opening lines of the iliad in greek

[14][15], Although it is often called the Battle of Pharsalus by modern historians, this name was rarely used in the ancient sources. 796 that underneath the thunderstroke of Zeus-Father drives downward brave men and coward. not a question. . He will not give up the girl, he says, and indeed is going to force her to sleep with him. He showed that Lattimore is not truly faithful and that his awkward wording is not the price of fidelity, but is only awkward. Acknowledging that Achilles is a great warrior who has fought many battles, he tells him that this is only so because the gods have helped him. The five spondees and the word accents cutting across the verse rhythm give an impression of huge effort: A slightly different effect is found in the following line (3.658), describing the terrifying one-eyed giant Polyphemus, blinded by Ulysses. Again, "h" is ignored and does not prevent elision: monstr(um) (h)orrendum. Where he goes wrong, however, is changing the subject of the first line from portion to the plural pronoun we. So his head in its helmet became heavy and to one side bowed. But this man wants to rule over others; to lord it, be king of all, and issue orders, though I know one who will flout him. The Metamorphoses (Latin: Metamorphss, from Ancient Greek: : "Transformations") is a Latin narrative poem from 8 CE by the Roman poet Ovid.It is considered his magnum opus.The poem chronicles the history of the world from its creation to the deification of Julius Caesar in a mythico-historical framework comprising over 250 myths, 15 books, and . The dispute between the two dominant Greeks Achilles and Agamemnon escalates. His offer of apology and gifts as recompense are fulfillment of Zeus plan to aid the Trojans until Agamemnon to Achilles makes amends. "all" and , dron, i.e. . 440 Takecare, giveback, sonofTydues and strive no longer Hades was the eldest son of Cronus and Rhea, although this also made him the last son to be regurgitated by his father. The single pronoun can refer to both at once. Agamemnon responds to Nestors attempt to mediate in his dispute with Achilles, when the elder captain and king of Pylos asks that they both back down. Come, Patroclus, divinely born, bring out the girl, and hand her to these men. . He also has favorite English words, such as bend and shining, which he applies to a variety of Greek words where more defining English words would be right. Similarly, Homer conceives of the entire epic as the medium through which a divine beinga Musespeaks. Specifically, the first four feet can either be dactyls or spondees more or less freely. She was the queen of Ithaca and was the daughter of Spartan king Icarius and naiad Periboea. Safer by far, you find, to foray all through camp, commandeering the prize of any man who speaks against you. Julius Caesar and his allies formed up opposite the army of the Roman Republic under the command of Pompey. 318 Equal the lot of the skulker and the bravest fighter; 319 courage and cowardice rank the same in honor; 320 death comes alike to the idler and to the hardest worker. god-declared and into commotion with salt sea mingles, within and (and) many, 798 kumata paphlazovta polyphloisboio thalasses Ah if the two of us could ever think as one, Troy could delay her day of death no longer, not one moment. Spanning the centuries from Hammurabi to Hume, and collecting material on topics from art and economics to law and political theory, the OLL provides you with a rich variety of texts to explore and consider. 795: Winds are TROUBLESOME. Lucan in his poem about the Civil War regularly uses the name Pharslia, and this term is also used by the epitomiser of Livy and by Tacitus. not a question. The Iliad, Book 1, lines 241-246. Hexameters also form part of elegiac poetry in both languages, the elegiac couplet being a dactylic hexameter line paired with a dactylic pentameter line. In Greek mythology, Ganymede (/ n m i d /) or Ganymedes (/ n m i d i z /; Ancient Greek: Ganymds) is a divine hero whose homeland was Troy. Achilles in lines 318-20 is not finding fault with nameless unrewarded others, he is using irony to point out that he very much has battled, and has been good at it, and has been much worked, for which he deserves gratitude and honors. What if you are a great soldier? Achilles is also furious with Agamemnon for commandeering his "prize" slave Briseis. . . Safer by far, you find, to foray all through camp, commandeering the prize of any man who speaks against you. 799 billow, frothing, before others, but after others, As he pondered this in his mind, his great sword half-unsheathed, Athene descended from the sky, sent by Hera, the white-armed goddess, who loved and cared for both the lords alike. Someone tossed the head. He was the country's first black head of state and the first elected in a fully representative democratic election. He is certainly less faithful than Lattimore. The scheme of the hexameter is usually as follows (writing for a long syllable, u for a short, and u u for a position that may be a long or two shorts): | u u | u u | u u | u u | u u | Every translation gets these opening lines wrong, leading to a loss of meaning and artistry right from the start. The absurd bivouacked in harness jolts the readers attention from what Achilles is saying to what the translator could possibly be thinking. There is a fourth embassy and offer of ransom at the end of the Iliad. That is why he is upset. And the close-packed pyres of the dead kept burning, burning, A soul to a modern reader is an immaterial, yet essential part of a living person. . Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela (/ m n d l /; Xhosa: [xolaa mandla]; 18 July 1918 5 December 2013) was a South African anti-apartheid activist who served as the first president of South Africa from 1994 to 1999. Interestingly, although these lines purport to focus on a human emotion, they interpret this emotion as unfolding in accordance with the expression of Zeuss will. While not technically faithful to Homers words, it is in accord with the Homeric style. [40], Caesar had won his greatest victory, claiming to have only lost about 200 soldiers and 30 centurions and assigning the Optimate losses to be 60,000 men . : Not all medieval writers are so at odds with the Virgilian standard, and with the rediscovery of classical literature, later Medieval and Renaissance writers are far more orthodox, but by then the form had become an academic exercise. For dogs and birds, as Zeus will was done. The Iliad, Book 9, lines 189-191. 327 with men struggling, wives because of, their own! Second, Lattimores self-imposed syllable quota for each line often produces clumsy wording from choosing long words or adding unnecessary words. After Pompey's defeat former allies began to align themselves with Caesar as some came to believe the gods favored him, while for others it was simple self-preservation. Yet they listened to my words, and followed my advice. When composing spontaneously, the ability to put verbs on a line in any order is a valuable tool. I always use the word cast for balen, because in English a spear can be thrown, but not an arrow. . [citation needed] This is especially true of success in the face of almost certain defeat as Caesar experienced at Pharsalus. 327 struggling against men, fighting for the sake of their wives. Earlier in Book One, a wrathful Achilles had pledged to withdraw from the fighting after he was dishonored by Agamemnon, the Achaean king. a poppy and as to one side his head he cast, one (and) in a garden, 8:307 karpo brithomene notiesi te eiarinesin. The opening lines describe the ferocity of the Trojan War and the rage of Achilles, the greatest Greek warrior and hero to fight in that war. . The Thracians and the other auxiliaries who were left in the Pompeian camp, in total seven cohorts, defended bravely, but were not able to fend off the assault. The subject is Gorgythion, even though he is not named and has no pronoun. removed or pronounced quickly enough not to add to the length of the syllable), for example, Iun() aeternum; poss(e) talia; Teucrr(um) vertere, iamqu(e) eadem. and sent down to Hades many valiant souls Richmond Lattimore (1951) Sit by your swift sea-going boats, meanwhile, nurse your anger against the Achaeans, hold back from the fight; for Zeus has left for Oceans stream, to banquet with the peerless Ethiopians, and all the gods go with him; but twelve days hence he returns to Olympus, and then Ill cross the bronze threshold of his palace, kneel at his feet, and I think persuade him. With this, she left him to his anger, caused by their seizing of that lovely girl, against his will. The Iliad, Book 1, lines 79-84. Greek mythology is rich with stories of heroes and gods. Goddess, sing me the anger, of Achilles, Peleus son, that fatal anger that brought countless sorrows on the Greeks, and sent many valiant souls of warriors down to Hades, leaving their bodies as spoil for dogs and carrion birds: for thus was the will of Zeus brought to fulfilment. In poetry, metre (Commonwealth spelling) or meter (American spelling; see spelling differences) is the basic rhythmic structure of a verse or lines in verse.Many traditional verse forms prescribe a specific verse metre, or a certain set of metres alternating in a particular order. [citation needed] Pompey lost the will to fight as he watched both cavalry and legions under his command break formation and flee from battle, and he retreated to his camp, leaving the rest of his troops at the centre and right flank to their own devices. Gods will also cast abstract things such as love or vigor into someones heart, as in casting a spell. The Iliad, Book 1, lines 1-8. not and any me around lies, after I suffered pain at heart. Empty lines of text show the empty string. . But Agamemnon refused, earning him the vengeance of Chryses backed up by the wrath of Apollo. In his literary critique published in the Los Angeles Review of Books, Oct 30th, 2012, Professor Farrell used this passage to compare the Verity and Lattimore translations from the standpoint of English literature. He ended his prayer, and Apollo was swift to answer, He often chose it as a generic