{"book": 9, "line": 1, "greek": "τὸν δʼ ἀπαμειβόμενος προσέφη πολύμητις Ὀδυσσεύς·", "en": "Then Odysseus of the many designs answered him:"}
{"book": 9, "line": 2, "greek": "Ἀλκίνοε κρεῖον, πάντων ἀριδείκετε λαῶν,", "en": "\"Lord Alcinous, most renowned among all peoples,"}
{"book": 9, "line": 3, "greek": "ἦ τοι μὲν τόδε καλὸν ἀκουέμεν ἐστὶν ἀοιδοῦ", "en": "truly it is a fine thing to hear a singer"}
{"book": 9, "line": 4, "greek": "τοιοῦδʼ οἷος ὅδʼ ἐστί, θεοῖς ἐναλίγκιος αὐδήν.", "en": "such as this man is, with a voice like the gods'."}
{"book": 9, "line": 5, "greek": "οὐ γὰρ ἐγώ γέ τί φημι τέλος χαριέστερον εἶναι", "en": "For I say there is no accomplishment more graceful"}
{"book": 9, "line": 6, "greek": "ἢ ὅτʼ ἐυφροσύνη μὲν ἔχῃ κάτα δῆμον ἅπαντα,", "en": "than when joy holds a whole people,"}
{"book": 9, "line": 7, "greek": "δαιτυμόνες δʼ ἀνὰ δώματʼ ἀκουάζωνται ἀοιδοῦ", "en": "and feasters up and down the hall sit listening to a singer,"}
{"book": 9, "line": 8, "greek": "ἥμενοι ἑξείης, παρὰ δὲ πλήθωσι τράπεζαι", "en": "seated in order, and beside them the tables are loaded"}
{"book": 9, "line": 9, "greek": "σίτου καὶ κρειῶν, μέθυ δʼ ἐκ κρητῆρος ἀφύσσων", "en": "with bread and meats, and the cupbearer draws wine"}
{"book": 9, "line": 10, "greek": "οἰνοχόος φορέῃσι καὶ ἐγχείῃ δεπάεσσι·", "en": "from the bowl and carries it round and fills the cups:"}
{"book": 9, "line": 11, "greek": "τοῦτό τί μοι κάλλιστον ἐνὶ φρεσὶν εἴδεται εἶναι.", "en": "this seems to my mind the fairest thing there is."}
{"book": 9, "line": 12, "greek": "σοὶ δʼ ἐμὰ κήδεα θυμὸς ἐπετράπετο στονόεντα", "en": "But your heart has turned to asking after my grievous"}
{"book": 9, "line": 13, "greek": "εἴρεσθʼ, ὄφρʼ ἔτι μᾶλλον ὀδυρόμενος στεναχίζω·", "en": "cares — so that I may mourn and groan the more."}
{"book": 9, "line": 14, "greek": "τί πρῶτόν τοι ἔπειτα, τί δʼ ὑστάτιον καταλέξω;", "en": "What first, then, what last shall I tell through?"}
{"book": 9, "line": 15, "greek": "κήδεʼ ἐπεί μοι πολλὰ δόσαν θεοὶ Οὐρανίωνες.", "en": "For the gods of heaven have given me sorrows past counting."}
{"book": 9, "line": 16, "greek": "νῦν δʼ ὄνομα πρῶτον μυθήσομαι, ὄφρα καὶ ὑμεῖς", "en": "Now first I will tell my name, so that you too"}
{"book": 9, "line": 17, "greek": "εἴδετʼ, ἐγὼ δʼ ἂν ἔπειτα φυγὼν ὕπο νηλεὲς ἦμαρ", "en": "may know it — and I hereafter, if I escape the pitiless day,"}
{"book": 9, "line": 18, "greek": "ὑμῖν ξεῖνος ἔω καὶ ἀπόπροθι δώματα ναίων.", "en": "may be your guest-friend, though my home is far away."}
{"book": 9, "line": 19, "greek": "εἴμʼ Ὀδυσεὺς Λαερτιάδης, ὃς πᾶσι δόλοισιν", "en": "I am Odysseus, son of Laertes — known to all mankind"}
{"book": 9, "line": 20, "greek": "ἀνθρώποισι μέλω, καί μευ κλέος οὐρανὸν ἵκει.", "en": "for my cunning designs; and my fame has reached heaven."}
{"book": 9, "line": 21, "greek": "ναιετάω δʼ Ἰθάκην ἐυδείελον· ἐν δʼ ὄρος αὐτῇ", "en": "My home is Ithaca, clear-skied under its mountain,"}
{"book": 9, "line": 22, "greek": "Νήριτον εἰνοσίφυλλον, ἀριπρεπές· ἀμφὶ δὲ νῆσοι", "en": "Neriton, tall in its shivering leaves; and around it islands"}
{"book": 9, "line": 23, "greek": "πολλαὶ ναιετάουσι μάλα σχεδὸν ἀλλήλῃσι,", "en": "lie in a cluster, close to one another —"}
{"book": 9, "line": 24, "greek": "Δουλίχιόν τε Σάμη τε καὶ ὑλήεσσα Ζάκυνθος.", "en": "Dulichium and Same and wooded Zacynthus."}
{"book": 9, "line": 25, "greek": "αὐτὴ δὲ χθαμαλὴ πανυπερτάτη εἰν ἁλὶ κεῖται", "en": "Ithaca itself lies low, farthest out in the sea"}
{"book": 9, "line": 26, "greek": "πρὸς ζόφον, αἱ δέ τʼ ἄνευθε πρὸς ἠῶ τʼ ἠέλιόν τε,", "en": "toward the dark of sunset — the rest face dawn and the sun —"}
{"book": 9, "line": 27, "greek": "τρηχεῖʼ, ἀλλʼ ἀγαθὴ κουροτρόφος· οὔ τοι ἐγώ γε", "en": "rough ground, but a good nurse of men. I cannot"}
{"book": 9, "line": 28, "greek": "ἧς γαίης δύναμαι γλυκερώτερον ἄλλο ἰδέσθαι.", "en": "see any sweeter sight, for my part, than a man's own country."}
{"book": 9, "line": 29, "greek": "ἦ μέν μʼ αὐτόθʼ ἔρυκε Καλυψώ, δῖα θεάων,", "en": "The queenly goddess Calypso would have kept me there beside her"}
{"book": 9, "line": 30, "greek": "ἐν σπέσσι γλαφυροῖσι, λιλαιομένη πόσιν εἶναι·", "en": "in her hollow caves, hungry to make me her husband,"}
{"book": 9, "line": 31, "greek": "ὣς δʼ αὔτως Κίρκη κατερήτυεν ἐν μεγάροισιν", "en": "and so, in the same way, Circe detained me in her halls,"}
{"book": 9, "line": 32, "greek": "Αἰαίη δολόεσσα, λιλαιομένη πόσιν εἶναι·", "en": "the guileful lady of Aeaea, hungry to make me her husband:"}
{"book": 9, "line": 33, "greek": "ἀλλʼ ἐμὸν οὔ ποτε θυμὸν ἐνὶ στήθεσσιν ἔπειθον.", "en": "but they never once persuaded the heart in my breast."}
{"book": 9, "line": 34, "greek": "ὣς οὐδὲν γλύκιον ἧς πατρίδος οὐδὲ τοκήων", "en": "So true it is that nothing is sweeter than a man's own country"}
{"book": 9, "line": 35, "greek": "γίγνεται, εἴ περ καί τις ἀπόπροθι πίονα οἶκον", "en": "and his own parents, even if he lives in a rich house"}
{"book": 9, "line": 36, "greek": "γαίῃ ἐν ἀλλοδαπῇ ναίει ἀπάνευθε τοκήων.", "en": "far away in a strange land, cut off from his parents."}
{"book": 9, "line": 37, "greek": "εἰ δʼ ἄγε τοι καὶ νόστον ἐμὸν πολυκηδέʼ ἐνίσπω,", "en": "But come — let me tell you also my journey home, and all its cares,"}
{"book": 9, "line": 38, "greek": "ὅν μοι Ζεὺς ἐφέηκεν ἀπὸ Τροίηθεν ἰόντι.", "en": "which Zeus laid on me on the way from Troy."}
{"book": 9, "line": 39, "greek": "Ἰλιόθεν με φέρων ἄνεμος Κικόνεσσι πέλασσεν,", "en": "From Ilium the wind bore me to the Cicones —"}
{"book": 9, "line": 40, "greek": "Ἰσμάρῳ. ἔνθα δʼ ἐγὼ πόλιν ἔπραθον, ὤλεσα δʼ αὐτούς·", "en": "to Ismarus. There I sacked the city and destroyed the men;"}
{"book": 9, "line": 41, "greek": "ἐκ πόλιος δʼ ἀλόχους καὶ κτήματα πολλὰ λαβόντες", "en": "and out of the city we took their wives and much substance"}
{"book": 9, "line": 42, "greek": "δασσάμεθʼ, ὡς μή τίς μοι ἀτεμβόμενος κίοι ἴσης.", "en": "and divided all, so that no man might go cheated of his share by me."}
{"book": 9, "line": 43, "greek": "ἔνθʼ ἦ τοι μὲν ἐγὼ διερῷ ποδὶ φευγέμεν ἡμέας", "en": "Then, you may be sure, I ordered a quick-footed retreat —"}
{"book": 9, "line": 44, "greek": "ἠνώγεα, τοὶ δὲ μέγα νήπιοι οὐκ ἐπίθοντο.", "en": "and they, the great fools, would not obey."}
{"book": 9, "line": 45, "greek": "ἔνθα δὲ πολλὸν μὲν μέθυ πίνετο, πολλὰ δὲ μῆλα", "en": "There and then much wine was being drunk, and many sheep"}
{"book": 9, "line": 46, "greek": "ἔσφαζον παρὰ θῖνα καὶ εἰλίποδας ἕλικας βοῦς·", "en": "they slaughtered along the shore, and shambling crook-horned cattle;"}
{"book": 9, "line": 47, "greek": "τόφρα δʼ ἄρʼ οἰχόμενοι Κίκονες Κικόνεσσι γεγώνευν,", "en": "and meanwhile Cicones went crying to Cicones,"}
{"book": 9, "line": 48, "greek": "οἵ σφιν γείτονες ἦσαν, ἅμα πλέονες καὶ ἀρείους,", "en": "their neighbors inland — more of them, and better men,"}
{"book": 9, "line": 49, "greek": "ἤπειρον ναίοντες, ἐπιστάμενοι μὲν ἀφʼ ἵππων", "en": "skilled at fighting men from chariots"}
{"book": 9, "line": 50, "greek": "ἀνδράσι μάρνασθαι καὶ ὅθι χρὴ πεζὸν ἐόντα.", "en": "and, where need was, on foot."}
{"book": 9, "line": 51, "greek": "ἦλθον ἔπειθʼ ὅσα φύλλα καὶ ἄνθεα γίγνεται ὥρῃ,", "en": "They came, then, thick as leaves and flowers come in their season,"}
{"book": 9, "line": 52, "greek": "ἠέριοι· τότε δή ῥα κακὴ Διὸς αἶσα παρέστη", "en": "in the morning mist. Then an evil doom of Zeus stood by us,"}
{"book": 9, "line": 53, "greek": "ἡμῖν αἰνομόροισιν, ἵνʼ ἄλγεα πολλὰ πάθοιμεν.", "en": "luckless men, to load us with pains in plenty."}
{"book": 9, "line": 54, "greek": "στησάμενοι δʼ ἐμάχοντο μάχην παρὰ νηυσὶ θοῇσι,", "en": "They set their battle-line and fought by the fast ships,"}
{"book": 9, "line": 55, "greek": "βάλλον δʼ ἀλλήλους χαλκήρεσιν ἐγχείῃσιν.", "en": "and each side pelted each with bronze-tipped spears."}
{"book": 9, "line": 56, "greek": "ὄφρα μὲν ἠὼς ἦν καὶ ἀέξετο ἱερὸν ἦμαρ,", "en": "As long as it was morning, and the sacred day still growing,"}
{"book": 9, "line": 57, "greek": "τόφρα δʼ ἀλεξόμενοι μένομεν πλέονάς περ ἐόντας.", "en": "so long we stood them off and held our ground, though they were more;"}
{"book": 9, "line": 58, "greek": "ἦμος δʼ ἠέλιος μετενίσσετο βουλυτόνδε,", "en": "but when the sun turned over toward unyoking-time,"}
{"book": 9, "line": 59, "greek": "καὶ τότε δὴ Κίκονες κλῖναν δαμάσαντες Ἀχαιούς.", "en": "then the Cicones broke the Achaeans, and mastered them."}
{"book": 9, "line": 60, "greek": "ἓξ δʼ ἀφʼ ἑκάστης νηὸς ἐυκνήμιδες ἑταῖροι", "en": "Six from each ship, six strong-greaved companions"}
{"book": 9, "line": 61, "greek": "ὤλονθʼ· οἱ δʼ ἄλλοι φύγομεν θάνατόν τε μόρον τε.", "en": "were killed; the rest of us fled from death and doom."}
{"book": 9, "line": 62, "greek": "ἔνθεν δὲ προτέρω πλέομεν ἀκαχήμενοι ἦτορ,", "en": "From there we sailed on further, grieved at heart,"}
{"book": 9, "line": 63, "greek": "ἄσμενοι ἐκ θανάτοιο, φίλους ὀλέσαντες ἑταίρους.", "en": "glad to be out of death, having lost our dear companions."}
{"book": 9, "line": 64, "greek": "οὐδʼ ἄρα μοι προτέρω νῆες κίον ἀμφιέλισσαι,", "en": "But my curved ships would not go forward"}
{"book": 9, "line": 65, "greek": "πρίν τινα τῶν δειλῶν ἑτάρων τρὶς ἕκαστον ἀῦσαι,", "en": "before we had called three times on each of those poor companions"}
{"book": 9, "line": 66, "greek": "οἳ θάνον ἐν πεδίῳ Κικόνων ὕπο δῃωθέντες.", "en": "who died on the plain, cut down by the Cicones."}
{"book": 9, "line": 67, "greek": "νηυσὶ δʼ ἐπῶρσʼ ἄνεμον Βορέην νεφεληγερέτα Ζεὺς", "en": "And Zeus who gathers the clouds roused the North Wind against the ships"}
{"book": 9, "line": 68, "greek": "λαίλαπι θεσπεσίῃ, σὺν δὲ νεφέεσσι κάλυψε", "en": "in a howling squall, and covered land and sea alike"}
{"book": 9, "line": 69, "greek": "γαῖαν ὁμοῦ καὶ πόντον· ὀρώρει δʼ οὐρανόθεν νύξ.", "en": "with cloud; and night rose up out of heaven."}
{"book": 9, "line": 70, "greek": "αἱ μὲν ἔπειτʼ ἐφέροντʼ ἐπικάρσιαι, ἱστία δέ σφιν", "en": "The ships were swept along slantwise, their sails"}
{"book": 9, "line": 71, "greek": "τριχθά τε καὶ τετραχθὰ διέσχισεν ἲς ἀνέμοιο.", "en": "ripped into three and four rags by the strength of the wind."}
{"book": 9, "line": 72, "greek": "καὶ τὰ μὲν ἐς νῆας κάθεμεν, δείσαντες ὄλεθρον,", "en": "We lowered them into the hulls, in terror of death,"}
