§9.495ὃς καὶ νῦν πόντονδε βαλὼν βέλος ἤγαγε νῆα §9.496αὖτις ἐς ἤπειρον, καὶ δὴ φάμεν αὐτόθʼ ὀλέσθαι.
'Who even now by throwing his missile into the sea brought the ship back to the land, and indeed we thought we would perish there.
§9.497εἰ δὲ φθεγξαμένου τευ ἢ αὐδήσαντος ἄκουσε, §9.498σύν κεν ἄραξʼ ἡμέων κεφαλὰς καὶ νήια δοῦρα §9.499μαρμάρῳ ὀκριόεντι βαλών· τόσσον γὰρ ἵησιν. §9.500ὣς φάσαν, ἀλλʼ οὐ πεῖθον ἐμὸν μεγαλήτορα θυμόν, §9.501ἀλλά μιν ἄψορρον προσέφην κεκοτηότι θυμῷ· §9.502Κύκλωψ, αἴ κέν τίς σε καταθνητῶν ἀνθρώπων §9.503ὀφθαλμοῦ εἴρηται ἀεικελίην ἀλαωτύν, §9.504φάσθαι Ὀδυσσῆα πτολιπόρθιον ἐξαλαῶσαι, §9.505υἱὸν Λαέρτεω, Ἰθάκῃ ἔνι οἰκίʼ ἔχοντα. §9.506ὣς ἐφάμην, ὁ δέ μʼ οἰμώξας ἠμείβετο μύθῳ·
And if he had heard anyone making a sound or speaking, he would have dashed our heads and the ship's timbers together by throwing a jagged stone; for so far does he hurl.' So they spoke, but they did not persuade my great-hearted spirit, but I addressed him back with an angry heart: 'Cyclops, if any one of mortal men should ask you about the shameful blinding of your eye, say that Odysseus, the sacker of cities, blinded you, the son of Laertes, who has his home in Ithaca.' So I spoke, and he with a groan answered me: 'Alas, indeed, the ancient prophecies have come upon me.
§9.507ὢ πόποι, ἦ μάλα δή με παλαίφατα θέσφαθʼ ἱκάνει. §9.508ἔσκε τις ἐνθάδε μάντις ἀνὴρ ἠύς τε μέγας τε, §9.509Τήλεμος Εὐρυμίδης, ὃς μαντοσύνῃ ἐκέκαστο
There was once a prophet here, a good and great man, Telemus, son of Eurymus, who excelled in prophecy and grew old prophesying among the Cyclopes.
§9.510καὶ μαντευόμενος κατεγήρα Κυκλώπεσσιν· §9.511ὅς μοι ἔφη τάδε πάντα τελευτήσεσθαι ὀπίσσω, §9.512χειρῶν ἐξ Ὀδυσῆος ἁμαρτήσεσθαι ὀπωπῆς.
He told me that all these things would be fulfilled in the future, that I should lose my sight at the hands of Odysseus.
§9.513ἀλλʼ αἰεί τινα φῶτα μέγαν καὶ καλὸν ἐδέγμην §9.514ἐνθάδʼ ἐλεύσεσθαι, μεγάλην ἐπιειμένον ἀλκήν· §9.515νῦν δέ μʼ ἐὼν ὀλίγος τε καὶ οὐτιδανὸς καὶ ἄκικυς §9.516ὀφθαλμοῦ ἀλάωσεν, ἐπεί μʼ ἐδαμάσσατο οἴνῳ.
But I always expected that some tall and handsome man would come here, clothed in great strength; but now, a man who is small, good-for-nothing, and weak has blinded me of my eye, after subduing me with wine.
§9.517ἀλλʼ ἄγε δεῦρʼ, Ὀδυσεῦ, ἵνα τοι πὰρ ξείνια θείω §9.518πομπήν τʼ ὀτρύνω δόμεναι κλυτὸν ἐννοσίγαιον· §9.519τοῦ γὰρ ἐγὼ πάϊς εἰμί, πατὴρ δʼ ἐμὸς εὔχεται εἶναι.
But come here, Odysseus, so that I may set guest-gifts before you, and urge the famous Earth-shaker to give you an escort; for I am his son, and he declares himself to be my father.
§9.520αὐτὸς δʼ, αἴ κʼ ἐθέλῃσʼ, ἰήσεται, οὐδέ τις ἄλλος §9.521οὔτε θεῶν μακάρων οὔτε θνητῶν ἀνθρώπων. §9.522ὣς ἔφατʼ, αὐτὰρ ἐγώ μιν ἀμειβόμενος προσέειπον· §9.523αἲ γὰρ δὴ ψυχῆς τε καὶ αἰῶνός σε δυναίμην §9.524εὖνιν ποιήσας πέμψαι δόμον Ἄϊδος εἴσω, §9.525ὡς οὐκ ὀφθαλμόν γʼ ἰήσεται οὐδʼ ἐνοσίχθων. §9.526ὣς ἐφάμην, ὁ δʼ ἔπειτα Ποσειδάωνι ἄνακτι §9.527εὔχετο χεῖρʼ ὀρέγων εἰς οὐρανὸν ἀστερόεντα· §9.528κλῦθι, Ποσείδαον γαιήοχε κυανοχαῖτα, §9.529εἰ ἐτεόν γε σός εἰμι, πατὴρ δʼ ἐμὸς εὔχεαι εἶναι, §9.530δὸς μὴ Ὀδυσσῆα πτολιπόρθιον οἴκαδʼ ἱκέσθαι §9.531υἱὸν Λαέρτεω, Ἰθάκῃ ἔνι οἰκίʼ ἔχοντα.