word, where it will do instead of finding the right and defining word to convey the real meaning and artistry. Homers aorist participle is passive in voice, because the head is being acted upon. battling men who fought for the sake of their sweethearts. He is furious about being dishonored by their king, and as a man may value the institution of marriage, but not be able to take back his cheating wife, no matter her pleas, because a bitterness around his heart will not let him, so Achilles cannot bring himself to find Agamemnon worthy of being followed. Homer refers to the dead heroes with the pronoun, Zeus pledged to fulfill this plan by nodding his head, a gesture that cannot be taken back or be untrue or unfulfilled. You gave me life, short as that life will be. There are some exceptions to the above rules, however. 325 so I too have passed many nights without sleeping, and 798 roiling waves of the greatly-roaring ocean Zeus is the child of Cronus and beware son of Tydeus and/also withdraw, and not the gods, 441 is ethele phroneein, epei ou pote phylon homoion Fitzgerald did not intend to produce a literal translation, but in this passage he correctly conveys the complaint of Achilles about not receiving any portion or respect. This does not mean that the Trojan War does not play an important role in the poem. And left their bodies to rot as feasts You never deign, do you, freely and frankly, to share your plots with me never, not a word! All I bore was doom Would to god you could linger by your ships without a grief in the world, without a torment! 799 bend and whiten to foam in ranks, one upon another; the giant breakers seething,battle linesof them roaring. Iliad 1.108: Here the word (epos) was originally (wepos) in Ionian; the digamma, later lost, lengthened the last syllable of the preceding (eipas) and removed the apparent defect in the meter. [43], Pompey, despairing of the defeat, fled with his advisors overseas to Mytilene and thence to Cilicia where he held a council of war;[44] at the same time, Cato and supporters at Dyrrachium attempted first to hand over command to Marcus Tullius Cicero, who refused, deciding instead to return to Italy. The Greek poet Homer adopts this form in his great epic poems The Iliad and The Odyssey, and poems in English that adopt the dactylic form often allude to this legacy. By doing so he is not only unfaithful to Homer, he adds another possessive s so that someone reciting the first line must hiss out the sound of s four times in a row for this one word. 327 striving with warriors for the sake of these mens women. Honour is not misspelled, by the way. And you neither see nor care; and even threaten to rob me of my prize, given by the sons of Achaea, reward for which I laboured. 797: Homer uses homado 12 times for a large noisy chaotic mass, a COMMOTION, mostly of people, in this case of winds. many and worthy lives to Hades sent forth, 4 heroon, autous de eloria teuche kuvessiv Homer ties the simile together with a repeated phrase made up of common words: Homer inserted similes of natural or peaceful domestic scenes into scenes of battle to give his audience pauses from the carnage and to emphasize the carnage by contrast. His mythology and powers are similar, though not identical, to those of Indo-European deities such as Jupiter, Perknas, Perun, Indra, Dyaus, and Zojz. Great Ajax meets Hector in battle, warning him about the great champions they have within the Achaean ranks besides Achilles describing him as having the heart of a lion. Mother! Every translation gets these opening lines wrong, leading to a loss of meaning and artistry right from the start. But Thetis, still clasping his knees, clung to him and pleaded again: Make me this promise faithfully, and nod your head, or else refuse, for I am powerless, then I shall know how little I am honoured here., Zeus, the cloud-lord, deeply troubled, said: This is a sorry business, indeed, and you will force a quarrel with Hera. However, most of these features were abandoned by later writers or used only occasionally for special effect. Agamemnon sends two heralds to seize Briseis from Achilles and Achilles consents to hand her over. Well, theres one, I trust, who will never yield to him! While keeping Homers line number, Verity takes liberties in rearranging words and lines. Child of Zeus with the shield of thunder, why come now? If you don't see it, please check your spam folder. 442 of immortal gods and ground going men.. Swiftly now they tethered the offering of cattle around the well-built altar, rinsed their hands and took handfuls of sacrificial barley grains. This is partly out of rage that Agamemnon dishonored him, but also because he actually loves her. Thetis in supplication fastened on (or engaged) Zeuss knees. Lattimores choice of bent loses this artistry. 799 kurta phalerioovta, pro men t all, autar ep alla, He lacks the sense to see a day behind, a day ahead, and safeguard the Achaeans battling by the ships. The final common metrical foot is the opposite of an anapest: a dactyl, which is a 3-syllable unit that starts with a stress and ends with two unstressed syllables.. 