Fitzgerald 9.500-521
Maria Curley /
- Created on 2024-07-05 03:43:32
- Modified on 2024-07-26 05:07:07
- Translated by Robert Fitzgerald (1961)
- Aligned by Maria Curley
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ὣς φάσαν , ἀλλʼ οὐ πεῖθον ἐμὸν μεγαλήτορα θυμόν ,
ἀλλά μιν ἄψορρον προσέφην κεκοτηότι θυμῷ ·
Κύκλωψ , αἴ κέν τίς σε καταθνητῶν ἀνθρώπων
ὀφθαλμοῦ εἴρηται ἀεικελίην ἀλαωτύν ,
φάσθαι Ὀδυσσῆα πτολιπόρθιον ἐξαλαῶσαι ,
υἱὸν Λαέρτεω , Ἰθάκῃ ἔνι οἰκίʼ ἔχοντα .
ὣς ἐφάμην , ὁ δέ μʼ οἰμώξας ἠμείβετο μύθῳ ·
ὢ πόποι , ἦ μάλα δή με παλαίφατα θέσφαθʼ ἱκάνει .
ἔσκε τις ἐνθάδε μάντις ἀνὴρ ἠύς τε μέγας τε ,
Τήλεμος Εὐρυμίδης , ὃς μαντοσύνῃ ἐκέκαστο
καὶ μαντευόμενος κατεγήρα Κυκλώπεσσιν ·
ὅς μοι ἔφη τάδε πάντα τελευτήσεσθαι ὀπίσσω ,
χειρῶν ἐξ Ὀδυσῆος ἁμαρτήσεσθαι ὀπωπῆς .
ἀλλʼ αἰεί τινα φῶτα μέγαν καὶ καλὸν ἐδέγμην
ἐνθάδʼ ἐλεύσεσθαι , μεγάλην ἐπιειμένον ἀλκήν ·
νῦν δέ μʼ ἐὼν ὀλίγος τε καὶ οὐτιδανὸς καὶ ἄκικυς
ὀφθαλμοῦ ἀλάωσεν , ἐπεί μʼ ἐδαμάσσατο οἴνῳ .
ἀλλʼ ἄγε δεῦρʼ , Ὀδυσεῦ , ἵνα τοι πὰρ ξείνια θείω
πομπήν τʼ ὀτρύνω δόμεναι κλυτὸν ἐννοσίγαιον ·
τοῦ γὰρ ἐγὼ πάϊς εἰμί , πατὴρ δʼ ἐμὸς εὔχεται εἶναι .
αὐτὸς δʼ , αἴ κʼ ἐθέλῃσʼ , ἰήσεται , οὐδέ τις ἄλλος
οὔτε θεῶν μακάρων οὔτε θνητῶν ἀνθρώπων .
ἀλλά μιν ἄψορρον προσέφην κεκοτηότι θυμῷ ·
Κύκλωψ , αἴ κέν τίς σε καταθνητῶν ἀνθρώπων
ὀφθαλμοῦ εἴρηται ἀεικελίην ἀλαωτύν ,
φάσθαι Ὀδυσσῆα πτολιπόρθιον ἐξαλαῶσαι ,
υἱὸν Λαέρτεω , Ἰθάκῃ ἔνι οἰκίʼ ἔχοντα .
ὣς ἐφάμην , ὁ δέ μʼ οἰμώξας ἠμείβετο μύθῳ ·
ὢ πόποι , ἦ μάλα δή με παλαίφατα θέσφαθʼ ἱκάνει .
ἔσκε τις ἐνθάδε μάντις ἀνὴρ ἠύς τε μέγας τε ,
Τήλεμος Εὐρυμίδης , ὃς μαντοσύνῃ ἐκέκαστο
καὶ μαντευόμενος κατεγήρα Κυκλώπεσσιν ·
ὅς μοι ἔφη τάδε πάντα τελευτήσεσθαι ὀπίσσω ,
χειρῶν ἐξ Ὀδυσῆος ἁμαρτήσεσθαι ὀπωπῆς .
ἀλλʼ αἰεί τινα φῶτα μέγαν καὶ καλὸν ἐδέγμην
ἐνθάδʼ ἐλεύσεσθαι , μεγάλην ἐπιειμένον ἀλκήν ·
νῦν δέ μʼ ἐὼν ὀλίγος τε καὶ οὐτιδανὸς καὶ ἄκικυς
ὀφθαλμοῦ ἀλάωσεν , ἐπεί μʼ ἐδαμάσσατο οἴνῳ .
ἀλλʼ ἄγε δεῦρʼ , Ὀδυσεῦ , ἵνα τοι πὰρ ξείνια θείω
πομπήν τʼ ὀτρύνω δόμεναι κλυτὸν ἐννοσίγαιον ·
τοῦ γὰρ ἐγὼ πάϊς εἰμί , πατὴρ δʼ ἐμὸς εὔχεται εἶναι .
αὐτὸς δʼ , αἴ κʼ ἐθέλῃσʼ , ἰήσεται , οὐδέ τις ἄλλος
οὔτε θεῶν μακάρων οὔτε θνητῶν ἀνθρώπων .
I
would
not
heed
them
in
my
glorying
spirit
,
but let my anger flare and yelled : ' Kyklops ,
if ever mortal man inquire
how you were put to shame and blinded , tell him
Odysseus , raider of cities , took your eye ;
Laertes ' son , whose home ' s on Ithaka ! '
At this he gave a mighty sob and rumbled :
*Now comes the weird upon me , spoken of old .
A wizard , grand and wondrous , lived here—Télemos ,
a son of Eurymos ; great length of days
he had in wizardry among the Kyklopês ,
and these things he foretold for time to come :
my great eye lost , and at Odysseus ' hands .
Always I had in mind some giant , armed
in giant force , would come against me here .
But this , but you—small , pitiful and twiggy—
you put me down with wine , you blinded me .
Come back , Odysseus , and I ' ll treat you well ,
praying the god of earthquake to befriend you—
his son I am , for he by his avowal
fathered me , and , if he will , he may
heal me of this black wound—he and no other
of all the happy gods or mortal men . '
but let my anger flare and yelled : ' Kyklops ,
if ever mortal man inquire
how you were put to shame and blinded , tell him
Odysseus , raider of cities , took your eye ;
Laertes ' son , whose home ' s on Ithaka ! '
At this he gave a mighty sob and rumbled :
*Now comes the weird upon me , spoken of old .
A wizard , grand and wondrous , lived here—Télemos ,
a son of Eurymos ; great length of days
he had in wizardry among the Kyklopês ,
and these things he foretold for time to come :
my great eye lost , and at Odysseus ' hands .
Always I had in mind some giant , armed
in giant force , would come against me here .
But this , but you—small , pitiful and twiggy—
you put me down with wine , you blinded me .
Come back , Odysseus , and I ' ll treat you well ,
praying the god of earthquake to befriend you—
his son I am , for he by his avowal
fathered me , and , if he will , he may
heal me of this black wound—he and no other
of all the happy gods or mortal men . '