OD.11.223 ἀλλὰ φόωσδε τάχιστα λιλαίεο: ταῦτα δὲ πάντα
OD.11.223 So speed toward the light most quickly, and keep all these things
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ἴσθ', ἵνα καὶ μετόπισθε τεῇ εἴπῃσθα γυναικί.
OD.11.224 in mind, so you may even after tell your wife.'
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νῶϊ μὲν ὣς ἐπέεσσιν ἀμειβόμεθ', αἱ δὲ γυναῖκες
OD.11.225 "So the two of us exchanged words, then the women came,
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ἤλυθον, ὤτρυνεν γὰρ ἀγαυὴ Περσεφόνεια,
OD.11.226 for illustrious Persephone spurred them on,
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ὅσσαι ἀριστήων ἄλοχοι ἔσαν ἠδὲ θύγατρες.
OD.11.227 all wives and daughters of aristocrats.
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αἱ δ' ἀμφ' αἷμα κελαινὸν ἀολλέες ἠγερέθοντο,
OD.11.228 They gathered all together around the dark blood,
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αὐτὰρ ἐγὼ βούλευον ὅπως ἐρέοιμι ἑκάστην.
OD.11.229 while I considered how I'd question each.
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ἥδε δέ μοι κατὰ θυμὸν ἀρίστη φαίνετο βουλή:
OD.11.230 And in my heart this plan seemed best,
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σπασσάμενος τανύηκες ἄορ παχέος παρὰ μηροῦ
OD.11.231 to draw my sharp-edged sword from beside my thick thigh
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οὐκ εἴων πίνειν ἅμα πάσας αἷμα κελαινόν.
OD.11.232 and not let them all drink the dark blood at one time.
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αἱ δὲ προμνηστῖναι ἐπήϊσαν, ἠδὲ ἑκάστη
OD.11.233 They came near one after another, and each
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ὃν γόνον ἐξαγόρευεν: ἐγὼ δ' ἐρέεινον ἁπάσας.
OD.11.234 declared her birth. I questioned each and every one.
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ἔνθ' ἤτοι πρώτην Τυρὼ ἴδον εὐπατέρειαν,
OD.11.235 "I then saw Tyro first, daughter of a noble father,
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ἣ φάτο Σαλμωνῆος ἀμύμονος ἔκγονος εἶναι,
OD.11.236 who claimed she was the offspring of noble Salmoneus,
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φῆ δὲ Κρηθῆος γυνὴ ἔμμεναι Αἰολίδαο:
OD.11.237 and claimed to be the wife of Cretheus Aeolides.
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ἣ ποταμοῦ ἠράσσατ' Ἐνιπῆος θείοιο,
OD.11.238 She'd fallen in love with a river, divine Enipeus,
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ὃς πολὺ κάλλιστος ποταμῶν ἐπὶ γαῖαν ἵησι,
OD.11.239 who is by far the handsomest of rivers on the earth,
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καί ῥ' ἐπ' Ἐνιπῆος πωλέσκετο καλὰ ῥέεθρα.
OD.11.240 and she used to haunt Enipeus' beautiful streams.
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τῷ δ' ἄρα εἰσάμενος γαιήοχος ἐννοσίγαιος
OD.11.241 Earth-holder, the Earth-Shaker, appeared like Enipeus,
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ἐν προχοῇς ποταμοῦ παρελέξατο δινήεντος:
OD.11.242 and lay beside her in the mouth of the eddying river,
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πορφύρεον δ' ἄρα κῦμα περιστάθη, οὔρεϊ ἶσον,
OD.11.243 and a purple wave stood around them, high as a mountain,
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κυρτωθέν, κρύψεν δὲ θεὸν θνητήν τε γυναῖκα.
OD.11.244 curved over them, and hid the mortal woman and the god.
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λῦσε δὲ παρθενίην ζώνην, κατὰ δ' ὕπνον ἔχευεν.
OD.11.245 He loosed her maiden girdle, then poured sleep down upon her.
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αὐτὰρ ἐπεί ῥ' ἐτέλεσσε θεὸς φιλοτήσια ἔργα,
OD.11.246 Then after he'd completed his acts of love,
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ἔν τ' ἄρα οἱ φῦ χειρί, ἔπος τ' ἔφατ' ἔκ τ' ὀνόμαζε:
OD.11.247 he put his hand in hers, called out her name, and said:
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χαῖρε, γύναι, φιλότητι: περιπλομένου δ' ἐνιαυτοῦ
OD.11.248 ¿¿¿Woman, rejoice in our love. When the year goes round,
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τέξεις ἀγλαὰ τέκνα, ἐπεὶ οὐκ ἀποφώλιοι εὐναὶ
OD.11.249 you'll give birth to splendid children, since immortals' beddings
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ἀθανάτων: σὺ δὲ τοὺς κομέειν ἀτιταλλέμεναί τε.
OD.11.250 are not without results. Then, you, take care of them and rear them.
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νῦν δ' ἔρχευ πρὸς δῶμα, καὶ ἴσχεο μηδ' ὀνομήνῃς:
OD.11.251 But go home now, and keep quiet, and don't give my name,
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αὐτὰρ ἐγώ τοί εἰμι Ποσειδάων ἐνοσίχθων.
OD.11.252 but I am indeed the Earth-shaker, Poseidon!'