Argonautica, Book 1

ἀρχόμενος σέο, Φοῖβε, παλαιγενέων κλέα φωτῶν ⊕
FIRST in my song shalt thou be, O Phœbus, the song that I sing

μνήσομαι, οἳ Πόντοιο κατὰ στόμα καὶ διὰ πέτρας ⊕
Of the heroes of old, who sped, at the hest of Pelias the king,

Κυανέας βασιλῆος ἐφημοσύνῃ Πελίαο ⊕
When down through the gorge of the Pontus-sea, through the Crags Dark-blue,

χρύσειον μετὰ κῶας ἐύζυγον ἤλασαν Ἀργώ. ⊕
On the Quest of the Fleece of Gold the strong-ribbed Argo flew.

τοίην γὰρ Πελίης φάτιν ἔκλυεν, ὥς μιν ὀπίσσω ⊕
For an oracle came unto Pelias, how that in days to be

μοῖρα μένει στυγερή, τοῦδ᾽ ἀνέρος, ὅντιν᾽ ἴδοιτο ⊕
A terrible doom should be dealt him of him whom his eyes should see

δημόθεν οἰοπέδιλον, ὑπ᾽ ἐννεσίῃσι δαμῆναι. ⊕
From the field coming in, with the one foot only sandal-shod.

δηρὸν δ᾽ οὐ μετέπειτα τεὴν κατὰ βάξιν Ἰήσων ⊕
Nor long thereafter did Jason fulfil the word of the God:

χειμερίοιο ῥέεθρα κιὼν διὰ ποσσὶν Ἀναύρου ⊕
For in wading the rush of Amaurus swollen with winter-tide rain

ἄλλο μὲν ἐξεσάωσεν ὑπ᾽ ἰλύος, ἄλλο δ᾽ ἔνερθεν ⊕
One sandal plucked he forth of the mire, but the one was he fain {10}

κάλλιπεν αὖθι πέδιλον ἐνισχόμενον προχοῇσιν. ⊕
To leave in the depths, for the swirl of the waters to sweep to themain.

ἵκετο δ᾽ ἐς Πελίην αὐτοσχεδὸν ἀντιβολήσων ⊕
Straightway to the presence of Pelias he came, and his hap was tolight

εἰλαπίνης, ἣν πατρὶ Ποσειδάωνι καὶ ἄλλοις ⊕
On a banquet, the which unto Father Poseidon the king had dight,

ῥέζε θεοῖς, Ἥρης δὲ Πελασγίδος οὐκ ἀλέγιζεν. ⊕
And the rest of the Gods, but Pelasgian Hêrê he heeded not.

αἶψα δὲ τόνγ᾽ ἐσιδὼν ἐφράσσατο, καί οἱ ἄεθλον ⊕
And the king beheld him, and straightway laid for his life the plot,

ἔντυε ναυτιλίης πολυκηδέος, ὄφρ᾽ ἐνὶ πόντῳ ⊕
And devised for him toil of a troublous voyage, that lost in the sea,

ἠὲ καὶ ἀλλοδαποῖσι μετ᾽ ἀνδράσι νόστον ὀλέσσῃ. ⊕
Or lost amid alien men his home-return might be.

νῆα μὲν οὖν οἱ πρόσθεν ἐπικλείουσιν ἀοιδοὶ ⊕
Of the ship and her fashioning, bards of the olden time have told

Ἄργον Ἀθηναίης καμέειν ὑποθημοσύνῃσιν. ⊕
How Argus wrought, how Athênê made him cunning-souled.

νῦν δ᾽ ἂν ἐγὼ γενεήν τε καὶ οὔνομα μυθησαίμην ⊕
But now be it mine the lineage and names of her heroes to say, {20}

ἡρώων, δολιχῆς τε πόρους ἁλός, ὅσσα τ᾽ ἔρεξαν ⊕
And to tell of the long sea-paths whereover they needs must stray,

πλαζόμενοι: Μοῦσαι δ᾽ ὑποφήτορες εἶεν ἀοιδῆς. ⊕
And the deeds that they wrought:--may the Muses vouchsafe to inspirethe lay.

πρῶτά νυν Ὀρφῆος μνησώμεθα, τόν ῥά ποτ᾽ αὐτὴ ⊕
Of Orpheus first will I sing, of the child that Calliopê bare,

Καλλιόπη Θρήικι φατίζεται εὐνηθεῖσα ⊕
As telleth the tale, for she loved Oeagrus, Thracia's heir.

Οἰάγρῳ σκοπιῆς Πιμπληίδος ἄγχι τεκέσθαι ⊕
By the peak Pimplean was born the Song-queen's wondrous child;

αὐτὰρ τόνγ᾽ ἐνέπουσιν ἀτειρέας οὔρεσι πέτρας ⊕
For they tell how he charmed by the voice of his song on themountains wild

θέλξαι ἀοιδάων ἐνοπῇ ποταμῶν τε ῥέεθρα. ⊕
The stubborn rocks into life, made rivers their flowing refrain,

φηγοὶ δ᾽ ἀγριάδες, κείνης ἔτι σήματα μολπῆς, ⊕
And the wildwood oaks this day be memorials of that weird strain;

ἀκτῆς Θρηικίης Ζώνης ἔπι τηλεθόωσαι ⊕
For they burgeon and bloom by Zonê yet on the Thracian shore,

ἑξείης στιχόωσιν ἐπήτριμοι, ἃς ὅγ᾽ ἐπιπρὸ ⊕
Ranked orderly line upon line, the selfsame trees which of yore, {30}

θελγομένας φόρμιγγι κατήγαγε Πιερίηθεν. ⊕
Spell-drawn by his lyre, from Pieria followed the minstrel on.

Ὀρφέα μὲν δὴ τοῖον ἑῶν ἐπαρωγὸν ἀέθλων ⊕
Such an one was the Orpheus that Aison's son for a helper won

Αἰσονίδης Χείρωνος ἐφημοσύνῃσι πιθήσας ⊕
For his high emprise, when he followed the pointing of Cheiron'shand,--

δέξατο, Πιερίῃ Βιστωνίδι κοιρανέοντα. ⊕
Orpheus, who ruled o'er the Bistonid folk in Pieria-land.

ἤλυθε δ᾽ Ἀστερίων αὐτοσχεδόν, ὅν ῥα Κομήτης ⊕
And swiftly Asterion came, whom Komêtês begat by the side

γείνατο δινήεντος ἐφ᾽ ὕδασιν Ἀπιδανοῖο, ⊕
Of Apidanus, there where his seaward-swirling waters glide;

Πειρεσιὰς ὄρεος Φυλληίου ἀγχόθι ναίων, ⊕
In Peiresiae he dwelt, anigh to Phyllêion's leafy crest.

ἔνθα μὲν Ἀπιδανός τε μέγας καὶ δῖος Ἐνιπεὺς ⊕
Mighty Apidanus, sacred Enipeus, have thitherward pressed

ἄμφω συμφορέονται, ἀπόπροθεν εἰς ἓν ἰόντες. ⊕
To mingle the waters, far-severed that rise from the earth's deepbreast.

Λάρισαν δ᾽ ἐπὶ τοῖσι λιπὼν Πολύφημος ἵκανεν ⊕
Polyphemus forsook Larissa, and unto Jason he sought; {40}

Εἰλατίδης, ὃς πρὶν μὲν ἐρισθενέων Λαπιθάων, ⊕
Eilatus' son: in his youth mid the Lapithan heroes he fought.

ὁππότε Κενταύροις Λαπίθαι ἐπὶ θωρήσσοντο, ⊕
When the Lapithans armed them for fight, when the Centaur host theyquelled,

ὁπλότερος πολέμιζε: τότ᾽ αὖ βαρύθεσκέ οἱ ἤδη ⊕
Their youngest he was; but now were his limbs sore burdened with eld.

γυῖα, μένεν δ᾽ ἔτι θυμὸς ἀρήιος, ὡς τὸ πάρος περ. ⊕
Yet even as of old his heart with the spirit of battle swelled.

οὐδὲ μὲν Ἴφικλος Φυλάκῃ ἔνι δηρὸν ἔλειπτο, ⊕
Nor in Phylakê Iphiklus tarried to waste an inglorious life,

μήτρως Αἰσονίδαο: κασιγνήτην γὰρ ὄπυιεν ⊕
Uncle of Aison's child, for that Aison had taken to wife

Αἴσων Ἀλκιμέδην Φυλακηίδα: τῆς μιν ἀνώγει ⊕
His sister the Phylakid maiden Alkimêdê: wherefore strong

πηοσύνη καὶ κῆδος ἐνικρινθῆναι ὁμίλῳ. ⊕
Was the love of his kin to constrain him to join that hero-throng.

οὐδὲ Φεραῖς Ἄδμητος ἐυρρήνεσσιν ἀνάσσων ⊕
Neither Admêtus in Pherae, the goodly land of sheep,

μίμνεν ὑπὸ σκοπιὴν ὄρεος Χαλκωδονίοιο. ⊕
In his palace would tarry beneath Chalkodon's mountain-steep. {50}

οὐδ᾽ Ἀλόπῃ μίμνον πολυλήιοι Ἑρμείαο ⊕
Neither in Alopê tarried Echion and Erytus, sons

υἱέες εὖ δεδαῶτε δόλους, Ἔρυτος καὶ Ἐχίων, ⊕
Of Hermes, wealthy in corn-land, crafty-hearted ones.

τοῖσι δ᾽ ἐπὶ τρίτατος γνωτὸς κίε νισσομένοισιν ⊕
And their kinsman, the third with these, came forth, on the Questas they hied,

Αἰθαλίδης: καὶ τὸν μὲν ἐπ᾽ Ἀμφρυσσοῖο ῥοῇσιν ⊕
Aithalides: where the streams of Amphrysus softly slide,

Μυρμιδόνος κούρη Φθιὰς τέκεν Εὐπολέμεια: ⊕
Him Eupolemeia the Phthian, Myrmidon's daughter, bare,

τὼ δ᾽ αὖτ᾽ ἐκγεγάτην Μενετηίδος Ἀντιανείρης. ⊕
But offspring of Antianeira the Menetid those twain were.

ἤλυθε δ᾽ ἀφνειὴν προλιπὼν Γυρτῶνα Κόρωνος ⊕
Came thither Korônus, forsaking Gyrton the wealthy town:

Καινεΐδης, ἐσθλὸς μέν, ἑοῦ δ᾽ οὐ πατρὸς ἀμείνων. ⊕
Right valiant was Kaineus' son, yet he passed not his father'srenown.

Καινέα γὰρ ζῶόν περ ἔτι κλείουσιν ἀοιδοὶ ⊕
For of Kaineus the poets have sung, how smitten of Centaurs he died,

Κενταύροισιν ὀλέσθαι, ὅτε σφέας οἶος ἀπ᾽ ἄλλων ⊕
Who could not be slain, when alone in his prowess, with none beside,{60}

ἤλασ᾽ ἀριστήων: οἱ δ᾽ ἔμπαλιν ὁρμηθέντες ⊕
He drave them before him in rout, but they rallied, and chargedafresh,

οὔτε μιν ἐγκλῖναι προτέρω σθένον, οὔτε δαΐξαι: ⊕
Yet availed not their fury to thrust him aback, nor to pierce hisflesh;

ἀλλ᾽ ἄρρηκτος ἄκαμπτος ἐδύσετο νειόθι γαίης, ⊕
But unconquered, unflinching, down to the underworld he passed,

θεινόμενος στιβαρῇσι καταΐγδην ἐλάτῃσιν. ⊕
Battered from life by the storm of the massy pines that they cast.

ἤλυθε δ᾽ αὖ Μόψος Τιταρήσιος, ὃν περὶ πάντων ⊕
And came Titaresian Mopsus withal, unto whom was given

Λητοΐδης ἐδίδαξε θεοπροπίας οἰωνῶν: ⊕
Of Lêto's son above all men the lore of the birds of the heaven.

ἠδὲ καὶ Εὐρυδάμας Κτιμένου πάις: ἄγχι δὲ λίμνης ⊕
And there was Eurydamas, Ktimenus' son, which dwelt in the land

Ξυνιάδος Κτιμένην Δολοπηίδα ναιετάασκεν. ⊕
Of Dolopian folk: by the Xynian mere did his palace stand.

καὶ μὴν Ἄκτωρ υἷα Μενοίτιον ἐξ Ὀπόεντος ⊕
And from Opus Menoitius fared at Aktor his father's behest

ὦρσεν, ἀριστήεσσι σὺν ἀνδράσιν ὄφρα νέοιτο. ⊕
To the end he might go with the chieftains of men on the gloriousQuest. {70}

εἵπετο δ᾽ Εὐρυτίων τε καὶ ἀλκήεις Ἐρυβώτης, ⊕
And Eurytion hath followed with these; Eribôtes the mighty is gone,

υἷες ὁ μὲν Τελέοντος, ὁ δ᾽ Ἴρου Ἀκτορίδαο: ⊕
This, Teleon's scion, and that, of Irus, Aktor's son;

ἤτοι ὁ μὲν Τελέοντος ἐυκλειὴς Ἐρυβώτης, ⊕
For in sooth it was Teleon begat Eribôtes the glory-crowned,

Ἴρου δ᾽ Εὐρυτίων. σὺν καὶ τρίτος ἦεν Ὀιλεύς, ⊕
And Irus, Eurytion. With these was a third, Oïleus, found,

ἔξοχος ἠνορέην καὶ ἐπαΐξαι μετόπισθεν ⊕
Peerless in manhood, exceeding cunning to follow the flight

εὖ δεδαὼς δῄοισιν, ὅτε κλίνωσι φάλαγγας. ⊕
Of the foe, when the reeling battalions were shattered before hismight.

αὐτὰρ ἀπ᾽ Εὐβοίης Κάνθος κίε, τόν ῥα Κάνηθος ⊕
Came the son of Kanêthus the scion of Abas; with eager speed

πέμπεν Ἀβαντιάδης λελιημένον: οὐ μὲν ἔμελλεν ⊕
Came Kanthus forth of Eubœa: it was not fate-decreed

νοστήσειν Κήρινθον ὑπότροπος. αισα γὰρ ἦεν ⊕
That again he should turn and behold Kerinthus, for doomed was he,

αὐτὸν ὁμῶς Μόψον τε δαήμονα μαντοσυνάων ⊕
Even he and Mopsus withal, the wise in augury, {80}

πλαγχθέντας Λιβύης ἐνὶ πείρασι δῃωθῆναι, ⊕
To perish in Libya, lost in the waste of a wide sand-sea.

ὡς οὐκ ἀνθρώποισι κακὸν μήκιστον ἐπαυρεῖν, ⊕
Sooth, never was mischief removed too far to be found of the doomed;

ὁππότε κἀκείνους Λιβύῃ ἔνι ταρχύσαντο, ⊕
Forasmuch as in Libya's desert were even these entombed,

τόσσον ἑκὰς Κόλχων, ὅσσον τέ περ ἠελίοιο ⊕
As far from the Kolchian land as the space outstretched between

μεσσηγὺς δύσιές τε καὶ ἀντολαὶ εἰσορόωνται. ⊕
The sun's uprising, and where the setting thereof is seen.

τῷ δ᾽ ἄρ᾽ ἐπὶ Κλυτίος τε καὶ Ἴφιτος ἠγερέθοντο, ⊕
And Klytius and Iphitus gathered to that great mustering,

Οἰχαλίης ἐπίουροι, ἀπηνέος Εὐρύτου υἷες, ⊕
Oichalia's warders, children of Eurytus, ruthless king,

Εὐρύτου, ᾧ πόρε τόξον Ἑκηβόλος: οὐδ᾽ ἀπόνητο ⊕
Who received of Far-smiter a bow; but he had no profit thereof,

δωτίνης: αὐτῷ γὰρ ἑκὼν ἐρίδηνε δοτῆρι. ⊕
For in archery-skill with the giver's self he wantonly strove.

τοῖσι δ᾽ ἐπ᾽ Αἰακίδαι μετεκίαθον: οὐ μὲν ἅμ᾽ ἄμφω, ⊕
And with these fared Aiakus' sons, yet not from the selfsame place,{90}

οὐδ᾽ ὁμόθεν: νόσφιν γὰρ ἀλευάμενοι κατένασθεν ⊕
Nor together, for far had they wandered away from the home of theirrace,

Αἰγίνης, ὅτε Φῶκον ἀδελφεὸν ἐξενάριξαν ⊕
Aegina, what time in their folly the blood of their brother theyspilt,

ἀφραδίῃ. Τελαμὼν μὲν ἐν Ἀτθίδι νάσσατο νήσῳ: ⊕
Even Phokus: to Salamis Telamon bare his burden of guilt:

Πηλεὺς δὲ Φθίῃ ἐνὶ δώματα ναῖε λιασθείς. ⊕
But Peleus roved till in Phthia the halls of the outcast he built.

τοῖς δ᾽ ἐπὶ Κεκροπίηθεν ἀρήιος ἤλυθε Βούτης, ⊕
And with these from Kekropia Boutes, a lord of battle-fame,

παῖς ἀγαθοῦ Τελέοντος, ἐυμμελίης τε Φάληρος. ⊕
Stout Teleon's son, and Phalêrus the mighty spearman came.

Ἄλκων μιν προέηκε πατὴρ ἑός: οὐ μὲν ἔτ᾽ ἄλλους ⊕
It was Alkon his father that sent him forth: no sons save him

γήραος υἷας ἔχεν βιότοιό τε κηδεμονῆας. ⊕
Had the ancient to cherish his age and his light of life grown dim:

ἀλλά ἑ τηλύγετόν περ ὁμῶς καὶ μοῦνον ἐόντα ⊕
Yet, albeit his only-begotten he was, and the last of his line,

πέμπεν, ἵνα θρασέεσσι μεταπρέποι ἡρώεσσιν. ⊕
He sent him, that so amidst valour of heroes his prowess shouldshine. {100}

Θησέα δ᾽, ὃς περὶ πάντας Ἐρεχθεΐδας ἐκέκαστο, ⊕
But Theseus, of all the sons of Erechtheus most renowned,

Ταιναρίην ἀίδηλος ὑπὸ χθόνα δεσμὸς ἔρυκεν, ⊕
At Tainarum under the earth by an unseen fetter was bound.

Πειρίθῳ ἑσπόμενον κοινὴν ὁδόν: ἦ τέ κεν ἄμφω ⊕
For he trod the Path of Fear with Peirithoüs; else that Quest

ῥηίτερον καμάτοιο τέλος πάντεσσιν ἔθεντο. ⊕
By the might of these had been lightlier compassed of all the rest.

Τῖφυς δ᾽ Ἁγνιάδης Σιφαέα κάλλιπε δῆμον ⊕
And Tiphys, Hagnias' son, hath forsaken the Thespians that dwell

Θεσπιέων, ἐσθλὸς μὲν ὀρινόμενον προδαῆναι ⊕
In the city of Siphas: of all men keenest was he to foretell

κῦμ᾽ ἁλὸς εὐρείης, ἐσθλὸς δ᾽ ἀνέμοιο θυέλλας ⊕
The wrath of the waves on the broad sea, keen to foreknow from afar

καὶ πλόον ἠελίῳ τε καὶ ἀστέρι τεκμήρασθαι. ⊕
The blasts of the storm, and to guide the galley by sun and by star.

αὐτή μιν Τριτωνὶς ἀριστήων ἐς ὅμιλον ⊕
'Twas Athênê Tritonis herself that made him eager-souled

ὦρσεν Ἀθηναίη, μετὰ δ᾽ ἤλυθεν ἐλδομένοισιν. ⊕
To join that muster of heroes that longed his face to behold; {110}

αὐτὴ γὰρ καὶ νῆα θοὴν κάμε: σὺν δέ οἱ Ἄργος ⊕
For she fashioned the sea-swift ship, and Argus but wrought as sheplanned,

τεῦξεν Ἀρεστορίδης κείνης ὑποθημοσύνῃσιν. ⊕
Arestor's son, for the Goddess's counsels guided his hand:

τῶ καὶ πασάων προφερεστάτη ἔπλετο νηῶν, ⊕
Therefore amongst all ships unmatched was the ship that he made,

ὅσσαι ὑπ᾽ εἰρεσίῃσιν ἐπειρήσαντο θαλάσσης. ⊕
Even all that with swinging oars the paths of the sea have essayed.

Φλίας δ᾽ αὖτ᾽ ἐπὶ τοῖσιν Ἀραιθυρέηθεν ἵκανεν, ⊕
Came Phlias withal from Araithyriae to essay the Quest,

ἔνθ᾽ ἀφνειὸς ἔναιε Διωνύσοιο ἕκητι, ⊕
From a wealthy home, for the toil of his hands had the Wine-godblessed,

πατρὸς ἑοῦ, πηγῇσιν ἐφέστιος Ἀσωποῖο. ⊕
His father, where welleth Asôpus up from the green hill's breast.

Ἀργόθεν αὖ Ταλαὸς καὶ Ἀρήιος, υἷε Βίαντος, ⊕
From Argos did sons of Bias, Arêius and Talaus, come,

ἤλυθον ἴφθιμός τε Λεώδοκος, οὓς τέκε Πηρὼ ⊕
And mighty Laodokus, fruit of Nêleus' daughter's womb,

Νηληίς: τῆς δ᾽ ἀμφὶ δύην ἐμόγησε βαρεῖαν ⊕
Even Pero, for whose sake Aiolus' scion Melampus bore {120}

Αἰολίδης σταθμοῖσιν ἐν Ἰφίκλοιο Μελάμπους. ⊕
In Iphiklus' steading affliction of bonds exceeding sore.

οὐδὲ μὲν οὐδὲ βίην κρατερόφρονος Ἡρακλῆος ⊕
Nor yet did the prowess of mighty-hearted Herakles fail

πευθόμεθ᾽ Αἰσονίδαο λιλαιομένου ἀθερίξαι. ⊕
The longing of Aison's son for his helping, as telleth the tale.

ἀλλ᾽ ἐπεὶ ἄιε βάξιν ἀγειρομένων ἡρώων, ⊕
But as soon as the flying rumour of gathering heroes he heard,

νεῖον ἀπ᾽ Ἀρκαδίης Λυρκήιον Ἄργος ἀμείψας ⊕
He turned from the track that he trod from Arcadia Argos-ward,

τὴν ὁδόν, ᾗ ζωὸν φέρε κάπριον, ὅς ῥ᾽ ἐνὶ βήσσῃς ⊕
On the path that he paced as he bare that boar alive from the glen

φέρβετο Λαμπείης, Ἐρυμάνθιον ἂμ μέγα τῖφος, ⊕
Of Lampeia, wherein he had battened, the vast Erymanthian fen.

τὸν μὲν ἐνὶ πρώτῃσι Μυκηναίων ἀγορῇσιν ⊕
At the entering-in of Mycenae's market-stead he cast

δεσμοῖς ἰλλόμενον μεγάλων ἀπεθήκατο νώτων: ⊕
From his mighty shoulders the beast, as he writhed in his bondsknit fast:

αὐτὸς δ᾽ ᾗ ἰότητι παρὲκ νόον Εὐρυσθῆος ⊕
But himself of his own will, thrusting Eurystheus' purpose aside,{130}

ὡρμήθη: σὺν καί οἱ Ὕλας κίεν, ἐσθλὸς ὀπάων, ⊕
Hasted away; and Hylas, his henchman true and tried,

πρωθήβης, ἰῶν τε φορεὺς φύλακός τε βιοῖο. ⊕
Which bare his arrows and warded his bow, with the hero hath hied.

τῷ δ᾽ ἐπὶ δὴ θείοιο κίεν Δαναοῖο γενέθλη, ⊕
Therewithal hath the scion of god-descended Danaus gone,

Ναύπλιος. ἦ γὰρ ἔην Κλυτονήου Ναυβολίδαο: ⊕
Nauplius, born unto King Klytonêus, Naubolus' son;

Ναύβολος αὖ Λέρνου: Λέρνον γε μὲν ἴδμεν ἐόντα ⊕
And of Lernus Naubolus sprang; and Lernus, as bards have told,

Προίτου Ναυπλιάδαο: Ποσειδάωνι δὲ κούρη. ⊕
Of Proitus, Nauplius' son; and unto Poseidon of old

πρίν ποτ᾽ Ἀμυμώνη Δαναῒς τέκεν εὐνηθεῖσα ⊕
Amymônê, Danaus' daughter, who couched in the God's embrace,

Ναύπλιον, ὃς περὶ πάντας ἐκαίνυτο ναυτιλίῃσιν. ⊕
Bare Nauplius, chief in the seafarer's craft of the Earth-born race.

Ἴδμων δ᾽ ὑστάτιος μετεκίαθεν, ὅσσοι ἔναιον ⊕
Last cometh Idmon the seer, of all that in Argos dwell,

Ἄργος, ἐπεὶ δεδαὼς τὸν ἑὸν μόρον οἰωνοῖσιν ⊕
Cometh knowing the doom he hath heard the birds of heaven foretell,{140}

ἤιε, μή οἱ δῆμος ἐυκλείης ἀγάσαιτο. ⊕
Lest the people should haply begrudge him a hero's glorious fame:

οὐ μὲν ὅγ᾽ ἦεν Ἄβαντος ἐτήτυμον, ἀλλά μιν αὐτὸς ⊕
Yet not of the very loins of Abas the doomed seer came;

γείνατο κυδαλίμοις ἐναρίθμιον Αἰολίδῃσιν ⊕
But the son of Lêto begat him to share the noble name

Λητοΐδης: αὐτὸς δὲ θεοπροπίας ἐδίδαξεν ⊕
Of Aetolia's sons, and in prophecy-lore he made him wise,

οἰωνούς τ᾽ ἀλέγειν ἠδ᾽ ἔμπυρα σήματ᾽ ἰδέσθαι. ⊕
And in signs of the fowl of the heaven and tokens 'mid flame thatrise.

καὶ μὴν Αἰτωλὶς κρατερὸν Πολυδεύκεα Λήδη ⊕
Polydeukes the strong did Aetolia's Princess Leda speed

Κάστορά τ᾽ ὠκυπόδων ὦρσεν δεδαημένον ἵππων ⊕
From Sparta, and Kastor cunning to rein the fleetfoot steed.

Σπάρτηθεν: τοὺς δ᾽ ἥγε δόμοις ἔνι Τυνδαρέοιο ⊕
These twain in Tyndareus' palace, her dearly-beloved, her pride,

τηλυγέτους ὠδῖνι μιῇ τέκεν: οὐδ᾽ ἀπίθησεν ⊕
That lady at one birth bare; howbeit she nowise denied

νισσομένοις: Ζηνὸς γὰρ ἐπάξια μήδετο λέκτρων. ⊕
Their prayer to depart, for her spirit was worthy of Zeus' bride.{150}

οἵ τ᾽ Ἀφαρητιάδαι Λυγκεὺς καὶ ὑπέρβιος Ἴδας ⊕
Apharetus' children, Lynkeus and Idas the arrogant-souled,

Ἀρήνηθεν ἔβαν, μεγάλῃ περιθαρσέες ἀλκῇ ⊕
From Arênê went forth: in their prowess exceeding were theseoverbold,

ἀμφότεροι: Λυγκεὺς δὲ καὶ ὀξυτάτοις ἐκέκαστο ⊕
Even both; but Lynkeus for eyes of keenest ken was renowned,

ὄμμασιν, εἰ ἐτεόν γε πέλει κλέος, ἀνέρα κεῖνον ⊕
If in sooth that story be true, that, though one lay underground,

ῥηιδίως καὶ νέρθε κατὰ χθονὸς αὐγάζεσθαι. ⊕
Yet lightly of Lynkeus' eyes should the gloom-swathed corpse befound.

σὺν δὲ Περικλύμενος Νηλήιος ὦρτο νέεσθαι, ⊕
And with these Periklymenus Neleus' son was enkindled to fare,

πρεσβύτατος παίδων, ὅσσοι Πύλῳ ἐξεγένοντο ⊕
Eldest of all the sons that the Lady of Pylos bare

Νηλῆος θείοιο: Ποσειδάων δέ οἱ ἀλκὴν ⊕
Unto Neleus the godlike; and might unmeasured Poseidon gave

δῶκεν ἀπειρεσίην ἠδ᾽ ὅττι κεν ἀρήσαιτο ⊕
To the prince, and a boon moreover, that whatso shape he shouldcrave,

μαρνάμενος, τὸ πέλεσθαι ἐνὶ ξυνοχῇ πολέμοιο. ⊕
That, as he fought in the shock of the meeting ranks, he shouldhave. {160}

καὶ μὴν Ἀμφιδάμας Κηφεύς τ᾽ ἴσαν Ἀρκαδίηθεν, ⊕
From Arcadia Amphidamas and Kepheus came for the Quest,

οἳ Τεγέην καὶ κλῆρον Ἀφειδάντειον ἔναιον, ⊕
Who were dwellers in Tegea-town, and the land that Apheidaspossessed,

υἷε δύω Ἀλεοῦ: τρίτατός γε μὲν ἕσπετ᾽ ἰοῦσιν ⊕
Two scions of Aleus; yea and a third followed even as they went,

Ἀγκαῖος, τὸν μέν ῥα πατὴρ Λυκόοργος ἔπεμπεν, ⊕
Ankaius: Lykurgus his father was minded the lad to have sent,

τῶν ἄμφω γνωτὸς προγενέστερος. ἀλλ᾽ ὁ μὲν ἤδη ⊕
Being elder brother to these, but himself was constrained to stay

γηράσκοντ᾽ Ἀλεὸν λίπετ᾽ ἂμ πόλιν ὄφρα κομίζοι, ⊕
In the city with Aleus, tending the dear head silver-grey.

παῖδα δ᾽ ἑὸν σφετέροισι κασιγνήτοισιν ὄπασσεν. ⊕
Howbeit in charge to his brethren twain he gave the lad.

