OD.11.383 οἳ Τρώων μὲν ὑπεξέφυγον στονόεσσαν ἀϋτήν,
OD.11.383 who escaped the Trojans' woeful battle cry,
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ἐν νόστῳ δ' ἀπόλοντο κακῆς ἰότητι γυναικός.
OD.11.384 but were destroyed on their return by an evil woman's will.
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αὐτὰρ ἐπεὶ ψυχὰς μὲν ἀπεσκέδασ' ἄλλυδις ἄλλῃ
OD.11.385 "Then after pure Persephone scattered the souls
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ἁγνὴ Περσεφόνεια γυναικῶν θηλυτεράων,
OD.11.386 of the female women to one place and another,
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ἦλθε δ' ἐπὶ ψυχὴ Ἀγαμέμνονος Ἀτρεΐδαο
OD.11.387 the soul of Atreides Agamemnon came near,
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ἀχνυμένη: περὶ δ' ἄλλαι ἀγηγέραθ', ὅσσοι ἅμ' αὐτῷ
OD.11.388 in grief. Others gathered around him, all who'd died
OD.11.389
οἴκῳ ἐν Αἰγίσθοιο θάνον καὶ πότμον ἐπέσπον.
OD.11.389 with him and met their fate in Aegisthus' house.
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ἔγνω δ' αἶψ' ἐμὲ κεῖνος, ἐπεὶ ἴδεν ὀφθαλμοῖσι:
OD.11.390 He knew me immediately, after he drank the dark blood.
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κλαῖε δ' ὅ γε λιγέως, θαλερὸν κατὰ δάκρυον εἴβων,
OD.11.391 He was weeping loudly, and shedding thick tears,
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πιτνὰς εἰς ἐμὲ χεῖρας, ὀρέξασθαι μενεαίνων:
OD.11.392 and he spread out his hands toward me, eager to reach me.
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ἀλλ' οὐ γάρ οἱ ἔτ' ἦν ἲς ἔμπεδος οὐδέ τι κῖκυς,
OD.11.393 But he no longer had any strength or sinew
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οἵη περ πάρος ἔσκεν ἐνὶ γναμπτοῖσι μέλεσσι.
OD.11.394 as there was before in his supple limbs.
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τὸν μὲν ἐγὼ δάκρυσα ἰδὼν ἐλέησά τε θυμῷ,
OD.11.395 I wept when I saw him, felt pity in my heart,
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καί μιν φωνήσας ἔπεα πτερόεντα προσηύδων:
OD.11.396 and, voicing winged words, said to him:
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Ἀτρεΐδη κύδιστε, ἄναξ ἀνδρῶν Ἀγάμεμνον,
OD.11.397 ¿¿¿Most glorious Atreides, lord of men Agamemnon,
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τίς νύ σε κὴρ ἐδάμασσε τανηλεγέος θανάτοιο;
OD.11.398 what doom of death that brings long woe has tamed you?
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ἦε σέ γ' ἐν νήεσσι Ποσειδάων ἐδάμασσεν
OD.11.399 Did Poseidon tame you on your ship
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ὄρσας ἀργαλέων ἀνέμων ἀμέγαρτον ἀϋτμήν;
OD.11.400 by raising the miserable blast of grievous winds,
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ἦέ σ' ἀνάρσιοι ἄνδρες ἐδηλήσαντ' ἐπὶ χέρσου
OD.11.401 or did hostile men harm you on dry land
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βοῦς περιταμνόμενον ἠδ' οἰῶν πώεα καλά,
OD.11.402 as you cut out for yourself cattle and fine flocks of sheep
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ἠὲ περὶ πτόλιος μαχεούμενον ἠδὲ γυναικῶν;
OD.11.403 or as you battled over a city and women?'
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ὣς ἐφάμην, ὁ δέ μ' αὐτίκ' ἀμειβόμενος προσέειπε:
OD.11.404 "So said I, and he immediately in answer said to me:
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διογενὲς Λαερτιάδη, πολυμήχαν' Ὀδυσσεῦ,
OD.11.405 ¿¿¿Zeus-born Laertiades, resourceful Odysseus,
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οὔτ' ἐμέ γ' ἐν νήεσσι Ποσειδάων ἐδάμασσεν
OD.11.406 neither did Poseidon tame me on my ship
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ὄρσας ἀργαλέων ἀνέμων ἀμέγαρτον ἀϋτμήν,
OD.11.407 by raising the miserable blast of grievous winds,
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οὔτε μ' ἀνάρσιοι ἄνδρες ἐδηλήσαντ' ἐπὶ χέρσου,
OD.11.408 nor did hostile men harm me on dry land,
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ἀλλά μοι Αἴγισθος τεύξας θάνατόν τε μόρον τε
OD.11.409 but Aegisthus made death and doom for me,
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ἔκτα σὺν οὐλομένῃ ἀλόχῳ, οἶκόνδε καλέσσας,
OD.11.410 killed me with the help of my ruinous wife, called me
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δειπνίσσας, ὥς τίς τε κατέκτανε βοῦν ἐπὶ φάτνῃ.
OD.11.411 to his house and made me dinner, as one kills an ox at a trough.
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ὣς θάνον οἰκτίστῳ θανάτῳ: περὶ δ' ἄλλοι ἑταῖροι
OD.11.412 So I died a most pitiful death. The rest of my comrades around me