OD.10.561 ἐρχομένοισι δὲ τοῖσιν ἐγὼ μετὰ μῦθον ἔειπον:
OD.10.561 I said to them as they went on their way:
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φάσθε νύ που οἶκόνδε φίλην ἐς πατρίδα γαῖαν
OD.10.562 ¿¿¿Perhaps you think you're going home to your beloved fatherland,
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ἔρχεσθ': ἄλλην δ' ἧμιν ὁδὸν τεκμήρατο Κίρκη,
OD.10.563 but Circe has ordained a different journey,
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εἰς Ἀΐδαο δόμους καὶ ἐπαινῆς Περσεφονείης
OD.10.564 to the house of Hades and dread Persephone
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ψυχῇ χρησομένους Θηβαίου Τειρεσίαο.
OD.10.565 to consult the soul of Teiresius the Theban.'
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ὣς ἐφάμην, τοῖσιν δὲ κατεκλάσθη φίλον ἦτορ,
OD.10.566 "So said I, and their dear heart was broken,
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ἑζόμενοι δὲ κατ' αὖθι γόων τίλλοντό τε χαίτας:
OD.10.567 and sitting down where they were, they wept and pulled out their hair,
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ἀλλ' οὐ γάρ τις πρῆξις ἐγίνετο μυρομένοισιν.
OD.10.568 but no good result came of their weeping.
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ἀλλ' ὅτε δή ῥ' ἐπὶ νῆα θοὴν καὶ θῖνα θαλάσσης
OD.10.569 "But when we were going to our swift ship and sea's shore,
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ᾔομεν ἀχνύμενοι θαλερὸν κατὰ δάκρυ χέοντες,
OD.10.570 in grief, letting our thick tears fall,
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τόφρα δ' ἄρ' οἰχομένη Κίρκη παρὰ νηὶ μελαίνῃ
OD.10.571 Circe came then and tethered beside the black ship
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ἀρνειὸν κατέδησεν ὄϊν θῆλύν τε μέλαιναν,
OD.10.572 a ram and a black female sheep,
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ῥεῖα παρεξελθοῦσα: τίς ἂν θεὸν οὐκ ἐθέλοντα
OD.10.573 passing by us easily. Who with his eyes can perceive
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ὀφθαλμοῖσιν ἴδοιτ' ἢ ἔνθ' ἢ ἔνθα κιόντα;
OD.10.574 a god unwilling going either here or there?"