Wilson 9.378-397
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- Modified on 2024-07-20 00:05:16
- Translated by Emily Wilson (2017)
- Aligned by Maria Curley
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9.378-397
ἀλλʼ ὅτε δὴ τάχʼ ὁ μοχλὸς ἐλάινος ἐν πυρὶ μέλλεν
ἅψεσθαι , χλωρός περ ἐών , διεφαίνετο δʼ αἰνῶς ,
καὶ τότʼ ἐγὼν ἆσσον φέρον ἐκ πυρός , ἀμφὶ δʼ ἑταῖροι
ἵσταντʼ · αὐτὰρ θάρσος ἐνέπνευσεν μέγα δαίμων .
οἱ μὲν μοχλὸν ἑλόντες ἐλάινον , ὀξὺν ἐπʼ ἄκρῳ ,
ὀφθαλμῷ ἐνέρεισαν · ἐγὼ δʼ ἐφύπερθεν ἐρεισθεὶς
δίνεον , ὡς ὅτε τις τρυπῷ δόρυ νήιον ἀνὴρ
τρυπάνῳ , οἱ δέ τʼ ἔνερθεν ὑποσσείουσιν ἱμάντι
ἁψάμενοι ἑκάτερθε , τὸ δὲ τρέχει ἐμμενὲς αἰεί .
ὣς τοῦ ἐν ὀφθαλμῷ πυριήκεα μοχλὸν ἑλόντες
δινέομεν , τὸν δʼ αἷμα περίρρεε θερμὸν ἐόντα .
πάντα δέ οἱ βλέφαρʼ ἀμφὶ καὶ ὀφρύας εὗσεν ἀυτμὴ
γλήνης καιομένης , σφαραγεῦντο δέ οἱ πυρὶ ῥίζαι .
ὡς δʼ ὅτʼ ἀνὴρ χαλκεὺς πέλεκυν μέγαν ἠὲ σκέπαρνον
εἰν ὕδατι ψυχρῷ βάπτῃ μεγάλα ἰάχοντα
φαρμάσσων · τὸ γὰρ αὖτε σιδήρου γε κράτος ἐστίν
ὣς τοῦ σίζʼ ὀφθαλμὸς ἐλαϊνέῳ περὶ μοχλῷ .
σμερδαλέον δὲ μέγʼ ᾤμωξεν , περὶ δʼ ἴαχε πέτρη ,
ἡμεῖς δὲ δείσαντες ἀπεσσύμεθʼ · αὐτὰρ ὁ μοχλὸν
ἐξέρυσʼ ὀφθαλμοῖο πεφυρμένον αἵματι πολλῷ .
ἅψεσθαι , χλωρός περ ἐών , διεφαίνετο δʼ αἰνῶς ,
καὶ τότʼ ἐγὼν ἆσσον φέρον ἐκ πυρός , ἀμφὶ δʼ ἑταῖροι
ἵσταντʼ · αὐτὰρ θάρσος ἐνέπνευσεν μέγα δαίμων .
οἱ μὲν μοχλὸν ἑλόντες ἐλάινον , ὀξὺν ἐπʼ ἄκρῳ ,
ὀφθαλμῷ ἐνέρεισαν · ἐγὼ δʼ ἐφύπερθεν ἐρεισθεὶς
δίνεον , ὡς ὅτε τις τρυπῷ δόρυ νήιον ἀνὴρ
τρυπάνῳ , οἱ δέ τʼ ἔνερθεν ὑποσσείουσιν ἱμάντι
ἁψάμενοι ἑκάτερθε , τὸ δὲ τρέχει ἐμμενὲς αἰεί .
ὣς τοῦ ἐν ὀφθαλμῷ πυριήκεα μοχλὸν ἑλόντες
δινέομεν , τὸν δʼ αἷμα περίρρεε θερμὸν ἐόντα .
πάντα δέ οἱ βλέφαρʼ ἀμφὶ καὶ ὀφρύας εὗσεν ἀυτμὴ
γλήνης καιομένης , σφαραγεῦντο δέ οἱ πυρὶ ῥίζαι .
ὡς δʼ ὅτʼ ἀνὴρ χαλκεὺς πέλεκυν μέγαν ἠὲ σκέπαρνον
εἰν ὕδατι ψυχρῷ βάπτῃ μεγάλα ἰάχοντα
φαρμάσσων · τὸ γὰρ αὖτε σιδήρου γε κράτος ἐστίν
ὣς τοῦ σίζʼ ὀφθαλμὸς ἐλαϊνέῳ περὶ μοχλῷ .
σμερδαλέον δὲ μέγʼ ᾤμωξεν , περὶ δʼ ἴαχε πέτρη ,
ἡμεῖς δὲ δείσαντες ἀπεσσύμεθʼ · αὐτὰρ ὁ μοχλὸν
ἐξέρυσʼ ὀφθαλμοῖο πεφυρμένον αἵματι πολλῷ .
The
fire
soon
seized
the
olive
spear
,
green though it was , and terribly it glowed .
I quickly snatched it from the fire . My crew
stood firm : some god was breathing courage in us .
They took the olive spear , its tip all sharp ,
and shoved it in his eye . I leaned on top
and twisted it , as when a man drills wood
for shipbuilding . Below , the workers spin
the drill with straps , stretched out from either end .
So round and round it goes , and so we whirled
the fire-sharp weapon in his eye . His blood
poured out around the stake , and blazing fire
sizzled his lids and brows , and fried the roots .
As when a blacksmith dips an axe or adze
to temper it in ice-cold water ; loudly
it shrieks . From this , the iron takes on its power .
So did his eyeball crackle on the spear .
Horribly then he howled , the rocks resounded ,
and we shrank back in fear . He tugged the spear
out of his eye , all soaked with gushing blood .
green though it was , and terribly it glowed .
I quickly snatched it from the fire . My crew
stood firm : some god was breathing courage in us .
They took the olive spear , its tip all sharp ,
and shoved it in his eye . I leaned on top
and twisted it , as when a man drills wood
for shipbuilding . Below , the workers spin
the drill with straps , stretched out from either end .
So round and round it goes , and so we whirled
the fire-sharp weapon in his eye . His blood
poured out around the stake , and blazing fire
sizzled his lids and brows , and fried the roots .
As when a blacksmith dips an axe or adze
to temper it in ice-cold water ; loudly
it shrieks . From this , the iron takes on its power .
So did his eyeball crackle on the spear .
Horribly then he howled , the rocks resounded ,
and we shrank back in fear . He tugged the spear
out of his eye , all soaked with gushing blood .