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1 ένθ' αῦ Τυδεΐδῃ Διομήδεϊ Παλλὰς Αθήνη

there to Tydeus' son Diomedes Pallas Athene

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2 δῶκε μένος καὶ θάρσος, 'ίν' έκδηλος μετὰ πᾶσιν

granted strength and daring, that he might be conspicuous

ao.

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3 Αργείοισι γένοιτο ιδὲ κλέος εσθλὸν άροιτο :

among all the Argives and win the glory of valour.

ao. op. ao. op.

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4 δαῖέ 'οι εκ κόρυθός τε καὶ ασπίδος ακάματον πῦρ

She made weariless fire blaze from his shield and helmet

impf.

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5 αστέρ' οπωρινῷ εναλίγκιον, 'ός τε μάλιστα

like that star of the waning summer who beyond all stars

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6 λαμπρὸν παμφαίνῃσι λελουμένος Ωκεανοῖο :

rises bathed in the ocean stream to glitter in brilliance.

subj. perf. part.

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7 τοῖόν 'οι πῦρ δαῖεν απὸ κρατός τε καὶ ώμων ,

Such was the fire she made blaze from his head and his shoulders

impf.

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8 ῶρσε δέ μιν κατὰ μέσσον 'όθι πλεῖστοι κλονέοντο .

and urged him into the middle fighting, where most were struggling.

ao. impf.

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9 ῆν δέ τις εν Τρώεσσι Δάρης αφνειὸς αμύμων

There was a man of the Trojans, Dares, blameless and bountiful,

impf.

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10 'ιρεὺς Ἡφαίστοιο: δύω δέ 'οι 'υιέες ήστην

priest consecrated to Hephaistos, and he had two sons,

impf. dual

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11 Φηγεὺς Ιδαῖός τε μάχης εῦ ειδότε πάσης .

Phegeus and Idaios, well skilled both in all fighting.

perf. part. dual

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12 τώ 'οι αποκρινθέντε εναντίω 'ωρμηθήτην :

These two breaking from the ranks of the others charged against him

dual ao. part. p dual dual ao. p dual

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13 τὼ μὲν αφ' 'ίπποιϊν, 'ὸ δ' απὸ χθονὸς ώρνυτο πεζός .

riding their chariot as Diomedes came on, dismounted.

dual dual impf.

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14 'οὶ δ' 'ότε δὴ σχεδὸν ῆσαν επ' αλλήλοισι ιόντες

Now as in their advance these had come close to each other

impf. part.

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15 Φηγεύς ῥα πρότερος προΐει δολιχόσκιον έγχος :

first of the two Phegeus let go his spear far-shadowing.

impf.

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16 Τυδεΐδεω δ' 'υπὲρ ῶμον αριστερὸν ήλυθ' ακωκὴ

Over the left shoulder of Tydeus' son passed the pointed

ao.

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17 έγχεος, ουδ' έβαλ' αυτόν: 'ὸ δ' 'ύστερος ώρνυτο χαλκῷ

spear, nor struck his body, and Diomedes thereafter

ao. impf.

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18 Τυδεΐδης: τοῦ δ' ουχ 'άλιον βέλος έκφυγε χειρός ,

threw with the bronze, and the weapon cast from his hand flew not vain

ao.

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19 αλλ' έβαλε στῆθος μεταμάζιον, ῶσε δ' αφ' 'ίππων .

but struck the chest between the nipples and hurled him from behind his horses.

ao. ao.

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20 Ιδαῖος δ' απόρουσε λιπὼν περικαλλέα δίφρον ,

And Idaios leaping left the fair-wrought chariot

ao. ao. part.

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21 ουδ' έτλη περιβῆναι αδελφειοῦ κταμένοιο :

nor had he the courage to stand over his stricken brother.

ao. ao. inf. ao. part.

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22 ουδὲ γὰρ ουδέ κεν αυτὸς 'υπέκφυγε κῆρα μέλαιναν ,

Even so he could not have escaped the black death-spirit

ao.

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23 αλλ' Ἥφαιστος έρυτο, σάωσε δὲ νυκτὶ καλύψας ,

but Hephaistos caught him away and rescued him, shrouded in darkness,

impf. ao. ao. part.

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24 'ως δή 'οι μὴ πάγχυ γέρων ακαχημένος είη .

that the aged man might not be left altogether desolate.

perf. part. op.

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25 ἵππους δ' ἐξελάσας μεγαθύμου Τυδέος υἱὸς

But the son of high-hearted Tydeus drove off the horses

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26 δῶκεν ἑταίροισιν κατάγειν κοίλας ἐπὶ νῆας.

and gave them to his company to lead back to the hollow vessels.

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27 Τρῶες δὲ μεγάθυμοι ἐπεὶ ἴδον υἷε Δάρητος

Now as the high-hearted Trojans watched the two sons of Dares,

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28 τὸν μὲν ἀλευάμενον, τὸν δὲ κτάμενον παρ' ὄχεσφι,

one running away, and one cut down by the side of his chariot,

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29 πᾶσιν ὀρίνθη θυμός: ἀτὰρ γλαυκῶπις Ἀθήνη

the anger in all of them was stirred. But grey-eyed Athene

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30 χειρὸς ἑλοῦσ' ἐπέεσσι προσηύδα θοῦρον Ἄρηα:

took violent Ares by the hand, and in words she spoke to him:

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31 Ἆρες Ἄρες βροτολοιγὲ μιαιφόνε τειχεσιπλῆτα

'Ares, Ares, manslaughtering, blood-stained, stormer of strong walls,

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32 οὐκ ἂν δὴ Τρῶας μὲν ἐάσαιμεν καὶ Ἀχαιοὺς

shall we not leave the Trojans and Achaians to struggle

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33 μάρνασθ', ὁπποτέροισι πατὴρ Ζεὺς κῦδος ὀρέξῃ,

after whatever way Zeus father grants glory to either,

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34 νῶϊ δὲ χαζώμεσθα, Διὸς δ' ἀλεώμεθα μῆνιν ;

while we two give ground together and avoid Zeus' anger ?'

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35 ὣς εἰποῦσα μάχης ἐξήγαγε θοῦρον Ἄρηα:

So she spoke, and led violent Ares out of the fighting

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36 τὸν μὲν ἔπειτα καθεῖσεν ἐπ' ἠϊόεντι Σκαμάνδρῳ,

and afterwards caused him to sit down by the sands of Skamandros

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37 Τρῶας δ' ἔκλιναν Δαναοί: ἕλε δ' ἄνδρα ἕκαστος

while the Danaans bent the Trojans back, and each of the princes

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38 ἡγεμόνων: πρῶτος δὲ ἄναξ ἀνδρῶν Ἀγαμέμνων

killed his man. And first the lord of men Agamemnon

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39 ἀρχὸν Ἁλιζώνων Ὀδίον μέγαν ἔκβαλε δίφρου:

hurled tall Odios, lord of the Halizones, from his chariot.

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40 πρώτῳ γὰρ στρεφθέντι μεταφρένῳ ἐν δόρυ πῆξεν

For in his back even as he was turning the spear fixed

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41 ὤμων μεσσηγύς, διὰ δὲ στήθεσφιν ἔλασσε,

between the shoulders and was driven on through the chest beyond it.

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42 δούπησεν δὲ πεσών, ἀράβησε δὲ τεύχε' ἐπ' αὐτῷ.

He fell, thunderously, and his armour clattered upon him.

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43 Ἰδομενεὺς δ' ἄρα Φαῖστον ἐνήρατο Μῄονος υἱὸν

Idomeneus killed Phaistos the son of Maionian Boros,

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44 Βώρου, ὃς ἐκ Τάρνης ἐριβώλακος εἰληλούθει.

who had come out of Tarne with the deep soil. Idomeneus

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45 τὸν μὲν ἄρ' Ἰδομενεὺς δουρικλυτὸς ἔγχεϊ μακρῷ

the spear-renowned stabbed this man just as he was mounting

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46 νύξ' ἵππων ἐπιβησόμενον κατὰ δεξιὸν ὦμον:

behind his horses, with the long spear driven in the right shoulder.

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47 ἤριπε δ' ἐξ ὀχέων, στυγερὸς δ' ἄρα μιν σκότος εἷλε.

He dropped from the chariot, and the hateful darkness took hold of him.

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48 τὸν μὲν ἄρ' Ἰδομενῆος ἐσύλευον θεράποντες:

The henchmen of Idomeneus stripped the armour from Phaistos,

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49 υἱὸν δὲ Στροφίοιο Σκαμάνδριον αἵμονα θήρης

while Menelaos son of Atreus killed with the sharp spear

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50 Ἀτρεΐδης Μενέλαος ἕλ' ἔγχεϊ ὀξυόεντι

Strophios' son, a man of wisdom in the chase, Skamandrios,

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51 ἐσθλὸν θηρητῆρα: δίδαξε γὰρ Ἄρτεμις αὐτὴ

the fine huntsman of beasts. Artemis herself had taught him

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52 βάλλειν ἄγρια πάντα, τά τε τρέφει οὔρεσιν ὕλη:

to strike down every wild thing that grows in the mountain forest.

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53 ἀλλ' οὔ οἱ τότε γε χραῖσμ' Ἄρτεμις ἰοχέαιρα,

Yet Artemis of the showering arrows could not now help him,

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54 οὐδὲ ἑκηβολίαι ᾗσιν τὸ πρίν γ' ἐκέκαστο:

no, nor the long spearcasts in which he had been pre-eminent,

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55 ἀλλά μιν Ἀτρεΐδης δουρικλειτὸς Μενέλαος

but Menelaos the spear-famed, son of Atreus, stabbed him,

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56 πρόσθεν ἕθεν φεύγοντα μετάφρενον οὔτασε δουρὶ

as he fled away before him, in the back with a spear thrust

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57 ὤμων μεσσηγύς, διὰ δὲ στήθεσφιν ἔλασσεν,

between the shoulders and driven through to the chest beyond it.

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58 ἤριπε δὲ πρηνής, ἀράβησε δὲ τεύχε' ἐπ' αὐτῷ.

He dropped forward on his face and his armour clattered upon him.

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59 Μηριόνης δὲ Φέρεκλον ἐνήρατο, τέκτονος υἱὸν

Meriones in turn killed Phereklos, son of Harmonides,

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60 Ἁρμονίδεω, ὃς χερσὶν ἐπίστατο δαίδαλα πάντα

the smith, who understood how to make with his hand all intricate

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61 τεύχειν: ἔξοχα γάρ μιν ἐφίλατο Παλλὰς Ἀθήνη:

things, since above all others Pallas Athene had loved him.

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62 ὃς καὶ Ἀλεξάνδρῳ τεκτήνατο νῆας ἐΐσας

He it was who had built for Alexandros the balanced

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63 ἀρχεκάκους, αἳ πᾶσι κακὸν Τρώεσσι γένοντο

ships, the beginning of the evil, fatal to the other

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64 οἷ τ' αὐτῷ, ἐπεὶ οὔ τι θεῶν ἐκ θέσφατα ᾔδη.

Trojans, and to him, since he knew nothing of the gods' plans.

