Madeleine Johnson
University of Chicago
Wilson Odyssey Helen passage
Madeleine Johnson /
- Created on 2019-01-05 22:05:27
- Modified on 2019-01-05 22:06:36
- Translated by Emily Wilson
- Aligned by Madeleine Johnson
Ἑλληνική Transliterate
English
ψεύσομαι ἦ ἔτυμον ἐρέω ; κέλεται δέ με θυμός .
οὐ γάρ πώ τινά φημι ἐοικότα ὧδε ἰδέσθαι
οὔτ᾿ ἄνδρ᾿ οὔτε γυναῖκα , σέβας μ᾿ ἔχει εἰσορόωσαν ,
ὡς ὅδ᾿ Ὀδυσσῆος μεγαλήτορος υἷι ἔοικε ,
Τηλεμάχῳ , τὸν ἔλειπε νέον γεγαῶτ᾿ ἐνὶ οἴκῳ
145κεῖνος ἀνήρ , ὅτ᾿ ἐμεῖο κυνώπιδος εἵνεκ᾿ Ἀχαιοὶ
ἤλθεθ᾿ ὑπὸ Τροίην πόλεμον θρασὺν ὁρμαίνοντες .
οὐ γάρ πώ τινά φημι ἐοικότα ὧδε ἰδέσθαι
οὔτ᾿ ἄνδρ᾿ οὔτε γυναῖκα , σέβας μ᾿ ἔχει εἰσορόωσαν ,
ὡς ὅδ᾿ Ὀδυσσῆος μεγαλήτορος υἷι ἔοικε ,
Τηλεμάχῳ , τὸν ἔλειπε νέον γεγαῶτ᾿ ἐνὶ οἴκῳ
145κεῖνος ἀνήρ , ὅτ᾿ ἐμεῖο κυνώπιδος εἵνεκ᾿ Ἀχαιοὶ
ἤλθεθ᾿ ὑπὸ Τροίην πόλεμον θρασὺν ὁρμαίνοντες .
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Shall
I
conceal my thoughts or speak ? I feel compelled
to say , the sight of them amazes me .
I never saw two people so alike
as this boy and Telemachus , the son
of spirited Odysseus , the child
he left behind , a little newborn baby ,
the day the Greeks marched off to Troy , their minds
fixated on the war and violence .
They made my face the cause that hounded them .
conceal my thoughts or speak ? I feel compelled
to say , the sight of them amazes me .
I never saw two people so alike
as this boy and Telemachus , the son
of spirited Odysseus , the child
he left behind , a little newborn baby ,
the day the Greeks marched off to Troy , their minds
fixated on the war and violence .
They made my face the cause that hounded them .