47 of him as he moved, and he came as night seeming. Prose: The lines of Homer are ignored and the text is translated in prose like a novel. his head to one side, weighed down by his helmet. I think it is the modern translators who question with modern principles the ethical necessities of the Bronze Age in the Bronze Age. 321 I have endured pain in my heart, always risking my life in battle, King who devours his people! Incalculable pain, pitched countless souls Her lines are therefore often shorter, some very short, but some are long, such as line 320 in the passage below. Petrarch, for example, devoted much time to his Africa, a dactylic hexameter epic on Scipio Africanus, completed in 1341, but this work was unappreciated in his time and remains little read today. Fagles, who also insisted on a good deal of freedom from the words of the Greek, took five lines to yet again ruin another simile beneath a burden of bombast that draws attention to itself while drowning out and distracting from Homers narrative. But Mendelsohn at once disavowed his own translation to declare his priorities: The list below of the differences in my literal version from Mendelsohns shows how finding the right and defining words is no simple matter. Great as you may be, Atreides, do not seek to rob him of the girl, leave him the prize that the Achaeans granted; and you Achilles, son of Peleus, do not oppose the king blow for blow, since the kingly sceptre brings no little honour to those whom Zeus crowns with glory. He then answers that it was Apollo, who sends a fatal plague to infect the Greek soldiers because of Agamemnons offence to Apollos priest. We all get just the same portion, whether we hang back The Greek poet Homer adopts this form in his great epic poems The Iliad and The Odyssey, and poems in English that adopt the dactylic form often allude to this legacy. He suggests that a soothsayer be summoned to determine the cause of Apollos anger. 323 And as a bird for unfledged young would bear forth. blasting down with the Fathers thunder, loosed on earth Renew your subscription to regain access to all of our exclusive, ad-free study tools. However, hexameters had a wide use outside of epic. However, nearly every translation starting with Alexander Pope in 1720 confuses what Homer is trying to say in line 5 by mistranslating boule as the WILL of Zeus in accord with modern theological notions. and bloody days I passed in battle, He is not disillusioned with the promise of honor. or fight on with all our strength in the front lines of battle; cowards and brave men are treated with equal respect. The study and the actual use of metres and forms of versification are both known as prosody. In the version of Caesar and. Bernard of Cluny, in the 12th century, for example, employs it in his De Contemptu Mundi, but ignores classical conventions in favor of accentual effects and predictable rhyme both within and between verses, e.g. Homer uses a simile to compare Agamemnons eyes to searing fire. - / - / -, / - / -- / -, , - / - / / - / - / -, Ennius ap. After failing to reform, the rest of Pompey's cavalry retreated to the hills, leaving the left wing of his legions exposed to the hidden troops as Caesar's cavalry wheeled around their flank. A different effect is found in 8.452, where Virgil describes how the blacksmith sons of Vulcan forged Aeneas' shield. 9.477).[5]. With all the spears and arrows being cast about in the Iliad, the word shows up a lot. An ear of grain bows beneath a wind. This critique is intended to open the eyes and reveal the quality and fidelity of ten leading English translations by comparing passages from each to the original Homeric Greek. The poetic syntax of Homeric Greek often has adjectives separated from their nouns by an intervening word, as is the case with countless pains and Zeus plan. My method of conforming such three-word groups to English syntax is simply to switch the first and second words. The white-armed goddess Hera sped me down: she loves you both, she cares for you both alike. Dont lay hand to sword. Measures that must be taken to achieve it drive the plot of the Iliad and bring grief to many on both sides, especially to Achilles himself. [47], Paul K. Davis wrote that "Caesar's victory took him to the pinnacle of power, effectively ending the Republic. ", Her gray eyes clear, the goddess Athena answered, "Down from the skies I come to check your rage if only you will yield. Black and murderous, that cost the Greeks Like a bird who feeds her chicks as and a bird for unfledged young would bear forth, 324 mastak, epei ke labesi, kakoos d ara oi pelei aute, . v. 452 Vahl.). Restrain yourself, now, and obey., Then swift-footed Achilles, in answer, said: Goddess, a man must attend to your word, no matter how great his hearts anger: that is right. Homer describes Ganymede as the most beautiful of mortals and tells the story of how he was abducted by the gods to serve as Zeus's cup-bearer in Olympus. This work may be freely reproduced, stored and transmitted, electronically or otherwise, for any non-commercial purpose. By signing up you agree to our terms and privacy policy. . Lattimores version gets extra attention because it is my personal benchmark, and because its reputation has made it the competition against which later translators positioned their approach. feasts for the dogs and birds He then goes on to further disrupt the coherence of Achilles speech with an onslaught of modern clichs and excessive bombast (which I delineate with italics). NOTES TO PREFACE 331 ()[ See the remarks of P.