§8.1ΤΡΙΤΩΝ
Ἐπὶ τὴν Λέρναν, ὦ Πόσειδον, παραγίνεται καθ' ἑκάστην ἡμέραν ὑδρευσομένη παρθένος, πάγκαλόν τι χρῆμα· οὐκ οἶδα ἔγωγε καλλίω παῖδα ἰδών.
TRITON To Lerna, Poseidon, there comes every day a maiden to draw water, an extremely beautiful creature; I for my part do not know of having seen a more beautiful girl.
ΠΟΣΕΙΔΩΝ
Ἐλευθέραν τινά, ὦ Τρίτων, λέγεις, ἢ θεράπαινά τις ὑδροφόρος ἐστίν;
POSEIDON Are you speaking of a free woman, Triton, or is she some water-carrying maidservant?
ΤΡΙΤΩΝ
Οὐ μὲν οὖν, ἀλλὰ τοῦ Αἰγυπτίου ἐκείνου θυγάτηρ, μία τῶν πεντήκοντα καὶ αὐτή, Ἀμυμώνη τοὔνομα· ἐπυθόμην γὰρ ἥτις καλεῖται καὶ τὸ γένος.
TRITON By no means; on the contrary, she is the daughter of that Egyptian, one of the fifty herself, Amymone by name; for I inquired who she is called and her family.
ὁ Δαναὸς δὲ σκληραγωγεῖ τὰς θυγατέρας καὶ αὐτουργεῖν διδάσκει καὶ πέμπει ὕδωρ τε ἀρυσομένας καὶ πρὸς τὰ ἄλλα παιδεύει ἀόκνους εἶναι αὐτάς.
Danaus treats his daughters harshly and teaches them to work with their own hands, and sends them to draw water, and trains them to be industrious in other matters as well.
§8.2ΠΟΣΕΙΔΩΝ
Μόνη δὲ παραγίνεται μακρὰν οὕτω τὴν ὁδὸν ἐξ Ἄργους εἰς Λέρναν;
POSEIDON And does she come alone on such a long journey from Argos to Lerna?
ΤΡΙΤΩΝ
Μόνη· πολυδίψιον δὲ τὸ Ἄργος, ὡς οἶσθα· ὥστε ἀνάγκη ἀεὶ ὑδροφορεῖν.
TRITON Alone; and Argos is very thirsty, as you know, so it is necessary to carry water always.
ΠΟΣΕΙΔΩΝ
Ὦ Τρίτων, οὐ μετρίως με διετάραξας περὶ τῆς παιδὸς εἰπών· ὥστε ἴωμεν ἐπ' αὐτήν.
POSEIDON Triton, you have excited me not a little by speaking about the girl; so let us go to her.
ΤΡΙΤΩΝ
Ἴωμεν· ἤδη γὰρ καιρὸς τῆς ὑδροφορίας· καὶ σχεδόν που κατὰ μέσην τὴν ὁδόν ἐστιν ἰοῦσα ἐς τὴν Λέρναν.
TRITON Let us go; for it is already the time for water-carrying; and she is probably somewhere around the middle of the road, going to Lerna.
ΠΟΣΕΙΔΩΝ
Οὐκοῦν ζεῦξον τὸ ἅρμα· ἢ τοῦτο μὲν πολλὴν ἔχει τὴν διατριβὴν ὑπάγειν τοὺς ἵππους τῇ ζεύγλῃ καὶ τὸ ἅρμα ἐπισκευάζειν, σὺ δὲ ἀλλὰ δελφῖνά μοί τινα τῶν ὠκέων παράστησον· ἀφιππάσομαι γὰρ ἐπ' αὐτοῦ τάχιστα.
POSEIDON Then yoke the chariot—or does this involve a great waste of time, to bring the horses under the yoke and prepare the chariot? Well, instead, bring me one of the swift dolphins; for I will ride on it very quickly.
ΤΡΙΤΩΝ
Ἰδού σοι οὑτοσὶ δελφίνων ὁ ὠκύτατος.
TRITON Here is the swiftest of dolphins for you.
ΠΟΣΕΙΔΩΝ
Εὖ γε· ἀπελαύνωμεν· σὺ δὲ παρανήχου, ὦ Τρίτων.
POSEIDON Excellent; let us ride off; and you swim alongside, Triton.
κἀπειδὴ πάρεσμεν εἰς τὴν Λέρναν, ἐγὼ μὲν λοχήσω ἐνταῦθά που, σὺ δὲ ἀποσκόπει· ὁπόταν αἴσθῃ προσιοῦσαν αὐτὴν—
ΤΡΙΤΩΝ
Αὕτη σοι πλησίον.
And when we arrive at Lerna, I will lie in wait somewhere here, and you keep watch; as soon as you perceive her approaching— TRITON Here she is near you.
§8.3ΠΟΣΕΙΔΩΝ
Καλή, ὦ Τρίτων, καὶ ὡραία παρθένος· ἀλλὰ συλληπτέα ἡμῖν ἐστιν.
POSEIDON Beautiful, Triton, and a lovely maiden; but we must seize her.
ΑΜΥΜΩΝΗ
Ἄνθρωπε, ποῖ με συναρπάσας ἄγεις;
AMYMONE Sir, where are you carrying me off by force?
ἀνδραποδιστὴς εἶ, καὶ ἔοικας ἡμῖν ὑπ' Αἰγύπτου τοῦ θείου ἐπιπεμφθῆναι· ὥστε βοήσομαι τὸν πατέρα.
You are a slave-snatcher, and you seem to have been sent against us by our uncle Aegyptus; therefore I will cry out for my father.
ΤΡΙΤΩΝ
Σιώπησον, ὦ Ἀμυμώνη· Ποσειδῶν ἐστι.
TRITON Be silent, Amymone; it is Poseidon.
ΑΜΥΜΩΝΗ
Τί Ποσειδῶν λέγεις;
AMYMONE Why do you say Poseidon?
τί βιάζῃ με, ὦ ἄνθρωπε, καὶ εἰς τὴν θάλασσαν καθέλκεις;
Why do you force me, sir, and drag me down into the sea?
ἐγὼ δὲ ἀποπνιγήσομαι ἡ ἀθλία καταδῦσα.
And I, wretched one, will drown if I go under.
ΠΟΣΕΙΔΩΝ
Θάρρει, οὐδὲν δεινὸν μὴ πάθῃς· ἀλλὰ καὶ πηγὴν ἐπώνυμον ἀναδοθῆναί σοι ποιήσω ἐνταῦθα πατάξας τῇ τριαίνῃ τὴν πέτραν πλησίον τοῦ κλύσματος, καὶ σὺ εὐδαίμων ἔσῃ καὶ μόνη τῶν ἀδελφῶν οὐχ ὑδροφορήσεις ἀποθανοῦσα.
POSEIDON Have courage, you will certainly suffer no harm; but also I will make a spring named after you rise up there, having struck the rock with my trident near the surf, and you will be happy and, alone of your sisters, you will not carry water after you die.