--- title: "Iliad · Ἰλιάς" author: "Homer" translator: "Augustus Taber Murray" title_ru: "Илиада" author_ru: "Гомер" languages: [grc, en] shelf: "Classical Greek" section: 4 of 39 url: https://scriptura.si/works/homer-iliad/4/ cite: "Homer, tr. Augustus Taber Murray, Iliad · Ἰλιάς, section 4. Scriptura (scriptura.si), https://scriptura.si/works/homer-iliad/4/" --- # Iliad · Ἰλιάς *Homer, tr. Augustus Taber Murray* Russian: Илиада, Гомер The wrath of Achilles, from his quarrel with Agamemnon to the funeral of Hector, in Homer’s Greek beside English, passage by passage. > Greek: ed. David B. Monro, from the Perseus Digital Library (canonical-greekLit, tlg0012.tlg001, CC BY-SA 4.0). > English: Augustus Taber Murray, from the Perseus Digital Library (tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-eng3). Notes are not included. > Rows follow the references the two texts share (line numbers), cut where both reach the end of a sentence. ## 4. Book II · lines 445–877 Source: https://scriptura.si/works/homer-iliad/4/ · cite a paragraph as https://scriptura.si/works/homer-iliad/4/#p-N [¶0] The kings, nurtured of Zeus, that were about Atreus' son, sped swiftly, marshalling the host, and in their midst was the flashing-eyed Athene, bearing the priceless aegis, that knoweth neither age nor death, wherefrom are hung an hundred tassels all of gold, all of them cunningly woven, and each one of the worth of an hundred oxen. > Greek: οἳ δʼ ἀμφʼ Ἀτρεΐωνα διοτρεφέες βασιλῆες θῦνον κρίνοντες, μετὰ δὲ γλαυκῶπις Ἀθήνη αἰγίδʼ ἔχουσʼ ἐρίτιμον ἀγήρων ἀθανάτην τε, τῆς ἑκατὸν θύσανοι παγχρύσεοι ἠερέθονται, πάντες ἐϋπλεκέες, ἑκατόμβοιος δὲ ἕκαστος· [¶1] Therewith she sped dazzling throughout the host of the Achaeans, urging them to go forth; and in the heart of each man she roused strength to war and to battle without ceasing. And to them forthwith war became sweeter than to return in their hollow ships to their dear native land. > Greek: σὺν τῇ παιφάσσουσα διέσσυτο λαὸν Ἀχαιῶν ὀτρύνουσʼ ἰέναι· ἐν δὲ σθένος ὦρσεν ἑκάστῳ καρδίῃ ἄλληκτον πολεμίζειν ἠδὲ μάχεσθαι. τοῖσι δʼ ἄφαρ πόλεμος γλυκίων γένετʼ ἠὲ νέεσθαι ἐν νηυσὶ γλαφυρῇσι φίλην ἐς πατρίδα γαῖαν. [¶2] Even as a consuming fire maketh a boundless forest to blaze on the peaks of a mountain, and from afar is the glare thereof to be seen, even so from their innumerable bronze, as they marched forth, went the dazzling gleam up through the sky unto the heavens. And as the many tribes of winged fowl, wild geese or cranes or long-necked swans on the Asian mead by the streams of Caystrius, fly this way and that, glorying in their strength of wing, and with loud cries settle ever onwards, and the mead resoundeth; even so their many tribes poured forth from ships and huts into the plain of Scamander, and the earth echoed wondrously beneath the tread of men and horses. So they took their stand in the flowery mead of Scamander, numberless, as are the leaves and the flowers in their season. Even as the many tribes of swarming flies that buzz to and fro throughout the herdsman's farmstead in the season of spring, when the milk drenches the pails, even in such numbers stood the long-haired Achaeans upon the plain in the face of the men of Troy, eager to rend them asunder. And even as goatherds separate easily the wide-scattered flocks of goats, when they mingle in the pasture, so did their leaders marshal them on this side and on that to enter into the battle, and among them lord Agamemnon, his eyes and head like unto Zeus that hurleth the thunderbolt, his waist like unto Ares, and his breast unto Poseidon. > Greek: ἠΰτε πῦρ ἀΐδηλον ἐπιφλέγει ἄσπετον ὕλην οὔρεος ἐν κορυφῇς, ἕκαθεν δέ τε φαίνεται αὐγή, ὣς τῶν ἐρχομένων ἀπὸ χαλκοῦ θεσπεσίοιο αἴγλη παμφανόωσα διʼ αἰθέρος οὐρανὸν ἷκε. τῶν δʼ ὥς τʼ ὀρνίθων πετεηνῶν ἔθνεα πολλὰ χηνῶν ἢ γεράνων ἢ κύκνων δουλιχοδείρων Ἀσίω ἐν λειμῶνι Καϋστρίου ἀμφὶ ῥέεθρα ἔνθα καὶ ἔνθα ποτῶνται ἀγαλλόμενα πτερύγεσσι κλαγγηδὸν προκαθιζόντων, σμαραγεῖ δέ τε λειμών, ὣς τῶν ἔθνεα πολλὰ νεῶν ἄπο καὶ κλισιάων ἐς πεδίον προχέοντο Σκαμάνδριον· αὐτὰρ ὑπὸ χθὼν σμερδαλέον κονάβιζε ποδῶν αὐτῶν τε καὶ ἵππων. ἔσταν δʼ ἐν λειμῶνι Σκαμανδρίῳ ἀνθεμόεντι μυρίοι, ὅσσά τε φύλλα καὶ ἄνθεα γίγνεται ὥρῃ. ἠΰτε μυιάων ἁδινάων ἔθνεα πολλὰ αἵ τε κατὰ σταθμὸν ποιμνήϊον ἠλάσκουσιν ὥρῃ ἐν εἰαρινῇ ὅτε τε γλάγος ἄγγεα δεύει, τόσσοι ἐπὶ Τρώεσσι κάρη κομόωντες Ἀχαιοὶ ἐν πεδίῳ ἵσταντο διαρραῖσαι μεμαῶτες. τοὺς δʼ ὥς τʼ αἰπόλια πλατέʼ αἰγῶν αἰπόλοι ἄνδρες ῥεῖα διακρίνωσιν ἐπεί κε νομῷ μιγέωσιν, ὣς τοὺς ἡγεμόνες διεκόσμεον ἔνθα καὶ ἔνθα ὑσμίνην δʼ ἰέναι, μετὰ δὲ κρείων Ἀγαμέμνων ὄμματα καὶ κεφαλὴν ἴκελος Διὶ τερπικεραύνῳ, Ἄρεϊ δὲ ζώνην, στέρνον δὲ Ποσειδάωνι. [¶3] Even as a bull among the herd stands forth far the chiefest over all, for that he is pre-eminent among the gathering kine, even such did Zeus make Agamemnon on that day, pre-eminent among many, and chiefest amid warriors. Tell me now, ye Muses that have dwellings on Olympus— for ye are goddesses and are at hand and know all things, whereas we hear but a rumour and know not anything—who were the captains of the Danaans and their lords. But the common folk I could not tell nor name, nay, not though ten tongues were mine and ten mouths and a voice unwearying, and though the heart within me were of bronze, did not the Muses of Olympus, daughters of Zeus that beareth the aegis, call to my mind all them that came beneath Ilios. Now will I tell the captains of the ships and the ships in their order. Of the Boeotians Peneleos and Leïtus were captains, and Arcesilaus and Prothoënor and Clonius; these were they that dwelt in Hyria and rocky Aulis