"And yet even more indeed I might tell of my woes, as many as indeed in all things I suffered by the will of the gods.
§7.215ἀλλʼ ἐμὲ μὲν δορπῆσαι ἐάσατε κηδόμενόν περ· §7.216οὐ γάρ τι στυγερῇ ἐπὶ γαστέρι κύντερον ἄλλο §7.217ἔπλετο, ἥ τʼ ἐκέλευσεν ἕο μνήσασθαι ἀνάγκῃ §7.218καὶ μάλα τειρόμενον καὶ ἐνὶ φρεσὶ πένθος ἔχοντα, §7.219ὡς καὶ ἐγὼ πένθος μὲν ἔχω φρεσίν, ἡ δὲ μάλʼ αἰεὶ §7.220ἐσθέμεναι κέλεται καὶ πινέμεν, ἐκ δέ με πάντων §7.221ληθάνει ὅσσʼ ἔπαθον, καὶ ἐνιπλησθῆναι ἀνώγει.
But as for me, let me feast, troubled though I am; for there is indeed nothing else more shameless than a hateful belly, which commands one to remember it of necessity, even when one is very worn out and has grief in his heart, just as I too have grief in my heart, but it always bids me to eat and drink, and makes me forget utterly all that I suffered, and commands me to be filled.
§7.222ὑμεῖς δʼ ὀτρύνεσθαι ἅμʼ ἠοῖ φαινομένηφιν, §7.223ὥς κʼ ἐμὲ τὸν δύστηνον ἐμῆς ἐπιβήσετε πάτρης §7.224καί περ πολλὰ παθόντα· ἰδόντα με καὶ λίποι αἰὼν §7.225κτῆσιν ἐμήν, δμῶάς τε καὶ ὑψερεφὲς μέγα δῶμα. §7.226ὣς ἔφαθʼ, οἱ δʼ ἄρα πάντες ἐπῄνεον ἠδʼ ἐκέλευον §7.227πεμπέμεναι τὸν ξεῖνον, ἐπεὶ κατὰ μοῖραν ἔειπεν.
But do you stir yourselves at the break of dawn, so that you may set me, the wretched one, upon my homeland, even though I have suffered many things; and let life leave me once I have seen my possessions, my slaves, and my great high-roofed house." So he spoke, and they all approved and commanded to send the guest on his way, since he spoke rightly.
§7.228αὐτὰρ ἐπεὶ σπεῖσάν τʼ ἔπιον θʼ ὅσον ἤθελε θυμός, §7.229οἱ μὲν κακκείοντες ἔβαν οἶκόνδε ἕκαστος, §7.230αὐτὰρ ὁ ἐν μεγάρῳ ὑπελείπετο δῖος Ὀδυσσεύς, §7.231πὰρ δέ οἱ Ἀρήτη τε καὶ Ἀλκίνοος θεοειδὴς §7.232ἥσθην· ἀμφίπολοι δʼ ἀπεκόσμεον ἔντεα δαιτός.
But when they had poured libations and drunk as much as their heart wished, they went each to his home to lay down to rest, but noble Odysseus was left behind in the hall, and beside him Arete and godlike Alcinous sat; and the handmaids cleared away the vessels of the feast.
§7.233τοῖσιν δʼ Ἀρήτη λευκώλενος ἤρχετο μύθων· §7.234ἔγνω γὰρ φᾶρός τε χιτῶνά τε εἵματʼ ἰδοῦσα §7.235καλά, τά ῥʼ αὐτὴ τεῦξε σὺν ἀμφιπόλοισι γυναιξί· §7.236καί μιν φωνήσασʼ ἔπεα πτερόεντα προσηύδα· §7.237ξεῖνε, τὸ μέν σε πρῶτον ἐγὼν εἰρήσομαι αὐτή· §7.238τίς πόθεν εἰς ἀνδρῶν;
And white-armed Arete was the first to speak to them; for she recognized the cloak and the tunic when she saw the beautiful garments, which she herself had made with her handmaids; and addressing him she spoke winged words: "Guest, this I will ask you first myself; who and from where of men are you?
τίς τοι τάδε εἵματʼ ἔδωκεν;
Who gave you these garments?
§7.239οὐ δὴ φῆς ἐπὶ πόντον ἀλώμενος ἐνθάδʼ ἱκέσθαι; §7.240τὴν δʼ ἀπαμειβόμενος προσέφη πολύμητις Ὀδυσσεύς· §7.241ἀργαλέον, βασίλεια, διηνεκέως ἀγορεῦσαι §7.242κήδεʼ, ἐπεί μοι πολλὰ δόσαν θεοὶ Οὐρανίωνες· §7.243τοῦτο δέ τοι ἐρέω ὅ μʼ ἀνείρεαι ἠδὲ μεταλλᾷς.
Did you not indeed say that you came here wandering over the sea?" Then addressing her in reply spoke resourceful Odysseus: "It is hard, O queen, to tell in full detail my woes, since the heavenly gods have given me many; but this I will tell you, of which you ask and inquire.
§7.244Ὠγυγίη τις νῆσος ἀπόπροθεν εἰν ἁλὶ κεῖται· §7.245ἔνθα μὲν Ἄτλαντος θυγάτηρ, δολόεσσα Καλυψὼ §7.246ναίει ἐυπλόκαμος, δεινὴ θεός· οὐδέ τις αὐτῇ §7.247μίσγεται οὔτε θεῶν οὔτε θνητῶν ἀνθρώπων.
Ogygia is a certain island that lies far off in the sea; there the daughter of Atlas, crafty Calypso, dwells, fair-tressed, a dread goddess; nor does anyone consort with her, neither of gods nor of mortal humans.
