like a newly-reared child, bright-eyed toward the hand, and fawning through the necessities of the belly.
§727χρονισθεὶς δ᾽ ἀπέδειξεν ἦ- §728θος τὸ πρὸς τοκέων: χάριν §729γὰρ τροφεῦσιν ἀμείβων §730μηλοφόνοισι σὺν ἄταις §731δαῖτ᾽ ἀκέλευστος ἔτευξεν: §732αἵματι δ᾽ οἶκος ἐφύρθη, §733ἄμαχον ἄλγος οἰκέταις §734μέγα σίνος πολύκτονον.
But in time he showed the character inherited from his parents; for in return for his rearing, with disastrous slaughter of sheep, he prepared a banquet unbidden; and the house was defiled with blood, an irresistible grief to the servants, a great, murderous, and destructive mischief.
And by the will of god, some priest of ruin was reared in the house.
§737πάραυτα δ᾽ ἐλθεῖν ἐς Ἰλίου πόλιν §738λέγοιμ᾽ ἂν φρόνημα μὲν §740νηνέμου γαλάνας, §741ἀκασκαῖον <δ᾽> ἄγαλμα πλούτου, §742μαλθακὸν ὀμμάτων βέλος, §743δηξίθυμον ἔρωτος ἄνθος.
Likewise, I would say there came to the city of Ilium at first a spirit of windless calm, a gentle ornament of wealth, a soft dart of the eyes, a soul-biting flower of love.
§744παρακλίνασ᾽ ἐπέκρανεν §745δὲ γάμου πικρὰς τελευτάς, §746δύσεδρος καὶ δυσόμιλος §747συμένα Πριαμίδαισιν, §748πομπᾷ Διὸς ξενίου, §749νυμφόκλαυτος Ἐρινύς.
But swerving aside, she brought a bitter end to the marriage, an ill-seated and ill-associating visitor, rushing upon the sons of Priam, under the guidance of Zeus, god of hospitality, a bride-lamented Erinys.
§750παλαίφατος δ᾽ ἐν βροτοῖς γέρων λόγος §751τέτυκται, μέγαν τελε- §752σθέντα φωτὸς ὄλβον §753τεκνοῦσθαι μηδ᾽ ἄπαιδα θνῄσκειν, §755ἐκ δ᾽ ἀγαθᾶς τύχας γένει §756βλαστάνειν ἀκόρεστον οἰζύν.
An ancient proverb has been fashioned among mortals, that a man's great wealth, when fully grown, begets offspring and does not die childless, and that from good fortune there sprouts for the race insatiable misery.
For the impious deed begets more after it, resembling their own breed.
But for houses of straight justice, the lot is always blessed with fair children.
§763φιλεῖ δὲ τίκτειν ὕβρις §764μὲν παλαιὰ νεά- §765ζουσαν ἐν κακοῖς βροτῶν §766ὕβριν τότ᾽ ἢ τόθ᾽, ὅτε τὸ κύριον μόλῃ §767φάος τόκου, §768δαίμονά τε τὰν ἄμαχον, ἀπόλεμον, §769ἀνίερον θράσος, μελαί- §770νας μελάθροισιν Ἄτας, §771εἰδομένας τοκεῦσιν.
An old insolence is wont to beget a young insolence among the evils of mortals, now or then, whenever the appointed day of birth arrives, and the demon irresistible, unconquerable, unholy recklessness, black Ruin upon the halls, resembling its parents.
But Justice shines in smoky dwellings, and honors the righteous life.
§776τὰ χρυσόπαστα δ᾽ ἔδεθλα σὺν πίνῳ χερῶν §777παλιντρόποις §778ὄμμασι λιποῦσ᾽, ὅσια προσέμολε §779δύναμιν οὐ σέβουσα πλού- §780του παράσημον αἴνῳ: §781πᾶν δ᾽ ἐπὶ τέρμα νωμᾷ.
But leaving gold-spangled dwellings with filth of hands, with eyes turned away, she goes to holy things, not revering the power of wealth and she guides everything to its end.
Come then, king, destroyer of Troy, offspring of Atreus, how shall I address you?
How shall I revere you, neither overshooting nor falling short of the proper measure of gratitude?
Many among mortals prefer appearance to reality, transgressing justice.