and Schoenus and Scolus and Eteonus with its many ridges, Thespeia, Graea, and spacious Mycalessus; and that dwelt about Harma and Eilesium and Erythrae; and that held Eleon and Hyle and Peteon, Ocalea and Medeon, the well-built citadel, Copae, Eutresis, and Thisbe, the haunt of doves; that dwelt in Coroneia and grassy Haliartus, and that held Plataea and dwelt in Glisas; that held lower Thebe, the well-built citadel, and holy Onchestus, the bright grove of Poseidon; and that held Arne, rich in vines, and Mideia and sacred Nisa and Anthedon on the seaboard. Of these there came fifty ships, and on board of each went young men of the Boeotians an hundred and twenty. And they that dwelt in Aspledon and Orchomenus of the Minyae were led by Ascalaphus and Ialmenus, sons of Ares, whom, in the palace of Actor, son of Azeus, Astyoche, the honoured maiden, conceived of mighty Ares, when she had entered into her upper chamber; for he lay with her in secret. And with these were ranged thirty hollow ships. And of the Phocians Schedius and Epistrophus were captains, sons of great-souled Iphitus, son of Naubolus; these were they that held Cyparissus and rocky Pytho, and sacred Crisa and Daulis and Panopeus; and that dwelt about Anemoreia and Hyampolis, and that lived beside the goodly river Cephisus, and that held Lilaea by the springs of Cephisus. With these followed forty black ships. > Greek: ἠΰτε βοῦς ἀγέληφι μέγʼ ἔξοχος ἔπλετο πάντων ταῦρος· ὃ γάρ τε βόεσσι μεταπρέπει ἀγρομένῃσι· τοῖον ἄρʼ Ἀτρεΐδην θῆκε Ζεὺς ἤματι κείνῳ ἐκπρεπέʼ ἐν πολλοῖσι καὶ ἔξοχον ἡρώεσσιν. ἔσπετε νῦν μοι Μοῦσαι Ὀλύμπια δώματʼ ἔχουσαι· ὑμεῖς γὰρ θεαί ἐστε πάρεστέ τε ἴστέ τε πάντα, ἡμεῖς δὲ κλέος οἶον ἀκούομεν οὐδέ τι ἴδμεν· οἵ τινες ἡγεμόνες Δαναῶν καὶ κοίρανοι ἦσαν· πληθὺν δʼ οὐκ ἂν ἐγὼ μυθήσομαι οὐδʼ ὀνομήνω, οὐδʼ εἴ μοι δέκα μὲν γλῶσσαι, δέκα δὲ στόματʼ εἶεν, φωνὴ δʼ ἄρρηκτος, χάλκεον δέ μοι ἦτορ ἐνείη, εἰ μὴ Ὀλυμπιάδες Μοῦσαι Διὸς αἰγιόχοιο θυγατέρες μνησαίαθʼ ὅσοι ὑπὸ Ἴλιον ἦλθον· ἀρχοὺς αὖ νηῶν ἐρέω νῆάς τε προπάσας. Βοιωτῶν μὲν Πηνέλεως καὶ Λήϊτος ἦρχον Ἀρκεσίλαός τε Προθοήνωρ τε Κλονίος τε, οἵ θʼ Ὑρίην ἐνέμοντο καὶ Αὐλίδα πετρήεσσαν Σχοῖνόν τε Σκῶλόν τε πολύκνημόν τʼ Ἐτεωνόν, Θέσπειαν Γραῖάν τε καὶ εὐρύχορον Μυκαλησσόν, οἵ τʼ ἀμφʼ Ἅρμʼ ἐνέμοντο καὶ Εἰλέσιον καὶ Ἐρυθράς, οἵ τʼ Ἐλεῶνʼ εἶχον ἠδʼ Ὕλην καὶ Πετεῶνα, Ὠκαλέην Μεδεῶνά τʼ ἐϋκτίμενον πτολίεθρον, Κώπας Εὔτρησίν τε πολυτρήρωνά τε Θίσβην, οἵ τε Κορώνειαν καὶ ποιήενθʼ Ἁλίαρτον, οἵ τε Πλάταιαν ἔχον ἠδʼ οἳ Γλισᾶντʼ ἐνέμοντο, οἵ θʼ Ὑποθήβας εἶχον ἐϋκτίμενον πτολίεθρον, Ὀγχηστόν θʼ ἱερὸν Ποσιδήϊον ἀγλαὸν ἄλσος, οἵ τε πολυστάφυλον Ἄρνην ἔχον, οἵ τε Μίδειαν Νῖσάν τε ζαθέην Ἀνθηδόνα τʼ ἐσχατόωσαν· τῶν μὲν πεντήκοντα νέες κίον, ἐν δὲ ἑκάστῃ κοῦροι Βοιωτῶν ἑκατὸν καὶ εἴκοσι βαῖνον. οἳ δʼ Ἀσπληδόνα ναῖον ἰδʼ Ὀρχομενὸν Μινύειον, τῶν ἦρχʼ Ἀσκάλαφος καὶ Ἰάλμενος υἷες Ἄρηος οὓς τέκεν Ἀστυόχη δόμῳ Ἄκτορος Ἀζεΐδαο, παρθένος αἰδοίη ὑπερώϊον εἰσαναβᾶσα Ἄρηϊ κρατερῷ· ὃ δέ οἱ παρελέξατο λάθρῃ· τοῖς δὲ τριήκοντα γλαφυραὶ νέες ἐστιχόωντο. αὐτὰρ Φωκήων Σχεδίος καὶ Ἐπίστροφος ἦρχον υἷες Ἰφίτου μεγαθύμου Ναυβολίδαο, οἳ Κυπάρισσον ἔχον Πυθῶνά τε πετρήεσσαν Κρῖσάν τε ζαθέην καὶ Δαυλίδα καὶ Πανοπῆα, οἵ τʼ Ἀνεμώρειαν καὶ Ὑάμπολιν ἀμφενέμοντο, οἵ τʼ ἄρα πὰρ ποταμὸν Κηφισὸν δῖον ἔναιον, οἵ τε Λίλαιαν ἔχον πηγῇς ἔπι Κηφισοῖο· τοῖς δʼ ἅμα τεσσαράκοντα μέλαιναι νῆες ἕποντο. [¶4] And their leaders busily marshalled the ranks of the Phocians, and made ready for battle hard by the Boeotians on the left. And the Loerians had as leader the swift son of Oïleus, Aias the less, in no wise as great as Telamonian Aias, but far less. Small of stature was he, with corselet of linen, but with the spear he far excelled the whole host of Hellenes and Achaeans. These were they that dwelt in Cynus and Opus and Calliarus and Bessa and Scarphe and lovely Augeiae and Tarphe and Thronium about the streams of Boagrius. With Aias followed forty black ships of the Locrians that dwell over against sacred Euboea. And the Abantes, breathing fury, that held Euboea and Chalcis and Eretria and Histiaea, rich in vines, and Cerinthus, hard by the sea, and the steep citadel of Dios; and that held Carystus and dwelt in Styra,— all these again had as leader Elephenor, scion of Ares, him that was son of Chalcodon and captain of the great-souled Abantes. And with him followed the swift Abantes, with hair long at the back, spearmen eager with outstretched ashen spears to rend the corselets about the breasts of the foemen. > Greek: οἳ μὲν Φωκήων στίχας ἵστασαν ἀμφιέποντες, Βοιωτῶν δʼ ἔμπλην ἐπʼ ἀριστερὰ θωρήσσοντο. Λοκρῶν δʼ ἡγεμόνευεν Ὀϊλῆος ταχὺς Αἴας μείων, οὔ τι τόσος γε ὅσος Τελαμώνιος Αἴας ἀλλὰ πολὺ μείων· ὀλίγος μὲν ἔην λινοθώρηξ, ἐγχείῃ δʼ ἐκέκαστο Πανέλληνας καὶ Ἀχαιούς· οἳ Κῦνόν τʼ ἐνέμοντʼ Ὀπόεντά τε Καλλίαρόν τε Βῆσσάν τε Σκάρφην τε καὶ Αὐγειὰς ἐρατεινὰς Τάρφην τε Θρόνιον τε Βοαγρίου ἀμφὶ ῥέεθρα· τῷ δʼ ἅμα τεσσαράκοντα μέλαιναι νῆες ἕποντο Λοκρῶν, οἳ ναίουσι πέρην ἱερῆς Εὐβοίης. οἳ δʼ Εὔβοιαν ἔχον μένεα πνείοντες Ἄβαντες Χαλκίδα τʼ Εἰρέτριάν τε πολυστάφυλόν θʼ Ἱστίαιαν Κήρινθόν τʼ ἔφαλον Δίου τʼ αἰπὺ πτολίεθρον, οἵ τε Κάρυστον ἔχον ἠδʼ οἳ Στύρα ναιετάασκον, τῶν αὖθʼ ἡγεμόνευʼ Ἐλεφήνωρ ὄζος Ἄρηος Χαλκωδοντιάδης μεγαθύμων ἀρχὸς Ἀβάντων. τῷ δʼ ἅμʼ Ἄβαντες ἕποντο θοοὶ ὄπιθεν κομόωντες αἰχμηταὶ μεμαῶτες ὀρεκτῇσιν μελίῃσι θώρηκας ῥήξειν δηΐων ἀμφὶ στήθεσσι· [¶5] And with him there followed forty black ships. And they that held Athens, the well-built citadel, the land of great-hearted Erechtheus, whom of old Athene, daughter of Zeus, fostered, when the earth, the giver of grain, had borne him; and she made him to dwell in Athens, in her own