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65 τὸν μὲν Μηριόνης ὅτε δὴ κατέμαρπτε διώκων

This man Meriones pursued and overtaking him

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66 βεβλήκει γλουτὸν κατὰ δεξιόν: ἣ δὲ διαπρὸ

struck in the right buttock, and the spearhead drove straight

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67 ἀντικρὺ κατὰ κύστιν ὑπ' ὀστέον ἤλυθ' ἀκωκή:

on and passing under the bone went into the bladder.

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68 γνὺξ δ' ἔριπ' οἰμώξας, θάνατος δέ μιν ἀμφεκάλυψε.

He dropped, screaming, to his knees, and death was a mist about him.

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69 Πήδαιον δ' ἄρ' ἔπεφνε Μέγης Ἀντήνορος υἱὸν

Meges in turn killed Pedaios, the son of Antenor,

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70 ὅς ῥα νόθος μὲν ἔην, πύκα δ' ἔτρεφε δῖα Θεανὼ

who, bastard though he was, was nursed by lovely Theano

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71 ἶσα φίλοισι τέκεσσι χαριζομένη πόσεϊ ᾧ.

with close care, as for her own children, to pleasure her husband.

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72 τὸν μὲν Φυλεΐδης δουρικλυτὸς ἐγγύθεν ἐλθὼν

Now the son of Phyleus, the spear-famed, closing upon him

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73 βεβλήκει κεφαλῆς κατὰ ἰνίον ὀξέϊ δουρί:

struck him with the sharp spear behind the head at the tendon,

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74 ἀντικρὺ δ' ἀν' ὀδόντας ὑπὸ γλῶσσαν τάμε χαλκός:

and straight on through the teeth and under the tongue cut the bronze blade,

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75 ἤριπε δ' ἐν κονίῃ, ψυχρὸν δ' ἕλε χαλκὸν ὀδοῦσιν.

and he dropped in the dust gripping in his teeth the cold bronze.

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76 Εὐρύπυλος δ' Εὐαιμονίδης Ὑψήνορα δῖον

Eurypylos, Euaimon's son, killed brilliant Hypsenor,

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77 υἱὸν ὑπερθύμου Δολοπίονος, ὅς ῥα Σκαμάνδρου

son of high-hearted Dolopion, he who was made Skamandros'

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78 ἀρητὴρ ἐτέτυκτο, θεὸς δ' ὣς τίετο δήμῳ,

priest, and was honoured about the countryside as a god is.

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79 τὸν μὲν ἄρ' Εὐρύπυλος, Εὐαίμονος ἀγλαὸς υἱός,

This man Eurypylos, the shining son of Euaimon,

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80 πρόσθεν ἕθεν φεύγοντα μεταδρομάδην ἔλασ' ὦμον

running in chase as he fled before him struck in the shoulder

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81 φασγάνῳ ἀΐξας, ἀπὸ δ' ἔξεσε χεῖρα βαρεῖαν:

with a blow swept from the sword and cut the arm's weight from him,

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82 αἱματόεσσα δὲ χεὶρ πεδίῳ πέσε: τὸν δὲ κατ' ὄσσε

so that the arm dropped bleeding to the ground, and the red death

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83 ἔλλαβε πορφύρεος θάνατος καὶ μοῖρα κραταιή.

and destiny the powerful took hold of both eyes.

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84 ὣς οἳ μὲν πονέοντο κατὰ κρατερὴν ὑσμίνην:

So they went at their work all about the strong encounter;

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85 Τυδεΐδην δ' οὐκ ἂν γνοίης ποτέροισι μετείη

but you could not have told on which side Tydeus' son was fighting,

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86 ἠὲ μετὰ Τρώεσσιν ὁμιλέοι ἦ μετ' Ἀχαιοῖς.

whether he were one with the Trojans or with the Achaians,

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87 θῦνε γὰρ ἂμ πεδίον ποταμῷ πλήθοντι ἐοικὼς

since he went storming up the plain like a winter-swollen

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88 χειμάρρῳ, ὅς τ' ὦκα ῥέων ἐκέδασσε γεφύρας:

river in spate that scatters the dikes in its running current,

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89 τὸν δ' οὔτ' ἄρ τε γέφυραι ἐεργμέναι ἰσχανόωσιν,

one that the strong-compacted dikes can contain no longer,

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90 οὔτ' ἄρα ἕρκεα ἴσχει ἀλωάων ἐριθηλέων

neither the mounded banks of the blossoming vineyards hold it

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91 ἐλθόντ' ἐξαπίνης ὅτ' ἐπιβρίσῃ Διὸς ὄμβρος:

rising suddenly as Zeus' rain makes heavy the water

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92 πολλὰ δ' ὑπ' αὐτοῦ ἔργα κατήριπε κάλ' αἰζηῶν:

and many lovely works of the young men crumble beneath it.

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93 ὣς ὑπὸ Τυδεΐδῃ πυκιναὶ κλονέοντο φάλαγγες

Like these the massed battalions of the Trojans were scattered

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94 Τρώων, οὐδ' ἄρα μιν μίμνον πολέες περ ἐόντες.

by Tydeus' son, and many as they were could not stand against him.

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95 τὸν δ' ὡς οὖν ἐνόησε Λυκάονος ἀγλαὸς υἱὸς

Now as the shining son of Lykaon, Pandaros, watched him

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96 θύνοντ' ἂμ πεδίον πρὸ ἕθεν κλονέοντα φάλαγγας,

storming up the plain scattering the battalions before him,

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97 αἶψ' ἐπὶ Τυδεΐδῃ ἐτιταίνετο καμπύλα τόξα,

at once he strained the bent bow against the son of Tydeus,

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98 καὶ βάλ' ἐπαΐσσοντα τυχὼν κατὰ δεξιὸν ὦμον

and shot, and hit him as he charged forward, in the right shoulder

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99 θώρηκος γύαλον: διὰ δ' ἔπτατο πικρὸς ὀϊστός,

at the hollow of the corselet; and the bitter arrow went straight through

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100 ἀντικρὺ δὲ διέσχε, παλάσσετο δ' αἵματι θώρηξ.

holding clean to its way, and the corselet was all blood-spattered.

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101 τῷ δ' ἐπὶ μακρὸν ἄϋσε Λυκάονος ἀγλαὸς υἱός:

And the shining son of Lykaon cried aloud in a great voice:

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102 ὄρνυσθε Τρῶες μεγάθυμοι κέντορες ἵππων:

'Rise up, Trojans, o high-hearted, lashers of horses.

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103 βέβληται γὰρ ἄριστος Ἀχαιῶν, οὐδέ ἕ φημι

Now the best of the Achaians is hit, and I think that he will not

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104 δήθ' ἀνσχήσεσθαι κρατερὸν βέλος, εἰ ἐτεόν με

long hold up under the strong arrow, if truly Apollo

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105 ὦρσεν ἄναξ Διὸς υἱὸς ἀπορνύμενον Λυκίηθεν.

lord and son of Zeus stirred me to come forth from Lykia.'

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106 ὣς ἔφατ' εὐχόμενος: τὸν δ' οὐ βέλος ὠκὺ δάμασσεν,

So he spoke, vaunting, but the swift arrow had not broken him,

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107 ἀλλ' ἀναχωρήσας πρόσθ' ἵπποιϊν καὶ ὄχεσφιν

only he drew back again to his chariot and horses,

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108 ἔστη, καὶ Σθένελον προσέφη Καπανήϊον υἱόν:

and stood there, speaking to Sthenelos, son of Kapaneus:

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109 ὄρσο πέπον Καπανηϊάδη, καταβήσεο δίφρου,

'Come, dear friend, son of Kapaneus, step down from the chariot,

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110 ὄφρά μοι ἐξ ὤμοιο ἐρύσσῃς πικρὸν ὀϊστόν.

so that you may pull out from my shoulder this bitter arrow.'

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111 ὣς ἄρ' ἔφη, Σθένελος δὲ καθ' ἵππων ἆλτο χαμᾶζε,

So he spoke, and Sthenelos sprang to the ground from his chariot

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112 πὰρ δὲ στὰς βέλος ὠκὺ διαμπερὲς ἐξέρυσ' ὤμου:

and standing beside him pulled the sharp arrow clean through his shoulder

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113 αἷμα δ' ἀνηκόντιζε διὰ στρεπτοῖο χιτῶνος.

and the blood shot up spurting through the delicate tunic.

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114 δὴ τότ' ἔπειτ' ἠρᾶτο βοὴν ἀγαθὸς Διομήδης:

Now Diomedes of the great war cry spoke aloud, praying:

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115 κλῦθί μοι αἰγιόχοιο Διὸς τέκος Ἀτρυτώνη,

'Hear me now, Atrytone, daughter of Zeus of the aegis:

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116 εἴ ποτέ μοι καὶ πατρὶ φίλα φρονέουσα παρέστης

if ever before in kindliness you stood by my father

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117 δηΐῳ ἐν πολέμῳ, νῦν αὖτ' ἐμὲ φῖλαι Ἀθήνη:

through the terror of fighting, be my friend now also, Athene;

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118 δὸς δέ τέ μ' ἄνδρα ἑλεῖν καὶ ἐς ὁρμὴν ἔγχεος ἐλθεῖν

grant me that I may kill this man and come within spearcast,

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119 ὅς μ' ἔβαλε φθάμενος καὶ ἐπεύχεται, οὐδέ μέ φησι

who shot me before I could see him, and now boasts over me, saying

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120 δηρὸν ἔτ' ὄψεσθαι λαμπρὸν φάος ἠελίοιο.

I cannot live to look much longer on the shining sunlight.'

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121 ὣς ἔφατ' εὐχόμενος: τοῦ δ' ἔκλυε Παλλὰς Ἀθήνη,

So he spoke in prayer, and Pallas Athene heard him.

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122 γυῖα δ' ἔθηκεν ἐλαφρά, πόδας καὶ χεῖρας ὕπερθεν:

She made his limbs light again, and his feet, and his hands above them,

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123 ἀγχοῦ δ' ἱσταμένη ἔπεα πτερόεντα προσηύδα:

and standing close beside him she spoke and addressed him in winged words:

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124 θαρσῶν νῦν Διόμηδες ἐπὶ Τρώεσσι μάχεσθαι:

'Be of good courage now, Diomedes, to fight with the Trojans,

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125 ἐν γάρ τοι στήθεσσι μένος πατρώϊον ἧκα

since I have put inside your chest the strength of your father

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126 ἄτρομον, οἷον ἔχεσκε σακέσπαλος ἱππότα Τυδεύς:

untremulous, such as the horseman Tydeus of the great shield

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127 ἀχλὺν δ' αὖ τοι ἀπ' ὀφθαλμῶν ἕλον ἣ πρὶν ἐπῆεν,

had; I have taken away the mist from your eyes, that before now

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128 ὄφρ' εὖ γινώσκοις ἠμὲν θεὸν ἠδὲ καὶ ἄνδρα.

was there, so that you may well recognize the god and the mortal.

