Butler 9.444-463
Maria Curley /
- Created on 2024-06-26 02:41:37
- Modified on 2024-08-01 01:39:47
- Translated by Samuel Butler (1900)
- 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 .
As
the
ram
was
going
out
,
last
of
all
,
heavy
with
its
fleece
and
with
the
weight
of
my
crafty
self
;
Polyphemus
laid
hold
of
it
and
said
:
" ' My good ram , what is it that makes you the last to leave my cave this morning ? You are not wont to let the ewes go before you , but lead the mob with a run whether to flowery mead or bubbling fountain , and are the first to come home again at night ; but now you lag last of all . Is it because you know your master has lost his eye , and are sorry because that wicked Noman and his horrid crew have got him down in his drink and blinded him ? But I will have his life yet . If you could understand and talk , you would tell me where the wretch is hiding , and I would dash his brains upon the ground till they flew all over the cave . I should thus have some satisfaction for the harm a this no-good Noman has done me . '
" As spoke he drove the ram outside , but when we were a little way out from the cave and yards , I first got from under the ram ' s belly , and then freed my comrades ;
" ' My good ram , what is it that makes you the last to leave my cave this morning ? You are not wont to let the ewes go before you , but lead the mob with a run whether to flowery mead or bubbling fountain , and are the first to come home again at night ; but now you lag last of all . Is it because you know your master has lost his eye , and are sorry because that wicked Noman and his horrid crew have got him down in his drink and blinded him ? But I will have his life yet . If you could understand and talk , you would tell me where the wretch is hiding , and I would dash his brains upon the ground till they flew all over the cave . I should thus have some satisfaction for the harm a this no-good Noman has done me . '
" As spoke he drove the ram outside , but when we were a little way out from the cave and yards , I first got from under the ram ' s belly , and then freed my comrades ;