rich sanctuary, and there the youths of the Athenians, as the years roll on in their courses, seek to win his favour with sacrifices of bulls and rams;—these again had as leader Menestheus, son of Peteos. Like unto him was none other man upon the face of the earth for the marshalling of chariots and of warriors that bear the shield. > Greek: τῷ δʼ ἅμα τεσσαράκοντα μέλαιναι νῆες ἕποντο. οἳ δʼ ἄρʼ Ἀθήνας εἶχον ἐϋκτίμενον πτολίεθρον δῆμον Ἐρεχθῆος μεγαλήτορος, ὅν ποτʼ Ἀθήνη θρέψε Διὸς θυγάτηρ, τέκε δὲ ζείδωρος ἄρουρα, κὰδ δʼ ἐν Ἀθήνῃς εἷσεν ἑῷ ἐν πίονι νηῷ· ἔνθα δέ μιν ταύροισι καὶ ἀρνειοῖς ἱλάονται κοῦροι Ἀθηναίων περιτελλομένων ἐνιαυτῶν· τῶν αὖθʼ ἡγεμόνευʼ υἱὸς Πετεῶο Μενεσθεύς. τῷ δʼ οὔ πώ τις ὁμοῖος ἐπιχθόνιος γένετʼ ἀνὴρ κοσμῆσαι ἵππους τε καὶ ἀνέρας ἀσπιδιώτας· [¶6] Only Nestor could vie with him, for he was the elder. And with him there followed fifty black ships. And Aias led from Salamis twelve ships, and stationed them where the battalions of the Athenians stood. And they that held Argos and Tiryns, famed for its walls, and Hermione and Asine, that enfold the deep gulf, Troezen and Eïonae and vine-clad Epidaurus, and the youths of the Achaeans that held Aegina and Mases,—these again had as leaders Diomedes, good at the war-cry, and Sthenelus, dear son of glorious Capaneus. > Greek: Νέστωρ οἶος ἔριζεν· ὃ γὰρ προγενέστερος ἦεν· τῷ δʼ ἅμα πεντήκοντα μέλαιναι νῆες ἕποντο. Αἴας δʼ ἐκ Σαλαμῖνος ἄγεν δυοκαίδεκα νῆας, στῆσε δʼ ἄγων ἵνʼ Ἀθηναίων ἵσταντο φάλαγγες. οἳ δʼ Ἄργός τʼ εἶχον Τίρυνθά τε τειχιόεσσαν Ἑρμιόνην Ἀσίνην τε, βαθὺν κατὰ κόλπον ἐχούσας, Τροιζῆνʼ Ἠϊόνας τε καὶ ἀμπελόεντʼ Ἐπίδαυρον, οἵ τʼ ἔχον Αἴγιναν Μάσητά τε κοῦροι Ἀχαιῶν, τῶν αὖθʼ ἡγεμόνευε βοὴν ἀγαθὸς Διομήδης καὶ Σθένελος, Καπανῆος ἀγακλειτοῦ φίλος υἱός· [¶7] And with them came a third, Euryalus, a godlike warrior, son of king Mecisteus, son of Talaus; but leader over them all was Diomedes, good at the war-cry. And with these there followed eighty black ships. And they that held Mycenae, the well-built citadel, and wealthy Corinth, and well-built Cleonae, and dwelt in Orneiae and lovely Araethyrea and Sicyon, wherein at the first Adrastus was king; and they that held Hyperesia and steep Gonoessa and Pellene, and that dwelt about Aegium and throughout all Aegialus, and about broad Helice,—of these was the son of Atreus, lord Agamemnon, captain, with an hundred ships. With him followed most people by far and goodliest; and among them he himself did on his gleaming bronze, a king all-glorious, and was pre-eminent among all the warriors, for that he was noblest, and led a people far the most in number. And they that held the hollow land of Lacedaemon with its many ravines, and Pharis and Sparta and Messe, the haunt of doves, and that dwelt in Bryseiae and lovely Augeiae, and that held Amyclae and Helus, a citadel hard by the sea, and that held Laas, and dwelt about Oetylus,—these were led by Agamemnon's brother, even Menelaus, good at the war-cry, with sixty ships; and they were marshalled apart. And himself he moved among them, confident in his zeal, urging his men to battle; and above all others was his heart fain to get him requital for his strivings and groanings for Helen's sake. And they that dwelt in Pylos and lovely Arene and Thryum, the ford of Alpheius, and fair-founded Aepy, and that had their abodes in Cyparisseïs and Amphigeneia and Pteleos and Helus and Dorium, where the Muses met Thamyris the Thracian and made an end of his singing, even as he was journeying from Oechalia, from the house of Eurytus the Oechalian: for he vaunted with boasting that he would conquer, were the Muses themselves to sing against him, the daughters of Zeus that beareth the aegis; but they in their wrath maimed him, and took from him his wondrous song, and made him forget his minstrelsy;—all these folk again had as leader the horseman, Nestor of Gerenia. And with him were ranged ninety hollow ships. And they that held Arcadia beneath the steep mountain of Cyllene, beside the tomb of Aepytus, where are warriors that fight in close combat; and they that dwelt in Pheneos and Orchomenus, rich in flocks, and Rhipe and Stratia and wind-swept Enispe; and that held Tegea and lovely Mantineia; and that held Stymphalus and dwelt in Parrhasia, —all these were led by the son of Ancaeus, Lord Agapenor, with sixty ships; and on each ship embarked full many Arcadian warriors well-skilled in fight. For of himself had the king of men, Agamemnon, given them benched ships wherewith to cross over the wine-dark sea, even the son of Atreus, for with matters of seafaring had they naught to do. > Greek: τοῖσι δʼ ἅμʼ Εὐρύαλος τρίτατος κίεν ἰσόθεος φὼς Μηκιστέος υἱὸς Ταλαϊονίδαο ἄνακτος· συμπάντων δʼ ἡγεῖτο βοὴν ἀγαθὸς Διομήδης· τοῖσι δʼ ἅμʼ ὀγδώκοντα μέλαιναι νῆες ἕποντο. οἳ δὲ Μυκήνας εἶχον ἐϋκτίμενον πτολίεθρον ἀφνειόν τε Κόρινθον ἐϋκτιμένας τε Κλεωνάς, Ὀρνειάς τʼ ἐνέμοντο Ἀραιθυρέην τʼ ἐρατεινὴν καὶ Σικυῶνʼ, ὅθʼ ἄρʼ Ἄδρηστος πρῶτʼ ἐμβασίλευεν, οἵ θʼ Ὑπερησίην τε καὶ αἰπεινὴν Γονόεσσαν Πελλήνην τʼ εἶχον ἠδʼ Αἴγιον ἀμφενέμοντο Αἰγιαλόν τʼ ἀνὰ πάντα καὶ ἀμφʼ Ἑλίκην εὐρεῖαν, τῶν ἑκατὸν νηῶν ἦρχε κρείων Ἀγαμέμνων Ἀτρεΐδης· ἅμα τῷ γε πολὺ πλεῖστοι καὶ ἄριστοι λαοὶ ἕποντʼ· ἐν δʼ αὐτὸς ἐδύσετο νώροπα χαλκὸν κυδιόων, πᾶσιν δὲ μετέπρεπεν ἡρώεσσιν οὕνεκʼ ἄριστος ἔην πολὺ δὲ πλείστους ἄγε λαούς. οἳ δʼ εἶχον κοίλην Λακεδαίμονα κητώεσσαν, Φᾶρίν τε Σπάρτην τε πολυτρήρωνά τε Μέσσην, Βρυσειάς τʼ ἐνέμοντο καὶ Αὐγειὰς ἐρατεινάς, οἵ τʼ ἄρʼ Ἀμύκλας εἶχον Ἕλος τʼ ἔφαλον πτολίεθρον, οἵ τε Λάαν εἶχον ἠδʼ Οἴτυλον ἀμφενέμοντο, τῶν οἱ ἀδελφεὸς ἦρχε βοὴν ἀγαθὸς Μενέλαος ἑξήκοντα νεῶν· ἀπάτερθε δὲ θωρήσσοντο· ἐν δʼ αὐτὸς κίεν ᾗσι προθυμίῃσι πεποιθὼς ὀτρύνων πόλεμον δέ· μάλιστα δὲ ἵετο θυμῷ τίσασθαι Ἑλένης ὁρμήματά τε στοναχάς τε. οἳ δὲ Πύλον τʼ ἐνέμοντο καὶ Ἀρήνην ἐρατεινὴν καὶ Θρύον Ἀλφειοῖο πόρον καὶ ἐΰκτιτον Αἰπὺ καὶ Κυπαρισσήεντα καὶ Ἀμφιγένειαν ἔναιον καὶ Πτελεὸν καὶ Ἕλος καὶ Δώριον, ἔνθά τε Μοῦσαι ἀντόμεναι Θάμυριν τὸν Θρήϊκα παῦσαν ἀοιδῆς Οἰχαλίηθεν ἰόντα παρʼ Εὐρύτου Οἰχαλιῆος· στεῦτο γὰρ εὐχόμενος νικησέμεν εἴ περ ἂν αὐταὶ Μοῦσαι ἀείδοιεν κοῦραι Διὸς αἰγιόχοιο· αἳ δὲ χολωσάμεναι πηρὸν θέσαν, αὐτὰρ ἀοιδὴν θεσπεσίην ἀφέλοντο καὶ ἐκλέλαθον κιθαριστύν· τῶν αὖθʼ ἡγεμόνευε Γερήνιος ἱππότα Νέστωρ· τῷ δʼ ἐνενήκοντα γλαφυραὶ νέες ἐστιχόωντο. οἳ δʼ ἔχον Ἀρκαδίην ὑπὸ Κυλλήνης ὄρος αἰπὺ Αἰπύτιον παρὰ τύμβον ἵνʼ ἀνέρες ἀγχιμαχηταί, οἳ Φενεόν τʼ ἐνέμοντο καὶ Ὀρχομενὸν πολύμηλον Ῥίπην τε Στρατίην τε καὶ ἠνεμόεσσαν Ἐνίσπην καὶ Τεγέην εἶχον καὶ Μαντινέην ἐρατεινὴν Στύμφηλόν τʼ εἶχον καὶ Παρρασίην ἐνέμοντο, τῶν ἦρχʼ Ἀγκαίοιο πάϊς κρείων Ἀγαπήνωρ ἑξήκοντα νεῶν· πολέες δʼ ἐν νηῒ ἑκάστῃ Ἀρκάδες ἄνδρες ἔβαινον ἐπιστάμενοι πολεμίζειν. αὐτὸς γάρ σφιν δῶκεν ἄναξ ἀνδρῶν Ἀγαμέμνων νῆας ἐϋσσέλμους περάαν ἐπὶ οἴνοπα πόντον Ἀτρεΐδης, ἐπεὶ οὔ σφι θαλάσσια ἔργα μεμήλει. [¶8] And they that dwelt in Buprasium and goodly Elis, all that part thereof that Hyrmine and Myrsinus on the seaboard and the rock of Olen and Alesium enclose between them—these again had four leaders, and ten swift ships followed each one, and many Epeians embarked thereon. > Greek: οἳ δʼ ἄρα Βουπράσιόν τε καὶ Ἤλιδα δῖαν ἔναιον ὅσσον ἐφʼ Ὑρμίνη καὶ Μύρσινος ἐσχατόωσα πέτρη τʼ Ὠλενίη καὶ Ἀλήσιον ἐντὸς ἐέργει, τῶν αὖ τέσσαρες ἀρχοὶ ἔσαν, δέκα δʼ ἀνδρὶ ἑκάστῳ νῆες ἕποντο θοαί, πολέες δʼ ἔμβαινον Ἐπειοί. [¶9] Of these some were led by Amphimachus and Thalpius, of the blood of Actor, sons, the one of Cteatus and the other of Eurytus; and of some was the son of Amarynceus captain, even mighty Diores; and of the fourth company godlike Polyxeinus was captain, son of king Agasthenes, Augeias' son. > Greek: τῶν μὲν ἄρʼ Ἀμφίμαχος καὶ Θάλπιος ἡγησάσθην υἷες ὃ μὲν Κτεάτου, ὃ δʼ ἄρʼ Εὐρύτου, Ἀκτορίωνε· τῶν δʼ Ἀμαρυγκεΐδης ἦρχε κρατερὸς Διώρης· τῶν δὲ τετάρτων ἦρχε Πολύξεινος θεοειδὴς υἱὸς Ἀγασθένεος Αὐγηϊάδαο ἄνακτος. [¶10] And those from Dulichiuni and the Echinae, the holy isles, that lie across the sea, over against Elis, these again had as leader Meges, the peer of Ares, even the son of Phyleus, whom the horseman Phyleus, dear to Zeus, begat—he that of old had gone to dwell in Dulichium in wrath against his father. > Greek: οἳ δʼ ἐκ Δουλιχίοιο Ἐχινάων θʼ ἱεράων νήσων, αἳ ναίουσι πέρην ἁλὸς Ἤλιδος ἄντα, τῶν αὖθʼ ἡγεμόνευε Μέγης ἀτάλαντος Ἄρηϊ Φυλεΐδης, ὃν τίκτε Διῒ φίλος ἱππότα Φυλεύς, ὅς ποτε Δουλίχιον δʼ ἀπενάσσατο πατρὶ χολωθείς· [¶11] And with Meges there followed forty black ships. And Odysseus led the great-souled Cephallenians that held Ithaca and Neritum, covered with waving forests, and that dwelt in Crocyleia and rugged Aegilips; and them that held Zacynthus, and that dwelt about Samos, and held the mainland and dwelt on the shores over against the isles. Of these was Odysseus captain, the peer of Zeus in counsel. And with him there followed twelve ships with vermilion prows. And the Aetolians were led by Thoas, Andraemon's son, even they that dwelt in Pleuron and Olenus and Pylene and Chalcis, hard by the sea, and rocky Calydon. For the sons of great-hearted Oeneus were no more, neither did he himself still live, and fair-haired Meleager was dead, to whom had commands been given that he should bear full sway among the Aetolians. And with Thoas there followed forty black ships. > Greek: τῷ δʼ ἅμα τεσσαράκοντα μέλαιναι νῆες ἕποντο. αὐτὰρ Ὀδυσσεὺς ἦγε Κεφαλλῆνας μεγαθύμους, οἵ ῥʼ Ἰθάκην εἶχον καὶ Νήριτον εἰνοσίφυλλον καὶ Κροκύλειʼ ἐνέμοντο καὶ Αἰγίλιπα τρηχεῖαν, οἵ τε Ζάκυνθον ἔχον ἠδʼ οἳ Σάμον ἀμφενέμοντο, οἵ τʼ ἤπειρον ἔχον ἠδʼ ἀντιπέραιʼ ἐνέμοντο· τῶν μὲν Ὀδυσσεὺς ἦρχε Διὶ μῆτιν ἀτάλαντος· τῷ δʼ ἅμα νῆες ἕποντο δυώδεκα μιλτοπάρῃοι. Αἰτωλῶν δʼ ἡγεῖτο Θόας Ἀνδραίμονος υἱός, οἳ Πλευρῶνʼ ἐνέμοντο καὶ Ὤλενον ἠδὲ Πυλήνην Χαλκίδα τʼ ἀγχίαλον Καλυδῶνά τε πετρήεσσαν· οὐ γὰρ ἔτʼ Οἰνῆος μεγαλήτορος υἱέες ἦσαν, οὐδʼ ἄρʼ ἔτʼ αὐτὸς ἔην, θάνε δὲ ξανθὸς Μελέαγρος· τῷ δʼ ἐπὶ πάντʼ ἐτέταλτο ἀνασσέμεν Αἰτωλοῖσι· τῷ δʼ ἅμα τεσσαράκοντα μέλαιναι νῆες ἕποντο. [¶12] And the Cretans had as leader Idomeneus, famed for his spear, even they that held Cnosus and Gortys, famed for its walls, Lyctus and Miletus and Lycastus, white with chalk, and Phaestus and Rhytium, well-peopled cities; and all they beside that dwelt in Crete of the hundred cities. > Greek: Κρητῶν δʼ Ἰδομενεὺς δουρὶ κλυτὸς ἡγεμόνευεν, οἳ Κνωσόν τʼ εἶχον Γόρτυνά τε τειχιόεσσαν, Λύκτον Μίλητόν τε καὶ ἀργινόεντα Λύκαστον Φαιστόν τε Ῥύτιόν τε, πόλεις εὖ ναιετοώσας, ἄλλοι θʼ οἳ Κρήτην ἑκατόμπολιν ἀμφενέμοντο. [¶13] Of all these was Idomeneus, famed for his spear, captain, and Meriones, the peer of Enyalius, slayer of men. And with these there followed eighty black ships. And Tlepolemus, son of Heracles, a valiant man and tall, led from Rhodes nine ships of the lordly Rhodians, that dwelt in Rhodes sundered in three divisions—in Lindos and Ialysus and Cameirus, white with chalk. These were led by Tlepolemus, famed for his spear, he that was born to mighty Heracles by Astyocheia, whom he had led forth out of Ephyre from the river Selleïs, when he had laid waste many cities of warriors fostered of Zeus. But when Tlepolemus had grown to manhood in the well-fenced palace, forthwith he slew his own father's dear uncle, Licymnius, scion of Ares, who was then waxing old. So he straightway built him ships, and when he had