Bibliotheca Polyglotta

Setting the scene, the rage of Achilles, Chryses and his daughter taken by Agamemnon, his denial to send her back and the pestilence sent by Apollo l.1-56

Divination of the cause, dialogue between Achilles and Agamemnon on honour l.57-187

Achilles’ anger is checked by Athena, he should use the word not the sword l.188-222

Achilles attacks again Agamemnon with harsh words l.223-253

Nestor speaks l.254-284

Agamemnon speaks l.285-291

Achilleus answers angrily, Agamemnon orders to take Briseis, and Achilleus, unwillingly, gives her to Agamemnon and complains to his mother Thetis l.292-427

Offering to Apollo, Odysseus brings the hecatombe to Chryses, and they feast l.428-492

Meeting of the gods with Zeus in Olympus, request of Thetis, suspicion of Hera, and feast l.493-611

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οἳ δ᾽ ἐπεὶ οὖν ἤγερθεν ὁμηγερέες τε γένοντο,
τοῖσι δ᾽ ἀνιστάμενος μετέφη πόδας ὠκὺς Ἀχιλλεύς:
Ἀτρεΐδη νῦν ἄμμε παλιμπλαγχθέντας ὀΐω
60 ἂψ ἀπονοστήσειν, εἴ κεν θάνατόν γε φύγοιμεν,
εἰ δὴ ὁμοῦ πόλεμός τε δαμᾷ καὶ λοιμὸς Ἀχαιούς:

Hi autem postquem surrexerunt · et simul facti sunt
His autem fingens fatus est pedivelox achilles
Atride nunc nos impeditos puto
Retro reuerti si mortem velimus aufugere
Iam simul bellum domat et pestis grecos

When they were assembled and gathered together, among them arose and spoke swift-footed Achilles: “Son of Atreus, now I think we shall return home, beaten back again, should we even escape death, [60] if war and pestilence alike are to ravage the Achaeans.

ἀλλ᾽ ἄγε δή τινα μάντιν ἐρείομεν ἢ ἱερῆα
ἢ καὶ ὀνειροπόλον, καὶ γάρ τ᾽ ὄναρ ἐκ Διός ἐστιν,
ὅς κ᾽ εἴποι ὅ τι τόσσον ἐχώσατο Φοῖβος Ἀπόλλων,
65 εἴτ᾽ ἄρ᾽ ὅ γ᾽ εὐχωλῆς ἐπιμέμφεται ἠδ᾽ ἑκατόμβης,
αἴ κέν πως ἀρνῶν κνίσης αἰγῶν τε τελείων
βούλεται ἀντιάσας ἡμῖν ἀπὸ λοιγὸν ἀμῦναι.

Sed eia aliquem diuinum interrogemus vel sacredotem
Vel insomniorum exploratorem etenim somnium a Ioue est
Qui dicat quare tantum iratus est phoebus apollo
Si forte hic per deprecationem inquiritur atque per hecatombem
Si modo agnorum emissa imprarum perfectarum
Velit mitigari nobis longe luem expellere

But come, let us ask some seer or priest, or some reader of dreams—for a dream too is from Zeus—who might say why Phoebus Apollo is so angry, whether he finds fault with a vow or a hecatomb; [65] in hope that he may accept the savour of lambs and unblemished goats, and be willing to ward off the pestilence from us.”

ἤτοι ὅ γ᾽ ὣς εἰπὼν κατ᾽ ἄρ᾽ ἕζετο: τοῖσι δ᾽ ἀνέστη
Κάλχας Θεστορίδης οἰωνοπόλων ὄχ᾽ ἄριστος,
70 ὃς ᾔδη τά τ᾽ ἐόντα τά τ᾽ ἐσσόμενα πρό τ᾽ ἐόντα,
καὶ νήεσσ᾽ ἡγήσατ᾽ Ἀχαιῶν Ἴλιον εἴσω
ἣν διὰ μαντοσύνην, τήν οἱ πόρε Φοῖβος Ἀπόλλων:
ὅ σφιν ἐὺ φρονέων ἀγορήσατο καὶ μετέειπεν:

Certe hic sic dixit · Intra sedit · his aut surrexit
Calcas thestorides augur auium valde optimus
Qui sciebat quaeque presentia quaeque futura et ante existentia
Et nauem conduxit grecorum Ilion intra
Quam per diuinationem · hanc sibi? enim? dedit phoebus apollo
Qui eis bene sentiens concionatus eest et vera dixit