βῆ δ᾽ ὅγε Μαιναλίης ἄρκτου δέρος, ἀμφίτομόν τε ⊕
So he went, and the fell of a bear Maenalian for buckler he had,

δεξιτερῇ πάλλων πέλεκυν μέγαν. ἔντεα γάρ οἱ ⊕
And a battle-axe huge his right hand swung; for his armour of fight

πατροπάτωρ Ἀλεὸς μυχάτῃ ἐνέκρυψε καλιῇ, ⊕
Had his old grandsire in a secret chamber hidden from sight, {170}

αἴ κέν πως ἔτι καὶ τὸν ἐρητύσειε νέεσθαι. ⊕
If haply so he might cripple the wings of the eagle's flight.

βῆ δὲ καὶ Αὐγείης, ὃν δὴ φάτις Ἠελίοιο ⊕
Fared thither Augeias; they named him in songs of the olden day

ἔμμεναι: Ἠλείοισι δ᾽ ὅγ᾽ ἀνδράσιν ἐμβασίλευεν, ⊕
The Sun-god's child, and the hero in Elis-land bare sway

ὄλβῳ κυδιόων: μέγα δ᾽ ἵετο Κολχίδα γαῖαν ⊕
In pride of his wealth: but he longed to behold the Kolchian coast,

αὐτόν̣̣τ᾽ Αἰήτην ἰδέειν σημάντορα Κόλχων. ⊕
And to look upon mighty Aiêtes the lord of the Kolchian host.

Ἀστέριος δὲ καὶ Ἀμφίων Ὑπερασίου υἷες ⊕
Asterius came, and Amphion, the sons that a fair queen bore,

Πελλήνης ἀφίκανον Ἀχαιίδος, ἥν ποτε Πέλλης ⊕
When Pellênê's king Hyperasius dwelt in the city of yore

πατροπάτωρ ἐπόλισσεν ἐπ᾽ ὀφρύσιν Αἰγιαλοῖο. ⊕
By Pelles their grandsire built 'neath the cliffs of Achaia's shore.

Ταίναρον αὖτ᾽ ἐπὶ τοῖσι λιπὼν Εὔφημος ἵκανεν, ⊕
Euphêmus from Tainarus came to be joined to their company,

τόν ῥα Ποσειδάωνι ποδωκηέστατον ἄλλων ⊕
Europê's child; and the swiftest of all men on Earth was he: {180}

Εὐρώπη Υιτυοῖο μεγασθενέος τέκε κούρη. ⊕
For the daughter of Tityos the giant couched in Poseidon's embrace;

κεῖνος ἀνὴρ καὶ πόντου ἐπὶ γλαυκοῖο θέεσκεν ⊕
And this their son would run o'er the grey sea's weltering face,

οἴδματος, οὐδὲ θοοὺς βάπτεν πόδας, ἀλλ᾽ ὅσον ἄκροις ⊕
Neither sank in the surge his fast-flying steps, but, with footsolealone

ἴχνεσι τεγγόμενος διερῇ πεφόρητο κελεύθῳ. ⊕
Bedewed with the spray, on his watery path was he wafted on.

καὶ δ᾽ ἄλλω δύο παῖδε Ποσειδάωνος ἵκοντο: ⊕
Sons of Poseidon beside him withal two other came,

ἤτοι ὁ μὲν πτολίεθρον ἀγαυοῦ Μιλήτοιο ⊕
One leaving Miletus afar, the city of haughty fame,

νοσφισθεὶς Ἐργῖνος, ὁ δ᾽ Ἰμβρασίης ἕδος Ἥρης, ⊕
Even Erginus, and one from Imbrasian Hêrê's fane

παρθενίην, Ἀγκαῖος ὑπέρβιος: ἴστορε δ᾽ ἄμφω ⊕
Parthenia, Ankaius the mighty; and men of renown were the twain

ἠμὲν ναυτιλίης ἠδ᾽ ἄρεος εὐχετόωντο. ⊕
In the craft of the sea, and withal in the toil of the battle-strain.

Οἰνεΐδης δ᾽ ἐπὶ τοῖσιν ἀφορμηθεὶς Καλυδῶνος ⊕
Hasting from Kalydon Oineus' son to their muster hath hied, {190}

ἀλκήεις Μελέαγρος ἀνήλυθε, Λαοκόων τε, ⊕
Meleager the stalwart; and there was Laocoön still at his side,

Λαοκόων Οἰνῆος ἀδελφεός, οὐ μὲν ἰῆς γε ⊕
Brother to Oineus; but not of the selfsame womb were they,

μητέρος: ἀλλά ἑ θῆσσα γυνὴ τέκε: τὸν μὲν ἄρ᾽ Οἰνεὺς ⊕
For a handmaid bare him; and him, though flecked was his hair withgrey,

ἤδη γηραλέον κοσμήτορα παιδὸς ἴαλλεν: ⊕
For guide and for guard to his son hath Oineus the old king sent.

ὧδ᾽ ἔτι κουρίζων περιθαρσέα δῦνεν ὅμιλον ⊕
So it fell that a beardless lad to the valorous gathering went

ἡρώων. τοῦ δ᾽ οὔτιν᾽ ὑπέρτερον ἄλλον ὀίω, ⊕
Of heroes; yet no man of all that came had the deeds outdone

νόσφιν γ᾽ Ἡρακλῆος, ἐπελθέμεν, εἴ κ᾽ ἔτι μοῦνον ⊕
Of the lad, save Herakles, if that he might but have tarried on

αὖθι μένων λυκάβαντα μετετράφη Αἰτωλοῖσιν. ⊕
One year mid Aetolia's sons, till he grew to his strength, I ween.

καὶ μήν οἱ μήτρως αὐτὴν ὁδόν, εὖ μὲν ἄκοντι, ⊕
Yea, and his mother's brother, a javelin-hurler keen,

εὖ δὲ καὶ ἐν σταδίῃ δεδαημένος ἀντιφέρεσθαι, ⊕
And a warrior tried, when foot is set against foot in the fray, {200}

Θεστιάδης Ἴφικλος ἐφωμάρτησε κιόντι. ⊕
Iphiklus, Thestius' scion, trod the selfsame way.

σὺν δὲ Παλαιμόνιος Λέρνου πάις Ὠλενίοιο, ⊕
Came Palaimonius, whose grandsire was Olenius, and his sire

Λέρνου ἐπίκλησιν, γενεήν γε μὲν Ἡφαίστοιο: ⊕
Lernus in name; but in birth was he child of the Lord of Fire:

τούνεκ᾽ ἔην πόδα σιφλός: ἀτὰρ δέμας οὔ κέ τις ἔτλη ⊕
Wherefore he halted in either foot; but his bodily frame

ἠνορέην τ᾽ ὀνόσασθαι, ὃ καὶ μεταρίθμιος ἦεν ⊕
And his prowess might no man contemn, for which cause also his name

πᾶσιν ἀριστήεσσιν, Ἰήσονι κῦδος ἀέξων. ⊕
Was found with the mighty who won for Jason deathless fame.

ἐκ δ᾽ ἄρα Φωκήων κίεν Ἴφιτος Ὀρνυτίδαο ⊕
Came Iphitus, Ornytus' son, from Phokis withal for the Quest,

Ναυβόλου ἐκγεγαώς: ξεῖνος δέ οἱ ἔσκε πάροιθεν, ⊕
Of Naubolus' line: in the days overpast was Jason his guest,

ἦμος ἔβη Πυθώδε θεοπροπίας ἐρεείνων ⊕
What time unto Pytho he fared to inquire of the high Gods' doom

ναυτιλίης: τόθι γάρ μιν ἑοῖς ὑπέδεκτο δόμοισιν. ⊕
Touching the Quest; for he welcomed him then in his mountain home.{210}

Ζήτης αὖ Κάλαΐς τε Βορήιοι υἷες ἵκοντο, ⊕
And Zetes and Kalais withal, the North-wind's children, were there,

οὕς ποτ᾽ Ἐρεχθηὶς Βορέῃ τέκεν Ὠρείθυια ⊕
Whom Oreithyia, Erechtheus' daughter, to Boreas bare

ἐσχατιῇ Θρῄκης δυσχειμέρου: ἔνθ᾽ ἄρα τήνγε ⊕
In the uttermost part of wintry Thrace; for the God swooped down,

Θρηίκιος Βορέης ἀνερέψατο Κεκροπίηθεν ⊕
And the Thracian North-wind snatched her away from Kekrops' town,

Ἰλισσοῦ προπάροιθε χορῷ ἔνι δινεύουσαν. ⊕
Even as she whirled in the dance on the lawn by Ilissus' flow.

καί μιν ἄγων ἕκαθεν, Σαρπηδονίην ὅθι πέτρην ⊕
And he brought her afar to the place where standeth the crag men know

κλείουσιν, ποταμοῖο παρὰ ῥόον Ἐργίνοιο, ⊕
For the Rock of Sarpedon, whereby doth Erginus the river glide:

λυγαίοις ἐδάμασσε περὶ νεφέεσσι καλύψας. ⊕
And he shrouded her round with viewless clouds, and he made her hisbride.

τὼ μὲν ἐπ᾽ ἀκροτάτοισι ποδῶν ἑκάτερθεν ἐρεμνὰς ⊕
And lo, on the ankles of these did quivering pinions unfold,

σεῖον ἀειρομένω πτέρυγας, μέγα θάμβος ἰδέσθαι, ⊕
Strong wings, as in air they upleapt, a marvel great to behold, {220}

χρυσείαις φολίδεσσι διαυγέας: ἀμφὶ δὲ νώτοις ⊕
Gleaming with golden scales; and about their shoulders strayed,

κράατος ἐξ ὑπάτοιο καὶ αὐχένος ἔνθα καὶ ἔνθα ⊕
Down-streaming from neck and from head in the glory of youth arrayed,

κυάνεαι δονέοντο μετὰ πνοιῇσιν ἔθειραι. ⊕
Dark tresses that tossed in the rushing breezes amidst them thatplayed.

οὐδὲ μὲν οὐδ᾽ αὐτοῖο πάις μενέαινεν Ἄκαστος ⊕
Yea, and Akastus, his own son, had no will to abide

ἰφθίμου Πελίαο δόμοις ἔνι πατρὸς ἑῆος ⊕
That day with his mighty sire in the halls of Pelias' pride.

μιμνάζειν, Ἄργος τε θεᾶς ὑποεργὸς Ἀθήνης: ⊕
Nor would Argus be left, who had wrought as Athênê guided his hand;

ἀλλ᾽ ἄρα καὶ τὼ μέλλον ἐνικρινθῆναι ὁμίλῳ. ⊕
But these twain needs must be numbered too with the glorious band.

τόσσοι ἄρ᾽ Αἰσονίδῃ συμμήστορες ἠγερέθοντο. ⊕
This is the tale of the helpers with Aison's son that were found:

τοὺς μὲν ἀριστῆας Μινύας περιναιετάοντες ⊕
These be the men whom the folk, even all which dwelt around,

κίκλησκον μάλα πάντας, ἐπεὶ Μινύαο θυγατρῶν ⊕
Called ever the Minyan Chiefs: for of those that went on the Quest{230}

οἱ πλεῖστοι καὶ ἄριστοι ἀφ᾽ αἵματος εὐχετόωντο ⊕
Born of the daughters of Minyas' blood were the most and the best.

ἔμμεναι: ὧς δὲ καὶ αὐτὸν Ἰήσονα γείνατο μήτηρ ⊕
Yea, she which had borne this Jason to emprise perilous-wild,

Ἀλκιμέδη, Κλυμένης Μινυηίδος ἐκγεγαυῖα. ⊕
Alkimedê, also was daughter of Klymenê, Minyas' child.

αὐτὰρ ἐπεὶ δμώεσσιν ἐπαρτέα πάντ᾽ ἐτέτυκτο, ⊕
Now when all things ready were made by the hands of many a thrall,

ὅσσα περ ἐντύνονται ἐπαρτέες ἔνδοθι νῆες, ⊕
Even whatso the galley for sea ready-dight should be furnishedwithal,

εὖτ᾽ ἂν ἄγῃ χρέος ἄνδρας ὑπεὶρ ἅλα ναυτίλλεσθαι, ⊕
When traffic lureth the shipmen afar to an alien land,

δὴ τότ᾽ ἴσαν μετὰ νῆα δι᾽ ἄστεος, ἔνθα περ ἀκταὶ ⊕
Then through the city they passed to their ship, where she lay onthe strand

κλείονται Παγασαὶ Μαγνήτιδες: ἀμφὶ δὲ λαῶν ⊕
Which is called Magnesian Pagasae. Ever, as onward they strode,

πληθὺς σπερχομένων ἄμυδις θέεν: οἱ δὲ φαεινοὶ ⊕
To right and to left a mingled multitude ran: but they showed

ἀστέρες ὣς νεφέεσσι μετέπρεπον: ὧδε δ᾽ ἕκαστος ⊕
Radiant amidst them as stars amid clouds; and some 'gan cry, {240}

ἔννεπεν εἰσορόων σὺν τεύχεσιν ἀίσσοντας: ⊕
As they gazed on the glorious forms that in harness of war swept by:

⊕
'What is in Pelias' thoughts, King Zeus, that so goodly a band

ἡρώων γαίης Παναχαιίδος ἔκτοθι βάλλει; ⊕
Of heroes is hurled by him forth of the Panachaian land?

αὐτῆμάρ κε δόμους ὀλοῷ πυρὶ δῃώσειαν ⊕
In the day of their coming with ravening fire the halls shall theyfill

Αἰήτεω, ὅτε μή σφιν ἑκὼν δέρος ἐγγυαλίξῃ. ⊕
Of Aiêtes, except he shall yield them the Fleece of his own goodwill.

ἀλλ᾽ οὐ φυκτὰ κέλευθα, πόνος δ᾽ ἄπρηκτος ἰοῦσιν.⊕
But a long way lieth between, unaccomplished yet is the toil.'

ὧς φάσαν ἔνθα καὶ ἔνθα κατὰ πτόλιν: αἱ δὲ γυναῖκες ⊕
So spake they on this side and that through the city: the womenthe while,

πολλὰ μάλ᾽ ἀθανάτοισιν ἐς αἰθέρα χεῖρας ἄειρον, ⊕
Heavenward uplifting their hands, to the Gods that abide for aye

εὐχόμεναι νόστοιο τέλος θυμηδὲς ὀπάσσαι. ⊕
Made vehement prayer for the heart's delight of the homecoming day.

ἄλλη δ᾽ εἰς ἑτέρην ὀλοφύρετο δακρυχέουσα: ⊕
And one to another made answer, and moaned, as her tears fell fast:{250}

⊕
'Hapless Alkimedê, thee too evil hath found at the last;

ἤλυθεν, οὐδ᾽ ἐτέλεσσας ἐπ᾽ ἀγλαΐῃ βιότοιο. ⊕
Nor to thee was vouchsafed amid bliss to the end of thy days toattain!

Αἴσων αὖ μέγα δή τι δυσάμμορος. ἦ τέ οἱ ἦεν ⊕
Woe's me for Aison the ill-starred!--verily this had been gain

βέλτερον, εἰ τὸ πάροιθεν ἐνὶ κτερέεσσιν ἐλυσθεὶς ⊕
For him, if rolled in his shroud before this woeful day,

νειόθι γαίης κεῖτο, κακῶν ἔτι νῆις ἀέθλων. ⊕
Deep under Earth, with the cup of affliction untasted, he lay:

ὡς ὄφελεν καὶ Φρίξον, ὅτ᾽ ὤλετο παρθένος Ἕλλη, ⊕
And O that the darkling surge, when Hellê the maiden died,

κῦμα μέλαν κριῷ ἅμ᾽ ἐπικλύσαι: ἀλλὰ καὶ αὐδὴν ⊕
Had whelmed down Phrixus too with the ram!--but a man's voice cried

ἀνδρομέην προέηκε κακὸν τέρας, ὥς κεν ἀνίας ⊕
From the throat of the monster, the portent accurst, that so itmight doom

Ἀλκιμέδῃ μετόπισθε καὶ ἄλγεα μυρία θείη.⊕
For Alkimedê sorrow and griefs untold in the days to come.'

αἱ μὲν ἄρ᾽ ὧς ἀγόρευον ἐπὶ προμολῇσι κιόντων. ⊕
So 'mid the moan of the women marched the heroes along. {260}

ἤδη δὲ δμῶές τε πολεῖς δμωαί τ᾽ ἀγέροντο: ⊕
And by this were the thralls and the handmaids gathered in onegreat throng.

μήτηρ δ᾽ ἀμφ᾽ αὐτὸν βεβολημένη. ὀξὺ δ᾽ ἑκάστην ⊕
Then fell on his neck his mother, and sharply the anguish-thorn

δῦνεν ἄχος: σὺν δέ σφι πατὴρ ὀλοῷ ὑπὸ γήραι ⊕
Pierced each soft breast, the while his father, the eld-forlorn,

ἐντυπὰς ἐν λεχέεσσι καλυψάμενος γοάασκεν. ⊕
Close-swathed as a corpse on his bed, lay groaning and groaningagain.

αὐτὰρ ὁ τῶν μὲν ἔπειτα κατεπρήυνεν ἀνίας ⊕
But the hero essayed to hush their laments and assuage their pain

θαρσύνων, δμώεσσι δ᾽ ἀρήια τεύχε᾽ ἀείρειν ⊕
With words of cheer, and he spake, 'Take up my war-array,'

πέφραδεν: οἱ δέ τε σῖγα κατηφέες ἠείροντο. ⊕
To the thralls, and with downcast eyes did these in silence obey.

μήτηρ δ᾽ ὡς τὰ πρῶτ᾽ ἐπεχεύατο πήχεε παιδί, ⊕
But his mother, as round her child her arms at the first she hadflung,

ὧς ἔχετο κλαίουσ᾽ ἀδινώτερον, ἠύτε κούρη ⊕
So clave she, and wept without stint: as the motherless maiden sheclung,

οἰόθεν ἀσπασίως πολιὴν τροφὸν ἀμφιπεσοῦσα ⊕
Whose forlorn little arms clasp fondly her grey old nurse, when thetide {270}

μύρεται, ᾗ οὐκ εἰσὶν ἔτ᾽ ἄλλοι κηδεμονῆες, ⊕
Cometh up of her woe:--she hath no one to love her nor comfortbeside;

ἀλλ᾽ ὑπὸ μητρυιῇ βίοτον βαρὺν ἡγηλάζει: ⊕
And a weary lot is hers 'neath a stepdame's tyrannous sway,

καί ἑ νέον πολέεσσιν ὀνείδεσιν ἐστυφέλιξεν, ⊕
Who with bitter revilings evil-entreateth her youth alway:

τῇ δέ τ᾽ ὀδυρομένῃ δέδεται κέαρ ἔνδοθεν ἄτῃ, ⊕
And her heart as she waileth is cramped as by chains in her frenzieddespair,

οὐδ᾽ ἔχει ἐκφλύξαι τόσσον γόον, ὅσσον ὀρεχθεῖ: ⊕
That she cannot sob forth the anguish that struggleth for utterancethere:

ὧς ἀδινὸν κλαίεσκεν ἑὸν παῖδ᾽ ἀγκὰς ἔχουσα ⊕
So stintlessly wept Alkimedê, so in her arms did she strain

Ἀλκιμέδη, καὶ τοῖον ἔπος φάτο κηδοσύνῃσιν: ⊕
Her son; and she cried from the depths of her love and her yearningpain:

⊕
'Oh, that on that same day when I, the affliction-oppressed,

δειλὴ ἐγὼ Πελίαο κακὴν βασιλῆος ἐφετμήν, ⊕
Hearkened the voice of Pelias the king, and his evil behest,

αὐτίκ᾽ ἀπὸ ψυχὴν μεθέμεν, κηδέων τε λαθέσθαι, ⊕
I had yielded up the ghost, and forgotten to mourn and to weep, {280}

ὄφρ᾽ αὐτός με τεῇσι φίλαις ταρχύσαο χερσίν, ⊕
That thyself, that thine own dear hands, in the grave might havelaid me to sleep,

τέκνον ἐμόν: τὸ γὰρ οἶον ἔην ἔτι λοιπὸν ἐέλδωρ ⊕
O my beloved!--for this was the one wish unfulfilled:

ἐκ σέθεν, ἄλλα δὲ πάντα πάλαι θρεπτήρια πέσσω. ⊕
But with other thy nursing-dues long had mine heart in contentmentbeen stilled.

νῦν γε μὲν ἡ τὸ πάροιθεν Ἀχαιιάδεσσιν ἀγητὴ ⊕
And I, of Achaia's daughters the envied in days that are gone,

δμωὶς ὅπως κενεοῖσι λελείψομαι ἐν μεγάροισιν, ⊕
Like a bondwoman now in tenantless halls shall be left alone,

σεῖο πόθῳ μινύθουσα δυσάμμορος, ᾧ ἔπι πολλὴν ⊕
Pining, a hapless mother, in yearning for thee, my pride

ἀγλαΐην καὶ κῦδος ἔχον πάρος, ᾧ ἔπι μούνῳ ⊕
And exceeding delight in the days overpast, for whom I untied

μίτρην πρῶτον ἔλυσα καὶ ὕστατον. ἔξοχα γάρ μοι ⊕
For the first time and last my zone; for to me beyond others thedoom

Εἰλείθυια θεὰ πολέος ἐμέγηρε τόκοιο. ⊕
Of the stern Birth-goddess begrudged abundant fruit of the womb.

ᾤ μοι ἐμῆς ἄτης: τὸ μὲν οὐδ᾽ ὅσον, οὐδ᾽ ἐν ὀνείρῳ ⊕
Ah me for my blindness of heart!--not once, not in dreams, might Isee {290}

ὠισάμην, εἰ Φρίξος ἐμοὶ κακὸν ἔσσετ᾽ ἀλύξας.⊕
The vision of Phrixus' deliverance turned to a curse for me!'

ὧς ἥγε στενάχουσα κινύρετο: ταὶ δὲ γυναῖκες ⊕
So mourned she, and ever she moaned amidst of her speech, andthereby

ἀμφίπολοι γοάασκον ἐπισταδόν: αὐτὰρ ὁ τήνγε ⊕
Stood her handmaids, and echoed her wail, an exceeding bitter cry.

μειλιχίοις ἐπέεσσι παρηγορέων προσέειπεν: ⊕
But the hero with gentle words for her comfort made answer, andspake:

⊕
'Fill me not thus overmeasure with anguish of soul for thy sake,

ὧδε λίην, ἐπεὶ οὐ μὲν ἐρητύσεις κακότητος ⊕
Mother mine, forasmuch as from evil thou shalt not redeem me so

δάκρυσιν, ἀλλ᾽ ἔτι κεν καὶ ἐπ᾽ ἄλγεσιν ἄλγος ἄροιο. ⊕
By thy tears, but shalt add the rather woe unto weight of woe.

πήματα γάρ τ᾽ ἀίδηλα θεοὶ θνητοῖσι ϝέμουσιν, ⊕
For the Gods mete out unto mortals afflictions unforeseen:

τῶν μοῖραν κατὰ θυμὸν ἀνιάζουσά περ ἔμπης ⊕
Wherefore be strong to endure their doom, though thine anguish bekeen.

τλῆθι φέρειν: θάρσει δὲ συνημοσύνῃσιν Ἀθήνης, ⊕
Take comfort to think that Athênê hereunto our courage hath stirred:{300}

ἠδὲ θεοπροπίοισιν, ἐπεὶ μάλα δεξιὰ Φοῖβος ⊕
Remember the oracles: call to remembrance how good was the word

ἔχρη, ἀτὰρ μετέπειτά γ᾽ ἀριστήων ἐπαρωγῇ. ⊕
Of Phœbus: be glad for this hero-array for mine help that is come.

ἀλλὰ σὺ μὲν νῦν αὖθι μετ᾽ ἀμφιπόλοισιν ἕκηλος ⊕
Now, mother, do thou with thine handmaids in quiet abide in thinehome,

μίμνε δόμοις, μηδ᾽ ὄρνις ἀεικελίη πέλε νηί: ⊕
Neither be as a bird ill-omened to bode my ship ill-speed;

κεῖσε δ᾽ ὁμαρτήσουσιν ἔται δμῶές τε κιόντι.⊕
And escort of clansmen and thralls thy son to the galley shall lead.'

ἦ, καὶ ὁ μὲν προτέρωσε δόμων ἐξῶρτο νέεσθαι. ⊕
So spake he, and turned him, and forth of his halls his way hath heta'en.

οἷος δ᾽ ἐκ νηοῖο θυώδεος εἶσιν Ἀπόλλων ⊕
And as goeth Apollo forth of his incense-bearing fane,

δῆλον ἀν᾽ ἠγαθέην, ἠὲ Κλάρον, ἢ ὅγε Πυθώ, ⊕
Through Delos the hallowed, or Klaros, or Pytho the place of hisshrine,

ἢ Αυκίην εὐρεῖαν, ἐπὶ Ξάνθοιο ῥοῇσιν, ⊕
Or Lycia the wide, where the waters of Xanthus ripple and shine,

τοῖος ἀνὰ πληθὺν δήμου κίεν: ὦρτο δ᾽ ἀυτὴ ⊕
So seemed he, as onward he pressed through the throng, and a loudacclaim {310}

κεκλομένων ἄμυδις. τῷ δὲ ξύμβλητο γεραιὴ ⊕
Of their mingled cheering arose. And there met him an ancient dame,

Ἰφιὰς Ἀρτέμιδος πολιηόχου ἀρήτειρα, ⊕
Iphias, priestess of Artemis warder of tower and wall.

καί μιν δεξιτερῆς χειρὸς κύσεν, οὐδέ τι φάσθαι ⊕
At his right hand caught she, and kissed it, but spake no word atall,

ἔμπης ἱεμένη δύνατο, προθέοντος ὁμίλου: ⊕
For she could not, how fain soe'er, so pressed the multitude on;

ἀλλ᾽ ἡ μὲν λίπετ᾽ αὖθι παρακλιδόν, οἷα γεραιὴ ⊕
And she drifted away to the fringe of the crowd, and was left alone,

ὁπλοτέρων, ὁ δὲ πολλὸν ἀποπλαγχθεὶς ἐλιάσθη. ⊕
As the old be left by the young: and he passed on afar, and was gone.

αὐτὰρ ἐπεί ῥα πόληος ἐυδμήτους λίπ᾽ ἀγυιάς, ⊕
So when he had left the streets of the city builded fair,

ἀκτὴν δ᾽ ἵκανεν Παγασηίδα, τῇ μιν ἑταῖροι ⊕
To the beach Pagasaean he came, and his comrades hailed him there

δειδέχατ᾽, Ἀργῴῃ ἄμυδις παρὰ νηὶ μένοντες. ⊕
In a throng abiding beside the Argo ship as she lay

στῆ δ᾽ ἄρ᾽ ἐπὶ προμολῇς: οἱ δ᾽ ἀντίοι ἠγερέθοντο. ⊕
By the river's mouth, and overagainst her gathered they. {320}

ἐς δ᾽ ἐνόησαν Ἄκαστον ὁμῶς Ἄργον τε πόληος ⊕
And they looked, and behold, Adrastus and Argus hasting amain

νόσφι καταβλώσκοντας, ἐθάμβησαν δ᾽ ἐσιδόντες ⊕
Thitherward from the city, and sorely they marvelled, beholding thetwain

πασσυδίῃ Πελίαο παρὲκ νόον ἰθύοντας. ⊕
Despite the purpose of Pelias thitherward hurrying fast.

δέρμα δ᾽ ὁ μὲν ταύροιο ποδηνεκὲς ἀμφέχετ᾽ ὤμους ⊕
On his shoulders a bull's hide Argus the son of Arestor had cast,

Ἄργος Ἀρεστορίδης λάχνῃ μέλαν: αὐτὰρ ὁ καλὴν ⊕
Great, dark with the fell; but the prince in a mantle fair wasarrayed,

δίπλακα, τήν οἱ ὄπασσε κασιγνήτη Πελόπεια. ⊕
Twofold: Pelopeia his sister the gift in his hand had laid.

ἀλλ᾽ ἔμπης τὼ μέν τε διεξερέεσθαι ἕκαστα ⊕
Howbeit Jason forbare to ask them of this or of that;

ἔσχετο: τοὺς δ᾽ ἀγορήνδε συνεδριάασθαι ἄνωγεν. ⊕
But he bade them for council sit them down where the others sat.

αὐτοῦ δ᾽ ἰλλομένοις ἐπὶ λαίφεσιν, ἠδὲ καὶ ἱστῷ ⊕
So there upon folded sails, and the mast as it lay along,

κεκλιμένῳ μάλα πάντες ἐπισχερὼ ἑδριόωντο. ⊕
Row upon row were the heroes sitting all in a throng; {330}

τοῖσιν δ᾽ Αἴσονος υἱὸς ἐυφρονέων μετέειπεν: ⊕
And to these of his heart's good will the son of Aison spake:

⊕
'What things soever it needeth that sea-bound galleys should take,

--πάντα γὰρ εὖ κατὰ κόσμον--ἐπαρτέα κεῖται ἰοῦσιν. ⊕
All this ready dight for our going lieth in seemly array.

τῶ οὐκ ἂν δηναιὸν ἐχοίμεθα τοῖο ἕκητι ⊕
Wherefore for these things' sake will we make no longer delay

ναυτιλίης, ὅτε μοῦνον ἐπιπνεύσουσιν ἀῆται. ⊕
From our sailing, so soon as the breezes but blow for the voyagebegun.