§790τῷ δυσπραγουντι δ᾽ ἐπιστενάχειν §791πᾶς τις ἕτοιμος: δῆγμα δὲ λύπης §792οὐδὲν ἐφ᾽ ἧπαρ προσικνεῖται:
And to groan over one who fares ill everyone is ready; but no bite of grief reaches to the liver at all.
And they rejoice with others, pretending to match their mood, forcing their unsmiling faces.
§795ὅστις δ᾽ ἀγαθὸς προβατογνώμων, §796οὐκ ἔστι λαθεῖν ὄμματα φωτός, §797τὰ δοκοῦντ᾽ εὔφρονος ἐκ διανοίας §798ὑδαρεῖ σαίνειν φιλότητι.
But whoever is a good judge of sheep, the eyes of a man cannot escape him, which, seeming to come from a friendly mind, fawn with a watery friendship.
§799σὺ δέ μοι τότε μὲν στέλλων στρατιὰν §800Ἑλένης ἕνεκ᾽, οὐ γάρ <σ᾽> ἐπικεύσω, §801κάρτ᾽ ἀπομούσως ἦσθα γεγραμμένος, §802οὐδ᾽ εὖ πραπίδων οἴακα νέμων §803†θράσος ἑκούσιον† §804ἀνδράσι θνῄσκουσι κομίζων.
And you, when you were sending the army for the sake of Helen then, for I will not hide it from you, were depicted as exceedingly lacking in wisdom, not steering well the rudder of your mind, by trying to bring courage to dying men.
But now, not from the surface of the mind nor unfriendly, the city is friendly to those who have accomplished their task well.
And in time, by inquiring, you will know who among the citizens has ruled the city justly, and who inappropriately.
§810πρῶτον μὲν Ἄργος καὶ θεοὺς ἐγχωρίους §811δίκη προσειπεῖν, τοὺς ἐμοὶ μεταιτίους §812νόστου δικαίων θ᾽ ὧν ἐπραξάμην πόλιν §813Πριάμου: δίκας γὰρ οὐκ ἀπὸ γλώσσης θεοὶ §814κλύοντες ἀνδροθνῆτας Ἰλίου φθορὰς §815εἰς αἱματηρὸν τεῦχος οὐ διχορρόπως §816ψήφους ἔθεντο: τῷ δ᾽ ἐναντίῳ κύτει §817ἐλπὶς προσῄει χειρὸς οὐ πληρουμένῳ.
First, it is just to address Argos and the gods of the land, who are joint-authors with me of my return and of the justice I exacted from the city of Priam; for the gods, hearing cases not from the tongue, cast their votes without doubt into the bloody urn for the destruction of Troy and the slaughter of men; while to the opposite urn hope of a hand approached, though it remained unfilled.
§818καπνῷ δ᾽ ἁλοῦσα νῦν ἔτ᾽ εὔσημος πόλις.
And by its smoke the captured city is still clearly visible.
The storms of ruin live; and the dying ash sends forth rich blasts of wealth.
§821τούτων θεοῖσι χρὴ πολύμνηστον χάριν §822τίνειν, ἐπείπερ καὶ πάγας ὑπερκότους §823ἐφραξάμεσθα καὶ γυναικὸς οὕνεκα §824πόλιν διημάθυνεν Ἀργεῖον δάκος, §825ἵππου νεοσσός, ἀσπιδοστρόφος λεώς, §826πήδημ᾽ ὀρούσας ἀμφὶ Πλειάδων δύσιν:
For these things we must pay highly mindful thanks to the gods, since we have both cast furious nets around them, and for the sake of a woman the Argive monster has ground the city to dust, the offspring of the horse, a shield-wielding host, having leaped its leap around the setting of the Pleiades.
And leaping over the tower, a raw-flesh-eating lion has licked its fill of royal blood.
§829θεοῖς μὲν ἐξέτεινα φροίμιον τόδε:
To the gods indeed I have extended this prelude.
But as to your sentiment, I remember having heard it, and I say the same things, and you have me as your advocate.
For to few men is this inborn, to revere a prosperous friend without envy.
§834δύσφρων γὰρ ἰὸς καρδίαν προσήμενος §835ἄχθος διπλοίζει τῷ πεπαμένῳ νόσον, §836τοῖς τ᾽ αὐτὸς αὑτοῦ πήμασιν βαρύνεται §837καὶ τὸν θυραῖον ὄλβον εἰσορῶν στένει.
For a malevolent poison sitting at the heart doubles the burden for him who possesses the disease; he is both weighed down by his own troubles and groans as he looks upon the prosperity of others.