{"book": 9, "line": 73, "greek": "αὐτὰς δʼ ἐσσυμένως προερέσσαμεν ἤπειρόνδε.", "en": "and rowed the ships hard in toward the shore."}
{"book": 9, "line": 74, "greek": "ἔνθα δύω νύκτας δύο τʼ ἤματα συνεχὲς αἰεὶ", "en": "There for two nights and two days without a break"}
{"book": 9, "line": 75, "greek": "κείμεθʼ, ὁμοῦ καμάτῳ τε καὶ ἄλγεσι θυμὸν ἔδοντες.", "en": "we lay, eating our hearts with weariness and pain together."}
{"book": 9, "line": 76, "greek": "ἀλλʼ ὅτε δὴ τρίτον ἦμαρ ἐυπλόκαμος τέλεσʼ Ἠώς,", "en": "But when Dawn of the lovely braids brought the third day round,"}
{"book": 9, "line": 77, "greek": "ἱστοὺς στησάμενοι ἀνά θʼ ἱστία λεύκʼ ἐρύσαντες", "en": "we set up the masts and hauled the white sails open"}
{"book": 9, "line": 78, "greek": "ἥμεθα, τὰς δʼ ἄνεμός τε κυβερνῆταί τʼ ἴθυνον.", "en": "and sat, and the wind and the steersmen held them on course."}
{"book": 9, "line": 79, "greek": "καί νύ κεν ἀσκηθὴς ἱκόμην ἐς πατρίδα γαῖαν·", "en": "And now I would have come unharmed to my own country,"}
{"book": 9, "line": 80, "greek": "ἀλλά με κῦμα ῥόος τε περιγνάμπτοντα Μάλειαν", "en": "but the wave and the current, as I rounded Malea,"}
{"book": 9, "line": 81, "greek": "καὶ Βορέης ἀπέωσε, παρέπλαγξεν δὲ Κυθήρων.", "en": "and the North Wind beat me off course and drove me wide of Cythera."}
{"book": 9, "line": 82, "greek": "ἔνθεν δʼ ἐννῆμαρ φερόμην ὀλοοῖς ἀνέμοισιν", "en": "From there for nine days I was carried by ruinous winds"}
{"book": 9, "line": 83, "greek": "πόντον ἐπʼ ἰχθυόεντα· ἀτὰρ δεκάτῃ ἐπέβημεν", "en": "across the fish-filled sea; and on the tenth we stepped ashore"}
{"book": 9, "line": 84, "greek": "γαίης Λωτοφάγων, οἵ τʼ ἄνθινον εἶδαρ ἔδουσιν.", "en": "in the land of the Lotus-eaters, who eat a flower for food."}
{"book": 9, "line": 85, "greek": "ἔνθα δʼ ἐπʼ ἠπείρου βῆμεν καὶ ἀφυσσάμεθʼ ὕδωρ,", "en": "There we set foot on the mainland and drew water,"}
{"book": 9, "line": 86, "greek": "αἶψα δὲ δεῖπνον ἕλοντο θοῇς παρὰ νηυσὶν ἑταῖροι.", "en": "and the companions quickly took their meal beside the fast ships."}
{"book": 9, "line": 87, "greek": "αὐτὰρ ἐπεὶ σίτοιό τʼ ἐπασσάμεθʼ ἠδὲ ποτῆτος,", "en": "And when we had tasted food and drink,"}
{"book": 9, "line": 88, "greek": "δὴ τοτʼ ἐγὼν ἑτάρους προΐειν πεύθεσθαι ἰόντας,", "en": "then I sent companions ahead to learn"}
{"book": 9, "line": 89, "greek": "οἵ τινες ἀνέρες εἶεν ἐπὶ χθονὶ σῖτον ἔδοντες", "en": "what men they were who ate bread upon this earth:"}
{"book": 9, "line": 90, "greek": "ἄνδρε δύω κρίνας, τρίτατον κήρυχʼ ἅμʼ ὀπάσσας.", "en": "two men I chose, and sent a third with them as herald."}
{"book": 9, "line": 91, "greek": "οἱ δʼ αἶψʼ οἰχόμενοι μίγεν ἀνδράσι Λωτοφάγοισιν·", "en": "They went their way at once, and fell in with the Lotus-eater men;"}
{"book": 9, "line": 92, "greek": "οὐδʼ ἄρα Λωτοφάγοι μήδονθʼ ἑτάροισιν ὄλεθρον", "en": "and the Lotus-eaters had no thought of killing"}
{"book": 9, "line": 93, "greek": "ἡμετέροις, ἀλλά σφι δόσαν λωτοῖο πάσασθαι.", "en": "our companions — but they gave them lotus to taste."}
{"book": 9, "line": 94, "greek": "τῶν δʼ ὅς τις λωτοῖο φάγοι μελιηδέα καρπόν,", "en": "And whoever of them ate the honey-sweet fruit of the lotus"}
{"book": 9, "line": 95, "greek": "οὐκέτʼ ἀπαγγεῖλαι πάλιν ἤθελεν οὐδὲ νέεσθαι,", "en": "no longer wished to bring back word or to return:"}
{"book": 9, "line": 96, "greek": "ἀλλʼ αὐτοῦ βούλοντο μετʼ ἀνδράσι Λωτοφάγοισι", "en": "there they wanted to stay, among the Lotus-eater men,"}
{"book": 9, "line": 97, "greek": "λωτὸν ἐρεπτόμενοι μενέμεν νόστου τε λαθέσθαι.", "en": "browsing the lotus, and to forget their homecoming."}
{"book": 9, "line": 98, "greek": "τοὺς μὲν ἐγὼν ἐπὶ νῆας ἄγον κλαίοντας ἀνάγκῃ,", "en": "These men I forced back weeping to the ships,"}
{"book": 9, "line": 99, "greek": "νηυσὶ δʼ ἐνὶ γλαφυρῇσιν ὑπὸ ζυγὰ δῆσα ἐρύσσας.", "en": "dragged them under the benches of the hollow ships and bound them,"}
{"book": 9, "line": 100, "greek": "αὐτὰρ τοὺς ἄλλους κελόμην ἐρίηρας ἑταίρους", "en": "and I ordered the rest of my trusted companions"}
{"book": 9, "line": 101, "greek": "σπερχομένους νηῶν ἐπιβαινέμεν ὠκειάων,", "en": "to hurry and board the fast ships —"}
{"book": 9, "line": 102, "greek": "μή πώς τις λωτοῖο φαγὼν νόστοιο λάθηται.", "en": "for fear some other might eat of the lotus and forget his homecoming."}
{"book": 9, "line": 103, "greek": "οἱ δʼ αἶψʼ εἴσβαινον καὶ ἐπὶ κληῖσι καθῖζον,", "en": "And they came aboard at once and took their places at the oarlocks,"}
{"book": 9, "line": 104, "greek": "ἑξῆς δʼ ἑζόμενοι πολιὴν ἅλα τύπτον ἐρετμοῖς.", "en": "and sitting in order they struck the gray salt water with their oars."}
{"book": 9, "line": 105, "greek": "ἔνθεν δὲ προτέρω πλέομεν ἀκαχήμενοι ἦτορ·", "en": "From there we sailed on further, grieved at heart."}
{"book": 9, "line": 106, "greek": "Κυκλώπων δʼ ἐς γαῖαν ὑπερφιάλων ἀθεμίστων", "en": "And we came to the land of the Cyclopes — the overweening,"}
{"book": 9, "line": 107, "greek": "ἱκόμεθʼ, οἵ ῥα θεοῖσι πεποιθότες ἀθανάτοισιν", "en": "the lawless — who, trusting in the deathless gods,"}
{"book": 9, "line": 108, "greek": "οὔτε φυτεύουσιν χερσὶν φυτὸν οὔτʼ ἀρόωσιν,", "en": "plant no crop with their hands, and plow nothing:"}
{"book": 9, "line": 109, "greek": "ἀλλὰ τά γʼ ἄσπαρτα καὶ ἀνήροτα πάντα φύονται,", "en": "everything springs up for them unsown, unplowed,"}
{"book": 9, "line": 110, "greek": "πυροὶ καὶ κριθαὶ ἠδʼ ἄμπελοι, αἵ τε φέρουσιν", "en": "wheat and barley, and vines that carry"}
{"book": 9, "line": 111, "greek": "οἶνον ἐριστάφυλον, καί σφιν Διὸς ὄμβρος ἀέξει.", "en": "wine in their heavy clusters, and Zeus' rain swells it for them."}
{"book": 9, "line": 112, "greek": "τοῖσιν δʼ οὔτʼ ἀγοραὶ βουληφόροι οὔτε θέμιστες,", "en": "They have no counsel-bearing assemblies, no established laws,"}
{"book": 9, "line": 113, "greek": "ἀλλʼ οἵ γʼ ὑψηλῶν ὀρέων ναίουσι κάρηνα", "en": "but live on the crests of the high mountains"}
{"book": 9, "line": 114, "greek": "ἐν σπέσσι γλαφυροῖσι, θεμιστεύει δὲ ἕκαστος", "en": "in hollow caves, and each man lays down the law"}
{"book": 9, "line": 115, "greek": "παίδων ἠδʼ ἀλόχων, οὐδʼ ἀλλήλων ἀλέγουσιν.", "en": "to his own wives and children — and they care nothing for one another."}
{"book": 9, "line": 116, "greek": "νῆσος ἔπειτα λάχεια παρὲκ λιμένος τετάνυσται,", "en": "Now a scrubby island stretches outside the harbor there,"}
{"book": 9, "line": 117, "greek": "γαίης Κυκλώπων οὔτε σχεδὸν οὔτʼ ἀποτηλοῦ,", "en": "neither close in to the Cyclopes' land nor far out,"}
{"book": 9, "line": 118, "greek": "ὑλήεσσʼ· ἐν δʼ αἶγες ἀπειρέσιαι γεγάασιν", "en": "wooded; and on it goats past counting breed,"}
{"book": 9, "line": 119, "greek": "ἄγριαι· οὐ μὲν γὰρ πάτος ἀνθρώπων ἀπερύκει,", "en": "wild goats: no tread of men scares them away,"}
{"book": 9, "line": 120, "greek": "οὐδέ μιν εἰσοιχνεῦσι κυνηγέται, οἵ τε καθʼ ὕλην", "en": "no hunters push through to it, men who suffer"}
{"book": 9, "line": 121, "greek": "ἄλγεα πάσχουσιν κορυφὰς ὀρέων ἐφέποντες.", "en": "hard days in the timber, working the mountain crests;"}
{"book": 9, "line": 122, "greek": "οὔτʼ ἄρα ποίμνῃσιν καταΐσχεται οὔτʼ ἀρότοισιν,", "en": "it is held by no flocks and no plowed fields,"}
{"book": 9, "line": 123, "greek": "ἀλλʼ ἥ γʼ ἄσπαρτος καὶ ἀνήροτος ἤματα πάντα", "en": "but unsown and unplowed all its days"}
{"book": 9, "line": 124, "greek": "ἀνδρῶν χηρεύει, βόσκει δέ τε μηκάδας αἶγας.", "en": "the island is widowed of men, and feeds its bleating goats."}
{"book": 9, "line": 125, "greek": "οὐ γὰρ Κυκλώπεσσι νέες πάρα μιλτοπάρῃοι,", "en": "For the Cyclopes have no red-cheeked ships,"}
{"book": 9, "line": 126, "greek": "οὐδʼ ἄνδρες νηῶν ἔνι τέκτονες, οἵ κε κάμοιεν", "en": "and no shipwrights among them who might labor out"}
{"book": 9, "line": 127, "greek": "νῆας ἐυσσέλμους, αἵ κεν τελέοιεν ἕκαστα", "en": "well-benched vessels to accomplish every need,"}
{"book": 9, "line": 128, "greek": "ἄστεʼ ἐπʼ ἀνθρώπων ἱκνεύμεναι, οἷά τε πολλὰ", "en": "crossing to the cities of the world, the way men"}
{"book": 9, "line": 129, "greek": "ἄνδρες ἐπʼ ἀλλήλους νηυσὶν περόωσι θάλασσαν·", "en": "so often traverse the sea in ships to one another:"}
{"book": 9, "line": 130, "greek": "οἵ κέ σφιν καὶ νῆσον ἐυκτιμένην ἐκάμοντο.", "en": "such craftsmen would have made the island a fair settlement too."}
{"book": 9, "line": 131, "greek": "οὐ μὲν γάρ τι κακή γε, φέροι δέ κεν ὥρια πάντα·", "en": "For it is not a bad island at all: it would bear every crop in season."}
{"book": 9, "line": 132, "greek": "ἐν μὲν γὰρ λειμῶνες ἁλὸς πολιοῖο παρʼ ὄχθας", "en": "There are meadows in it along the shores of the gray salt water,"}
{"book": 9, "line": 133, "greek": "ὑδρηλοὶ μαλακοί· μάλα κʼ ἄφθιτοι ἄμπελοι εἶεν.", "en": "soft, well-watered; vines there would never die;"}
{"book": 9, "line": 134, "greek": "ἐν δʼ ἄροσις λείη· μάλα κεν βαθὺ λήιον αἰεὶ", "en": "there is level plowland, and a deep standing harvest always"}
{"book": 9, "line": 135, "greek": "εἰς ὥρας ἀμῷεν, ἐπεὶ μάλα πῖαρ ὑπʼ οὖδας.", "en": "ready for the scythe in season, for the soil beneath is rich."}
{"book": 9, "line": 136, "greek": "ἐν δὲ λιμὴν ἐύορμος, ἵνʼ οὐ χρεὼ πείσματός ἐστιν,", "en": "And there is a harbor with safe anchorage, where there is no need of mooring-line —"}
{"book": 9, "line": 137, "greek": "οὔτʼ εὐνὰς βαλέειν οὔτε πρυμνήσιʼ ἀνάψαι,", "en": "no anchor-stones to throw, no stern-cables to make fast:"}
{"book": 9, "line": 138, "greek": "ἀλλʼ ἐπικέλσαντας μεῖναι χρόνον εἰς ὅ κε ναυτέων", "en": "you beach her, and wait until the sailors'"}
{"book": 9, "line": 139, "greek": "θυμὸς ἐποτρύνῃ καὶ ἐπιπνεύσωσιν ἀῆται.", "en": "hearts prompt them, and the breezes blow."}
{"book": 9, "line": 140, "greek": "αὐτὰρ ἐπὶ κρατὸς λιμένος ῥέει ἀγλαὸν ὕδωρ,", "en": "And at the harbor's head runs shining water,"}
{"book": 9, "line": 141, "greek": "κρήνη ὑπὸ σπείους· περὶ δʼ αἴγειροι πεφύασιν.", "en": "a spring under a cave, with black poplars growing round it."}
{"book": 9, "line": 142, "greek": "ἔνθα κατεπλέομεν, καί τις θεὸς ἡγεμόνευεν", "en": "There we sailed in — and some god was guiding us —"}
{"book": 9, "line": 143, "greek": "νύκτα διʼ ὀρφναίην, οὐδὲ προυφαίνετʼ ἰδέσθαι·", "en": "through the dead of night, with nothing to be seen ahead:"}
