who lived on earth, caring nothing for Zeus, in the beautiful glade near the Cephisian lake.
§281ἔνθεν καρπαλίμως προσέβης πρὸς δειράδα θύων §282ἵκεο δʼ ἐς Κρίσην ὑπὸ Παρνησὸν νιφόεντα, §283κνημὸν πρὸς Ζέφυρον τετραμμένον, αὐτὰρ ὕπερθεν §284πέτρη ἐπικρέμαται, κοίλη δʼ ὑποδέδρομε βῆσσα, §285τρηχεῖʼ·
Thence you quickly went upward, rushing toward the ridge, and came to Crisa beneath snowy Parnassus, a mountain slope turned toward the West wind; but above a cliff hangs over, and a hollow, rugged glade runs beneath.
ἔνθα ἄναξ τεκμήρατο Φοῖβος Ἀπόλλων §286νηὸν ποιήσασθαι ἐπήρατον εἶπέ τε μῦθον· §287<milestone type="startquote"> ἐνθάδε δὴ φρονέω τεῦξαι περικαλλέα νηὸν §288ἔμμεναι ἀνθρώποις χρηστήριον, οἵτε μοι αἰεὶ §289ἐνθάδʼ ἀγινήσουσι τεληέσσας ἑκατόμβας, §290ἠμὲν ὅσοι Πελοπόννησον πίειραν ἔχουσιν, §291ἠδʼ ὅσοι Εὐρώπην τε καὶ ἀμφιρύτας κατὰ νήσους, §292χρησόμενοι· τοῖσιν δʼ ἄρʼ ἐγὼ νημερτέα βουλὴν §293πᾶσι θεμιστεύοιμι χρέων ἐνὶ πίονι νηῷ. <milestone type="endquote"> §294ὣς εἰπὼν διέθηκε θεμείλια Φοῖβος Ἀπόλλων §295εὐρέα καὶ μάλα μακρὰ διηνεκές· αὐτὰρ ἐπʼ αὐτοῖς §296λάινον οὐδὸν ἔθηκε Τροφώνιος ἠδʼ Ἀγαμήδης, §297υἱέες Ἐργίνου, φίλοι ἀθανάτοισι θεοῖσιν·
There the lord Phoebus Apollo resolved to build a lovely temple and spoke a word: <milestone type="startquote"> "Here indeed I intend to build a very beautiful temple, to be an oracle-place for men, who will always bring hither perfect hecatombs, both those who possess the rich Peloponnese, and those who dwell in Europe and the sea-washed islands, seeking oracles; and to them all I would deliver unerring counsel, giving oracles in my rich temple." <milestone type="endquote"> So speaking, Phoebus Apollo laid out the foundations, broad and very long, without interruption; but upon them Trophonius and Agamedes laid a stone threshold, sons of Erginus, dear to the immortal gods.
And around the temple the countless tribes of men built it with polished stones, to be sung of always.
§300ἀγχοῦ δὲ κρήνη καλλίρροος, ἔνθα δράκαιναν §301κτεῖνεν ἄναξ, Διὸς υἱός, ἀπὸ κρατεροῖο βιοῖο, §302ζατρεφέα, μεγάλην, τέρας ἄγριον, ἣ κακὰ πολλὰ §303ἀνθρώπους ἔρδεσκεν ἐπὶ χθονί, πολλὰ μὲν αὐτούς, §304πολλὰ δὲ μῆλα ταναύποδʼ, ἐπεὶ πέλε πῆμα δαφοινόν.
And nearby was a beautiful-flowing spring, where the dragoness the lord, son of Zeus, killed with his strong bow, well-fed, great, a fierce monster, who did many evils to men on earth—many to them themselves, and many to long-shanked sheep, since she was a blood-red bane.
§305καὶ ποτε δεξαμένη χρυσοθρόνου ἔτρεφεν Ἥρης §306δεινόν τʼ ἀργαλέον τε Τυφάονα, πῆμα βροτοῖσιν· §307ὅν ποτʼ ἄρʼ Ἥρη ἔτικτε χολωσαμένη Διὶ πατρί, §308ἡνίκʼ ἄρα Κρονίδης ἐρικυδέα γείνατʼ Ἀθήνην
And once she received from golden-throned Hera and reared the dread and terrible Typhaon, a bane to mortals, whom once Hera bore, being angered at father Zeus, when the son of Cronos begot glorious Athena in his head.
§309ἐν κορυφῇ· ἣ δʼ αἶψα χολώσατο πότνια Ἥρη §310ἠδὲ καὶ ἀγρομένοισι μετʼ ἀθανάτοισιν ἔειπε· §311<milestone type="startquote"> κέκλυτέ μευ, πάντες τε θεοὶ πᾶσαί τε θέαιναι, §312ὡς ἔμʼ ἀτιμάζειν ἄρχει νεφεληγερέτα Ζεὺς §313πρῶτος, ἐπεί μʼ ἄλοχον ποιήσατο κέδνʼ εἰδυῖαν·
And she quickly grew angry, queenly Hera, and spoke among the assembled immortals: <milestone type="startquote"> "Hear me, all you gods and all you goddesses, how cloud-gathering Zeus begins to dishonor me first, since he made me his wife who knows good ways.