ἀλλά, φίλοι,--ξυνὸς γὰρ ἐς Ἑλλάδα νόστος ὀπίσσω, ⊕
But, friends--since in hope for the home-return to our land we beone,

ξυναὶ δ᾽ ἄμμι πέλονται ἐς Αἰήταο κέλευθοι-- ⊕
And one in the way we must take to Aiêtes, the path of the Quest,

τούνεκα νῦν τὸν ἄριστον ἀφειδήσαντες ἕλεσθε ⊕
Therefore do ye now choose with hearts ungrudging our best

ὄρχαμον ἡμείων, ᾧ κεν τὰ ἕκαστα μέλοιτο, ⊕
To be chief and captain, to order all our goings aright,

νείκεα συνθεσίας τε μετὰ ξείνοισι βαλέσθαι.⊕
To take on him our quarrels with aliens, and pledge ourcovenant-plight.' {340}

ὧς φάτο: πάπτηναν δὲ νέοι θρασὺν Ἡρακλῆα ⊕
He spake, and the youths upon valiant Herakles turned their eyes,

ἥμενον ἐν μέσσοισι: μιῇ δέ ἑ πάντες ἀυτῇ ⊕
As he sat in their midst, and from all the heroes did one shout rise,

σημαίνειν ἐπέτελλον: ὁ δ᾽ αὐτόθεν, ἔνθα περ ἧστο, ⊕
Crying 'Our captain be thou!'--but not from his place he stirred;

δεξιτερὴν ἀνὰ χεῖρα τανύσσατο φώνησέν τε: ⊕
But he stretched his right hand forth, and he answered and spakethe word:

⊕
'Let no man offer this honour to me: I will nowise consent;

πείσομαι: ὥστε καὶ ἄλλον ἀναστήσεσθαι ἐρύξω. ⊕
And if any man else would arise, I will also withstand his intent.

αὐτός, ὅτις ξυνάγειρε, καὶ ἀρχεύοι ὁμάδοιο.⊕
The selfsame man who assembled our band, let him too lead.'

ἦ ῥα μέγα φρονέων, ἐπὶ δ᾽ ᾔνεον, ὡς ἐκέλευεν ⊕
He spake in his greatness of soul, and they shouted, praising therede

Ἡρακλέης: ἀνὰ δ᾽ αὐτὸς ἀρήιος ὤρνυτ᾽ Ἰήσων ⊕
Of Herakles: then did Jason the warrior wight rejoice;

γηθόσυνος, καὶ τοῖα λιλαιομένοις ἀγόρευεν: ⊕
And he sprang to his feet, and he spake in their midst with eagervoice: {350}

⊕
'If indeed ye be minded on me this glorious charge to cast,

μηκέτ᾽ ἔπειθ᾽, ὡς καὶ πρίν, ἐρητύοιτο κέλευθα. ⊕
Let our voyaging tarry no more; suffice the delays overpast.

νῦν γε μὲν ἤδη Φοῖβον ἀρεσσάμενοι θυέεσσιν ⊕
But now, even now, let us offer to Phœbus the sacrifice meet,

δαῖτ᾽ ἐντυνώμεσθα παρασχεδόν. ὄφρα δ᾽ ἴωσιν ⊕
And prepare us a feast even here; and, while yet tarry the feet

δμῶες ἐμοὶ σταθμῶν σημάντορες, οἷσι μέμηλεν ⊕
Of my thralls, overseers of my steading, which bear in charge mycommand

δεῦρο βόας ἀγέληθεν ἐὺ κρίναντας ἐλάσσαι, ⊕
Fitly to choose for us beasts from the herd, and to drive to thestrand,

τόφρα κε νῆ᾽ ἐρύσαιμεν ἔσω ἁλός, ὅπλα δὲ πάντα ⊕
We will launch on the sea our ship, we will set up her tacklingtherein,

ἐνθέμενοι πεπάλαχθε κατὰ κληῖδας ἐρετμά. ⊕
And thwart by thwart cast lots for the place each oarsman shall win.

τείως δ᾽ αὖ καὶ βωμὸν ἐπάκτιον Ἐμβασίοιο ⊕
To Apollo, the Seafarers' Saviour, uppile we then on the beach

θείομεν Ἀπόλλωνος, ὅ μοι χρείων ὑπέδεκτο ⊕
An altar; for whatso I needs must do hath he promised to teach, {360}

σημανέειν δείξειν τε πόρους ἁλός, εἴ κε θυηλαῖς ⊕
And to show us the paths of the sea, if first with sacrifice

οὗ ἕθεν ἐξάρχωμαι ἀεθλεύων βασιλῆι.⊕
I seek unto him, or ever I strive with the king for the prize.'

η ῥα, καὶ εἰς ἔργον πρῶτος τράπεθ̓: οἱ δ᾽ ἐπανέσταν ⊕
So spake he, and turned him first to the work; and, his call toobey,

πειθόμενοι: ἀπὸ δ᾽ εἵματ᾽ ἐπήτριμα νηήσαντο ⊕
The heroes arose, and their garments row upon row heaped they

λείῳ ἐπὶ πλαταμῶνι, τὸν οὐκ ἐπέβαλλε θάλασσα ⊕
On a smooth rock-shelf: the waves of the sea beat not thereon;

κύμασι, χειμερίη δὲ πάλαι ἀποέκλυσεν ἅλμη. ⊕
But the dash of the stormy brine had cleansed it long agone.

νῆα δ᾽ ἐπικρατέως Ἄργου ὑποθημοσύνῃσιν ⊕
Then, giving heed to the counsels of Argus, stoutly they braced

ἔζωσαν πάμπρωτον ἐυστρεφεῖ ἔνδοθεν ὅπλῳ ⊕
The ship with a hawser deftly twisted that girded her waist;

τεινάμενοι ἑκάτερθεν, ἵν᾽ εὖ ἀραροίατο γόμφοις ⊕
For they strained it from side to side, that the beams to the boltsmight hold

δούρατα καὶ ῥοθίοιο βίην ἔχοι ἀντιόωσαν. ⊕
Fast, and withstand the might of the meeting surge on-rolled. {370}

σκάπτον δ᾽ αἶψα κατ᾽ εὖρος ὅσον περιβάλλετο χῶρον, ⊕
And a trench, in compass as great as the width of the galley, theydelved;

ἠδὲ κατὰ πρῴραν εἴσω ἁλὸς ὁσσάτιόν περ ⊕
And overagainst her prow to the sea so far it shelved

ἑλκομένη χείρεσσιν ἐπιδραμέεσθαι ἔμελλεν. ⊕
As the space that the hull should run, by the might of their handson-sped:

αἰεὶ δὲ προτέρω χθαμαλώτερον ἐξελάχαινον ⊕
And deepening ever afront of her stern they scooped that bed.

στείρης, ἐν δ᾽ ὁλκῷ ξεστὰς στορέσαντο φάλαγγας: ⊕
And smoothly-shaven rollers they laid in the furrow arow.

τὴν δὲ κατάντη κλῖναν ἐπὶ πρώτῃσι φάλαγξιν, ⊕
Then down on the foremost rollers slowly they tilted her prow,

ὥς κεν ὀλισθαίνουσα δι᾽ αὐτάων φορέοιτο. ⊕
That adown them one after other with one smooth rush she might slide.

ὕψι δ᾽ ἄρ᾽ ἔνθα καὶ ἔνθα μεταστρέψαντες ἐρετμὰ ⊕
Thereafter above did they pass the oars from side to side;

πήχυιον προύχοντα περὶ σκαλμοῖσιν ἔδησαν. ⊕
To the tholes did they lash them, outstanding a cubit on either hand;

τῶν δ᾽ ἐναμοιβαδὶς αὐτοὶ ἐνέσταθεν ἀμφοτέρωθεν, ⊕
And to right of the ship and to left at these did they take theirstand; {380}

στέρνα θ᾽ ὁμοῦ καὶ χεῖρας ἐπήλασαν. ἐν δ᾽ ἄρα Τῖφυς ⊕
And with chest and with hands against them they bare, and to and fro

βήσαθ᾽, ἵν᾽ ὀτρύνειε νέους κατὰ καιρὸν ἐρύσσαι: ⊕
Went Tiphys the while, to shout in the season the yo-heave-ho.

κεκλόμενος δ᾽ ἤυσε μάλα μέγα: τοὶ δὲ παρᾶσσον ⊕
Then gave he the word with a mighty shout, and the youths forthright

ᾧ κράτεϊ βρίσαντες ἰῇ στυφέλιξαν ἐρωῇ ⊕
Drave her with one rush down, as they thrust with their uttermostmight,

νειόθεν ἐξ ἕδρης, ἐπὶ δ᾽ ἐρρώσαντο πόδεσσιν ⊕
From her berth in the sand, as with feet hard-straining stronglythey stept

προπροβιαζόμενοι: ἡ δ᾽ ἕσπετο Πηλιὰς Ἀργὼ ⊕
Forcing her forward, and Pelian Argo seaward swept

ῥίμφα μάλ᾽: οἱ δ᾽ ἑκάτερθεν ἐπίαχον ἀίσσοντες. ⊕
Full swiftly, and shouted they all, as to right and to left theyleapt.

αἱ δ᾽ ἄρ᾽ ὑπὸ τρόπιδι στιβαρῇ στενάχοντο φάλαγγες ⊕
And under the massy keel's heavy grinding groaned aloud

τριβόμεναι περὶ δέ σφιν ἀιδνὴ κήκιε λιγνὺς ⊕
The rollers, and spirted about them the smoke in a dusky cloud

βριθοσύνῃ, κατόλισθε δ᾽ ἔσω ἁλός: οἱ δέ μιν αὖθι ⊕
'Neath the crushing weight: and into the sea she slid, and her crew{390}

ἂψ ἀνασειράζοντες ἔχον προτέρωσε κιοῦσαν. ⊕
Back with the hawsers warped her, and stayed her as onward she flew.

σκαλμοῖς δ᾽ ἀμφὶς ἐρετμὰ κατήρτυον: ἐν δέ οἱ ἱστὸν ⊕
Then the oars to the tholes they fitted on either side, and the mast

λαίφεά τ᾽ εὐποίητα καὶ ἁρμαλιὴν ἐβάλοντο. ⊕
And the well-fashioned sails, and the tackling withal, therein theycast.

αὐτὰρ ἐπεὶ τὰ ἕκαστα περιφραδέως ἀλέγυναν, ⊕
But soon as with diligent heed they had ordered all things so,

κληῖδας μὲν πρῶτα πάλῳ διεμοιρήσαντο, ⊕
First cast they the lots for the thwarts whereat each man should row,

ἄνδρ᾽ ἐντυναμένω δοιὼ μίαν: ἐκ δ᾽ ἄρα μέσσην ⊕
Allotting one unto two men still; but the midmost thwart

ᾕρεον Ἡρακλῆι καὶ ἡρώων ἄτερ ἄλλων ⊕
For Herakles chose they first, from the rest of the heroes apart;

Ἀγκαίῳ, Τεγέης ὅς ῥα πτολίεθρον ἔναιεν. ⊕
And Ankaius the dweller in Tegea-town for his fellow they chose.

τοῖς μέσσην οἴοισιν ἀπὸ κληῖδα λίποντο ⊕
So the midmost place of the benches they left unchallenged to those,

αὔτως, οὔτι πάλῳ: ἐπὶ δ᾽ ἔτρεπον αἰνήσαντες ⊕
Neither cast for them lots; and with one consent of the voices ofthem {400}

Τῖφυν ἐυστείρης οἰήια νηὸς ἔρυσθαι. ⊕
Unto Tiphys was given the helm of the galley of goodly stem.

ἔνθεν δ᾽ αὖ λάιγγας ἁλὸς σχεδὸν ὀχλίζοντες ⊕
Then did they heap of the stones of the shingle, and, nigh at hand

νήεον αὐτόθι βωμὸν ἐπάκτιον Ἀπόλλωνος, ⊕
To the sea, an altar they reared to Apollo the Lord of the Strand,

Ἀκτίου Ἐμβασίοιό τ᾽ ἐπώνυμον: ὦκα δέ τοίγε ⊕
Who is called the Lord of the farers a-shipboard withal, and in haste

φιτροὺς ἀζαλέης στόρεσαν καθύπερθεν ἐλαίης. ⊕
Billets of olive-wood sapless and dry thereon they placed.

τείως δ᾽ αὖτ᾽ ἀγέληθεν ἐπιπροέηκαν ἄγοντες ⊕
And by this were the herdmen of Aison's son drawn nigh thereto

βουκόλοι Αἰσονίδαο δύω βόε. τοὺς δ᾽ ἐρύσαντο ⊕
Bringing oxen twain from the herd; and these the young men drew

κουρότεροι ἑτάρων βωμοῦ σχεδόν. οἱ δ᾽ ἄρ᾽ ἔπειτα ⊕
And set them beside the altar; and others stood thereby

χέρνιβά τ᾽ οὐλοχύτας τε παρέσχεθον. αὐτὰρ Ἰήσων ⊕
With the water of sacrifice and the meal. And now drew nigh

εὔχετο κεκλόμενος πατρώιον Ἀπόλλωνα: ⊕
Jason, and unto Apollo his fathers' god did he cry: {410}

⊕
'Hearken, O King, who in Pagasae dwellest, whose fair halls be

ἡμετέροιο τοκῆος ἐπώνυμον, ὅς μοι ὑπέστης ⊕
In the city Aisonian, named of my sire, who didst promise to me,

Πυθοῖ χρειομένῳ ἄνυσιν καὶ πείραθ᾽ ὁδοῖο ⊕
When I sought unto thee at Pytho, to point me my journey's goal

σημανέειν, αὐτὸς γὰρ ἐπαίτιος ἔπλευ ἀέθλων: ⊕
And fulfilment; for thou, even thou, to the emprise didst kindle mysoul.

αὐτὸς νῦν ἄγε νῆα σὺν ἀρτεμέεσσιν ἑταίροις ⊕
Now therefore my ship with my comrades safe and sound bring thou

κεῖσέ τε καὶ παλίνορσον ἐς Ἑλλάδα. σοὶ δ᾽ ἂν ὀπίσσω ⊕
Thither, and back unto Hellas again: and to thee do we vow,

τόσσων, ὅσσοι κεν νοστήσομεν, ἀγλαὰ ταύρων ⊕
For as many of us as shall win safe home, on thine altar to lay

ἱρὰ πάλιν βωμῷ ἐπιθήσομεν: ἄλλα δὲ Πυθοῖ, ⊕
Burnt offerings so many of goodly bulls: therewithal will I pay

ἄλλα δ᾽ ἐς Ὀρτυγίην ἀπερείσια δῶρα κομίσσω. ⊕
At Pytho thy shrine, and Ortygia, other gifts beyond price.

νῦν δ᾽ ἴθι, καὶ τήνδ᾽ ἧμιν, Ἑκηβόλε, δέξο θυηλήν, ⊕
Come then, Far-smiter, accept at our hands this sacrifice, {420}

ἥν τοι τῆσδ᾽ ἐπίβαθρα χάριν προτεθείμεθα νηὸς ⊕
Which now, at our going abroad, for the sake of this our ship

πρωτίστην: λύσαιμι δ᾽, ἄναξ, ἐπ᾽ ἀπήμονι μοίρῃ ⊕
We offer, our first of all: and with prosperous weird may I slip

πείσματα σὴν διὰ μῆτιν: ἐπιπνεύσειε δ᾽ ἀήτης ⊕
The hawsers, by thy devising: and soft bid blow the breeze

μείλιχος, ᾧ κ᾽ ἐπὶ πόντον ἐλευσόμεθ᾽ εὐδιόωντες.⊕
Whereby we may fare on ever through calm of summer seas.'

ἦ, καὶ ἅμ᾽ εὐχωλῇ προχύτας βάλε. τὼ δ᾽ ἐπὶ βουσὶν ⊕
With the prayer then cast he the meal: and now for the slaughteringthese

ζωσάσθην, Ἀγκαῖος ὑπέρβιος, Ἡρακλέης τε. ⊕
Girded themselves, Ankaius the mighty, and Herakles.

ἤτοι ὁ μὲν ῥοπάλῳ μέσσον κάρη ἀμφὶ μέτωπα ⊕
And this with his club on the forehead smote the steer mid-head;

πλῆξεν, ὁ δ᾽ ἀθρόος αὖθι πεσὼν ἐνερείσατο γαίῃ: ⊕
And heavily all in a heap to the earth it dropped down dead.

Ἀγκαῖος δ᾽ ἑτέροιο κατὰ πλατὺν αὐχένα κόψας ⊕
And Ankaius hewed with his brazen axe at the second steer

χαλκείῳ πελέκει κρατεροὺς διέκερσε τένοντας: ⊕
On the broad neck: clean through the sinews strong thereof did itshear; {430}

ἤριπε δ᾽ ἀμφοτέροισι περιρρηδὴς κεράεσσιν. ⊕
And there on the earth, with horns doubled under its chest, it lay.

τοὺς δ᾽ ἔταροι σφάξαν τε θοῶς, δεῖράν τε βοείας, ⊕
And swiftly their comrades severed the throats, and the skins didthey flay,

κόπτον, δαίτρευόν τε, καὶ ἱερὰ μῆρ᾽ ἐτάμοντο, ⊕
And they sundered the joints, and they carved, and the sacred thighsthey cut out,

κὰδ δ᾽ ἄμυδις τάγε πάντα καλύψαντες πύκα δημῷ ⊕
And they laid them together, and closely with fat they wrapped themabout,

καῖον ἐπὶ σχίζῃσιν: ὁ δ᾽ ἀκρήτους χέε λοιβὰς ⊕
And burnt on the cloven wood: drink-offerings unmingled of wine

Αἰσονίδης, γήθει δὲ σέλας θηεύμενος Ἴδμων ⊕
Poured Aison's son; and Idmon rejoiced, beholding shine

πάντοσε λαμπόμενον θυέων ἄπο τοῖό τε λιγνὺν ⊕
The splendour that gleamed all round from the sacrifice and thesmoke,

πορφυρέαις ἑλίκεσσιν ἐναίσιμον ἀίσσουσαν: ⊕
As forth for an omen of good in wavering wreaths it broke.

αἶψα δ᾽ ἀπηλεγέως νόον ἔκφατο Λητοΐδαο: ⊕
And the purpose of Leto's son, nothing doubting, straightway hespoke:

⊕
'For you 'tis ordained of the doom of the Gods and of each man'sfate {440}

ἐνθάδε κῶας ἄγοντας: ἀπειρέσιοι δ᾽ ἐνὶ μέσσῳ ⊕
Hither to win with the Fleece; but meanwhile lie in wait

κεῖσέ τε δεῦρό τ᾽ ἔασιν ἀνερχομένοισιν ἄεθλοι. ⊕
Toils without number, as thither ye fare, and as backward ye hie.

αὐτὰρ ἐμοὶ θανέειν στυγερῇ ὑπὸ δαίμονος αἴσῃ ⊕
But for me by the hateful doom of a God is it fated to die

τηλόθι που πέπρωται ἐπ᾽ Ἀσίδος ἠπείροιο. ⊕
Far hence, I know not where, on the Asian mainland shore.

ὧδε κακοῖς δεδαὼς ἔτι καὶ πάρος οἰωνοῖσιν ⊕
Yea, this is my doom: by birds evil-boding I knew it before;

πότμον ἐμὸν πάτρης ἐξήιον, ὄφρ᾽ ἐπιβαίην ⊕
Yet from my fatherland went I: to sail in your galley I came,

νηός, ἐυκλείη δὲ δόμοις ἐπιβάντι λίπηται.⊕
That so to mine house might be left the renown of a hero's name.'

ὧς ἄρ᾽ ἔφη: κοῦροι δὲ θεοπροπίης ἀίοντες ⊕
He spake, and the young men, hearing the words of the prophet, wereglad

νόστῳ μὲν γήθησαν, ἄχος δ᾽ ἕλεν Ἴδμονος αἴσῃ. ⊕
For their home-return, but for Idmon's doom were their hearts madesad.

ἦμος δ᾽ ἠέλιος σταθερὸν παραμείβεται ἦμαρ, ⊕
And so, at the hour when the sun from his noon-halt sinketh adown,{450}

αἱ δὲ νέον σκοπέλοισιν ὑποσκιόωνται ἄρουραι, ⊕
And over the harvest-lands the long rock-shadows are thrown,

δειελινὸν κλίνοντος ὑπὸ ζόφον ἠελίοιο, ⊕
As the sun to the eventide dusk slow-slideth aslant from the sky,

τῆμος ἄρ᾽ ἤδη πάντες ἐπὶ ψαμάθοισι βαθεῖαν ⊕
Even then did the heroes all on the sands of the beach pile high

φυλλάδα χευάμενοι πολιοῦ πρόπαρ αἰγιαλοῖο ⊕
A couch of the wildwood leaves, and in front of the surf-line hoar

κέκλινθ᾽ ἑξείης: παρὰ δέ σφισι μυρί᾽ ἔκειτο ⊕
Row upon row lay down, and beside them was measureless store

εἴδατα, καὶ μέθυ λαρόν, ἀφυσσαμένων προχόῃσιν ⊕
Of meats, and of sweet strong wine which the cupbearers poured forthem out

οἰνοχόων: μετέπειτα δ᾽ ἀμοιβαδὶς ἀλλήλοισιν ⊕
From the pitchers: thereafter they told, as each man's turn cameabout,

μυθεῦνθ᾽, οἷά τε πολλὰ νέοι παρὰ δαιτὶ καὶ οἴνῳ ⊕
Story and legend, as young men oft at the feast and the bowl

τερπνῶς ἑψιόωνται, ὅτ᾽ ἄατος ὕβρις ἀπείη. ⊕
Will take their delight, when insatiate violence is far from theirsoul.

ἔνθ᾽ αὖτ᾽ Αἰσονίδης μὲν ἀμήχανος εἰν ἑοῖ αὐτῷ ⊕
But there was Aison's son, as a man in a nightmare dream, {460}

πορφύρεσκεν ἕκαστα κατηφιόωντι ἐοικώς. ⊕
Struggling with deep dark thoughts, and as one distraught did heseem;

τὸν δ᾽ ἄρ᾽ ὑποφρασθεὶς μεγάλῃ ὀπὶ νείκεσεν Ἴδας: ⊕
And Idas marked him askance, and he shouted in scoffing tone:

⊕
'What thoughts to and fro in thine heart art thou turning, thouAison's son?

αὔδα ἐνὶ μέσσοισι τεὸν νόον. ἦέ σε δαμνᾷ ⊕
Speak out in our midst thy mind! Hath fear in thy spirit awoke

τάρβος ἐπιπλόμενον, τό τ᾽ ἀνάλκιδας ἄνδρας ἀτύζει; ⊕
Overmastering thee--that thing which dazeth dastard folk?

ἴστω νῦν δόρυ θοῦρον, ὅτῳ περιώσιον ἄλλων ⊕
Be witness my furious spear, wherewithal beyond others I win

κῦδος ἐνὶ πτολέμοισιν ἀείρομαι, οὐδέ μ᾽ ὀφέλλει ⊕
Renown in the wars--nor is Zeus so present a helper therein,

Ζεὺς τόσον, ὁσσάτιόν περ ἐμὸν δόρυ, μή νύ τι πῆμα ⊕
Nor so mighty to save as my spear--that on thee no deadly bane

λοίγιον ἔσσεσθαι, μηδ᾽ ἀκράαντον ἄεθλον ⊕
Shall light, nor shall any strife of thine hands be striven in vain,

Ἴδεω ἑσπομένοιο, καὶ εἰ θεὸς ἀντιόῳτο. ⊕
While Idas attendeth thee, not though against thee a God shouldarise. {470}

τοῖόν μ᾽ Ἀρήνηθεν ἀοσσητῆρα κομίζεις.⊕
Such a helper is this thou hast won from Arênê for thine emprise.'

ἦ, καὶ ἐπισχόμενος πλεῖον δέπας ἀμφοτέρῃσιν ⊕
He spake, and the brimming beaker with both hands lifted he up,

πῖνε χαλίκρητον λαρὸν μέθυ: δεύετο δ᾽ οἴνῳ ⊕
And the strong wine drank unmingled, and dashed with the dew of thecup

χείλεα, κυάνεαί τε γενειάδες: οἱ δ᾽ ὁμάδησαν ⊕
Were his lips and his swarthy cheeks: but a startled clamour broke

πάντες ὁμῶς, Ἴδμων δὲ καὶ ἀμφαδίην ἀγόρευσεν: ⊕
From all together; and openly Idmon rebuked him, and spoke:

⊕
'Beshrew thee!--thy thoughts thus soon to thyself are deadly andfell!

ἦέ τοι εἰς ἄτην ζωρὸν μέθυ θαρσαλέον κῆρ ⊕
Hath the strong wine caused thy reckless heart for thy ruin to swell

οἰδάνει ἐν στήθεσσι, θεοὺς δ᾽ ἀνέηκεν ἀτίζειν; ⊕
In thy breast, and eggeth thee on to set the Gods at nought?

ἄλλοι μῦθοι ἔασι παρήγοροι, οἷσί περ ἀνὴρ ⊕
Other words of comfort there be wherewithal a man might have sought

θαρσύνοι ἕταρον: σὺ δ᾽ ἀτάσθαλα πάμπαν ἔειπας, ⊕
To hearten his friend; but thy words were wholly presumptuous-bold!{480}

τοῖα φάτις καὶ τοὺς πρὶν ἐπιφλύειν μακάρεσσιν ⊕
So blustered, as telleth the tale, against the Blessèd of old

υἷας Ἀλωιάδας, οἷς οὐδ᾽ ὅσον ἰσοφαρίζεις ⊕
The sons of Alôeus: and thou--thou art nothing so mighty as they

ἠνορέην: ἔμπης δὲ θοοῖς ἐδάμησαν ὀιστοῖς ⊕
In manhood: yet both did the swift shafts overmaster and slay

ἄμφω Λητοΐδαο, καὶ ἴφθιμοί περ ἐόντες.⊕
Of the Son of Latona, though giants they were and passing strong.'

ὧς ἔφατ᾽: ἐκ δ᾽ ἐγέλασσεν ἄδήν Ἀφαρήιος Ἴδας ⊕
Then Aphareus' son brake forth into laughter loud and long,

καί μιν ἐπιλλίζων ἠμείβετο κερτομίοισιν: ⊕
And blinking upon him in drunken wise flung back the jeer:

⊕
'Come now, by thy deep divination reveal unto me, thou seer,

εἰ καὶ ἐμοὶ τοιόνδε θεοὶ τελέουσιν ὄλεθρον, ⊕
If the Gods for me also be bringing to pass such doom as that

οἷον Ἀλωιάδῃσι πατὴρ τεὸς ἐγγυάλιξεν. ⊕
Which was dealt of that father of thine to the sons that Alôeusbegat.

φράζεο δ᾽ ὅππως χεῖρας ἐμὰς σόος ἐξαλέοιο, ⊕
And bethink thee how thou shalt escape from mine hands alive, if wefind {490}

χρειὼ θεσπίζων μεταμώνιον εἴ κεν ἁλῴης.⊕
Thee guilty of boding a prophecy vain as the idle wind!'

Χώετ᾽ ἐνιπτάζων: προτέρω δέ κε νεῖκος ἐτύχθη, ⊕
Wrathfuller waxed he in railing: and now had the strife run high,

εἰ μὴ δηριόωντας ὁμοκλήσαντες ἑταῖροι ⊕
But amidst of their wrangling their comrades with loud indignant cry,

αὐτός τ᾽ Αἰσονίδης κατερήτυεν: ἂν δὲ καὶ Ὀρφεὺς ⊕
With Aison's son, restrained them:--and lo, with his lyre upheld

λαιῇ ἀνασχόμενος κίθαριν πείραζεν ἀοιδῆς. ⊕
In his left hand, Orpheus arose, and the fountain of song upwelled.

ἤειδεν δ᾽ ὡς γαῖα καὶ οὐρανὸς ἠδὲ θάλασσα, ⊕
And he sang how in the beginning the earth and the heaven and thesea

τὸ πρὶν ἐπ᾽ ἀλλήλοισι μιῇ συναρηρότα μορφῇ, ⊕
In the selfsame form were blended together in unity,

νείκεος ἐξ ὀλοοῖο διέκριθεν ἀμφὶς ἕκαστα: ⊕
And how baleful contention each from other asunder tore;

ἠδ᾽ ὡς ἔμπεδον αἰὲν ἐν αἰθέρι τέκμαρ ἔχουσιν ⊕
And he sang of the goal of the course in the firmament fixed evermore

ἄστρα σεληναίη τε καὶ ἠελίοιο κέλευθοι: ⊕
For the stars and the moon, and the printless paths of thejourneying sun, {500}

οὔρεά θ᾽ ὡς ἀνέτειλε, καὶ ὡς ποταμοὶ κελάδοντες ⊕
And how the mountains arose, how rivers that babbling run,

αὐτῇσιν νύμφῃσι καὶ ἑρπετὰ πάντ᾽ ἐγένοντο. ⊕
They and their Nymphs, were born, and whatso moveth on Earth;

ἤειδεν δ᾽ ὡς πρῶτον Ὀφίων Εὐρυνόμη τε ⊕
And he sang how Ophion at first, and Eurynomê, Ocean's birth,

Ὠκεανὶς νιφόεντος ἔχον κράτος Οὐλύμποιο: ⊕
In lordship of all things sat on Olympus' snow-crowned height;

ὥς τε βίῃ καὶ χερσὶν ὁ μὲν Κρόνῳ εἴκαθε τιμῆς, ⊕
And how Ophion must yield unto Kronos' hands and his might,

ἡ δὲ Ῥέῃ, ἔπεσον δ᾽ ἐνὶ κύμασιν Ὠκεανοῖο: ⊕
And she unto Rhea, and into the Ocean's waves plunged they.