{"book": 9, "line": 144, "greek": "ἀὴρ γὰρ περὶ νηυσὶ βαθεῖʼ ἦν, οὐδὲ σελήνη", "en": "a fog lay thick around the ships, and the moon"}
{"book": 9, "line": 145, "greek": "οὐρανόθεν προύφαινε, κατείχετο δὲ νεφέεσσιν.", "en": "showed nothing from heaven, shut in by clouds."}
{"book": 9, "line": 146, "greek": "ἔνθʼ οὔ τις τὴν νῆσον ἐσέδρακεν ὀφθαλμοῖσιν,", "en": "No one's eyes made out that island then,"}
{"book": 9, "line": 147, "greek": "οὔτʼ οὖν κύματα μακρὰ κυλινδόμενα προτὶ χέρσον", "en": "nor did we see the long combers rolling in against the shore"}
{"book": 9, "line": 148, "greek": "εἰσίδομεν, πρὶν νῆας ἐυσσέλμους ἐπικέλσαι.", "en": "before the well-benched ships ran up the beach."}
{"book": 9, "line": 149, "greek": "κελσάσῃσι δὲ νηυσὶ καθείλομεν ἱστία πάντα,", "en": "And with the ships beached, we took down all the sails"}
{"book": 9, "line": 150, "greek": "ἐκ δὲ καὶ αὐτοὶ βῆμεν ἐπὶ ῥηγμῖνι θαλάσσης·", "en": "and stepped out ourselves onto the surf-line of the sea,"}
{"book": 9, "line": 151, "greek": "ἔνθα δʼ ἀποβρίξαντες ἐμείναμεν Ἠῶ δῖαν.", "en": "and there we dropped asleep, and waited for shining Dawn."}
{"book": 9, "line": 152, "greek": "ἦμος δʼ ἠριγένεια φάνη ῥοδοδάκτυλος Ἠώς,", "en": "When Dawn appeared, the early-born, with fingers of rose,"}
{"book": 9, "line": 153, "greek": "νῆσον θαυμάζοντες ἐδινεόμεσθα κατʼ αὐτήν.", "en": "we walked that island marveling, all through it."}
{"book": 9, "line": 154, "greek": "ὦρσαν δὲ νύμφαι, κοῦραι Διὸς αἰγιόχοιο,", "en": "And the nymphs, daughters of aegis-bearing Zeus, started"}
{"book": 9, "line": 155, "greek": "αἶγας ὀρεσκῴους, ἵνα δειπνήσειαν ἑταῖροι.", "en": "the mountain goats, so my companions might have their meal."}
{"book": 9, "line": 156, "greek": "αὐτίκα καμπύλα τόξα καὶ αἰγανέας δολιχαύλους", "en": "At once we fetched our curved bows and long-socketed goat-spears"}
{"book": 9, "line": 157, "greek": "εἱλόμεθʼ ἐκ νηῶν, διὰ δὲ τρίχα κοσμηθέντες", "en": "out of the ships, and forming in three bands"}
{"book": 9, "line": 158, "greek": "βάλλομεν· αἶψα δʼ ἔδωκε θεὸς μενοεικέα θήρην.", "en": "we shot; and quickly the god gave us game to our hearts' content."}
{"book": 9, "line": 159, "greek": "νῆες μέν μοι ἕποντο δυώδεκα, ἐς δὲ ἑκάστην", "en": "Twelve ships followed with me, and to each"}
{"book": 9, "line": 160, "greek": "ἐννέα λάγχανον αἶγες· ἐμοὶ δὲ δέκʼ ἔξελον οἴῳ.", "en": "nine goats fell by lot; for me alone they picked out ten."}
{"book": 9, "line": 161, "greek": "ὣς τότε μὲν πρόπαν ἦμαρ ἐς ἠέλιον καταδύντα", "en": "So then all day long till the setting of the sun"}
{"book": 9, "line": 162, "greek": "ἥμεθα δαινύμενοι κρέα τʼ ἄσπετα καὶ μέθυ ἡδύ·", "en": "we sat feasting on meat past counting and sweet wine."}
{"book": 9, "line": 163, "greek": "οὐ γάρ πω νηῶν ἐξέφθιτο οἶνος ἐρυθρός,", "en": "For the red wine was not yet spent from out our ships:"}
{"book": 9, "line": 164, "greek": "ἀλλʼ ἐνέην· πολλὸν γὰρ ἐν ἀμφιφορεῦσιν ἕκαστοι", "en": "there was still some left, for each crew had drawn off much"}
{"book": 9, "line": 165, "greek": "ἠφύσαμεν Κικόνων. ἱερὸν πτολίεθρον ἑλόντες.", "en": "in two-handled jars when we took the Cicones' holy citadel."}
{"book": 9, "line": 166, "greek": "Κυκλώπων δʼ ἐς γαῖαν ἐλεύσσομεν ἐγγὺς ἐόντων,", "en": "And we looked across at the land of the Cyclopes, who were near:"}
{"book": 9, "line": 167, "greek": "καπνόν τʼ αὐτῶν τε φθογγὴν ὀίων τε καὶ αἰγῶν.", "en": "smoke, and voices — theirs, and their sheep's and goats'."}
{"book": 9, "line": 168, "greek": "ἦμος δʼ ἠέλιος κατέδυ καὶ ἐπὶ κνέφας ἦλθε,", "en": "And when the sun went down and the dusk came on,"}
{"book": 9, "line": 169, "greek": "δὴ τότε κοιμήθημεν ἐπὶ ῥηγμῖνι θαλάσσης.", "en": "then we lay down to sleep on the surf-line of the sea."}
{"book": 9, "line": 170, "greek": "ἦμος δʼ ἠριγένεια φάνη ῥοδοδάκτυλος Ἠώς,", "en": "When Dawn appeared, the early-born, with fingers of rose,"}
{"book": 9, "line": 171, "greek": "καὶ τότʼ ἐγὼν ἀγορὴν θέμενος μετὰ πᾶσιν ἔειπον·", "en": "then I called an assembly, and spoke among them all:"}
{"book": 9, "line": 172, "greek": "ἄλλοι μὲν νῦν μίμνετʼ, ἐμοὶ ἐρίηρες ἑταῖροι·", "en": "'The rest of you stay here now, my trusted companions,"}
{"book": 9, "line": 173, "greek": "αὐτὰρ ἐγὼ σὺν νηί τʼ ἐμῇ καὶ ἐμοῖς ἑτάροισιν", "en": "while I with my own ship and my own crew"}
{"book": 9, "line": 174, "greek": "ἐλθὼν τῶνδʼ ἀνδρῶν πειρήσομαι, οἵ τινές εἰσιν,", "en": "go and make trial of those men over there — what they are:"}
{"book": 9, "line": 175, "greek": "ἤ ῥʼ οἵ γʼ ὑβρισταί τε καὶ ἄγριοι οὐδὲ δίκαιοι,", "en": "whether violent, savage, without justice,"}
{"book": 9, "line": 176, "greek": "ἦε φιλόξεινοι, καί σφιν νόος ἐστὶ θεουδής.", "en": "or kind to strangers, with hearts that fear the gods.'"}
{"book": 9, "line": 177, "greek": "ὣς εἰπὼν ἀνὰ νηὸς ἔβην, ἐκέλευσα δʼ ἑταίρους", "en": "So speaking I went aboard, and ordered my companions"}
{"book": 9, "line": 178, "greek": "αὐτούς τʼ ἀμβαίνειν ἀνά τε πρυμνήσια λῦσαι.", "en": "to board in their turn and loose the stern-cables."}
{"book": 9, "line": 179, "greek": "οἱ δʼ αἶψʼ εἴσβαινον καὶ ἐπὶ κληῖσι καθῖζον,", "en": "And they came aboard at once and took their places at the oarlocks,"}
{"book": 9, "line": 180, "greek": "ἑξῆς δʼ ἑζόμενοι πολιὴν ἅλα τύπτον ἐρετμοῖς.", "en": "and sitting in order they struck the gray salt water with their oars."}
{"book": 9, "line": 181, "greek": "ἀλλʼ ὅτε δὴ τὸν χῶρον ἀφικόμεθʼ ἐγγὺς ἐόντα,", "en": "But when we reached the place — it was not far —"}
{"book": 9, "line": 182, "greek": "ἔνθα δʼ ἐπʼ ἐσχατιῇ σπέος εἴδομεν ἄγχι θαλάσσης,", "en": "there on the land's edge, close by the sea, we saw a cave,"}
{"book": 9, "line": 183, "greek": "ὑψηλόν, δάφνῃσι κατηρεφές. ἔνθα δὲ πολλὰ", "en": "high, overhung with laurels. There many"}
{"book": 9, "line": 184, "greek": "μῆλʼ, ὄιές τε καὶ αἶγες, ἰαύεσκον· περὶ δʼ αὐλὴ", "en": "flocks — sheep and goats — were penned at night; around it a yard"}
{"book": 9, "line": 185, "greek": "ὑψηλὴ δέδμητο κατωρυχέεσσι λίθοισι", "en": "ran high-built, of stones set deep in the earth,"}
{"book": 9, "line": 186, "greek": "μακρῇσίν τε πίτυσσιν ἰδὲ δρυσὶν ὑψικόμοισιν.", "en": "and tall pines, and oaks with lofty crowns."}
{"book": 9, "line": 187, "greek": "ἔνθα δʼ ἀνὴρ ἐνίαυε πελώριος, ὅς ῥα τὰ μῆλα", "en": "And there a man slept, a monster of a man, who shepherded"}
{"book": 9, "line": 188, "greek": "οἶος ποιμαίνεσκεν ἀπόπροθεν· οὐδὲ μετʼ ἄλλους", "en": "his flocks alone and far apart; he kept no company"}
{"book": 9, "line": 189, "greek": "πωλεῖτʼ, ἀλλʼ ἀπάνευθεν ἐὼν ἀθεμίστια ᾔδη.", "en": "with others, but held aloof, and his heart knew no law."}
{"book": 9, "line": 190, "greek": "καὶ γὰρ θαῦμʼ ἐτέτυκτο πελώριον, οὐδὲ ἐῴκει", "en": "For he was built a monstrous wonder — nothing like"}
{"book": 9, "line": 191, "greek": "ἀνδρί γε σιτοφάγῳ, ἀλλὰ ῥίῳ ὑλήεντι", "en": "a man who eats bread, but like a wooded crag"}
{"book": 9, "line": 192, "greek": "ὑψηλῶν ὀρέων, ὅ τε φαίνεται οἶον ἀπʼ ἄλλων.", "en": "of the high mountains, standing clear of all the rest."}
{"book": 9, "line": 193, "greek": "δὴ τότε τοὺς ἄλλους κελόμην ἐρίηρας ἑταίρους", "en": "Then I ordered the rest of my trusted companions"}
{"book": 9, "line": 194, "greek": "αὐτοῦ πὰρ νηί τε μένειν καὶ νῆα ἔρυσθαι,", "en": "to stay there by the ship and guard the ship,"}
{"book": 9, "line": 195, "greek": "αὐτὰρ ἐγὼ κρίνας ἑτάρων δυοκαίδεκʼ ἀρίστους", "en": "while I picked the twelve best of my companions"}
{"book": 9, "line": 196, "greek": "βῆν· ἀτὰρ αἴγεον ἀσκὸν ἔχον μέλανος οἴνοιο", "en": "and went. And I took a goatskin of dark wine,"}
{"book": 9, "line": 197, "greek": "ἡδέος, ὅν μοι ἔδωκε Μάρων, Εὐάνθεος υἱός,", "en": "sweet wine, that Maron gave me, Euanthes' son,"}
{"book": 9, "line": 198, "greek": "ἱρεὺς Ἀπόλλωνος, ὃς Ἴσμαρον ἀμφιβεβήκει,", "en": "the priest of Apollo, the god who watches over Ismarus —"}
{"book": 9, "line": 199, "greek": "οὕνεκά μιν σὺν παιδὶ περισχόμεθʼ ἠδὲ γυναικὶ", "en": "because we had protected him, with his child and his wife,"}
{"book": 9, "line": 200, "greek": "ἁζόμενοι· ᾤκει γὰρ ἐν ἄλσεϊ δενδρήεντι", "en": "out of reverence: for he lived in the wooded grove"}
{"book": 9, "line": 201, "greek": "Φοίβου Ἀπόλλωνος. ὁ δέ μοι πόρεν ἀγλαὰ δῶρα·", "en": "of Phoebus Apollo. And he gave me shining gifts:"}
{"book": 9, "line": 202, "greek": "χρυσοῦ μέν μοι ἔδωκʼ ἐυεργέος ἑπτὰ τάλαντα,", "en": "he gave me seven talents of well-wrought gold,"}
{"book": 9, "line": 203, "greek": "δῶκε δέ μοι κρητῆρα πανάργυρον, αὐτὰρ ἔπειτα", "en": "and he gave me a mixing-bowl all of silver, and then"}
{"book": 9, "line": 204, "greek": "οἶνον ἐν ἀμφιφορεῦσι δυώδεκα πᾶσιν ἀφύσσας", "en": "wine, drawn off in two-handled jars, twelve in all,"}
{"book": 9, "line": 205, "greek": "ἡδὺν ἀκηράσιον, θεῖον ποτόν· οὐδέ τις αὐτὸν", "en": "sweet and unmixed, a drink for gods. Not one"}
{"book": 9, "line": 206, "greek": "ἠείδη δμώων οὐδʼ ἀμφιπόλων ἐνὶ οἴκῳ,", "en": "of the slaves or handmaids in his house knew of it —"}
{"book": 9, "line": 207, "greek": "ἀλλʼ αὐτὸς ἄλοχός τε φίλη ταμίη τε μίʼ οἴη.", "en": "only himself and his dear wife, and one housekeeper only."}
{"book": 9, "line": 208, "greek": "τὸν δʼ ὅτε πίνοιεν μελιηδέα οἶνον ἐρυθρόν,", "en": "Whenever they drank that honey-sweet red wine,"}
{"book": 9, "line": 209, "greek": "ἓν δέπας ἐμπλήσας ὕδατος ἀνὰ εἴκοσι μέτρα", "en": "he would fill one cup and pour it into twenty measures"}
{"book": 9, "line": 210, "greek": "χεῦʼ, ὀδμὴ δʼ ἡδεῖα ἀπὸ κρητῆρος ὀδώδει", "en": "of water, and a sweet smell would rise from the bowl,"}
{"book": 9, "line": 211, "greek": "θεσπεσίη· τότʼ ἂν οὔ τοι ἀποσχέσθαι φίλον ἦεν.", "en": "a marvel: no joy then in holding back."}
{"book": 9, "line": 212, "greek": "τοῦ φέρον ἐμπλήσας ἀσκὸν μέγαν, ἐν δὲ καὶ ᾖα", "en": "Of this I filled a great skin and brought it, and provisions too"}
{"book": 9, "line": 213, "greek": "κωρύκῳ· αὐτίκα γάρ μοι ὀίσατο θυμὸς ἀγήνωρ", "en": "in a sack: for my proud heart had a foreboding, even then,"}
{"book": 9, "line": 214, "greek": "ἄνδρʼ ἐπελεύσεσθαι μεγάλην ἐπιειμένον ἀλκήν,", "en": "that a man would come against me clothed in great strength,"}