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129 τὼ νῦν αἴ κε θεὸς πειρώμενος ἐνθάδ' ἵκηται

Therefore now, if a god making trial of you comes hither

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130 μή τι σύ γ' ἀθανάτοισι θεοῖς ἀντικρὺ μάχεσθαι

do you not do battle head on with the gods immortal,

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131 τοῖς ἄλλοις: ἀτὰρ εἴ κε Διὸς θυγάτηρ Ἀφροδίτη

not with the rest; but only if Aphrodite, Zeus' daughter,

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132 ἔλθῃσ' ἐς πόλεμον, τήν γ' οὐτάμεν ὀξέϊ χαλκῷ.

comes to the fighting, her at least you may stab with the sharp bronze.'

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133 ἣ μὲν ἄρ' ὣς εἰποῦσ' ἀπέβη γλαυκῶπις Ἀθήνη,

She spoke thus, grey-eyed Athene, and went, while Tydeus'

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134 Τυδεΐδης δ' ἐξαῦτις ἰὼν προμάχοισιν ἐμίχθη

son closed once again with the champions, taking his place there;

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135 καὶ πρίν περ θυμῷ μεμαὼς Τρώεσσι μάχεσθαι:

raging as he had been before to fight with the Trojans,

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136 δὴ τότε μιν τρὶς τόσσον ἕλεν μένος ὥς τε λέοντα

now the strong rage tripled took hold of him, as of a lion

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137 ὅν ῥά τε ποιμὴν ἀγρῷ ἐπ' εἰροπόκοις ὀΐεσσι

whom the shepherd among his fleecy flocks in the wild lands

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138 χραύσῃ μέν τ' αὐλῆς ὑπεράλμενον οὐδὲ δαμάσσῃ:

grazed as he leapt the fence of the fold, but has not killed him,

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139 τοῦ μέν τε σθένος ὦρσεν, ἔπειτα δέ τ' οὐ προσαμύνει,

but only stirred up the lion's strength, and can no more fight him

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140 ἀλλὰ κατὰ σταθμοὺς δύεται, τὰ δ' ἐρῆμα φοβεῖται:

off, but hides in the steading, and the frightened sheep are forsaken,

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141 αἳ μέν τ' ἀγχιστῖναι ἐπ' ἀλλήλῃσι κέχυνται,

and these are piled pell-mell on each other in heaps, while the lion

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142 αὐτὰρ ὃ ἐμμεμαὼς βαθέης ἐξάλλεται αὐλῆς:

raging still leaps out again over the fence of the deep yard;

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143 ὣς μεμαὼς Τρώεσσι μίγη κρατερὸς Διομήδης.

such was the rage of strong Diomedes as he closed with the Trojans.

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144 ἔνθ' ἕλεν Ἀστύνοον καὶ Ὑπείρονα ποιμένα λαῶν,

Next he killed Astynoös and Hypeiron, shepherd of the people,

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145 τὸν μὲν ὑπὲρ μαζοῖο βαλὼν χαλκήρεϊ δουρί,

striking one with the bronze-heeled spear above the nipple,

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146 τὸν δ' ἕτερον ξίφεϊ μεγάλῳ κληῗδα παρ' ὦμον

and cutting the other beside the shoulder through the collar-bone

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147 πλῆξ', ἀπὸ δ' αὐχένος ὦμον ἐέργαθεν ἠδ' ἀπὸ νώτου.

with the great sword, so that neck and back were hewn free of the shoulder.

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148 τοὺς μὲν ἔασ', ὃ δ' Ἄβαντα μετῴχετο καὶ Πολύϊδον

He left these men, and went on after Polyidos and Abas,

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149 υἱέας Εὐρυδάμαντος ὀνειροπόλοιο γέροντος:

sons of the aged dream-interpreter, Eurydamas;

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150 τοῖς οὐκ ἐρχομένοις ὃ γέρων ἐκρίνατ' ὀνείρους,

yet for these two as they went forth the old man did not answer

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151 ἀλλά σφεας κρατερὸς Διομήδης ἐξενάριξε:

their dreams, but Diomedes the powerful slew them. Now he

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152 βῆ δὲ μετὰ Ξάνθόν τε Θόωνά τε Φαίνοπος υἷε

went after the two sons of Phainops, Xanthos and Thoön,

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153 ἄμφω τηλυγέτω: ὃ δ' ἐτείρετο γήραϊ λυγρῷ,

full grown both, but Phainops was stricken in sorrowful old age

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154 υἱὸν δ' οὐ τέκετ' ἄλλον ἐπὶ κτεάτεσσι λιπέσθαι.

nor could breed another son to leave among his possessions.

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155 ἔνθ' ὅ γε τοὺς ἐνάριζε, φίλον δ' ἐξαίνυτο θυμὸν

There he killed these two and took away the dear life from them

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156 ἀμφοτέρω, πατέρι δὲ γόον καὶ κήδεα λυγρὰ

both, leaving to their father lamentation and sorrowful

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157 λεῖπ', ἐπεὶ οὐ ζώοντε μάχης ἐκνοστήσαντε

affliction, since he was not to welcome them home from the fighting

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158 δέξατο: χηρωσταὶ δὲ διὰ κτῆσιν δατέοντο.

alive still; and remoter kinsmen shared his possessions.

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159 ἔνθ' υἷας Πριάμοιο δύω λάβε Δαρδανίδαο

Next he killed two children of Dardanian Priam

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160 εἰν ἑνὶ δίφρῳ ἐόντας Ἐχέμμονά τε Χρομίον τε.

who were in a single chariot, Echemmon and Chromios.

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161 ὡς δὲ λέων ἐν βουσὶ θορὼν ἐξ αὐχένα ἄξῃ

As among cattle a lion leaps on the neck of an ox or

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162 πόρτιος ἠὲ βοὸς ξύλοχον κάτα βοσκομενάων,

heifer, that grazes among the wooded places, and breaks it,

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163 ὣς τοὺς ἀμφοτέρους ἐξ ἵππων Τυδέος υἱὸς

so the son of Tydeus hurled both from their horses

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164 βῆσε κακῶς ἀέκοντας, ἔπειτα δὲ τεύχε' ἐσύλα:

hatefully, in spite of their struggles, then stripped their armour

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165 ἵππους δ' οἷς ἑτάροισι δίδου μετὰ νῆας ἐλαύνειν.

and gave the horses to his company to drive to their vessels.

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166 τὸν δ' ἴδεν Αἰνείας ἀλαπάζοντα στίχας ἀνδρῶν,

Now as Aineias saw him wrecking the ranks of warriors

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167 βῆ δ' ἴμεν ἄν τε μάχην καὶ ἀνὰ κλόνον ἐγχειάων

he went on his way through the fighting and the spears' confusion

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168 Πάνδαρον ἀντίθεον διζήμενος εἴ που ἐφεύροι:

looking to see if he could find Pandaros the godlike;

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169 εὗρε Λυκάονος υἱὸν ἀμύμονά τε κρατερόν τε,

and he came upon the strong and blameless son of Lykaon.

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170 στῆ δὲ πρόσθ' αὐτοῖο ἔπος τέ μιν ἀντίον ηὔδα:

He stood before him face to face and spoke a word to him:

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171 Πάνδαρε ποῦ τοι τόξον ἰδὲ πτερόεντες ὀϊστοὶ

'Pandaros, where now are your bow and your feathered arrows;

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172 καὶ κλέος; ᾧ οὔ τίς τοι ἐρίζεται ἐνθάδε γ' ἀνήρ,

where your fame, in which no man here dare contend with you

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173 οὐδέ τις ἐν Λυκίῃ σέο γ' εὔχεται εἶναι ἀμείνων.

nor can any man in Lykia claim he is better?

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174 ἀλλ' ἄγε τῷδ' ἔφες ἀνδρὶ βέλος Διῒ χεῖρας ἀνασχὼν

Come then, hold up your hands to Zeus, and let go an arrow

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175 ὅς τις ὅδε κρατέει καὶ δὴ κακὰ πολλὰ ἔοργε

at this strong man, whoever he be, who does so much evil

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176 Τρῶας, ἐπεὶ πολλῶν τε καὶ ἐσθλῶν γούνατ' ἔλυσεν:

to the Trojans, since many and great are those whose knees he has broken.

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177 εἰ μή τις θεός ἐστι κοτεσσάμενος Τρώεσσιν

Unless this be some god who in wrath with the Trojans for offerings

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178 ἱρῶν μηνίσας: χαλεπὴ δὲ θεοῦ ἔπι μῆνις.

failed afflicts them. The wrath of a god is hard to deal with.'

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179 τὸν δ' αὖτε προσέειπε Λυκάονος ἀγλαὸς υἱός:

Then in answer the shining son of Lykaon spoke to him:

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180 Αἰνεία Τρώων βουληφόρε χαλκοχιτώνων

'Aineias, charged with the counsels of the bronze-armoured Trojans,

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181 Τυδεΐδῃ μιν ἔγωγε δαΐφρονι πάντα ἐΐσκω,

I liken him in all ways to the valiant son of Tydeus,

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182 ἀσπίδι γινώσκων αὐλώπιδί τε τρυφαλείῃ,

going by his shield and the hollow eyes of his helmet

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183 ἵππους τ' εἰσορόων: σάφα δ' οὐκ οἶδ' εἰ θεός ἐστιν.

and by the look of his horses; but it may be a god, I am not sure;

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184 εἰ δ' ὅ γ' ἀνὴρ ὅν φημι δαΐφρων Τυδέος υἱὸς

and if this is a man, as I think, and the valiant son

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185 οὐχ ὅ γ' ἄνευθε θεοῦ τάδε μαίνεται, ἀλλά τις ἄγχι

of Tydeus, yet not without god does he rage so, but some one

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186 ἕστηκ' ἀθανάτων νεφέλῃ εἰλυμένος ὤμους,

of the immortals, mantling in mist his shoulders, stands close beside him

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187 ὃς τούτου βέλος ὠκὺ κιχήμενον ἔτραπεν ἄλλῃ.

who turned my flying arrow as it struck, elsewhere, away from him.

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188 ἤδη γάρ οἱ ἐφῆκα βέλος, καί μιν βάλον ὦμον

For I have shot my shaft already, and hit him in the shoulder,

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189 δεξιὸν ἀντικρὺ διὰ θώρηκος γυάλοιο:

the right one, hard driven through the hollow of his corselet,

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190 καί μιν ἔγωγ' ἐφάμην Ἀϊδωνῆϊ προϊάψειν,

and I said to myself I had hurled him down to meet Aidoneus,

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191 ἔμπης δ' οὐκ ἐδάμασσα: θεός νύ τίς ἐστι κοτήεις.

yet still I have not beaten him; now this is some god who is angered.