οἱ δὲ τέως μακάρεσσι θεοῖς Τιτῆσιν ἄνασσον, ⊕
O'er the blessed Titan-gods these twain for a space held sway,

ὄφρα Ζεὺς ἔτι κοῦρος, ἔτι φρεσὶ νήπια εἰδώς, ⊕
While Zeus as yet was a child, while yet as a child he thought,

Δικταῖον ναίεσκεν ὑπὸ σπέος: οἱ δέ μιν οὔπω ⊕
And dwelt in the cave Dictaean, while yet the time was not

γηγενέες Κύκλωπες ἐκαρτύναντο κεραυνῷ, ⊕
When the Earth-born Cyclops the thunderbolt's strength to his handsshould give, {510}

βροντῇ τε στεροπῇ τε: τὰ γὰρ Διὶ κῦδος ὀπάζει. ⊕
Even thunder and lightning: by these doth Zeus his glory receive.

ἦ, καὶ ὁ μὲν φόρμιγγα σὺν ἀμβροσίῃ σχέθεν αὐδῇ. ⊕
Low murmured the lyre, and slept, and the voice divine was still:

τοὶ δ᾽ ἄμοτον λήξαντος ἔτι προύχοντο κάρηνα ⊕
But moveless the heads of them all are bending forward, and thrill

πάντες ὁμῶς ὀρθοῖσιν ἐπ᾽ οὔασιν ἠρεμέοντες ⊕
Their eager-listening ears, through the hush as they strain, inthrall

κηληθμῷ: τοῖόν σφιν ἐνέλλιπε θέλκτρον ἀοιδῆς. ⊕
To the spell; such wondrous glamour the song hath cast over all.

οὐδ᾽ ἐπὶ δὴν μετέπειτα κερασσάμενοι Διὶ λοιβάς, ⊕
And a little thereafter they mingled, even as is meet and right,

ἣ θέμις, ἑστηῶτες ἐπὶ γλώσσῃσι χέοντο ⊕
The wine, and poured on the tongues where the altar-fires blazedbright.

αἰθομέναις, ὕπνου δὲ διὰ κνέφας ἐμνώοντο. ⊕
Then turned they to sleep, and around them were folded the wings ofthe night.

αὐτὰρ ὅτ᾽ αἰγλήεσσα φαεινοῖς ὄμμασιν Ἠὼς ⊕
But when radiant Dawn with her flashing eyes on the steeps lookeddown

Πηλίου αἰπεινὰς ἴδεν ἄκριας, ἐκ δ᾽ ἀνέμοιο ⊕
Of Pelion's crests, and, washed by the wind, the forelands thatfrown {520}

εὔδιοι ἐκλύζοντο τινασσομένης ἁλὸς ἄκραι, ⊕
Over the tossing sea rose sharp and clear to view,

δὴ τότ᾽ ἀνέγρετο Τῖφυς: ἄφαρ δ᾽ ὀρόθυνεν ἑταίρους ⊕
Then Tiphys awoke, and he hasted the Argo's hero-crew

βαινέμεναί τ᾽ ἐπὶ νῆα καὶ ἀρτύνασθαι ἐρετμά. ⊕
To hie them aboard, and to range the oars in order due.

σμερδαλέον δὲ λιμὴν Παγασήιος ἠδὲ καὶ αὐτὴ ⊕
And a weird dread cry from the haven of Pagasae rang to them; yea,

Πηλιὰς ἴαχεν Ἀργὼ ἐπισπέρχουσα νέεσθαι. ⊕
From Pelian Argo herself came a voice, bidding hasten away:

ἐν γάρ οἱ δόρυ θεῖον ἐλήλατο, τό ῥ᾽ ἀνὰ μέσσην ⊕
For within her a beam divine had been laid, which Athênê brought

στεῖραν Ἀθηναίη Δωδωνίδος ἥρμοσε φηγοῦ. ⊕
From the oak Dodonaean, and into the midst of her stem was itwrought.

οἱ δ᾽ ἀνὰ σέλματα βάντες ἐπισχερὼ ἀλλήλοισιν, ⊕
So the heroes went up to the thwarts, and twain after twain arow,

ὡς ἐδάσαντο πάροιθεν ἐρεσσέμεν ᾧ ἐνὶ χώρῳ, ⊕
Even as fell the places by lot but a little ago,

εὐκόσμως σφετέροισι παρ᾽ ἔντεσιν ἑδριόωντο. ⊕
Orderly ranged sat down, and by each was his harness of fight. {530}

μέσσῳ δ᾽ Ἀγκαῖος μέγα τε σθένος Ἡρακλῆος ⊕
On the midmost Ankaius, and next him Herakles' giant might

ἵζανον: ἄγχι δέ οἱ ῥόπαλον θέτο, καί οἱ ἔνερθεν ⊕
Sat, and beside him he laid his club; and the keel of the ship

ποσσὶν ὑπεκλύσθη νηὸς τρόπις.: εἵλκετο δ᾽ ἤδη ⊕
Under his massy tread plunged deep. And now did they slip

πείσματα, καὶ μέθυ λεῖβον ὕπερθ᾽ ἁλός. αὐτὰρ Ἰήσων ⊕
The hawsers, and poured on the sea the wine. Tear-dimmed that day

δακρυόεις γαίης ἀπὸ πατρίδος ὄμματ᾽ ἔνεικεν. ⊕
Were Jason's eyes, from the fatherland-home as he turned them away.

οἱ δ᾽, ὥστ᾽ ἠίθεοι Φοίβῳ χορὸν ἢ ἐνὶ Πυθοῖ ⊕
And these--as the youths that in Pytho begin unto Phœbus the dance,

ᾔ που ἐν Ὀρτυγίῃ, ἢ ἐφ᾽ ὕδασιν Ἰσμηνοῖο ⊕
In Ortygia, or there where Ismenus' ripples in sunlight glance,

στησάμενοι, φόρμιγγος ὑπαὶ περὶ βωμὸν ὁμαρτῇ ⊕
Hand in hand to the notes of the lyre his altar around

ἐμμελέως κραιπνοῖσι πέδον ῥήσσωσι πόδεσσιν: ⊕
With rhythmical fall of the feet swift-circling beat the ground,--

ὧς οἱ ὑπ᾽ Ὀρφῆος κιθάρῃ πέπληγον ἐρετμοῖς ⊕
So smote with the oars, by the lyre of Orpheus timing the stroke,{540}

πόντου λάβρον ὕδωρ, ἐπὶ δὲ ῥόθια κλύζοντο: ⊕
The sea's wild water, and over the blades the surges broke.

ἀφρῷ δ᾽ ἔνθα καὶ ἔνθα κελαινὴ κήκιεν ἅλμη ⊕
And on this side and that with the foam the dark brine seethingflashed;

δεινὸν μορμύρουσα ἐρισθενέων μένει ἀνδρῶν. ⊕
Like muttered thunder it sounded by strokes of the mighty updashed.

στράπτε δ᾽ ὑπ᾽ ἠελίῳ φλογὶ εἴκελα νηὸς ἰούσης ⊕
And glanced in the sun like flame, as the ship winged onward herflight,

τεύχεα: μακραὶ δ᾽ αἰὲν ἐλευκαίνοντο κέλευθοι, ⊕
Their armour: the wake far-weltering ever behind gleamed white,

ἀτραπὸς ὣς χλοεροῖο διειδομένη πεδίοιο. ⊕
As an oft-trodden path through a grassy plain lieth clear in sight.

πάντες δ᾽ οὐρανόθεν λεῦσσον θεοὶ ἤματι κείνῳ ⊕
And all the Gods that day from the height of the heaven looked down

νῆα καὶ ἡμιθέων ἀνδρῶν μένος, οἳ τότ᾽ ἄριστοι ⊕
On the ship, and the might of the demigod heroes, the men of renown,

πόντον ἐπιπλώεσκον: ἐπ᾽ ἀκροτάτῃσι δὲ νύμφαι ⊕
Sailing the sea; and afar on the crests of the hill-tops lone

Πηλιάδες κορυφῇσιν ἐθάμβεον εἰσορόωσαι ⊕
The Maids of the Mountain, the Pelian Nymphs, in amaze looked on{550}

ἔργον Ἀθηναίης Ἰτωνίδος, ἠδὲ καὶ αὐτοὺς ⊕
At the work of Athênê Itônis, the heroes' goodly array,

ἥρωας χείρεσσιν ἐπικραδάοντας ἐρετμά. ⊕
As the ashen blades in their hands kept time with measured sway.

αὐτὰρ ὅγ᾽ ἐξ ὑπάτου ὄρεος κίεν ἄγχι θαλάσσης ⊕
Yea, and there came one down from the mountain's height to the shore,

χείρων Φιλλυρίδης, πολιῇ δ᾽ ἐπὶ κύματος ἀγῇ ⊕
Even Cheiron, Philyra's son, and plashed the surf-wash hoar

τέγγε πόδας, καὶ πολλὰ βαρείῃ χειρὶ κελεύων, ⊕
On his feet, as his broad hand waving many a farewell sent,

νόστον ἐπευφήμησεν ἀκηδέα νισσομένοισιν. ⊕
And he shouted, 'Good speed, and a sorrowless home-return!' as theywent.

σὺν καί οἱ παράκοιτις ἐπωλένιον φορέουσα ⊕
And there was his wife, with Peleus' babe in her arms held high,

Πηλεΐδην Ἀχιλῆα, φίλῳ δειδίσκετο πατρί. ⊕
Achilles, waving a greeting as sped his sire thereby.

οἱ δ᾽ ὅτε δὴ λιμένος περιηγέα κάλλιπον ἀκτὴν ⊕
So when they had rounded the headland, and left the haven behind

φραδμοσύνῃ μήτι τε δαΐφρονος Ἁγνιάδαο ⊕
By the cunning and wisdom of Hagnias' son the prudent of mind,--{560}

Τίφυος, ὅς ῥ᾽ ἐνὶ χερσὶν ἐύξοα τεχνηέντως ⊕
Even of Tiphys, who swayed in the master-craftsman's grip

πηδάλι᾽ ἀμφιέπεσκ᾽, ὄφρ᾽ ἔμπεδον ἐξιθύνοι, ⊕
The helm smooth-shaven, to guide unswerving the course of the ship,--

δή ῥα τότε μέγαν ἱστὸν ἐνεστήσαντο μεσόδμῃ, ⊕
Then set they up in the centre-block the towering mast,

δῆσαν δὲ προτόνοισι, τανυσσάμενοι ἑκάτερθεν, ⊕
And on either hand strained taut the stays, and they lashed themfast;

κὰδ δ᾽ αὐτοῦ λίνα χεῦαν, ἐπ᾽ ἠλακάτην ἐρύσαντες. ⊕
And the sail they unfurled therefrom, from the yard-arm spreadingit wide.

ἐν δὲ λιγὺς πέσεν οὖρος: ἐπ᾽ ἰκριόφιν δὲ κάλωας ⊕
And a breeze shrill-piping upsprang, and the sheets upon either side

ξεστῇσιν περόνῃσι διακριδὸν ἀμφιβαλόντες ⊕
O'er the polished pins on the deck then cast they in order meet;

Τισαίην εὔκηλοι ὑπὲρ δολιχὴν θέον ἄκρην. ⊕
And past the long Tisaian ness did they restfully fleet.

τοῖσι δὲ φορμίζων εὐθήμονι μέλπεν ἀοιδῇ ⊕
And Orpheus, in song whose rhythmical cadence kept time to the lyre,

Οἰάγροιο πάις νηοσσόον εὐπατέρειαν ⊕
Sang of the Saviour of Ships, the Child of the Glorious Sire, {570}

Ἄρτεμιν, ἣ κείνας σκοπιὰς ἁλὸς ἀμφιέπεσκεν ⊕
Artemis, she that hath those crags of the sea in her keeping,

ῥυομένη καὶ γαῖαν Ἰωλκίδα: τοὶ δὲ βαθείης ⊕
The Lady that wardeth Iolkos-land. And the fishes leaping

ἰχθύες ἀίσσοντες ὕπερθ᾽ ἁλός, ἄμμιγα παύροις ⊕
Up from the deep sea came, and, drawn by the spell of the lay,

ἄπλετοι, ὑγρὰ κέλευθα διασκαίροντες ἕποντο. ⊕
Both small and great followed gambolling over the watery way.

ὡς δ᾽ ὁπότ᾽ ἀγραύλοιο κατ᾽ ἴχνια σημαντῆρος ⊕
And as when in the track of a shepherd, the warder of flocks on thewold,

μυρία μῆλ᾽ ἐφέπονται ἄδην κεκορημένα ποίης ⊕
Follow sheep that have fed to the full of the grass, a throng untold,

εἰς αὖλιν, ὁ δέ τ᾽ εἶσι πάρος σύριγ γι λιγείῃ ⊕
And he goeth before with his shrill reed piping them home to thefold,

καλὰ μελιζόμενος νόμιον μέλος, ὧς ἄρα τοίγε ⊕
As sweetly he fluteth a shepherd's strain,--so over the seas

ὡμάρτευν: τὴν δ᾽ αἰὲν ἐπασσύτερος φέρεν οὖρος. ⊕
Followed the fishes: on wafted her ever the chasing breeze.

αὐτίκα δ᾽ ἠερίη πολυλήιος αἶα Πελασγῶν ⊕
And ere long melting in haze the Pelasgians' land of corn {580}

δύετο, Πηλιάδας δὲ παρεξήμειβον ἐρίπνας ⊕
Sank out of sight; and past Mount Pelion's cliffs were they borne

αἰὲν ἐπιπροθέοντες: ἔδυνε δὲ Σηπιὰς ἄκρη, ⊕
Aye running onward; and sank in the offing the Sepian strand,

φαίνετο δ᾽ εἰναλίη Σκίαθος, φαίνοντο δ᾽ ἄπωθεν ⊕
And sea-girt Skiathos rose, and a far-away gleam of sand,

Πειρεσιαὶ Μάγνησά θ᾽ ὑπεύδιος ἠπείροιο ⊕
The Peiresian beach and Magnesian, clear in the summer air

ἀκτὴ καὶ τύμβος Δολοπήιος: ἔνθ᾽ ἄρα τοίγε ⊕
On the mainland; and lo, the barrow of Dolops: at eventide there

ἑσπέριοι ἀνέμοιο παλιμπνοίῃσιν ἔκελσαν, ⊕
Beached they the ship, for against them the veering breeze hadturned.

καί μιν κυδαίνοντες ὑπὸ κνέφας ἔντομα μήλων ⊕
And they honoured the dead, and victims of sheep in the gloamingthey burned,

κεῖαν, ὀρινομένης ἁλὸς οἴδματι: διπλόα δ᾽ ἀκταῖς ⊕
While the sea-surge stormily tossed. Two days to and fro on the shore

ἤματ᾽ ἐλινύεσκον: ἀτὰρ τριτάτῳ προέηκαν ⊕
They loitered, but ran on the third their galley asea once more;

νῆα, τανυσσάμενοι περιώσιον ὑψόθι λαῖφος. ⊕
And the broad sail spread they on high, and the keel from the strandshot away: {590}

τὴν δ᾽ ἀκτὴν Ἀφέτας Ἀργοῦς ἔτι κικλήσκουσιν. ⊕
Men call it 'The Launching of Argo'--Aphetai--unto this day.

ἔνθεν δὲ προτέρωσε παρεξέθεον Μελίβοιαν. ⊕
Onward they ran, ever onward: they left Meliboia behind;

⊕
They caught but a glimpse of the foam-flecked beach of the stormywind:

ἠῶθεν δ᾽ Ὁμόλην αὐτοσχεδὸν εἰσορόωντες ⊕
And with dawning on Homolê looked they, and lo, it was looming anigh;

πόντῳ κεκλιμένην παρεμέτρεον: οὐδ᾽ ἔτι δηρὸν ⊕
Broad-couched on the breast of the waters it lay as they passed itby.

μέλλον ὑπὲκ ποταμοῖο βαλεῖν Ἀμύροιο ῥέεθρα. ⊕
Thereafter full soon by the outfall of Amyrus' flood must they fly.

κεῖθεν δ᾽ Εὐρυμενάς τε πολυκλύστους τε φάραγγας ⊕
Eurymenê then, and the surf-tormented gorges they spied

Ὄσσης Οὐλύμποιό τ᾽ ἐσέδρακον: αὐτὰρ ἔπειτα ⊕
Of Olympus' and Ossa's seaward face: wind-wafted they ride

κλίτεα Παλλήναια, Καναστραίην ὑπὲρ ἄκρην, ⊕
By the slopes of Pallênê; beyond Kanastra's foreland-height

ἤνυσαν ἐννύχιοι πνοιῇ ἀνέμοιο θέοντες. ⊕
They passed, running lightly before the breath of the breeze in thenight. {600}

ἦρι δὲ νισσομένοισιν Ἄθω ἀνέτελλε κολώνη ⊕
And before them at dawn on-speeding the pillar of Athos rose,

Θρηικίη, ἣ τόσσον ἀπόπροθι Λῆμνον ἐοῦσαν, ⊕
The Thracian mountain: its topmost peak's dark shadow it throws

ὅσσον ἐς ἔνδιόν κεν ἐύστολος ὁλκὰς ἀνύσσαι, ⊕
Far as a merchantman goodly-rigged in a day might win,

ἀκροτάτῃ κορυφῇ σκιάει, καὶ ἐσάχρι Μυρίνης. ⊕
Even to Lemnos' isle, and the city Myrinê therein.

τοῖσιν δ᾽ αὐτῆμαρ μὲν ἄεν καὶ ἐπι κνέφας οὖρος ⊕
And the wind blew all that day till the folds of the darkness fell,

πάγχυ μάλ᾽ ἀκραής, τετάνυστο δὲ λαίφεα νηός. ⊕
Blew ever fresh, and the sail strained over the broad sea-swell.

αὐτὰρ ἅμ᾽ ἠελίοιο βολαῖς ἀνέμοιο λιπόντος ⊕
Howbeit the wind's breath failed them at going down of the sun:

εἰρεσίῃ κραναὴν Σιντηίδα Λῆμνον ἵκοντο. ⊕
So to Lemnos the craggy, the Sintian isle, by rowing they won.

ἔνθ᾽ ἄμυδις πᾶς δῆμος ὑπερβασίῃσι γυναικῶν ⊕
There all the men of the nation together pitilessly

νηλειῶς δέδμητο παροιχομένῳ λυκάβαντι. ⊕
By the violent hands of the women were slain in the year gone by;{610}

δὴ γὰρ κουριδίας μὲν ἀπηνήναντο γυναῖκας ⊕
Forasmuch as the hearts of the men from their lawful wives hadturned,

ἀνέρες ἐχθήραντες, ἔχον δ᾽ ἐπὶ ληιάδεσσιν ⊕
And in love for their captive handmaids with baleful passion theyburned,

τρηχὺν ἔρον, ἃς αὐτοὶ ἀγίνεον ἀντιπέρηθεν ⊕
Maids that themselves from the Thracian land in foray had brought

Θρηικίην δῃοῦντες: ἐπεὶ χόλος αἰνὸς ὄπαζεν ⊕
Oversea:--'twas the wrath of the Cyprian Queen that curse hadwrought,

Κύπιδος, οὕνεκά μιν γεράων ἐπὶ δηρὸν ἄτισσαν. ⊕
Because that for long they had left her unhonoured by sacrifice:--

ὦ μέλεαι, ζήλοιό τ᾽ ἐπισμυγερῶς ἀκόρητοι. ⊕
Ah hapless, whose hungering jealousy craved that woeful price!

οὐκ οἶον σὺν τῇσιν ἑοὺς ἔρραισαν ἀκοίτας ⊕
For not with the captives their husbands alone for the sin did theyslay,

ἀμφ᾽ εὐνῇ, πᾶν δ᾽ ἄρσεν ὁμοῦ γένος, ὥς κεν ὀπίσσω ⊕
But every male therewithal, lest perchance in the coming day

μήτινα λευγαλέοιο φόνου τίσειαν ἀμοιβήν. ⊕
Out of these might arise an avenger for that grim murder's sake.

οἴη δ᾽ ἐκ πασέων γεραροῦ περιφείσατο πατρὸς ⊕
In one alone for an aged sire did compassion awake, {620}

Ὑψιπύλεια Θόαντος, ὃ δὴ κατὰ δῆμον ἄνασσεν: ⊕
Hypsipylê, daughter of Thoas, the king of the folk of the land.

λάρνακι δ᾽ ἐν κοίλῃ μιν ὕπερθ᾽ ἁλὸς ἧκε φέρεσθαι, ⊕
In an ark did she send him to drift o'er the sea from themurder-strand,

αἴ κε φύγῃ. καὶ τὸν μὲν ἐς Οἰνοίην ἐρύσαντο ⊕
If he haply might 'scape. And fisher-folk saved him and brought tothe isle

πρόσθεν, ἀτὰρ Σίκινόν γε μεθύστερον αὐδηθεῖσαν ⊕
Which men call Sikinus now, but Oinoë named it erewhile;

νῆσον, ἐπακτῆρες, Σικίνου ἄπο, τόν ῥα Θόαντι ⊕
For from Sikinus folk renamed it, the child whom the Maid of theSpring,

νηιὰς Οἰνοίη νύμφη τέκεν εὐνηθεῖσα. ⊕
Oinoë, bare, when she couched in love with Thoas the king.

τῇσι δὲ βουκόλιαί τε βοῶν χάλκειά τε δύνειν ⊕
So it came to pass that for these to tend the kine, and to wear

τεύχεα, πυροφόρους τε διατμήξασθαι ἀροὔρας ⊕
War-harness of brass, and to furrow the wheat-bearing land with theshare,

ῥηίτερον πάσῃσιν Ἀθηναίης πέλεν ἔργων, ⊕
In the eyes of them all seemed task more light than Athênê's toil

οἷς αἰεὶ τὸ πάροιθεν ὁμίλεον. ἀλλὰ γὰρ ἔμπης ⊕
Wherewithal were their hands aforetime busy: yet all the while {630}

ἦ θαμὰ δὴ πάπταινον ἐπὶ πλατὺν ὄμμασι πόντον ⊕
Across the broad sea ever they cast and anon their eyes

δείματι λευγαλέῳ, ὁπότε Θρήικες ἴασιν. ⊕
With a haunting fear lest the Thracian sails in the offing shouldrise.

τῶ καὶ ὅτ᾽ ἐγγύθι νήσου ἐρεσσομένην ἴδον Ἀργώ, ⊕
So when they beheld the Argo's oars flashing down to their coast,

αὐτίκα πασσυδίῃ πυλέων ἔκτοσθε Μυρίνης ⊕
Forth from the gates of Myrinê straightway in one great host

δήια τεύχεα δῦσαι ἐς αἰγιαλὸν προχέοντο, ⊕
Clad in their harness of battle down to the beach they poured

Θυιάσιν ὠμοβόροις ἴκελαι: φὰν γάρ που ἱκάνειν ⊕
Like unto ravening Thyiads: they weened that the Thracian horde

Θρήικας: ἡ δ᾽ ἅμα τῇσι Θοαντιὰς Ὑψιπύλεια ⊕
Were come: and there was Hypsipylê clad in the war-array

δῦν᾽ ἐνὶ τεύχεσι πατρός. ἀμηχανίῃ δ᾽ ἐχέοντο ⊕
Of Thoas her father: and all these speechless with wildered dismay

ἄφθογγοι: τοῖόν σφιν ἐπὶ δέος ᾐωρεῖτο. ⊕
Streamed down,--such panic was wafted about them all that day.

τείως δ᾽ αὖτ᾽ ἐκ νηὸς ἀριστῆες προέηκαν ⊕
But forth of the galley the while had the chieftains sent to theshore {640}

Αἰθαλίδην κήρυκα θοόν, τῷπέρ τε μέλεσθαι ⊕
Aithalides, their herald swift, the man who bore

ἀγγελίας καὶ σκῆπτρον ἐπέτρεπον Ἑρμείαο, ⊕
Charge of their messages, yea, and the wand they committed to him

σφωιτέροιο τοκῆος, ὅ οἱ μνῆστιν πόρε πάντων ⊕
Of Hermes his sire, who had given him memory never made dim

ἄφθιτον: οὐδ᾽ ἔτι νῦν περ ἀποιχομένου Ἀχέροντος ⊕
Of all things:--yea, nor forgetfulness swept even now o'er his soul

δίνας ἀπροφάτους ψυχὴν ἐπιδέδρομε λήθη: ⊕
Of long-left Acheron's flow, where the torrents unspeakable roll.

ἀλλ᾽ ἥγ᾽ ἔμπεδον αἰὲν ἀμειβομένη μεμόρηται, ⊕
For the doom of his spirit is fixed, to and fro evermore is it swept,

ἄλλοθ᾽ ὑποχθονίοις ἐναρίθμιος, ἄλλοτ᾽ ἐς αὐγὰς ⊕
Now numbered with ghosts underground, now back to the light hath itleapt,

ἠελίου ζωοῖσι μετ᾽ ἀνδράσιν. ἀλλὰ τί μύθους ⊕
To the beams of the sun among living men:--but why should I tell

Αἰθαλίδεω χρειώ με διηνεκέως ἀγορεύειν; ⊕
The story of Aithalides that all men know full well?

ὅς ῥα τόθ᾽ Ὑψιπύλην μειλίξατο δέχθαι ἰόντας ⊕
Of him was Hypsipylê won to receive that sea-borne array {650}

ἤματος ἀνομένοιο διὰ κνέφας: οὐδὲ μὲν ἠοῖ ⊕
As waned the day to the gloaming: yet not with the new-born day

πείσματα νηὸς ἔλυσαν ἐπὶ πνοιῇ βορέαο. ⊕
Unmoored they the ship for the North-wind's breathing to waft away.

Λημνιάδες δὲ γυναῖκες ἀνὰ πτόλιν ἷζον ἰοῦσαι ⊕
Through the city the daughters of Lemnos into the folkmote pressed,

εἰς ἀγορήν: αὐτὴ γὰρ ἐπέφραδεν Ὑψιπύλεια. ⊕
And there sat down, as Hypsipylê's self sent forth her behest.

καί ῥ᾽ ὅτε δὴ μάλα πᾶσαι ὁμιλαδὸν ἠγερέθοντο, ⊕
So when they were gathered in one great throng to the market-stead,

αὐτίκ᾽ ἄρ᾽ ἥγ᾽ ἐνὶ τῇσιν ἐποτρύνουσ᾽ ἀγόρευεν: ⊕
For their counselling straightway she rose in the midst of them all,and she said:

⊕
'Friends, now, an ye will, good store of gifts to the men give we,

ἀνδράσιν, οἷά τ᾽ ἔοικεν ἄγειν ἐπὶ νηὸς ἔχοντας, ⊕
Even such as is meet that the farers a-shipboard should bear oversea,

ἤια, καὶ μέθυ λαρόν, ἵν᾽ ἔμπεδον ἔκτοθι πύργων ⊕
Even meats and the sweet strong wine, that without our towers so

μίμνοιεν, μηδ᾽ ἄμμε κατὰ χρειὼ μεθέποντες ⊕
They may bide, nor for need's sake passing amidst of us to and fro{660}

ἀτρεκέως γνώωσι, κακὴ δ᾽ ἐπὶ πολλὸν ἵκηται ⊕
May know of us all too well, and our evil report shall go

βάξις: ἐπεὶ μέγα ἔργον ἐρέξαμεν, οὐδέ τι πάμπαν ⊕
Afar, for a terrible deed have we wrought, and in no wise, I trow,

θυμηδὲς καὶ τοῖσι τόγ᾽ ἔσσεται, εἴ κε δαεῖεν. ⊕
Good in their sight shall it seem, if they haply shall hear the tale.

ἡμετέρη μὲν νῦν τοίη παρενήνοθε μῆτις: ⊕
Lo, this is our counsel, and this, meseemeth, best shall avail.

ὑμέων δ᾽ εἴ τις ἄρειον ἔπος μητίσεται ἄλλη, ⊕
But if any amidst you hath counsel that better shall serve our need

ἐγρέσθω: τοῦ γάρ τε καὶ εἵνεκα δεῦρ᾽ ἐκάλεσσα.⊕
Let her rise; for to this have I summoned you, even the giving ofrede.'

ὧς ἄρ᾽ ἔφη, καὶ θῶκον ἐφίζανε πατρὸς ἑοῖο ⊕
So spake she, and sat her down on the ancient chair of stone

λάινον: αὐτὰρ ἔπειτα φίλη τροφὸς ὦρτο Πολυξώ, ⊕
That of old was her sire's, and Polyxo her nurse uprose thereupon.

γήραϊ δὴ ῥικνοῖσιν ἐπισκάζουσα πόδεσσιν, ⊕
On her wrinkle-shrivelled feet she halted for very eld

βάκτρῳ ἐρειδομένη, περὶ δὲ μενέαιν᾽ ἀγορεῦσαι. ⊕
Bowed over a staff; but with longing for speech the heart in herswelled. {670}

τῇ καὶ παρθενικαὶ πίσυρες σχεδὸν ἑδριόωντο ⊕
And hard by her side were there sitting ancient maidens four,

ἀδμῆτες λευκῇσιν ἐπιχνοαούσῃ ἐθείραις. ⊕
Virgins, whose heads with the thin white hair were silvered o'er.

στῆ δ᾽ ἄρ᾽ ἐνὶ μέσσῃ ἀγορῇ, ἀνὰ δ᾽ ἔσχεθε δειρὴν ⊕
And amidst of the folkmote stood she, and up from her crook-bowedback

ἦκα μόλις κυφοῖο μεταφρένου, ὧδέ τ᾽ ἔειπεν: ⊕
Feebly a little she lifted her neck, and in this wise spake:

⊕
'Gifts, even as unto the lady Hypsipylê seemeth meet,

πέμπωμεν ξείνοισιν, ἐπεὶ καὶ ἄρειον ὀπάσσαι. ⊕
Send we to the strangers, for thus were it better their coming togreet.