{"book": 9, "line": 215, "greek": "ἄγριον, οὔτε δίκας ἐὺ εἰδότα οὔτε θέμιστας.", "en": "a savage, knowing nothing of judgments or of laws."}
{"book": 9, "line": 216, "greek": "καρπαλίμως δʼ εἰς ἄντρον ἀφικόμεθʼ, οὐδέ μιν ἔνδον", "en": "Quickly we came to the cave, and did not find him"}
{"book": 9, "line": 217, "greek": "εὕρομεν, ἀλλʼ ἐνόμευε νομὸν κάτα πίονα μῆλα.", "en": "within: he was herding his fat flocks in the pasture."}
{"book": 9, "line": 218, "greek": "ἐλθόντες δʼ εἰς ἄντρον ἐθηεύμεσθα ἕκαστα.", "en": "We went into the cave and stared in wonder at everything:"}
{"book": 9, "line": 219, "greek": "ταρσοὶ μὲν τυρῶν βρῖθον, στείνοντο δὲ σηκοὶ", "en": "crates sagging with cheeses; pens crowded"}
{"book": 9, "line": 220, "greek": "ἀρνῶν ἠδʼ ἐρίφων· διακεκριμέναι δὲ ἕκασται", "en": "with lambs and kids — each sort folded separately,"}
{"book": 9, "line": 221, "greek": "ἔρχατο, χωρὶς μὲν πρόγονοι, χωρὶς δὲ μέτασσαι,", "en": "the firstlings apart, apart the middle-born,"}
{"book": 9, "line": 222, "greek": "χωρὶς δʼ αὖθʼ ἕρσαι. ναῖον δʼ ὀρῷ ἄγγεα πάντα,", "en": "apart again the newborn; and every vessel swimming with whey,"}
{"book": 9, "line": 223, "greek": "γαυλοί τε σκαφίδες τε, τετυγμένα, τοῖς ἐνάμελγεν.", "en": "the pails and bowls, all made by hand, that he milked into."}
{"book": 9, "line": 224, "greek": "ἔνθʼ ἐμὲ μὲν πρώτισθʼ ἕταροι λίσσοντʼ ἐπέεσσιν", "en": "There first my companions begged me, pleading:"}
{"book": 9, "line": 225, "greek": "τυρῶν αἰνυμένους ἰέναι πάλιν, αὐτὰρ ἔπειτα", "en": "take some cheeses and go back; then quickly,"}
{"book": 9, "line": 226, "greek": "καρπαλίμως ἐπὶ νῆα θοὴν ἐρίφους τε καὶ ἄρνας", "en": "driving the kids and lambs out of their pens"}
{"book": 9, "line": 227, "greek": "σηκῶν ἐξελάσαντας ἐπιπλεῖν ἁλμυρὸν ὕδωρ·", "en": "down to the fast ship, sail away over the salt water."}
{"book": 9, "line": 228, "greek": "ἀλλʼ ἐγὼ οὐ πιθόμην, ἦ τʼ ἂν πολὺ κέρδιον ἦεν,", "en": "But I would not listen — it would have been far better —"}
{"book": 9, "line": 229, "greek": "ὄφρʼ αὐτόν τε ἴδοιμι, καὶ εἴ μοι ξείνια δοίη.", "en": "not until I saw him, and whether he would give me guest-gifts."}
{"book": 9, "line": 230, "greek": "οὐδʼ ἄρʼ ἔμελλʼ ἑτάροισι φανεὶς ἐρατεινὸς ἔσεσθαι.", "en": "And his appearing was to be no joy to my companions."}
{"book": 9, "line": 231, "greek": "ἔνθα δὲ πῦρ κήαντες ἐθύσαμεν ἠδὲ καὶ αὐτοὶ", "en": "We lit a fire there and made an offering, and helped ourselves"}
{"book": 9, "line": 232, "greek": "τυρῶν αἰνύμενοι φάγομεν, μένομέν τέ μιν ἔνδον", "en": "to cheeses, and ate, and sat inside waiting for him,"}
{"book": 9, "line": 233, "greek": "ἥμενοι, ἧος ἐπῆλθε νέμων. φέρε δʼ ὄβριμον ἄχθος", "en": "until he came back herding. He carried a huge weight"}
{"book": 9, "line": 234, "greek": "ὕλης ἀζαλέης, ἵνα οἱ ποτιδόρπιον εἴη,", "en": "of dry wood, to serve him at supper-time,"}
{"book": 9, "line": 235, "greek": "ἔντοσθεν δʼ ἄντροιο βαλὼν ὀρυμαγδὸν ἔθηκεν·", "en": "and flung it down inside the cave with a crash;"}
{"book": 9, "line": 236, "greek": "ἡμεῖς δὲ δείσαντες ἀπεσσύμεθʼ ἐς μυχὸν ἄντρου.", "en": "and we in terror shrank away into the cave's far corner."}
{"book": 9, "line": 237, "greek": "αὐτὰρ ὅ γʼ εἰς εὐρὺ σπέος ἤλασε πίονα μῆλα", "en": "He drove his fat flocks into the wide cavern —"}
{"book": 9, "line": 238, "greek": "πάντα μάλʼ ὅσσʼ ἤμελγε, τὰ δʼ ἄρσενα λεῖπε θύρηφιν,", "en": "all those he milked; the males he left outside,"}
{"book": 9, "line": 239, "greek": "ἀρνειούς τε τράγους τε, βαθείης ἔκτοθεν αὐλῆς.", "en": "the rams and he-goats, out in the deep yard."}
{"book": 9, "line": 240, "greek": "αὐτὰρ ἔπειτʼ ἐπέθηκε θυρεὸν μέγαν ὑψόσʼ ἀείρας,", "en": "Then he lifted high and set in place a huge door-stone,"}
{"book": 9, "line": 241, "greek": "ὄβριμον· οὐκ ἂν τόν γε δύω καὶ εἴκοσʼ ἄμαξαι", "en": "a massive thing: twenty-two carts, good ones,"}
{"book": 9, "line": 242, "greek": "ἐσθλαὶ τετράκυκλοι ἀπʼ οὔδεος ὀχλίσσειαν·", "en": "four-wheeled, could not have levered it off the ground —"}
{"book": 9, "line": 243, "greek": "τόσσην ἠλίβατον πέτρην ἐπέθηκε θύρῃσιν.", "en": "such a towering cliff of rock he set in the doorway."}
{"book": 9, "line": 244, "greek": "ἑζόμενος δʼ ἤμελγεν ὄις καὶ μηκάδας αἶγας,", "en": "Then, sitting, he milked the ewes and bleating goats,"}
{"book": 9, "line": 245, "greek": "πάντα κατὰ μοῖραν, καὶ ὑπʼ ἔμβρυον ἧκεν ἑκάστῃ.", "en": "all in due order, and set the young under each."}
{"book": 9, "line": 246, "greek": "αὐτίκα δʼ ἥμισυ μὲν θρέψας λευκοῖο γάλακτος", "en": "And straightway he curdled half the white milk"}
{"book": 9, "line": 247, "greek": "πλεκτοῖς ἐν ταλάροισιν ἀμησάμενος κατέθηκεν,", "en": "and gathered it and stored it in the plaited baskets,"}
{"book": 9, "line": 248, "greek": "ἥμισυ δʼ αὖτʼ ἔστησεν ἐν ἄγγεσιν, ὄφρα οἱ εἴη", "en": "and half he stood in vessels, so it might be there"}
{"book": 9, "line": 249, "greek": "πίνειν αἰνυμένῳ καί οἱ ποτιδόρπιον εἴη.", "en": "for him to take and drink, and serve him at supper-time."}
{"book": 9, "line": 250, "greek": "αὐτὰρ ἐπεὶ δὴ σπεῦσε πονησάμενος τὰ ἃ ἔργα,", "en": "And when at last he had hurried through his work,"}
{"book": 9, "line": 251, "greek": "καὶ τότε πῦρ ἀνέκαιε καὶ εἴσιδεν, εἴρετο δʼ ἡμέας·", "en": "then he lit the fire — and saw us, and asked:"}
{"book": 9, "line": 252, "greek": "ὦ ξεῖνοι, τίνες ἐστέ; πόθεν πλεῖθʼ ὑγρὰ κέλευθα;", "en": "'Strangers, who are you? From where do you sail the watery ways?"}
{"book": 9, "line": 253, "greek": "ἦ τι κατὰ πρῆξιν ἦ μαψιδίως ἀλάλησθε,", "en": "Is it on some business — or do you rove at random,"}
{"book": 9, "line": 254, "greek": "οἷά τε ληιστῆρες, ὑπεὶρ ἅλα, τοί τʼ ἀλόωνται", "en": "the way sea-raiders do, who wander"}
{"book": 9, "line": 255, "greek": "ψυχὰς παρθέμενοι κακὸν ἀλλοδαποῖσι φέροντες;", "en": "staking their own lives, bearing evil to strangers?'"}
{"book": 9, "line": 256, "greek": "ὣς ἔφαθʼ, ἡμῖν δʼ αὖτε κατεκλάσθη φίλον ἦτορ,", "en": "So he spoke, and our own hearts broke within us"}
{"book": 9, "line": 257, "greek": "δεισάντων φθόγγον τε βαρὺν αὐτόν τε πέλωρον.", "en": "in terror of the deep voice and the monster himself."}
{"book": 9, "line": 258, "greek": "ἀλλὰ καὶ ὥς μιν ἔπεσσιν ἀμειβόμενος προσέειπον·", "en": "Even so I answered him, and said:"}
{"book": 9, "line": 259, "greek": "ἡμεῖς τοι Τροίηθεν ἀποπλαγχθέντες Ἀχαιοὶ", "en": "'We are Achaeans, blown off course from Troy"}
{"book": 9, "line": 260, "greek": "παντοίοις ἀνέμοισιν ὑπὲρ μέγα λαῖτμα θαλάσσης,", "en": "by every wind there is, across the great gulf of the sea,"}
{"book": 9, "line": 261, "greek": "οἴκαδε ἱέμενοι, ἄλλην ὁδὸν ἄλλα κέλευθα", "en": "making for home — but by other routes, other roads"}
{"book": 9, "line": 262, "greek": "ἤλθομεν· οὕτω που Ζεὺς ἤθελε μητίσασθαι.", "en": "we came: so Zeus, I suppose, chose to devise it."}
{"book": 9, "line": 263, "greek": "λαοὶ δʼ Ἀτρεΐδεω Ἀγαμέμνονος εὐχόμεθʼ εἶναι,", "en": "We declare ourselves the people of Agamemnon, Atreus' son,"}
{"book": 9, "line": 264, "greek": "τοῦ δὴ νῦν γε μέγιστον ὑπουράνιον κλέος ἐστί·", "en": "whose fame is now the greatest thing under heaven,"}
{"book": 9, "line": 265, "greek": "τόσσην γὰρ διέπερσε πόλιν καὶ ἀπώλεσε λαοὺς", "en": "so vast the city he sacked, so many the peoples"}
{"book": 9, "line": 266, "greek": "πολλούς. ἡμεῖς δʼ αὖτε κιχανόμενοι τὰ σὰ γοῦνα", "en": "he destroyed. But we, for our part, have come to your knees"}
{"book": 9, "line": 267, "greek": "ἱκόμεθʼ, εἴ τι πόροις ξεινήιον ἠὲ καὶ ἄλλως", "en": "in hope you may offer guest-friendship — or give besides"}
{"book": 9, "line": 268, "greek": "δοίης δωτίνην, ἥ τε ξείνων θέμις ἐστίν.", "en": "some gift, as is the right and custom done for strangers."}
{"book": 9, "line": 269, "greek": "ἀλλʼ αἰδεῖο, φέριστε, θεούς· ἱκέται δέ τοί εἰμεν,", "en": "Respect the gods, mighty one. We are your suppliants,"}
{"book": 9, "line": 270, "greek": "Ζεὺς δʼ ἐπιτιμήτωρ ἱκετάων τε ξείνων τε,", "en": "and Zeus is the avenger of suppliants and of strangers —"}
{"book": 9, "line": 271, "greek": "ξείνιος, ὃς ξείνοισιν ἅμʼ αἰδοίοισιν ὀπηδεῖ.", "en": "Zeus of Strangers, who walks beside honored guests.'"}
{"book": 9, "line": 272, "greek": "ὣς ἐφάμην, ὁ δέ μʼ αὐτίκʼ ἀμείβετο νηλέι θυμῷ·", "en": "So I spoke, and he answered me at once, with pitiless heart:"}
{"book": 9, "line": 273, "greek": "νήπιός εἰς, ὦ ξεῖνʼ, ἢ τηλόθεν εἰλήλουθας,", "en": "'You are a fool, stranger — or you have come from far away —"}
{"book": 9, "line": 274, "greek": "ὅς με θεοὺς κέλεαι ἢ δειδίμεν ἢ ἀλέασθαι·", "en": "you who tell me to fear the gods or shun their anger."}
{"book": 9, "line": 275, "greek": "οὐ γὰρ Κύκλωπες Διὸς αἰγιόχου ἀλέγουσιν", "en": "The Cyclopes pay no heed to Zeus who bears the aegis,"}
{"book": 9, "line": 276, "greek": "οὐδὲ θεῶν μακάρων, ἐπεὶ ἦ πολὺ φέρτεροί εἰμεν·", "en": "nor to the blessed gods: for we are the better men by far."}
{"book": 9, "line": 277, "greek": "οὐδʼ ἂν ἐγὼ Διὸς ἔχθος ἀλευάμενος πεφιδοίμην", "en": "I would not spare you or your companions to dodge"}
{"book": 9, "line": 278, "greek": "οὔτε σεῦ οὔθʼ ἑτάρων, εἰ μὴ θυμός με κελεύοι.", "en": "the hatred of Zeus — not unless my own heart bade me."}
{"book": 9, "line": 279, "greek": "ἀλλά μοι εἴφʼ ὅπῃ ἔσχες ἰὼν ἐυεργέα νῆα,", "en": "But tell me: where did you moor your well-made ship when you came?"}
{"book": 9, "line": 280, "greek": "ἤ που ἐπʼ ἐσχατιῆς, ἦ καὶ σχεδόν, ὄφρα δαείω.", "en": "At the far end of the shore, or near? I want to know.'"}
{"book": 9, "line": 281, "greek": "ὣς φάτο πειράζων, ἐμὲ δʼ οὐ λάθεν εἰδότα πολλά,", "en": "So he spoke, testing; but I knew too much, and he did not catch me;"}
{"book": 9, "line": 282, "greek": "ἀλλά μιν ἄψορρον προσέφην δολίοις ἐπέεσσι·", "en": "I answered him back with words of guile:"}
{"book": 9, "line": 283, "greek": "νέα μέν μοι κατέαξε Ποσειδάων ἐνοσίχθων", "en": "'My ship — Poseidon the earth-shaker smashed her to pieces,"}
{"book": 9, "line": 284, "greek": "πρὸς πέτρῃσι βαλὼν ὑμῆς ἐπὶ πείρασι γαίης,", "en": "driving her on the rocks at the border of your country:"}
{"book": 9, "line": 285, "greek": "ἄκρῃ προσπελάσας· ἄνεμος δʼ ἐκ πόντου ἔνεικεν·", "en": "he brought her against a headland, and the wind carried her in from the sea."}
{"book": 9, "line": 286, "greek": "αὐτὰρ ἐγὼ σὺν τοῖσδε ὑπέκφυγον αἰπὺν ὄλεθρον.", "en": "But I, with these men here, escaped sheer destruction.'"}
