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Anthony Verity

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“Sing, goddess, the anger of Achilles, Peleus’ son, the accursed anger which brought the Achaeans countless agonies and hurled many mighty shades of heroes into Hades, causing them to become the prey of dogs and all kinds of birds; and the plan of Zeus was fulfilled. Sing from the time the two men were first divided in strife— Atreus' son, lord of men, and glorious Achilles.”
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“And Athena, the daughter of Zeus who wears the aegis, let fall on to her father’s threshold the soft embroidered robe which she herself had laboured over with her own hands, and put on the tunic of Zeus who gathers the clouds, and clothed herself in armour for war, the bringer of tears.”
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“So speaking illustrious Hector stretched out his arms to his son; but the boy shrank back crying into the bosom of his finely girdled nurse, terrified at the sight of his dear father and frightened by the bronze and the horsehair crest, seeing how it nodded on top of his helmet, a terrifying thing. His dear father and his revered mother laughed out loud, and at once illustrious Hector took the helmet from his head and laid it, gleaming brightly, on the ground. He kissed his dear son and dandled him in his arms, and spoke in prayer to Zeus and all the other gods:”
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“So he spoke, and let fly another arrow from his bowstring, straight at Hector, and his heart longed to shoot him down. But he missed Hector, and with his arrow struck blameless Gorgythion, Priam’s brave son, in the chest; his mother had come in marriage from Aesyme, beautiful Castianeira, who was in stature like a goddess. As when in a garden a poppy droops its head to one side, heavy with the weight of its seed and with spring showers, so his head, weighed down by his helmet, slumped to one side.”
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“This translation . . . does not claim to be ‘poetic’; my aim has been to use a straightforward English register and to keep closely to the Greek, allowing Homeric directness and power to speak for itself.”
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“Tell me, Muse, of the man of many turns, who was driven far and wide after he had sacked the sacred city of Troy. Many were the men whose cities he saw, and learnt their minds, many the sufferings on the open sea he endured in his heart, struggling for his own life and his companions' homecoming. Even so he could not protect them, though he desired it, since they perished by reason of their own recklessness, the fools, because they ate the cattle of the Sun, Hyperion, and he took away the day of their homecoming. Tell us, too, goddess daughter of Zeus, starting from where you will.”
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“So let your heart and spirit be strong to listen; Odysseus is not the only man at Troy to lose the day of his return home, since many other men perished there as well. Go back to your rooms and take charge of your own tasks, the loom and the distaff, and order your women servants to go about their work. Talk must be men's concern, all of them, and mine especially, for the power in the house is mine.”
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“But Nestor the Gerenian horseman offered Telemachus, the dear son of godlike Odysseus, a place to sleep in the palace, on a fretted couch under a far-echoing colonnade; and next to him slept Peisistratus of the fine ash spear, captain of men, who alone of Nestor's sons in his halls was not married.”
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“Like Artemis, shooter of arrows, when she moves down the mountains, striding along lofty Taygetus or Erymanthus, taking delight in the chase of boars or swift deer; and country-haunting nymphs, daughters of aegis-wielding Zeus, sport with her as she goes—and Leto's heart is gladdened because Artemis holds her head and brow higher than them all, and she is easily marked out, though all are beautiful— just so the unwed girl stood out among her maidservants.”
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“. . . may the gods grant you all that you desire in your heart, and may they bestow on you a husband, a house, and good harmony of minds; there is nothing better or more powerful than this, when a man and his wife keep house in sympathy of mind — a great grief to their enemies, but a joy to those who wish them well; and they themselves are highly esteemed.”
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“Then addressed her lovely-haired maidservants: "Listen to me, white-armed servants, to what I shall say: it is not without the will of all the gods who dwell on Olympus that this man has come among the godlike Phaeacians; before this he looked to me like a man of mean appearance, but now he resembles the gods who live in the broad high sky.”
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“I heard from my father Nausithous the tale I shall now tell you. He always said that Poseidon would hold a grudge against us, because we, remaining unharmed, give safe-conduct to all men. He said that one day he will smash a fine ship of the Phaeacians as it returns from an escort mission on the mist-shrouded sea, and will then hide our city behind a huge encircling mountain. This was what the old man said; and the god will either make it happen or leave it undone, as his spirit pleases him.”
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“They came at dawn, as many as leaves or flowers that appear in season; and then an evil fate from Zeus stood close to us, ill-fated as we were, and caused us to suffer many torments.”
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“a man clothed in huge strength, a savage with no understanding of either justice or laws.”
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“In a wooded valley they came upon the palace of Circe, built of polished stone, set in a sheltered position; and around it were prowling mountain wolves and lions, men to whom Circe had fed noxious drugs and so bewitched. These did not charge at my men, but actually reared up on their hind legs and fawned on them, wagging their long tails. As when dogs fawn on their master when he comes from a feast, because he always brings scraps to please them, so these wolves and strong-clawed lions fawned about my men; but when they saw these grim beasts they were afraid.”
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“But when on my way through the sacred valleys I had nearly reached the great house of Circe, skilled in many drugs, Hermes of the golden rod fell in with me as I was walking towards the house, in the likeness of a young man whose beard is just coming, which is the most charming time of youth.”
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“She led them inside and seated them on chairs and seats— though Eurylochus alone hung back, suspecting some trickery— and prepared a mixture of cheese, barley, and yellow honey, blended with Pramnian wine. Into this she stirred some noxious drugs, to make them lose all thought of their homeland. When she had given them this and they had drunk it down, she tapped them with her stick and drove them into her pigsties, for now they had the heads and bodies and bristles of pigs, and grunted like pigs, though their minds were unchanged from before.”
