§9.145οὐρανόθεν προύφαινε, κατείχετο δὲ νεφέεσσιν.
did not show from heaven, but was held by clouds.
§9.146ἔνθʼ οὔ τις τὴν νῆσον ἐσέδρακεν ὀφθαλμοῖσιν, §9.147οὔτʼ οὖν κύματα μακρὰ κυλινδόμενα προτὶ χέρσον §9.148εἰσίδομεν, πρὶν νῆας ἐυσσέλμους ἐπικέλσαι.
There no one looked upon the island with his eyes, nor indeed did we see the long waves rolling toward the shore, until we beached the well-benched ships.
§9.149κελσάσῃσι δὲ νηυσὶ καθείλομεν ἱστία πάντα, §9.150ἐκ δὲ καὶ αὐτοὶ βῆμεν ἐπὶ ῥηγμῖνι θαλάσσης· §9.151ἔνθα δʼ ἀποβρίξαντες ἐμείναμεν Ἠῶ δῖαν.
And when the ships had run aground, we lowered all the sails, and we ourselves stepped out upon the breakers of the sea; there falling asleep we waited for the divine Dawn.
But when early-born, rosy-fingered Dawn appeared, wondering at the island we roamed all over it.
And the nymphs, daughters of aegis-bearing Zeus, started up the mountain-dwelling goats, so that my companions might dine.
§9.156αὐτίκα καμπύλα τόξα καὶ αἰγανέας δολιχαύλους §9.157εἱλόμεθʼ ἐκ νηῶν, διὰ δὲ τρίχα κοσμηθέντες §9.158βάλλομεν· αἶψα δʼ ἔδωκε θεὸς μενοεικέα θήρην.
Straightway we took our curved bows and long-shafted javelins from the ships, and having ordered ourselves in three divisions, we shot at them; and immediately the god gave us satisfying game.
§9.159νῆες μέν μοι ἕποντο δυώδεκα, ἐς δὲ ἑκάστην §9.160ἐννέα λάγχανον αἶγες· ἐμοὶ δὲ δέκʼ ἔξελον οἴῳ.
Twelve ships indeed followed me, and to each nine goats were allotted; but for myself alone they chose out ten.
§9.161ὣς τότε μὲν πρόπαν ἦμαρ ἐς ἠέλιον καταδύντα §9.162ἥμεθα δαινύμενοι κρέα τʼ ἄσπετα καὶ μέθυ ἡδύ· §9.163οὐ γάρ πω νηῶν ἐξέφθιτο οἶνος ἐρυθρός, §9.164ἀλλʼ ἐνέην· πολλὸν γὰρ ἐν ἀμφιφορεῦσιν ἕκαστοι §9.165ἠφύσαμεν Κικόνων. ἱερὸν πτολίεθρον ἑλόντες.
So then for the whole day until the going down of the sun we sat feasting on abundant meat and sweet wine; for the red wine was not yet exhausted from the ships, but there was still some in them; for each of us had drawn off much in jars when we took the sacred city of the Cicones.
§9.166Κυκλώπων δʼ ἐς γαῖαν ἐλεύσσομεν ἐγγὺς ἐόντων, §9.167καπνόν τʼ αὐτῶν τε φθογγὴν ὀίων τε καὶ αἰγῶν.
And we looked across to the land of the Cyclopes, who were near, and saw their smoke, and heard their voice and that of their sheep and goats.
But when the sun went down and darkness came on, then indeed we lay down to sleep on the breaker of the sea.
§9.170ἦμος δʼ ἠριγένεια φάνη ῥοδοδάκτυλος Ἠώς, §9.171καὶ τότʼ ἐγὼν ἀγορὴν θέμενος μετὰ πᾶσιν ἔειπον· §9.172ἄλλοι μὲν νῦν μίμνετʼ, ἐμοὶ ἐρίηρες ἑταῖροι· §9.173αὐτὰρ ἐγὼ σὺν νηί τʼ ἐμῇ καὶ ἐμοῖς ἑτάροισιν §9.174ἐλθὼν τῶνδʼ ἀνδρῶν πειρήσομαι, οἵ τινές εἰσιν, §9.175ἤ ῥʼ οἵ γʼ ὑβρισταί τε καὶ ἄγριοι οὐδὲ δίκαιοι, §9.176ἦε φιλόξεινοι, καί σφιν νόος ἐστὶ θεουδής. §9.177ὣς εἰπὼν ἀνὰ νηὸς ἔβην, ἐκέλευσα δʼ ἑταίρους §9.178αὐτούς τʼ ἀμβαίνειν ἀνά τε πρυμνήσια λῦσαι.
But when early-born, rosy-fingered Dawn appeared, then indeed I made an assembly and spoke among them all: "Remain here now, the rest of you, my trusty companions; but I, with my own ship and my own companions, will go and make trial of these men, who they are, whether they are indeed insolent and wild and unjust, or hospitable to strangers, and have a god-fearing mind." So saying, I went on board the ship, and ordered my companions themselves to embark and to loose the stern-cables.
§9.179οἱ δʼ αἶψʼ εἴσβαινον καὶ ἐπὶ κληῖσι καθῖζον, §9.180ἑξῆς δʼ ἑζόμενοι πολιὴν ἅλα τύπτον ἐρετμοῖς.
And they straightway embarked and sat down upon the benches, and sitting in order they struck the grey sea with their oars.