{"book": 9, "line": 287, "greek": "ὣς ἐφάμην, ὁ δέ μʼ οὐδὲν ἀμείβετο νηλέι θυμῷ,", "en": "So I spoke; and out of his pitiless heart he answered nothing,"}
{"book": 9, "line": 288, "greek": "ἀλλʼ ὅ γʼ ἀναΐξας ἑτάροις ἐπὶ χεῖρας ἴαλλε,", "en": "but sprang up and reached his hands out at my companions,"}
{"book": 9, "line": 289, "greek": "σὺν δὲ δύω μάρψας ὥς τε σκύλακας ποτὶ γαίῃ", "en": "snatched up two together, and dashed them like puppies"}
{"book": 9, "line": 290, "greek": "κόπτʼ· ἐκ δʼ ἐγκέφαλος χαμάδις ῥέε, δεῦε δὲ γαῖαν.", "en": "against the ground: their brains ran out on the earth, and wetted it."}
{"book": 9, "line": 291, "greek": "τοὺς δὲ διὰ μελεϊστὶ ταμὼν ὡπλίσσατο δόρπον·", "en": "He tore them limb from limb and made ready his supper,"}
{"book": 9, "line": 292, "greek": "ἤσθιε δʼ ὥς τε λέων ὀρεσίτροφος, οὐδʼ ἀπέλειπεν,", "en": "and he ate like a mountain-bred lion, and left nothing —"}
{"book": 9, "line": 293, "greek": "ἔγκατά τε σάρκας τε καὶ ὀστέα μυελόεντα.", "en": "the entrails, the flesh, the bones with their marrow."}
{"book": 9, "line": 294, "greek": "ἡμεῖς δὲ κλαίοντες ἀνεσχέθομεν Διὶ χεῖρας,", "en": "And we, weeping, lifted up our hands to Zeus"}
{"book": 9, "line": 295, "greek": "σχέτλια ἔργʼ ὁρόωντες, ἀμηχανίη δʼ ἔχε θυμόν.", "en": "at the horror we watched, helplessness holding our hearts."}
{"book": 9, "line": 296, "greek": "αὐτὰρ ἐπεὶ Κύκλωψ μεγάλην ἐμπλήσατο νηδὺν", "en": "And when the Cyclops had filled his great belly,"}
{"book": 9, "line": 297, "greek": "ἀνδρόμεα κρέʼ ἔδων καὶ ἐπʼ ἄκρητον γάλα πίνων,", "en": "feeding on man-flesh and washing it down with unmixed milk,"}
{"book": 9, "line": 298, "greek": "κεῖτʼ ἔντοσθʼ ἄντροιο τανυσσάμενος διὰ μήλων.", "en": "he lay stretched out in the cave among his sheep."}
{"book": 9, "line": 299, "greek": "τὸν μὲν ἐγὼ βούλευσα κατὰ μεγαλήτορα θυμὸν", "en": "And I made a plan in my own great heart"}
{"book": 9, "line": 300, "greek": "ἆσσον ἰών, ξίφος ὀξὺ ἐρυσσάμενος παρὰ μηροῦ,", "en": "to steal close, draw the sharp sword from beside my thigh,"}
{"book": 9, "line": 301, "greek": "οὐτάμεναι πρὸς στῆθος, ὅθι φρένες ἧπαρ ἔχουσι,", "en": "and stab him in the chest, where the midriff holds the liver,"}
{"book": 9, "line": 302, "greek": "χείρʼ ἐπιμασσάμενος· ἕτερος δέ με θυμὸς ἔρυκεν.", "en": "feeling for the place with my hand. But a second thought held me:"}
{"book": 9, "line": 303, "greek": "αὐτοῦ γάρ κε καὶ ἄμμες ἀπωλόμεθʼ αἰπὺν ὄλεθρον·", "en": "there we too would have perished in sheer destruction,"}
{"book": 9, "line": 304, "greek": "οὐ γάρ κεν δυνάμεσθα θυράων ὑψηλάων", "en": "for we could never have pushed back with our hands"}
{"book": 9, "line": 305, "greek": "χερσὶν ἀπώσασθαι λίθον ὄβριμον, ὃν προσέθηκεν.", "en": "the massive stone he had set in the high doorway."}
{"book": 9, "line": 306, "greek": "ὣς τότε μὲν στενάχοντες ἐμείναμεν Ἠῶ δῖαν.", "en": "So then, groaning, we waited for shining Dawn."}
{"book": 9, "line": 307, "greek": "ἦμος δʼ ἠριγένεια φάνη ῥοδοδάκτυλος Ἠώς,", "en": "When Dawn appeared, the early-born, with fingers of rose,"}
{"book": 9, "line": 308, "greek": "καὶ τότε πῦρ ἀνέκαιε καὶ ἤμελγε κλυτὰ μῆλα,", "en": "then he lit the fire, and milked his famous flocks,"}
{"book": 9, "line": 309, "greek": "πάντα κατὰ μοῖραν, καὶ ὑπʼ ἔμβρυον ἧκεν ἑκάστῃ.", "en": "all in due order, and set the young under each."}
{"book": 9, "line": 310, "greek": "αὐτὰρ ἐπεὶ δὴ σπεῦσε πονησάμενος τὰ ἃ ἔργα,", "en": "And when at last he had hurried through his work,"}
{"book": 9, "line": 311, "greek": "σὺν δʼ ὅ γε δὴ αὖτε δύω μάρψας ὡπλίσσατο δεῖπνον.", "en": "he snatched up two men together again, and made his meal ready."}
{"book": 9, "line": 312, "greek": "δειπνήσας δʼ ἄντρου ἐξήλασε πίονα μῆλα,", "en": "And having fed, he drove his fat flocks out of the cave,"}
{"book": 9, "line": 313, "greek": "ῥηιδίως ἀφελὼν θυρεὸν μέγαν· αὐτὰρ ἔπειτα", "en": "lifting off the great door-stone with ease — and then"}
{"book": 9, "line": 314, "greek": "ἂψ ἐπέθηχʼ, ὡς εἴ τε φαρέτρῃ πῶμʼ ἐπιθείη.", "en": "set it back, the way a man sets the lid on a quiver."}
{"book": 9, "line": 315, "greek": "πολλῇ δὲ ῥοίζῳ πρὸς ὄρος τρέπε πίονα μῆλα", "en": "With a great whistling the Cyclops turned his fat flocks"}
{"book": 9, "line": 316, "greek": "Κύκλωψ· αὐτὰρ ἐγὼ λιπόμην κακὰ βυσσοδομεύων,", "en": "toward the mountain; and I was left brooding evil deep in my heart:"}
{"book": 9, "line": 317, "greek": "εἴ πως τισαίμην, δοίη δέ μοι εὖχος Ἀθήνη.", "en": "if somehow I might pay him back, and Athena grant me the glory."}
{"book": 9, "line": 318, "greek": "ἥδε δέ μοι κατὰ θυμὸν ἀρίστη φαίνετο βουλή.", "en": "And this, as I turned it over, seemed to me the best plan."}
{"book": 9, "line": 319, "greek": "Κύκλωπος γὰρ ἔκειτο μέγα ῥόπαλον παρὰ σηκῷ,", "en": "There lay beside a pen a great club of the Cyclops',"}
{"book": 9, "line": 320, "greek": "χλωρὸν ἐλαΐνεον· τὸ μὲν ἔκταμεν, ὄφρα φοροίη", "en": "green olive-wood: he had cut it to carry"}
{"book": 9, "line": 321, "greek": "αὐανθέν. τὸ μὲν ἄμμες ἐίσκομεν εἰσορόωντες", "en": "once it seasoned. Looking it over we judged it"}
{"book": 9, "line": 322, "greek": "ὅσσον θʼ ἱστὸν νηὸς ἐεικοσόροιο μελαίνης,", "en": "big as the mast of a black twenty-oared ship,"}
{"book": 9, "line": 323, "greek": "φορτίδος εὐρείης, ἥ τʼ ἐκπεράᾳ μέγα λαῖτμα·", "en": "a broad-beamed freighter, that crosses the great gulf:"}
{"book": 9, "line": 324, "greek": "τόσσον ἔην μῆκος, τόσσον πάχος εἰσοράασθαι.", "en": "that was its length, that its thickness to the eye."}
{"book": 9, "line": 325, "greek": "τοῦ μὲν ὅσον τʼ ὄργυιαν ἐγὼν ἀπέκοψα παραστὰς", "en": "Standing to it, I cut off about a fathom's measure"}
{"book": 9, "line": 326, "greek": "καὶ παρέθηχʼ ἑτάροισιν, ἀποξῦναι δʼ ἐκέλευσα·", "en": "and handed it to my companions, and told them to dress it down;"}
{"book": 9, "line": 327, "greek": "οἱ δʼ ὁμαλὸν ποίησαν· ἐγὼ δʼ ἐθόωσα παραστὰς", "en": "and they made it smooth, while standing by I brought it to a point"}
{"book": 9, "line": 328, "greek": "ἄκρον, ἄφαρ δὲ λαβὼν ἐπυράκτεον ἐν πυρὶ κηλέῳ.", "en": "at the tip, and then took it and hardened it in the blazing fire."}
{"book": 9, "line": 329, "greek": "καὶ τὸ μὲν εὖ κατέθηκα κατακρύψας ὑπὸ κόπρῳ,", "en": "And I laid it carefully by, hiding it under the dung"}
{"book": 9, "line": 330, "greek": "ἥ ῥα κατὰ σπείους κέχυτο μεγάλʼ ἤλιθα πολλή·", "en": "that was strewn in a great deep litter through the cave."}
{"book": 9, "line": 331, "greek": "αὐτὰρ τοὺς ἄλλους κλήρῳ πεπαλάσθαι ἄνωγον,", "en": "And I told the others to shake lots among them"}
{"book": 9, "line": 332, "greek": "ὅς τις τολμήσειεν ἐμοὶ σὺν μοχλὸν ἀείρας", "en": "for who would dare, together with me, to lift the stake"}
{"book": 9, "line": 333, "greek": "τρῖψαι ἐν ὀφθαλμῷ, ὅτε τὸν γλυκὺς ὕπνος ἱκάνοι.", "en": "and grind it in his eye, when sweet sleep came on him."}
{"book": 9, "line": 334, "greek": "οἱ δʼ ἔλαχον τοὺς ἄν κε καὶ ἤθελον αὐτὸς ἑλέσθαι,", "en": "The lot fell on the very men I would have chosen —"}
{"book": 9, "line": 335, "greek": "τέσσαρες, αὐτὰρ ἐγὼ πέμπτος μετὰ τοῖσιν ἐλέγμην.", "en": "four of them, and I counted myself in with them, the fifth."}
{"book": 9, "line": 336, "greek": "ἑσπέριος δʼ ἦλθεν καλλίτριχα μῆλα νομεύων.", "en": "At evening he came back, herding his fair-fleeced flocks,"}
{"book": 9, "line": 337, "greek": "αὐτίκα δʼ εἰς εὐρὺ σπέος ἤλασε πίονα μῆλα", "en": "and drove those fat flocks straight into the wide cavern,"}
{"book": 9, "line": 338, "greek": "πάντα μάλʼ, οὐδέ τι λεῖπε βαθείης ἔκτοθεν αὐλῆς,", "en": "all of them: he left not one outside in the deep yard,"}
{"book": 9, "line": 339, "greek": "ἤ τι ὀισάμενος, ἢ καὶ θεὸς ὣς ἐκέλευσεν.", "en": "whether some foreboding moved him, or a god so ordered it."}
{"book": 9, "line": 340, "greek": "αὐτὰρ ἔπειτʼ ἐπέθηκε θυρεὸν μέγαν ὑψόσʼ ἀείρας,", "en": "Then he lifted high and set in place the great door-stone,"}
{"book": 9, "line": 341, "greek": "ἑζόμενος δʼ ἤμελγεν ὄις καὶ μηκάδας αἶγας,", "en": "and sitting, he milked the ewes and bleating goats,"}
{"book": 9, "line": 342, "greek": "πάντα κατὰ μοῖραν, καὶ ὑπʼ ἔμβρυον ἧκεν ἑκάστῃ.", "en": "all in due order, and set the young under each."}
{"book": 9, "line": 343, "greek": "αὐτὰρ ἐπεὶ δὴ σπεῦσε πονησάμενος τὰ ἃ ἔργα,", "en": "And when at last he had hurried through his work,"}
{"book": 9, "line": 344, "greek": "σὺν δʼ ὅ γε δὴ αὖτε δύω μάρψας ὡπλίσσατο δόρπον.", "en": "he snatched up two men together again, and made his supper ready."}
{"book": 9, "line": 345, "greek": "καὶ τότʼ ἐγὼ Κύκλωπα προσηύδων ἄγχι παραστάς,", "en": "And then I came up close and spoke to the Cyclops,"}
{"book": 9, "line": 346, "greek": "κισσύβιον μετὰ χερσὶν ἔχων μέλανος οἴνοιο·", "en": "holding in my hands an ivy-wood bowl of the dark wine:"}
{"book": 9, "line": 347, "greek": "Κύκλωψ, τῆ, πίε οἶνον, ἐπεὶ φάγες ἀνδρόμεα κρέα,", "en": "'Cyclops — here, drink wine, now you have fed on man-flesh:"}
{"book": 9, "line": 348, "greek": "ὄφρʼ εἰδῇς οἷόν τι ποτὸν τόδε νηῦς ἐκεκεύθει", "en": "so you may know what kind of drink our ship"}
{"book": 9, "line": 349, "greek": "ἡμετέρη. σοὶ δʼ αὖ λοιβὴν φέρον, εἴ μʼ ἐλεήσας", "en": "carried stored. I was bringing it as an offering for you, in hope"}
{"book": 9, "line": 350, "greek": "οἴκαδε πέμψειας· σὺ δὲ μαίνεαι οὐκέτʼ ἀνεκτῶς.", "en": "you might pity me and send me home. But your madness is past all bearing."}
{"book": 9, "line": 351, "greek": "σχέτλιε, πῶς κέν τίς σε καὶ ὕστερον ἄλλος ἵκοιτο", "en": "Merciless one — how will any other man of all the many"}
{"book": 9, "line": 352, "greek": "ἀνθρώπων πολέων, ἐπεὶ οὐ κατὰ μοῖραν ἔρεξας;", "en": "ever come near you again? What you have done is past all measure.'"}
{"book": 9, "line": 353, "greek": "ὣς ἐφάμην, ὁ δʼ ἔδεκτο καὶ ἔκπιεν· ἥσατο δʼ αἰνῶς", "en": "So I spoke; and he took it, and drank it down; and it pleased him — terribly —"}
{"book": 9, "line": 354, "greek": "ἡδὺ ποτὸν πίνων καὶ μʼ ᾔτεε δεύτερον αὖτις·", "en": "the sweet drink; and he demanded a second helping:"}
{"book": 9, "line": 355, "greek": "δός μοι ἔτι πρόφρων, καί μοι τεὸν οὔνομα εἰπὲ", "en": "'Give me more — be generous. And tell me your name,"}
