Odyssey 5.1-9
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Ἠὼς δ᾽ ἐκ λεχέων παρ᾽ ἀγαυοῦ Τιθωνοῖο
ὤρνυθ᾽ , ἵν᾽ ἀθανάτοισι φόως φέροι ἠδὲ βροτοῖσιν :
οἱ δὲ θεοὶ θῶκόνδε καθίζανον , ἐν δ᾽ ἄρα τοῖσι
Ζεὺς ὑψιβρεμέτης , οὗ τε κράτος ἐστὶ μέγιστον .
τοῖσι δ᾽ Ἀθηναίη λέγε κήδεα πόλλ᾽ Ὀδυσῆος
μνησαμένη : μέλε γάρ οἱ ἐὼν ἐν δώμασι νύμφης :
‘
Ζεῦ πάτερ ἠδ᾽ ἄλλοι μάκαρες θεοὶ αἰὲν ἐόντες ,
μή τις ἔτι πρόφρων ἀγανὸς καὶ ἤπιος ἔστω
σκηπτοῦχος βασιλεύς , μηδὲ φρεσὶν αἴσιμα εἰδώς ,
ἀλλ᾽ αἰεὶ χαλεπός τ᾽ εἴη καὶ αἴσυλα ῥέζοι :
ὤρνυθ᾽ , ἵν᾽ ἀθανάτοισι φόως φέροι ἠδὲ βροτοῖσιν :
οἱ δὲ θεοὶ θῶκόνδε καθίζανον , ἐν δ᾽ ἄρα τοῖσι
Ζεὺς ὑψιβρεμέτης , οὗ τε κράτος ἐστὶ μέγιστον .
τοῖσι δ᾽ Ἀθηναίη λέγε κήδεα πόλλ᾽ Ὀδυσῆος
μνησαμένη : μέλε γάρ οἱ ἐὼν ἐν δώμασι νύμφης :
‘
Ζεῦ πάτερ ἠδ᾽ ἄλλοι μάκαρες θεοὶ αἰὲν ἐόντες ,
μή τις ἔτι πρόφρων ἀγανὸς καὶ ἤπιος ἔστω
σκηπτοῦχος βασιλεύς , μηδὲ φρεσὶν αἴσιμα εἰδώς ,
ἀλλ᾽ αἰεὶ χαλεπός τ᾽ εἴη καὶ αἴσυλα ῥέζοι :
Now
Dawn
arose
from
her
couch
from
beside
lordly
Tithonus
,
to
bear
light
to
the
immortals
and
to
mortal
men
.
And
the
gods
were
sitting
down
to
council
,
and
among
them
Zeus
,
who
thunders
on
high
,
whose
might
is
supreme
.
To
them
Athena
was
recounting
the
many
woes
of
Odysseus
,
as
she
called
them
to
mind
;
for
it
troubled
her
that
he
abode
in
the
dwelling
of
the
nymph
:
"
Father
Zeus
,
and
ye
other
blessed
gods
that
are
forever
,
never
henceforward
let
sceptred
king
with
a
ready
heart
be
kind
and
gentle
,
nor
let
him
heed
righteousness
in
his
mind
;