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Homerus: Ilias I
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Click to Expand/Collapse OptionSetting 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
Click to Expand/Collapse OptionDivination of the cause, dialogue between Achilles and Agamemnon on honour l.57-187
Click to Expand/Collapse OptionAchilles’ anger is checked by Athena, he should use the word not the sword l.188-222
Click to Expand/Collapse OptionAchilles attacks again Agamemnon with harsh words l.223-253
Click to Expand/Collapse OptionNestor speaks l.254-284
Click to Expand/Collapse OptionAgamemnon speaks l.285-291
Click to Expand/Collapse OptionAchilleus answers angrily, Agamemnon orders to take Briseis, and Achilleus, unwillingly, gives her to Agamemnon and complains to his mother Thetis l.292-427
Click to Expand/Collapse OptionOffering to Apollo, Odysseus brings the hecatombe to Chryses, and they feast l.428-492
Click to Expand/Collapse OptionMeeting of the gods with Zeus in Olympus, request of Thetis, suspicion of Hera, and feast l.493-611
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ὦ πόποι ἦ μέγα πένθος Ἀχαιΐδα γαῖαν ἱκάνει:
255 ἦ κεν γηθήσαι Πρίαμος Πριάμοιό τε παῖδες
ἄλλοι τε Τρῶες μέγα κεν κεχαροίατο θυμῷ
εἰ σφῶϊν τάδε πάντα πυθοίατο μαρναμένοιϊν,
οἳ περὶ μὲν βουλὴν Δαναῶν, περὶ δ᾽ ἐστὲ μάχεσθαι. 
O amici vere magna tristitia grecam terram adiungit
Certe gaudebit priamus priamique filii
Aliique troiani magne gaudebunt animo
Si uobis haec omnia scient agentibus
Qui in certe consilio grecorum estis et pugna 
“Comrades, great grief has come upon the land of Achaea. Truly would Priam and the sons of Priam [255] rejoice, and the rest of the Trojans would be most glad at heart, were they to hear all this of you two quarrelling, you who are chief among the Danaans in counsel and chief in war. 
ἀλλὰ πίθεσθ᾽: ἄμφω δὲ νεωτέρω ἐστὸν ἐμεῖο:
260 ἤδη γάρ ποτ᾽ ἐγὼ καὶ ἀρείοσιν ἠέ περ ὑμῖν
ἀνδράσιν ὡμίλησα, καὶ οὔ ποτέ μ᾽ οἵ γ᾽ ἀθέριζον. 
Sed obedite · Ambo autem iuniores estis me
Et iam aliquando ego et emlioribus uobis
Viris locutus fui : et numquam me expellabant 
Listen to me, for you are both younger than I. In earlier times I moved among men more warlike than you, [260] and never did they despise me. 
οὐ γάρ πω τοίους ἴδον ἀνέρας οὐδὲ ἴδωμαι,
οἷον Πειρίθοόν τε Δρύαντά τε ποιμένα λαῶν
Καινέα τ᾽ Ἐξάδιόν τε καὶ ἀντίθεον Πολύφημον
265 Θησέα τ᾽ Αἰγεΐδην, ἐπιείκελον ἀθανάτοισιν: 
Nunquam tales uidi uiros neque videbo
Sicut pirithum driantaque pastorem populorum
Et cenea esadium · et diuum poliphemum
139r Teseaque Egidem similem immortalibus 
Such warriors have I never since seen, nor shall I see, as Peirithous was and Dryas, shepherd of the people, and Caeneus and Exadius and godlike Polyphemus, and Theseus, son of Aegeus, a man like the immortals. [265] 
κάρτιστοι δὴ κεῖνοι ἐπιχθονίων τράφεν ἀνδρῶν:
κάρτιστοι μὲν ἔσαν καὶ καρτίστοις ἐμάχοντο
φηρσὶν ὀρεσκῴοισι καὶ ἐκπάγλως ἀπόλεσσαν. 