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192 ἵπποι δ' οὐ παρέασι καὶ ἅρματα τῶν κ' ἐπιβαίην:

But I have no horses nor chariot I could mount in, and yet

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193 ἀλλά που ἐν μεγάροισι Λυκάονος ἕνδεκα δίφροι

somewhere in the great house of Lykaon are eleven chariots,

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194 καλοὶ πρωτοπαγεῖς νεοτευχέες: ἀμφὶ δὲ πέπλοι

beauties, all new made, just finished, and over them blankets

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195 πέπτανται: παρὰ δέ σφιν ἑκάστῳ δίζυγες ἵπποι

lie spread, and beside each chariot one brace of horses

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196 ἑστᾶσι κρῖ λευκὸν ἐρεπτόμενοι καὶ ὀλύρας.

stand there, champing their white barley and oats. But Lykaon

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197 ἦ μέν μοι μάλα πολλὰ γέρων αἰχμητὰ Λυκάων

the aged spearman spoke to me over and over, as I was

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198 ἐρχομένῳ ἐπέτελλε δόμοις ἔνι ποιητοῖσιν:

on my way from the house well compacted, advising me;

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199 ἵπποισίν μ' ἐκέλευε καὶ ἅρμασιν ἐμβεβαῶτα

he told me to take my horses and chariots, and riding

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200 ἀρχεύειν Τρώεσσι κατὰ κρατερὰς ὑσμίνας:

there to be lord among the Trojans in the strong encounters.

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201 ἀλλ' ἐγὼ οὐ πιθόμην: ἦ τ' ἂν πολὺ κέρδιον ἦεν:

I did not let him persuade me, and that would have been far better,

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202 ἵππων φειδόμενος, μή μοι δευοίατο φορβῆς

sparing my horses, who had grown accustomed to eating all

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203 ἀνδρῶν εἰλομένων εἰωθότες ἔδμεναι ἄδδην.

they wished, from going hungry where the men were penned in a small place.

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204 ὣς λίπον, αὐτὰρ πεζὸς ἐς Ἴλιον εἰλήλουθα

So I left them and made my way on foot to Ilion

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205 τόξοισιν πίσυνος: τὰ δέ μ' οὐκ ἄρ' ἔμελλον ὀνήσειν.

trusting my bow, a thing that was to profit me nothing.

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206 ἤδη γὰρ δοιοῖσιν ἀριστήεσσιν ἐφῆκα

For now I have drawn it against two of their best men, Tydeus'

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207 Τυδεΐδῃ τε καὶ Ἀτρεΐδῃ, ἐκ δ' ἀμφοτέροιϊν

son, and the son of Atreus, and both of these I hit

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208 ἀτρεκὲς αἷμ' ἔσσευα βαλών, ἤγειρα δὲ μᾶλλον.

and drew visible blood, yet only wakened their anger.

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209 τώ ῥα κακῇ αἴσῃ ἀπὸ πασσάλου ἀγκύλα τόξα

So it was in bad luck that I took from its peg the curved bow

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210 ἤματι τῷ ἑλόμην ὅτε Ἴλιον εἰς ἐρατεινὴν

on that day when I carried it to lovely Ilion

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211 ἡγεόμην Τρώεσσι φέρων χάριν Ἕκτορι δίῳ.

at the head of my Trojans, bringing delight to brilliant Hektor.

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212 εἰ δέ κε νοστήσω καὶ ἐσόψομαι ὀφθαλμοῖσι

Now if ever I win home again and lay eyes once more

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213 πατρίδ' ἐμὴν ἄλοχόν τε καὶ ὑψερεφὲς μέγα δῶμα,

on my country, and my wife, and the great house with the high roof,

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214 αὐτίκ' ἔπειτ' ἀπ' ἐμεῖο κάρη τάμοι ἀλλότριος φὼς

let some stranger straightway cut my head from my shoulders

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215 εἰ μὴ ἐγὼ τάδε τόξα φαεινῷ ἐν πυρὶ θείην

if I do not break this bow in my hands and throw it in the shining

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216 χερσὶ διακλάσσας: ἀνεμώλια γάρ μοι ὀπηδεῖ.

fire, since as a wind and nothing I have taken it with me.'

_ _ . . | _ _ . . | _ _ . . | _ _ . . | _ . . | _ *

217 τὸν δ' αὖτ' Αἰνείας Τρώων ἀγὸς ἀντίον ηὔδα:

Then in turn Aineias, lord of the Trojans, answered him:

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218 μὴ δ' οὕτως ἀγόρευε: πάρος δ' οὐκ ἔσσεται ἄλλως,

'Speak no more this way; there will be no time for changing

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219 πρίν γ' ἐπὶ νὼ τῷδ' ἀνδρὶ σὺν ἵπποισιν καὶ ὄχεσφιν

before you and I must face this man with horses and chariot

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220 ἀντιβίην ἐλθόντε σὺν ἔντεσι πειρηθῆναι.

and strength against strength fight it out with our weapons. Therefore

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221 ἀλλ' ἄγ' ἐμῶν ὀχέων ἐπιβήσεο, ὄφρα ἴδηαι

mount rather into my chariot, so that you may see

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222 οἷοι Τρώϊοι ἵπποι ἐπιστάμενοι πεδίοιο

what the Trojan horses are like, how they understand their

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223 κραιπνὰ μάλ' ἔνθα καὶ ἔνθα διωκέμεν ἠδὲ φέβεσθαι:

plain, and how to traverse it in rapid pursuit and withdrawal.

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224 τὼ καὶ νῶϊ πόλινδε σαώσετον, εἴ περ ἂν αὖτε

These two will bring us safe to the city again, if once more

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225 Ζεὺς ἐπὶ Τυδεΐδῃ Διομήδεϊ κῦδος ὀρέξῃ.

Zeus grants glory to Diomedes the son of Tydeus.

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226 ἀλλ' ἄγε νῦν μάστιγα καὶ ἡνία σιγαλόεντα

Come then, taking into your hands the goad and the glittering

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227 δέξαι, ἐγὼ δ' ἵππων ἀποβήσομαι ὄφρα μάχωμαι:

reins, while I dismount from my chariot and carry the fighting;

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228 ἠὲ σὺ τόνδε δέδεξο, μελήσουσιν δ' ἐμοὶ ἵπποι.

or else yourself encounter this man, while I handle the horses.'

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229 τὸν δ' αὖτε προσέειπε Λυκάονος ἀγλαὸς υἱός:

Then in answer the shining son of Lykaon spoke to him:

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230 Αἰνεία σὺ μὲν αὐτὸς ἔχ' ἡνία καὶ τεὼ ἵππω:

'Keep yourself, Aineias, the reins and your horses. These will

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231 μᾶλλον ὑφ' ἡνιόχῳ εἰωθότι καμπύλον ἅρμα

carry better the curved chariot under the driver

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232 οἴσετον, εἴ περ ἂν αὖτε φεβώμεθα Τυδέος υἱόν:

they know best, if we must give way before the son of Tydeus;

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233 μὴ τὼ μὲν δείσαντε ματήσετον, οὐδ' ἐθέλητον

for fear they might go wild with terror and not be willing

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234 ἐκφερέμεν πολέμοιο τεὸν φθόγγον ποθέοντε,

to carry us out of the fighting, as they listen and long for your voice,

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235 νῶϊ δ' ἐπαΐξας μεγαθύμου Τυδέος υἱὸς

for fear the son of high-hearted Tydeus charging upon us

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236 αὐτώ τε κτείνῃ καὶ ἐλάσσῃ μώνυχας ἵππους.

might kill us both and drive away the single-foot horses.

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237 ἀλλὰ σύ γ' αὐτὸς ἔλαυνε τέ' ἅρματα καὶ τεὼ ἵππω,

Rather drive yourself your own horses and your own chariot

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238 τόνδε δ' ἐγὼν ἐπιόντα δεδέξομαι ὀξέϊ δουρί.

while with my sharp spear I encounter this man as he comes on.'

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239 ὣς ἄρα φωνήσαντες ἐς ἅρματα ποικίλα βάντες

They spoke so, and mounting the wrought chariot held

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240 ἐμμεμαῶτ' ἐπὶ Τυδεΐδῃ ἔχον ὠκέας ἵππους.

their fast-running horses against the son of Tydeus, in fury.

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241 τοὺς δὲ ἴδε Σθένελος Καπανήϊος ἀγλαὸς υἱός,

And Sthenelos the shining son of Kapaneus seeing them

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242 αἶψα δὲ Τυδεΐδην ἔπεα πτερόεντα προσηύδα:

swiftly uttered his winged words to the son of Tydeus:

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243 Τυδεΐδη Διόμηδες ἐμῷ κεχαρισμένε θυμῷ,

'Son of Tydeus, you who delight my heart, Diomedes,

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244 ἄνδρ' ὁρόω κρατερὼ ἐπὶ σοὶ μεμαῶτε μάχεσθαι

look, I see two mighty men furious to fight with you.

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245 ἶν' ἀπέλεθρον ἔχοντας: ὃ μὲν τόξων ἐῢ εἰδὼς

Their strength is enormous, one of them well skilled in the bow's work,

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246 Πάνδαρος, υἱὸς δ' αὖτε Λυκάονος εὔχεται εἶναι:

Pandaros, who claims his right as son of Lykaon,

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247 Αἰνείας δ' υἱὸς μὲν ἀμύμονος Ἀγχίσαο

and the other Aineias, who claims he was born as son to

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248 εὔχεται ἐκγεγάμεν, μήτηρ δέ οἵ ἐστ' Ἀφροδίτη.

Anchises the blameless, but his mother was Aphrodite.

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249 ἀλλ' ἄγε δὴ χαζώμεθ' ἐφ' ἵππων, μηδέ μοι οὕτω

Come then, let us give way with our horses; no longer storm on

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250 θῦνε διὰ προμάχων, μή πως φίλον ἦτορ ὀλέσσῃς.

so far among the champions, for fear you destroy your heart's life.'

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251 τὸν δ' ἄρ' ὑπόδρα ἰδὼν προσέφη κρατερὸς Διομήδης:

Then looking at him darkly strong Diomedes spoke to him:

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252 μή τι φόβονδ' ἀγόρευ', ἐπεὶ οὐδὲ σὲ πεισέμεν οἴω.

'Argue me not toward flight, since I have no thought of obeying you.

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253 οὐ γάρ μοι γενναῖον ἀλυσκάζοντι μάχεσθαι

No, for it would be ignoble for me to shrink back in the fighting

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254 οὐδὲ καταπτώσσειν: ἔτι μοι μένος ἔμπεδόν ἐστιν:

or to lurk aside, since my fighting strength stays steady forever.

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255 ὀκνείω δ' ἵππων ἐπιβαινέμεν, ἀλλὰ καὶ αὔτως

I shrink indeed from mounting behind the horses, but as I am

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256 ἀντίον εἶμ' αὐτῶν: τρεῖν μ' οὐκ ἐᾷ Παλλὰς Ἀθήνη.

now, I will face these. Pallas Athene will not let me run from them.

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257 τούτω δ' οὐ πάλιν αὖτις ἀποίσετον ὠκέες ἵπποι

These two men, their fast-running horses shall never carry them

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258 ἄμφω ἀφ' ἡμείων, εἴ γ' οὖν ἕτερός γε φύγῃσιν.

both back away from us, even though one man may escape us.

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259 ἄλλο δέ τοι ἐρέω, σὺ δ' ἐνὶ φρεσὶ βάλλεο σῇσιν:

And put away in your thoughts this other thing I tell you.

