§6.68οὔτε τοι ἡμιόνων φθονέω, τέκος, οὔτε τευ ἄλλου.
"I do not grudge you the mules, child, nor anything else.
§6.69ἔρχευ· ἀτάρ τοι δμῶες ἐφοπλίσσουσιν ἀπήνην §6.70ὑψηλὴν ἐύκυκλον, ὑπερτερίῃ ἀραρυῖαν. §6.71ὣς εἰπὼν δμώεσσιν ἐκέκλετο, τοὶ δʼ ἐπίθοντο.
Go; and the thralls shall get ready for you the wagon, high and well-wheeled, fitted with an upper frame." So saying, he called to the thralls, and they obeyed.
§6.72οἱ μὲν ἄρʼ ἐκτὸς ἄμαξαν ἐύτροχον ἡμιονείην §6.73ὥπλεον, ἡμιόνους θʼ ὕπαγον ζεῦξάν θʼ ὑπʼ ἀπήνῃ· §6.74κούρη δʼ ἐκ θαλάμοιο φέρεν ἐσθῆτα φαεινήν.
They indeed outside got ready the well-wheeled mule-wagon, and led up the mules and yoked them under the wagon; and the maiden brought the shining raiment from her chamber.
§6.75καὶ τὴν μὲν κατέθηκεν ἐυξέστῳ ἐπʼ ἀπήνῃ, §6.76μήτηρ δʼ ἐν κίστῃ ἐτίθει μενοεικέʼ ἐδωδὴν §6.77παντοίην, ἐν δʼ ὄψα τίθει, ἐν δʼ οἶνον ἔχευεν §6.78ἀσκῷ ἐν αἰγείῳ· κούρη δʼ ἐπεβήσετʼ ἀπήνης.
And she laid it down upon the well-polished wagon, and her mother put in a chest satisfying food of every kind, and put dainties therein, and poured wine in a goat-skin bottle; and the maiden mounted the wagon.
And she gave her liquid olive-oil in a golden flask, so that she might anoint herself with her handmaidens.
And she took the whip and the shining reins, and whipped them to start; and there was a clatter of the two mules.
§6.83αἱ δʼ ἄμοτον τανύοντο, φέρον δʼ ἐσθῆτα καὶ αὐτήν, §6.84οὐκ οἴην, ἅμα τῇ γε καὶ ἀμφίπολοι κίον ἄλλαι.
They strained without ceasing, and carried the raiment and herself, not alone, but with her went other handmaidens as well.
§6.85αἱ δʼ ὅτε δὴ ποταμοῖο ῥόον περικαλλέʼ ἵκοντο, §6.86ἔνθʼ ἦ τοι πλυνοὶ ἦσαν ἐπηετανοί, πολὺ δʼ ὕδωρ §6.87καλὸν ὑπεκπρόρεεν μάλα περ ῥυπόωντα καθῆραι, §6.88ἔνθʼ αἵ γʼ ἡμιόνους μὲν ὑπεκπροέλυσαν ἀπήνης.
And when they came to the beautiful stream of the river, where indeed were washing pools ever-flowing, and much beautiful water welled up from beneath to cleanse what was very dirty, there they indeed unyoked the mules from under the wagon.
§6.89καὶ τὰς μὲν σεῦαν ποταμὸν πάρα δινήεντα §6.90τρώγειν ἄγρωστιν μελιηδέα· ταὶ δʼ ἀπʼ ἀπήνης §6.91εἵματα χερσὶν ἕλοντο καὶ ἐσφόρεον μέλαν ὕδωρ, §6.92στεῖβον δʼ ἐν βόθροισι θοῶς ἔριδα προφέρουσαι.
And they drove them along the eddying river to graze on honey-sweet clover; and they from the wagon took the garments in their hands, and carried them into the dark water, and trod them in the trenches quickly, showing rivalry.
§6.93αὐτὰρ ἐπεὶ πλῦνάν τε κάθηράν τε ῥύπα πάντα, §6.94ἑξείης πέτασαν παρὰ θῖνʼ ἁλός, ἧχι μάλιστα §6.95λάιγγας ποτὶ χέρσον ἀποπλύνεσκε θάλασσα.
But when they had washed and cleansed all the dirt, they spread them out in order along the shore of the sea, where most the sea washed the pebbles clean against the mainland.
§6.96αἱ δὲ λοεσσάμεναι καὶ χρισάμεναι λίπʼ ἐλαίῳ §6.97δεῖπνον ἔπειθʼ εἵλοντο παρʼ ὄχθῃσιν ποταμοῖο, §6.98εἵματα δʼ ἠελίοιο μένον τερσήμεναι αὐγῇ.
And they, having bathed and anointed themselves richly with olive-oil, then took their meal by the banks of the river, and waited for the garments to dry in the bright sun.
§6.99αὐτὰρ ἐπεὶ σίτου τάρφθεν δμῳαί τε καὶ αὐτή, §6.100σφαίρῃ ταὶ δʼ ἄρʼ ἔπαιζον, ἀπὸ κρήδεμνα βαλοῦσαι· §6.101τῇσι δὲ Ναυσικάα λευκώλενος ἤρχετο μολπῆς.
But when they were satisfied with food, both the handmaidens and herself, they indeed played with a ball, having thrown off their veils; and among them white-armed Nausicaa led the song.
§6.102οἵη δʼ Ἄρτεμις εἶσι κατʼ οὔρεα ἰοχέαιρα, §6.103ἢ κατὰ Τηΰγετον περιμήκετον ἢ Ἐρύμανθον, §6.104τερπομένη κάπροισι καὶ ὠκείῃς ἐλάφοισι· §6.105τῇ δέ θʼ ἅμα νύμφαι, κοῦραι Διὸς αἰγιόχοιο, §6.106ἀγρονόμοι παίζουσι, γέγηθε δέ τε φρένα Λητώ· §6.107πασάων δʼ ὑπὲρ ἥ γε κάρη ἔχει ἠδὲ μέτωπα, §6.108ῥεῖά τʼ ἀριγνώτη πέλεται, καλαὶ δέ τε πᾶσαι· §6.109ὣς ἥ γʼ ἀμφιπόλοισι μετέπρεπε παρθένος ἀδμής.
And such as is Artemis, the archer-goddess, going along the mountains, either along extremely high Taygetus or Erymanthus, delighting in wild boars and swift deer; and with her the nymphs, daughters of aegis-bearing Zeus, haunting the countryside, play, and Leto rejoices in her heart; and she holds her head and brow above them all, and is easily recognized, though all are beautiful; so indeed did she, the unwedded maiden, stand out among her handmaidens.
§6.110ἀλλʼ ὅτε δὴ ἄρʼ ἔμελλε πάλιν οἶκόνδε νέεσθαι §6.111ζεύξασʼ ἡμιόνους πτύξασά τε εἵματα καλά, §6.112ἔνθʼ αὖτʼ ἄλλʼ ἐνόησε θεά, γλαυκῶπις Ἀθήνη, §6.113ὡς Ὀδυσεὺς ἔγροιτο, ἴδοι τʼ ἐυώπιδα κούρην, §6.114ἥ οἱ Φαιήκων ἀνδρῶν πόλιν ἡγήσαιτο.
But when indeed she was about to return back home, having yoked the mules and folded the beautiful garments, then again the goddess, flashing-eyed Athena, thought of another thing, so that Odysseus might awake, and see the fair-faced maiden, who indeed might lead him to the city of the Phaeacian men.
§6.115σφαῖραν ἔπειτʼ ἔρριψε μετʼ ἀμφίπολον βασίλεια· §6.116ἀμφιπόλου μὲν ἅμαρτε, βαθείῃ δʼ ἔμβαλε δίνῃ· §6.117αἱ δʼ ἐπὶ μακρὸν ἄυσαν· ὁ δʼ ἔγρετο δῖος Ὀδυσσεύς, §6.118ἑζόμενος δʼ ὥρμαινε κατὰ φρένα καὶ κατὰ θυμόν· §6.119ὤ μοι ἐγώ, τέων αὖτε βροτῶν ἐς γαῖαν ἱκάνω;
Then the princess threw the ball to a handmaiden; she missed the handmaiden indeed, and cast it into a deep eddy; and they cried out aloud; and noble Odysseus awoke, and sitting up, he pondered in his mind and in his heart: "Ah me, to the land of what mortals have I come this time?
§6.120ἦ ῥʼ οἵ γʼ ὑβρισταί τε καὶ ἄγριοι οὐδὲ δίκαιοι, §6.121ἦε φιλόξεινοι καί σφιν νόος ἐστὶ θεουδής;
Are they indeed overbearing, and wild, and unjust, or hospitable to strangers, and have they a god-fearing mind?
§6.122ὥς τέ με κουράων ἀμφήλυθε θῆλυς ἀυτή· §6.123νυμφάων, αἳ ἔχουσʼ ὀρέων αἰπεινὰ κάρηνα §6.124καὶ πηγὰς ποταμῶν καὶ πίσεα ποιήεντα.
As it were, a feminine cry of maidens surrounds me; of the nymphs, who possess the steep peaks of the mountains, and the sources of rivers, and the grassy meadows.
Am I indeed somewhere near men of human speech?
§6.127ὣς εἰπὼν θάμνων ὑπεδύσετο δῖος Ὀδυσσεύς, §6.128ἐκ πυκινῆς δʼ ὕλης πτόρθον κλάσε χειρὶ παχείῃ §6.129φύλλων, ὡς ῥύσαιτο περὶ χροῒ μήδεα φωτός.
But come, I will myself make trial and see." So saying, noble Odysseus crept out from under the bushes, and from the thick wood he broke off a leafy branch with his strong hand, of leaves, that it might hide the nakedness of a man about his body.
§6.130βῆ δʼ ἴμεν ὥς τε λέων ὀρεσίτροφος ἀλκὶ πεποιθώς, §6.131ὅς τʼ εἶσʼ ὑόμενος καὶ ἀήμενος, ἐν δέ οἱ ὄσσε §6.132δαίεται· αὐτὰρ ὁ βουσὶ μετέρχεται ἢ ὀίεσσιν §6.133ἠὲ μετʼ ἀγροτέρας ἐλάφους· κέλεται δέ ἑ γαστὴρ §6.134μήλων πειρήσοντα καὶ ἐς πυκινὸν δόμον ἐλθεῖν·
And he went forth like a mountain-bred lion trusting in his strength, who goes rained upon and blown by the wind, and in him his two eyes blaze; and he goes among the cattle or the sheep, or after the wild deer; and his belly bids him even to go into the close homestead to make trial of the sheep;