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    Homer, Iliad

    Editions and translations: Greek | English | English (ed. Samuel Butler)
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    Êôs men krokopeplos ekidnato pasan ep' aian,
    Zeus de theôn agorên poiêsato terpikeraunos
    akrotatêi koruphêi poludeirados Oulumpoio:
    autos de sph' agoreue, theoi d' hupo pantes* akouon:
    5
    keklute meu pantes te theoi pasai te theainai*,
    ophr' eipô ta me thumos eni stêthessi keleuei.
    mête tis oun thêleia theos to ge* mête tis arsên
    peiratô diakersai emon epos, all' hama pantes
    aineit', ophra tachista teleutêsô tade erga.
    10
    hon d' an egôn apaneuthe theôn ethelonta* noêsô
    elthont' ê Trôessin arêgemen* ê Danaoisi
    plêgeis ou kata kosmon* eleusetai Oulumpon de:
    ê min helôn rhipsô es Tartaron êeroenta
    têle mal', hêchi bathiston hupo chthonos esti berethron*,
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    entha sidêreiai te pulai kai chalkeos oudos,
    tosson enerth' Aïdeô hoson ouranos est' apo gaiês:
    gnôset' epeith' hoson eimi theôn kartistos hapantôn.
    ei d' age peirêsasthe* theoi hina eidete pantes:
    seirên chruseiên ex ouranothen kremasantes*
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    pantes t' exaptesthe theoi pasai te theainai:
    all' ouk an erusait' ex ouranothen pedion de
    Zên' hupaton mêstôr', oud' ei mala polla kamoite.
    all' hote dê kai egô prophrôn* etheloimi* erussai,
    autêi ken gaiêi erusaim' autêi te thalassêi:
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    seirên men ken epeita peri rhion Oulumpoio
    dêsaimên, ta de k' aute metêora panta genoito.
    tosson egô peri t' eimi theôn peri t' eim' anthrôpôn.

    hôs ephath', hoi d' ara pantes akên egenonto siôpêi
    muthon agassamenoi: mala gar kraterôs agoreusen.
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    opse de dê meteeipe thea glaukôpis Athênê:
    ô pater hêmetere Kronidê hupate kreiontôn
    eu nu kai hêmeis idmen ho toi sthenos ouk epieikton*:
    all' empês Danaôn olophurometh' aichmêtaôn,
    hoi ken dê kakon oiton anaplêsantes olôntai.
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    all' êtoi polemou men aphexometh' hôs su keleueis:
    boulên d' Argeiois hupothêsometh' hê tis onêsei,
    hôs mê pantes olôntai odussamenoio teoio*.

    tên d' epimeidêsas prosephê nephelêgereta Zeus:
    tharsei *tritogeneia* philon tekos: ou nu ti thumôi
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    prophroni* mutheomai, ethelô de toi êpios einai.

    There are a total of 18 comments on and cross references to this page.

    Further comments from Walter Leaf, Commentary on the Iliad (1900):
    book 8, card 1 (general note)
    book 8, card 1: hupo
    book 8, card 1: elthonta
    book 8, card 1: plêgeis
    book 8, card 1: dê
    book 8, card 1: autos
    book 8, card 1: erusaimi

    Cross references from Walter Leaf, Commentary on the Iliad (1900):
    19, 1 [Book 19 (T)]
    20 [Introduction]
    23, 227 [Book 23 (Ps)]
    24, 692 [Book 24 (Ô)]

    Cross references from Charles Simmons, The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books XIII and XIV:
    13, 579

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    This text is based on the following book(s):
    Homer. Homeri Opera in five volumes. Oxford, Oxford University Press. 1920.
    OCLC: 29448041


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