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260 αἴ κέν μοι πολύβουλος Ἀθήνη κῦδος ὀρέξῃ

If Athene of the many counsels should grant me the glory

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261 ἀμφοτέρω κτεῖναι, σὺ δὲ τούσδε μὲν ὠκέας ἵππους

to kill both, then do you check here these fast-running horses,

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262 αὐτοῦ ἐρυκακέειν ἐξ ἄντυγος ἡνία τείνας,

ours, tethering them with the reins tied to the chariot's rail and thereafter

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263 Αἰνείαο δ' ἐπαΐξαι μεμνημένος ἵππων,

remember to make a dash against the horses of Aineias,

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264 ἐκ δ' ἐλάσαι Τρώων μετ' ἐϋκνήμιδας Ἀχαιούς.

and drive them away from the Trojans among the strong-greaved Achaians.

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265 τῆς γάρ τοι γενεῆς ἧς Τρωΐ περ εὐρύοπα Ζεὺς

These are of that strain which Zeus of the wide brows granted

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266 δῶχ' υἷος ποινὴν Γανυμήδεος, οὕνεκ' ἄριστοι

once to Tros, recompense for his son Ganymedes, and therefore

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267 ἵππων ὅσσοι ἔασιν ὑπ' ἠῶ τ' ἠέλιόν τε,

are the finest of all horses beneath the sun and the daybreak;

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268 τῆς γενεῆς ἔκλεψεν ἄναξ ἀνδρῶν Ἀγχίσης

and the lord of men Anchises stole horses from this breed,

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269 λάθρῃ Λαομέδοντος ὑποσχὼν θήλεας ἵππους:

without the knowledge of Laomedon putting mares under them.

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270 τῶν οἱ ἓξ ἐγένοντο ἐνὶ μεγάροισι γενέθλη.

From these there was bred for him a string of six in his great house.

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271 τοὺς μὲν τέσσαρας αὐτὸς ἔχων ἀτίταλλ' ἐπὶ φάτνῃ,

Four of these, keeping them himself, he raised at his mangers,

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272 τὼ δὲ δύ' Αἰνείᾳ δῶκεν μήστωρε φόβοιο.

but these two he gave to Aineias, two horses urgent of terror.

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273 εἰ τούτω κε λάβοιμεν, ἀροίμεθά κε κλέος ἐσθλόν.

If we might only take these we should win ourselves excellent glory.'

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274 ὣς ῾οὶ μὲν τοιαῦτα πρὸς αλλήλους αγόρευον,

so these were speaking things like this to each other,

impf.

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275 τὼ δὲ τάχ' εγγύθεν ῆλθον ελαύνοντ' ωκέας ἵππους.

the two came fast upon them driving their swift-running horses.

ao. part.

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276 τὸν πρότερος προσέειπε Λυκάονος αγλαὸς ῾υιός:

First to Diomedes called out the shining son of Lykaon:

ao.

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277 καρτερόθυμε δαΐφρον αγαυοῦ Τυδέος ῾υιὲ

'Valiant and strong-spirited, o son of proud Tydeus,

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278 ῆ μάλα σ' ου βέλος ωκὺ δαμάσσατο πικρὸς οϊστός :

you were not beaten then by the bitter arrow, my swift shot.

ao.

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279 νῦν αῦτ' εγχείῃ πειρήσομαι αί κε τύχωμι.

Now I will try with the throwing-spear to see if I can hit you.'

fut. ao. subj.

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280 ῆ ῥα καὶ αμπεπαλὼν προΐει δολιχόσκιον έγχος

So he spoke, and balanced the spear far-shadowed, and threw it,

ao. part. impf.

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281 καὶ βάλε Τυδεΐδαο κατ' ασπίδα: τῆς δὲ διαπρὸ

and struck the son of Tydeus in the shield, and the flying

ao.

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282 αιχμὴ χαλκείη πταμένη θώρηκι πελάσθη :

bronze spearhead was driven clean through and into the corselet,

ao. part. ao. pass.

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283 τῷ δ' επὶ μακρὸν άϋσε Λυκάονος αγλαὸς ῾υιός:

and the shining son of Lykaon cried aloud in a great voice:

ao.

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284 βέβληαι κενεῶνα διαμπερές, ουδέ σ' οΐω

'Now are you struck clean through the middle, and I think that you will not

perf. pres.

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285 δηρὸν έτ' ανσχήσεσθαι: εμοὶ δὲ μέγ' εῦχος έδωκας.

hold up for much longer; you have given me great claim to glory.'

fut. inf. ao.

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286 τὸν δ' ου ταρβήσας προσέφη κρατερὸς Διομήδης:

Then strong Diomedes answered, not frightened before him:

ao. part. impf.

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287 ήμβροτες ουδ' έτυχες: ατὰρ ου μὲν σφῶΐ γ' οΐω

'You did not hit me, you missed, but I do not think that you two

ao. ao. pres.

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288 πρίν γ' αποπαύσασθαι πρίν γ' ὴ ἕτερόν γε πεσόντα

will go free until one or the other of you has fallen

ao. inf. ao. part.

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289 ῾αίματος ᾶσαι Άρηα, ταλαύρινον πολεμιστήν.

to glut with his blood Ares the god who fights under the shield's guard.'

ao. inf.

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290 ὣς φάμενος προέηκε: βέλος δ' ίθυνε Aθήνη

He spoke, and threw; and Pallas Athene guided the weapon

part. ao. impf.

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291 ῥῖνα παρ' οφθαλμόν, λευκοὺς δ' επέρησε οδόντας .

to the nose next to the eye, and it cut on through the white teeth

ao.

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292 τοῦ δ' απὸ μὲν γλῶσσαν πρυμνὴν τάμε χαλκὸς ατειρής,

and the bronze weariless shore all the way through the tongue's base

ao.

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293 αιχμὴ δ' εξελύθη παρὰ νείατον ανθερεῶνα:

so that the spearhead came out underneath the jawbone.

ao. pass.

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294 ήριπε δ' εξ οχέων, αράβησε δὲ τεύχε' επ' αυτῷ

He dropped then from the chariot and his armour clattered upon him,

ao. ao.

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295 αιόλα παμφανόωντα, παρέτρεσσαν δέ ῾οι ἵπποι

dazzling armour and shining, while those fast-running horses

part. ao.

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296 ωκύποδες: τοῦ δ' αῦθι λύθη ψυχή τε μένος τε.

shied away, and there his life and his strength were scattered.

ao. p

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297 Αἰνείας δ' ἀπόρουσε σὺν ἀσπίδι δουρί τε μακρῷ

But Aineias sprang to the ground with shield and with long spear,

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298 δείσας μή πώς οἱ ἐρυσαίατο νεκρὸν Ἀχαιοί.

for fear that somehow the Achaians might haul off the body,

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299 ἀμφὶ δ' ἄρ' αὐτῷ βαῖνε λέων ὣς ἀλκὶ πεποιθώς,

and like a lion in the pride of his strength stood over him

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300 πρόσθε δέ οἱ δόρυ τ' ἔσχε καὶ ἀσπίδα πάντοσ' ἐΐσην,

holding before him the perfect circle of his shield and the spear

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301 τὸν κτάμεναι μεμαὼς ὅς τις τοῦ γ' ἀντίος ἔλθοι

and raging to cut down any man who might come to face him,

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302 σμερδαλέα ἰάχων: ὃ δὲ χερμάδιον λάβε χειρὶ

crying a terrible cry. But Tydeus' son in his hand caught

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303 Τυδεΐδης μέγα ἔργον ὃ οὐ δύο γ' ἄνδρε φέροιεν,

up a stone, a huge thing which no two men could carry

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304 οἷοι νῦν βροτοί εἰσ': ὃ δέ μιν ῥέα πάλλε καὶ οἶος.

such as men are now, but by himself he lightly hefted it.

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305 τῷ βάλεν Αἰνείαο κατ' ἰσχίον ἔνθά τε μηρὸς

He threw, and caught Aineias in the hip, in the place where the hip-bone

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306 ἰσχίῳ ἐνστρέφεται, κοτύλην δέ τέ μιν καλέουσι:

turns inside the thigh, the place men call the cup-socket.

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307 θλάσσε δέ οἱ κοτύλην, πρὸς δ' ἄμφω ῥῆξε τένοντε:

It smashed the cup-socket and broke the tendons both sides of it,

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308 ὦσε δ' ἀπὸ ῥινὸν τρηχὺς λίθος: αὐτὰρ ὅ γ' ἥρως

and the rugged stone tore the skin backward, so that the fighter

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309 ἔστη γνὺξ ἐριπὼν καὶ ἐρείσατο χειρὶ παχείῃ

dropping to one knee stayed leaning on the ground with his heavy

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310 γαίης: ἀμφὶ δὲ ὄσσε κελαινὴ νὺξ ἐκάλυψε.

hand, and a covering of black night came over both eyes.

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311 καί νύ κεν ἔνθ' ἀπόλοιτο ἄναξ ἀνδρῶν Αἰνείας,

Now in this place Aineias lord of men might have perished

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312 εἰ μὴ ἄρ' ὀξὺ νόησε Διὸς θυγάτηρ Ἀφροδίτη

had not Aphrodite, Zeus' daughter, been quick to perceive him,

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313 μήτηρ, ἥ μιν ὑπ' Ἀγχίσῃ τέκε βουκολέοντι:

his mother, who had borne him to Anchises the ox-herd;

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314 ἀμφὶ δ' ἑὸν φίλον υἱὸν ἐχεύατο πήχεε λευκώ,

and about her beloved son came streaming her white arms,

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315 πρόσθε δέ οἱ πέπλοιο φαεινοῦ πτύγμ' ἐκάλυψεν

and with her white robe thrown in a fold in front she shielded him,

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316 ἕρκος ἔμεν βελέων, μή τις Δαναῶν ταχυπώλων

this keeping off the thrown weapons lest some fast-mounted Danaan

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317 χαλκὸν ἐνὶ στήθεσσι βαλὼν ἐκ θυμὸν ἕλοιτο.

strike the bronze spear through his chest and strip the life from him.

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318 ἣ μὲν ἑὸν φίλον υἱὸν ὑπεξέφερεν πολέμοιο:

She then carried her beloved son out of the fighting.