§314καὶ νῦν νόσφιν ἐμεῖο τέκε γλαυκῶπιν Ἀθήνην, §315ἣ πᾶσιν μακάρεσσι μεταπρέπει ἀθανάτοισιν· §316αὐτὰρ ὅ γʼ ἠπεδανὸς γέγονεν μετὰ πᾶσι θεοῖσι §317παῖς ἐμὸς Ἥφαιστος, ῥικνὸς πόδας, ὃν τέκον αὐτή· §317a[αἶσχος ἐμοὶ καὶ ὄνειδος ἐν οὐρανῷ ὅντε καὶ αὐτή] §318ῥῖψʼ ἀνὰ χερσὶν ἑλοῦσα καὶ ἔμβαλον εὐρέι πόντῳ·
And now, apart from me, he has given birth to grey-eyed Athena, who is pre-eminent among all the blessed immortals; while he has become weak among all the gods, my son Hephaestus, withered of feet, whom I myself bore— [a shame and disgrace to me in heaven, whom I myself] cast down, taking him in my hands, and threw into the wide sea.
But the daughter of Nereus, silver-footed Thetis, received him and cared for him with her sisters.
§321ὡς ὄφελʼ ἄλλο θεοῖσι χαρίζεσθαι μακάρεσσι.
Would that he had pleased the blessed gods in some other way!
§322σχέτλιε, ποικιλομῆτα, τί νῦν μητίσεαι ἄλλο;
Stubborn one, crafty one, what other thing will you now devise?
§323πῶς ἔτλης οἶος τεκέειν γλαυκῶπιν Ἀθήνην;
How did you dare to give birth alone to grey-eyed Athena?
§324οὐκ ἂν ἐγὼ τεκόμην;
Could I not have given birth?
καὶ σὴ κεκλημένη ἔμπης §325ἦα ῥʼ ἐν ἀθανάτοισιν, οἳ οὐρανὸν εὐρὺν ἔχουσι.
And yet I was called yours among the immortals who hold the wide heaven.
§325aφράζεο νῦν μή τοί τι κακὸν μητίσομʼ ὀπίσσω.
Take care now lest I should devise some evil against you hereafter.
§326καὶ νῦν μέντοι ἐγὼ τεχνήσομαι, ὥς κε γένηται §327παῖς ἐμός, ὅς κε θεοῖσι μεταπρέποι ἀθανάτοισιν, §328οὔτε σὸν αἰσχύνασʼ ἱερὸν λέχος οὔτʼ ἐμὸν αὐτῆς.
and now indeed I will contrive that a child of mine shall be born, who shall be pre-eminent among the immortal gods, neither shaming your sacred bed nor my own.
§329οὐδέ τοι εἰς εὐνὴν πωλήσομαι, ἀλλʼ ἀπὸ σεῖο §330τηλόθʼ ἐοῦσα θεοῖσι μετέσσομαι ἀθανάτοισιν. <milestone type="endquote"> §331ὣς εἰποῦσʼ ἀπὸ νόσφι θεῶν κίε χωομένη κῆρ.
Nor will I go to your bed, but being far apart from you, I will dwell among the immortal gods." <milestone type="endquote"> So speaking, she went apart from the gods, angered in her heart.
§332αὐτίκʼ ἔπειτʼ ἠρᾶτο βοῶπις πότνια Ἥρη, §333χειρὶ καταπρηνεῖ δʼ ἔλασε χθόνα καὶ φάτο μῦθον· §334<milestone type="startquote"> κέκλυτε νῦν μευ, Γαῖα καὶ Οὐρανὸς εὐρὺς ὕπερθεν §335Τιτῆνές τε θεοί, τοὶ ὑπὸ χθονὶ ναιετάοντες §336Τάρταρον ἀμφὶ μέγαν, τῶν ἒξ ἄνδρες τε θεοί τε· §337αὐτοὶ νῦν μευ πάντες ἀκούσατε καὶ δότε παῖδα §338νόσφι Διός, μηδέν τι βίην ἐπιδευέα κείνου· §339ἀλλʼ ὅ γε φέρτερος ἔστω, ὅσον Κρόνου εὐρύοπα Ζεύς. <milestone type="endquote"> §340ὣς ἄρα φωνήσασʼ ἵμασε χθόνα χειρὶ παχείῃ· §341κινήθη δʼ ἄρα Γαῖα φερέσβιος·
Straightway then queenly ox-eyed Hera prayed, and with downward palm she struck the earth and spoke a word: <milestone type="startquote"> "Hear me now, Earth and wide Heaven above, and you Titan gods, who dwell beneath the earth around great Tartarus, from whom come both men and gods: do you all now hear me and grant me a child apart from Zeus, in no way inferior to him in strength; but let him be as much stronger as wide-seeing Zeus is than Cronos." <milestone type="endquote"> So speaking, she lashed the earth with her thick hand; and life-giving Earth was moved.
ἣ δὲ ἰδοῦσα §342τέρπετο ὃν κατὰ θυμόν· ὀίετο γὰρ τελέεσθαι.
And she, beholding it, rejoiced in her heart; for she thought that it would be fulfilled.
§343ἐκ τούτου δὴ ἔπειτα τελεσφόρον εἰς ἐνιαυτὸν §344οὔτε πότʼ εἰς εὐνὴν Διὸς ἤλυθε μητιόεντος, §345οὔτε πότʼ ἐς θῶκον πολυδαίδαλον, ὡς τὸ πάρος περ
From that time indeed, then, for a full-circle year she never came to the bed of wise Zeus, nor to her richly-wrought seat, as she was wont to do before,