Wilson 9.464-479
Maria Curley /
- Created on 2024-06-19 17:40:32
- Modified on 2024-07-23 20:53:05
- Translated by Emily Wilson (2017)
- Aligned by Maria Curley
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464-479
καρπαλίμως δὲ τὰ μῆλα ταναύποδα , πίονα δημῷ ,
πολλὰ περιτροπέοντες ἐλαύνομεν , ὄφρʼ ἐπὶ νῆα
ἱκόμεθʼ . ἀσπάσιοι δὲ φίλοις ἑτάροισι φάνημεν ,
οἳ φύγομεν θάνατον , τοὺς δὲ στενάχοντο γοῶντες .
ἀλλʼ ἐγὼ οὐκ εἴων , ἀνὰ δʼ ὀφρύσι νεῦον ἑκάστῳ ,
κλαίειν , ἀλλʼ ἐκέλευσα θοῶς καλλίτριχα μῆλα
πόλλʼ ἐν νηὶ βαλόντας ἐπιπλεῖν ἁλμυρὸν ὕδωρ .
οἱ δʼ αἶψʼ εἴσβαινον καὶ ἐπὶ κληῖσι καθῖζον ,
ἑξῆς δʼ ἑζόμενοι πολιὴν ἅλα τύπτον ἐρετμοῖς .
ἀλλʼ ὅτε τόσσον ἀπῆν , ὅσσον τε γέγωνε βοήσας ,
καὶ τότʼ ἐγὼ Κύκλωπα προσηύδων κερτομίοισι ·
Κύκλωψ , οὐκ ἄρʼ ἔμελλες ἀνάλκιδος ἀνδρὸς ἑταίρους
ἔδμεναι ἐν σπῆι γλαφυρῷ κρατερῆφι βίηφι .
καὶ λίην σέ γʼ ἔμελλε κιχήσεσθαι κακὰ ἔργα ,
σχέτλιʼ , ἐπεὶ ξείνους οὐχ ἅζεο σῷ ἐνὶ οἴκῳ
ἐσθέμεναι · τῷ σε Ζεὺς τίσατο καὶ θεοὶ ἄλλοι .
πολλὰ περιτροπέοντες ἐλαύνομεν , ὄφρʼ ἐπὶ νῆα
ἱκόμεθʼ . ἀσπάσιοι δὲ φίλοις ἑτάροισι φάνημεν ,
οἳ φύγομεν θάνατον , τοὺς δὲ στενάχοντο γοῶντες .
ἀλλʼ ἐγὼ οὐκ εἴων , ἀνὰ δʼ ὀφρύσι νεῦον ἑκάστῳ ,
κλαίειν , ἀλλʼ ἐκέλευσα θοῶς καλλίτριχα μῆλα
πόλλʼ ἐν νηὶ βαλόντας ἐπιπλεῖν ἁλμυρὸν ὕδωρ .
οἱ δʼ αἶψʼ εἴσβαινον καὶ ἐπὶ κληῖσι καθῖζον ,
ἑξῆς δʼ ἑζόμενοι πολιὴν ἅλα τύπτον ἐρετμοῖς .
ἀλλʼ ὅτε τόσσον ἀπῆν , ὅσσον τε γέγωνε βοήσας ,
καὶ τότʼ ἐγὼ Κύκλωπα προσηύδων κερτομίοισι ·
Κύκλωψ , οὐκ ἄρʼ ἔμελλες ἀνάλκιδος ἀνδρὸς ἑταίρους
ἔδμεναι ἐν σπῆι γλαφυρῷ κρατερῆφι βίηφι .
καὶ λίην σέ γʼ ἔμελλε κιχήσεσθαι κακὰ ἔργα ,
σχέτλιʼ , ἐπεὶ ξείνους οὐχ ἅζεο σῷ ἐνὶ οἴκῳ
ἐσθέμεναι · τῷ σε Ζεὺς τίσατο καὶ θεοὶ ἄλλοι .
We
stole
his
nice
fat
animals
,
and
ran
,
constantly glancing all around and back
until we reached the ship . The other men
were glad to see us , their surviving friends ,
but wept for those who died . I ordered them
to stop their crying , scowling hard at each .
I made them shove the fleecy flock on board ,
and row the boat out into salty water .
So they embarked , sat on their rowing benches ,
and struck their oar blades in the whitening sea .
When I had gone as far as shouts can carry ,
I jeered back , ‘Hey , you , Cyclops ! Idiot !
The crew trapped in your cave did not belong
to some poor weakling . Well , you had it coming !
You had no shame at eating your own guests !
So Zeus and other gods have paid you back . ’
constantly glancing all around and back
until we reached the ship . The other men
were glad to see us , their surviving friends ,
but wept for those who died . I ordered them
to stop their crying , scowling hard at each .
I made them shove the fleecy flock on board ,
and row the boat out into salty water .
So they embarked , sat on their rowing benches ,
and struck their oar blades in the whitening sea .
When I had gone as far as shouts can carry ,
I jeered back , ‘Hey , you , Cyclops ! Idiot !
The crew trapped in your cave did not belong
to some poor weakling . Well , you had it coming !
You had no shame at eating your own guests !
So Zeus and other gods have paid you back . ’