When he had thus spoken he sat down, and among them arose Calchas son of Thestor, far the best of bird-diviners, who knew the things that were, and that were to be, and that had been before, [70] and who had guided the ships of the Achaeans to Ilios by his own prophetic powers which Phoebus Apollo had bestowed upon him. He with good intent addressed the gathering, and spoke among them:

ὦ Ἀχιλεῦ κέλεαί με Διῒ φίλε μυθήσασθαι
75 μῆνιν Ἀπόλλωνος ἑκατηβελέταο ἄνακτος:
τοὶ γὰρ ἐγὼν ἐρέω: σὺ δὲ σύνθεο καί μοι ὄμοσσον
ἦ μέν μοι πρόφρων ἔπεσιν καὶ χερσὶν ἀρήξειν:
ἦ γὰρ ὀΐομαι ἄνδρα χολωσέμεν, ὃς μέγα πάντων
Ἀργείων κρατέει καί οἱ πείθονται Ἀχαιοί:

Achilles · Iube mihi Ioui amice scire
Iram Apollinis ecatiballethao regis
Tibi ego dicam : tu autem permitte et mihi Iura
vere mihi voluntarium verbis et manibus auxiliari
Cerrte puto uirum irasci qui magne omnibus
Graecis dominatur : et ei obediunt achiui

“Achilles, dear to Zeus, you bid me declare the wrath of Apollo, the lord who strikes from afar. [75] Therefore I will speak; but take thought and swear that you will readily defend me with word and with might of hand; for I think I shall anger a man who rules mightily over all the Argives, and whom the Achaeans obey.

80 κρείσσων γὰρ βασιλεὺς ὅτε χώσεται ἀνδρὶ χέρηϊ:
εἴ περ γάρ τε χόλον γε καὶ αὐτῆμαρ καταπέψῃ,
ἀλλά τε καὶ μετόπισθεν ἔχει κότον, ὄφρα τελέσσῃ,
ἐν στήθεσσιν ἑοῖσι: σὺ δὲ φράσαι εἴ με σαώσεις.

Melior enim imperator quando irascitur uiro minimo
Quidem si iram in eadem die digerat
Sed et postmodum habeat iram ut perficiat
In pectoribus propriis · Tu autem dic si saluabis

For mightier is a king, when he is angry at a lesser man. [80] Even if he swallows down his wrath for that day, yet afterwards he cherishes resentment in his heart till he brings it to fulfillment. Say then, if you will keep me safe.”

τὸν δ᾽ ἀπαμειβόμενος προσέφη πόδας ὠκὺς Ἀχιλλεύς:
‘85 θαρσήσας μάλα εἰπὲ θεοπρόπιον ὅ τι οἶσθα:
οὐ μὰ γὰρ Ἀπόλλωνα Διῒ φίλον, ᾧ τε σὺ Κάλχαν
εὐχόμενος Δαναοῖσι θεοπροπίας ἀναφαίνεις,
οὔ τις ἐμεῦ ζῶντος καὶ ἐπὶ χθονὶ δερκομένοιο
σοὶ κοίλῃς παρὰ νηυσί βαρείας χεῖρας ἐποίσει
90 συμπάντων Δαναῶν, οὐδ᾽ ἢν Ἀγαμέμνονα εἴπῃς,
ὃς νῦν πολλὸν ἄριστος Ἀχαιῶν εὔχεται εἶναι.

Huic autem retribuens fatus est pediuelox achilles
Horteris valde dic diuinum quid scis
137r Non per appollinem Ioui amicum cui in calacas ·
Orans graecis diuina sciens omines?
Nullus me uiuente et in terra uiso
Tibi cauis in nauibus graues manus imponet
Cum omnibus graecis · Non si agamemnone dices ·
Qui nunc multum optimus in exercitu iactatur esse

In answer to him spoke swift-footed Achilles: “Take heart, and speak out whatever oracle you know; [85] for by Apollo, dear to Zeus, to whom you, Calchas, pray when you reveal oracles to the Danaans, no one, while I live and have sight on the earth, shall lay heavy hands on you beside the hollow ships, no one of the whole host of the Danaans, [90] not even if you name Agamemnon, who now claims to be far the best of the Achaeans.”