{"book": 9, "line": 356, "greek": "αὐτίκα νῦν, ἵνα τοι δῶ ξείνιον, ᾧ κε σὺ χαίρῃς·", "en": "here, now, so I can give you a guest-gift that will make you glad."}
{"book": 9, "line": 357, "greek": "καὶ γὰρ Κυκλώπεσσι φέρει ζείδωρος ἄρουρα", "en": "The grain-giving plowland bears wine for the Cyclopes too —"}
{"book": 9, "line": 358, "greek": "οἶνον ἐριστάφυλον, καί σφιν Διὸς ὄμβρος ἀέξει·", "en": "fine clusters, and Zeus' rain swells them for us;"}
{"book": 9, "line": 359, "greek": "ἀλλὰ τόδʼ ἀμβροσίης καὶ νέκταρός ἐστιν ἀπορρώξ.", "en": "but this — this is a rivulet of ambrosia and nectar!'"}
{"book": 9, "line": 360, "greek": "ὣς φάτʼ, ἀτάρ οἱ αὖτις ἐγὼ πόρον αἴθοπα οἶνον.", "en": "So he spoke, and I handed him the fire-bright wine again."}
{"book": 9, "line": 361, "greek": "τρὶς μὲν ἔδωκα φέρων, τρὶς δʼ ἔκπιεν ἀφραδίῃσιν.", "en": "Three times I brought and gave it; three times, in his folly, he drained it."}
{"book": 9, "line": 362, "greek": "αὐτὰρ ἐπεὶ Κύκλωπα περὶ φρένας ἤλυθεν οἶνος,", "en": "And when the wine had come circling round the Cyclops' wits,"}
{"book": 9, "line": 363, "greek": "καὶ τότε δή μιν ἔπεσσι προσηύδων μειλιχίοισι·", "en": "then I spoke to him with honeyed words:"}
{"book": 9, "line": 364, "greek": "Κύκλωψ, εἰρωτᾷς μʼ ὄνομα κλυτόν, αὐτὰρ ἐγώ τοι", "en": "'Cyclops, you ask my glorious name? Then I"}
{"book": 9, "line": 365, "greek": "ἐξερέω· σὺ δέ μοι δὸς ξείνιον, ὥς περ ὑπέστης.", "en": "will tell it — and you give me the guest-gift, as you promised."}
{"book": 9, "line": 366, "greek": "Οὖτις ἐμοί γʼ ὄνομα· Οὖτιν δέ με κικλήσκουσι", "en": "Nobody is my name. Nobody is what they call me —"}
{"book": 9, "line": 367, "greek": "μήτηρ ἠδὲ πατὴρ ἠδʼ ἄλλοι πάντες ἑταῖροι.", "en": "my mother and my father and all my companions.'"}
{"book": 9, "line": 368, "greek": "ὣς ἐφάμην, ὁ δέ μʼ αὐτίκʼ ἀμείβετο νηλέι θυμῷ·", "en": "So I spoke, and he answered me at once, with pitiless heart:"}
{"book": 9, "line": 369, "greek": "Οὖτιν ἐγὼ πύματον ἔδομαι μετὰ οἷς ἑτάροισιν,", "en": "'Nobody I will eat last of all his company,"}
{"book": 9, "line": 370, "greek": "τοὺς δʼ ἄλλους πρόσθεν· τὸ δέ τοι ξεινήιον ἔσται.", "en": "and the others before him. That shall be your guest-gift.'"}
{"book": 9, "line": 371, "greek": "ἦ καὶ ἀνακλινθεὶς πέσεν ὕπτιος, αὐτὰρ ἔπειτα", "en": "He spoke — and reeling back he fell flat, and lay there"}
{"book": 9, "line": 372, "greek": "κεῖτʼ ἀποδοχμώσας παχὺν αὐχένα, κὰδ δέ μιν ὕπνος", "en": "with his thick neck lolled over sideways; and sleep"}
{"book": 9, "line": 373, "greek": "ᾕρει πανδαμάτωρ· φάρυγος δʼ ἐξέσσυτο οἶνος", "en": "the all-subduer took him. And from his gullet gushed wine"}
{"book": 9, "line": 374, "greek": "ψωμοί τʼ ἀνδρόμεοι· ὁ δʼ ἐρεύγετο οἰνοβαρείων.", "en": "and gobbets of human flesh, as he belched in his drunkenness."}
{"book": 9, "line": 375, "greek": "καὶ τότʼ ἐγὼ τὸν μοχλὸν ὑπὸ σποδοῦ ἤλασα πολλῆς,", "en": "And then I drove the stake under the deep ash-heap"}
{"book": 9, "line": 376, "greek": "ἧος θερμαίνοιτο· ἔπεσσι δὲ πάντας ἑταίρους", "en": "to heat; and with my words I put courage in all"}
{"book": 9, "line": 377, "greek": "θάρσυνον, μή τίς μοι ὑποδείσας ἀναδύη.", "en": "my companions, so no man might flinch and hang back."}
{"book": 9, "line": 378, "greek": "ἀλλʼ ὅτε δὴ τάχʼ ὁ μοχλὸς ἐλάινος ἐν πυρὶ μέλλεν", "en": "But when that olive stake in the fire, green though it was,"}
{"book": 9, "line": 379, "greek": "ἅψεσθαι, χλωρός περ ἐών, διεφαίνετο δʼ αἰνῶς,", "en": "was on the point of catching, and glowed clean through, terrible —"}
{"book": 9, "line": 380, "greek": "καὶ τότʼ ἐγὼν ἆσσον φέρον ἐκ πυρός, ἀμφὶ δʼ ἑταῖροι", "en": "then I brought it close out of the fire, and my companions"}
{"book": 9, "line": 381, "greek": "ἵσταντʼ· αὐτὰρ θάρσος ἐνέπνευσεν μέγα δαίμων.", "en": "stood round me; and a great power breathed courage into us."}
{"book": 9, "line": 382, "greek": "οἱ μὲν μοχλὸν ἑλόντες ἐλάινον, ὀξὺν ἐπʼ ἄκρῳ,", "en": "They took up the olive stake, sharpened at its point,"}
{"book": 9, "line": 383, "greek": "ὀφθαλμῷ ἐνέρεισαν· ἐγὼ δʼ ἐφύπερθεν ἐρεισθεὶς", "en": "and rammed it in his eye; and I, throwing my weight on from above,"}
{"book": 9, "line": 384, "greek": "δίνεον, ὡς ὅτε τις τρυπῷ δόρυ νήιον ἀνὴρ", "en": "spun it — the way a man bores a ship-timber"}
{"book": 9, "line": 385, "greek": "τρυπάνῳ, οἱ δέ τʼ ἔνερθεν ὑποσσείουσιν ἱμάντι", "en": "with a drill, and his mates below keep it running"}
{"book": 9, "line": 386, "greek": "ἁψάμενοι ἑκάτερθε, τὸ δὲ τρέχει ἐμμενὲς αἰεί.", "en": "with a strap they hold at either end, and it spins on without stopping:"}
{"book": 9, "line": 387, "greek": "ὣς τοῦ ἐν ὀφθαλμῷ πυριήκεα μοχλὸν ἑλόντες", "en": "so we took the fire-pointed stake and spun it"}
{"book": 9, "line": 388, "greek": "δινέομεν, τὸν δʼ αἷμα περίρρεε θερμὸν ἐόντα.", "en": "in his eye, and the blood came boiling up round its heat,"}
{"book": 9, "line": 389, "greek": "πάντα δέ οἱ βλέφαρʼ ἀμφὶ καὶ ὀφρύας εὗσεν ἀυτμὴ", "en": "and the blast singed all his lids and brows away"}
{"book": 9, "line": 390, "greek": "γλήνης καιομένης, σφαραγεῦντο δέ οἱ πυρὶ ῥίζαι.", "en": "as the eyeball burned, and the roots of it crackled in the fire."}
{"book": 9, "line": 391, "greek": "ὡς δʼ ὅτʼ ἀνὴρ χαλκεὺς πέλεκυν μέγαν ἠὲ σκέπαρνον", "en": "As when a smith dips a great axe-head or an adze"}
{"book": 9, "line": 392, "greek": "εἰν ὕδατι ψυχρῷ βάπτῃ μεγάλα ἰάχοντα", "en": "in cold water, and it hisses loud and high,"}
{"book": 9, "line": 393, "greek": "φαρμάσσων· τὸ γὰρ αὖτε σιδήρου γε κράτος ἐστίν", "en": "tempering it — for that is what gives iron its strength —"}
{"book": 9, "line": 394, "greek": "ὣς τοῦ σίζʼ ὀφθαλμὸς ἐλαϊνέῳ περὶ μοχλῷ.", "en": "so his eye hissed round the olive stake."}
{"book": 9, "line": 395, "greek": "σμερδαλέον δὲ μέγʼ ᾤμωξεν, περὶ δʼ ἴαχε πέτρη,", "en": "And he let out a huge and hideous howl, and the rock rang round it,"}
{"book": 9, "line": 396, "greek": "ἡμεῖς δὲ δείσαντες ἀπεσσύμεθʼ· αὐτὰρ ὁ μοχλὸν", "en": "and we shrank back in terror. He wrenched the stake"}
{"book": 9, "line": 397, "greek": "ἐξέρυσʼ ὀφθαλμοῖο πεφυρμένον αἵματι πολλῷ.", "en": "out of his eye, all fouled with streaming blood,"}
{"book": 9, "line": 398, "greek": "τὸν μὲν ἔπειτʼ ἔρριψεν ἀπὸ ἕο χερσὶν ἀλύων,", "en": "and flung it from him, flailing his arms in agony,"}
{"book": 9, "line": 399, "greek": "αὐτὰρ ὁ Κύκλωπας μεγάλʼ ἤπυεν, οἵ ῥά μιν ἀμφὶς", "en": "and set up a great bellowing to the Cyclopes who lived"}
{"book": 9, "line": 400, "greek": "ᾤκεον ἐν σπήεσσι διʼ ἄκριας ἠνεμοέσσας.", "en": "around him in caves along the windy heights."}
{"book": 9, "line": 401, "greek": "οἱ δὲ βοῆς ἀίοντες ἐφοίτων ἄλλοθεν ἄλλος,", "en": "And they heard his cry and came thronging from every side,"}
{"book": 9, "line": 402, "greek": "ἱστάμενοι δʼ εἴροντο περὶ σπέος ὅττι ἑ κήδοι·", "en": "and standing round the cave they asked him what was wrong:"}
{"book": 9, "line": 403, "greek": "τίπτε τόσον, Πολύφημʼ, ἀρημένος ὧδʼ ἐβόησας", "en": "'What in the world, Polyphemus? What hurt, that you cry out so"}
{"book": 9, "line": 404, "greek": "νύκτα διʼ ἀμβροσίην καὶ ἀύπνους ἄμμε τίθησθα;", "en": "through the ambrosial night and make us sleepless?"}
{"book": 9, "line": 405, "greek": "ἦ μή τίς σευ μῆλα βροτῶν ἀέκοντος ἐλαύνει;", "en": "Surely no mortal is driving off your flocks against your will?"}
{"book": 9, "line": 406, "greek": "ἦ μή τίς σʼ αὐτὸν κτείνει δόλῳ ἠὲ βίηφιν;", "en": "Surely no one is killing you — by cunning or by force?'"}
{"book": 9, "line": 407, "greek": "τοὺς δʼ αὖτʼ ἐξ ἄντρου προσέφη κρατερὸς Πολύφημος·", "en": "And out of the cave strong Polyphemus answered them:"}
{"book": 9, "line": 408, "greek": "ὦ φίλοι, Οὖτίς με κτείνει δόλῳ οὐδὲ βίηφιν.", "en": "'Friends — Nobody is killing me, by cunning and not by force!'"}
{"book": 9, "line": 409, "greek": "οἱ δʼ ἀπαμειβόμενοι ἔπεα πτερόεντʼ ἀγόρευον·", "en": "And they answered with winged words, and gave it back:"}
{"book": 9, "line": 410, "greek": "εἰ μὲν δὴ μή τίς σε βιάζεται οἶον ἐόντα,", "en": "'If nobody is forcing you, then — alone as you are —"}
{"book": 9, "line": 411, "greek": "νοῦσον γʼ οὔ πως ἔστι Διὸς μεγάλου ἀλέασθαι,", "en": "it must be sickness from great Zeus, and there is no escaping that."}
{"book": 9, "line": 412, "greek": "ἀλλὰ σύ γʼ εὔχεο πατρὶ Ποσειδάωνι ἄνακτι.", "en": "Pray to our father, the lord Poseidon.'"}
{"book": 9, "line": 413, "greek": "ὣς ἄρʼ ἔφαν ἀπιόντες, ἐμὸν δʼ ἐγέλασσε φίλον κῆρ,", "en": "So they spoke as they went; and my own heart laughed,"}
{"book": 9, "line": 414, "greek": "ὡς ὄνομʼ ἐξαπάτησεν ἐμὸν καὶ μῆτις ἀμύμων.", "en": "how my name had utterly deceived him — the name, and the flawless cunning."}
{"book": 9, "line": 415, "greek": "Κύκλωψ δὲ στενάχων τε καὶ ὠδίνων ὀδύνῃσι", "en": "But the Cyclops, groaning and heaving in his agonies,"}
{"book": 9, "line": 416, "greek": "χερσὶ ψηλαφόων ἀπὸ μὲν λίθον εἷλε θυράων,", "en": "groped with his hands and lifted the stone from the doorway,"}
{"book": 9, "line": 417, "greek": "αὐτὸς δʼ εἰνὶ θύρῃσι καθέζετο χεῖρε πετάσσας,", "en": "and sat himself down in the door with both arms spread,"}
{"book": 9, "line": 418, "greek": "εἴ τινά που μετʼ ὄεσσι λάβοι στείχοντα θύραζε·", "en": "in hope of catching anyone who tried to slip out with the sheep:"}
{"book": 9, "line": 419, "greek": "οὕτω γάρ πού μʼ ἤλπετʼ ἐνὶ φρεσὶ νήπιον εἶναι.", "en": "such a fool, I suppose, he hoped to find in me."}
{"book": 9, "line": 420, "greek": "αὐτὰρ ἐγὼ βούλευον, ὅπως ὄχʼ ἄριστα γένοιτο,", "en": "But I was planning how it might all come out best —"}
{"book": 9, "line": 421, "greek": "εἴ τινʼ ἑταίροισιν θανάτου λύσιν ἠδʼ ἐμοὶ αὐτῷ", "en": "if I could find some release from death for my companions"}
{"book": 9, "line": 422, "greek": "εὑροίμην· πάντας δὲ δόλους καὶ μῆτιν ὕφαινον", "en": "and for myself; and I wove every guile and design,"}
{"book": 9, "line": 423, "greek": "ὥς τε περὶ ψυχῆς· μέγα γὰρ κακὸν ἐγγύθεν ἦεν.", "en": "as a man does for his very life: for the great evil was close."}
{"book": 9, "line": 424, "greek": "ἥδε δέ μοι κατὰ θυμὸν ἀρίστη φαίνετο βουλή.", "en": "And this, as I turned it over, seemed to me the best plan."}
{"book": 9, "line": 425, "greek": "ἄρσενες ὄιες ἦσαν ἐυτρεφέες, δασύμαλλοι,", "en": "There were rams there, well-fed, thick in the fleece,"}
