Wilson 9.444-463
Maria Curley /
- Created on 2024-06-19 16:20:59
- Modified on 2024-07-19 02:26:23
- Translated by Emily Wilson (2017)
- Aligned by Maria Curley
Ἑλληνική Transliterate
English
ὕστατος ἀρνειὸς μήλων ἔστειχε θύραζε
λάχνῳ στεινόμενος καὶ ἐμοὶ πυκινὰ φρονέοντι .
τὸν δʼ ἐπιμασσάμενος προσέφη κρατερὸς Πολύφημος ·
κριὲ πέπον , τί μοι ὧδε διὰ σπέος ἔσσυο μήλων
ὕστατος ; οὔ τι πάρος γε λελειμμένος ἔρχεαι οἰῶν ,
ἀλλὰ πολὺ πρῶτος νέμεαι τέρενʼ ἄνθεα ποίης
μακρὰ βιβάς , πρῶτος δὲ ῥοὰς ποταμῶν ἀφικάνεις ,
πρῶτος δὲ σταθμόνδε λιλαίεαι ἀπονέεσθαι
ἑσπέριος · νῦν αὖτε πανύστατος . ἦ σύ γʼ ἄνακτος
ὀφθαλμὸν ποθέεις , τὸν ἀνὴρ κακὸς ἐξαλάωσε
σὺν λυγροῖς ἑτάροισι δαμασσάμενος φρένας οἴνῳ ,
Οὖτις , ὃν οὔ πώ φημι πεφυγμένον εἶναι ὄλεθρον .
εἰ δὴ ὁμοφρονέοις ποτιφωνήεις τε γένοιο
εἰπεῖν ὅππῃ κεῖνος ἐμὸν μένος ἠλασκάζει ·
τῷ κέ οἱ ἐγκέφαλός γε διὰ σπέος ἄλλυδις ἄλλῃ
θεινομένου ῥαίοιτο πρὸς οὔδεϊ , κὰδ δέ κʼ ἐμὸν κῆρ
λωφήσειε κακῶν , τά μοι οὐτιδανὸς πόρεν Οὖτις .
ὣς εἰπὼν τὸν κριὸν ἀπὸ ἕο πέμπε θύραζε .
ἐλθόντες δʼ ἠβαιὸν ἀπὸ σπείους τε καὶ αὐλῆς
πρῶτος ὑπʼ ἀρνειοῦ λυόμην , ὑπέλυσα δʼ ἑταίρους .
λάχνῳ στεινόμενος καὶ ἐμοὶ πυκινὰ φρονέοντι .
τὸν δʼ ἐπιμασσάμενος προσέφη κρατερὸς Πολύφημος ·
κριὲ πέπον , τί μοι ὧδε διὰ σπέος ἔσσυο μήλων
ὕστατος ; οὔ τι πάρος γε λελειμμένος ἔρχεαι οἰῶν ,
ἀλλὰ πολὺ πρῶτος νέμεαι τέρενʼ ἄνθεα ποίης
μακρὰ βιβάς , πρῶτος δὲ ῥοὰς ποταμῶν ἀφικάνεις ,
πρῶτος δὲ σταθμόνδε λιλαίεαι ἀπονέεσθαι
ἑσπέριος · νῦν αὖτε πανύστατος . ἦ σύ γʼ ἄνακτος
ὀφθαλμὸν ποθέεις , τὸν ἀνὴρ κακὸς ἐξαλάωσε
σὺν λυγροῖς ἑτάροισι δαμασσάμενος φρένας οἴνῳ ,
Οὖτις , ὃν οὔ πώ φημι πεφυγμένον εἶναι ὄλεθρον .
εἰ δὴ ὁμοφρονέοις ποτιφωνήεις τε γένοιο
εἰπεῖν ὅππῃ κεῖνος ἐμὸν μένος ἠλασκάζει ·
τῷ κέ οἱ ἐγκέφαλός γε διὰ σπέος ἄλλυδις ἄλλῃ
θεινομένου ῥαίοιτο πρὸς οὔδεϊ , κὰδ δέ κʼ ἐμὸν κῆρ
λωφήσειε κακῶν , τά μοι οὐτιδανὸς πόρεν Οὖτις .
ὣς εἰπὼν τὸν κριὸν ἀπὸ ἕο πέμπε θύραζε .
ἐλθόντες δʼ ἠβαιὸν ἀπὸ σπείους τε καὶ αὐλῆς
πρῶτος ὑπʼ ἀρνειοῦ λυόμην , ὑπέλυσα δʼ ἑταίρους .
Last
of
them
all
,
the
big
ram
went
outside
,
heavy with wool and me — the clever trickster .
Strong Polyphemus stroked his back and asked him ,
‘Sweet ram , why are you last today to leave
the cave ? You are not normally so slow .
You are the first to eat the tender flowers ,
leaping across the meadow , first to drink ,
and first to want to go back to the sheepfold
at evening time . But now you are the last .
You grieve for Master’s eye ; that wicked man ,
helped by his nasty henchmen , got me drunk
and blinded me . Noman will not escape !
If only you could talk like me , and tell me
where he is skulking in his fear of me .
Then I would dash his brains out on the rocks ,
and make them spatter all across the cave ,
to ease the pain that no-good Noman brought . ’
With that , he nudged the ram away outside .
We rode a short way from the cave , then I
first freed myself and then untied my men .
heavy with wool and me — the clever trickster .
Strong Polyphemus stroked his back and asked him ,
‘Sweet ram , why are you last today to leave
the cave ? You are not normally so slow .
You are the first to eat the tender flowers ,
leaping across the meadow , first to drink ,
and first to want to go back to the sheepfold
at evening time . But now you are the last .
You grieve for Master’s eye ; that wicked man ,
helped by his nasty henchmen , got me drunk
and blinded me . Noman will not escape !
If only you could talk like me , and tell me
where he is skulking in his fear of me .
Then I would dash his brains out on the rocks ,
and make them spatter all across the cave ,
to ease the pain that no-good Noman brought . ’
With that , he nudged the ram away outside .
We rode a short way from the cave , then I
first freed myself and then untied my men .