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319 οὐδ' υἱὸς Καπανῆος ἐλήθετο συνθεσιάων

Nor did Sthenelos son of Kapaneus forget the commandments

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320 τάων ἃς ἐπέτελλε βοὴν ἀγαθὸς Διομήδης,

that Diomedes of the great war cry had laid upon him,

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321 ἀλλ' ὅ γε τοὺς μὲν ἑοὺς ἠρύκακε μώνυχας ἵππους

but he held where they were their own single-foot horses

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322 νόσφιν ἀπὸ φλοίσβου ἐξ ἄντυγος ἡνία τείνας,

with their reins tied to the chariot rail, apart from the confusion,

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323 Αἰνείαο δ' ἐπαΐξας καλλίτριχας ἵππους

and making a dash for the fluttering-maned horses of Aineias

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324 ἐξέλασε Τρώων μετ' ἐϋκνήμιδας Ἀχαιούς.

drove them away from the Trojans among the strong-greaved Achaians,

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325 δῶκε δὲ Δηϊπύλῳ ἑτάρῳ φίλῳ, ὃν περὶ πάσης

and gave them to Deïpylos, his close friend, whom beyond all

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326 τῖεν ὁμηλικίης ὅτι οἱ φρεσὶν ἄρτια ᾔδη,

others of his own age he prized, for their hearts were intimate,

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327 νηυσὶν ἔπι γλαφυρῇσιν ἐλαυνέμεν: αὐτὰρ ὅ γ' ἥρως

to drive away to the hollow ships; meanwhile the warrior

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328 ὧν ἵππων ἐπιβὰς ἔλαβ' ἡνία σιγαλόεντα,

mounted behind his own horses and caught up the shining

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329 αἶψα δὲ Τυδεΐδην μέθεπε κρατερώνυχας ἵππους

reins, and held the strong-footed team toward the son of Tydeus

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330 ἐμμεμαώς: ὃ δὲ Κύπριν ἐπῴχετο νηλέϊ χαλκῷ

headlong; and he swung the pitiless bronze at the lady of Kypros,

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331 γινώσκων ὅτ' ἄναλκις ἔην θεός, οὐδὲ θεάων

knowing her for a god without warcraft, not of those who,

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332 τάων αἵ τ' ἀνδρῶν πόλεμον κάτα κοιρανέουσιν,

goddesses, range in order the ranks of men in the fighting,

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333 οὔτ' ἄρ' Ἀθηναίη οὔτε πτολίπορθος Ἐνυώ.

not Athene and not Enyo, sacker of cities.

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334 ἀλλ' ὅτε δή ῥ' ἐκίχανε πολὺν καθ' ὅμιλον ὀπάζων,

Now as, following her through the thick crowd, he caught her,

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335 ἔνθ' ἐπορεξάμενος μεγαθύμου Τυδέος υἱὸς

lunging in his charge far forward the son of high-hearted

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336 ἄκρην οὔτασε χεῖρα μετάλμενος ὀξέϊ δουρὶ

Tydeus made a thrust against the soft hand with the bronze spear,

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337 ἀβληχρήν: εἶθαρ δὲ δόρυ χροὸς ἀντετόρησεν

and the spear tore the skin driven clean on through the immortal

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338 ἀμβροσίου διὰ πέπλου, ὅν οἱ Χάριτες κάμον αὐταί,

robe that the very Graces had woven for her carefully,

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339 πρυμνὸν ὕπερ θέναρος: ῥέε δ' ἄμβροτον αἷμα θεοῖο

over the palm's base; and blood immortal flowed from the goddess,

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340 ἰχώρ, οἷός πέρ τε ῥέει μακάρεσσι θεοῖσιν:

ichor, that which runs in the veins of the blessed divinities;

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341 οὐ γὰρ σῖτον ἔδουσ', οὐ πίνουσ' αἴθοπα οἶνον,

since these eat no food, nor do they drink of the shining

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342 τοὔνεκ' ἀναίμονές εἰσι καὶ ἀθάνατοι καλέονται.

wine, and therefore they have no blood and are called immortal.

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343 ἣ δὲ μέγα ἰάχουσα ἀπὸ ἕο κάββαλεν υἱόν:

She gave a great shriek and let fall her son she was carrying,

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344 καὶ τὸν μὲν μετὰ χερσὶν ἐρύσατο Φοῖβος Ἀπόλλων

but Phoibos Apollo caught him up and away in his own hands,

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345 κυανέῃ νεφέλῃ, μή τις Δαναῶν ταχυπώλων

in a dark mist, for fear that some fast-mounted Danaan

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346 χαλκὸν ἐνὶ στήθεσσι βαλὼν ἐκ θυμὸν ἕλοιτο:

might strike the bronze spear through his chest and strip the life from him.

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347 τῇ δ' ἐπὶ μακρὸν ἄϋσε βοὴν ἀγαθὸς Διομήδης:

But Diomedes of the great war cry shouted after her:

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348 εἶκε Διὸς θύγατερ πολέμου καὶ δηϊοτῆτος:

'Give way, daughter of Zeus, from the fighting and the terror. It is

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349 ἦ οὐχ ἅλις ὅττι γυναῖκας ἀνάλκιδας ἠπεροπεύεις;

not then enough that you lead astray women without warcraft?

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350 εἰ δὲ σύ γ' ἐς πόλεμον πωλήσεαι, ἦ τέ σ' ὀΐω

Yet, if still you must haunt the fighting, I think that now you

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351 ῥιγήσειν πόλεμόν γε καὶ εἴ χ' ἑτέρωθι πύθηαι.

will shiver even when you hear some other talking of battles.'

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352 ὣς ἔφαθ', ἣ δ' ἀλύουσ' ἀπεβήσετο, τείρετο δ' αἰνῶς:

So he spoke, and the goddess departed in pain, hurt badly,

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432 Αἰνείᾳ δ' ἐπόρουσε βοὴν ἀγαθὸς Διομήδης,

Diomedes of the great war cry made for Aineias.

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433 γινώσκων ὅ οἱ αὐτὸς ὑπείρεχε χεῖρας Ἀπόλλων:

Though he saw how Apollo himself held his hands over him

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434 ἀλλ' ὅ γ' ἄρ' οὐδὲ θεὸν μέγαν ἅζετο, ἵετο δ' αἰεὶ

he did not shrink even from the great god, but forever forward

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435 Αἰνείαν κτεῖναι καὶ ἀπὸ κλυτὰ τεύχεα δῦσαι.

drove, to kill Aineias and strip his glorious armour.

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436 τρὶς μὲν ἔπειτ' ἐπόρουσε κατακτάμεναι μενεαίνων,

Three times, furious to cut him down, he drove forward,

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437 τρὶς δέ οἱ ἐστυφέλιξε φαεινὴν ἀσπίδ' Ἀπόλλων:

and three times Apollo battered aside the bright shield,

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438 ἀλλ' ὅτε δὴ τὸ τέταρτον ἐπέσσυτο δαίμονι ἶσος,

but as a fourth time, like more than man, he charged, Apollo

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439 δεινὰ δ' ὁμοκλήσας προσέφη ἑκάεργος Ἀπόλλων:

who strikes from afar cried out to him in the voice of terror:

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440 φράζεο Τυδεΐδη καὶ χάζεο, μηδὲ θεοῖσιν

'Take care, give back, son of Tydeus, and strive no longer

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441 ἶσ' ἔθελε φρονέειν, ἐπεὶ οὔ ποτε φῦλον ὁμοῖον

to make yourself like the gods in mind, since never the same is

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442 ἀθανάτων τε θεῶν χαμαὶ ἐρχομένων τ' ἀνθρώπων.

the breed of gods, who are immortal, and men who walk groundling.'

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443 ὣς φάτο, Τυδεΐδης δ' ἀνεχάζετο τυτθὸν ὀπίσσω

He spoke, and Tydeus' son gave backward, only a little,

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444 μῆνιν ἀλευάμενος ἑκατηβόλου Ἀπόλλωνος.

avoiding the anger of him who strikes from afar, Apollo,

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445 Αἰνείαν δ' ἀπάτερθεν ὁμίλου θῆκεν Ἀπόλλων

who caught Aineias now away from the onslaught, and set him

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446 Περγάμῳ εἰν ἱερῇ, ὅθι οἱ νηός γ' ἐτέτυκτο.

in the sacred keep of Pergamos where was built his own temple.

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447 ἤτοι τὸν Λητώ τε καὶ Ἄρτεμις ἰοχέαιρα

There Artemis of the showering arrows and Leto within

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448 ἐν μεγάλῳ ἀδύτῳ ἀκέοντό τε κύδαινόν τε:

the great and secret chamber healed his wound and cared for him.

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449 αὐτὰρ ὃ εἴδωλον τεῦξ' ἀργυρότοξος Ἀπόλλων

But he of the silver bow, Apollo, fashioned an image

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450 αὐτῷ τ' Αἰνείᾳ ἴκελον καὶ τεύχεσι τοῖον,

in the likeness of Aineias himself and in armour like him,

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451 ἀμφὶ δ' ἄρ' εἰδώλῳ Τρῶες καὶ δῖοι Ἀχαιοὶ

and all about this image brilliant Achaians and Trojans

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452 δῄουν ἀλλήλων ἀμφὶ στήθεσσι βοείας

hewed at each other, and at the ox-hide shields strong circled

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453 ἀσπίδας εὐκύκλους λαισήϊά τε πτερόεντα.

guarding men's chests, and at the fluttering straps of the guard-skins.

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454 δὴ τότε θοῦρον Ἄρηα προσηύδα Φοῖβος Ἀπόλλων:

But Phoibos Apollo spoke now to violent Ares:

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455 Ἆρες Ἄρες βροτολοιγὲ μιαιφόνε τειχεσιπλῆτα,

'Ares, Ares, manslaughtering, blood-stained, stormer of strong walls,

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456 οὐκ ἂν δὴ τόνδ' ἄνδρα μάχης ἐρύσαιο μετελθὼν

is there no way you can go and hold back this man from the fighting,

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457 Τυδεΐδην, ὃς νῦν γε καὶ ἂν Διῒ πατρὶ μάχοιτο ;

Tydeus' son, who would now do battle against Zeus father?

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458 Κύπριδα μὲν πρῶτον σχεδὸν οὔτασε χεῖρ' ἐπὶ καρπῷ,

Even now he stabbed in her hand by the wrist the lady

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459 αὐτὰρ ἔπειτ' αὐτῷ μοι ἐπέσσυτο δαίμονι ἶσος.

of Kypros, and again, like more than a man, charged even against me.'

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460 ὣς εἰπὼν αὐτὸς μὲν ἐφέζετο Περγάμῳ ἄκρῃ,

So he spoke, and himself alighted on the peak of Pergamos

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461 Τρῳὰς δὲ στίχας οὖλος Ἄρης ὤτρυνε μετελθὼν

while stark Ares went down to stir the ranks of the Trojans,

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462 εἰδόμενος Ἀκάμαντι θοῷ ἡγήτορι Θρῃκῶν:

in the likeness of the lord of the Thracians, swift-footed Akamas,

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463 υἱάσι δὲ Πριάμοιο διοτρεφέεσσι κέλευσεν:

and urged onward the god-supported children of Priam:

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464 ὦ υἱεῖς Πριάμοιο διοτρεφέος βασιλῆος

'O you children of Priam, the king whom the gods love, how long

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465 ἐς τί ἔτι κτείνεσθαι ἐάσετε λαὸν Ἀχαιοῖς ;

will you allow the Achaians to go on killing your people?

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466 ἦ εἰς ὅ κεν ἀμφὶ πύλῃς εὖ ποιητῇσι μάχωνται ;

Until they fight beside the strong-builded gates? A man lies

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467 κεῖται ἀνὴρ ὅν τ' ἶσον ἐτίομεν Ἕκτορι δίῳ

fallen whom we honoured as we honour Hektor the brilliant,

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468 Αἰνείας υἱὸς μεγαλήτορος Ἀγχίσαο:

Aineias, who is son of great-hearted Anchises.