gathered together much people, went forth in flight over the sea, for that the other sons and grandsons of mighty Heracles threatened him. But he came to Rhodes in his wanderings, suffering woes, and there his people settled in three divisions by tribes, and were loved of Zeus that is king among gods and men; and upon them was wondrous wealth poured by the son of Cronos. Moreover Nireus led three shapely ships from Syme, Nireus that was son of Aglaïa and Charops the king, Nireus the comeliest man that came beneath Ilios of all the Danaans after the fearless son of Peleus. > Greek: τῶν μὲν ἄρʼ Ἰδομενεὺς δουρὶ κλυτὸς ἡγεμόνευε Μηριόνης τʼ ἀτάλαντος Ἐνυαλίῳ ἀνδρειφόντῃ· τοῖσι δʼ ἅμʼ ὀγδώκοντα μέλαιναι νῆες ἕποντο. Τληπόλεμος δʼ Ἡρακλεΐδης ἠΰς τε μέγας τε ἐκ Ῥόδου ἐννέα νῆας ἄγεν Ῥοδίων ἀγερώχων, οἳ Ῥόδον ἀμφενέμοντο διὰ τρίχα κοσμηθέντες Λίνδον Ἰηλυσόν τε καὶ ἀργινόεντα Κάμειρον. τῶν μὲν Τληπόλεμος δουρὶ κλυτὸς ἡγεμόνευεν, ὃν τέκεν Ἀστυόχεια βίῃ Ἡρακληείῃ, τὴν ἄγετʼ ἐξ Ἐφύρης ποταμοῦ ἄπο Σελλήεντος πέρσας ἄστεα πολλὰ διοτρεφέων αἰζηῶν. Τληπόλεμος δʼ ἐπεὶ οὖν τράφʼ ἐνὶ μεγάρῳ εὐπήκτῳ, αὐτίκα πατρὸς ἑοῖο φίλον μήτρωα κατέκτα ἤδη γηράσκοντα Λικύμνιον ὄζον Ἄρηος· αἶψα δὲ νῆας ἔπηξε, πολὺν δʼ ὅ γε λαὸν ἀγείρας βῆ φεύγων ἐπὶ πόντον· ἀπείλησαν γάρ οἱ ἄλλοι υἱέες υἱωνοί τε βίης Ἡρακληείης. αὐτὰρ ὅ γʼ ἐς Ῥόδον ἷξεν ἀλώμενος ἄλγεα πάσχων· τριχθὰ δὲ ᾤκηθεν καταφυλαδόν, ἠδὲ φίληθεν ἐκ Διός, ὅς τε θεοῖσι καὶ ἀνθρώποισιν ἀνάσσει, καί σφιν θεσπέσιον πλοῦτον κατέχευε Κρονίων. Νιρεὺς αὖ Σύμηθεν ἄγε τρεῖς νῆας ἐΐσας Νιρεὺς Ἀγλαΐης υἱὸς Χαρόποιό τʼ ἄνακτος Νιρεύς, ὃς κάλλιστος ἀνὴρ ὑπὸ Ἴλιον ἦλθε τῶν ἄλλων Δαναῶν μετʼ ἀμύμονα Πηλεΐωνα· [¶14] Howbeit he was a weakling, and but few people followed with him. And they that held Nisyrus and Crapathus and Casus and Cos, the city of Eurypylus, and the Calydnian isles, these again were led by Pheidippus and Antiphus, the two sons of king Thessalus, son of Heracles. > Greek: ἀλλʼ ἀλαπαδνὸς ἔην, παῦρος δέ οἱ εἵπετο λαός. οἳ δʼ ἄρα Νίσυρόν τʼ εἶχον Κράπαθόν τε Κάσον τε καὶ Κῶν Εὐρυπύλοιο πόλιν νήσους τε Καλύδνας, τῶν αὖ Φείδιππός τε καὶ Ἄντιφος ἡγησάσθην Θεσσαλοῦ υἷε δύω Ἡρακλεΐδαο ἄνακτος· [¶15] And with them were ranged thirty hollow ships. Now all those again that inhabited Pelasgian Argos, and dwelt in Alos and Alope and Trachis, and that held Phthia and Hellas, the land of fair women, and were called Myrmidons and Hellenes and Achaeans— of the fifty ships of these men was Achilles captain. Howbeit they bethought them not of dolorous war, since there was no man to lead them forth into the ranks. For he lay in idleness among the ships, the swift-footed, goodly Achilles, in wrath because of the fair-haired girl Briseïs, whom he had taken out of Lyrnessus after sore toil, when he wasted Lyrnessus and the walls of Thebe, and laid low Mynes and Epistrophus, warriors that raged with the spear, sons of king Evenus, Selepus' son. In sore grief for her lay Achilles idle; but soon was he to arise again. > Greek: τοῖς δὲ τριήκοντα γλαφυραὶ νέες ἐστιχόωντο. νῦν αὖ τοὺς ὅσσοι τὸ Πελασγικὸν Ἄργος ἔναιον, οἵ τʼ Ἄλον οἵ τʼ Ἀλόπην οἵ τε Τρηχῖνα νέμοντο, οἵ τʼ εἶχον Φθίην ἠδʼ Ἑλλάδα καλλιγύναικα, Μυρμιδόνες δὲ καλεῦντο καὶ Ἕλληνες καὶ Ἀχαιοί, τῶν αὖ πεντήκοντα νεῶν ἦν ἀρχὸς Ἀχιλλεύς. ἀλλʼ οἵ γʼ οὐ πολέμοιο δυσηχέος ἐμνώοντο· οὐ γὰρ ἔην ὅς τίς σφιν ἐπὶ στίχας ἡγήσαιτο· κεῖτο γὰρ ἐν νήεσσι ποδάρκης δῖος Ἀχιλλεὺς κούρης χωόμενος Βρισηΐδος ἠϋκόμοιο, τὴν ἐκ Λυρνησσοῦ ἐξείλετο πολλὰ μογήσας Λυρνησσὸν διαπορθήσας καὶ τείχεα Θήβης, κὰδ δὲ Μύνητʼ ἔβαλεν καὶ Ἐπίστροφον ἐγχεσιμώρους, υἱέας Εὐηνοῖο Σεληπιάδαο ἄνακτος· τῆς ὅ γε κεῖτʼ ἀχέων, τάχα δʼ ἀνστήσεσθαι ἔμελλεν. [¶16] And they that held Phylace and flowery Pyrasus, the sanctuary of Demeter, and Iton, mother of flocks, and Antron, hard by the sea, and Pteleos, couched in grass, these again had as leader warlike Protesilaus, while yet he lived; howbeit ere now the black earth held him fast. > Greek: οἳ δʼ εἶχον Φυλάκην καὶ Πύρασον ἀνθεμόεντα Δήμητρος τέμενος, Ἴτωνά τε μητέρα μήλων, ἀγχίαλόν τʼ Ἀντρῶνα ἰδὲ Πτελεὸν λεχεποίην, τῶν αὖ Πρωτεσίλαος ἀρήϊος ἡγεμόνευε ζωὸς ἐών· τότε δʼ ἤδη ἔχεν κάτα γαῖα μέλαινα. [¶17] His wife, her two cheeks torn in wailing, was left in Phylace and his house but half established, while, for himself, a Dardanian warrior slew him as he leapt forth from his ship by far the first of the Achaeans. Yet neither were his men leaderless, though they longed for their leader; for Podarces, scion of Ares, marshalled them, he that was son of Phylacus' son, Iphiclus, rich in flocks, own brother to great-souled Protesilaus, and younger-born; but the other was the elder and the better man, even the warrior, valiant Protesilaus. So the host in no wise lacked a leader, though they longed for the noble man they had lost. > Greek: τοῦ δὲ καὶ ἀμφιδρυφὴς ἄλοχος Φυλάκῃ ἐλέλειπτο καὶ δόμος ἡμιτελής· τὸν δʼ ἔκτανε Δάρδανος ἀνὴρ νηὸς ἀποθρῴσκοντα πολὺ πρώτιστον Ἀχαιῶν. οὐδὲ μὲν οὐδʼ οἳ ἄναρχοι ἔσαν, πόθεόν γε μὲν ἀρχόν· ἀλλά σφεας κόσμησε Ποδάρκης ὄζος Ἄρηος Ἰφίκλου υἱὸς πολυμήλου Φυλακίδαο αὐτοκασίγνητος μεγαθύμου Πρωτεσιλάου ὁπλότερος γενεῇ· ὁ δʼ ἅμα πρότερος καὶ ἀρείων ἥρως Πρωτεσίλαος ἀρήϊος· οὐδέ τι λαοὶ δεύονθʼ ἡγεμόνος, πόθεόν γε μὲν ἐσθλὸν ἐόντα· [¶18] And with him there followed forty black ships. And they that dwelt in Pherae beside the lake Boebeïs, and in Boebe, and Glaphyrae, and well-built Iolcus, these were led by the dear son of Admetus with eleven ships, even by Eumelus, whom Alcestis, queenly among women, bare to Admetus, even she, the comeliest of the daughters of Pelias. And they that dwelt in Methone and Thaumacia, and that held