Robusti iam illi in terrenis nutriti hominibus
Robusti certe erant : et cum robustis pugnabant
Faunis montanis et totaliter destuxerunt 
Mightiest were these of men reared upon the earth; mightiest were they, and with the mightiest they fought, the mountain-dwelling centaurs, and they destroyed them terribly. 
καὶ μὲν τοῖσιν ἐγὼ μεθομίλεον ἐκ Πύλου ἐλθὼν
270 τηλόθεν ἐξ ἀπίης γαίης: καλέσαντο γὰρ αὐτοί:
καὶ μαχόμην κατ᾽ ἔμ᾽ αὐτὸν ἐγώ: κείνοισι δ᾽ ἂν οὔ τις
τῶν οἳ νῦν βροτοί εἰσιν ἐπιχθόνιοι μαχέοιτο:
καὶ μέν μευ βουλέων ξύνιεν πείθοντό τε μύθῳ:
ἀλλὰ πίθεσθε καὶ ὔμμες, ἐπεὶ πείθεσθαι ἄμεινον: 
Certe his ego loquebar a pilo veniens
Procul ab alia terra · uocaverint enim ipsi
Et pugnabant per me · ego illis nullus
Istorum qui nunc homines sunt terrestres vocabitur
Tamen mei consilia audiebant obediebantque sermonem
Sed obedire et vos · quia obedire est melius 
With these men I had fellowship, when I came from Pylos, from a distant land far away; for they themselves called me. [270] And I fought on my own; with those men could no one fight of the mortals now upon the earth. Yes, and they listened to my counsel, and obeyed my words. So also should you obey, since to obey is better. 
275 μήτε σὺ τόνδ᾽ ἀγαθός περ ἐὼν ἀποαίρεο κούρην,
ἀλλ᾽ ἔα ὥς οἱ πρῶτα δόσαν γέρας υἷες Ἀχαιῶν:
μήτε σὺ Πηλείδη ἔθελ᾽ ἐριζέμεναι βασιλῆϊ
ἀντιβίην, ἐπεὶ οὔ ποθ᾽ ὁμοίης ἔμμορε τιμῆς
σκηπτοῦχος βασιλεύς, ᾧ τε Ζεὺς κῦδος ἔδωκεν. 
Neque tu isto bono existente accipe puellas
Sed dimitte · quia ei praemitus dederunt honorem filii grecorum
Neque tu pelide velis lingare cum imperatore
Repugnanti · quia non simile hanc honorem
Sceptriger imperator cuique Iupiter gloriam dedit 
Neither do you, mighty though you are, take away the girl, [275] but let her be, as the sons of the Achaeans first gave her to him as a prize; nor do you, son of Peleus, be minded to strive with a king, might against might, for it is no common honour that is the portion of a sceptre-holding king, to whom Zeus gives glory. 
280 εἰ δὲ σὺ καρτερός ἐσσι θεὰ δέ σε γείνατο μήτηρ,
ἀλλ᾽ ὅ γε φέρτερός ἐστιν ἐπεὶ πλεόνεσσιν ἀνάσσει. 
Si tu fortis es · dea autem te genuit mater
Sed hic melior est : quia pluribus dominatur 
If you are a stronger fighter, and a goddess mother bore you, [280] yet he is the mightier, since he is king over more. Son of Atreus, check your rage. 
Ἀτρεΐδη σὺ δὲ παῦε τεὸν μένος: αὐτὰρ ἔγωγε
λίσσομ᾽ Ἀχιλλῆϊ μεθέμεν χόλον, ὃς μέγα πᾶσιν
ἕρκος Ἀχαιοῖσιν πέλεται πολέμοιο κακοῖο. 
O Atrida tuque fini tua ira · Postea ego
Rogabo achyllem dimittere iram · qui magna omnibus
Arx graecis est belli mali 
Indeed, I beg you to let go your anger against Achilles, who is for all the Achaeans a mighty bulwark in evil war.” 
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