ὔμμι γε μὴν τίς μῆτις ἐπαύρεσθαι βιότοιο, ⊕
But you--by what art or device shall ye save your souls alive

αἴ κεν ἐπιβρίσῃ Θρήιξ στρατός, ἠέ τις ἄλλος ⊕
If a Thracian host burst on you, or cometh in battle to strive

δυσμενέων, ἅ τε πολλὰ μετ᾽ ἀνθρώποισι πέλονται; ⊕
Some other foe?--there be many such chances to men that befall,

ὡς καὶ νῦν ὅδ᾽ ὅμιλος ἀνωίστως ἐφικάνει. ⊕
Even as now yon array cometh unforeseen of us all. {680}

εἰ δὲ τὸ μὲν μακάρων τις ἀποτρέποι, ἄλλα δ᾽ ὀπίσσω ⊕
But if one of the Blessèd should turn this affliction away, thereremain

μυρία δηιοτῆτος ὑπέρτερα πήματα μίμνει, ⊕
Countless afflictions beside, far worse than the battle's strain.

εὖτ᾽ ἂν δὴ γεραραὶ μὲν ἀποφθινύθωσι γυναῖκες, ⊕
For when through the gates of the grave the older women have passed,

κουρότεραι δ᾽ ἄγονοι στυγερὸν ποτὶ γῆρας ἵκησθε. ⊕
And childless the younger have won to a joyless eld at the last,

πῶς τῆμος βώσεσθε δυσάμμοροι; ἦε βαθείαις ⊕
How then will ye live, O hapless?--what, will the beasts freewilled

αὐτόματοι βόες ὔμμιν ἐνιζευχθέντες ἀρούραις ⊕
On their own necks cast the yoke, to the end that your lands may betilled?

γειοτόμον νειοῖο διειρύσσουσιν ἄροτρον, ⊕
And the furrow-sundering share will they drag through the heavy loam?

καὶ πρόκα τελλομένου ἔτεος στάχυν ἀμήσονται; ⊕
And, as rolleth the year round, straight will they bring you theharvest home?

ἦ μὲν ἐγών, εἰ καί με τὰ νῦν ἔτι πεφρίκασιν ⊕
Now, albeit from me the Fates still shrink as in loathing and fear,

κῆρες, ἐπερχόμενόν που ὀίομαι εἰς ἔτος ἤδη ⊕
Yet surely on me, when the feet draw nigh of another year, {690}

γαῖαν ἐφέσσεσθαι, κτερέων ἀπὸ μοῖραν ἑλοῦσαν ⊕
The earth shall lie, when the burial rites have been rendered to me,

αὔτως, ἣ θέμις ἐστί, πάρος κακότητα πελάσσαι. ⊕
Even as is due, and the evil days I shall not see.

ὁπλοτέρῃσι δὲ πάγχυ τάδε φράζεσθαι ἄνωγα. ⊕
But for you which be younger, I counsel you, give good heed untothis,

νῦν γὰρ δὴ παρὰ ποσσὶν ἐπήβολός ἐστ᾽ ἀλεωρή, ⊕
For that now at your feet an open way of deliverance there is,

εἴ κεν ἐπιτρέψητε δόμους καὶ ληίδα πᾶσαν ⊕
If ye will but commit your dwellings and all your spoil to the guard

ὑμετέρην ξείνοισι καὶ ἀγλαὸν ἄστυ μέλεσθαι.⊕
Of the strangers, yea, and your goodly city for these to ward.'

ὧς ἔφατ᾽: ἐν δ᾽ ἀγορὴ πλῆτο θρόου. εὔαδε γάρ σφιν ⊕
She spake, and with clamour the folkmote was filled, for good intheir eyes

μῦθος. ἀτὰρ μετὰ τήνγε παρασχεδὸν αὖτις ἀνῶρτο ⊕
Was the word, and straightway thereafter again did Hypsipylê rise,

Ὑψιπύλη, καὶ τοῖον ὑποβλήδην ἔπος ηὔδα: ⊕
And her voice pealed over the multitude, stilling the mingled cries:

⊕
'If in sooth in the sight of you all well-pleasing is this samerede, {700}

ἤδη κεν μετὰ νῆα καὶ ἄγγελον ὀτρύναιμι.⊕
Unto the ship straightway a messenger hence will I speed.'

ἦ ῥα, καὶ Ἰφινόην μετεφώνεεν ἆσσον ἐοῦσαν: ⊕
To Iphinoê which waited beside her spake she her hest:

⊕
'Up, Iphinoê, and to yonder man bear this my request,

ἡμέτερόνδε μολεῖν, ὅστις στόλου ἡγεμονεύει, ⊕
That he come to our town, even he who is chief of the strangers'array,

ὄφρα τί οἱ δήμοιο ἔπος θυμῆρες ἐνίσπω: ⊕
For the word that pleaseth the heart of my people to him would I say.

καὶ δ᾽ αὐτοὺς γαίης τε καὶ ἄστεος, αἴ κ᾽ ἐθέλωσιν, ⊕
Yea, and his fellows bid thou to light in friendship down

κέκλεο θαρσαλέως ἐπιβαινέμεν εὐμενέοντας.⊕
On our shore, if they will, and to enter undismayed our town.'

ἦ, καὶ ἔλυσ᾽ ἀγορήν, μετὰ δ᾽ εἰς ἑὸν ὦρτο νέεσθαι. ⊕
She spake, and dismissed the assembly, and homeward she wended herway;

ὧς δὲ καὶ Ἰφινόη Μινύας ἵκεθ᾽: οἱ δ᾽ ἐρέεινον, ⊕
But Iphinoê to the Minyans went; and they bade her say

χρεῖος ὅ τι φρονέουσα μετήλυθεν. ὦκα δὲ τούσγε ⊕
What was the mind wherewithal she was come, and what her need. {710}

πασσυδίῃ μύθοισι προσέννεπεν ἐξερέοντας: ⊕
And straightway she told them the words of her message with eagerspeed:

⊕
'The daughter of Thoas, Hypsipylê, sent me hither away

Ὑψιπύλη, καλέειν νηὸς πρόμον, ὅστις ὄρωρεν, ⊕
To summon the lord of your ship, and the captain of your array,

ὄφρα τί οἱ δήμοιο ἔπος θυμῆρες ἐνίσπῃ: ⊕
That the will of her folk she may tell him, their heart's desirethis day.

καὶ δ᾽ αὐτοὺς γαίης τε καὶ ἄστεος, αἴ κ᾽ ἐθέλητε, ⊕
Yea, and his fellows she biddeth to light in friendship down

κέκλεται αὐτίκα νῦν ἐπιβαινέμεν εὐμενέοντας.⊕
On our shore, if they will, and to enter undismayed our town.'

ὧς ἄρ᾽ ἔφη: πάντεσσι δ᾽ ἐναίσιμος ἥνδανε μῦθος. ⊕
So spake she, and fair in the sight of them all was the word thatshe said;

Υψιπύλην δ᾽ εἴσαντο καταφθιμένοιο Θόαντος ⊕
For they deemed that Hypsipylê reigned in the room of Thoas dead,

τηλυγέτην γεγαυῖαν ἀνασσέμεν: ὦκα δὲ τόνγε ⊕
His daughter, his well-beloved; and they hasted Jason to meet

πέμπον ἴμεν, καὶ δ᾽ αὐτοὶ ἐπεντύνοντο νέεσθαι. ⊕
The island-queen, and they dight them to follow their captain'sfeet. {720}

αὐτὰρ ὅγ᾽ ἀμφ᾽ ὤμοισι θεᾶς Τριτωνίδος ἔργον, ⊕
Then he flung o'er his shoulders the web by the Goddess Itonianwrought;

δίπλακα πορφυρέην περονήσατο, τήν οἱ ὄπασσεν ⊕
In the clasp of a brooch were the folds of the purple of Pallascaught,

Παλλάς, ὅτε πρῶτον δρυόχους ἐπεβάλλετο νηὸς ⊕
Which she gave, when for Argo's building the keel-props first shedight,

Ἀργοῦς, καὶ κανόνεσσι δάε ζυγὰ μετρήσασθαι. ⊕
And taught him with rule of the shipwright to measure her timbersaright.

τῆς μὲν ῥηίτερόν κεν ἐς ἠέλιον ἀνιόντα ⊕
More easy it were in sooth on the sun at his rising to gaze

ὄσσε βάλοις, ἢ κεῖνο μεταβλέψειας ἔρευθος. ⊕
Than to fasten thine eyes on the flush of its glory, itssplendour-blaze.

δὴ γάρ τοι μέσση μὲν ἐρευθήεσσ᾽ ἐτέτυκτο, ⊕
For the fashion thereof in the midst was fiery crimson glow,

ἄκρα δὲ πορφυρέη πάντῃ πέλεν: ἐν δ᾽ ἄρ᾽ ἑκάστῳ ⊕
And the top was of purple throughout; and above on the marge andbelow

τέρματι δαίδαλα πολλὰ διακριδὸν εὖ ἐπέπαστο. ⊕
Picture by picture did many a broidered marvel show.

ἐν μὲν ἔσαν Κύκλωπες ἐπ᾽ ἀφθίτῳ ἥμενοι ἔργῳ, ⊕
For therein were the Cyclopes bowed o'er their work that perishethnot, {730}

Ζηνὶ κεραυνὸν ἄνακτι πονεύμενοι: ὃς τόσον ἤδη ⊕
Forging the levin of Zeus the King, and so far was it wrought

παμφαίνων ἐτέτυκτο, μιῆς δ᾽ ἔτι δεύετο μοῦνον ⊕
In its fiery splendour, that yet of its flashes there lacked but one:

ἀκτῖνος, τὴν οἵδε σιδηρείῃς ἐλάασκον ⊕
And the giant smiths with their sledges of iron were smiting thereon;

σφύρῃσιν, μαλεροῖο πυρὸς ζείουσαν ἀυτμήν. ⊕
While forth of it spurts as of flaming breath ever leapt and anon.

ἐν δ᾽ ἔσαν Ἀντιόπης Ἀσωπίδος υἱέε δοιώ, ⊕
And there were the sons of Asôpus' daughter Antiopê set,

Ἀμφίων καὶ Ζῆθος: ἀπύργωτος δ᾽ ἔτι Θήβη ⊕
Amphion and Zethus: and Thêbê, with towers ungirded as yet,

κεῖτο πέλας, τῆς οἵγε νέον βάλλοντο δομαίους ⊕
Stood nigh them; and lo, the foundations thereof were they layingbut now

ἱέμενοι. Ζῆθος μὲν ἐπωμαδὸν ἠέρταζεν ⊕
In fierce haste. Zethus had heaved a craggy mountain's brow

οὔρεος ἠλιβάτοιο κάρη, μογέοντι ἐοικώς: ⊕
On his shoulders: as one hard straining in toil did the image appear.

Ἀμφίων δ᾽ ἐπί οἱ χρυσέῃ φόρμιγγι λιγαίνων ⊕
And Amphion the while to his golden lyre sang loud and clear, {740}

ἤιε, δὶς τόσση δὲ μετ᾽ ἴχνια νίσσετο πέτρη ⊕
On-pacing; and twice so great was the rock that followed anear.

ἑξείης δ᾽ ἤσκητο βαθυπλόκαμος Κυθέρεια ⊕
And next Kythereia with tresses heavily drooping was shown;

Ἄρεος ὀχμάζουσα θοὸν σάκος: ἐκ δέ οἱ ὤμου ⊕
And the buckler of onset of Arês she bare: from her shoulder the zone

πῆχυν ἔπι σκαιὸν ξυνοχὴ κεχάλαστο χιτῶνος ⊕
Of her tunic over her left arm fell with a careless grace

νέρθεν ὑπὲκ μαζοῖο: τὸ δ᾽ ἀντίον ἀτρεκὲς αὔτως ⊕
Low over her breast; and ever she seemed on the shield to gaze,

χαλκείῃ δείκηλον ἐν ἀσπίδι φαίνετ᾽ ἰδέσθαι. ⊕
On the face that out of its brazen mirror smiled to her face.

ἐν δὲ βοῶν ἔσκεν λάσιος νομός: ἀμφὶ δὲ βουσὶν ⊕
And therein was a herd of shaggy kine; for the winning thereof

Τηλεβόαι μάρναντο καὶ υἱέες Ἠλεκτρύωνος: ⊕
Elektryon's sons and Teleboan raiders in battle strove:

οἱ μὲν ἀμυνόμενοι, ἀτὰρ οἵγ᾽ ἐθέλοντες ἀμέρσαι, ⊕
For these were defending their own; but the Taphian rovers were fain

ληισταὶ Τάφιοι: τῶν δ᾽ αἵματι δεύετο λειμὼν ⊕
To rob them; and drenched was the dewy meadow with that red rain.{750}

ἑρσήεις, πολέες δ᾽ ὀλίγους βιόωντο νομῆας. ⊕
But with that overmastering host were the herdmen striving in vain.

ἐν δὲ δύω δίφροι πεπονήατο δηριόωντες. ⊕
And therein had been fashioned chariots twain in the race that sped.

καὶ τὸν μὲν προπάροιθε Πέλοψ ἴθυνε, τινάσσων ⊕
And Pelops was guiding the car that afront in the contest fled;

ἡνία, σὺν δέ οἱ ἔσκε παραιβάτις Ἱπποδάμεια: ⊕
And Hippodameia beside him rode that fateful race.

τὸν δὲ μεταδρομάδην ἐπὶ Μυρτίλος ἤλασεν ἵππους, ⊕
And rushing behind him Myrtilus scourging his steeds gave chase;

σὺν τῷ δ᾽ Οἰνόμαος προτενὲς δόρυ χειρὶ μεμαρπὼς ⊕
And Oinomaus with him had couched his lance with a murderous face.

ἄξονος ἐν πλήμνῃσι παρακλιδὸν ἀγνυμένοιο ⊕
But, as snapt at the nave the axle, aslant was he falling in dust,

πῖπτεν, ἐπεσσύμενος Πελοπήια νῶτα δαΐξαι. ⊕
Even as at Pelops' back he was aiming the treacherous thrust.

ἐν καὶ Ἀπόλλων Φοῖβος ὀιστεύων ἐτέτυκτο, ⊕
And therein was Phœbus Apollo, a slender stripling yet,

βούπαις οὔπω πολλός, ἑὴν ἐρύοντα καλύπτρης ⊕
Shooting at him who the ravisher's hand to the veil had set {760}

μητέρα θαρσαλέως Τιτυὸν μέγαν, ὅν ῥ᾽ ἔτεκέν γε ⊕
Of his mother, at Tityos the giant, whom Elarê bare; but the Earth

δῖ᾽ Ἐλάρη, θρέψεν δὲ καὶ ἂψ ἐλοχεύσατο Γαῖα. ⊕
Nursed him, and hid in her womb, and gave to him second birth.

ἐν καὶ Φρίξος ἔην Μινυήιος ὡς ἐτεόν περ ⊕
And Phrixus the Minyan was there; and it seemed that unto the ram

εἰσαΐων κριοῦ, ὁ δ᾽ ἄρ᾽ ἐξενέποντι ἐοικώς. ⊕
He verily hearkened; it seemed that a voice from the gold-fleecedcame.

κείνους κ᾽ εἰσορόων ἀκέοις, ψεύδοιό τε θυμόν, ⊕
Thou wert hushed to behold them--wouldst cheat thy soul with thehope that perchance

ἐλπόμενος πυκινήν τιν᾽ ἀπὸ σφείων ἐσακοῦσαι ⊕
Forth of the lifeless lips would break the utterance

βάξιν, ὃ καὶ δηρόν περ ἐπ᾽ ἐλπίδι θηήσαιο. ⊕
Of speech--ay, long wouldst thou gaze in expectation's trance.

τοῖ᾽ ἄρα δῶρα θεᾶς Τριτωνίδος ἦεν Ἀθήνης. ⊕
Such was the gift of Athênê, the Goddess Itonian's toil.

δεξιτερῇ δ᾽ ἕλεν ἔγχος ἑκηβόλον, ὅ ῥ᾽ Ἀταλάντη ⊕
And a lance far-leaping he grasped in his right hand, given erewhile

Μαινάλῳ ἔν ποτέ οἱ ξεινήιον ἐγγυάλιξεν, ⊕
Of the maid Atalanta on Mainalus' height for the pledge of a friend.{770}

πρόφρων ἀντομένη: περὶ γὰρ μενέαινεν ἕπεσθαι ⊕
Gladly she met him, for sorely her soul desired to wend

τὴν ὁδόν: ἀλλὰ γὰρ αὐτὸς ἑκὼν ἀπερήτυε κούρην, ⊕
On the Quest: howbeit the hero himself withheld the maid,

δεῖσεν δ᾽ ἀργαλέας ἔριδας φιλότητος ἕκητι. ⊕
For the peril of bitter strife for her love's sake made him afraid.

βῆ δ᾽ ἴμεναι προτὶ ἄστυ, φαεινῷ ἀστέρι ἶσος, ⊕
So he hied him to go to the town, as the radiant star to behold

ὅν ῥά τε νηγατέῃσιν ἐεργόμεναι καλύβῃσιν ⊕
Which a maid, as she draweth her newly-woven curtain's fold,

νύμφαι θηήσαντο δόμων ὕπερ ἀντέλλοντα, ⊕
Beholdeth, as over her dwelling upward it floateth fair;

καί σφισι κυανέοιο δι᾽ ἠέρος ὄμματα θέλγει ⊕
And it charmeth her eyes, flashing out of the depths of the darklingair

καλὸν ἐρευθόμενος, γάνυται δέ τε ἠιθέοιο ⊕
Flushed with a crimson glory: the maid's heart leapeth then

παρθένος ἱμείρουσα μετ᾽ ἀλλοδαποῖσιν ἐόντος ⊕
Lovesick for the youth who is far away amid alien men,

ἀνδράσιν, ᾧ καί μιν μνηστὴν κομέουσι τοκῆες: ⊕
Her betrothed, unto whom her parents shall wed her on some glad day:{780}

τῷ ἴκελος πρὸ πόληος ἀνὰ στίβον ἤιεν ἥρως. ⊕
So as a star was the hero treading the cityward way.

καί ῥ᾽ ὅτε δὴ πυλέων τε καὶ ἄστεος ἐντὸς ἔβησαν, ⊕
So when he had passed through the gates, and within the city hecame,

δημότεραι μὲν ὄπισθεν ἐπεκλονέοντο γυναῖκες, ⊕
The women thereof thronged after, and wafted him blithe acclaim,

γηθόσυναι ξείνῳ: ὁ δ᾽ ἐπὶ χθονὸς ὄμματ᾽ ἐρείσας ⊕
Having joy of the stranger: but earthward ever his eyes he cast,

νίσσετ᾽ ἀπηλεγέως, ὄφρ᾽ ἀγλαὰ δώμαθ᾽ ἵκανεν ⊕
Pacing unfaltering on till he came to the palace at last

Ὑψιπύλης: ἄνεσαν δὲ πύλας προφανέντι θεράπναι ⊕
Of Hypsipylê: then at the hero's appearing the maids flung wide

δικλίδας, εὐτύκτοισιν ἀρηρεμένας σανίδεσσιν. ⊕
The gates and the fair-fashioned boards of the leaves on either side.

ἔνθα μιν Ἰφινόη κλισμῷ ἔνι παμφανόωντι ⊕
Then through the beautiful hall did Iphinoê lead on

ἐσσυμένως καλῆς διὰ παστάδος εἷσεν ἄγουσα ⊕
Swiftly, and caused him to sit on a tinsel-glittering throne

ἀντία δεσποίνης: ἡ δ᾽ ἐγκλιδὸν ὄσσε βαλοῦσα ⊕
Facing the Queen; and Hypsipylê turned her eyes away, {790}

παρθενικὰς ἐρύθηνε παρηίδας: ἔμπα δὲ τόνγε ⊕
For the maiden blood flushed hot in her cheek. But her shame that day

αἰδομένη μύθοισι προσέννεπεν αἱμυλίοισιν: ⊕
Tied not her tongue, and with crafty-winsome words did she say:

⊕
'Stranger, wherefore so long have ye tarried without our towers?

ἧσθ᾽ αὔτως; ἐπεὶ οὐ μὲν ὑπ᾽ ἀνδράσι ναίεται ἄστυ, ⊕
Forasmuch as no man dwelleth within this city of ours;

ἀλλὰ Θρηικίης ἐπινάστιοι ἠπείροιο ⊕
But these have betaken them hence to dwell on the Thracian shore,

πυροφόρους ἀρόωσι γύας. κακότητα δὲ πᾶσαν ⊕
And there are they ploughing the wheat-bearing lands. I will tellthee o'er

ἐξερέω νημερτές, ἵν᾽ εὖ γνοίητε καὶ αὐτοί. ⊕
The evil tale, to the end ye also may understand.

εὖτε Θόας ἀστοῖσι πατὴρ ἐμὸς ἐμβασίλευεν, ⊕
In the days when Thoas my father was king o'er the folk of the land,

τηνίκα Θρηικίην, οἵ τ᾽ ἀντία ναιετάουσιν, ⊕
My people in ships from Lemnos over the sea-ridges rode,

δήμου ἀπορνύμενοι λαοὶ πέρθεσκον ἐπαύλους ⊕
And harried the homes of the Thracians that overagainst us abode;{800}

ἐκ νηῶν, αὐτῇσι δ᾽ ἀπείρονα ληίδα κούραις ⊕
And with booty untold they returned, and with many a captive maid.

δεῦρ᾽ ἄγον: οὐλομένης δὲ θεᾶς πορσύνετο μῆτις ⊕
But the curse of a baneful Goddess upon them now was laid;

Κύπριδος, ἥ τέ σφιν θυμοφθόρον ἔμβαλεν ἄτην. ⊕
For the Cyprian caused on their souls heart-ruining blindness tofall,

δὴ γὰρ κουριδίας μὲν ἀπέστυγον, ἐκ δὲ μελάθρων, ⊕
That they hated their lawful wives, and forth from bower and hall

ᾗ ματίῃ εἴξαντες, ἀπεσσεύοντο γυναῖκας: ⊕
At the beck of their folly they drove the Lemnian matrons away,

αὐτὰρ ληιάδεσσι δορικτήταις παρίαυον, ⊕
And beside those spear-won thralls in the bed of love they lay--

σχέτλιοι. ἦ μὲν δηρὸν ἐτέτλαμεν, εἴ κέ ποτ᾽ αὖτις ⊕
Cruel ones! Sooth, long time we endured it, if haply again,

ὀψὲ μεταστρέψωσι νόον: τὸ δὲ διπλόον αἰεὶ ⊕
Though late, their hearts might be turned; but our wrong and ourbitter pain

πῆμα κακὸν προύβαινεν. ἀτιμάζοντο δὲ τέκνα ⊕
Waxed evermore twofold; and the children of true-born blood

γνήσι᾽ ἐνὶ μεγάροις, σκοτίη δ᾽ ἀνέτελλε γενέθλη. ⊕
In our halls were dishonoured, and grew up amidst us a bastardbrood. {810}

αὔτως δ᾽ ἀδμῆτές τε κόραι, χῆραί τ᾽ ἐπὶ τῇσιν ⊕
Yea, and our maids unwedded, and widowed wives thereto,

μητέρες ἂμ πτολίεθρον ἀτημελέες ἀλάληντο. ⊕
Uncared for about our city wandered to and fro.

οὐδὲ πατὴρ ὀλίγον περ ἑῆς ἀλέγιζε θυγατρός, ⊕
No father had heeded, no, never so little, his daughter's plight,

εἰ καὶ ἐν ὀφθαλμοῖσι δαϊζομένην ὁρόῳτο ⊕
Not though before his eyes he beheld her slain outright

μητρυιῆς ὑπὸ χερσὶν ἀτασθάλου: οὐδ᾽ ἀπὸ μητρὸς ⊕
By a tyrannous stepdame's hands: and sons would defend no more

λώβην, ὡς τὸ πάροιθεν, ἀεικέα παῖδες ἄμυνον: ⊕
A mother from outrage and shame, as they wont in the days of yore.

οὐδὲ κασιγνήτοισι κασιγνήτη μελε θυμῷ. ⊕
No love for a sister then the heart of the brother bore.

ἀλλ᾽ οἶαι κοῦραι ληίτιδες ἔν τε δόμοισιν ⊕
But only the handmaid-thralls in the home found grace in their sight,

ἔν τε χοροῖς ἀγορῇ τε καὶ εἰλαπίνῃσι μέλοντο: ⊕
In the dance, in the market-place, and whenso the banquet was dight.

εἰσόκε τις θεὸς ἄμμιν ὑπέρβιον ἔμβαλε θάρσος, ⊕
Till at last some God in our hearts this desperate courage awoke,{820}

ἂψ ἀναερχομένους Θρῃκῶν ἄπο μηκέτι πύργοις ⊕
No more to receive them, when back they returned from the Thracianfolk,

δέχθαι, ἵν᾽ ἢ φρονέοιεν ἅπερ θέμις, ἠέ πῃ ἄλλῃ ⊕
Our towers within, that so they might heed the right, or begone

αὐταῖς ληιάδεσσιν ἀφορμηθέντες ἵκοιντο. ⊕
Hence to another land, even they and their thralls war-won.

οἱ δ᾽ ἄρα θεσσάμενοι παίδων γένος, ὅσσον ἔλειπτο ⊕
Then required they of us their sons, even what manchild soe'er

ἄρσεν ἀνὰ πτολίεθρον, ἔβαν πάλιν, ἔνθ᾽ ἔτι νῦν περ ⊕
Had been left in the town, and returned unto Thrace; and to thisday there

Θρηικίης ἄροσιν χιονώδεα ναιετάουσιν. ⊕
The Lemnian men on the snowy Thracian corn-lands dwell.

τῶ ὑμεῖς στρωφᾶσθ᾽ ἐπιδήμιοι: εἰ δέ κεν αὖθι ⊕
Then tarry ye sojourning here: and if haply it please thee well

ναιετάειν ἐθέλοις, καί τοι ἅδοι, ἦ τ᾽ ἂν ἔπειτα ⊕
To abide in the land, and it seem to thee good, of a surety thine

πατρὸς ἐμεῖο Θόαντος ἔχοις γέρας: οὐδέ τί σ᾽ οἴω ⊕
Shall be Thoas my father's honour. I ween this land of mine

γαῖαν ὀνόσσεσθαι: περὶ γὰρ βαθυλήιος ἄλλων ⊕
Thou shalt scorn not, for passing fruitful it is above all the rest{830}

νήσων, Αἰγαίῃ ὅσαι εἰν ἁλὶ ναιετάουσιν. ⊕
Of the myriad isles that lie on the broad Aegean's breast.

ἀλλ᾽ ἄγε νῦν ἐπὶ νῆα κιὼν ἑτάροισιν ἐνίσπες ⊕
But come now, go to thy galley, and tell these words of ours

μύθους ἡμετέρους, μηδ᾽ ἔκτοθι μίμνε πόληος.⊕
Unto thy comrades, nor longer tarry without our towers.'

Ἴσκεν, ἀμαλδύνουσα φόνου τέλος, οἷον ἐτύχθη ⊕
She ended, with fair words veiling the deed of murder dread

ἀνδράσιν: αὐτὰρ ὁ τήνγε παραβλήδην προσέειπεν ⊕
Done on the men; and the hero answered the queen, and he said:

⊕
'Hypsipylê, passing welcome this thy request shall be

χρησμοσύνης, ἣν ἄμμι σέθεν χατέουσιν ὀπάζεις. ⊕
Which thou tenderest us, whose desire withal is now unto thee.

εἶμι δ᾽ ὑπότροπος αὖτις ἀνὰ πτόλιν, εὖτ᾽ ἂν ἕκαστα ⊕
Back through thy town will I come, when an end I have made to say

ἐξείπω κατὰ κόσμον. ἀνακτορίη δὲ μελέσθω ⊕
All this to my fellows in order: howbeit let all the sway

σοίγ᾽ αὐτῇ καὶ νῆσος: ἔγωγε μὲν οὐκ ἀθερίζων ⊕
And the lordship be thine in the island. I make not in scorn myrequest, {840}

χάζομαι, ἀλλά με λυγροὶ ἐπισπέρχουσιν ἄεθλοι.⊕
But a sore task thrusteth me onward still, and I may not rest.'

ἦ, καὶ δεξιτερῆς χειρὸς θίγεν: αἶψα δ᾽ ὀπίσσω ⊕
He spake, and the queen's right hand hath he touched, and aback tothe strand

βῆ ῥ᾽ ἴμεν, ἀμφὶ δὲ τόνγε νεήνιδες ἄλλοθεν ἄλλαι ⊕
He hath turned him to go; and around him the maidens on either hand

μυρίαι εἱλίσσοντο κεχαρμέναι, ὄφρα πυλάων ⊕
Danced blithely, a throng unnumbered, till forth of the gates he hadstrode.

ἐξέμολεν. μετέπειτα δ᾽ ἐυτροχάλοισιν ἀμάξαις ⊕
Thereafter the women loaded them wains smooth-running, and rode

ἀκτὴν εἰσαπέβαν, ξεινήια πολλὰ φέρουσαι, ⊕
Down to the beach, and gifts of greeting they bare good store,

μῦθον ὅτ᾽ ἤδη πάντα διηνεκέως ἀγόρευσεν, ⊕
When now to his fellows the hero had told the message o'er,

τόν ῥα καλεσσαμένη διεπέφραδεν Ὑψιπύλεια: ⊕
Which Hypsipylê spake unto him when she sent and bade him come.