{"book": 9, "line": 426, "greek": "καλοί τε μεγάλοι τε, ἰοδνεφὲς εἶρος ἔχοντες·", "en": "fine big animals, their wool dark as violets."}
{"book": 9, "line": 427, "greek": "τοὺς ἀκέων συνέεργον ἐυστρεφέεσσι λύγοισιν,", "en": "These, working quietly, I lashed together with plaited withies —"}
{"book": 9, "line": 428, "greek": "τῇς ἔπι Κύκλωψ εὗδε πέλωρ, ἀθεμίστια εἰδώς,", "en": "the ones that monster slept on, the outlaw — in threes:"}
{"book": 9, "line": 429, "greek": "σύντρεις αἰνύμενος· ὁ μὲν ἐν μέσῳ ἄνδρα φέρεσκε,", "en": "the middle one of each three carried a man,"}
{"book": 9, "line": 430, "greek": "τὼ δʼ ἑτέρω ἑκάτερθεν ἴτην σώοντες ἑταίρους.", "en": "and the other two walked either side, protecting my companions."}
{"book": 9, "line": 431, "greek": "τρεῖς δὲ ἕκαστον φῶτʼ ὄιες φέρον· αὐτὰρ ἐγώ γε—", "en": "So three sheep to each man. But for myself —"}
{"book": 9, "line": 432, "greek": "ἀρνειὸς γὰρ ἔην μήλων ὄχʼ ἄριστος ἁπάντων,", "en": "there was one ram, far the finest of all the flock;"}
{"book": 9, "line": 433, "greek": "τοῦ κατὰ νῶτα λαβών, λασίην ὑπὸ γαστέρʼ ἐλυσθεὶς", "en": "I caught him along the back and curled under his shaggy belly"}
{"book": 9, "line": 434, "greek": "κείμην· αὐτὰρ χερσὶν ἀώτου θεσπεσίοιο", "en": "and lay there; and in that wondrous fleece, with my hands"}
{"book": 9, "line": 435, "greek": "νωλεμέως στρεφθεὶς ἐχόμην τετληότι θυμῷ.", "en": "twisted fast, I hung on, with an enduring heart."}
{"book": 9, "line": 436, "greek": "ὣς τότε μὲν στενάχοντες ἐμείναμεν Ἠῶ δῖαν.", "en": "So then, groaning, we waited for shining Dawn."}
{"book": 9, "line": 437, "greek": "ἦμος δʼ ἠριγένεια φάνη ῥοδοδάκτυλος Ἠώς,", "en": "When Dawn appeared, the early-born, with fingers of rose,"}
{"book": 9, "line": 438, "greek": "καὶ τότʼ ἔπειτα νομόνδʼ ἐξέσσυτο ἄρσενα μῆλα,", "en": "then the male flocks poured out toward pasture,"}
{"book": 9, "line": 439, "greek": "θήλειαι δὲ μέμηκον ἀνήμελκτοι περὶ σηκούς·", "en": "and the unmilked females bleated about the pens"}
{"book": 9, "line": 440, "greek": "οὔθατα γὰρ σφαραγεῦντο. ἄναξ δʼ ὀδύνῃσι κακῇσι", "en": "with their udders bursting. And their lord, worn down"}
{"book": 9, "line": 441, "greek": "τειρόμενος πάντων ὀίων ἐπεμαίετο νῶτα", "en": "by evil agonies, ran his hands along the backs of all his sheep"}
{"book": 9, "line": 442, "greek": "ὀρθῶν ἑσταότων· τὸ δὲ νήπιος οὐκ ἐνόησεν,", "en": "as they stood up straight — and never sensed it, the fool:"}
{"book": 9, "line": 443, "greek": "ὥς οἱ ὑπʼ εἰροπόκων ὀίων στέρνοισι δέδεντο.", "en": "my men bound under the breasts of his own fleecy sheep."}
{"book": 9, "line": 444, "greek": "ὕστατος ἀρνειὸς μήλων ἔστειχε θύραζε", "en": "Last of the flock the great ram walked toward the doorway,"}
{"book": 9, "line": 445, "greek": "λάχνῳ στεινόμενος καὶ ἐμοὶ πυκινὰ φρονέοντι.", "en": "heavy with his wool — and with me, and my crowding thoughts."}
{"book": 9, "line": 446, "greek": "τὸν δʼ ἐπιμασσάμενος προσέφη κρατερὸς Πολύφημος·", "en": "And strong Polyphemus, running his hands over him, said:"}
{"book": 9, "line": 447, "greek": "κριὲ πέπον, τί μοι ὧδε διὰ σπέος ἔσσυο μήλων", "en": "'Old sweetheart — my ram — why last of all the flock"}
{"book": 9, "line": 448, "greek": "ὕστατος; οὔ τι πάρος γε λελειμμένος ἔρχεαι οἰῶν,", "en": "through the cave this time? Before, you were never one to lag behind:"}
{"book": 9, "line": 449, "greek": "ἀλλὰ πολὺ πρῶτος νέμεαι τέρενʼ ἄνθεα ποίης", "en": "first, always first, striding out to graze the soft flowering grass,"}
{"book": 9, "line": 450, "greek": "μακρὰ βιβάς, πρῶτος δὲ ῥοὰς ποταμῶν ἀφικάνεις,", "en": "first to reach the running rivers,"}
{"book": 9, "line": 451, "greek": "πρῶτος δὲ σταθμόνδε λιλαίεαι ἀπονέεσθαι", "en": "first in your longing to turn home to the fold"}
{"book": 9, "line": 452, "greek": "ἑσπέριος· νῦν αὖτε πανύστατος. ἦ σύ γʼ ἄνακτος", "en": "at evening. And now — last of all. Grieving, are you,"}
{"book": 9, "line": 453, "greek": "ὀφθαλμὸν ποθέεις, τὸν ἀνὴρ κακὸς ἐξαλάωσε", "en": "for your master's eye, that a coward of a man put out,"}
{"book": 9, "line": 454, "greek": "σὺν λυγροῖς ἑτάροισι δαμασσάμενος φρένας οἴνῳ,", "en": "with his miserable companions, when he had crushed my wits with wine —"}
{"book": 9, "line": 455, "greek": "Οὖτις, ὃν οὔ πώ φημι πεφυγμένον εἶναι ὄλεθρον.", "en": "Nobody — who is not yet, I promise, clear of destruction."}
{"book": 9, "line": 456, "greek": "εἰ δὴ ὁμοφρονέοις ποτιφωνήεις τε γένοιο", "en": "If only you could think with me, if only you had a voice"}
{"book": 9, "line": 457, "greek": "εἰπεῖν ὅππῃ κεῖνος ἐμὸν μένος ἠλασκάζει·", "en": "to say where that man is dodging from my fury:"}
{"book": 9, "line": 458, "greek": "τῷ κέ οἱ ἐγκέφαλός γε διὰ σπέος ἄλλυδις ἄλλῃ", "en": "then his brains would be dashed against the floor and spattered"}
{"book": 9, "line": 459, "greek": "θεινομένου ῥαίοιτο πρὸς οὔδεϊ, κὰδ δέ κʼ ἐμὸν κῆρ", "en": "this way and that through the cave, and my heart would find"}
{"book": 9, "line": 460, "greek": "λωφήσειε κακῶν, τά μοι οὐτιδανὸς πόρεν Οὖτις.", "en": "some ease from the evils this worthless Nobody has brought me.'"}
{"book": 9, "line": 461, "greek": "ὣς εἰπὼν τὸν κριὸν ἀπὸ ἕο πέμπε θύραζε.", "en": "So speaking he sent the ram away from him, out the door."}
{"book": 9, "line": 462, "greek": "ἐλθόντες δʼ ἠβαιὸν ἀπὸ σπείους τε καὶ αὐλῆς", "en": "And when we had gone a little way from the cave and the yard,"}
{"book": 9, "line": 463, "greek": "πρῶτος ὑπʼ ἀρνειοῦ λυόμην, ὑπέλυσα δʼ ἑταίρους.", "en": "first I loosed myself from under the ram, and then set my companions free."}
{"book": 9, "line": 464, "greek": "καρπαλίμως δὲ τὰ μῆλα ταναύποδα, πίονα δημῷ,", "en": "Swiftly then we drove those long-shanked sheep, deep in fat,"}
{"book": 9, "line": 465, "greek": "πολλὰ περιτροπέοντες ἐλαύνομεν, ὄφρʼ ἐπὶ νῆα", "en": "turning again and again to look behind, until we came"}
{"book": 9, "line": 466, "greek": "ἱκόμεθʼ. ἀσπάσιοι δὲ φίλοις ἑτάροισι φάνημεν,", "en": "to the ship. And a welcome sight we were to our dear companions —"}
{"book": 9, "line": 467, "greek": "οἳ φύγομεν θάνατον, τοὺς δὲ στενάχοντο γοῶντες.", "en": "we who had escaped death — but the others they wept and wailed for."}
{"book": 9, "line": 468, "greek": "ἀλλʼ ἐγὼ οὐκ εἴων, ἀνὰ δʼ ὀφρύσι νεῦον ἑκάστῳ,", "en": "I would not have it: I frowned each man's tears back"}
{"book": 9, "line": 469, "greek": "κλαίειν, ἀλλʼ ἐκέλευσα θοῶς καλλίτριχα μῆλα", "en": "and ordered them quickly to fling the fine-fleeced sheep"}
{"book": 9, "line": 470, "greek": "πόλλʼ ἐν νηὶ βαλόντας ἐπιπλεῖν ἁλμυρὸν ὕδωρ.", "en": "aboard in numbers, and sail out over the salt water."}
{"book": 9, "line": 471, "greek": "οἱ δʼ αἶψʼ εἴσβαινον καὶ ἐπὶ κληῖσι καθῖζον,", "en": "And they came aboard at once and took their places at the oarlocks,"}
{"book": 9, "line": 472, "greek": "ἑξῆς δʼ ἑζόμενοι πολιὴν ἅλα τύπτον ἐρετμοῖς.", "en": "and sitting in order they struck the gray salt water with their oars."}
{"book": 9, "line": 473, "greek": "ἀλλʼ ὅτε τόσσον ἀπῆν, ὅσσον τε γέγωνε βοήσας,", "en": "But when I was as far offshore as a man's shout carries,"}
{"book": 9, "line": 474, "greek": "καὶ τότʼ ἐγὼ Κύκλωπα προσηύδων κερτομίοισι·", "en": "then I called to the Cyclops with jeering words:"}
{"book": 9, "line": 475, "greek": "Κύκλωψ, οὐκ ἄρʼ ἔμελλες ἀνάλκιδος ἀνδρὸς ἑταίρους", "en": "'Cyclops! Not so weak a man's companions, after all,"}
{"book": 9, "line": 476, "greek": "ἔδμεναι ἐν σπῆι γλαφυρῷ κρατερῆφι βίηφι.", "en": "were those you meant to eat by main force in your hollow cave."}
{"book": 9, "line": 477, "greek": "καὶ λίην σέ γʼ ἔμελλε κιχήσεσθαι κακὰ ἔργα,", "en": "And your own evil deeds were bound to find you out —"}
{"book": 9, "line": 478, "greek": "σχέτλιʼ, ἐπεὶ ξείνους οὐχ ἅζεο σῷ ἐνὶ οἴκῳ", "en": "merciless one — you who did not shrink from eating guests"}
{"book": 9, "line": 479, "greek": "ἐσθέμεναι· τῷ σε Ζεὺς τίσατο καὶ θεοὶ ἄλλοι.", "en": "in your own house. For that Zeus has paid you, and the other gods.'"}
{"book": 9, "line": 480, "greek": "ὣς ἐφάμην, ὁ δʼ ἔπειτα χολώσατο κηρόθι μᾶλλον,", "en": "So I spoke, and the anger in his heart grew fiercer,"}
{"book": 9, "line": 481, "greek": "ἧκε δʼ ἀπορρήξας κορυφὴν ὄρεος μεγάλοιο,", "en": "and he tore off the peak of a great mountain and hurled it,"}
{"book": 9, "line": 482, "greek": "κὰδ δʼ ἔβαλε προπάροιθε νεὸς κυανοπρῴροιο", "en": "and brought it down just ahead of the dark-blue prow —"}
{"book": 9, "line": 483, "greek": "τυτθόν, ἐδεύησεν δʼ οἰήιον ἄκρον ἱκέσθαι,", "en": "barely — it missed the tip of the steering-oar;"}
{"book": 9, "line": 484, "greek": "ἐκλύσθη δὲ θάλασσα κατερχομένης ὑπὸ πέτρης·", "en": "and the sea heaved up under the falling rock,"}
{"book": 9, "line": 485, "greek": "τὴν δʼ αἶψʼ ἤπειρόνδε παλιρρόθιον φέρε κῦμα,", "en": "and the backwash carried the ship straight in toward the land,"}
{"book": 9, "line": 486, "greek": "πλημυρὶς ἐκ πόντοιο, θέμωσε δὲ χέρσον ἱκέσθαι.", "en": "a flood-surge out of the deep, and drove her toward the shore."}
{"book": 9, "line": 487, "greek": "αὐτὰρ ἐγὼ χείρεσσι λαβὼν περιμήκεα κοντὸν", "en": "But I seized a long pole in my hands"}
{"book": 9, "line": 488, "greek": "ὦσα παρέξ, ἑτάροισι δʼ ἐποτρύνας ἐκέλευσα", "en": "and shoved her off and out, and roused my companions,"}
{"book": 9, "line": 489, "greek": "ἐμβαλέειν κώπῃς, ἵνʼ ὑπὲκ κακότητα φύγοιμεν,", "en": "ordering them to fall to their oars and get us clear of the evil,"}
{"book": 9, "line": 490, "greek": "κρατὶ κατανεύων· οἱ δὲ προπεσόντες ἔρεσσον.", "en": "nodding hard with my head; and they bent to it and rowed."}
{"book": 9, "line": 491, "greek": "ἀλλʼ ὅτε δὴ δὶς τόσσον ἅλα πρήσσοντες ἀπῆμεν,", "en": "But when we were twice as far out over the sea,"}
{"book": 9, "line": 492, "greek": "καὶ τότε δὴ Κύκλωπα προσηύδων· ἀμφὶ δʼ ἑταῖροι", "en": "then I made to call to the Cyclops again; and around me my companions"}
{"book": 9, "line": 493, "greek": "μειλιχίοις ἐπέεσσιν ἐρήτυον ἄλλοθεν ἄλλος·", "en": "tried to hold me back with honeyed words, this one and that one:"}
{"book": 9, "line": 494, "greek": "σχέτλιε, τίπτʼ ἐθέλεις ἐρεθιζέμεν ἄγριον ἄνδρα;", "en": "'Merciless man — why must you provoke a savage"}
{"book": 9, "line": 495, "greek": "ὃς καὶ νῦν πόντονδε βαλὼν βέλος ἤγαγε νῆα", "en": "who even now, with that shot into the sea, has driven the ship"}