καὶ τότε δὴ θάρσησε καὶ ηὔδα μάντις ἀμύμων:
οὔ τ᾽ ἄρ ὅ γ᾽ εὐχωλῆς ἐπιμέμφεται οὐδ᾽ ἑκατόμβης,
ἀλλ᾽ ἕνεκ᾽ ἀρητῆρος ὃν ἠτίμησ᾽ Ἀγαμέμνων,
95 οὐδ᾽ ἀπέλυσε θύγατρα καὶ οὐκ ἀπεδέξατ᾽ ἄποινα,
τοὔνεκ᾽ ἄρ᾽ ἄλγε᾽ ἔδωκεν ἑκηβόλος ἠδ᾽ ἔτι δώσει:

Et tunc iam hortatus loquebatur vates immaculatus
Non enim hic per deprecationem conqueritur · neque per ecathomben
Sed propter sacerdotem quem inhonorauit Agamemnon
Non soluit filiam et non recipit pretia
propter hoc enim dolores dedit procul sagittans atque ad hoc dabit

Then the blameless seer took heart, and spoke: “It is not then because of a vow that he finds fault, nor because of a hecatomb, but because of the priest whom Agamemnon dishonoured, and did not release his daughter nor accept the ransom. [95] For this cause the god who strikes from afar has given woes and will still give them.

οὐδ᾽ ὅ γε πρὶν Δαναοῖσιν ἀεικέα λοιγὸν ἀπώσει
πρίν γ᾽ ἀπὸ πατρὶ φίλῳ δόμεναι ἑλικώπιδα κούρην
ἀπριάτην ἀνάποινον, ἄγειν θ᾽ ἱερὴν ἑκατόμβην
100 ἐς Χρύσην: τότε κέν μιν ἱλασσάμενοι πεπίθοιμεν.’

Nec hic ante pestis graues manus extollet
Antequam patri amico detis elicopida puellam
Non redemptam sine pretio ferreque factam eccathombem
Ad crisem · tunc autem ipsum deprecantes mitigabitis

He will not drive off from the Danaans the loathsome pestilence, until we give back to her dear father the bright-eyed maiden, unbought, unransomed, and lead a sacred hecatomb to Chryse. Then we might appease and persuade him.” [100]

ἤτοι ὅ γ᾽ ὣς εἰπὼν κατ᾽ ἄρ᾽ ἕζετο: τοῖσι δ᾽ ἀνέστη
ἥρως Ἀτρεΐδης εὐρὺ κρείων Ἀγαμέμνων
ἀχνύμενος: μένεος δὲ μέγα φρένες ἀμφιμέλαιναι
πίμπλαντ᾽, ὄσσε δέ οἱ πυρὶ λαμπετόωντι ἐΐκτην:
105 Κάλχαντα πρώτιστα κάκ᾽ ὀσσόμενος προσέειπε:

Vere hi sic dixit infra sedit · His autem surrexit
Heros atrides amplus imperator agamemnon
Iratus · Ire autem magne · sensus nigerrimi
Implebantur oculi autem eius igni flagranti assulati sunt
Clamantem praemitus · male respitiens redixit

When he had thus spoken he sat down, and among them arose the warrior, son of Atreus, wide-ruling Agamemnon, deeply troubled. With rage his black heart was wholly filled, and his eyes were like blazing fire. To Calchas first of all he spoke, and his look threatened evil: [105]

μάντι κακῶν οὐ πώ ποτέ μοι τὸ κρήγυον εἶπας:
αἰεί τοι τὰ κάκ᾽ ἐστὶ φίλα φρεσὶ μαντεύεσθαι,
ἐσθλὸν δ᾽ οὔτέ τί πω εἶπας ἔπος οὔτ᾽ ἐτέλεσσας:

Diuine interpres · malorum nunquam mihi quot vtile dixisti
Semper tibi quae mala sunt amica suntsensibus vaticinari
Bonum nunquam dixisti verbum neque perfecisti

“Prophet of evil, never yet have you spoken to me a pleasant thing; ever is evil dear to your heart to prophesy, but a word of good you have never yet spoken, nor brought to pass.

καὶ νῦν ἐν Δαναοῖσι θεοπροπέων ἀγορεύεις
110 ὡς δὴ τοῦδ᾽ ἕνεκά σφιν ἑκηβόλος ἄλγεα τεύχει,
οὕνεκ᾽ ἐγὼ κούρης Χρυσηΐδος ἀγλά᾽ ἄποινα
οὐκ ἔθελον δέξασθαι, ἐπεὶ πολὺ βούλομαι αὐτὴν
οἴκοι ἔχειν: καὶ γάρ ῥα Κλυταιμνήστρης προβέβουλα
κουριδίης ἀλόχου, ἐπεὶ οὔ ἑθέν ἐστι χερείων,
115 οὐ δέμας οὐδὲ φυήν, οὔτ᾽ ἂρ φρένας οὔτέ τι ἔργα.