And he himself, if he wishes, will heal me, and no other, either of the blessed gods or of mortal men.' So he spoke, but I answered him and said: 'Would that I were able to strip you of your life and breath and send you into the house of Hades, as surely as not even the Earth-shaker will heal your eye!' So I spoke, and he then prayed to the lord Poseidon, stretching out his hands to the starry heaven: 'Hear me, Poseidon, earth-enfolder, dark-haired one, if indeed I am truly yours, and you declare yourself to be my father, grant that Odysseus, the sacker of cities, may not reach home, the son of Laertes, who has his home in Ithaca.
§9.532ἀλλʼ εἴ οἱ μοῖρʼ ἐστὶ φίλους τʼ ἰδέειν καὶ ἱκέσθαι §9.533οἶκον ἐυκτίμενον καὶ ἑὴν ἐς πατρίδα γαῖαν, §9.534ὀψὲ κακῶς ἔλθοι, ὀλέσας ἄπο πάντας ἑταίρους, §9.535νηὸς ἐπʼ ἀλλοτρίης, εὕροι δʼ ἐν πήματα οἴκῳ.
But if it is his fate to see his friends and reach his well-built house and his own fatherland, let him come late and in evil plight, after losing all his companions, on a foreign ship, and let him find trouble in his house.' So he spoke in prayer, and the dark-haired god heard him.
§9.536ὣς ἔφατʼ εὐχόμενος, τοῦ δʼ ἔκλυε κυανοχαίτης. §9.537αὐτὰρ ὅ γʼ ἐξαῦτις πολὺ μείζονα λᾶαν ἀείρας §9.538ἧκʼ ἐπιδινήσας, ἐπέρεισε δὲ ἶνʼ ἀπέλεθρον, §9.539κὰδʼ δʼ ἔβαλεν μετόπισθε νεὸς κυανοπρῴροιο §9.540τυτθόν, ἐδεύησεν δʼ οἰήιον ἄκρον ἱκέσθαι.
But the monster once more lifted a far larger stone and hurled it, spinning it around, and he put immeasurable strength into the throw, and cast it down just behind the dark-prowed ship, by a little, and it missed reaching the tip of the rudder.
§9.541ἐκλύσθη δὲ θάλασσα κατερχομένης ὑπὸ πέτρης· §9.542τὴν δὲ πρόσω φέρε κῦμα, θέμωσε δὲ χέρσον ἱκέσθαι.
And the sea surged up under the falling rock; and the wave bore the ship forward, and forced it to reach the shore.
§9.543ἀλλʼ ὅτε δὴ τὴν νῆσον ἀφικόμεθʼ, ἔνθα περ ἄλλαι §9.544νῆες ἐύσσελμοι μένον ἁθρόαι, ἀμφὶ δʼ ἑταῖροι §9.545ἥατʼ ὀδυρόμενοι, ἡμέας ποτιδέγμενοι αἰεί, §9.546νῆα μὲν ἔνθʼ ἐλθόντες ἐκέλσαμεν ἐν ψαμάθοισιν, §9.547ἐκ δὲ καὶ αὐτοὶ βῆμεν ἐπὶ ῥηγμῖνι θαλάσσης.
But when indeed we came to the island, where the other well-benched ships were waiting together, and around them our companions sat mourning, constantly expecting us, coming there we ran our ship upon the sands, and we ourselves stepped out upon the shore of the sea.
§9.548μῆλα δὲ Κύκλωπος γλαφυρῆς ἐκ νηὸς ἑλόντες §9.549δασσάμεθʼ, ὡς μή τίς μοι ἀτεμβόμενος κίοι ἴσης.
And taking the sheep of the Cyclops out of the hollow ship, we divided them, so that no one might go deprived of an equal share.
§9.550ἀρνειὸν δʼ ἐμοὶ οἴῳ ἐυκνήμιδες ἑταῖροι §9.551μήλων δαιομένων δόσαν ἔξοχα· τὸν δʼ ἐπὶ θινὶ §9.552Ζηνὶ κελαινεφέι Κρονίδῃ, ὃς πᾶσιν ἀνάσσει, §9.553ῥέξας μηρίʼ ἔκαιον·
But to me alone, when the sheep were being divided, my well-greaved companions gave the ram as a special prize; and sacrificing him on the shore to Zeus of the dark clouds, the son of Cronos, who rules over all, I burned the thigh-pieces.
ὁ δʼ οὐκ ἐμπάζετο ἱρῶν, §9.554ἀλλʼ ὅ γε μερμήριξεν ὅπως ἀπολοίατο πᾶσαι §9.555νῆες ἐύσσελμοι καὶ ἐμοὶ ἐρίηρες ἑταῖροι.
But he did not care for the sacrifices, but instead he was planning how all my well-benched ships and my trusty companions might perish.
§9.556ὣς τότε μὲν πρόπαν ἦμαρ ἐς ἠέλιον καταδύντα §9.557ἥμεθα δαινύμενοι κρέα τʼ ἄσπετα καὶ μέθυ ἡδύ· §9.558ἦμος δʼ ἠέλιος κατέδυ καὶ ἐπὶ κνέφας ἦλθε, §9.559δὴ τότε κοιμήθημεν ἐπὶ ῥηγμῖνι θαλάσσης.
So then for the whole day until the going down of the sun we sat feasting on abundant meat and sweet wine; but when the sun went down and darkness came on, then indeed we lay down to sleep on the shore of the sea.
§9.560ἦμος δʼ ἠριγένεια φάνη ῥοδοδάκτυλος Ἠώς, §9.561δὴ τότʼ ἐγὼν ἑτάροισιν ἐποτρύνας ἐκέλευσα §9.562αὐτούς τʼ ἀμβαίνειν ἀνά τε πρυμνήσια λῦσαι·
And when early-born, rosy-fingered Dawn appeared, then indeed I aroused my companions and ordered them to go on board themselves and to loose the stern cables.