Lombardo 9.480-499
Maria Curley /
- Created on 2024-07-16 17:55:51
- Modified on 2024-08-01 03:12:47
- Translated by Stanley Lombardo (2000)
- Aligned by Maria Curley
Ἑλληνική Transliterate
English
ὣς ἐφάμην , ὁ δʼ ἔπειτα χολώσατο κηρόθι μᾶλλον ,
ἧκε δʼ ἀπορρήξας κορυφὴν ὄρεος μεγάλοιο ,
κὰδ δʼ ἔβαλε προπάροιθε νεὸς κυανοπρῴροιο
τυτθόν , ἐδεύησεν δʼ οἰήιον ἄκρον ἱκέσθαι ,
ἐκλύσθη δὲ θάλασσα κατερχομένης ὑπὸ πέτρης ·
τὴν δʼ αἶψʼ ἤπειρόνδε παλιρρόθιον φέρε κῦμα ,
πλημυρὶς ἐκ πόντοιο , θέμωσε δὲ χέρσον ἱκέσθαι .
αὐτὰρ ἐγὼ χείρεσσι λαβὼν περιμήκεα κοντὸν
ὦσα παρέξ , ἑτάροισι δʼ ἐποτρύνας ἐκέλευσα
ἐμβαλέειν κώπῃς , ἵνʼ ὑπὲκ κακότητα φύγοιμεν ,
κρατὶ κατανεύων · οἱ δὲ προπεσόντες ἔρεσσον .
ἀλλʼ ὅτε δὴ δὶς τόσσον ἅλα πρήσσοντες ἀπῆμεν ,
καὶ τότε δὴ Κύκλωπα προσηύδων · ἀμφὶ δʼ ἑταῖροι
μειλιχίοις ἐπέεσσιν ἐρήτυον ἄλλοθεν ἄλλος ·
σχέτλιε , τίπτʼ ἐθέλεις ἐρεθιζέμεν ἄγριον ἄνδρα ;
ὃς καὶ νῦν πόντονδε βαλὼν βέλος ἤγαγε νῆα
αὖτις ἐς ἤπειρον , καὶ δὴ φάμεν αὐτόθʼ ὀλέσθαι .
εἰ δὲ φθεγξαμένου τευ ἢ αὐδήσαντος ἄκουσε ,
σύν κεν ἄραξʼ ἡμέων κεφαλὰς καὶ νήια δοῦρα
μαρμάρῳ ὀκριόεντι βαλών · τόσσον γὰρ ἵησιν .
ἧκε δʼ ἀπορρήξας κορυφὴν ὄρεος μεγάλοιο ,
κὰδ δʼ ἔβαλε προπάροιθε νεὸς κυανοπρῴροιο
τυτθόν , ἐδεύησεν δʼ οἰήιον ἄκρον ἱκέσθαι ,
ἐκλύσθη δὲ θάλασσα κατερχομένης ὑπὸ πέτρης ·
τὴν δʼ αἶψʼ ἤπειρόνδε παλιρρόθιον φέρε κῦμα ,
πλημυρὶς ἐκ πόντοιο , θέμωσε δὲ χέρσον ἱκέσθαι .
αὐτὰρ ἐγὼ χείρεσσι λαβὼν περιμήκεα κοντὸν
ὦσα παρέξ , ἑτάροισι δʼ ἐποτρύνας ἐκέλευσα
ἐμβαλέειν κώπῃς , ἵνʼ ὑπὲκ κακότητα φύγοιμεν ,
κρατὶ κατανεύων · οἱ δὲ προπεσόντες ἔρεσσον .
ἀλλʼ ὅτε δὴ δὶς τόσσον ἅλα πρήσσοντες ἀπῆμεν ,
καὶ τότε δὴ Κύκλωπα προσηύδων · ἀμφὶ δʼ ἑταῖροι
μειλιχίοις ἐπέεσσιν ἐρήτυον ἄλλοθεν ἄλλος ·
σχέτλιε , τίπτʼ ἐθέλεις ἐρεθιζέμεν ἄγριον ἄνδρα ;
ὃς καὶ νῦν πόντονδε βαλὼν βέλος ἤγαγε νῆα
αὖτις ἐς ἤπειρον , καὶ δὴ φάμεν αὐτόθʼ ὀλέσθαι .
εἰ δὲ φθεγξαμένου τευ ἢ αὐδήσαντος ἄκουσε ,
σύν κεν ἄραξʼ ἡμέων κεφαλὰς καὶ νήια δοῦρα
μαρμάρῳ ὀκριόεντι βαλών · τόσσον γὰρ ἵησιν .
He
was
even
angrier
when
he
heard
this
.
Breaking off the peak of a huge crag
He threw it toward our ship , and it carried
To just in front of our dark prow . The sea
Billowed up where the rock came down ,
And the backwash pushed us to the mainland again ,
Like a flood tide setting us down at the shore .
I grabbed a long pole and shoved us off ,
Nodding to the crew to fall on the oars
And get us out of there . They leaned into it ,
And when we were twice as far out to sea as before
I called to the Cyclops again , with my men
Hanging all over me and begging me not to :
‘Don’t do it , man ! The rock that hit the water
Pushed us in and we thought we were done for .
If he hears any sound from us , he’ll heave
Half a cliff at us and crush the ship and our skulls
With one throw . You know he has the range . ’
Breaking off the peak of a huge crag
He threw it toward our ship , and it carried
To just in front of our dark prow . The sea
Billowed up where the rock came down ,
And the backwash pushed us to the mainland again ,
Like a flood tide setting us down at the shore .
I grabbed a long pole and shoved us off ,
Nodding to the crew to fall on the oars
And get us out of there . They leaned into it ,
And when we were twice as far out to sea as before
I called to the Cyclops again , with my men
Hanging all over me and begging me not to :
‘Don’t do it , man ! The rock that hit the water
Pushed us in and we thought we were done for .
If he hears any sound from us , he’ll heave
Half a cliff at us and crush the ship and our skulls
With one throw . You know he has the range . ’