{"book": 9, "line": 496, "greek": "αὖτις ἐς ἤπειρον, καὶ δὴ φάμεν αὐτόθʼ ὀλέσθαι.", "en": "straight back ashore — and we thought we died there!"}
{"book": 9, "line": 497, "greek": "εἰ δὲ φθεγξαμένου τευ ἢ αὐδήσαντος ἄκουσε,", "en": "If he had heard a voice, heard any one of us speaking,"}
{"book": 9, "line": 498, "greek": "σύν κεν ἄραξʼ ἡμέων κεφαλὰς καὶ νήια δοῦρα", "en": "he would have smashed our heads and the ship's timbers together"}
{"book": 9, "line": 499, "greek": "μαρμάρῳ ὀκριόεντι βαλών· τόσσον γὰρ ἵησιν.", "en": "with one jagged boulder: he throws that far.'"}
{"book": 9, "line": 500, "greek": "ὣς φάσαν, ἀλλʼ οὐ πεῖθον ἐμὸν μεγαλήτορα θυμόν,", "en": "So they spoke, but they could not persuade my great heart,"}
{"book": 9, "line": 501, "greek": "ἀλλά μιν ἄψορρον προσέφην κεκοτηότι θυμῷ·", "en": "and I called back to him with fury in my breast:"}
{"book": 9, "line": 502, "greek": "Κύκλωψ, αἴ κέν τίς σε καταθνητῶν ἀνθρώπων", "en": "'Cyclops — if any mortal man ever asks you"}
{"book": 9, "line": 503, "greek": "ὀφθαλμοῦ εἴρηται ἀεικελίην ἀλαωτύν,", "en": "who put the shameful blinding on your eye,"}
{"book": 9, "line": 504, "greek": "φάσθαι Ὀδυσσῆα πτολιπόρθιον ἐξαλαῶσαι,", "en": "tell him: Odysseus, sacker of cities, blinded me —"}
{"book": 9, "line": 505, "greek": "υἱὸν Λαέρτεω, Ἰθάκῃ ἔνι οἰκίʼ ἔχοντα.", "en": "the son of Laertes, who has his home in Ithaca.'"}
{"book": 9, "line": 506, "greek": "ὣς ἐφάμην, ὁ δέ μʼ οἰμώξας ἠμείβετο μύθῳ·", "en": "So I spoke, and he groaned aloud, and answered:"}
{"book": 9, "line": 507, "greek": "ὢ πόποι, ἦ μάλα δή με παλαίφατα θέσφαθʼ ἱκάνει.", "en": "'Ah, then it comes home to me — the old prophecy!"}
{"book": 9, "line": 508, "greek": "ἔσκε τις ἐνθάδε μάντις ἀνὴρ ἠύς τε μέγας τε,", "en": "There was a seer here once, a great man and a good one,"}
{"book": 9, "line": 509, "greek": "Τήλεμος Εὐρυμίδης, ὃς μαντοσύνῃ ἐκέκαστο", "en": "Telemus, Eurymus' son, who excelled in prophecy"}
{"book": 9, "line": 510, "greek": "καὶ μαντευόμενος κατεγήρα Κυκλώπεσσιν·", "en": "and grew old prophesying among the Cyclopes."}
{"book": 9, "line": 511, "greek": "ὅς μοι ἔφη τάδε πάντα τελευτήσεσθαι ὀπίσσω,", "en": "He told me all this would come to pass in time:"}
{"book": 9, "line": 512, "greek": "χειρῶν ἐξ Ὀδυσῆος ἁμαρτήσεσθαι ὀπωπῆς.", "en": "that I would lose my sight at the hands of an Odysseus."}
{"book": 9, "line": 513, "greek": "ἀλλʼ αἰεί τινα φῶτα μέγαν καὶ καλὸν ἐδέγμην", "en": "But I always watched for some big man, a handsome one,"}
{"book": 9, "line": 514, "greek": "ἐνθάδʼ ἐλεύσεσθαι, μεγάλην ἐπιειμένον ἀλκήν·", "en": "to come here, clothed in great strength;"}
{"book": 9, "line": 515, "greek": "νῦν δέ μʼ ἐὼν ὀλίγος τε καὶ οὐτιδανὸς καὶ ἄκικυς", "en": "and now a little man, a worthless thing, a weakling,"}
{"book": 9, "line": 516, "greek": "ὀφθαλμοῦ ἀλάωσεν, ἐπεί μʼ ἐδαμάσσατο οἴνῳ.", "en": "has put out my eye — after he crushed me with wine."}
{"book": 9, "line": 517, "greek": "ἀλλʼ ἄγε δεῦρʼ, Ὀδυσεῦ, ἵνα τοι πὰρ ξείνια θείω", "en": "But come here, Odysseus — let me set out a guest-gift for you,"}
{"book": 9, "line": 518, "greek": "πομπήν τʼ ὀτρύνω δόμεναι κλυτὸν ἐννοσίγαιον·", "en": "and press the famous earth-shaker to give you passage home."}
{"book": 9, "line": 519, "greek": "τοῦ γὰρ ἐγὼ πάϊς εἰμί, πατὴρ δʼ ἐμὸς εὔχεται εἶναι.", "en": "For I am his son, and he declares himself my father."}
{"book": 9, "line": 520, "greek": "αὐτὸς δʼ, αἴ κʼ ἐθέλῃσʼ, ἰήσεται, οὐδέ τις ἄλλος", "en": "He himself, if he wills it, will heal me — and no one else,"}
{"book": 9, "line": 521, "greek": "οὔτε θεῶν μακάρων οὔτε θνητῶν ἀνθρώπων.", "en": "none of the blessed gods, and no mortal man.'"}
{"book": 9, "line": 522, "greek": "ὣς ἔφατʼ, αὐτὰρ ἐγώ μιν ἀμειβόμενος προσέειπον·", "en": "So he spoke; and I answered him and said:"}
{"book": 9, "line": 523, "greek": "αἲ γὰρ δὴ ψυχῆς τε καὶ αἰῶνός σε δυναίμην", "en": "'Would to god I could strip you of breath and life"}
{"book": 9, "line": 524, "greek": "εὖνιν ποιήσας πέμψαι δόμον Ἄϊδος εἴσω,", "en": "and send you down to the house of Hades"}
{"book": 9, "line": 525, "greek": "ὡς οὐκ ὀφθαλμόν γʼ ἰήσεται οὐδʼ ἐνοσίχθων.", "en": "as surely as not even the earth-shaker will ever heal that eye.'"}
{"book": 9, "line": 526, "greek": "ὣς ἐφάμην, ὁ δʼ ἔπειτα Ποσειδάωνι ἄνακτι", "en": "So I spoke; and he then prayed to the lord Poseidon,"}
{"book": 9, "line": 527, "greek": "εὔχετο χεῖρʼ ὀρέγων εἰς οὐρανὸν ἀστερόεντα·", "en": "stretching out his hands to the starry heaven:"}
{"book": 9, "line": 528, "greek": "κλῦθι, Ποσείδαον γαιήοχε κυανοχαῖτα,", "en": "'Hear me, Poseidon who hold the earth, dark-haired one:"}
{"book": 9, "line": 529, "greek": "εἰ ἐτεόν γε σός εἰμι, πατὴρ δʼ ἐμὸς εὔχεαι εἶναι,", "en": "if I am truly yours, and you declare yourself my father,"}
{"book": 9, "line": 530, "greek": "δὸς μὴ Ὀδυσσῆα πτολιπόρθιον οἴκαδʼ ἱκέσθαι", "en": "grant that Odysseus, sacker of cities, never come home —"}
{"book": 9, "line": 531, "greek": "υἱὸν Λαέρτεω, Ἰθάκῃ ἔνι οἰκίʼ ἔχοντα.", "en": "the son of Laertes, who has his home in Ithaca."}
{"book": 9, "line": 532, "greek": "ἀλλʼ εἴ οἱ μοῖρʼ ἐστὶ φίλους τʼ ἰδέειν καὶ ἱκέσθαι", "en": "But if it is his portion to see his own people, to reach"}
{"book": 9, "line": 533, "greek": "οἶκον ἐυκτίμενον καὶ ἑὴν ἐς πατρίδα γαῖαν,", "en": "his well-built house and his own fatherland,"}
{"book": 9, "line": 534, "greek": "ὀψὲ κακῶς ἔλθοι, ὀλέσας ἄπο πάντας ἑταίρους,", "en": "late may he come, and in evil case, all companions lost,"}
{"book": 9, "line": 535, "greek": "νηὸς ἐπʼ ἀλλοτρίης, εὕροι δʼ ἐν πήματα οἴκῳ.", "en": "on another man's ship — and find trouble in his house.'"}
{"book": 9, "line": 536, "greek": "ὣς ἔφατʼ εὐχόμενος, τοῦ δʼ ἔκλυε κυανοχαίτης.", "en": "So he spoke in prayer, and the dark-haired god heard him."}
{"book": 9, "line": 537, "greek": "αὐτὰρ ὅ γʼ ἐξαῦτις πολὺ μείζονα λᾶαν ἀείρας", "en": "Then once again he lifted a stone — far bigger —"}
{"book": 9, "line": 538, "greek": "ἧκʼ ἐπιδινήσας, ἐπέρεισε δὲ ἶνʼ ἀπέλεθρον,", "en": "whirled it, and let it fly, putting his measureless strength behind it,"}
{"book": 9, "line": 539, "greek": "κὰδʼ δʼ ἔβαλεν μετόπισθε νεὸς κυανοπρῴροιο", "en": "and brought it down just astern of the dark-blue ship —"}
{"book": 9, "line": 540, "greek": "τυτθόν, ἐδεύησεν δʼ οἰήιον ἄκρον ἱκέσθαι.", "en": "barely — it missed the tip of the steering-oar;"}
{"book": 9, "line": 541, "greek": "ἐκλύσθη δὲ θάλασσα κατερχομένης ὑπὸ πέτρης·", "en": "and the sea heaved up under the falling rock,"}
{"book": 9, "line": 542, "greek": "τὴν δὲ πρόσω φέρε κῦμα, θέμωσε δὲ χέρσον ἱκέσθαι.", "en": "and the wave carried her forward, and drove her toward the far shore."}
{"book": 9, "line": 543, "greek": "ἀλλʼ ὅτε δὴ τὴν νῆσον ἀφικόμεθʼ, ἔνθα περ ἄλλαι", "en": "But when we came back to the island where the other"}
{"book": 9, "line": 544, "greek": "νῆες ἐύσσελμοι μένον ἁθρόαι, ἀμφὶ δʼ ἑταῖροι", "en": "well-benched ships waited all together, with the companions"}
{"book": 9, "line": 545, "greek": "ἥατʼ ὀδυρόμενοι, ἡμέας ποτιδέγμενοι αἰεί,", "en": "sitting round them weeping, watching for us without end,"}
{"book": 9, "line": 546, "greek": "νῆα μὲν ἔνθʼ ἐλθόντες ἐκέλσαμεν ἐν ψαμάθοισιν,", "en": "there we ran the ship up on the sands"}
{"book": 9, "line": 547, "greek": "ἐκ δὲ καὶ αὐτοὶ βῆμεν ἐπὶ ῥηγμῖνι θαλάσσης.", "en": "and stepped out ourselves onto the surf-line of the sea."}
{"book": 9, "line": 548, "greek": "μῆλα δὲ Κύκλωπος γλαφυρῆς ἐκ νηὸς ἑλόντες", "en": "And taking the Cyclops' flocks out of the hollow ship"}
{"book": 9, "line": 549, "greek": "δασσάμεθʼ, ὡς μή τίς μοι ἀτεμβόμενος κίοι ἴσης.", "en": "we divided all, so that no man might go cheated of his share by me."}
{"book": 9, "line": 550, "greek": "ἀρνειὸν δʼ ἐμοὶ οἴῳ ἐυκνήμιδες ἑταῖροι", "en": "But the great ram — my strong-greaved companions gave him"}
{"book": 9, "line": 551, "greek": "μήλων δαιομένων δόσαν ἔξοχα· τὸν δʼ ἐπὶ θινὶ", "en": "to me alone, when the flocks were shared, a gift apart; and on the shore"}
{"book": 9, "line": 552, "greek": "Ζηνὶ κελαινεφέι Κρονίδῃ, ὃς πᾶσιν ἀνάσσει,", "en": "I offered him to Zeus of the black cloud, the son of Cronos,"}
{"book": 9, "line": 553, "greek": "ῥέξας μηρίʼ ἔκαιον· ὁ δʼ οὐκ ἐμπάζετο ἱρῶν,", "en": "lord of all, and burned the thigh-cuts. But he took no heed of my offering:"}
{"book": 9, "line": 554, "greek": "ἀλλʼ ὅ γε μερμήριξεν ὅπως ἀπολοίατο πᾶσαι", "en": "he was pondering, even then, how all my well-benched ships"}
{"book": 9, "line": 555, "greek": "νῆες ἐύσσελμοι καὶ ἐμοὶ ἐρίηρες ἑταῖροι.", "en": "might be destroyed, and all my trusted companions."}
{"book": 9, "line": 556, "greek": "ὣς τότε μὲν πρόπαν ἦμαρ ἐς ἠέλιον καταδύντα", "en": "So then all day long till the setting of the sun"}
{"book": 9, "line": 557, "greek": "ἥμεθα δαινύμενοι κρέα τʼ ἄσπετα καὶ μέθυ ἡδύ·", "en": "we sat feasting on meat past counting and sweet wine;"}
{"book": 9, "line": 558, "greek": "ἦμος δʼ ἠέλιος κατέδυ καὶ ἐπὶ κνέφας ἦλθε,", "en": "and when the sun went down and the dusk came on,"}
{"book": 9, "line": 559, "greek": "δὴ τότε κοιμήθημεν ἐπὶ ῥηγμῖνι θαλάσσης.", "en": "then we lay down to sleep on the surf-line of the sea."}
{"book": 9, "line": 560, "greek": "ἦμος δʼ ἠριγένεια φάνη ῥοδοδάκτυλος Ἠώς,", "en": "When Dawn appeared, the early-born, with fingers of rose,"}
{"book": 9, "line": 561, "greek": "δὴ τότʼ ἐγὼν ἑτάροισιν ἐποτρύνας ἐκέλευσα", "en": "then I roused my companions and ordered them"}
{"book": 9, "line": 562, "greek": "αὐτούς τʼ ἀμβαίνειν ἀνά τε πρυμνήσια λῦσαι·", "en": "to board in their turn and loose the stern-cables."}
{"book": 9, "line": 563, "greek": "οἱ δʼ αἶψʼ εἴσβαινον καὶ ἐπὶ κληῖσι καθῖζον,", "en": "And they came aboard at once and took their places at the oarlocks,"}
{"book": 9, "line": 564, "greek": "ἑξῆς δʼ ἑζόμενοι πολιὴν ἅλα τύπτον ἐρετμοῖς.", "en": "and sitting in order they struck the gray salt water with their oars."}
{"book": 9, "line": 565, "greek": "ἔνθεν δὲ προτέρω πλέομεν ἀκαχήμενοι ἦτορ,", "en": "From there we sailed on further, grieved at heart,"}
{"book": 9, "line": 566, "greek": "ἄσμενοι ἐκ θανάτοιο, φίλους ὀλέσαντες ἑταίρους.", "en": "glad to be out of death, having lost our dear companions."}