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“Odysseus of many tales, great glory of the Achaeans, draw near; bring your ship into land, and listen to our twofold song! No man has ever sailed past this place in his black ship without hearing the honey-toned voice that issues from our lips, and then, full of delight, going on his way a much wiser man. You see, we know everything that both Trojans and Argives endured on Troy's wide plain, by the will of the gods; and we know too all that happens on the earth that nourishes many.”
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“Sun-god, of course you must continue to shine on the immortals, and on mortal men who live on the grain-giving ploughland. As for these men, I shall at once hurl a shining thunderbolt at their swift ship, and smash it in pieces out on the wine-dark sea.”
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“Come now, let us not talk like this any longer, since we are both well versed in deception: among mortals you surpass all men in plotting and tale-spinning, while among all the gods I am well known for cleverness and cunning. But you did not recognize Pallas Athena, daughter of Zeus, I who have always stood by you in all your trials and have watched over you; it was I who made sure you were welcomed by all the Phaeacians.”
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“I would indeed disapprove of any host who is either over-hospitable or too lacking in civility; moderation in all things is best. It is, I think, an equal failing to speed a guest's departure when he is reluctant to leave and to detain him when eager to go. One must care for the guest in one's house, but send him on when he wishes.”
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“But now circumspect Penelope had another idea: to appear before the suitors, men of violent insolence, since she had learned that they were plotting death for her son in the halls. Medon the herald had heard their scheming and had told her this.”
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“Athena came and stood next to Odysseus, Laertes' son, and urged him to go round the suitors and collect crusts, to find out which were right-minded and which lawless; even so, she did not intend that any should escape ruin.”
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“never yet among mortal mankind have there been men who plot such arrogant and reckless violence as these do.”
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“Amphinomus . . . went back through the house, troubled in spirit and shaking his head, because in his heart he could foresee evil. Even so he did not escape death; he too was bound fast by Athena, to be overcome by Telemachus' hands and the force of his spear.”
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“She climbed a tall staircase in the house, taking in her sturdy hand a cunningly forged key, finely made of bronze; and the handle on it was of ivory.”
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“The first to rise to his feet was Leodes, son of Oenops, who interpreted their sacrifices, and always sat furthest away, next to the fine mixing-bowl; he was the only one who hated the suitors' reckless deeds, and was indignant with them all.”
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“Odysseus, man of many wiles, lifted up the great bow, examining it from every side, and then, just as a man skilled in lyre-playing and song without difficulty stretches a string around a new peg, tying the well-twisted gut of a sheep at both its ends, so, without any effort, did Odysseus string the great bow. Taking it up in his right hand he tested the string, and it sang out sweetly, like the song of a swallow. At this great distress fell upon the suitors, and the colour left their faces.”
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“There now; I have revealed the token to you. I do not know, lady, if this bed of mine is still firmly planted or if some man has now cut through the tree's base and moved it elsewhere." So he spoke, and her heart and knees at once went slack, as she recognized the sure token Odysseus had revealed to her.”
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“The rock crushed both his brows together, and the bone could not hold, and his eyes fell to the ground in the dust there before his feet; he dropped like a diver from the well-made chariot, and the life left his bones. Then, charioteer Patroclus, you addressed him jeeringly: ‘Well, this is a very nimble fellow, and an agile diver! Doubtless if he were on the fish-rich sea this man could leap from a ship and satisfy the hunger of many by looking for oysters, even in very stormy weather— so agilely does he now dive from his chariot on to the plain. So, it seems, there are acrobats even among the Trojans!’”
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“So he spoke, and Calypso, bright among goddesses, shuddered and addressed him in winged words: ‘You are hard, you gods, and envious beyond all others, bearing a grudge against any goddess who takes a man openly to her bed, if she desires to make him her husband. It was so when Dawn with the rosy fingers chose Orion; the gods who live an easy life bore a grudge against her until finally chaste Artemis of the golden throne pursued him in Ortygia and killed him with her gentle shafts. It was so when Demeter of the lovely hair yielded to passion and coupled in love with Iasion, in a thrice- ploughed field. It was not long before Zeus found out and killed him with a cast of his flashing thunderbolt. And now it is my turn; you gods begrudge me that I have a mortal here, a man I rescued as he bestrode his ship’s keel, alone, after Zeus had hurled a flashing thunderbolt at his swift ship and shattered it far out on the wine-dark sea.”
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“Crumpled round the sword in death, I lifted my hands and beat them on the ground; but the brazen bitch turned her back, and though I was on my way to Hades' realm she could not bring herself to shut my eyes with her hand or close my mouth. . . . For this reason you too should never be indulgent to your wife, nor give her a full account of everything that is in your mind; you should tell her some of it and keep the rest concealed. Still, Odysseus, your wife is certainly not likely to murder you; she is utterly loyal, circumspect Penelope, Icarius’ daughter, and the thoughts in her heart are always right and proper.”
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“Antinous flung a rebuke at him, hailing him in these words: ‘Now, you great ox, you will wish you were dead, and had never been born, if you are going to tremble at this fellow in desperate fear, an old man, broken down by the suffering that has come his way. I tell you this plainly, and it will certainly be fulfilled: if this man defeats you and proves himself to be the stronger, I shall throw you into a black ship and send you off to the mainland, to Echetus the king, bane of all mortal men, who will chop off your nose and ears with the cruel bronze, and rip away your genitals and give them raw to his dogs, for them to eat.’ So he spoke, and a creeping tremor spread through Irus’ limbs.”
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