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469 ἀλλ' ἄγετ' ἐκ φλοίσβοιο σαώσομεν ἐσθλὸν ἑταῖρον.

Come then, let us rescue our good companion from the carnage.'

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470 ὣς εἰπὼν ὤτρυνε μένος καὶ θυμὸν ἑκάστου.

So he spoke, and stirred the spirit and the strength in each man.

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471 ἔνθ' αὖ Σαρπηδὼν μάλα νείκεσεν Ἕκτορα δῖον:

Then Sarpedon spoke in abuse to brilliant Hektor:

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472 Ἕκτορ πῇ δή τοι μένος οἴχεται ὃ πρὶν ἔχεσκες ;

'Where now, Hektor, has gone that strength that was yours? You said once

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473 φῆς που ἄτερ λαῶν πόλιν ἑξέμεν ἠδ' ἐπικούρων

that without companions and without people you could hold this city

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474 οἶος σὺν γαμβροῖσι κασιγνήτοισί τε σοῖσι.

alone, with only your brothers and the lords of your sisters.

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475 τῶν νῦν οὔ τιν' ἐγὼν ἰδέειν δύναμ' οὐδὲ νοῆσαι,

I can see not one of these men now, I know not where they are;

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476 ἀλλὰ καταπτώσσουσι κύνες ὣς ἀμφὶ λέοντα:

no, but they slink away like hounds who circle the lion,

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477 ἡμεῖς δὲ μαχόμεσθ' οἵ πέρ τ' ἐπίκουροι ἔνειμεν.

while we, who are here as your companions, carry the fighting.

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478 καὶ γὰρ ἐγὼν ἐπίκουρος ἐὼν μάλα τηλόθεν ἥκω:

I have come, a companion to help you, from a very far place;

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479 τηλοῦ γὰρ Λυκίη Ξάνθῳ ἔπι δινήεντι,

Lykia lies far away, by the whirling waters of Xanthos;

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480 ἔνθ' ἄλοχόν τε φίλην ἔλιπον καὶ νήπιον υἱόν,

there I left behind my own wife and my baby son, there

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481 κὰδ δὲ κτήματα πολλά, τά τ' ἔλδεται ὅς κ' ἐπιδευής.

I left my many possessions which the needy man eyes longingly.

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482 ἀλλὰ καὶ ὧς Λυκίους ὀτρύνω καὶ μέμον' αὐτὸς

Yet even so I drive on my Lykians, and myself have courage

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483 ἀνδρὶ μαχέσσασθαι: ἀτὰρ οὔ τί μοι ἐνθάδε τοῖον

to fight my man in battle, though there is nothing of mine here

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484 οἷόν κ' ἠὲ φέροιεν Ἀχαιοὶ ἤ κεν ἄγοιεν:

that the Achaians can carry away as spoil or drive off.

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485 τύνη δ' ἕστηκας, ἀτὰρ οὐδ' ἄλλοισι κελεύεις

But you: you stand here, not even giving the word to the rest

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486 λαοῖσιν μενέμεν καὶ ἀμυνέμεναι ὤρεσσι.

of your people to stand fast and fight in defence of their own wives.

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487 μή πως ὡς ἀψῖσι λίνου ἁλόντε πανάγρου

Let not yourselves, caught as in the sweeping toils of the spun net,

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488 ἀνδράσι δυσμενέεσσιν ἕλωρ καὶ κύρμα γένησθε:

be taken as war-spoil and plunder by the men who hate you,

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489 οἳ δὲ τάχ' ἐκπέρσουσ' εὖ ναιομένην πόλιν ὑμήν.

men who presently will storm your strong-founded citadel.

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490 σοὶ δὲ χρὴ τάδε πάντα μέλειν νύκτάς τε καὶ ἦμαρ

All these things should lie night and day on your mind, forever,

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491 ἀρχοὺς λισσομένῳ τηλεκλειτῶν ἐπικούρων

supplication to the lords of your far-renowned companions,

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492 νωλεμέως ἐχέμεν, κρατερὴν δ' ἀποθέσθαι ἐνιπήν.

to fight unwearying and hold off the strength of an insult.'

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493 ὣς φάτο Σαρπηδών, δάκε δὲ φρένας Ἕκτορι μῦθος:

Sarpedon spoke, and his word bit into the heart of Hektor.

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494 αὐτίκα δ' ἐξ ὀχέων σὺν τεύχεσιν ἆλτο χαμᾶζε,

Straightway in all his armour he sprang to the ground from his chariot

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495 πάλλων δ' ὀξέα δοῦρα κατὰ στρατὸν ᾤχετο πάντῃ

and shaking two sharp spears ranged everywhere through the army

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496 ὀτρύνων μαχέσασθαι, ἔγειρε δὲ φύλοπιν αἰνήν.

stirring men up to fight and waking the hateful warfare;

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497 οἳ δ' ἐλελίχθησαν καὶ ἐναντίοι ἔσταν Ἀχαιῶν:

and these pulled themselves about and stood to face the Achaians,

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498 Ἀργεῖοι δ' ὑπέμειναν ἀολλέες οὐδ' ἐφόβηθεν.

while the Argives held in their close order and would not be broken.

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499 ὡς δ' ἄνεμος ἄχνας φορέει ἱερὰς κατ' ἀλωὰς

As when along the hallowed threshing floors the wind scatters

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500 ἀνδρῶν λικμώντων, ὅτε τε ξανθὴ Δημήτηρ

chaff, among men winnowing, and fair-haired Demeter

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501 κρίνῃ ἐπειγομένων ἀνέμων καρπόν τε καὶ ἄχνας,

in the leaning wind discriminates the chaff and the true grain

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502 αἳ δ' ὑπολευκαίνονται ἀχυρμιαί: ὣς τότ' Ἀχαιοὶ

and the piling chaff whitens beneath it, so now the Achaians

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503 λευκοὶ ὕπερθε γένοντο κονισάλῳ, ὅν ῥα δι' αὐτῶν

turned white underneath the dust the feet of the horses

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504 οὐρανὸν ἐς πολύχαλκον ἐπέπληγον πόδες ἵππων

drove far into the brazen sky across their faces

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505 ἂψ ἐπιμισγομένων: ὑπὸ δ' ἔστρεφον ἡνιοχῆες.

as they rapidly closed and the charioteers wheeled back again.

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506 οἳ δὲ μένος χειρῶν ἰθὺς φέρον: ἀμφὶ δὲ νύκτα

They drove the strength of their hands straight on, as violent Ares

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507 θοῦρος Ἄρης ἐκάλυψε μάχῃ Τρώεσσιν ἀρήγων

defending the Trojans mantled in dark night the battle

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508 πάντοσ' ἐποιχόμενος: τοῦ δ' ἐκραίαινεν ἐφετμὰς

and passed everywhere, since he was carrying out the commandments

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509 Φοίβου Ἀπόλλωνος χρυσαόρου, ὅς μιν ἀνώγει

of Phoibos Apollo, him of the golden sword, who had bidden him

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510 Τρωσὶν θυμὸν ἐγεῖραι, ἐπεὶ ἴδε Παλλάδ' Ἀθήνην

wake the heart in the Trojans as he saw that Pallas Athene

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511 οἰχομένην: ἣ γάρ ῥα πέλεν Δαναοῖσιν ἀρηγών.

was gone away now, she who stood to defend the Danaans.

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512 αὐτὸς δ' Αἰνείαν μάλα πίονος ἐξ ἀδύτοιο

And out of the rich secret chamber Apollo sent forth

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513 ἧκε, καὶ ἐν στήθεσσι μένος βάλε ποιμένι λαῶν.

Aineias, and dropped strength in the heart of the people's shepherd.

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514 Αἰνείας δ' ἑτάροισι μεθίστατο: τοί δ' ἐχάρησαν,

So Aineias stood among his friends, who were happy

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515 ὡς εἶδον ζωόν τε καὶ ἀρτεμέα προσιόντα

as they saw him coming back, still alive, and unwounded

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516 καὶ μένος ἐσθλὸν ἔχοντα: μετάλλησάν γε μὲν οὔ τι.

and full of brave spirit; yet they asked him no question,

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517 οὐ γὰρ ἔα πόνος ἄλλος, ὃν ἀργυρότοξος ἔγειρεν

for the rest of their fighting work would not let them, that the silver-bow god

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518 Ἄρης τε βροτολοιγὸς Ἔρις τ' ἄμοτον μεμαυῖα.

woke, and manslaughtering Ares, and Hate, whose wrath is relentless.

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519 τοὺς δ' Αἴαντε δύω καὶ Ὀδυσσεὺς καὶ Διομήδης

Now the two Aiantes and Odysseus and Diomedes

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520 ὤτρυνον Δαναοὺς πολεμιζέμεν: οἳ δὲ καὶ αὐτοὶ

stirred the Danaans to fight these; since themselves they did not

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521 οὔτε βίας Τρώων ὑπεδείδισαν οὔτε ἰωκάς,

fear the force of the men of Troy nor their charges onward,

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522 ἀλλ' ἔμενον νεφέλῃσιν ἐοικότες ἅς τε Κρονίων

but stayed where they were, like clouds, which the son of Kronos

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523 νηνεμίης ἔστησεν ἐπ' ἀκροπόλοισιν ὄρεσσιν

stops in the windless weather on the heights of the towering mountains,

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524 ἀτρέμας, ὄφρ' εὕδῃσι μένος Βορέαο καὶ ἄλλων

motionless, when the strength of the north wind sleeps, and the other

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525 ζαχρειῶν ἀνέμων, οἵ τε νέφεα σκιόεντα

tearing winds, those winds that when they blow into tempests

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526 πνοιῇσιν λιγυρῇσι διασκιδνᾶσιν ἀέντες:

high screaming descend upon the darkening clouds and scatter them.

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527 ὣς Δαναοὶ Τρῶας μένον ἔμπεδον οὐδ' ἐφέβοντο.

So the Danaans stood steady against the Trojans, nor gave way.

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528 Ἀτρεΐδης δ' ἀν' ὅμιλον ἐφοίτα πολλὰ κελεύων:

And Atreus' son ranged through the masses with his many orders:

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529 ὦ φίλοι ἀνέρες ἔστε καὶ ἄλκιμον ἦτορ ἕλεσθε,

'Be men now, dear friends, and take up the heart of courage,

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530 ἀλλήλους τ' αἰδεῖσθε κατὰ κρατερὰς ὑσμίνας:

and have consideration for each other in the strong encounters,

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531 αἰδομένων δ' ἀνδρῶν πλέονες σόοι ἠὲ πέφανται:

since more come through alive when men consider each other,

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532 φευγόντων δ' οὔτ' ἂρ κλέος ὄρνυται οὔτε τις ἀλκή.

and there is no glory when they give way, nor warcraft either.'

