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Ἑλληνική Transliterate
English
ἀλλʼ ὅτε δὴ τάχʼ ὁ μοχλὸς ἐλάινος ἐν πυρὶ μέλλεν
ἅψεσθαι , χλωρός περ ἐών , διεφαίνετο δʼ αἰνῶς ,
καὶ τότʼ ἐγὼν ἆσσον φέρον ἐκ πυρός , ἀμφὶ δʼ ἑταῖροι
ἵσταντʼ · αὐτὰρ θάρσος ἐνέπνευσεν μέγα δαίμων .
οἱ μὲν μοχλὸν ἑλόντες ἐλάινον , ὀξὺν ἐπʼ ἄκρῳ ,
ὀφθαλμῷ ἐνέρεισαν · ἐγὼ δʼ ἐφύπερθεν ἐρεισθεὶς
δίνεον , ὡς ὅτε τις τρυπῷ δόρυ νήιον ἀνὴρ
τρυπάνῳ , οἱ δέ τʼ ἔνερθεν ὑποσσείουσιν ἱμάντι
ἁψάμενοι ἑκάτερθε , τὸ δὲ τρέχει ἐμμενὲς αἰεί .
ὣς τοῦ ἐν ὀφθαλμῷ πυριήκεα μοχλὸν ἑλόντες
δινέομεν , τὸν δʼ αἷμα περίρρεε θερμὸν ἐόντα .
πάντα δέ οἱ βλέφαρʼ ἀμφὶ καὶ ὀφρύας εὗσεν ἀυτμὴ
γλήνης καιομένης , σφαραγεῦντο δέ οἱ πυρὶ ῥίζαι .
ὡς δʼ ὅτʼ ἀνὴρ χαλκεὺς πέλεκυν μέγαν ἠὲ σκέπαρνον
εἰν ὕδατι ψυχρῷ βάπτῃ μεγάλα ἰάχοντα
φαρμάσσων · τὸ γὰρ αὖτε σιδήρου γε κράτος ἐστίν
ὣς τοῦ σίζʼ ὀφθαλμὸς ἐλαϊνέῳ περὶ μοχλῷ .
σμερδαλέον δὲ μέγʼ ᾤμωξεν , περὶ δʼ ἴαχε πέτρη ,
ἡμεῖς δὲ δείσαντες ἀπεσσύμεθʼ · αὐτὰρ ὁ μοχλὸν
ἐξέρυσʼ ὀφθαλμοῖο πεφυρμένον αἵματι πολλῷ .
ἅψεσθαι , χλωρός περ ἐών , διεφαίνετο δʼ αἰνῶς ,
καὶ τότʼ ἐγὼν ἆσσον φέρον ἐκ πυρός , ἀμφὶ δʼ ἑταῖροι
ἵσταντʼ · αὐτὰρ θάρσος ἐνέπνευσεν μέγα δαίμων .
οἱ μὲν μοχλὸν ἑλόντες ἐλάινον , ὀξὺν ἐπʼ ἄκρῳ ,
ὀφθαλμῷ ἐνέρεισαν · ἐγὼ δʼ ἐφύπερθεν ἐρεισθεὶς
δίνεον , ὡς ὅτε τις τρυπῷ δόρυ νήιον ἀνὴρ
τρυπάνῳ , οἱ δέ τʼ ἔνερθεν ὑποσσείουσιν ἱμάντι
ἁψάμενοι ἑκάτερθε , τὸ δὲ τρέχει ἐμμενὲς αἰεί .
ὣς τοῦ ἐν ὀφθαλμῷ πυριήκεα μοχλὸν ἑλόντες
δινέομεν , τὸν δʼ αἷμα περίρρεε θερμὸν ἐόντα .
πάντα δέ οἱ βλέφαρʼ ἀμφὶ καὶ ὀφρύας εὗσεν ἀυτμὴ
γλήνης καιομένης , σφαραγεῦντο δέ οἱ πυρὶ ῥίζαι .
ὡς δʼ ὅτʼ ἀνὴρ χαλκεὺς πέλεκυν μέγαν ἠὲ σκέπαρνον
εἰν ὕδατι ψυχρῷ βάπτῃ μεγάλα ἰάχοντα
φαρμάσσων · τὸ γὰρ αὖτε σιδήρου γε κράτος ἐστίν
ὣς τοῦ σίζʼ ὀφθαλμὸς ἐλαϊνέῳ περὶ μοχλῷ .
σμερδαλέον δὲ μέγʼ ᾤμωξεν , περὶ δʼ ἴαχε πέτρη ,
ἡμεῖς δὲ δείσαντες ἀπεσσύμεθʼ · αὐτὰρ ὁ μοχλὸν
ἐξέρυσʼ ὀφθαλμοῖο πεφυρμένον αἵματι πολλῷ .
The
pike
of
olive
,
green
though
it
had
been
,
reddened and glowed as if about to catch .
I drew it from the coals and my four fellows
gave me a hand , lugging it near the Kyklops
as more than natural force nerved them ; straight
forward they sprinted , lifted it , and rammed it
deep in his crater eye , and I leaned on it
turning it as a shipwright turns a drill
in planking , having men below to swing
the two-handled strap that spins it in the groove .
So with our brand we bored that great eye socket
while blood ran out around the red hot bar .
Eyelid and lash were seared ; the pierced ball
hissed broiling , and the roots popped . In a smithy
one sees a white-hot axehead or an adze
plunged and wrung in a cold tub , screeching steam—
the way they make soft iron hale and hard— :
just so that eyeball hissed around the spike .
The Kyklops bellowed and the rock roared round him ,
and we fell back in fear . Clawing his face
he tugged the bloody spike out of his eye ,
reddened and glowed as if about to catch .
I drew it from the coals and my four fellows
gave me a hand , lugging it near the Kyklops
as more than natural force nerved them ; straight
forward they sprinted , lifted it , and rammed it
deep in his crater eye , and I leaned on it
turning it as a shipwright turns a drill
in planking , having men below to swing
the two-handled strap that spins it in the groove .
So with our brand we bored that great eye socket
while blood ran out around the red hot bar .
Eyelid and lash were seared ; the pierced ball
hissed broiling , and the roots popped . In a smithy
one sees a white-hot axehead or an adze
plunged and wrung in a cold tub , screeching steam—
the way they make soft iron hale and hard— :
just so that eyeball hissed around the spike .
The Kyklops bellowed and the rock roared round him ,
and we fell back in fear . Clawing his face
he tugged the bloody spike out of his eye ,