Et nunc in grecis diuina sciens contionaris
Sed tam hoc ideo nobis procul sagittans dolores praeparat
Propter quod ego puelle crisidis splendida pretia
Nolui recipere : quia multum volo eam
Domi habere · etenim leuiter clitemestre non volui
Puellae virgini · postquam non ipsa est peior
Non corpore neque forma : neque sensibus neque operibus

And now among the Danaans you claim in prophecy that for this reason the god who strikes from afar brings woes upon them, [110] that I would not accept the glorious ransom for the girl, the daughter of Chryses, since I much prefer to keep her in my home. For certainly I prefer her to Clytemnestra, my wedded wife, since she is not inferior to her, either in form or in stature, or in mind, or in any handiwork. [115]

ἀλλὰ καὶ ὧς ἐθέλω δόμεναι πάλιν εἰ τό γ᾽ ἄμεινον:
βούλομ᾽ ἐγὼ λαὸν σῶν ἔμμεναι ἢ ἀπολέσθαι:
αὐτὰρ ἐμοὶ γέρας αὐτίχ᾽ ἑτοιμάσατ᾽ ὄφρα μὴ οἶος
Ἀργείων ἀγέραστος ἔω, ἐπεὶ οὐδὲ ἔοικε:
120 λεύσσετε γὰρ τό γε πάντες ὅ μοι γέρας ἔρχεται ἄλλῃ.

Sed et sic uolo dare etiam si hoc melius
Volo ego populum saluum esse · quam destrui
Postea mihi honorem subito praeparabitis · vt non solus
Grecorum sin honorem sim qua neque conuenit
Annueritis enim hoc omnes · qua honor me venit alia

Yet even so will I give her back, if that is better; I would rather the people be safe than perish. But provide me with a prize of honour forthwith, lest I alone of the Argives be without one, since that would not be proper. For you all see this, that my prize goes elsewhere.” [120]

τὸν δ᾽ ἠμείβετ᾽ ἔπειτα ποδάρκης δῖος Ἀχιλλεύς:
Ἀτρεΐδη κύδιστε φιλοκτεανώτατε πάντων,
πῶς γάρ τοι δώσουσι γέρας μεγάθυμοι Ἀχαιοί;
οὐδέ τί που ἴδμεν ξυνήϊα κείμενα πολλά:
125 ἀλλὰ τὰ μὲν πολίων ἐξεπράθομεν, τὰ δέδασται,
λαοὺς δ᾽ οὐκ ἐπέοικε παλίλλογα ταῦτ᾽ ἐπαγείρειν.

Huic enim retribuens postea acutus pedes diuus achylles
Atrida gloriose amantior possessionum omnibus
Quom enim tibi dabunt honorem magnanimi graeci
Non adhuc scimus exemia?? posita multa
Sed quae ex ciuitatibus depraedati fuimus ea data sunt
Populus non apparuit reto haec reducere

In answer to him spoke swift-footed brilliant Achilles: “Most glorious son of Atreus, most covetous of all, how shall the great-hearted Achaeans give you a prize? We know nothing of a hoard of wealth in common store, but whatever we took by pillage from the cities has been apportioned, [125] and it is not seemly to gather these things back from the army.

ἀλλὰ σὺ μὲν νῦν τήνδε θεῷ πρόες: αὐτὰρ Ἀχαιοὶ
τριπλῇ τετραπλῇ τ᾽ ἀποτείσομεν, αἴ κέ ποθι Ζεὺς
δῷσι πόλιν Τροίην εὐτείχεον ἐξαλαπάξαι.

Sed tu certe nunc hanc deo da · postea graeci
Tripliciter quadrupliciter reddemus · Si forte Iupiter
Dabit ciuitatem troiam bone muratam depraedari

But give back the girl to the god, and we Achaeans will recompense you three and fourfold, if ever Zeus grants us to sack the well-walled city of Troy.”