§7.248ἀλλʼ ἐμὲ τὸν δύστηνον ἐφέστιον ἤγαγε δαίμων §7.249οἶον, ἐπεί μοι νῆα θοὴν ἀργῆτι κεραυνῷ §7.250Ζεὺς ἔλσας ἐκέασσε μέσῳ ἐνὶ οἴνοπι πόντῳ.
But to me, the wretched one, some deity brought to her hearth, alone, since my swift ship with a bright thunderbolt Zeus had struck and shattered in the midst of the wine-dark sea.
§7.251ἔνθʼ ἄλλοι μὲν πάντες ἀπέφθιθεν ἐσθλοὶ ἑταῖροι, §7.252αὐτὰρ ἐγὼ τρόπιν ἀγκὰς ἑλὼν νεὸς ἀμφιελίσσης §7.253ἐννῆμαρ φερόμην· δεκάτῃ δέ με νυκτὶ μελαίνῃ §7.254νῆσον ἐς Ὠγυγίην πέλασαν θεοί, ἔνθα Καλυψὼ §7.255ναίει ἐυπλόκαμος, δεινὴ θεός, ἥ με λαβοῦσα §7.256ἐνδυκέως ἐφίλει τε καὶ ἔτρεφεν ἠδὲ ἔφασκε §7.257θήσειν ἀθάνατον καὶ ἀγήραον ἤματα πάντα· §7.258ἀλλʼ ἐμὸν οὔ ποτε θυμὸν ἐνὶ στήθεσσιν ἔπειθεν.
There all the rest indeed of my noble companions perished, but I, clasping the keel of my curved ship in my arms, floated for nine days; and on the tenth dark night the gods brought me near to the island Ogygia, where Calypso dwells, fair-tressed, a dread goddess, who took me in, kindly loved me, nourished me, and said she would make me immortal and ageless for all days; but she never persuaded my heart in my breast.
§7.259ἔνθα μὲν ἑπτάετες μένον ἔμπεδον, εἵματα δʼ αἰεὶ §7.260δάκρυσι δεύεσκον, τά μοι ἄμβροτα δῶκε Καλυψώ· §7.261ἀλλʼ ὅτε δὴ ὀγδόατόν μοι ἐπιπλόμενον ἔτος ἦλθεν, §7.262καὶ τότε δή μʼ ἐκέλευσεν ἐποτρύνουσα νέεσθαι §7.263Ζηνὸς ὑπʼ ἀγγελίης, ἢ καὶ νόος ἐτράπετʼ αὐτῆς.
There for seven years I remained continually, and ever with tears I wet the immortal garments which Calypso gave me; but when indeed the eighth revolving year came to me, then indeed she urged me and commanded me to return, either by a message from Zeus, or her own mind was turned.
§7.264πέμπε δʼ ἐπὶ σχεδίης πολυδέσμου, πολλὰ δʼ ἔδωκε, §7.265σῖτον καὶ μέθυ ἡδύ, καὶ ἄμβροτα εἵματα ἕσσεν, §7.266οὖρον δὲ προέηκεν ἀπήμονά τε λιαρόν τε.
And she sent me on a well-bound raft, and gave me many things, bread and sweet wine, and clothed me in immortal garments, and sent forth a wind harmless and warm.
§7.267ἑπτὰ δὲ καὶ δέκα μὲν πλέον ἤματα ποντοπορεύων, §7.268ὀκτωκαιδεκάτῃ δʼ ἐφάνη ὄρεα σκιόεντα §7.269γαίης ὑμετέρης, γήθησε δέ μοι φίλον ἦτορ §7.270δυσμόρῳ· ἦ γὰρ ἔμελλον ἔτι ξυνέσεσθαι ὀιζυῖ §7.271πολλῇ, τήν μοι ἐπῶρσε Ποσειδάων ἐνοσίχθων, §7.272ὅς μοι ἐφορμήσας ἀνέμους κατέδησε κέλευθον, §7.273ὤρινεν δὲ θάλασσαν ἀθέσφατον, οὐδέ τι κῦμα §7.274εἴα ἐπὶ σχεδίης ἁδινὰ στενάχοντα φέρεσθαι.
For seventeen days indeed I sailed, crossing the sea, and on the eighteenth appeared the shadowy mountains of your land, and my heart was glad, ill-fated that I was; for I was indeed still to meet with much misery, which Poseidon the earth-shaker stirred up against me, who, having aroused the winds against me, blocked my path, and stirred up the wondrous sea, nor did the wave allow me, groaning heavily, to be carried on the raft.
§7.275τὴν μὲν ἔπειτα θύελλα διεσκέδασʼ· αὐτὰρ ἐγώ γε §7.276νηχόμενος τόδε λαῖτμα διέτμαγον, ὄφρα με γαίῃ §7.277ὑμετέρῃ ἐπέλασσε φέρων ἄνεμός τε καὶ ὕδωρ.
Then indeed the tempest shattered it; but I indeed, swimming, clove through this deep, until to your land the wind and the water carrying me brought me near.
§7.278ἔνθα κέ μʼ ἐκβαίνοντα βιήσατο κῦμʼ ἐπὶ χέρσου, §7.279πέτρῃς πρὸς μεγάλῃσι βαλὸν καὶ ἀτερπέι χώρῳ· §7.280ἀλλʼ ἀναχασσάμενος νῆχον πάλιν, ἧος ἐπῆλθον §7.281ἐς ποταμόν, τῇ δή μοι ἐείσατο χῶρος ἄριστος,
There, as I was landing, the wave would have forced me onto the dry land, dashing me against great rocks and a joyless place; but drawing back I swam again, until I came to the river, where indeed the place seemed best to me,"