§9.181ἀλλʼ ὅτε δὴ τὸν χῶρον ἀφικόμεθʼ ἐγγὺς ἐόντα, §9.182ἔνθα δʼ ἐπʼ ἐσχατιῇ σπέος εἴδομεν ἄγχι θαλάσσης, §9.183ὑψηλόν, δάφνῃσι κατηρεφές. ἔνθα δὲ πολλὰ §9.184μῆλʼ, ὄιές τε καὶ αἶγες, ἰαύεσκον· περὶ δʼ αὐλὴ §9.185ὑψηλὴ δέδμητο κατωρυχέεσσι λίθοισι §9.186μακρῇσίν τε πίτυσσιν ἰδὲ δρυσὶν ὑψικόμοισιν.
But when indeed we came near to the place, there on the outer edge we saw a cave near the sea, high, overarched with laurels; and there many flocks, both sheep and goats, were wont to sleep; and around it a yard high had been built with deeply-dug stones and with tall pines and high-leaved oaks.
§9.187ἔνθα δʼ ἀνὴρ ἐνίαυε πελώριος, ὅς ῥα τὰ μῆλα §9.188οἶος ποιμαίνεσκεν ἀπόπροθεν· οὐδὲ μετʼ ἄλλους §9.189πωλεῖτʼ, ἀλλʼ ἀπάνευθεν ἐὼν ἀθεμίστια ᾔδη.
And there a monstrous man was wont to sleep, who indeed his flocks alone was wont to shepherd far off; nor with others did he associate, but being apart he knew lawless things.
§9.190καὶ γὰρ θαῦμʼ ἐτέτυκτο πελώριον, οὐδὲ ἐῴκει §9.191ἀνδρί γε σιτοφάγῳ, ἀλλὰ ῥίῳ ὑλήεντι §9.192ὑψηλῶν ὀρέων, ὅ τε φαίνεται οἶον ἀπʼ ἄλλων.
For indeed he had been made a monstrous wonder, nor was he like a man that eats bread, but to a wooded peak of high mountains, which appears alone, apart from others.
§9.193δὴ τότε τοὺς ἄλλους κελόμην ἐρίηρας ἑταίρους §9.194αὐτοῦ πὰρ νηί τε μένειν καὶ νῆα ἔρυσθαι, §9.195αὐτὰρ ἐγὼ κρίνας ἑτάρων δυοκαίδεκʼ ἀρίστους §9.196βῆν· ἀτὰρ αἴγεον ἀσκὸν ἔχον μέλανος οἴνοιο §9.197ἡδέος, ὅν μοι ἔδωκε Μάρων, Εὐάνθεος υἱός, §9.198ἱρεὺς Ἀπόλλωνος, ὃς Ἴσμαρον ἀμφιβεβήκει, §9.199οὕνεκά μιν σὺν παιδὶ περισχόμεθʼ ἠδὲ γυναικὶ §9.200ἁζόμενοι· ᾤκει γὰρ ἐν ἄλσεϊ δενδρήεντι §9.201Φοίβου Ἀπόλλωνος.
Then indeed I bid the other trusty companions to remain there beside the ship and to guard the ship, but I, having chosen twelve of the best of my companions, went; and I had a goat-skin bag of dark wine, sweet, which Maron had given me, the son of Euanthes, priest of Apollo, who protected Ismarus, because we had protected him with his child and his wife, respecting him; for he dwelt in the wooded grove of Phoebus Apollo.
ὁ δέ μοι πόρεν ἀγλαὰ δῶρα· §9.202χρυσοῦ μέν μοι ἔδωκʼ ἐυεργέος ἑπτὰ τάλαντα, §9.203δῶκε δέ μοι κρητῆρα πανάργυρον, αὐτὰρ ἔπειτα §9.204οἶνον ἐν ἀμφιφορεῦσι δυώδεκα πᾶσιν ἀφύσσας §9.205ἡδὺν ἀκηράσιον, θεῖον ποτόν· οὐδέ τις αὐτὸν §9.206ἠείδη δμώων οὐδʼ ἀμφιπόλων ἐνὶ οἴκῳ, §9.207ἀλλʼ αὐτὸς ἄλοχός τε φίλη ταμίη τε μίʼ οἴη.
And he gave me splendid gifts: seven talents of well-wrought gold he gave me, and he gave me a mixing-bowl all of silver, and then wine in twelve jars in all, drawing off sweet and unmixed wine, a divine drink; nor did anyone of the servants or handmaidens in the house know of it, but only himself and his dear wife and one housekeeper alone.
§9.208τὸν δʼ ὅτε πίνοιεν μελιηδέα οἶνον ἐρυθρόν, §9.209ἓν δέπας ἐμπλήσας ὕδατος ἀνὰ εἴκοσι μέτρα §9.210χεῦʼ, ὀδμὴ δʼ ἡδεῖα ἀπὸ κρητῆρος ὀδώδει §9.211θεσπεσίη· τότʼ ἂν οὔ τοι ἀποσχέσθαι φίλον ἦεν.
And when they drank this honey-sweet red wine, filling one cup, he would pour it into twenty measures of water, and a sweet smell arose from the mixing-bowl, wondrous; then indeed to hold back would not have been pleasing to anyone.
§9.212τοῦ φέρον ἐμπλήσας ἀσκὸν μέγαν, ἐν δὲ καὶ ᾖα §9.213κωρύκῳ· αὐτίκα γάρ μοι ὀίσατο θυμὸς ἀγήνωρ §9.214ἄνδρʼ ἐπελεύσεσθαι μεγάλην ἐπιειμένον ἀλκήν, §9.215ἄγριον, οὔτε δίκας ἐὺ εἰδότα οὔτε θέμιστας.
Of this I carried a great skin full, and also provisions in a bag; for straightway my proud heart suspected that a man would come upon us clothed in great strength, wild, well knowing neither justice nor laws.
§9.216καρπαλίμως δʼ εἰς ἄντρον ἀφικόμεθʼ, οὐδέ μιν ἔνδον
And quickly we came to the cave, nor did we find him within,