130 τὸν δ᾽ ἀπαμειβόμενος προσέφη κρείων Ἀγαμέμνων:
‘μὴ δ᾽ οὕτως ἀγαθός περ ἐὼν θεοείκελ᾽ Ἀχιλλεῦ
κλέπτε νόῳ, ἐπεὶ οὐ παρελεύσεαι οὐδέ με πείσεις.

Huic autem retribuens fatus est rex agamemnon
137v Non sit bonus existens deo similis achilles
Furare in intellectu : qua non transgredieris me neque subingabis

In answer to him spoke lord Agamemnon: [130] “Do not thus, mighty though you are, godlike Achilles, seek to deceive me with your wit; for you will not get by me nor persuade me.

ἦ ἐθέλεις ὄφρ᾽ αὐτὸς ἔχῃς γέρας, αὐτὰρ ἔμ᾽ αὔτως
ἧσθαι δευόμενον, κέλεαι δέ με τήνδ᾽ ἀποδοῦναι;
135 ἀλλ᾽ εἰ μὲν δώσουσι γέρας μεγάθυμοι Ἀχαιοὶ
ἄρσαντες κατὰ θυμὸν ὅπως ἀντάξιον ἔσται:
εἰ δέ κε μὴ δώωσιν ἐγὼ δέ κεν αὐτὸς ἕλωμαι
ἢ τεὸν ἢ Αἴαντος ἰὼν γέρας, ἢ Ὀδυσῆος
ἄξω ἑλών: ὃ δέ κεν κεχολώσεται ὅν κεν ἵκωμαι.

Vel si vis ut ipse habeas honorem : sed me sic
sedere carentem · manda autem mihi hanc reddem
Sed si certe dabunt honorem magnanimi graeci
Trutinantes per animumque ut dignum sit
Sed si non dabunt ego autem ipse accipiam
Vel tuum uel aiatis veniens honorem vel vlyxis
Ducam accipiens · hic autem si irascetur ad ipsum
Veniam vel impsum subiugabo

Are you willing, so that your yourself may keep your prize, for me to sit here idly in want, while you order me to give her back? No, if the great-hearted Achaeans give me a prize, [135] suiting it to my mind, so that it will be worth just as much—but if they do not, I myself will come and take your prize, or that of Aias, or that of Odysseus I will seize and bear away.

140 ἀλλ᾽ ἤτοι μὲν ταῦτα μεταφρασόμεσθα καὶ αὖτις,
νῦν δ᾽ ἄγε νῆα μέλαιναν ἐρύσσομεν εἰς ἅλα δῖαν,
ἐν δ᾽ ἐρέτας ἐπιτηδὲς ἀγείρομεν, ἐς δ᾽ ἑκατόμβην
θείομεν, ἂν δ᾽ αὐτὴν Χρυσηΐδα καλλιπάρῃον
βήσομεν: εἷς δέ τις ἀρχὸς ἀνὴρ βουληφόρος ἔστω,
145 ἢ Αἴας ἢ Ἰδομενεὺς ἢ δῖος Ὀδυσσεὺς
ἠὲ σὺ Πηλεΐδη πάντων ἐκπαγλότατ᾽ ἀνδρῶν,
ὄφρ᾽ ἥμιν ἑκάεργον ἱλάσσεαι ἱερὰ ῥέξας.

Sed certe haec colloquemur et iterum
Nunc eia nauem nigram proiiciamus in mare diuum
et remigatores dexios congregamus et eccathombem
Ponamus : supra eam criseidem pulchras genas habentes
Ponamus · vnus autem quis princeps uir consultor fit
vel aiax vel idomenes vel diuus vlyxes
Vel tu pelide omnium tremebunde virorum
Vt nobis echaregon (=ecaergon) mitiges sacra locutus

Angry will he be, to whomever I come. But these things we will consider hereafter. [140] Let us now drag a black ship to the shining sea, and quickly gather suitable rowers into it, and place on board a hecatomb, and embark on it the fair-cheeked daughter of Chryses herself. Let one prudent man be its commander, either Aias, or Idomeneus, or brilliant Odysseus, [145] or you, son of Peleus, of all men most extreme, so that on our behalf you may propitiate the god who strikes from afar by offering sacrifice.”