καὶ δ᾽ αὐτοὺς ξεινοῦσθαι ἐπὶ σφέα δώματ᾽ ἄγεσκον ⊕
And with little ado the maidens drew the heroes home

ῥηιδίως. Κύπρις γὰρ ἐπὶ γλυκὺν ἵμερον ὦρσεν ⊕
To their halls; for sweet desire did the Lady of Cyprus awake, {850}

Ἡφαίστοιο χάριν πολυμήτιος, ὄφρα κεν αὖτις ⊕
For a grace to Hephaistus the Lord of Craft, that Lemnos might take

ναίηται μετόπισθεν ἀκήρατος ἀνδράσι Λῆμνος. ⊕
New life, and unruined be peopled of men once more for his sake.

ἔνθ᾽ ὁ μὲν Ὑψιπύλης βασιλήιον ἐς δόμον ὦρτο ⊕
Now into Hypsipylê's royal palace Aison's son

Αἰσονίδης: οἱ δ᾽ ἄλλοι ὅπῃ καὶ ἔκυρσαν ἕκαστος, ⊕
Hath passed, and the rest, as it happed unto each man, so are theygone,

Ἡρακλῆος ἄνευθεν, ὁ γὰρ παρὰ νηὶ λέλειπτο ⊕
Save Herakles only; for still with the ship would the hero abide,

αὐτὸς ἑκὼν παῦροί τε διακρινθέντες ἑταῖροι. ⊕
For he willed it so, and a few his chosen comrades beside.

αὐτίκα δ᾽ ἄστυ χοροῖσι καὶ εἰλαπίνῃσι γεγήθει ⊕
And straightway rejoiced the city with dance and with festival,

καπνῷ κνισήεντι περίπλεον: ἔξοχα δ᾽ ἄλλων ⊕
And was filled with sacrifice-steam to the Deathless: but most of all

ἀθανάτων Ἥρης υἷα κλυτὸν ἠδὲ καὶ αὐτὴν ⊕
Honoured they Hêrê's glorious son, and atonement's price

Κύπριν ἀοιδῇσιν θυέεσσί τε μειλίσσοντο. ⊕
To the Cyprian Queen they paid with song and with sacrifice. {860}

ἀμβολίη δ᾽ εἰς ἦμαρ ἀεὶ ἐξ ἤματος ἦεν ⊕
And ever from day unto day did the heroes their sailing forbear,

ναυτιλίης: δηρὸν δ᾽ ἂν ἐλίνυον αὖθι μένοντες, ⊕
Loth to depart; and long had they tarried loitering there,

εἰ μὴ ἀολλίσσας ἑτάρους ἀπάνευθε γυναικῶν ⊕
But Herakles gathered his comrades, and drew from the women apart,

Ἡρακλέης τοίοισιν ἐνιπτάζων μετέειπεν: ⊕
And with words of upbraiding he spake, and rebuked them indignantof heart:

⊕
'What, sirs, is it blood of kindred spilt that maketh us roam

ἡμέας; ἦε γάμων ἐπιδευέες ἐνθάδ᾽ ἔβημεν ⊕
From our land?--or came ye, because that ye found no brides at home,

κεῖθεν, ὀνοσσάμενοι πολιήτιδας; αὖθι δ᾽ ἕαδεν ⊕
Hitherward, scorning the maidens of Greece? Doth it please you totoil

ναίοντας λιπαρὴν ἄροσιν Λήμνοιο ταμέσθαι; ⊕
Here dwelling, and driving the plough through the soft smoothLemnian soil?

οὐ μὰν εὐκλειεῖς γε σὺν ὀθνείῃσι γυναιξὶν ⊕
Good sooth, but little renown shall we win of our tarrying

ἐσσόμεθ᾽ ὧδ᾽ ἐπὶ δηρὸν ἐελμένοι: οὐδέ τι κῶας ⊕
Here long time with the stranger women! No God will bring {870}

αὐτόματον δώσει τις ἑλὼν θεὸς εὐξαμένοισιν. ⊕
That Fleece unto us, nor wrest from its warder, for our request!

ἴομεν αὖτις ἕκαστοι ἐπὶ σφέα: τὸν δ᾽ ἐνὶ λέκτροις ⊕
Forth let us go each man to his place--_him_ leave ye to rest

Ὑψιπύλης εἰᾶτε πανήμερον, εἰσόκε Λῆμνον ⊕
All day on Hypsipylê's couch, till he people from shore to shore

παισὶν ἐσανδρώσῃ, μεγάλη τέ ἑ βάξις ἵκηται.⊕
Lemnos with menfolk: great his renown shall be therefor!'

ὧς νείκεσσεν ὅμιλον: ἐναντία δ᾽ οὔ νύ τις ἔτλη ⊕
So did he chide with the band; was none dared meet his eye,

ὄμματ᾽ ἀνασχεθέειν, οὐδὲ προτιμυθήσασθαι: ⊕
Neither look in his face, nor was any man found that essayed reply.

ἀλλ᾽ αὔτως ἀγορῆθεν ἐπαρτίζοντο νέεσθαι ⊕
But straight from his presence, to make their departing ready, theywent

σπερχόμενοι. ταὶ δέ σφιν ἐπέδραμον, εὖτ᾽ ἐδάησαν. ⊕
In haste; and the women came running, so soon as they knew theirintent.

ὡς δ᾽ ὅτε λείρια καλὰ περιβρομέουσι μέλισσαι ⊕
And as when round beautiful lilies the wild bees hum at their toil,

πέτρης ἐκχύμεναι σιμβληίδος, ἀμφὶ δὲ λειμὼν ⊕
From their hive in the rock forth pouring; the dew-sprent meadowthe while {880}

ἑρσήεις γάνυται, ταὶ δὲ γλυκὺν ἄλλοτε ἄλλον ⊕
Around them rejoiceth, and hovering, stooping, now and again

καρπὸν ἀμέργουσιν πεποτημέναι: ὧς ἄρα ταίγε ⊕
They sip of the sweet flower-fountains--in such wise round the men

ἐνδυκὲς ἀνέρας ἀμφὶ κινυρόμεναι προχέοντο, ⊕
Forth streamed the women with yearning faces, making their moan;

χερσί τε καὶ μύθοισιν ἐδεικανόωντο ἕκαστον, ⊕
And with hands caressing and soft sad words did they greet each one,

εὐχόμεναι μακάρεσσιν ἀπήμονα νόστον ὀπάσσαι. ⊕
Beseeching the Blessed to grant them a home-coming void of bane.

ὧς δὲ καὶ Ὑψιπύλη ἠρήσατο χεῖρας ἑλοῦσα ⊕
Yea, so doth Hypsipylê pray, as her clinging fingers strain

Αἰσονίδεω, τὰ δέ οἱ ῥέε δάκρυα χήτει ἰόντος: ⊕
The hand of Jason, and stream her tears with the parting-pain:

⊕
'Go thou, and thee may the Gods with thy comrades scathless bring

χρύσειον βασιλῆι δέρος κομίσειαν ἄγοντα ⊕
Back to the home-land, bearing the Fleece of Gold to the king,

αὔτως, ὡς ἐθέλεις καί τοι φίλον. ἥδε δὲ νῆσος ⊕
Even as thou wilt, and thine heart desireth: and this mine isle,{890}

σκῆπτρά τε πατρὸς ἐμεῖο παρέσσεται, ἢν καὶ ὀπίσσω ⊕
And my father's sceptre withal, shall wait for thee the while,

δή ποτε νοστήσας ἐθέλῃς ἄψορρον ἱκέσθαι. ⊕
If haply, thine home-coming won, thou wouldst choose to come hitheragain.

ῥηιδίως δ᾽ ἂν ἑοῖ καὶ ἀπείρονα λαὸν ἀγείραις ⊕
Thou couldst gather from other cities a host unnumbered of men

ἄλλων ἐκ πολίων: ἀλλ᾽ οὐ σύγε τήνδε μενοινὴν ⊕
Lightly--ah, but the longing shall never awaken in thee;

σχήσεις, οὔτ᾽ αὐτὴ προτιόσσομαι ὧδε τελεῖσθαι. ⊕
Yea, and mine own heart bodeth that this shall never be!

μνώεο μὴν ἀπεών περ ὁμῶς καὶ νόστιμος ἤδη ⊕
Yet O remember Hypsipylê whilst thou art far away,

Ὑψιπύλης: λίπε δ᾽ ἧμιν ἔπος, τό κεν ἐξανύσαιμι ⊕
And when home thou hast won; and leave me a word that thy love shallobey

πρόφρων, ἢν ἄρα δή με θεοὶ δώωσι τεκέσθαι.⊕
With joy, if the Gods shall vouchsafe me to bear a son to my lord.'

τὴν δ᾽ αὖτ᾽ Αἴσονος υἱὸς ἀγαιόμενος προσέειπεν: ⊕
Lovingly looked on her Aison's son, and he spake the word:

⊕
'Hypsipylê, so may the Gods bring all these blessings to be! {900}

ἐκ μακάρων: τύνη δ᾽ ἐμέθεν πέρι θυμὸν ἀρείω ⊕
Howbeit a better wish than this frame thou for me;

ἴσχαν᾽, ἐπεὶ πάτρην μοι ἅλις Πελίαο ἕκητι ⊕
Forasmuch as by Pelias' grace it sufficeth me still to live

ναιετάειν: μοῦνόν με θεοὶ λύσειαν ἀέθλων. ⊕
In the home-land--only the Gods from my toils deliverance give!

εἰ δ᾽ οὔ μοι πέπρωται ἐς Ἑλλάδα γαῖαν ἱκέσθαι ⊕
But and if to return to the land of Hellas be not my doom,

τηλοῦ ἀναπλώοντι, σὺ δ᾽ ἄρσενα παῖδα τέκηαι, ⊕
Afar as I sail, and a fair manchild be the fruit of thy womb,

πέμπε μιν ἡβήσαντα Πελασγίδος ἔνδον Ἰωλκοῦ ⊕
To Pelasgian Iolkos send him, when boyhood and manhood be met,

πατρί τ᾽ ἐμῷ καὶ μητρὶ δύης ἄκος, ἢν ἄρα τούσγε ⊕
To my father and mother, to solace their grief,--if living yet

τέτμῃ ἔτι ζώοντας, ἵν᾽ ἄνδιχα τοῖο ἄνακτος ⊕
Haply he find them,--that so, in the stead of the prince their son,

σφοῖσιν πορσύνωνται ἐφέστιοι ἐν μεγάροισιν.⊕
They may win in their halls a dear one, to brighten the hearth leftlone.'

ἦ, καὶ ἔβαιν᾽ ἐπὶ νῆα παροίτατος: ὧς δὲ καὶ ἄλλοι ⊕
He spake, and was gone; and afront of his fellows he strode to theship, {910}

βαῖνον ἀριστῆες: λάζοντο δὲ χερσὶν έρετμὰ ⊕
And the rest of the chiefs followed on, and the oars in their handsdid they grip,

ἐνσχερὼ ἑζόμενοι: πρυμνήσια δέ σφισιν Ἄργος ⊕
Row upon row as they sat; and the hawsers did Argus cast

λῦσεν ὑπὲκ πέτρης ἁλιμυρέος. ἔνθ᾽ ἄρα τοίγε ⊕
Loose from the rock brine-lashed; and mightily then and fast

κόπτον ὕδωρ δολιχῇσιν ἐπικρατέως ἐλάτῃσιν. ⊕
Fell they to smiting with oars long-bladed the seething wave.

ἑσπέριοι δ᾽ Ὀρφῆος ἐφημοσύνῃσιν ἔκελσαν ⊕
And at even by Orpheus' counsel the keel ashore they drave

νῆσον ἐς Ἠλέκτρης Ἀτλαντίδος, ὄφρα δαέντες ⊕
On the isle of Elektra the daughter of Atlas, that there they mightlearn

ἀρρήτους ἀγανῇσι τελεσφορίῃσι θέμιστας ⊕
The mystic rites whose unveiling is not soul-daunting nor stern,

σωότεροι κρυόεσσαν ὑπεὶρ ἅλα ναυτίλλοιντο. ⊕
And safelier so might voyage over the chill grey sea:--

τῶν μὲν ἔτ᾽ οὐ προτέρω μυθήσομαι: ἀλλὰ καὶ αὐτὴ ⊕
No more will I speak of the Hidden Things--but a blessing be

νῆσος ὁμῶς κεχάροιτο καὶ οἳ λάχον ὄργια κεῖνα ⊕
Upon that same isle, and the Gods there dwelling, to whom belong{920}

δαίμονες ἐνναέται, τὰ μὲν οὐ θέμις ἄμμιν ἀείδειν. ⊕
Those rites whereof it is not vouchsafed that we tell in song.

κεῖθεν δ᾽ εἰρεσίῃ Μέλανος διὰ βένθεα πόντου ⊕
And from thence o'er the Black Sea's depths unfathomed they spedwith the oar,

ἱέμενοι τῇ μὲν Θρῃκῶν χθόνα, τῇ δὲ περαίην ⊕
To leftward keeping the land of Thrace, and to rightward the shore

Ἴμβρον ἔχον καθύπερθε: νέον γε μὲν ἠελίοιο ⊕
Of Imbros overagainst it; and, even as sank the sun,

δυομένου Χερόνησον ἐπὶ προύχουσαν ἵκοντο. ⊕
Unto the long sea-foreland of Chersonese they won.

ἔνθα σφιν λαιψηρὸς ἄη νότος, ἱστία δ᾽ οὔρῳ ⊕
There did the strong swift south-wind blow, and the sail they spread

στησάμενοι κούρης Ἀθαμαντίδος αἰπὰ ῥέεθρα ⊕
To the breeze, and into the outward-rushing waters they sped

εἰσέβαλον: πέλαγος δὲ τὸ μὲν καθύπερθε λέλειπτο ⊕
Of Athamas' daughter: and lo, astern with the morning light

ἦρι, τὸ δ᾽ ἐννύχιοι Ῥοιτειάδος ἔνδοθεν ἀκτῆς ⊕
The outsea lay, and along Rhœteion's beach in the night

μέτρεον, Ἰδαίην ἐπὶ δεξιὰ γαῖαν ἔχοντες. ⊕
They coasted, and still on their right the land Idaean lay. {930}

Δαρδανίην δὲ λιπόντες ἐπιποοσέβαλλον Ἀβύδῳ, ⊕
And they left Dardania behind, and Abydos-ward steered they.

Περκώτην δ᾽ ἐπὶ τῇ καὶ Ἀβαρνίδος ἠμαθόεσσαν ⊕
By Perkotê in that same night, and Abarnis' stretches of sand

ἠιόνα ζαθέην τε παρήμειβον Πιτύειαν. ⊕
Onward they glided, and past Pityeia the hallowed land.

καὶ δὴ τοίγ᾽ ἐπὶ νυκτὶ διάνδιχα νηὸς ἰούσης ⊕
And the selfsame night, as with sails and with oars sped Argo on,

δίνῃ πορφύροντα διήνυσαν Ἑλλήσποντον. ⊕
Through the sea-gorge darkly-swirling of Hellespont they won.

ἔστι δέ τις αἰπεῖα Προποντίδος ἔνδοθι νῆσος ⊕
Now within the Propontis an island there is, both high and steep;

τυτθὸν ἀπὸ Φρυγίης πολυληίου ἠπείροιο ⊕
Short space from the corn-blest Phrygian land doth it rise from thedeep

εἰς ἅλα κεκλιμένη, ὅσσον τ᾽ ἐπιμύρεται ἰσθμὸς ⊕
Seaward-sloped: to the mainland stretched a neck of land

χέρσῳ ἐπιπρηνὴς καταειμένος: ἐν δέ οἱ ἀκταὶ ⊕
Low as the wash of the sea; so the place hath a twofold strand.

ἀμφίδυμοι, κεῖνται δ᾽ ὑπὲρ ὕδατος Λἰσήποιο. ⊕
And beyond the waterfloods of Aisêpus the river they lie. {940}

Λ̓́ρκτων μιν καλέουσιν ὄρος περιναιετάοντες: ⊕
The Hill of the Bears it is called of them that dwell thereby.

καὶ τὸ μὲν ὑβρισταί τε καὶ ἄγριοι ἐνναίουσιν ⊕
And cruel oppressors and fierce have there their robber-hold,

Γηγενέες, μέγα θαῦμα περικτιόνεσσιν ἰδέσθαι. ⊕
Earth-born, a marvel great for the dwellers around to behold.

ἓξ γὰρ ἑκάστῳ χεῖρες ὑπέρβιοι ἠερέθονται, ⊕
Six mighty arms each monster uplifteth against a foe,

αἱ μὲν ἀπὸ στιβαρῶν ὤμων δύο, ταὶ δ᾽ ὑπένερθεν ⊕
Even two from his brawny shoulders that spring, and therebelow

τέσσαρες αἰνοτάτῃσιν ἐπὶ πλευρῇς ἀραρυῖαι. ⊕
Four other, that out of his sides exceeding terrible grow.

ἰσθμὸν δ᾽ αὖ πεδίον τε Δολίονες ἀμφενέμοντο ⊕
Now Dolian men on the isthmus abode, and about the plain;

ἀνέρες: ἐν δ᾽ ἥρως Λἰνήιος υἱὸς ἄνασσεν ⊕
And amidst them did Kyzikus, hero-son of Aineus, reign,

Κύζικος, ὃν κούρη δίου τέκεν Εὐσώροιο ⊕
The son whom Ainêtê, the daughter of godlike Eusôrus, bare.

Αἰνήτη. τοὺς δ᾽ οὔτι καὶ ἔκπαγλοί περ ἐόντες ⊕
But these men the Earth-born giants, how mighty and dreadful soe'er,{950}

Γηγενέες σίνοντο, Ποσειδάωνος ἀρωγῇ: ⊕
In no wise harried: their shield and defender Poseidon became,

τοῦ γὰρ ἔσαν τὰ πρῶτα Δολίονες ἐκγεγαῶτες. ⊕
For himself had begotten of old the first of the Dolian name.

ἔνθ᾽ Ἀργὼ προύτυψεν ἐπειγομένη ἀνέμοισιν ⊕
Thitherward Argo, as chased by the Thracian breezes she fled,

Θρηικίοις, Καλὸς δὲ λιμὴν ὑπέδεκτο θέουσαν. ⊕
Pressed, and the goodly haven received her as onward she sped.

κεῖσε καὶ εὐναίης ὀλίγον λίθον ἐκλύσαντες ⊕
And their light-weight anchor-stone did they cast away thereby

Τίφυος ἐννεσίῃσιν ὑπὸ κρήνῃ ἐλίποντο, ⊕
By Tiphys' behest, and they left it beside the fountain to lie,

κρήνῃ ὑπ᾽ Ἀρτακίῃ: ἕτερον δ᾽ ἔλον, ὅστις ἀρήρει, ⊕
By Artakia's spring; and another they chose, huge, meet for theirneed.

βριθύν: ἀτὰρ κεῖνόν γε θεοπροπίαις Ἑκάτοιο ⊕
Howbeit their first, by Archer Apollo's oracle-rede,

Νηλεΐδαι μετόπισθεν Ἰάονες ἱδρύσαντο ⊕
The Ionian Neleïds laid thereafter, a hallowed stone,

ἱερόν, ἣ θέμις ἦεν, Ἰησονίης ἐν Ἀθήνης. ⊕
In the shrine of Athênê, Jason's friend, as was meet to be done.{960}

τοὺς δ᾽ ἄμυδις φιλότητι Δολίονες ἠδὲ καὶ αὐτὸς ⊕
And in all lovingkindness the Dolians came, and to meet them pressed

Κύζικος ἀντήσαντες ὅτε στόλον ἠδὲ γενέθλην ⊕
Kyzikus' self, when their lineage he heard, and was ware of theQuest,

ἔκλυον, οἵτινες εἶεν, ἐυξείνως ἀρέσαντο, ⊕
And knew what heroes were these; and with glad guest-welcome theymet,

καί σφεας εἰρεσίῃ πέπιθον προτέρωσε κιόντας ⊕
And besought them to speed in their rowing a short space onward yet,

ἄστεος ἐν λιμένι πρυμνήσια νηὸς ἀνάψαι, ⊕
And to fasten the hawser within the city's haven fair.

ἔνθ᾽ οἵγ᾽ Ἐκβασίῳ βωμὸν θέσαν Ἀπόλλωνι ⊕
To Apollo the Lord of Landing they builded an altar there:

εἱσάμενοι παρὰ θῖνα, θυηπολίης τ᾽ ἐμελοντο. ⊕
By the strand they upreared it, and there did the smoke of thesacrifice rise;

δῶκεν δ᾽ αὐτὸς ἄναξ λαρὸν μέθυ δευουένοισιν ⊕
And sweet strong wine did the king's self give them, their need tosuffice,

μῆλά θ᾽ ὁμοῦ: δὴ γάρ οἱ ἔην φάτις, εὖτ᾽ ἂν ἵκωνται ⊕
And sheep therewithal: for an oracle rang in his ears--'In the day

ἀνδρῶν ἡρώων θεῖος στόλος, αὐτίκα τόνγε ⊕
When a godlike band of heroes shall come, meet thou their array {970}

μείλιχον ἀντιάαν, μηδὲ πτολέμοιο μέλεσθαι. ⊕
With welcome of love, and thou shalt not bethink thee at all of thefray.'

ἶσόν που κἀκείνῳ ἐπισταχύεσκον ἴουλοι, ⊕
And, like unto Jason, the soft down bloomed on the young king's chin;

οὐδέ νύ πω παίδεσσιν ἀγαλλόμενος μεμόρητο: ⊕
Neither yet was he gladdened with laughter of children his hallswithin;

ἀλλ᾽ ἔτι οἱ κατὰ δώματ᾽ ἀκήρατος ἦεν ἄκοιτις ⊕
For the pangs of the travailing hour not yet to his bride had beenknown,

ὠδίνων, Μέροπος Περκωσίου ἐκγεγαυῖα, ⊕
Even to the lady born of Merops, Perkosius' son,

Κλείτη ἐυπλόκαμος, τὴν μὲν νέον ἐξέτι πατρὸς ⊕
Fair-tressed Kleitê. But now had she passed from her sire's hallsforth

θεσπεσίοις ἕδνοισιν ἀνήγαγεν ἀντιπέρηθεν. ⊕
On the mainland-shore, when he won her with gifts of priceless worth.

ἀλλὰ καὶ ὧς θάλαμόν τε λιπὼν καὶ δέμνια νύμφης ⊕
But for all this left he his bridal bower and the bed of his bride,

τοῖς μέτα δαῖτ᾽ ἀλέγυνε, βάλεν δ᾽ ἀπὸ δείματα θυμοῦ. ⊕
And arrayed them a banquet, and cast from his heart all fear aside.

ἀλλήλους δ᾽ ἐρέεινον ἀμοιβαδίς: ἤτοι ὁ μέν σφεων ⊕
And they questioned each other, the king and the heroes. Of themwould he learn {980}

πεύθετο ναυτιλίης ἄνυσιν, Πελίαό τ᾽ ἐφετμάς: ⊕
The end whereunto they voyaged, and Pelias' bidding stern.

οἱ δὲ περικτιόνων πόλιας καὶ κόλπον ἅπαντα ⊕
Of the dwellers around, and their cities, they asked and were fainto be taught

εὐρείης πεύθοντο Προποντίδος: οὐ μὲν ἐπιπρὸ ⊕
Touching all the gulf of Propontis the wide: but the king knew nought

ἠείδει καταλέξαι ἐελδομένοισι δαῆναι. ⊕
Beyond to tell them, albeit with eager desire they sought.

ἠοῖ δ᾽ εἰσανέβαν μέγα Δίνδυμον, ὄφρα καὶ αὐτοὶ ⊕
So at dawn did they climb huge Dindymus' sides, with purpose to gaze

θηήσαιντο πόρους κείνης ἁλός: ἐκ δ᾽ ἄρα τοίγε ⊕
With their own eyes over the unknown sea and her trackless ways;--

νῆα Χυτοῦ λιμένος προτέρω ἐξήλασαν ὅρμον: ⊕
But forth of the outer haven first their galley they rowed;--

ἥδε δ᾽ Ἰησονίη πέφαται ὁδός, ἥνπερ ἔβησαν. ⊕
Still Jason's Path is it named, that mountain-track they trode.

Γηγενέες δ᾽ ἑτέρωθεν ἀπ᾽ οὔρεος ἀίξαντες ⊕
But the earth-born giants the while rushed down from themountain-side,

φράξαν ἀπειρεσίοιο Χυτοῦ στόμα νειόθι πέτρῃς ⊕
And the seaward mouth they blocked of the haven of Chytos the wide{990}

πόντιον, οἷά τε θῆρα λοχώμενοι ἔνδον ἐόντα. ⊕
With crags, like men that lie in wait for a wolf in his lair.

ἀλλὰ γὰρ αὖθι λέλειπτο σὺν ἀνδράσιν ὁπλοτέροισιν ⊕
Howbeit with them that were younger had Herakles tarried there;

Ἡρακλέης, ὃς δή σφι παλίντονον αἶψα τανύσσας ⊕
And he leapt to his feet, and against them his back-springing bowdid he strain.

τόξον ἐπασσυτέρους πέλασε χθονί: τοὶ δὲ καὶ αὐτοὶ ⊕
One after other he stretched them on earth; and the giants amain

πέτρας ἀμφιρρῶγας ἀερτάζοντες ἔβαλλον. ⊕
Heaved up huge jagged rocks, and hurled them against their foe.

δὴ γάρ που κἀκεῖνα θεὰ τρέφεν αἰνὰ πέλωρα ⊕
Yea, for that terrible monster-brood was nurtured, I trow,

Ἥρη, Ζηνὸς ἄκοιτις, ἀέθλιον Ἡρακλῆι. ⊕
Of Hêrê, the bride of Zeus, for a trial of Herakles.

σὺν δὲ καὶ ὧλλοι δῆθεν ὑπότροποι ἀντιόωντες, ⊕
Therewithal came the rest of their fellows, returning to battle withthese

πρίν περ ἀνελθέμεναι σκοπιήν, ἥπτοντο φόνοιο ⊕
Or ever they won the mountain-crest. To the slaughter they fell

γηγενέων ἥρωες ἀρήιοι, ἠμὲν ὀιστοῖς ⊕
Of the Earth-born brood, those heroes: with arrows some did theyquell, {1000}

ἠδὲ καὶ ἐγχείῃσι δεδεγμένοι, εἰσόκε πάντας ⊕
And some on the points of their spears they received, until they hadslain

ἀντιβίην ἀσπερχὲς ὀρινομένους ἐδάιξαν. ⊕
All that to grapple of fight had rushed so furious-fain.

ὡς δ᾽ ὅτε δούρατα μακρὰ νέον πελέκεσσι τυπέντα ⊕
And even as when the woodmen with axes have smitten, and throw

ὑλοτόμοι στοιχηδὸν ἐπὶ ῥηγμῖνι βάλωσιν, ⊕
The long beams down on the strand of the sea ranged row upon row,--

ὄφρα νοτισθέντα κρατεροὺς ἀνεχοίατο γόμφους: ⊕
For the brine-sodden wood shall grip the strong bolts faster so,--

ὧς οἱ ἐνὶ ξυνοχῇ λιμένος πολιοῖο τέταντο ⊕
Even so at the entering-in of the foam-fringed haven they lay

ἑξείης, ἄλλοι μὲν ἐς ἁλμυρὸν ἀθρόοι ὕδωρ ⊕
One after other; some in a huddled heap where the spray

δύπτοντες κεφαλὰς καὶ στήθεα, γυῖα δ᾽ ὕπερθεν ⊕
Dashed over their heads and their breasts, the while, stretched highon the land,

χέρσῳ τεινάμενοι: τοὶ δ᾽ ἔμπαλιν, αἰγιαλοῖο ⊕
Stiffened their limbs: there were some yet again, whose heads on thesand

κράατα μὲν ψαμάθοισι, πόδας δ᾽ εἰς βένθος ἔρειδον, ⊕
Rested, the while in the heaving waters swayed their feet;-- {1010}

ἄμφω ἅμ᾽ οἰωνοῖσι καὶ ἰχθύσι κύρμα γενέσθαι. ⊕
But doomed were they all alike for the birds' and the fishes' meat.

ἥρωες δ᾽, ὅτε δή σφιν ἀταρβὴς ἔπλετ᾽ ἄεθλος, ⊕
And the heroes, so soon as the peril afar from their emprise wasdriven,

δὴ τότε πείσματα νηὸς ἐπὶ πνοιῇς ἀνέμοιο ⊕
Cast loose the hawsers of Argo before the breezes of heaven.

λυσάμενοι προτέρωσε διὲξ ἁλὸς οἶδμα νέοντο. ⊕
Forth shot she, and onward they drave, fast cleaving the broadsea-swell.

ἡ δ᾽ ἔθεεν λαίφεσσι πανήμερος: οὐ μὲν ἰούσης ⊕
All day under canvas she ran: howbeit, as twilight fell

νυκτὸς ἔτι ῥιπὴ μένεν ἔμπεδον, ἀλλὰ θύελλαι ⊕
No longer the wind-rush steadily held, but the veering blast

ἀντίαι ἁρπάγδην ὀπίσω φέρον, ὄφρ᾽ ἐπέλασσαν ⊕
Caught them, and swept them aback, till it brought them again atthe last

αὖτις ἐυξείνοισι Δολίοσιν ἐκ δ᾽ ἄρ᾽ ἔβησαν ⊕
To the guest-fain Dolian men. Then stepped they ashore in the gloom

αὐτονυχί: ἱερὴ δὲ φατίζεται ἥδ᾽ ἔτι πέτρη, ⊕
Of the night; and unto this day is it called the Rock of Doom

ᾗ πέρι πείσματα νηὸς ἐπεσσύμενοι ἐβάλοντο. ⊕
Round which the hawsers of Argo in blind haste now did they pass;{1020}

οὐδέ τις αὐτὴν νῆσον ἐπιφραδέως ἐνόησεν ⊕
Neither did any man deem that the selfsame island it was;

ἔμμεναι: οὐδ᾽ ὑπὸ νυκτὶ Δολίονες ἂψ ἀνιόντας ⊕
Nor yet were the Dolians ware that again in the night to their coast

ἥρωας νημερτὲς ἐπήισαν: ἀλλά που ἀνδρῶν ⊕
The heroes were come, but haply they weened that a Makrian host

Μακριέων εἴσαντο Πελασγικὸν ἄρεα κέλσαι. ⊕
Of Pelasgian men for war had sailed to their land overseas:

τῶ καὶ τεύχεα δύντες ἐπὶ σφίσι χεῖρας ἄειραν. ⊕
Wherefore their armour they donned, and uplifted their hands againstthese.