-L. Verity is English. This is not a criticism. The white-armed goddess Hera sped me down: she loves you both, she cares for you both alike. In the late empire, writers experimented again by adding unusual restrictions to the standard hexameter. and birds of every kind, and thus the will of Zeus was brought to fulfillment. This can occur from two consecutive EOLs, as often occur in text files, and this is sometimes used in text processing to separate paragraphs, e.g. The courageous Achilles lives up to his hero reputation by promising that he will protect Calchas even if it is from King Agamemnon. He spoke out, with winged words, saying: Why are you here, daughter of aegis-bearing Zeus? Bk I:1-21 Invocation and Introduction . The adjective in a garden, which Homer has at the end to modify a pronoun, Verity puts in front, where it takes away emphasis from poppy. Homer wants a poppy drooping to one side to be the first image in the mind of his audience, not a garden. In fact, he gets NOT ANY, while others got their fair share. 320 death comes alike to the idler and to the hardest worker. The good is oft interred with their bones. Mitchell explains that he intends to recreate the ancient epic as a contemporary poem in the parallel universe of the English language. Mitchell further declares his priorities: the translator of Homer should above all be rapid, plain and direct in thought, expression, syntax, words, matter and ideas. The British men in the business of colonizing the North American continent were so sure they owned whatever land they land on (yes, thats from Pocahontas), they established new colonies by simply drawing lines on a map. . The Iliad, Book 1, lines 281-282. As a garden poppy, burst into red bloom, bends, 319 in equal honor are both coward and warrior; See also. 327 doing battle with men who fight for their own wives.. Mitchell worried that a modern reader may not grasp why a Goddess is asked to sing, and so he altered the first line slightly to address that concern. Also, stationary troops were expected to be able to defend better against pila throws. True, old man all you say is fit and proper but this soldier wants to tower over the armies, he wants to rule over all, to lord it over all, give out orders to every man in sight. For this simile, it is crucial the sea be MUCH-roaring from waves coming one after another. if our generous Argives will give me a prize, a match for my desires, equal to what Ive lost, well and good. which then (and) beneath thunder of Father Zeus goes plain toward, 797 thespesio d homado ali misgetai, en de te polla, . As a mother she is understandably upset that she is fated to love her son. He heard a voice that seemed to come . Nor has it brought me any profit that I suffered woes at heart, Just as a bird brings to her unfledged chicks. It is very knowable and achieved in a few days. Verse: The original lines of Homer are ignored and the text is translated in verse. Lattimore reversed the order of Homers words, so that the last is first and the first last, in order to conform to his prosaic routine. The Iliad, Book 1, lines 7-10. my wedded wife shes nothing less in build or breeding, in mind or works of hand. Barry Powell (2013) . In this line, there are five dactyls, and every one is accented on the first syllable: A different technique, at 1.105, is used when describing a ship at sea during a storm. No one but Agamemnon he is the one who sent you for Briseis. Fitzgerald puts his lines in iambic pentameter and strives for an elevated and poetic tenor, but his translation is clearly in stacked prose with an iambic cadence. LINE STRUCTURE: The original Homeric lines have a strict poetic structure that varies in length from 12 to 17 syllables. We learn about the conflict within the Greek camp between Achilles and King Agamemnon. Everything is brawling and blasting and bursting and pounding and rolling and foam is actually exploding and the uproar is superhuman and somebodys shoulders are rearing in the vanguard and in the rear, but I have become confused. In lines 322-27, Green fails at his aim to keep a line-by-line adherence and produce easily recited lines. An ebook (short for electronic book), also known as an e-book or eBook, is a book publication made available in digital form, consisting of text, images, or both, readable on the flat-panel display of computers or other electronic devices. Conditions and Exceptions apply. Early epic poetry was also accompanied by music, and pitch changes associated with the accented Greek must have highlighted the melody, though the exact mechanism is still a topic of discussion.