Meliboea and rugged Olizon, these with their seven ships were led by Philoctetes, well-skilled in archery, and on each ship embarked fifty oarsmen well skilled to fight amain with the bow. But Philoctetes lay suffering grievous pains in an island, even in sacred Lemnos, where the sons of the Achaeans had left him in anguish with an evil wound from a deadly water-snake. There he lay suffering; yet full soon were the Argives beside their ships to bethink them of king Philoctetes. Howbeit neither were these men leaderless, though they longed for their leader; but Medon marshalled them, the bastard son of Oïleus, whom Rhene bare to Oïleus, sacker of cities. And they that held Tricca and Ithome of the crags, and Oechalia, city of Oechalian Eurytus, these again were led by the two sons of Asclepius, the skilled leeches Podaleirius and Machaon. And with these were ranged thirty hollow ships. And they that held Ormenius and the fountain Hypereia, and that held Asterium and the white crests of Titanus, these were led by Eurypylus, the glorious son of Euaemon. And with him there followed forty black ships. And they that held Argissa, and dwelt in Gyrtone, Orthe, and Elone, and the white city of Oloösson, these again had as leader Polypoetes, staunch in fight, son of Peirithous, whom immortal Zeus begat— even him whom glorious Hippodameia conceived to Peirithous on the day when he got him vengeance on the shaggy centaurs, and thrust them forth from Pelium, and drave them to the Aethices. > Greek: τῷ δʼ ἅμα τεσσαράκοντα μέλαιναι νῆες ἕποντο. οἳ δὲ Φερὰς ἐνέμοντο παραὶ Βοιβηΐδα λίμνην Βοίβην καὶ Γλαφύρας καὶ ἐϋκτιμένην Ἰαωλκόν, τῶν ἦρχʼ Ἀδμήτοιο φίλος πάϊς ἕνδεκα νηῶν Εὔμηλος, τὸν ὑπʼ Ἀδμήτῳ τέκε δῖα γυναικῶν Ἄλκηστις Πελίαο θυγατρῶν εἶδος ἀρίστη. οἳ δʼ ἄρα Μηθώνην καὶ Θαυμακίην ἐνέμοντο καὶ Μελίβοιαν ἔχον καὶ Ὀλιζῶνα τρηχεῖαν, τῶν δὲ Φιλοκτήτης ἦρχεν τόξων ἐῢ εἰδὼς ἑπτὰ νεῶν· ἐρέται δʼ ἐν ἑκάστῃ πεντήκοντα ἐμβέβασαν τόξων εὖ εἰδότες ἶφι μάχεσθαι. ἀλλʼ ὃ μὲν ἐν νήσῳ κεῖτο κρατέρʼ ἄλγεα πάσχων Λήμνῳ ἐν ἠγαθέῃ, ὅθι μιν λίπον υἷες Ἀχαιῶν ἕλκεϊ μοχθίζοντα κακῷ ὀλοόφρονος ὕδρου· ἔνθʼ ὅ γε κεῖτʼ ἀχέων· τάχα δὲ μνήσεσθαι ἔμελλον Ἀργεῖοι παρὰ νηυσὶ Φιλοκτήταο ἄνακτος. οὐδὲ μὲν οὐδʼ οἳ ἄναρχοι ἔσαν, πόθεόν γε μὲν ἀρχόν· ἀλλὰ Μέδων κόσμησεν Ὀϊλῆος νόθος υἱός, τόν ῥʼ ἔτεκεν Ῥήνη ὑπʼ Ὀϊλῆϊ πτολιπόρθῳ. οἳ δʼ εἶχον Τρίκκην καὶ Ἰθώμην κλωμακόεσσαν, οἵ τʼ ἔχον Οἰχαλίην πόλιν Εὐρύτου Οἰχαλιῆος, τῶν αὖθʼ ἡγείσθην Ἀσκληπιοῦ δύο παῖδε ἰητῆρʼ ἀγαθὼ Ποδαλείριος ἠδὲ Μαχάων· τοῖς δὲ τριήκοντα γλαφυραὶ νέες ἐστιχόωντο. οἳ δʼ ἔχον Ὀρμένιον, οἵ τε κρήνην Ὑπέρειαν, οἵ τʼ ἔχον Ἀστέριον Τιτάνοιό τε λευκὰ κάρηνα, τῶν ἦρχʼ Εὐρύπυλος Εὐαίμονος ἀγλαὸς υἱός· τῷ δʼ ἅμα τεσσαράκοντα μέλαιναι νῆες ἕποντο. οἳ δʼ Ἄργισσαν ἔχον καὶ Γυρτώνην ἐνέμοντο, Ὄρθην Ἠλώνην τε πόλιν τʼ Ὀλοοσσόνα λευκήν, τῶν αὖθʼ ἡγεμόνευε μενεπτόλεμος Πολυποίτης υἱὸς Πειριθόοιο τὸν ἀθάνατος τέκετο Ζεύς· τόν ῥʼ ὑπὸ Πειριθόῳ τέκετο κλυτὸς Ἱπποδάμεια ἤματι τῷ ὅτε Φῆρας ἐτίσατο λαχνήεντας, τοὺς δʼ ἐκ Πηλίου ὦσε καὶ Αἰθίκεσσι πέλασσεν· [¶19] Not alone was he, but with him was Leonteus, scion of Ares, the son of Caenus' son, Coronus, high of heart. And with them there followed forty black ships. And Gouneus led from Cyphus two and twenty ships, and with him followed the Enienes and the Peraebi, staunch in fight, that had set their dwellings about wintry Dodona, and dwelt in the ploughland about lovely Titaressus, that poureth his fair-flowing streams into Peneius; yet doth he not mingle with the silver eddies of Peneius, but floweth on over his waters like unto olive oil; > Greek: οὐκ οἶος, ἅμα τῷ γε Λεοντεὺς ὄζος Ἄρηος υἱὸς ὑπερθύμοιο Κορώνου Καινεΐδαο· τοῖς δʼ ἅμα τεσσαράκοντα μέλαιναι νῆες ἕποντο. Γουνεὺς δʼ ἐκ Κύφου ἦγε δύω καὶ εἴκοσι νῆας· τῷ δʼ Ἐνιῆνες ἕποντο μενεπτόλεμοί τε Περαιβοὶ οἳ περὶ Δωδώνην δυσχείμερον οἰκίʼ ἔθεντο, οἵ τʼ ἀμφʼ ἱμερτὸν Τιταρησσὸν ἔργα νέμοντο ὅς ῥʼ ἐς Πηνειὸν προΐει καλλίρροον ὕδωρ, οὐδʼ ὅ γε Πηνειῷ συμμίσγεται ἀργυροδίνῃ, ἀλλά τέ μιν καθύπερθεν ἐπιρρέει ἠΰτʼ ἔλαιον· [¶20] for that he is a branch of the water of Styx, the dread river of oath. And the Magnetes had as captain Prothous, son of Tenthredon. These were they that dwelt about Peneius and Pelion, covered with waving forests. Of these was swift Prothous captain; and with him there followed forty black ships. > Greek: ὅρκου γὰρ δεινοῦ Στυγὸς ὕδατός ἐστιν ἀπορρώξ. Μαγνήτων δʼ ἦρχε Πρόθοος Τενθρηδόνος υἱός, οἳ περὶ Πηνειὸν καὶ Πήλιον εἰνοσίφυλλον ναίεσκον· τῶν μὲν Πρόθοος θοὸς ἡγεμόνευε, τῷ δʼ ἅμα τεσσαράκοντα μέλαιναι νῆες ἕποντο. [¶21] These were the leaders of the Danaans and their lords. But who was far the best among them do thou tell me, Muse—best of the warriors and of the horses that followed with the sons of Atreus. Of horses best by far were the mares of the son of Pheres, those that Eumelas drave, swift as birds, like of coat, like of age, their backs as even as a levelling line could make. These had Apollo of the silver bow reared in Pereia, both of them mares, bearing with them the panic of war. And of warriors far best was Telamonian Aias, while yet Achilles cherished his wrath; for Achilles was far the mightiest, he and the horses that bare the peerless son of Peleus. Howbeit he abode amid his beaked, seafaring ships in utter wrath against Agamemnon, Atreus' son, shepherd of the host; and his people along the sea-shore took their joy in casting the discus and the javelin, and in archery; and their horses each beside his own car, eating lotus and parsley of the marsh, stood idle, while the chariots were set, well covered up, in the huts of their masters. But the men, longing for their