σὺν δ᾽ ἔλασαν μελίας τε καὶ ἀσπίδας ἀλλήλοισιν ⊕
And with onset of spears and with clashing of shields met they inthe strife,

ὀξείῃ ἴκελοι ῥιπῇ πυρός, ἥ τ᾽ ἐνὶ θάμνοις ⊕
Like to the vehement blast of flame which hath leapt into life

αὐαλέοισι πεσοῦσα κορύσσεται: ἐν δὲ κυδοιμὸς ⊕
Mid the copses dry, and the red tongues climb: and the battle-dinthen

δεινός τε ζαμενής τε Δολιονίῳ πέσε δήμῳ. ⊕
Fearful and furious fell in the midst of the Dolian men.

οὐδ᾽ ὅγε δηιοτῆτος ὑπὲρ μόρον αὖτις ἔμελλεν ⊕
Nor may Kyzikus now overleap his weird, and aback from the war {1030}

οἴκαδε νυμφιδίους θαλάμους καὶ λέκτρον ἱκέσθαι. ⊕
Win home to the bower of love and the arms of his bride any more.

ἀλλά μιν Λἰσονίδης τετραμμένον ἰθὺς ἑοῖο ⊕
But, even as he turned on him, full on the king leapt Aison's son,

πλῆξεν ἐπαΐξας στῆθος μέσον, ἀμφὶ δὲ δουρὶ ⊕
And stabbed in the midst of his breast, and shattered was all thebone

ὀστέον ἐρραίσθη: ὁ δ᾽ ἐνὶ ψαμάθοισιν έλυσθεὶς ⊕
Around the spear, and falling in death-throes down on the sands

μοῖραν ἀνέπλησεν. τὴν γὰρ θέμις οὔποτ᾽ ἀλύξαι ⊕
He filled up the measure of Fate. To escape her resistless hands

θνητοῖσιν: πάντῃ δὲ περὶ μέγα πέπταται ἕρκος. ⊕
Is vouchsafed unto none: as a wide snare compassed we are with herbands.

ὧς τὸν ὀιόμενόν που ἀδευκέος ἔκτοθεν ἄτης ⊕
Even so, as he weened that the bitterness now of death was past

εἶναι ἀριστήων αὐτῇ ὑπὸ νυκτὶ πέδησεν ⊕
At the hands of the heroes, lo, in her gin were his feet caught fast

μαρνάμενον κείνοισι: πολεῖς δ᾽ ἐπαρηγόνες ἄλλοι ⊕
In the night, as he battled with them, and many a champion withal

ἔκταθεν: Ἡρακλέης μὲν ἐνήρατο Τηλεκλῆα ⊕
Was slain with the king; by Herakles' hands did Telekles fall, {1040}

ἠδὲ Μεγαβρόντην: Σφόδριν δ᾽ ἐνάριξεν Ἄκαστος: ⊕
And fell Megabrontes; and Sphodris Akastus overthrew;

Πηλεὺς δὲ Ζέλυν εἷλεν ἀρηίθοόν τε Γέφυρον. ⊕
And Zelys, Gephyrus withal, the battle-swift Peleus slew.

αὐτὰρ ἐυμμελίης Τελαμὼν Βασιλῆα κατέκτα. ⊕
Telamon's ashen spear through Basileus' heart is thrust;

Ἴδας δ᾽ αὖ Προμέα, Κλυτίος δ᾽ Ὑάκινθον ἔπεφνεν, ⊕
Died Promeus by Idas, and Klytius laid Hyakinthus in dust;

Τυνδαρίδαι δ᾽ ἄμφω Μεγαλοσσάκεα Φλογίον τε. ⊕
And the Tyndarids twain slew Phlogius, slew Megalossakes;

Οἰνεΐδης δ᾽ ἐπὶ τοῖσιν ἕλεν θρασὺν Ἰτυμονῆα ⊕
And valiant Itymoneus fell before Oineus' son amid these,

ἠδὲ καὶ Ἀρτακέα, πρόμον ἀνδρῶν: οὓς ἔτι πάντας ⊕
And Artakes with him, a chieftain of men: and unto this day

ἐνναέται τιμαῖς ἡρωίσι κυδαίνουσιν. ⊕
Unto all these slain do the people the worship of heroes pay.

οἱ δ᾽ ἄλλοι εἴξαντες ὑπέτρεσαν, ἠύτε κίρκους ⊕
Then wavered the ranks and broke; then fled they in panic affright,

ὠκυπέτας ἀγεληδὸν ὑποτρέσσωσι πέλειαι. ⊕
As before the swift-winged hawks doth a cloud of doves take flight.{1050}

ἐς δὲ πύλας ὁμάδῳ πέσον ἀθρόοι: αἶψα δ᾽ ἀυτῆς ⊕
Through the gates in a huddled rout they poured, and the townstraightway

πλῆτο πόλις στονόεντος ὑποτροπίῃ πολέμοιο. ⊕
With the war-yell was filled, and backward rolled was the woefulfray.

ἠῶθεν δ᾽ ὀλοὴν καὶ ἀμήχανον εἰσενόησαν ⊕
But at dawn were they ware, both these and those, of the curelessill,

ἀμπλακίην ἄμφω: στυγερὸν δ᾽ ἄχος εἷλεν ἰδόντας ⊕
Of the ruinous error; and now did bitter anguish fill

ἥρωας Μινύας Αἰνήιον υἷα πάροιθεν ⊕
The Minyan heroes, beholding before them Aineus' child

Κύζικον ἐν κονίῃσι καὶ αἵματι πεπτηῶτα. ⊕
Stretched in the dust, and Kyzikus lying blood-defiled.

ἤματα δὲ τρία πάντα γόων, τίλλοντό τε χαίτας ⊕
For three whole days with rending of hair did they mourn his doom,

αὐτοὶ ὁμῶς λαοί τε Δολίονες. αὐτὰρ ἔπειτα ⊕
Even they with the Dolian folk. Thereafter about his tomb

τρὶς περὶ χαλκείοις σὺν τεύχεσι δινηθέντες ⊕
Three times in their brazen armour the round of lament did they pace,

τύμβῳ ἐνεκτερέιξαν, ἐπειρήσαντό τ᾽ ἀέθλων, ⊕
And buried him: funeral games held they in the selfsame place, {1060}

ἣ θέμις, ἂμ πεδίον λειμώνιον, ἔνθ᾽ ἔτι νῦν περ ⊕
As was meet, in the meadow-plain where yet before the eyes

ἀγκέχυται τόδε σῆμα καὶ ὀψιγόνοισιν ἰδέσθαι. ⊕
Of the folk of the latter day doth the heap of his grave-mound rise.

οὐδὲ μὲν οὐδ᾽ ἄλοχος Κλείτη φθιμένοιο λέλειπτο ⊕
Yea, neither would Kleitê his wife any more mid the living abide,

οὗ πόσιος μετόπισθε: κακῷ δ᾽ ἐπὶ κύντερον ἄλλο ⊕
Forlorn of her lord; but a woefuller evil she added beside

ἤνυσεν, ἁψαμένη βρόχον αὐχένι. τὴν δὲ καὶ αὐταὶ ⊕
To the evil done, when clasping her neck with the noose she died.

νύμφαι ἀποφθιμένην ἀλσηίδες ὠδύραντο: ⊕
Ah, but the Wildwood Maids made moan for the beautiful dead;

καί οἱ ἀπὸ βλεφάρων ὅσα δάκρυα χεῦαν ἔραζε, ⊕
And of all the tears that to earth from their eyes for her sake theyshed

πάντα τάγε κρήνην τεῦξαν θεαί, ἣν καλέουσιν ⊕
A fountain the Goddesses made, and the name of it far and wide

Κλείτην, δυστήνοιο περικλεὲς οὔνομα νύμφης. ⊕
Hath been heard, even Kleitê, the name of a most unhappy bride.

αἰνότατον δὴ κεῖνο Δολιονίῃσι γυναιξὶν ⊕
Ah, that was the darkest day that from Zeus did ever befall {1070}

ἀνδράσι τ᾽ ἐκ Διὸς ἦμαρ ἐπήλυθεν: οὐδὲ γὰρ αὐτῶν ⊕
The daughters and sons of the Dolian race, and in none of them all

ἔτλη τις πάσσασθαι ἐδητύος, οὐδ᾽ ἐπὶ δηρὸν ⊕
Was there spirit to taste of food, and their hands for a weary while

ἐξ ἀχέων ἔργοιο μυληφάτου ἐμνώοντο: ⊕
By reason of grief hung down, and forgat the millstone's toil:

ἀλλ᾽ αὔτως ἄφλεκτα διαζώεσκον ἔδοντες. ⊕
But their lives dragged on, while untouched of the fire was the foodthat they ate.

ἔνθ᾽ ἔτι νῦν, εὖτ᾽ ἄν σφιν ἐτήσια χύτλα χέωνται ⊕
Yea, the Ionian folk that in Kyzikus dwell even yet,

Κύζικον ἐνναίοντες Ἰάονες, ἔμπεδον αἰεὶ ⊕
When they pour drink-offerings year by year, at the city's mill

πανδήμοιο μύλης πελάνους ἐπαλετρεύουσιν. ⊕
Grind ever their corn, for the querns in the houses of mourning arestill.

ἐκ δὲ τόθεν τρηχεῖαι ἀνηέρθησαν ἄελλαι ⊕
And the wild winds woke at the sound of their mourning to shriekand to rave

ἤμαθ᾽ ὁμοῦ νύκτας τε δυώδεκα, τοὺς δὲ καταῦθι ⊕
Twelve days, twelve nights; and prisoned by wrath of wind and wave

ναυτίλλεσθαι ἔρυκον. ἐπιπλομένῃ δ᾽ ἐνὶ νυκτὶ ⊕
Tarried the heroes from sailing, until, on the thirteenth night,{1080}

ὧλλοι μέν ῥα πάρος δεδμημένοι εὐνάζοντο ⊕
When the rest of the wanderers lay for the last time bowed by themight

ὕπνῳ ἀριστῆες πύματον λάχος: αὐτὰρ Ἄκαστος ⊕
Of slumber on that drear shore, while watch and ward was kept

Μόψος τ᾽ Ἀμπυκίδης ἀδινὰ κνώσσοντας ἔρυντο. ⊕
Of Akastus and Mopsus Ampykus' son over them that slept,--

ἡ δ᾽ ἄρ᾽ ὑπὲρ ξανθοῖο καρήατος Αἰσονίδαο ⊕
Then over the golden head of Aison's son did there fly

πωτᾶτ᾽ ἀλκυονὶς λιγυρῇ ὀπὶ θεσπίζουσα ⊕
A kingfisher: clear through the hush his happy-boding cry

λῆξιν ὀρινομένων ἀνέμων: συνέηκε δὲ Μόψος ⊕
Rang for the lulling of winds; and Mopsus hearkening caught

ἀκταίης ὄρνιθος ἐναίσιμον ὄσσαν ἀκούσας. ⊕
The shore-bird's note, and he knew it with happy omen fraught.

καὶ τὴν μὲν θεὸς αὖτις ἀπέτραπεν, ἷζε δ᾽ ὕπερθεν ⊕
And a God's hand guided its wing, that it wheeled and shot to theheight

νηίου ἀφλάστοιο μετήορος ἀίξασα. ⊕
Of the Argo's stern, and thereon hath it stayed its arrowy flight.

τὸν δ᾽ ὅγε κεκλιμένον μαλακοῖς ἐνὶ κώεσιν οἰῶν. ⊕
And the seer touched Jason, there on the fleeces soft as he lay{1090}

κινήσας ἀνέγειρε παρασχεδόν, ὧδέ τ᾽ ἔειπεν: ⊕
Of the sheep, and from slumber he roused him with haste, and thusdid he say:

⊕
'Aison's son, thou must climb to the temple that standeth there

Δινδύμου ὀκριόεντος ἐύθρονον ἱλάξασθαι ⊕
On Dindymus' rugged height, and make to the Mother thy prayer,

μητέρα συμπάντων μακάρων: λήξουσι δ᾽ ἄελλαι ⊕
The fair-throned Mother of all the Blest: and the stormy blast

ζαχρηεῖς: τοίην γὰρ ἐγὼ νέον ὄσσαν ἄκουσα ⊕
Shall be stilled. For but now hath a cry by mine ears on thenight-wind passed,

ἀλκυόνος ἁλίης, ἥ τε κνώσσοντος ὕπερθεν ⊕
The weird sea-kingfisher's cry; and around thy slumbering head

σεῖο πέριξ τὰ ἕκαστα πιφαυσκομένη πεπότηται. ⊕
Wheeling its flight, it uttered the thing that my lips have said.

ἐκ γὰρ τῆς ἄνεμοί τε θάλασσά τε νειόθι τε χθὼν ⊕
For swayed by her power be the winds, and the sea, and the earthbelow,

πᾶσα πεπείρανται νιφόεν θ᾽ ἕδος Οὐλύμποιο: ⊕
Yea also Olympus crowned with the everlasting snow.

καί οἱ, ὅτ᾽ ἐξ ὀρέων μέγαν οὐρανὸν εἰσαναβαίνῃ, ⊕
And to her, when to heaven from her hills she ascendeth, doth Zeusgive place, {1100}

Ζεὺς αὐτὸς Κρονίδης ὑποχάζεται. ὧς δὲ καὶ ὧλλοι ⊕
Even Kronos' son himself, and all the Deathless Race

ἀθάνατοι μάκαρες δεινὴν θεὸν ἀμφιέπουσιν.⊕
Of the Blessèd in reverence bow before her awful face.'

ὧς φάτο: τῷ δ᾽ ἀσπαστὸν ἔπος γένετ᾽ εἰσαΐοντι. ⊕
So spake he: to hear that word the heart of Jason leapt.

ὤρνυτο δ᾽ ἐξ εὐνῆς κεχαρημένος: ὦρσε δ᾽ ἑταίρους ⊕
Gladsome he sprang from his couch, and his comrades, there as theyslept,

πάντας ἐπισπέρχων, καί τέ σφισιν ἐγρομένοισιν ⊕
Did he waken in haste; and he told, as they gathered around him tohear,

Ἀμπυκίδεω Μόψοιο θεοπροπίας ἀγόρευεν. ⊕
The prophecy spoken of Mopsus Ampykus' son, the seer.

αἶψα δὲ κουρότεροι μὲν ἀπὸ σταθμῶν ἐλάσαντες ⊕
Then steers from the byre the young men drave, and with speed theypressed

ἔνθεν ἐς αἰπεινὴν ἄναγον βόας οὔρεος ἄκρην. ⊕
Up the steep hill-path with the beasts, till they won to themountain's crest.

οἱ δ᾽ ἄρα λυσάμενοι Ἱερῆς ἐκ πείσματα πέτρης ⊕
From the Rock of Doom did others the hawsers of Argo slip:

ἤρεσαν ἐς λιμένα Θρηίκιον: ἂν δὲ καὶ αὐτοὶ ⊕
To the Thracian haven they rowed, and leapt to the strand; and theship {1110}

βαῖνον, παυροτέρους ἑτάρων ἐν νηὶ λιπόντες. ⊕
There guarded they left, for there tarried behind of their fellowsa few.

τοῖσι δὲ Μακριάδες σκοπιαὶ καὶ πᾶσα περαίη ⊕
And from Dindymus saw they the Makrian cliffs, and full in view

Θρηικίης ἐνὶ χερσὶν ἑαῖς προυφαίνετ᾽ ἰδέσθαι: ⊕
The stretch of the Thracian Coast oversea on this side lay,

φαίνετο δ᾽ ἠερόεν στόμα Βοσπόρου ἠδὲ κολῶναι ⊕
And the Bosporus misty-dim, and the blue hills far away

Μυσίαι: ἐκ δ᾽ ἑτέρης ποταμοῦ ῥόος Αἰσήποιο ⊕
Of Mysia-land, and the river Aisêpus on that side flowed,

ἄστυ τε καὶ πεδίον Νηπήιον Ἀδρηστείης. ⊕
And the town and the plain Nepeian of Adresteia showed.

ἔσκε δέ τι στιβαρὸν στύπος ἀμπέλου ἔντροφον ὕλῃ, ⊕
Then found they the sturdy stock of a vine in the forest that grew,

πρόχνυ γεράνδρυον: τὸ μὲν ἔκταμον, ὄφρα πέλοιτο ⊕
A tree exceeding old: with the axes the same did they hew

δαίμονος οὐρείης ἱερὸν βρέτας: ἔξεσε δ᾽ Ἄργος ⊕
For the Mountain-goddess's sacred image: with cunning skill

εὐκόσμως, καὶ δή μιν ἐπ᾽ ὀκριόεντι κολωνῷ ⊕
Of the craftsman did Argus carve it; and so on the rugged hill {1120}

ἵδρυσαν φηγοῖσιν ἐπηρεφὲς ἀκροτάτῃσιν, ⊕
Did they set it up: for the shrine thereof stood tall oaks round,

αἵ ῥά τε πασάων πανυπέρταται ἐρρίζωνται. ⊕
Which of all trees root them the deepest beneath the face of theground.

βωμὸν δ᾽ αὖ χέραδος παρενήνεον: ἀμφὶ δὲ φύλλοις ⊕
Then of loose stones built they an altar: with leaves from the oakenspray

στεψάμενοι δρυΐνοισι θυηπολίης ἐμέλοντο ⊕
They wreathed it around, and the sacrifice thereupon did they lay.

μητέρα Δινδυμίην πολυπότνιαν ἀγκαλέοντες, ⊕
On the Mother majestic, on Dindymê's Queen, the while did they call,

ἐνναέτιν Φρυγίης, Τιτίην θ᾽ ἅμα Κύλληνόν τε, ⊕
Who dwelleth in Phrygia: on Tityas they cried, on Kyllênê withal,

οἳ μοῦνοι πολέων μοιρηγέται ἠδὲ πάρεδροι ⊕
Who alone be called the Dispensers of Doom--by the judgment-seat

μητέρος Ἰδαίης κεκλήαται, ὅσσοι ἔασιν ⊕
Of the Mother Idaean who sit--by all that priesthood of Crete,

δάκτυλοι Ἰδαῖοι Κρηταιέες, οὕς ποτε νύμφη ⊕
The Daktylians of Ida, born in the cave Dictaean of yore

Ἀγχιάλη Δικταῖον ἀνὰ σπέος ἀμφοτέρῃσιν ⊕
When the Nymph Anchialê clutched in the throes of travail, and tore{1130}

δραξαμένη γαίης Οἰαξίδος ἐβλάστησεν. ⊕
With the fingers of either hand the earth by Oaxus' shore.

πολλὰ δὲ τήνγε λιτῇσιν ἀποστρέψαι ἐριώλας ⊕
Knelt Aison's son to the Goddess, and prayed her with earnest cries

Λἰσονίδης γουνάζετ᾽ ἐπιλλείβων ἱεροῖσιν ⊕
To turn the tempest away, on the flame of the sacrifice

αἰθομένοις: ἄμυδις δὲ νέοι Ὀρφῆος ἀνωγῇ ⊕
As he poured the wine. And the youths therewithal at Orpheus' command

σκαίροντες βηταρμὸν ἐνόπλιον ὠρχήσαντο, ⊕
Trode round her altar the measure, an armour-sheathèd band,

καὶ σάκεα ξιφέεσσιν ἐπέκτυπον, ὥς κεν ἰωὴ ⊕
And clashed with their swords on their shields, that the sound thatboded them ill

δύσφημος πλάζοιτο δι᾽ ἠέρος, ἣν ἔτι λαοὶ ⊕
Might be lost in the air, the wail for the dead, which the peoplestill

κηδείῃ βασιλῆος ἀνέστενον. ἔνθεν ἐσαιεὶ ⊕
In grief for their king sent up; for which cause unto this day

ῥόμβῳ καὶ τυπάνῳ Ῥείην Φρύγες ἱλάσκονται. ⊕
With timbrel and drum the Phrygians worship to Rhea pay.

ἡ δέ που εὐαγέεσσιν ἐπὶ φρένα θῆκε θυηλαῖς ⊕
And the Goddess of them that sought her was found, and inclined herear {1140}

ἀνταίη δαίμων: τὰ δ᾽ ἐοικότα σήματ᾽ ἔγεντο. ⊕
To the sacrifice-prayer: of her grace did tokens of good appear.

δένδρεα μὲν καρπὸν χέον ἄσπετον, ἀμφὶ δὲ ποσσὶν ⊕
For the trees shed fruit in abundance down, and around their feet

αὐτομάτη φύε γαῖα τερείνης ἄνθεα ποίης. ⊕
The earth mid her tender grass with flowers unsown was sweet.

θῆρες δ᾽ εἰλυούς τε κατὰ ξυλόχους τε λιπόντες ⊕
And the beasts of the wildwood came, forsaking thicket and lair,

οὐρῇσιν σαίνοντες ἐπήλυθον. ἡ δὲ καὶ ἄλλο ⊕
Fawning with swaying tails: and another marvel there

θῆκε τέρας: ἐπεὶ οὔτι παροίτερον ὕδατι νᾶεν ⊕
Did the Goddess create, for that Dindymus never theretofore

Δίνδυμον: ἀλλά σφιν τότ᾽ ἀνέβραχε διψάδος αὔτως ⊕
With watersprings flowed; but now did a sudden torrent pour

ἐκ κορυφῆς ἄλληκτον: Ἰησονίην δ᾽ ἐνέπουσιν ⊕
From her thirsty crest, and the Fountain of Jason they name it still,

κεῖνο ποτὸν κρήνην περιναιέται ἄνδρες ὀπίσσω. ⊕
The folk that in after days dwell round that sacred hill.

καὶ τότε μὲν δαῖτ᾽ ἀμφὶ θεᾶς θέσαν οὔρεσιν Ἄρκτων, ⊕
In the Goddess's honour a feast on the Bears' Hill then dight they,{1150}

μέλποντες Ῥείην πολυπότνιαν: αὐτὰρ ἐς ἠὼ ⊕
And Rhea the all-majestic they hymned: but at dawn of the day

ληξάντων ἀνέμων νῆσον λίπον εἰρεσίῃσιν. ⊕
Stilled were the winds, and with oars from the island sped they away.

ἔνθ᾽ ἔρις ἄνδρα ἕκαστον ἀριστήων ὀρόθυνεν, ⊕
Then hero was kindled with hero in gallant contention to try

ὅστις ἀπολλήξειε πανύστατος. ἀμφὶ γὰρ αἰθὴρ ⊕
Who last should be spent and refrain; for the peace of a windlesssky

νήνεμος ἐστόρεσεν δίνας, κατὰ δ᾽ εὔνασε πόντον. ⊕
Laid level the swirls of the sea, and lulled to sleep the wave.

οἱ δὲ γαληναίῃ πίσυνοι ἐλάασκον ἐπιπρὸ ⊕
And putting their trust in the calm, ever onward and onward theydrave

νῆα βίῃ: ̣̣ δ᾽ οὔ κε διὲξ ἁλὸς ἀίσσουσαν ⊕
The ship by their might; and with her, through the brine as shedarted and leapt,

οὐδὲ Ποσειδάωνος ἀελλόποδες κίχον ἵπποι. ⊕
Not even the storm-footed steeds of Poseidon the pace had kept.

ἔμπης δ᾽ ἐγρομένοιο σάλου ζαχρηεσιν αὔραις, ⊕
Howbeit the surges awoke as from sleep, as the keen blasts blew,

αἳ νέον ἐκ ποταμῶν ὑπὸ δείελον ἠερέθονται, ⊕
Which swooped from the river-gorges as day to the evenfall drew:{1160}

τειρόμενοι καὶ δὴ μετελώφεον: αὐτὰρ ὁ τούσγε ⊕
And the heroes forspent with toiling refrained, save only one

πασσυδίῃ μογέοντας ἐφέλκετο κάρτεϊ χειρῶν ⊕
Who by might of his hands tugged onward his weary comrades alone;

Ἡρακλέης, ἐτίνασσε δ᾽ ἀρη̣̣ότα δούρατα νηός. ⊕
Even Herakles: quivered the strong-knit beams as he strained to thestroke.

ἀλλ᾽ ὅτε δὴ Μυσῶν λελιημένοι ἠπείροιο ⊕
But when, as they fled by the mainland-shore of the Mysian folk,

Ῥυνδακίδας προχοὰς μέγα τ᾽ ἠρίον Λἰγαίωνος ⊕
And Rhyndakus' outfall they sighted, and, huge against the sky,

τυτθὸν ὑπὲκ Φρυγίης παρεμέτρεον εἰσορόωντες, ⊕
Aigaion's cairn, past Phrygia a little, and slipped thereby,

δὴ τότ᾽ ἀνοχλίζων τετρηχότος οἴδματος ὁλκοὺς ⊕
Even then, through the furrows of roughened surge as he tugged andtore,

μεσσόθεν ἆξεν ἐρετμόν. ἀτὰρ τρύφος ἄλλο μὲν αὐτὸς ⊕
Snapped he the ashen blade, and, grasping the half of the oar

ἄμφω χερσὶν ἔχων πέσε δόχμιος, ἄλλο δὲ πόντος ⊕
Yet in his hands, back Herakles fell, and the half swept down

κλύζε παλιρροθίοισι φέρων. ἀνὰ δ᾽ ἕζετο σιγῇ ⊕
The tossing wake of the ship. But he rose, and with angry frown{1170}

παπταίνων: χεῖρες γὰρ ἀήθεον ἠρεμέουσαι. ⊕
Sat gazing around, for his hands endured not idle to lie.

ἦμος δ᾽ ἀγρόθεν εἶσι φυτοσκάφος ἤ τις ἀροτρεὺς ⊕
'Twas the hour when the delver or ploughman aback from the fielddoth hie

ἀσπασίως εἰς αὖλιν ἑήν, δόρποιο χατίζων, ⊕
With joy to his hut, and his soul sore craveth the eventide meat,

αὐτοῦ δ᾽ ἐν προμολῇ τετρυμένα γούνατ᾽ ἔκαμψεν ⊕
And bow on the threshold his knees, and totter his weary feet.

αὐσταλέος κονίῃσι, περιτριβέας δέ τε χεῖρας ⊕
All dust-besprent he beholdeth his cramped hands worn with toil,

εἰσορόων κακὰ πολλὰ ἑῇ ἠρήσατο γαστρί: ⊕
With many a curse reviling the taskmaster Belly the while,--

τῆμος ἄρ᾽ οἵγ᾽ ἀφίκοντο Κιανίδος ἤθεα γαίης ⊕
Then came they to where in the land Kianian nestle her homes

ἀμφ᾽ Ἀργανθώνειον ὄρος προχοάς τε Κίοιο. ⊕
'Neath Arganthônê, where Kios against the sea-tide foams.

τοὺς μὲν ἐυξείνως Μυσοὶ φιλότητι κιόντας ⊕
Then as friends greet friends did the Mysians with kindly welcoming

δειδέχατ᾽, ἐνναέται κείνης χθονός, ἤιά τέ σφιν ⊕
Meet them, the people that dwelt in the land, and gifts did theybring, {1180}

μῆλά τε δευομένοις μέθυ τ᾽ ἄσπετον ἐγγυάλιξαν. ⊕
Even sheep, and wine without stint therewithal gave they for theirneed.

ἔνθα δ᾽ ἔπειθ᾽ οἱ μὲν ξύλα κάγκανα, τοὶ δὲ λεχαίην ⊕
Then sapless logs did some of them gather, and grass from the mead

φυλλάδα λειμώνων φέρον ἄσπετον ἀμήσαντες, ⊕
Did some bring in, whereof great store for their couches they mowed,

στόρνυσθαι: τοὶ δ᾽ ἀμφὶ πυρήια δινεύεσκον: ⊕
The while in the hands of some the whirling fire-sticks glowed.

οἱ δ᾽ οἶνον κρητῆρσι κέρων, πονέοντο τε δαῖτα, ⊕
Some mingled the wine in the mazer, and ready the feast they dight,

Ἐκβασίῳ ῥέξαντες ὑπὸ κνέφας Ἀπόλλωνι. ⊕
Doing sacrifice to Apollo as deepened the shades of night.

αὐτὰρ ὁ δαίνυσθαι ἑτάροις οἷς εὖ ἐπιτείλας ⊕
But Zeus' son spake to his comrades meetly the feast to prepare:

βῆ ῤ̔ ἴμεν εἰς ὕλην υἱὸς Διός, ὥς κεν ἐρετμὸν ⊕
But into the forest himself hath hied, to the end that there,

οἷ αὐτῷ φθαίη καταχείριον ἐντύνασθαι. ⊕
Or ever he supped, for the grip of his hands he might fashion an oar.

εὗρεν ἔπειτ᾽ ἐλάτην ἀλαλήμενος, οὔτε τι πολλοῖς ⊕
Then found he a pine as he roved, and scant was the burden it bore{1190}

ἀχθομένην ὄζοις, οὐδὲ μέγα τηλεθόωσαν, ⊕
Of boughs, nor with heavy-clustering leaves was its shade made dim;

ἀλλ᾽ οἷον ταναῆς ἔρνος πέλει αἰγείροιο: ⊕
But like to the shaft it rose of a poplar tall and slim:

τόσση ὁμῶς μῆκός τε καὶ ἐς πάχος ἦεν ἰδέσθαι. ⊕
Even such was the measure thereof to behold in height and in girth.