[10]. Dactylic hexameter has proved more successful in German than in most modern languages. William F. Wyatt, Loeb Library (1999) [3] In the campaign season for 48BC, Caesar crossed the Adriatic and advanced on Dyrrachium. The Iliad, Book 1, lines 51-59. He mistranslated line 320 by changing the subject and verb from he dies to death comes, and he mistranslated the pronoun in 321, which refers to honor or portion, by changing it to an unrelated item: profit. Both of these mistranslations support the idea that Achilles is disillusioned by the ethics of his times. The Iliad, Book 1, lines 190-202. They were afraid, they held the king in awe and stood there, silent. Like a mother bird that brings to her unfledged nestlings. Caesar then revealed his hidden fourth line of infantry and surprised Pompey's cavalry charge; Caesar's men were ordered to leap up and use their pila to thrust at Pompey's cavalry instead of throwing them. Again the final -e and -es of pres, perfide, and dsertes are sounded: Hungarian is extremely suitable to hexameter (and other forms of poetry based on quantitative meter). So spoke the son of Cronos, inclining his shadowed brow till the ambrosial locks, on the Kings immortal head, stirred together, and high Olympus shook. This section of the site covers some of the most popular Greek myths, legends and stories of ancient Greece. But Mendelsohn at once disavowed his own translation to declare his priorities: simply to convey what Homers words mean gives no sense of the real challenge that the translator faces, which is to think of ways to reproduce the wonderful sound effects Homer contrives here to evoke the sounds of the sea. To show these sounds, Mendelsohn transliterated the lines, as shown above, then noted that the last words of the first, third, fifth, and sixth lines end with the sound of liquid ls with some explosive ps in the third, fifth, and sixth lines that evoke the sounds of roiling waters, as repetition of the p-ll sounds from line to line gives a sense of whitecaps breaking on the beach, one after another.. The Battle of Pharsalus was the decisive battle of Caesar's Civil War fought on 9 August 48BC near Pharsalus in central Greece. Homers lines are so full of aorist participles as to make these a characteristic feature of his epics. of warriors, and made the men themselves to be the spoils for dogs Like Lattimore, she converts line-by-line Homers poetic syntax and formulaic structure to English prose, but she has freed herself from Lattimores self-imposed restraints on line length and number of stresses. 325 so I have kept vigil many a sleepless night, 326 and spent bloodstained days engaged in battle, fighting, Green more than the others supplants Homers words with his own modern judgmental terms. Strabo in his Geographica () mentions both old and new Pharsaloi, and notes that the Thetideion, the temple to Thetis south of Scotoussa, was near both. 5 and birds, all kinds, and fulfilled was Zeuss plan. No version of the Iliad in English has ever before tried to present what Homer actually said in these first five lines. The Iliad, Book 1, lines 235-240. Achilles uses the 3rd person and a proverbial tone in lines 318-20 to elevate his personal complaint to a level of moral principal. Readers thus cannot recognize the special and awesome nature of menin. You are nothing to me you and your overweening anger! This is after Thetis comes to beg of Zeus that he honor Achilles by helping the Trojans. He knew all things that are, all things that are past and all that are to come, the seer who had led the Argive ships to Troy with the second sight that god Apollo gave him. 320 he dies the same, he the unworked man and he the much worked? 800 so the Trojans before others engaged, but after others. Also, poppies do not have heads. But I intend with my translation to do just that. In Greek mythology, Iphigenia (/ f d n a. 319 get the same share; coward and brave are equally honoured; 320 a man dies just the same, whether he has done much or nothing. Youll not outwit me or cajole me. 800 os Troes pro men alloi arerotes, autar ep alloi. Caroline Alexander (2015) While they embarked and set sail on the paths of the sea, Atreides ordered his men to purify themselves, and wash the dirt from their bodies in salt-water, and offer Apollo a sacrifice of unblemished bulls and goats, by the restless waves; and the savour went up to heaven with trails of smoke. Richmond Lattimore (1951) In the end, everybody comes out the same. I have had not the slightest profit from all the pain. English words in parentheses are not translated, because these add emphasis in Greek, but not in English, or are redundant. . Their choice of words reminds me of a line from George Bernard Shaw: your pious English habit of regarding the world as a moral gymnasium, built expressly to strengthen your character in, leads you to think about your own confounded principles when you should be thinking about other peoples necessities.. Thetis wants Zeus to honor her son by granting victory to the Trojans while Achilles remains out of the battle. 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