τὸν δ᾽ ἄρ᾽ ὑπόδρα ἰδὼν προσέφη πόδας ὠκὺς Ἀχιλλεύς:
‘ὤ μοι ἀναιδείην ἐπιειμένε κερδαλεόφρον
150 πῶς τίς τοι πρόφρων ἔπεσιν πείθηται Ἀχαιῶν
ἢ ὁδὸν ἐλθέμεναι ἢ ἀνδράσιν ἶφι μάχεσθαι;

Hunc enim sub oculis videns affatus est pediuelox achillei
Heu verecundiam indute uulpinam ·
Quo quis tibi promptus vervis obedit graecorum
Vel viam uenire · vel hominibus fortiter pugnare

Glaring from beneath his brows spoke to him swift-footed Achilles: “Ah me, clothed in shamelessness, thinking of profit, how shall any man of the Achaeans obey your words with a ready heart [150] either to go on a journey or to fight against men with force?

οὐ γὰρ ἐγὼ Τρώων ἕνεκ᾽ ἤλυθον αἰχμητάων
δεῦρο μαχησόμενος, ἐπεὶ οὔ τί μοι αἴτιοί εἰσιν:
οὐ γὰρ πώποτ᾽ ἐμὰς βοῦς ἤλασαν οὐδὲ μὲν ἵππους,
155 οὐδέ ποτ᾽ ἐν Φθίῃ ἐριβώλακι βωτιανείρῃ
καρπὸν ἐδηλήσαντ᾽, ἐπεὶ ἦ μάλα πολλὰ μεταξὺ
οὔρεά τε σκιόεντα θάλασσά τε ἠχήεσσα:

Non enim ego troianorum causa metu pugnaror
Huc pugnaturus : qua non mihi causales sunt
Non enim isti inquam meas boues duxerem neque equas
Neque in pythia magne glaebe nutrice bouis
Fructum legerunt · qua valde multa in media sunt
Montes umbrosi mareque resonans

It was not on account of the Trojan spearmen that I came here to fight, since they have done no wrong to me. Never have they driven off my cattle or my horses, nor ever in deep-soiled Phthia, nurse of men, [155] did they lay waste the harvest, for many things lie between us—shadowy mountains and sounding sea.

ἀλλὰ σοὶ ὦ μέγ᾽ ἀναιδὲς ἅμ᾽ ἑσπόμεθ᾽ ὄφρα σὺ χαίρῃς,
τιμὴν ἀρνύμενοι Μενελάῳ σοί τε κυνῶπα
160 πρὸς Τρώων: τῶν οὔ τι μετατρέπῃ οὐδ᾽ ἀλεγίζεις:
καὶ δή μοι γέρας αὐτὸς ἀφαιρήσεσθαι ἀπειλεῖς,
ᾧ ἔπι πολλὰ μόγησα, δόσαν δέ μοι υἷες Ἀχαιῶν.

Sed tui o · magna verecundia simul venimus ut tu gaudens
Poenam fumentes Menelao tibique oculos caninos habenti
A troianis quibus non curas neque anxiharis
Et iam mihi honorem ipsem accipere minaris
Per quod multum laboraui · Dedente autem mihi filii graecorum

But you, shameless one, we followed, so that you might rejoice, seeking to win recompense for Menelaus and for yourself, dog-face, from the Trojans. This you disregard, and take no heed of. [160] And now you threaten that you will yourself take my prize away from me, for which I toiled so much, which the sons of the Achaeans gave to me.

οὐ μὲν σοί ποτε ἶσον ἔχω γέρας ὁππότ᾽ Ἀχαιοὶ
Τρώων ἐκπέρσωσ᾽ εὖ ναιόμενον πτολίεθρον:
165 ἀλλὰ τὸ μὲν πλεῖον πολυάϊκος πολέμοιο
χεῖρες ἐμαὶ διέπουσ᾽: ἀτὰρ ἤν ποτε δασμὸς ἵκηται,
σοὶ τὸ γέρας πολὺ μεῖζον, ἐγὼ δ᾽ ὀλίγον τε φίλον τε
ἔρχομ᾽ ἔχων ἐπὶ νῆας, ἐπεί κε κάμω πολεμίζων.

Non tibi unquam simile habebo donum cum graeci
Troianorum depopulabuntior bene habitatum oppidum
Sed certe plus multi laboris belli
Manus meae gubernant : sed quando diuisio venit
Tbi (=Tibi) honor multum maior · ego modicum et amicum
venio habens ad naues postquam sum lassus bellando

Never have I prize like yours, whenever the Achaeans sack a well-inhabited citadel of the Trojans. The brunt of furious battle [165] do my hands undertake, but if ever an apportionment comes, your prize is far greater, while small but dear is the reward I take to my ships, when I have worn myself out in the fighting.