ῥίμφα δ᾽ ὀιστοδόκην μὲν ἐπὶ χθονὶ θῆκε φαρέτρην ⊕
Swiftly his arrow-fraught quiver hath Herakles cast to the earth

αὐτοῖσιν τόξοισιν, ἔδυ δ᾽ ἀπὸ δέρμα λέοντος. ⊕
With the shafts therein: from his shoulders the lion's hide did hestrip.

τὴν δ᾽ ὅγε χαλκοβαρεῖ ῥοπάλῳ δαπέδοιο τινάξας ⊕
With his brass-heavy club at its roots he smote, till he loosedearth's grip.

νειόθεν ἀμφοτέρῃσι περὶ στύπος ἔλλαβε χερσίν, ⊕
Low down did he grasp the stem about with either hand,

ἠνορέῃ πίσυνος: ἐν δὲ πλατὺν ὦμον ἔρεισεν ⊕
Putting trust in his might: with shoulder against it thrust did hestand

εὖ διαβάς: πεδόθεν δὲ βαθύρριζόν περ ἐοῦσαν ⊕
With feet wide set. From the ground, deep-rooted albeit it grew,

προσφὺς ἐξήειρε σὺν αὐτοῖς ἔχμασι γαίης. ⊕
Hath his grip upheaved it with all the clods that clave thereto.{1200}

ὡς δ᾽ ὅταν ἀπροφάτως ἱστόν νεός, εὖτε μάλιστα ⊕
And as when unawares the mast of a ship, in the very hour

χειμερίη ὀλοοῖο δύσις πέλει Ὠρίωνος, ⊕
When Orion's storm-fraught setting is working in baleful power,

ὑψόθεν ἐμπλήξασα θοὴ ἀνέμοιο κατάιξ ⊕
Is struck from on high by a tempest's swiftly-swooping squall,

αὐτοῖσι σφήνεσσιν ὑπὲκ προτόνων ἐρύσηται: ⊕
And with snapped stays rent from its box, and the wedges therewithal,

ὧς ὅγε τὴν ἤειρεν. ὁμοῦ δ᾽ ἀνὰ τόξα καὶ ἰοὺς ⊕
Even so he upwrenched that tree; and he gathered up arrows and bow,

δέρμα θ᾽ ἑλὼν ῥόπαλόν τε παλίσσυτος ὦρτο νέεσθαι. ⊕
And the lion's hide, and his club; and he hasted him backward to go.

τόφρα δ᾽ Ὕλας χαλκέῃ σὺν κάλπιδι νόσφιν ὁμίλου ⊕
But Hylas the while with a pitcher of brass from the throng hathhied

δίζητο κρήνης ἱερὸν ῥόον, ὥς κέ οἱ ὕδωρ ⊕
Seeking a spring's pure flow; for the feast of the eventide

φθαίη ἀφυσσάμενος ποτιδόρπιον, ἄλλα τε πάντα ⊕
To draw for him water against his return, and withal to prepare

ὀτραλέως κατὰ κόσμον ἐπαρτίσσειεν ἰόντι. ⊕
With speed all things for the time when again his lord should bethere. {1210}

δὴ γάρ μιν τοίοισιν ἐν ἤθεσιν αὐτὸς ἔφερβεν, ⊕
For in suchlike service did Herakles nurture the lad and train

νηπίαχον τὰ πρῶτα δόμων ἐκ πατρὸς ἀπούρας, ⊕
From the day when, a captive child, by the hero's hand he was ta'en

δίου Θειοδάμαντος, ὃν ἐν Δρυόπεσσιν ἔπεφνεν ⊕
From the home of his father Theodamas, slain in Dryopian land

νηλειῶς, βοὸς ἀμφὶ γεωμόρου ἀντιόωντα. ⊕
Without ruth, when he dared for his ploughteam's sake 'gainst thehero to stand.

ἤτοι ὁ μὲν νειοῖο γύας τέμνεσκεν ἀρότρῳ ⊕
For it fell, as Theodamas clave with the share the fallow field,

Θειοδάμας ἀνίῃ βεβολημένος: αὐτὰρ ὁ τόνγε ⊕
That mischief befell him; for Herakles came, and he bade him to yield

βοῦν ἀρότην ἤνωγε παρασχέμεν οὐκ ἐθέλοντα. ⊕
The heifer he ploughed withal unto him in his heart's despite:

ἵετο γὰρ πρόφασιν πολέμου Δρυόπεσσι βαλέσθαι ⊕
For against the Dryopian folk was he seeking occasion of fight,

λευγαλέην, ἐπεὶ οὔτι δίκης ἀλέγοντες ἔναιον. ⊕
For their bane, forasmuch as reckless of right in the land dweltthey:--

ἀλλὰ τὰ μὲν τηλοῦ κεν ἀποπλάγξειεν ἀοιδῆς. ⊕
But the story thereof should lead me far from my song astray. {1220}

αἶψα δ᾽ ὅγε κρήνην μετεκίαθεν, ἣν καλέουσιν ⊕
So in haste to the fountain he hied him, and Pegae hight that spring

πηγὰς ἀγχίγυοι περιναιέται. οἱ δέ που ἄρτι ⊕
Of the people that dwell in the field thereabout: and thedancing-ring

νυμφάων ἵσταντο χοροί: μέλε γάρ σφισι πάσαις, ⊕
Of the Nymphs, as it chanced, was there; for all these loved fullwell--

ὅσσαι κεῖσ᾽ ἐρατὸν νύμφαι ῥίον ἀμφενέμοντο, ⊕
Even all the Nymphs that about that fair hill wont to dwell--

Ἄρτεμιν ἐννυχίῃσιν ἀεὶ μέλπεσθαι ἀοιδαῖς. ⊕
In hymns through the night-tide ringing to chant unto Artemis still.

αἱ μέν, ὅσαι σκοπιὰς ὀρέων λάχον ἢ καὶ ἐναύλους, ⊕
But they which inherit the mountain-crest, or the rushing rill,

αἵγε μὲν ὑλήωροι ἀπόπροθεν ἐστιχόωντο, ⊕
And the Forest-haunters, were ranged from the fountain far away.

ἡ δὲ νέον κρήνης ἀνεδύετο καλλινάοιο ⊕
But it fell that the Water-nymph came floating up that day

νύμφη ἐφυδατίη: τὸν δὲ σχεδὸν εἰσενόησεν ⊕
From the depths of the fair-flowing spring:--lo, over her bendethhis face

κάλλεϊ καὶ γλυκερῇσιν ἐρευθόμενον χαρίτεσσιν. ⊕
In the rosy flush of its beauty, its manifold winsome grace. {1230}

πρὸς γάρ οἱ διχόμηνις ἀπ᾽ αἰθέρος αὐγάζουσα ⊕
For the full moon casting her beams from the height of the firmament

βάλλε σεληναίη. τὴν δὲ φρένας ἐπτοίησεν ⊕
Smote him, and faintness of love on her soul the Cyprian sent,

Κύπρις, ἀμηχανίῃ δὲ μόλις συναγείρατο θυμόν. ⊕
And scarce she unravelled her thoughts in sweet confusion blent.

αὐτὰρ ὅγ᾽ ὡς τὰ πρῶτα ῥόῳ ἔνι κάλπιν ἔρεισεν ⊕
But over the fountain's brim as aforetime aslant hath he bowed,

λέχρις ἐπιχριμφθείς, περὶ δ᾽ ἄσπετον ἔβραχεν ὕδωρ ⊕
And plunged in the ripple the pitcher: the water gurgled loud

χαλκὸν ἐς ἠχήεντα φορεύμενον, αὐτίκα δ᾽ ἥγε ⊕
As into the echoing brass it poured; and the Fountain-maid

λαιὸν μὲν καθύπερθεν ἐπ᾽ αὐχένος ἄνθετο πῆχυν ⊕
Her left arm slid from the depths, and around his neck was it laid

κύσσαι ἐπιθύουσα τέρεν στόμα: δεξιτερῇ δὲ ⊕
In her yearning to kiss those dainty lips, while, clutched by herright,

ἀγκῶν᾽ ἔσπασε χειρί, μέσῃ δ᾽ ἐνικάββαλε δίνῃ. ⊕
Drawn down was his arm, and through swirling eddies he sank from thelight.

τοῦ δ᾽ ἥρως ἰάχοντος ἐπέκλυεν οἶος ἑταίρων ⊕
But his cry as he sank was heard of one of his comrades alone {1240}

Εἰλατίδης Πολύφημος, ἰὼν προτέρωσε κελεύθου, ⊕
Who trod that fountainward path, Polyphemus, Eilatus' son,

δέκτο γὰρ Ἡρακλῆα πελώριον, ὁππόθ᾽ ἵκοιτο. ⊕
To meet that giant hero when back he should fare to the feast.

βῆ δὲ μεταΐξας Πηγέων σχεδόν, ἠύτε τις θὴρ ⊕
By Pegae, following the cry, hath he rushed, like a wildwood beast

ἄγριος, ὅν ῥά τε γῆρυς ἀπόπροθεν ἵκετο μήλων, ⊕
Unto whom from far away hath been wafted the bleating of sheep,

λιμῷ δ᾽ αἰθόμενος μετανίσσεται, οὐδ᾽ ἐπέκυρσεν ⊕
And with famine afire he pursueth; howbeit he may not leap

ποίμνῃσιν: πρὸ γὰρ αὐτοὶ ἐνὶ σταθμοῖσι νομῆες ⊕
On the prey, for already the shepherds have penned them safe fromthe foe;

ἔλσαν: ὁ δὲ στενάχων βρέμει ἄσπετον, ὄφρα κάμῃσιν: ⊕
And in vehement rage must he moan and howl, till aweary he grow;

ὧς τότ᾽ ἄρ᾽ Εἰλατίδης μεγάλ᾽ ἔστενεν, ἀμφὶ δὲ χῶρον ⊕
So Eilatus' son made vehement moan, and he roamed to and fro

φοίτα κεκληγώς: μελέη δέ οἱ ἔπλετο φωνή. ⊕
About the place; and his voice rang piteous, broken with woe.

αἶψα δ᾽ ἐρυσσάμενος μέγα φάσγανον ὦρτο δίεσθαι, ⊕
Then suddenly drew he his mighty blade, and he rushed to pursue,{1250}

μήπως ἢ θήρεσσιν ἕλωρ πέλοι, ἠέ μιν ἄνδρες ⊕
If perchance he were seized of beasts, or from ambush a robber-crew

μοῦνον ἐόντ᾽ ἐλόχησαν, ἄγουσι δὲ ληίδ᾽ ἑτοίμην. ⊕
Had leapt on him faring alone, and were haling afar their prey.

ἔνθ᾽ αὐτῷ ξύμβλητο κατὰ στίβον Ἡρακλῆι ⊕
Then, even as he shook in his hand his naked sword, in the way

γυμνὸν ἐπαΐσσων παλάμῃ ξίφος: εὖ δέ μιν ἔγνω ⊕
Came Herakles' self to meet him, a giant form that sped

σπερχόμενον μετὰ νῆα διὰ κνέφας. αὐτίκα δ᾽ ἄτην ⊕
To the ship through the gloom; and he knew him, and straightway atale most dread

ἔκφατο λευγαλέην, βεβαρημένος ἄσθματι θυμόν: ⊕
He told, while laboured with heavy panting his heart, and he said:

⊕
'God help thee, that I first bring to thee tidings of bitter pain!

οὐ γὰρ Ὕλας κρήνηνδε κιὼν σόος αὖτις ἱκάνει. ⊕
Hylas hath gone to the spring, and returned not alive again!

ἀλλά ἑ ληιστῆρες ἐνιχρίμψαντες ἄγουσιν, ⊕
Or robbers have seized him, and hale him away to captivity,

ἢ θῆρες σίνονται: ἐγὼ δ᾽ ἰάχοντος ἄκουσα.⊕
Or evil beasts are rending:--I heard but now his cry.' {1260}

ὧς φάτο: τῷ δ᾽ ἀίοντι κατὰ κροτάφων ἅλις ἱδρὼς ⊕
Upon Herakles' temples then did the great sweat-gouts upstart,

κήκιεν, ἐν δὲ κελαινὸν ὑπὸ σπλάγχνοις ζέεν αἷμα. ⊕
As he heard him speak, and the dark blood curdled about his heart.

χωόμενος δ᾽ ἐλάτην χαμάδις βάλεν, ἐς δὲ κέλευθον ⊕
In fury he flung to the earth the pine, and along that path

τὴν θέεν, ᾗ πόδες αὐτὸν ὑπέκφερον ἀίσσοντα. ⊕
Rushed, whithersoever his feet might hurry his aimless wrath.

ὡς δ᾽ ὅτε τίς τε μύωπι τετυμμένος ἔσσυτο ταῦρος ⊕
And as, stung by a gadfly, a bull rusheth onward frenzy-stirred

πίσεά τε προλιπὼν καὶ ἑλεσπίδας, οὐδὲ νομήων ⊕
Forsaking the meadows and marshlands, the while of herdsman or herd

οὐδ᾽ ἀγέλης ὄθεται, πρήσσει δ᾽ ὁδόν, ἄλλοτ᾽ ἄπαυστος, ⊕
He taketh no heed, pressing on in his wild course now without check,

ἄλλοτε δ᾽ ἱστάμενος, καὶ ἀνὰ πλατὺν αὐχέν᾽ ἀείρων ⊕
Now making a moment's stand, and uplifting his massive neck,

ἵησιν μύκημα, κακῷ βεβολημένος οἴστρῳ: ⊕
He uttereth bellowings, mad with the sting of the cruel breese;

ὧς ὅγε μαιμώων ὁτὲ μὲν θοὰ γούνατ᾽ ἔπαλλεν ⊕
So he in his frenzy now would be plying his strong swift knees {1270}

συνεχέως, ὁτὲ δ᾽ αὖτε μεταλλήγων καμάτοιο ⊕
Unresting, and now from his toil would he cease for a moment's space,

τῆλε διαπρύσιον μεγάλῃ βοάασκεν ἀυτῇ. ⊕
And shouted:--the mighty voice rang far through the lonely place.

αὐτίκα δ᾽ ἀκροτάτας ὑπερέσχεθεν ἄκριας ἀστὴρ ⊕
Eftsoons the morning-star rose over the mountain's crest,

ἠῷος, πνοιαὶ δὲ κατήλυθον: ὦκα δὲ Τῖφυς ⊕
And the winds swept down from the gorges; and Tiphys cried on therest

ἐσβαίνειν ὀρόθυνεν, ἐπαύρεσθαί τ᾽ ἀνέμοιο. ⊕
To get them aboard in haste, and to hearken the wind's behest.

οἱ δ᾽ εἴσβαινον ἄφαρ λελιημένοι: ὕψι δὲ νηὸς ⊕
So with eager speed they embarked, and the anchor-stones of the ship

εὐναίας ἐρύσαντες ἀνεκρούσαντο κάλωας. ⊕
Heaved they aboard, and the hawsers thereof in haste did they slip.

κυρτώθη δ᾽ ἀνέμῳ λίνα μεσσόθι, τῆλε δ᾽ ἀπ᾽ ἀκτῆς ⊕
And the midst of the sail bellied out with the blast, and far away

γηθόσυνοι φορέοντο παραὶ Ποσιδήιον ἄκρην. ⊕
From the sea-strand with joy by Poseidon's foreland wafted were they.

ἦμος δ᾽ οὐρανόθεν χαροπὴ ὑπολάμπεται ἠὼς ⊕
But it fell, in the hour when the dawn glad-eyed from the heavendoth beam, {1280}

ἐκ περάτης ἀνιοῦσα, διαγλαύσσουσι δ᾽ ἀταρποί, ⊕
From the east uprising, and all the earth-ways clearer gleam,

καὶ πεδία δροσόεντα φαεινῇ λάμπεται αἴγλῃ, ⊕
And the dewy wolds are a-sparkle beneath her flashing sheen,

τῆμος τούσγ᾽ ἐνόησαν ἀιδρείῃσι λιπόντες. ⊕
Then were they ware of those that forsaken unwares had been.

ἐν δέ σφιν κρατερὸν νεῖκος πέσεν, ἐν δὲ κολῳὸς ⊕
Then mighty contention arose, and an indignation-burst

ἄσπετος, εἰ τὸν ἄριστον ἀποπρολιπόντες ἔβησαν ⊕
Most vehement-fierce, that any should go, and forsake the first

σφωιτέρων ἑτάρων. ὁ δ᾽ ἀμηχανίῃσιν ἀτυχθεὶς ⊕
Of their comrades in prowess. But Aison's son distraught with amaze

οὔτε τι τοῖον ἔπος μετεφώνεεν, οὔτε τι τοῖον ⊕
Spake never a word or bad or good in their evil case;

Αἰσονίδης: ἀλλ᾽ ἧστο βαρείῃ νειόθεν ἄτῃ ⊕
But devouring his soul he sat 'neath wilderment's heavy load.

θυμὸν ἔδων: Τελαμῶνα δ᾽ ἕλεν χόλος, ὧδέ τ᾽ ἔειπεν: ⊕
Then Telamon's wrath waxed hot, and thus with the prince he chode:

⊕
'Ha! sit thou there at thine ease!--good sooth, for thy profit wasthis, {1290}

Ἡρακλῆα λιπεῖν: σέο δ᾽ ἔκτοθι μῆτις ὄρωρεν, ⊕
That Herakles thus should be left; thou givest no counsel, I wis,

ὄφρα τὸ κείνου κῦδος ἀν᾽ Ἑλλάδα μή σε καλύψῃ, ⊕
Lest haply his glory in Hellas should overshadow thee,

αἴ κε θεοὶ δώωσιν ὑπότροπον οἴκαδε νόστον. ⊕
If the Gods peradventure vouchsafe us the home-return to see!--

ἀλλὰ τί μύθων ἦδος; ἐπεὶ καὶ νόσφιν ἑταίρων ⊕
What pleasure in words?--I will go, I only, with none of these

εἶμι τεῶν, οἳ τόνγε δόλον συνετεκτήναντο.⊕
Thy comrades, who plotted with thee this treason to Herakles.'

ἦ, καὶ ἐς Ἁγνιάδην Τῖφυν θόρε: τὼ δέ οἱ ὄσσε ⊕
He spake, and on Tiphys Hagnias' son he rushed, and his ire

ὄστλιγγες μαλεροῖο πυρὸς ὣς ἰνδάλλοντο. ⊕
Gleamed through his eyes as the leaping flame of the ravening fire.

καί νύ κεν ἂψ ὀπίσω Μυσῶν ἐπὶ γαῖαν ἵκοντο ⊕
And now to the land of the Mysian men had they won back again

λαῖτμα βιησάμενοι ἀνέμου τ᾽ ἄλληκτον ἰωήν, ⊕
In despite of the driving surge, and the head-wind's ceaselessstrain;

εἰ μὴ Θρηικίοιο δύω υἷες Βορέαο ⊕
But the two winged sons of Thracian Boreas rose thereupon, {1300}

Αἰακίδην χαλεποῖσιν ἐρητύεσκον ἔπεσσιν, ⊕
And with fierce stern words from his purpose withheld they Aiakus'son.

σχέτλιοι: ἦ τέ σφιν στυγερὴ τίσις ἔπλετ᾽ ὀπίσσω ⊕
Unhappy they!--grim vengeance thereafter did Herakles wreak

χερσὶν ὑφ᾽ Ἡρακλῆος, ὅ μιν δίζεσθαι ἔρυκον. ⊕
Upon these who withheld the rest which were fain for the lost toseek.

ἄθλων γὰρ Πελίαο δεδουπότος ἂψ ἀνιόντας ⊕
For when from the games over Pelias dead they were wending again

τήνῳ ἐν ἀμφιρύτῃ πέφνεν, καὶ ἀμήσατο γαῖαν ⊕
Homeward, in Tenos the sea-girt he slew them; and heaped o'er theslain

ἀμφ᾽ αὐτοῖς, στήλας τε δύω καθύπερθεν ἔτευξεν, ⊕
The earth, and above that grave-mound reared he pillars twain,

ὧν ἑτέρη, θάμβος περιώσιον ἀνδράσι λεύσσειν, ⊕
The one whereof, a marvel exceeding for men to behold,

κίνυται ἠχήεντος ὑπὸ πνοιῇ βορέαο. ⊕
Sways to and fro in the blast when the North-wind whistleth cold.

καὶ τὰ μὲν ὧς ἤμελλε μετὰ χρόνον ἐκτελέεσθαι. ⊕
Ay, so in the after-time these things were ordained to be.

τοῖσιν δὲ Γλαῦκος βρυχίης ἁλὸς ἐξεφαάνθη, ⊕
But now did Glaukus appear unto them from the depths of the sea,{1310}

Νηρῆος θείοιο πολυφράδμων ὑποφήτης: ⊕
The servant of Nereus divine, the far-discerning seer.

ὕψι δὲ λαχνῆέν τε κάρη καὶ στήθε᾽ ἀείρας ⊕
High out of the waves his shaggy head and his breast did he rear

νειόθεν ἐκ λαγόνων στιβαρῇ ἐπορέξατο χειρὶ ⊕
Even to the waist, and his brawny hand did the God stretch out

νηίου ὁλκαίοιο, καὶ ἴαχεν ἐσσυμένοισιν: ⊕
To the keel of the ship, and unto her eager crew did he shout:

⊕
'Wherefore be ye thus purposed against great Zeus' decrees

Αἰήτεω πτολίεθρον ἄγειν θρασὺν Ἡρακλῆα; ⊕
Unto Aiêtes' city to bring bold Herakles?

Ἄργεΐ οἱ μοῖρ᾽ ἐστὶν ἀτασθάλῳ Εὐρυσθῆι ⊕
Lo, this is his weird--in the land of Argos labouring

ἐκπλῆσαι μογέοντα δυώδεκα πάντας ἀέθλους, ⊕
To accomplish toils full twelve for Eurystheus the tyrannous king,

ναίειν δ᾽ ἀθανάτοισι συνέστιον, εἴ κ᾽ ἔτι παύρους ⊕
And to dwell with the Deathless Ones, if he bring to fulfilment yet

ἐξανύσῃ: τῶ μή τι ποθὴ κείνοιο πελέσθω. ⊕
A few more toils: grieve ye not therefore with vain regret. {1320}

αὔτως δ᾽ αὖ Πολύφημον ἐπὶ προχοῇσι Κίοιο ⊕
Polyphemus' weird likewise is to rear, where Kios doth fall

πέπρωται Μυσοῖσι περικλεὲς ἄστυ καμόντα ⊕
Into the sea, 'mid the Mysians a glorious city's wall,

μοῖραν ἀναπλήσειν Χαλύβων ἐν ἀπείρονι γαίῃ. ⊕
And to find in the Chalybes' land the doom that endeth all.

αὐτὰρ Ὕλαν φιλότητι θεὰ ποιήσατο νύμφη ⊕
But Hylas a Goddess-nymph of her love for her spouse hath taken,

ὃν πόσιν, οἷό περ οὕνεκ᾽ ἀποπλαγχθέντες ἔλειφθεν.⊕
For whose sake wandered away those twain unawares forsaken.'

ἦ, καὶ κῦμ᾽ ἀλίαστον ἐφέσσατο νειόθι δύψας: ⊕
Then downward he plunged, and he wrapped him about with the waveswhite-wreathing,

ἀμφὶ δέ οἱ δίνῃσι κυκώμενον ἄφρεεν ὕδωρ ⊕
And around him the darkling water foamed in eddies seething.

πορφύρεον, κοίλην δὲ διὲξ ἁλὸς ἔκλυσε νῆα. ⊕
And he loosed from his hand the hollow ship through the brine toflee;

γήθησαν δ᾽ ἥρωες: ὁ δ᾽ ἐσσυμένως ἐβεβήκει ⊕
And the heroes were glad: then rose up Telamon hastily,

Αἰακίδης Τελαμὼν ἐς Ἰήσονα, χεῖρα δὲ χειρὶ ⊕
And Aiakus' son unto Jason strode, and his hand did he take {1330}

ἄκρην ἀμφιβαλὼν προσπτύξατο, φώνησέν τε: ⊕
In the compassing grasp of his own, and embraced him, and thus hespake:

⊕
'Be nowise wroth with me, Aison's son, if folly-distraught

εἴ τί περ ἀασάμην: πέρι γάρ μ᾽ ἄχος εἷλεν ἐνισπεῖν ⊕
I have sinned in mine ignorance: anguish exceeding upon me hathwrought

μῦθον ὑπερφίαλόν τε καὶ ἄσχετον, ἀλλ᾽ ἀνέμοισιν ⊕
To utter an arrogant word which I could not refrain: let us cast

δώομεν ἀμπλακίην, ὡς καὶ πάρος εὐμενέοντες.⊕
To the winds my transgression, and knit be our hearts as in daysoverpast.'

τὸν δ᾽ αὖτ᾽ Αἴσονος υἱὸς ἐπιφραδέως προσέειπεν: ⊕
Answered him Aison's son, and in courteous wise spake he:

⊕
'Ah, friend, of a truth 'twas a bitter word that thou spakest to me,

φὰς ἐνὶ τοῖσιν ἅπασιν ἐνηέος ἀνδρὸς ἀλείτην ⊕
When thou saidst in the midst of us all that a traitor I was untohim

ἔμμεναι. ἀλλ᾽ οὐ θήν τοι ἀδευκέα μῆνιν ἀέξω, ⊕
Who to me was a friend!--yet I will not nurse wrath brooding grim,

πρίν περ ἀνιηθείς: ἐπεὶ οὐ περὶ πώεσι μήλων, ⊕
Though vexed was my soul at the first; since not as for flocks ofsheep {1340}

οὐδὲ περὶ κτεάτεσσι χαλεψάμενος μενέηνας, ⊕
Didst thou chafe and wast wroth, nor for hoarded wealth of atreasure-heap,

ἀλλ᾽ ἑτάρου περὶ φωτός. ἔολπα δέ τοι σὲ καὶ ἄλλῳ ⊕
But all for a comrade's sake. I were fain thou wouldst champion so

ἀμφ᾽ ἐμεῦ, εἰ τοιόνδε πέλοι ποτέ, δηρίσασθαι.⊕
Even me, if need should be ever, against another foe.'

ἦ ῥα, καὶ ἀρθμηθέντες, ὅπῃ πάρος, ἑδριόωντο. ⊕
He spake, and they sat them down, as in days overpast made one.

τὼ δὲ Διὸς βουλῇσιν, ὁ μὲν Μυσοῖσι βαλέσθαι ⊕
But their lost--by the counsel of Zeus, Polyphemus Eilatus' son

μέλλεν ἐπώνυμον ἄστυ πολισσάμενος ποταμοῖο ⊕
Was doomed mid the Mysian men to build a city, to bear

Εἰλατίδης Πολύφημος: ὁ δ᾽ Εὐρυσθῆος ἀέθλους ⊕
The name of the river thereby: but aback must Herakles fare

αὖτις ἰὼν πονέεσθαι. ἐπηπείλησε δὲ γαῖαν ⊕
At Eurystheus' labours to toil. But he threatened in anger hot

Μυσίδ᾽ ἀναστήσειν αὐτοσχεδόν, ὁππότε μή οἱ ⊕
To waste the Mysian land, if her folk for him found not

ἢ ζωοῦ εὕροιεν Ὕλα μόρον, ἠὲ θανόντος. ⊕
What doom upon Hylas had lighted, if dead or alive he were. {1350}

τοῖο δὲ ῥύσι᾽ ὄπασσαν ἀποκρίναντες ἀρίστους ⊕
And pledges they gave for the lost, in that sons most noble and fair

υἱέας ἐκ δήμοιο, καὶ ὅρκια ποιήσαντο, ⊕
Of their people they chose, and for hostages gave, and an oath theyswore

μήποτε μαστεύοντες ἀπολλήξειν καμάτοιο. ⊕
That they would not refrain from the toil of the search for evermore.

τούνεκεν εἰσέτι νῦν περ Ὕλαν ἐρέουσι Κιανοί, ⊕
Wherefore for tidings of Hylas the Kians unto this day,

κοῦρον Θειοδάμαντος, ἐυκτιμένης τε μέλονται ⊕
For Theiodamas' son, of the stranger inquire: the warders aye

Τρηχῖνος. δὴ γάρ ῥα κατ᾽ αὐτόθι νάσσατο παῖδας, ⊕
Guard Trêchis the fair-built; for there did the hero cause to abide

οὕς οἱ ῥύσια κεῖθεν ἐπιπροέηκαν ἄγεσθαι. ⊕
The sons that they sent for their ransom to turn his fury aside.

Νηῦν δὲ πανημερίην ἄνεμος φέρε νυκτί τε πάσῃ ⊕
And the wind all day bare onward the galley and all night through

λάβρος ἐπιπνείων: ἀτὰρ οὐδ᾽ ἐπὶ τυτθὸν ἄητο ⊕
With a fresh strong blast: but when dawning arose, the breath of itblew

ἠοῦς τελλομένης, οἱ δὲ χθονὸς εἰσανέχουσαν ⊕
No whit any more; and they spied jutting forth from a curve of theland {1360}

ἀκτὴν ἐκ κόλποιο μάλ᾽ εὐρεῖαν ἐσιδέσθαι ⊕
A foreland, and broad to behold that dark height swelled from thestrand.

φρασσαμενοι, κώπῃσιν ἅμ᾽ ἠελίῳ ἐπέκελσαν ⊕
So they bent to the oars, and at sunrise the keel up-furrowed thesand.