captain, dear to Ares, roared hither and thither through the camp, and fought not. > Greek: οὗτοι ἄρʼ ἡγεμόνες Δαναῶν καὶ κοίρανοι ἦσαν· τίς τὰρ τῶν ὄχʼ ἄριστος ἔην σύ μοι ἔννεπε Μοῦσα αὐτῶν ἠδʼ ἵππων, οἳ ἅμʼ Ἀτρεΐδῃσιν ἕποντο. ἵπποι μὲν μέγʼ ἄρισται ἔσαν Φηρητιάδαο, τὰς Εὔμηλος ἔλαυνε ποδώκεας ὄρνιθας ὣς ὄτριχας οἰέτεας σταφύλῇ ἐπὶ νῶτον ἐΐσας· τὰς ἐν Πηρείῃ θρέψʼ ἀργυρότοξος Ἀπόλλων ἄμφω θηλείας, φόβον Ἄρηος φορεούσας. ἀνδρῶν αὖ μέγʼ ἄριστος ἔην Τελαμώνιος Αἴας ὄφρʼ Ἀχιλεὺς μήνιεν· ὃ γὰρ πολὺ φέρτατος ἦεν, ἵπποι θʼ οἳ φορέεσκον ἀμύμονα Πηλεΐωνα. ἀλλʼ ὃ μὲν ἐν νήεσσι κορωνίσι ποντοπόροισι κεῖτʼ ἀπομηνίσας Ἀγαμέμνονι ποιμένι λαῶν Ἀτρεΐδῃ· λαοὶ δὲ παρὰ ῥηγμῖνι θαλάσσης δίσκοισιν τέρποντο καὶ αἰγανέῃσιν ἱέντες τόξοισίν θʼ· ἵπποι δὲ παρʼ ἅρμασιν οἷσιν ἕκαστος λωτὸν ἐρεπτόμενοι ἐλεόθρεπτόν τε σέλινον ἕστασαν· ἅρματα δʼ εὖ πεπυκασμένα κεῖτο ἀνάκτων ἐν κλισίῃς· οἳ δʼ ἀρχὸν ἀρηΐφιλον ποθέοντες φοίτων ἔνθα καὶ ἔνθα κατὰ στρατὸν οὐδὲ μάχοντο. [¶22] So marched they then as though all the land were swept with fire; and the earth groaned beneath them, as beneath Zeus that hurleth the thunderbolt in his wrath, when he scourgeth the land about Typhoeus in the country of the Arimi, where men say is the couch of Typhoeus. Even so the earth groaned greatly beneath their tread as they went; and full swiftly did they speed across the plain. And to the Trojans went, as a messenger from Zeus that beareth the aegis, wind-footed, swift Iris with a grievous message. These were holding assembly at Priam's gate, all gathered in one body, the young men alike and the elders. > Greek: οἳ δʼ ἄρʼ ἴσαν ὡς εἴ τε πυρὶ χθὼν πᾶσα νέμοιτο· γαῖα δʼ ὑπεστενάχιζε Διὶ ὣς τερπικεραύνῳ χωομένῳ ὅτε τʼ ἀμφὶ Τυφωέϊ γαῖαν ἱμάσσῃ εἰν Ἀρίμοις, ὅθι φασὶ Τυφωέος ἔμμεναι εὐνάς· ὣς ἄρα τῶν ὑπὸ ποσσὶ μέγα στεναχίζετο γαῖα ἐρχομένων· μάλα δʼ ὦκα διέπρησσον πεδίοιο. Τρωσὶν δʼ ἄγγελος ἦλθε ποδήνεμος ὠκέα Ἶρις πὰρ Διὸς αἰγιόχοιο σὺν ἀγγελίῃ ἀλεγεινῇ· οἳ δʼ ἀγορὰς ἀγόρευον ἐπὶ Πριάμοιο θύρῃσι πάντες ὁμηγερέες ἠμὲν νέοι ἠδὲ γέροντες· [¶23] And swift-footed Iris stood near and spake to them; and she made her voice like to that of Polites, son of Priam, who was wont to sit as a sentinel of the Trojans, trusting in his fleetness of foot, on the topmost part of the barrow of aged Aesyetes, awaiting until the Achaeans should sally forth from their ships. > Greek: ἀγχοῦ δʼ ἱσταμένη προσέφη πόδας ὠκέα Ἶρις· εἴσατο δὲ φθογγὴν υἷϊ Πριάμοιο Πολίτῃ, ὃς Τρώων σκοπὸς ἷζε ποδωκείῃσι πεποιθὼς τύμβῳ ἐπʼ ἀκροτάτῳ Αἰσυήταο γέροντος, δέγμενος ὁππότε ναῦφιν ἀφορμηθεῖεν Ἀχαιοί· [¶24] Likening herself to him swifted-footed Iris spake to Priam, saying: Old sir, ever are endless words dear to thee, now even as of yore in time of peace; but war unabating is afoot. Verily full often have I entered ere now into battles of warriors, but never yet have I seen a host so goodly and so great; > Greek: τῷ μιν ἐεισαμένη προσέφη πόδας ὠκέα Ἶρις· ὦ γέρον αἰεί τοι μῦθοι φίλοι ἄκριτοί εἰσιν, ὥς ποτʼ ἐπʼ εἰρήνης· πόλεμος δʼ ἀλίαστος ὄρωρεν. ἤδη μὲν μάλα πολλὰ μάχας εἰσήλυθον ἀνδρῶν, ἀλλʼ οὔ πω τοιόνδε τοσόνδέ τε λαὸν ὄπωπα· [¶25] for most like to the leaves or the sands are they, as they march over the plain to fight against the city. Hector, to thee beyond all others do I give command, and do thou even according to my word. Inasmuch as there are allies full many throughout the great city of Priam, and tongue differs from tongue among men that are scattered abroad; > Greek: λίην γὰρ φύλλοισιν ἐοικότες ἢ ψαμάθοισιν ἔρχονται πεδίοιο μαχησόμενοι προτὶ ἄστυ. Ἕκτορ σοὶ δὲ μάλιστʼ ἐπιτέλλομαι, ὧδε δὲ ῥέξαι· πολλοὶ γὰρ κατὰ ἄστυ μέγα Πριάμου ἐπίκουροι, ἄλλη δʼ ἄλλων γλῶσσα πολυσπερέων ἀνθρώπων· [¶26] let each one therefore give the word to those whose captain he is, and these let him lead forth, when he has marshalled the men of his own city. So spake she, and Hector in no wise failed to know the voice of the goddess, but forthwith brake up the gathering; and they rushed to arms. The gates one and all were opened wide, and forth the folk hasted, both footmen and charioteers; and a great din arose. Now there is before the city a steep mound afar out in the plain, with a clear space about it on this side and on that; this do men verily call Batieia, but the immortals call it the barrow of Myrine, light of step. > Greek: τοῖσιν ἕκαστος ἀνὴρ σημαινέτω οἷσί περ ἄρχει, τῶν δʼ ἐξηγείσθω κοσμησάμενος πολιήτας. ὣς ἔφαθʼ, Ἕκτωρ δʼ οὔ τι θεᾶς ἔπος ἠγνοίησεν, αἶψα δʼ ἔλυσʼ ἀγορήν· ἐπὶ τεύχεα δʼ ἐσσεύοντο· πᾶσαι δʼ ὠΐγνυντο πύλαι, ἐκ δʼ ἔσσυτο λαὸς πεζοί θʼ ἱππῆές τε· πολὺς δʼ ὀρυμαγδὸς ὀρώρει. ἔστι δέ τις προπάροιθε πόλιος αἰπεῖα κολώνη ἐν πεδίῳ ἀπάνευθε περίδρομος ἔνθα καὶ ἔνθα, τὴν ἤτοι ἄνδρες Βατίειαν κικλήσκουσιν, ἀθάνατοι δέ τε σῆμα πολυσκάρθμοιο Μυρίνης· [¶27] There on this day did the Trojans and their allies separate their companies. The Trojans were led by great Hector of the flashing helm, the son of Priam, and with him were marshalled the greatest hosts by far and the goodliest, raging with the spear. Of the Dardanians again the valiant son of Anchises was captain, even Aeneas, whom fair Aphrodite conceived to Anchises amid the spurs of Ida, a goddess couched with a mortal man. Not alone was he; with him were Antenor's two sons, Archelochus and Acamas, well skilled in all manner of fighting. And they that dwelt in Zeleia beneath the nethermost foot of Ida, men of wealth, that drink the dark water of Aesepus, even the Troes, these again were led by the glorious son of Lycaon, Pandarus, to whom Apollo himself gave the bow. And they that held Adrasteia and the land of Apaesus, and that held Pityeia and the steep