νῦν δ᾽ εἶμι Φθίην δ᾽, ἐπεὶ ἦ πολὺ φέρτερόν ἐστιν
170 οἴκαδ᾽ ἴμεν σὺν νηυσὶ κορωνίσιν, οὐδέ σ᾽ ὀΐω
ἐνθάδ᾽ ἄτιμος ἐὼν ἄφενος καὶ πλοῦτον ἀφύξειν.’

Hunc vado pthien postque multum utilius est
Domum vadere cum nauibus nigris · neque te paro
Vbi inhonoratus existens sine fama et diuitias destructe

Now I will go back to Phthia, since it is far better to return home with my beaked ships, nor do I intend [170] while I am here dishonoured to pile up riches and wealth for you.”

τὸν δ᾽ ἠμείβετ᾽ ἔπειτα ἄναξ ἀνδρῶν Ἀγαμέμνων:
φεῦγε μάλ᾽ εἴ τοι θυμὸς ἐπέσσυται, οὐδέ σ᾽ ἔγωγε
λίσσομαι εἵνεκ᾽ ἐμεῖο μένειν: πάρ᾽ ἔμοιγε καὶ ἄλλοι
175 οἵ κέ με τιμήσουσι, μάλιστα δὲ μητίετα Ζεύς.

Huic autem retribuens rex uirorum Agamemnon ·
Fuge valde si tibi voluptas venit · neque ego te ·
Precor causa mei manere penes me et alii
138 Qui me honorabunt magisque consiliator Iupiter

Then the king of men, Agamemnon, answered him: “Flee then, if your heart urges you; I do not beg you to remain for my sake. With me are others who will honour me, and above all Zeus, the lord of counsel. [175]

ἔχθιστος δέ μοί ἐσσι διοτρεφέων βασιλήων:
αἰεὶ γάρ τοι ἔρις τε φίλη πόλεμοί τε μάχαι τε:
εἰ μάλα καρτερός ἐσσι, θεός που σοὶ τό γ᾽ ἔδωκεν:
οἴκαδ᾽ ἰὼν σὺν νηυσί τε σῇς καὶ σοῖς ἑτάροισι
180 Μυρμιδόνεσσιν ἄνασσε, σέθεν δ᾽ ἐγὼ οὐκ ἀλεγίζω,
οὐδ᾽ ὄθομαι κοτέοντος: ἀπειλήσω δέ τοι ὧδε:

Odiosus autem me es et a ioue nutritus imperatoribus
Semper enim tibi lis amica bellaque et pugne
Si valde fortis es : deus tibi hoc dedit
Domum vadas cum nauibus tuis et tuis amicis
Mirmidonibus dominare · te autem ego non impello
Nec turbor te irato · minabor autem taliter

Most hateful to me are you of all the kings that Zeus nurtures, for always strife is dear to you, and wars and battles. If you are very strong, it was a god, I think, who gave you this gift. Go home with your ships and your companions and lord it over the Myrmidons; for you I care not, [180] nor take heed of your wrath. But I will threaten you thus:

ὡς ἔμ᾽ ἀφαιρεῖται Χρυσηΐδα Φοῖβος Ἀπόλλων,
τὴν μὲν ἐγὼ σὺν νηΐ τ᾽ ἐμῇ καὶ ἐμοῖς ἑτάροισι
πέμψω, ἐγὼ δέ κ᾽ ἄγω Βρισηΐδα καλλιπάρῃον
185 αὐτὸς ἰὼν κλισίην δὲ τὸ σὸν γέρας ὄφρ᾽ ἐῢ εἰδῇς
ὅσσον φέρτερός εἰμι σέθεν, στυγέῃ δὲ καὶ ἄλλος
ἶσον ἐμοὶ φάσθαι καὶ ὁμοιωθήμεναι ἄντην.

Postquem mihi accipiet criseidem phoebus apollo
Hanc certe ego cum naui mea et meis sotiis
Mutam · ego autem recipiam · Briseida pulchras malas
Ipse veniens attendam tuum honorem ut bene videas
Quanttum melior sim te · timebit enim et alius
Simile mihi dicere et assimulari

as Phoebus Apollo takes from me the daughter of Chryses, her with my ship and my companions I will send back, but I will myself come to your tent and take the fair-cheeked Briseis, your prize, so that you will understand [185] how much mightier I am than you, and another may shrink from declaring himself my equal and likening himself to me to my face.”

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