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533 ἦ καὶ ἀκόντισε δουρὶ θοῶς, βάλε δὲ πρόμον ἄνδρα

He spoke, and made a swift cast with his spear, and struck down a great man

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534 Αἰνειέω ἕταρον μεγαθύμου Δηϊκόωντα

Deïkoön, companion of high-hearted Aineias,

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535 Περγασίδην, ὃν Τρῶες ὁμῶς Πριάμοιο τέκεσσι

Pergasos' son, whom the Trojans honoured as they honoured Priam's

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536 τῖον, ἐπεὶ θοὸς ἔσκε μετὰ πρώτοισι μάχεσθαι.

children, since he was a swift man to fight in the foremost.

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537 τόν ῥα κατ' ἀσπίδα δουρὶ βάλε κρείων Ἀγαμέμνων:

Powerful Agamemnon struck his shield with spear, nor

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538 ἣ δ' οὐκ ἔγχος ἔρυτο, διαπρὸ δὲ εἴσατο καὶ τῆς,

could the shield hold off the spear, but the bronze smashed clean through

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539 νειαίρῃ δ' ἐν γαστρὶ διὰ ζωστῆρος ἔλασσε:

and was driven on through the belt to the deep of the belly.

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540 δούπησεν δὲ πεσών, ἀράβησε δὲ τεύχε' ἐπ' αὐτῷ.

He fell, thunderously, and his armour clattered upon him.

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541 ἔνθ' αὖτ' Αἰνείας Δαναῶν ἕλεν ἄνδρας ἀρίστους

Now Aineias killed two great men of the Danaans,

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542 υἷε Διοκλῆος Κρήθωνά τε Ὀρσίλοχόν τε,

the sons of Diokles, Orsilochos and Krethon,

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543 τῶν ῥα πατὴρ μὲν ἔναιεν ἐϋκτιμένῃ ἐνὶ Φηρῇ

men whose father dwelt in Phere the strong-founded,

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544 ἀφνειὸς βιότοιο, γένος δ' ἦν ἐκ ποταμοῖο

rich in substance, and his generation was of the river

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545 Ἀλφειοῦ, ὅς τ' εὐρὺ ῥέει Πυλίων διὰ γαίης,

Alpheios, who flows wide through the country of the Pylians,

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546 ὃς τέκετ' Ὀρτίλοχον πολέεσσ' ἄνδρεσσιν ἄνακτα:

and who got a son, Ortilochos, to be lord over many

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547 Ὀρτίλοχος δ' ἄρ' ἔτικτε Διοκλῆα μεγάθυμον,

men, but the son of Ortilochos was high-hearted Diokles;

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548 ἐκ δὲ Διοκλῆος διδυμάονε παῖδε γενέσθην,

and to Diokles in his turn were two twin sons born,

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549 Κρήθων Ὀρσίλοχός τε μάχης εὖ εἰδότε πάσης.

Orsilochos and Krethon, both well skilled in all fighting.

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550 τὼ μὲν ἄρ' ἡβήσαντε μελαινάων ἐπὶ νηῶν

These two as they were grown to young manhood followed along with

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551 Ἴλιον εἰς εὔπωλον ἅμ' Ἀργείοισιν ἑπέσθην,

the Argives in their black ships to Ilion, land of good horses,

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552 τιμὴν Ἀτρεΐδῃς Ἀγαμέμνονι καὶ Μενελάῳ

winning honour for the sons of Atreus, Agamemnon

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553 ἀρνυμένω: τὼ δ' αὖθι τέλος θανάτοιο κάλυψεν.

and Menelaos; now fulfilment of death was a darkness upon them.

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554 οἵω τώ γε λέοντε δύω ὄρεος κορυφῇσιν

These, as two young lions in the high places of the mountains,

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555 ἐτραφέτην ὑπὸ μητρὶ βαθείης τάρφεσιν ὕλης:

had been raised by their mother in the dark of the deep forest,

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556 τὼ μὲν ἄρ' ἁρπάζοντε βόας καὶ ἴφια μῆλα

lions which as they prey upon the cattle and the fat sheep

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557 σταθμοὺς ἀνθρώπων κεραΐζετον, ὄφρα καὶ αὐτὼ

lay waste the steadings where there are men, until they also

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558 ἀνδρῶν ἐν παλάμῃσι κατέκταθεν ὀξέϊ χαλκῷ:

fall and are killed under the cutting bronze in the men's hands;

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559 τοίω τὼ χείρεσσιν ὑπ' Αἰνείαο δαμέντε

such were these two who beaten under the hands of Aineias

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560 καππεσέτην, ἐλάτῃσιν ἐοικότες ὑψηλῇσι.

crashed now to the ground as if they were two tall pine trees.

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561 τὼ δὲ πεσόντ' ἐλέησεν ἀρηΐφιλος Μενέλαος,

As these fell warlike Menelaos took pity on them

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562 βῆ δὲ διὰ προμάχων κεκορυθμένος αἴθοπι χαλκῷ

and he strode out among the champions, helmed in bright bronze,

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563 σείων ἐγχείην: τοῦ δ' ὤτρυνεν μένος Ἄρης,

shaking his spear, and the fury of Ares drove him onward,

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564 τὰ φρονέων ἵνα χερσὶν ὑπ' Αἰνείαο δαμείη.

minded that he might go down under the hands of Aineias.

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565 τὸν δ' ἴδεν Ἀντίλοχος μεγαθύμου Νέστορος υἱός,

But Antilochos, son of high-hearted Nestor, watched him,

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566 βῆ δὲ διὰ προμάχων: περὶ γὰρ δίε ποιμένι λαῶν

and he strode among the champions in fear for the shepherd of the people,

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567 μή τι πάθῃ, μέγα δέ σφας ἀποσφήλειε πόνοιο.

lest he be hurt, and all their labour slip away into nothing.

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568 τὼ μὲν δὴ χεῖράς τε καὶ ἔγχεα ὀξυόεντα

So as Aineias and Menelaos raised hand and sharp spear

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569 ἀντίον ἀλλήλων ἐχέτην μεμαῶτε μάχεσθαι:

standing to face each other and furious to do battle,

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570 Ἀντίλοχος δὲ μάλ' ἄγχι παρίστατο ποιμένι λαῶν.

Antilochos took his stand close beside the shepherd of the people.

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571 Αἰνείας δ' οὐ μεῖνε θοός περ ἐὼν πολεμιστὴς

Nor did Aineias hold his ground, though yet a swift fighter,

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572 ὡς εἶδεν δύο φῶτε παρ' ἀλλήλοισι μένοντε.

as he saw two men staying with each other against him.

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573 οἳ δ' ἐπεὶ οὖν νεκροὺς ἔρυσαν μετὰ λαὸν Ἀχαιῶν,

These, when they had dragged back the bodies among the Achaian

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574 τὼ μὲν ἄρα δειλὼ βαλέτην ἐν χερσὶν ἑταίρων,

people, dropped the poor youths into the hands of their company,

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575 αὐτὼ δὲ στρεφθέντε μετὰ πρώτοισι μαχέσθην.

and themselves wheeled about once more to fight among the foremost.

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576 ἔνθα Πυλαιμένεα ἑλέτην ἀτάλαντον Ἄρηϊ

There these killed Pylaimenes the equal of Ares,

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577 ἀρχὸν Παφλαγόνων μεγαθύμων ἀσπιστάων.

lord of the Paphlagonian men in armour, high-hearted.

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578 τὸν μὲν ἄρ' Ἀτρεΐδης δουρικλειτὸς Μενέλαος

Menelaos the spear-famed, son of Atreus, stabbed him

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579 ἑσταότ' ἔγχεϊ νύξε κατὰ κληῗδα τυχήσας:

with the spear as he stood his ground, and struck the collar-bone,

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580 Ἀντίλοχος δὲ Μύδωνα βάλ' ἡνίοχον θεράποντα

while Antilochos struck down Mydon, his charioteer and

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581 ἐσθλὸν Ἀτυμνιάδην: ὃ δ' ὑπέστρεφε μώνυχας ἵππους:

henchman, Atymnios' brave son, as he wheeled the single-foot

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582 χερμαδίῳ ἀγκῶνα τυχὼν μέσον: ἐκ δ' ἄρα χειρῶν

horses about, with a stone striking mid-elbow, and from his

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583 ἡνία λεύκ' ἐλέφαντι χαμαὶ πέσον ἐν κονίῃσιν.

hands the reins pale with ivory dropped in the dust groundling.

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584 Ἀντίλοχος δ' ἄρ' ἐπαΐξας ξίφει ἤλασε κόρσην:

Antilochos charging drove the sword into his temple,

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585 αὐτὰρ ὅ γ' ἀσθμαίνων εὐεργέος ἔκπεσε δίφρου

so that gasping he dropped from the carefully wrought chariot

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586 κύμβαχος ἐν κονίῃσιν ἐπὶ βρεχμόν τε καὶ ὤμους.

headlong, driven deep in the dust his neck and shoulders;

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587 δηθὰ μάλ' εἱστήκει: τύχε γάρ ῥ' ἀμάθοιο βαθείης:

and there, since he chanced to light in a depth of sand, he stuck fast

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588 ὄφρ' ἵππω πλήξαντε χαμαὶ βάλον ἐν κονίῃσι:

while his horses trampled him into the dust with their feet.

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589 τοὺς ἵμασ' Ἀντίλοχος, μετὰ δὲ στρατὸν ἤλασ' Ἀχαιῶν.

These Antilochos lashed and drove back into the host of the Achaians.

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590 τοὺς δ' Ἕκτωρ ἐνόησε κατὰ στίχας, ὦρτο δ' ἐπ' αὐτοὺς

Hektor saw them across the ranks, and drove on against them

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591 κεκληγὼς: ἅμα δὲ Τρώων εἵποντο φάλαγγες

crying aloud, and with him followed the Trojan battalions

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592 καρτεραί: ἦρχε δ' ἄρα σφιν Ἄρης καὶ πότνι' Ἐνυώ,

in their strength; and Ares led them with the goddess Enyo,

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593 ἣ μὲν ἔχουσα Κυδοιμὸν ἀναιδέα δηϊοτῆτος,

she carrying with her the turmoil of shameless hatred

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594 Ἄρης δ' ἐν παλάμῃσι πελώριον ἔγχος ἐνώμα,

while Ares made play in his hands with the spear gigantic

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595 φοίτα δ' ἄλλοτε μὲν πρόσθ' Ἕκτορος, ἄλλοτ' ὄπισθε.

and ranged now in front of Hektor and now behind him.

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596 τὸν δὲ ἰδὼν ῥίγησε βοὴν ἀγαθὸς Διομήδης:

Diomedes of the great war cry shivered as he saw him,

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597 ὡς δ' ὅτ' ἀνὴρ ἀπάλαμνος ἰὼν πολέος πεδίοιο

and like a man in his helplessness who, crossing a great plain,

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598 στήῃ ἐπ' ὠκυρόῳ ποταμῷ ἅλαδε προρέοντι

stands at the edge of a fast-running river that dashes seaward,

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599 ἀφρῷ μορμύροντα ἰδών, ἀνά τ' ἔδραμ' ὀπίσσω,

and watches it thundering into white water, and leaps a pace backward,

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600 ὣς τότε Τυδεΐδης ἀνεχάζετο, εἶπέ τε λαῷ:

so now Tydeus' son gave back, and spoke to his people