Hippolytus, 1-20 (Theodoridis)
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- Created on 2022-04-18 16:36:26
- Modified on 2022-04-27 17:22:09
- Translated by George Theodoridis
- Aligned by Chiara Palladino
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Πολλὴ μὲν ἐν βροτοῖσι κοὐκ ἀνώνυμος
θεὰ κέκλημαι Κύπρις οὐρανοῦ τ᾽ ἔσω :
ὅσοι τε Πόντου τερμόνων τ᾽ Ἀτλαντικῶν
ναίουσιν εἴσω , φῶς ὁρῶντες ἡλίου ,
τοὺς μὲν σέβοντας τἀμὰ πρεσβεύω κράτη ,
σφάλλω δ᾽ ὅσοι φρονοῦσιν εἰς ἡμᾶς μέγα .
ἔνεστι γὰρ δὴ κἀν θεῶν γένει τόδε :
τιμώμενοι χαίρουσιν ἀνθρώπων ὕπο .
δείξω δὲ μύθων τῶνδ᾽ ἀλήθειαν τάχα :
ὁ γάρ με Θησέως παῖς , Ἀμαζόνος τόκος ,
Ἱππόλυτος , ἁγνοῦ Πιτθέως παιδεύματα ,
μόνος πολιτῶν τῆσδε γῆς Τροζηνίας
λέγει κακίστην δαιμόνων πεφυκέναι :
ἀναίνεται δὲ λέκτρα κοὐ ψαύει γάμων ,
Φοίβου δ᾽ ἀδελφὴν Ἄρτεμιν , Διὸς κόρην ,
τιμᾷ , μεγίστην δαιμόνων ἡγούμενος ,
χλωρὰν δ᾽ ἀν᾽ ὕλην παρθένῳ ξυνὼν ἀεὶ
κυσὶν ταχείαις θῆρας ἐξαιρεῖ χθονός ,
μείζω βροτείας προσπεσὼν ὁμιλίας .
θεὰ κέκλημαι Κύπρις οὐρανοῦ τ᾽ ἔσω :
ὅσοι τε Πόντου τερμόνων τ᾽ Ἀτλαντικῶν
ναίουσιν εἴσω , φῶς ὁρῶντες ἡλίου ,
τοὺς μὲν σέβοντας τἀμὰ πρεσβεύω κράτη ,
σφάλλω δ᾽ ὅσοι φρονοῦσιν εἰς ἡμᾶς μέγα .
ἔνεστι γὰρ δὴ κἀν θεῶν γένει τόδε :
τιμώμενοι χαίρουσιν ἀνθρώπων ὕπο .
δείξω δὲ μύθων τῶνδ᾽ ἀλήθειαν τάχα :
ὁ γάρ με Θησέως παῖς , Ἀμαζόνος τόκος ,
Ἱππόλυτος , ἁγνοῦ Πιτθέως παιδεύματα ,
μόνος πολιτῶν τῆσδε γῆς Τροζηνίας
λέγει κακίστην δαιμόνων πεφυκέναι :
ἀναίνεται δὲ λέκτρα κοὐ ψαύει γάμων ,
Φοίβου δ᾽ ἀδελφὴν Ἄρτεμιν , Διὸς κόρην ,
τιμᾷ , μεγίστην δαιμόνων ἡγούμενος ,
χλωρὰν δ᾽ ἀν᾽ ὕλην παρθένῳ ξυνὼν ἀεὶ
κυσὶν ταχείαις θῆρας ἐξαιρεῖ χθονός ,
μείζω βροτείας προσπεσὼν ὁμιλίας .
I
am
Aphrodite
.
A goddess !
Also called Cypris .
A great goddess among the mortals , as well as throughout the heavens .
Of those mortals who look upon the light of the sun and who live between the very edges of the East , the Black Sea and the farthest ends of the West , the great Pillars of Atlas , of all those of them who respect my power , I , respect them , also .
But those of them who treat me with disrespect , them , I crush and destroy !
It’s part of being a god . We , gods , all of us , enjoy being revered by the mortals .
So I say and so I shall prove very shortly !
You see , Hippolytus , that child of the Amazon Hippolyta , by the seed of Theseus , who was raised by that pure man , Pittheus , is the only one -the only one in the whole of Troezen , who hates me . He says that I am the worst of all the gods ! Hippolytus , says this ! He is the only mortal , the only man , who says this !
The boy will neither marry anyone nor go anywhere near the bed of love !
Instead , he reveres that Artemis , Zeus’ daughter , Apollo’s sister !
Nods towards the statue of Artemis
He thinks she’s by far the greater of all the goddesses and so , the two of them , he and his little virgin deity there , take their great hunting dogs and go roaming about the plush forest together all day , sending all the wild beasts away !
A mortal has no business being in such a close relationship with an immortal !
A goddess !
Also called Cypris .
A great goddess among the mortals , as well as throughout the heavens .
Of those mortals who look upon the light of the sun and who live between the very edges of the East , the Black Sea and the farthest ends of the West , the great Pillars of Atlas , of all those of them who respect my power , I , respect them , also .
But those of them who treat me with disrespect , them , I crush and destroy !
It’s part of being a god . We , gods , all of us , enjoy being revered by the mortals .
So I say and so I shall prove very shortly !
You see , Hippolytus , that child of the Amazon Hippolyta , by the seed of Theseus , who was raised by that pure man , Pittheus , is the only one -the only one in the whole of Troezen , who hates me . He says that I am the worst of all the gods ! Hippolytus , says this ! He is the only mortal , the only man , who says this !
The boy will neither marry anyone nor go anywhere near the bed of love !
Instead , he reveres that Artemis , Zeus’ daughter , Apollo’s sister !
Nods towards the statue of Artemis
He thinks she’s by far the greater of all the goddesses and so , the two of them , he and his little virgin deity there , take their great hunting dogs and go roaming about the plush forest together all day , sending all the wild beasts away !
A mortal has no business being in such a close relationship with an immortal !