Lombardo 9.444-463
Maria Curley /
- Created on 2024-07-15 20:49:24
- Modified on 2024-07-24 00:45:06
- Translated by Stanley Lombardo (2000)
- 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 .
The
great
ram
headed
for
the
entrance
last
,
Heavy with wool—and with me thinking hard .
Running his hands over the ram , Polyphemus said :
‘My poor ram , why are you leaving the cave
Last of all ? You’ve never lagged behind before .
You were always the first to reach the soft grass
With your big steps , first to reach the river ,
First to want to go back to the yard
At evening . Now you’re last of all . Are you sad
About your master’s eye ? A bad man blinded me ,
Him and his nasty friends , getting me drunk ,
Noman—but he’s not out of trouble yet !
If only you understood and could talk ,
You could tell me where he’s hiding . I would
Smash him to bits and spatter his brains
All over the cave . Then I would find some relief
From the pain this no-good Noman has caused me . '
He spoke , and sent the ram off through the door .
When we had gone a little way from the cave ,
I first untangled myself from the ram
And then untied my men .
Heavy with wool—and with me thinking hard .
Running his hands over the ram , Polyphemus said :
‘My poor ram , why are you leaving the cave
Last of all ? You’ve never lagged behind before .
You were always the first to reach the soft grass
With your big steps , first to reach the river ,
First to want to go back to the yard
At evening . Now you’re last of all . Are you sad
About your master’s eye ? A bad man blinded me ,
Him and his nasty friends , getting me drunk ,
Noman—but he’s not out of trouble yet !
If only you understood and could talk ,
You could tell me where he’s hiding . I would
Smash him to bits and spatter his brains
All over the cave . Then I would find some relief
From the pain this no-good Noman has caused me . '
He spoke , and sent the ram off through the door .
When we had gone a little way from the cave ,
I first untangled myself from the ram
And then untied my men .