ἠδʼ ἐπίθοντο, §3.478καρπαλίμως δʼ ἔζευξαν ὑφʼ ἅρμασιν ὠκέας ἵππους.
But when they had put away desire for drink and food, among them Gerenian horseman Nestor began to speak: "My sons, come, yoke for Telemachus the fair-maned horses under the chariot and lead them, so that he may make speed on his way." So he spoke, and they indeed heard him and obeyed, and quickly yoked the swift horses under the chariot.
And the housekeeper placed in it bread and wine and dainties, such as Zeus-nurtured kings eat.
§3.481ἂν δʼ ἄρα Τηλέμαχος περικαλλέα βήσετο δίφρον· §3.482πὰρ δʼ ἄρα Νεστορίδης Πεισίστρατος, ὄρχαμος ἀνδρῶν, §3.483ἐς δίφρον τʼ ἀνέβαινε καὶ ἡνία λάζετο χερσί, §3.484μάστιξεν δʼ ἐλάαν, τὼ δʼ οὐκ ἀέκοντε πετέσθην §3.485ἐς πεδίον, λιπέτην δὲ Πύλου αἰπὺ πτολίεθρον.
Then Telemachus mounted the beautiful chariot; and beside him Nestor's son Pisistratus, leader of men, mounted the chariot and took the reins in his hands, and whipped them to drive, and the two flew not unwillingly into the plain, and left the steep city of Pylos.
§3.486οἱ δὲ πανημέριοι σεῖον ζυγὸν ἀμφὶς ἔχοντες.
And all day long they shook the yoke, holding it on both sides.
§3.487δύσετό τʼ ἠέλιος σκιόωντό τε πᾶσαι ἀγυιαί, §3.488ἐς Φηρὰς δʼ ἵκοντο Διοκλῆος ποτὶ δῶμα, §3.489υἱέος Ὀρτιλόχοιο, τὸν Ἀλφειὸς τέκε παῖδα.
And the sun set and all the ways grew dark, and they came to Pherae, to the house of Diocles, son of Ortilochus, whom Alpheus begot.
§3.490ἔνθα δὲ νύκτʼ ἄεσαν, ὁ δὲ τοῖς πὰρ ξείνια θῆκεν.
There they slept the night, and he set guest-gifts before them.
§3.491ἦμος δʼ ἠριγένεια φάνη ῥοδοδάκτυλος Ἠώς, §3.492ἵππους τε ζεύγνυντʼ ἀνά θʼ ἅρματα ποικίλʼ ἔβαινον· §3.493ἐκ δʼ ἔλασαν προθύροιο καὶ αἰθούσης ἐριδούπου· §3.494μάστιξεν δʼ ἐλάαν, τὼ δʼ οὐκ ἀέκοντε πετέσθην.
And when the early-born, rosy-fingered Dawn appeared, they yoked the horses and mounted the inlaid chariot; and they drove out of the gateway and the echoing portico; and he whipped them to drive, and the two flew not unwillingly.
And they came to the wheat-bearing plain, and there then they made an end of their journey; for so did the swift horses carry them onward.
§3.497δύσετό τʼ ἠέλιος σκιόωντό τε πᾶσαι ἀγυιαί.
And the sun set and all the ways grew dark.