Iliad - Invocation
Ezekiel Aurelius /
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- Translated by Stanley Lombardo
- Aligned by Ezekiel Aurelius
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μῆνιν ἄειδε θεὰ Πηληϊάδεω Ἀχιλῆος
οὐλομένην , ἣ μυρί᾽ Ἀχαιοῖς ἄλγε᾽ ἔθηκε ,
πολλὰς δ᾽ ἰφθίμους ψυχὰς Ἄϊδι προΐαψεν
ἡρώων , αὐτοὺς δὲ ἑλώρια τεῦχε κύνεσσιν
οἰωνοῖσί τε πᾶσι , Διὸς δ᾽ ἐτελείετο βουλή ,
ἐξ οὗ δὴ τὰ πρῶτα διαστήτην ἐρίσαντε
Ἀτρεΐδης τε ἄναξ ἀνδρῶν καὶ δῖος Ἀχιλλεύς .
τίς τ᾽ ἄρ σφωε θεῶν ἔριδι ξυνέηκε μάχεσθαι ;
Λητοῦς καὶ Διὸς υἱός : ὃ γὰρ βασιλῆϊ χολωθεὶς
νοῦσον ἀνὰ στρατὸν ὄρσε κακήν , ὀλέκοντο δὲ λαοί ,
οὕνεκα τὸν Χρύσην ἠτίμασεν ἀρητῆρα
Ἀτρεΐδης : ὃ γὰρ ἦλθε θοὰς ἐπὶ νῆας Ἀχαιῶν
λυσόμενός τε θύγατρα φέρων τ᾽ ἀπερείσι᾽ ἄποινα ,
στέμματ᾽ ἔχων ἐν χερσὶν ἑκηβόλου Ἀπόλλωνος
χρυσέῳ ἀνὰ σκήπτρῳ , καὶ λίσσετο πάντας Ἀχαιούς ,
Ἀτρεΐδα δὲ μάλιστα δύω , κοσμήτορε λαῶν :
Ἀτρεΐδαι τε καὶ ἄλλοι ἐϋκνήμιδες Ἀχαιοί ,
ὑμῖν μὲν θεοὶ δοῖεν Ὀλύμπια δώματ᾽ ἔχοντες
ἐκπέρσαι Πριάμοιο πόλιν , εὖ δ᾽ οἴκαδ᾽ ἱκέσθαι :
παῖδα δ᾽ ἐμοὶ λύσαιτε φίλην , τὰ δ᾽ ἄποινα δέχεσθαι ,
ἁζόμενοι Διὸς υἱὸν ἑκηβόλον Ἀπόλλωνα .
οὐλομένην , ἣ μυρί᾽ Ἀχαιοῖς ἄλγε᾽ ἔθηκε ,
πολλὰς δ᾽ ἰφθίμους ψυχὰς Ἄϊδι προΐαψεν
ἡρώων , αὐτοὺς δὲ ἑλώρια τεῦχε κύνεσσιν
οἰωνοῖσί τε πᾶσι , Διὸς δ᾽ ἐτελείετο βουλή ,
ἐξ οὗ δὴ τὰ πρῶτα διαστήτην ἐρίσαντε
Ἀτρεΐδης τε ἄναξ ἀνδρῶν καὶ δῖος Ἀχιλλεύς .
τίς τ᾽ ἄρ σφωε θεῶν ἔριδι ξυνέηκε μάχεσθαι ;
Λητοῦς καὶ Διὸς υἱός : ὃ γὰρ βασιλῆϊ χολωθεὶς
νοῦσον ἀνὰ στρατὸν ὄρσε κακήν , ὀλέκοντο δὲ λαοί ,
οὕνεκα τὸν Χρύσην ἠτίμασεν ἀρητῆρα
Ἀτρεΐδης : ὃ γὰρ ἦλθε θοὰς ἐπὶ νῆας Ἀχαιῶν
λυσόμενός τε θύγατρα φέρων τ᾽ ἀπερείσι᾽ ἄποινα ,
στέμματ᾽ ἔχων ἐν χερσὶν ἑκηβόλου Ἀπόλλωνος
χρυσέῳ ἀνὰ σκήπτρῳ , καὶ λίσσετο πάντας Ἀχαιούς ,
Ἀτρεΐδα δὲ μάλιστα δύω , κοσμήτορε λαῶν :
Ἀτρεΐδαι τε καὶ ἄλλοι ἐϋκνήμιδες Ἀχαιοί ,
ὑμῖν μὲν θεοὶ δοῖεν Ὀλύμπια δώματ᾽ ἔχοντες
ἐκπέρσαι Πριάμοιο πόλιν , εὖ δ᾽ οἴκαδ᾽ ἱκέσθαι :
παῖδα δ᾽ ἐμοὶ λύσαιτε φίλην , τὰ δ᾽ ἄποινα δέχεσθαι ,
ἁζόμενοι Διὸς υἱὸν ἑκηβόλον Ἀπόλλωνα .
Rage
:
sing
,
Goddess
,
Achilles
'
rage
,
Black and murderous , that cost the Greeks
Incalculable pain , pitched countless souls
Of heroes into Hades ' dark ,
And left their bodies to rot as feasts
For dogs and birds , as Zeus ' will was done .
Begin with the clash between Agamemnon-
The Greek warlord - And godlike Achilles
Which of the immortals set thes two
At each other ' s throats ?
Apollo , Zeus ' son and Leto ' s , offended
By the warlord . Agamemnon had dishonored
Chryses , Apollo ' s priest , so the god
Struck the Greek camp with plague ,
And the soldiers were dying of it .
Chryses had come to the Greek beachhead camp
Hauling a fortune for his daughter ' s ransom .
Displaying Apollo ' s sacral ribbons
On a golden staff , he made a formal plea
Black and murderous , that cost the Greeks
Incalculable pain , pitched countless souls
Of heroes into Hades ' dark ,
And left their bodies to rot as feasts
For dogs and birds , as Zeus ' will was done .
Begin with the clash between Agamemnon-
The Greek warlord - And godlike Achilles
Which of the immortals set thes two
At each other ' s throats ?
Apollo , Zeus ' son and Leto ' s , offended
By the warlord . Agamemnon had dishonored
Chryses , Apollo ' s priest , so the god
Struck the Greek camp with plague ,
And the soldiers were dying of it .
Chryses had come to the Greek beachhead camp
Hauling a fortune for his daughter ' s ransom .
Displaying Apollo ' s sacral ribbons
On a golden staff , he made a formal plea