Lombardo 9.464-479
Maria Curley /
- Created on 2024-07-15 22:55:22
- Modified on 2024-07-24 00:44:37
- Translated by Stanley Lombardo (2000)
- Aligned by Maria Curley
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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 .
Then
,
moving
quickly
,
We drove those fat , long-shanked sheep
Down to the ship , keeping an eye on our rear .
We were a welcome sight to the rest of the crew ,
But when they started to mourn the men we had lost
I forbade it with an upward nod of my head ,
Signaling each man like that and ordering them
To get those fleecy sheep aboard instead ,
On the double , and get the ship out to sea .
Before you knew it they were on their benches
Beating the sea to white froth with their oars .
When we were offshore but still within earshot ,
I called out to the Cyclops , just to rub it in :
‘So , Cyclops , it turns out it wasn’t a coward
Whose men you murdered and ate in your cave ,
You savage ! But you got yours in the end ,
Didn’t you ? You had the gall to eat the guests
In your own house , and Zeus made you pay for it . ’
We drove those fat , long-shanked sheep
Down to the ship , keeping an eye on our rear .
We were a welcome sight to the rest of the crew ,
But when they started to mourn the men we had lost
I forbade it with an upward nod of my head ,
Signaling each man like that and ordering them
To get those fleecy sheep aboard instead ,
On the double , and get the ship out to sea .
Before you knew it they were on their benches
Beating the sea to white froth with their oars .
When we were offshore but still within earshot ,
I called out to the Cyclops , just to rub it in :
‘So , Cyclops , it turns out it wasn’t a coward
Whose men you murdered and ate in your cave ,
You savage ! But you got yours in the end ,
Didn’t you ? You had the gall to eat the guests
In your own house , and Zeus made you pay for it . ’