mount of Tereia, these were led by Adrastus and Araphius, with corslet of linen, sons twain of Merops of Percote, that was above all men skilled in prophesying, and would not suffer his sons to go into war, the bane of men. But the twain would in no wise hearken, for the fates of black death were leading them on. > Greek: ἔνθα τότε Τρῶές τε διέκριθεν ἠδʼ ἐπίκουροι. Τρωσὶ μὲν ἡγεμόνευε μέγας κορυθαίολος Ἕκτωρ Πριαμίδης· ἅμα τῷ γε πολὺ πλεῖστοι καὶ ἄριστοι λαοὶ θωρήσσοντο μεμαότες ἐγχείῃσι. Δαρδανίων αὖτʼ ἦρχεν ἐῢς πάϊς Ἀγχίσαο Αἰνείας, τὸν ὑπʼ Ἀγχίσῃ τέκε δῖʼ Ἀφροδίτη Ἴδης ἐν κνημοῖσι θεὰ βροτῷ εὐνηθεῖσα, οὐκ οἶος, ἅμα τῷ γε δύω Ἀντήνορος υἷε Ἀρχέλοχός τʼ Ἀκάμας τε μάχης εὖ εἰδότε πάσης. οἳ δὲ Ζέλειαν ἔναιον ὑπαὶ πόδα νείατον Ἴδης ἀφνειοὶ πίνοντες ὕδωρ μέλαν Αἰσήποιο Τρῶες, τῶν αὖτʼ ἦρχε Λυκάονος ἀγλαὸς υἱὸς Πάνδαρος, ᾧ καὶ τόξον Ἀπόλλων αὐτὸς ἔδωκεν. οἳ δʼ Ἀδρήστειάν τʼ εἶχον καὶ δῆμον Ἀπαισοῦ καὶ Πιτύειαν ἔχον καὶ Τηρείης ὄρος αἰπύ, τῶν ἦρχʼ Ἄδρηστός τε καὶ Ἄμφιος λινοθώρηξ υἷε δύω Μέροπος Περκωσίου, ὃς περὶ πάντων ᾔδεε μαντοσύνας, οὐδὲ οὓς παῖδας ἔασκε στείχειν ἐς πόλεμον φθισήνορα· τὼ δέ οἱ οὔ τι πειθέσθην· κῆρες γὰρ ἄγον μέλανος θανάτοιο. [¶28] And they that dwelt about Percote and Practius, and that held Sestus and Abydus and goodly Arisbe, these again were led by Hyrtacus' son Asius, a leader of men—Asius, son of Hyrtacus, whom his horses tawny and tall had borne from Arisbe, from the river Selleïs. > Greek: οἳ δʼ ἄρα Περκώτην καὶ Πράκτιον ἀμφενέμοντο καὶ Σηστὸν καὶ Ἄβυδον ἔχον καὶ δῖαν Ἀρίσβην, τῶν αὖθʼ Ὑρτακίδης ἦρχʼ Ἄσιος ὄρχαμος ἀνδρῶν, Ἄσιος Ὑρτακίδης ὃν Ἀρίσβηθεν φέρον ἵπποι αἴθωνες μεγάλοι ποταμοῦ ἄπο Σελλήεντος. [¶29] And Hippothous led the tribes of the Pelasgi, that rage with the spear, even them that dwelt in deep-soiled Larisa; these were led by Hippothous and Pylaeus, scion of Ares, sons twain of Pelasgian Lethus, son of Teutamus. But the Thracians Acamas led and Peirous, the warrior, even all them that the strong stream of the Hellespont encloseth. And Euphemus was captain of the Ciconian spearmen, the son of Ceas' son Troezenus, nurtured of Zeus. But Pyraechmes led the Paeonians, with curved bows, from afar, out of Amydon from the wide-flowing Axius— Axius the water whereof floweth the fairest over the face of the earth. And the Paphlagonians did Pylaemenes of the shaggy heart lead from the land of the Eneti, whence is the race of wild she-mules. These were they that held Cytorus and dwelt about Sesamon, and had their famed dwellings around the river Parthenius and Cromna and Aegialus and lofty Erythini. But of the Halizones Odius and Epistrophus were captains from afar, from Alybe, where is the birth-place of silver. And of the Mysians the captains were Chromis and Ennomus the augur; howbeit with his auguries he warded not off black fate, but was slain beneath the hands of the son of Aeacus, swift of foot, in the river, where Achilles was making havoc of the Trojans and the others as well. And Phorcys and godlike Ascanius led the Phrygians from afar, from Ascania, and were eager to fight in the press of battle. And the Maeonians had captains twain, Mesthles and Antiphus, the two sons of TaIaemenes, whose mother was the nymph of the Gygaean lake; and they led the Maeonians, whose birth was beneath Tmolas. And Nastes again led the Carians, uncouth of speech, who held Miletus and the mountain of Phthires, dense with its leafage, and the streams of Maeander, and the steep crests of Mycale. > Greek: Ἱππόθοος δʼ ἄγε φῦλα Πελασγῶν ἐγχεσιμώρων τῶν οἳ Λάρισαν ἐριβώλακα ναιετάασκον· τῶν ἦρχʼ Ἱππόθοός τε Πύλαιός τʼ ὄζος Ἄρηος, υἷε δύω Λήθοιο Πελασγοῦ Τευταμίδαο. αὐτὰρ Θρήϊκας ἦγʼ Ἀκάμας καὶ Πείροος ἥρως ὅσσους Ἑλλήσποντος ἀγάρροος ἐντὸς ἐέργει. Εὔφημος δʼ ἀρχὸς Κικόνων ἦν αἰχμητάων υἱὸς Τροιζήνοιο διοτρεφέος Κεάδαο. αὐτὰρ Πυραίχμης ἄγε Παίονας ἀγκυλοτόξους τηλόθεν ἐξ Ἀμυδῶνος ἀπʼ Ἀξιοῦ εὐρὺ ῥέοντος, Ἀξιοῦ οὗ κάλλιστον ὕδωρ ἐπικίδναται αἶαν. Παφλαγόνων δʼ ἡγεῖτο Πυλαιμένεος λάσιον κῆρ ἐξ Ἐνετῶν, ὅθεν ἡμιόνων γένος ἀγροτεράων, οἵ ῥα Κύτωρον ἔχον καὶ Σήσαμον ἀμφενέμοντο ἀμφί τε Παρθένιον ποταμὸν κλυτὰ δώματʼ ἔναιον Κρῶμνάν τʼ Αἰγιαλόν τε καὶ ὑψηλοὺς Ἐρυθίνους. αὐτὰρ Ἁλιζώνων Ὀδίος καὶ Ἐπίστροφος ἦρχον τηλόθεν ἐξ Ἀλύβης, ὅθεν ἀργύρου ἐστὶ γενέθλη. Μυσῶν δὲ Χρόμις ἦρχε καὶ Ἔννομος οἰωνιστής· ἀλλʼ οὐκ οἰωνοῖσιν ἐρύσατο κῆρα μέλαιναν, ἀλλʼ ἐδάμη ὑπὸ χερσὶ ποδώκεος Αἰακίδαο ἐν ποταμῷ, ὅθι περ Τρῶας κεράϊζε καὶ ἄλλους. Φόρκυς αὖ Φρύγας ἦγε καὶ Ἀσκάνιος θεοειδὴς τῆλʼ ἐξ Ἀσκανίης· μέμασαν δʼ ὑσμῖνι μάχεσθαι. Μῄοσιν αὖ Μέσθλης τε καὶ Ἄντιφος ἡγησάσθην υἷε Ταλαιμένεος τὼ Γυγαίη τέκε λίμνη, οἳ καὶ Μῄονας ἦγον ὑπὸ Τμώλῳ γεγαῶτας. Νάστης αὖ Καρῶν ἡγήσατο βαρβαροφώνων, οἳ Μίλητον ἔχον Φθιρῶν τʼ ὄρος ἀκριτόφυλλον Μαιάνδρου τε ῥοὰς Μυκάλης τʼ αἰπεινὰ κάρηνα· [¶30] These were led by captains twain, Amphimachus and Nastes—Nastes and Amphimachus, the glorious children of Nomion. And he came to the war all decked with gold, like a girl, fool that he was; but his gold in no wise availed to ward off woeful destruction; nay, he was slain in the river beneath the hands of the son of Aeacus, swift of foot; and Achilles, wise of heart, bare off the gold. And Sarpedon and peerless Glaucus were captains of the Lycians from afar out of Lycia, from the eddying Xanthus. > Greek: τῶν μὲν ἄρʼ Ἀμφίμαχος καὶ Νάστης ἡγησάσθην, Νάστης Ἀμφίμαχός τε Νομίονος ἀγλαὰ τέκνα, ὃς καὶ χρυσὸν ἔχων πόλεμον δʼ ἴεν ἠΰτε κούρη νήπιος, οὐδέ τί οἱ τό γʼ ἐπήρκεσε λυγρὸν ὄλεθρον, ἀλλʼ ἐδάμη ὑπὸ χερσὶ ποδώκεος Αἰακίδαο ἐν ποταμῷ, χρυσὸν δʼ Ἀχιλεὺς ἐκόμισσε δαΐφρων. Σαρπηδὼν δʼ ἦρχεν Λυκίων καὶ Γλαῦκος ἀμύμων τηλόθεν ἐκ Λυκίης, Ξάνθου ἄπο δινήεντος.