Odyssey 5.1-20 Alignment for Greek 2 Midterm
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Ἑλληνική Transliterate
English
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 :
ὡς οὔ τις μέμνηται Ὀδυσσῆος θείοιο
λαῶν οἷσιν ἄνασσε , πατὴρ δ᾽ ὣς ἤπιος ἦεν .
ἀλλ᾽ ὁ μὲν ἐν νήσῳ κεῖται κρατέρ᾽ ἄλγεα πάσχων
νύμφης ἐν μεγάροισι Καλυψοῦς , ἥ μιν ἀνάγκῃ
ἴσχει : ὁ δ᾽ οὐ δύναται ἣν πατρίδα γαῖαν ἱκέσθαι :
οὐ γάρ οἱ πάρα νῆες ἐπήρετμοι καὶ ἑταῖροι ,
οἵ κέν μιν πέμποιεν ἐπ᾽ εὐρέα νῶτα θαλάσσης .
νῦν αὖ παῖδ᾽ ἀγαπητὸν ἀποκτεῖναι μεμάασιν
οἴκαδε νισόμενον : ὁ δ᾽ ἔβη μετὰ πατρὸς ἀκουὴν
ἐς Πύλον ἠγαθέην ἠδ᾽ ἐς Λακεδαίμονα δῖαν .
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 :
ὡς οὔ τις μέμνηται Ὀδυσσῆος θείοιο
λαῶν οἷσιν ἄνασσε , πατὴρ δ᾽ ὣς ἤπιος ἦεν .
ἀλλ᾽ ὁ μὲν ἐν νήσῳ κεῖται κρατέρ᾽ ἄλγεα πάσχων
νύμφης ἐν μεγάροισι Καλυψοῦς , ἥ μιν ἀνάγκῃ
ἴσχει : ὁ δ᾽ οὐ δύναται ἣν πατρίδα γαῖαν ἱκέσθαι :
οὐ γάρ οἱ πάρα νῆες ἐπήρετμοι καὶ ἑταῖροι ,
οἵ κέν μιν πέμποιεν ἐπ᾽ εὐρέα νῶτα θαλάσσης .
νῦν αὖ παῖδ᾽ ἀγαπητὸν ἀποκτεῖναι μεμάασιν
οἴκαδε νισόμενον : ὁ δ᾽ ἔβη μετὰ πατρὸς ἀκουὴν
ἐς Πύλον ἠγαθέην ἠδ᾽ ἐς Λακεδαίμονα δῖαν .
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
;
but
let
him
ever
be
harsh
,
and
work
unrighteousness
,
seeing
that
no
one
remembers
divine
Odysseus
of
the
people
whose
lord
he
was
;
yet
gentle
was
he
as
a
father
.
He
verily
abides
in
an
island
suffering
grievous
pains
,
in
the
halls
of
the
nymph
Calypso
,
who
keeps
him
perforce
;
and
he
cannot
return
to
his
own
land
,
for
he
has
at
hand
no
ships
with
oars
and
no
comrades
to
send
him
on
his
way
over
the
broad
back
of
the
sea
.
And
now
again
they
are
minded
to
slay
his
well-loved
son
on
his
homeward
way
;
for
he
went
in
quest
of
tidings
of
his
father
to
sacred
Pylos
and
to
goodly
Lacedaemon
.
"