OD.10.531 δὴ τότ' ἔπειθ' ἑτάροισιν ἐποτρῦναι καὶ ἀνῶξαι
OD.10.531 Then at that moment urge and order your comrades
OD.10.532
μῆλα, τὰ δὴ κατάκειτ' ἐσφαγμένα νηλέϊ χαλκῷ,
OD.10.532 to skin and burn the sheep that lie there slaughtered
OD.10.533
δείραντας κατακῆαι, ἐπεύξασθαι δὲ θεοῖσιν,
OD.10.533 by ruthless bronze, and to pray to the gods,
OD.10.534
ἰφθίμῳ τ' Ἀΐδῃ καὶ ἐπαινῇ Περσεφονείῃ:
OD.10.534 to mighty Hades and dread Persephone.
OD.10.535
αὐτὸς δὲ ξίφος ὀξὺ ἐρυσσάμενος παρὰ μηροῦ
OD.10.535 You yourself, draw your sharp sword from beside your thigh
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ἧσθαι, μηδὲ ἐᾶν νεκύων ἀμενηνὰ κάρηνα
OD.10.536 and sit, but don't let the helpless heads of the dead
OD.10.537
αἵματος ἆσσον ἴμεν, πρὶν Τειρεσίαο πυθέσθαι.
OD.10.537 go close to the blood before you question Teiresias.
OD.10.538
ἔνθα τοι αὐτίκα μάντις ἐλεύσεται, ὄρχαμε λαῶν,
OD.10.538 Then soon the seer, the leader of men, will come to you,
OD.10.539
ὅς κέν τοι εἴπῃσιν ὁδὸν καὶ μέτρα κελεύθου
OD.10.539 who'll tell you the way and stages of your journey,
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νόστον θ', ὡς ἐπὶ πόντον ἐλεύσεαι ἰχθυόεντα.
OD.10.540 and of your return home, how you'll go upon the fishy sea.'
OD.10.541
ὣς ἔφατ', αὐτίκα δὲ χρυσόθρονος ἤλυθεν Ἠώς.
OD.10.541 "So said she, and golden-throned Dawn immediately came.
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ἀμφὶ δέ με χλαῖνάν τε χιτῶνά τε εἵματα ἕσσεν:
OD.10.542 She dressed a cloak and tunic about me as clothing,
OD.10.543
αὐτὴ δ' ἀργύφεον φᾶρος μέγα ἕννυτο νύμφη,
OD.10.543 and the nymph herself put on a great white cloak,
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λεπτὸν καὶ χαρίεν, περὶ δὲ ζώνην βάλετ' ἰξυῖ
OD.10.544 delicate and lovely, threw a fine golden girdle
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καλὴν χρυσείην, κεφαλῇ δ' ἐπέθηκε καλύπτρην.
OD.10.545 around her waist, and put a veil on her head.
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αὐτὰρ ἐγὼ διὰ δώματ' ἰὼν ὤτρυνον ἑταίρους
OD.10.546 Then I went throughout the house, and, going to each man,
OD.10.547
μειλιχίοις ἐπέεσσι παρασταδὸν ἄνδρα ἕκαστον:
OD.10.547 spurred on my comrades with words meant to win them:
OD.10.548
μηκέτι νῦν εὕδοντες ἀωτεῖτε γλυκὺν ὕπνον,
OD.10.548 ¿¿¿Sleep no longer now, drowsing in sweet sleep,
OD.10.549
ἀλλ' ἴομεν: δὴ γάρ μοι ἐπέφραδε πότνια Κίρκη.
OD.10.549 but let's go, for lady Circe's shown me the way!'
OD.10.550
ὣς ἐφάμην, τοῖσιν δ' ἐπεπείθετο θυμὸς ἀγήνωρ.
OD.10.550 "So said I, and their manly hearts were persuaded.
OD.10.551
οὐδὲ μὲν οὐδ' ἔνθεν περ ἀπήμονας ἦγον ἑταίρους.
OD.10.551 But not even from there did I lead my comrades unharmed.
OD.10.552
Ἐλπήνωρ δέ τις ἔσκε νεώτατος, οὔτε τι λίην
OD.10.552 The youngest was a certain Elpenor, none too
OD.10.553
ἄλκιμος ἐν πολέμῳ οὔτε φρεσὶν ᾖσιν ἀρηρώς:
OD.10.553 brave in war or sound in mind,
OD.10.554
ὅς μοι ἄνευθ' ἑτάρων ἱεροῖς ἐν δώμασι Κίρκης,
OD.10.554 who'd lain down far away from my comrades, in Circe's
OD.10.555
ψύχεος ἱμείρων, κατελέξατο οἰνοβαρείων.
OD.10.555 sacred home, wanting cool air and heavy with wine.
OD.10.556
κινυμένων δ' ἑτάρων ὅμαδον καὶ δοῦπον ἀκούσας
OD.10.556 He heard the noise and clamor of his comrades moving,
OD.10.557
ἐξαπίνης ἀνόρουσε καὶ ἐκλάθετο φρεσὶν ᾗσιν
OD.10.557 got up suddenly, and in his mind completely forgot
OD.10.558
ἄψορρον καταβῆναι ἰὼν ἐς κλίμακα μακρήν,
OD.10.558 to go to the long ladder to come back down,
OD.10.559
ἀλλὰ κατ' ἀντικρὺ τέγεος πέσεν: ἐκ δέ οἱ αὐχὴν
OD.10.559 so he fell straight down from the roof. His neck was broken
OD.10.560
ἀστραγάλων ἐάγη, ψυχὴ δ' Ἄϊδόσδε κατῆλθεν.
OD.10.560 from the vertebrae and his soul went down to Hades.