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    Homer, Odyssey

    Editions and translations: Greek | English | English (ed. Samuel Butler)
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    têi d' ar' epi phresi thêke thea glaukôpis Athênê,
    kourêi Ikarioio, periphroni Pênelopeiêi,
    toxon mnêstêressi themen polion te sidêron
    en megarois Odusêos, aethlia kai phonou archên.
    5
    klimaka d' hupsêlên prosebêseto hoio domoio,
    heileto de klêïd' eukampea cheiri pacheiêi
    kalên chalkeiên: kôpê d' elephantos epêen.
    bê d' imenai thalamonde sun amphipoloisi gunaixin
    eschaton: entha de hoi keimêlia keito anaktos,
    10
    chalkos te chrusos te polukmêtos te sidêros.
    entha de toxon keito palintonon êde pharetrê
    iodokos, polloi d' enesan stonoentes oïstoi,
    dôra ta hoi xeinos Lakedaimoni dôke tuchêsas
    Iphitos Eurutidês, epieikelos athanatoisi.
    15
    tô d' en Messênêi xumblêtên allêloiïn
    oikôi en Ortilochoio daïphronos. ê toi Odusseus
    êlthe meta chreios, to rha hoi pas dêmos ophelle:
    mêla gar ex Ithakês Messênioi andres aeiran
    nêusi poluklêïsi triêkosi' êde nomêas.
    20
    tôn henek' exesiên pollên hodon êlthen Odusseus
    paidnos eôn: pro gar hêke patêr alloi te gerontes.
    Iphitos auth' hippous dizêmenos, hai hoi olonto
    dôdeka thêleiai, hupo d' hêmionoi talaergoi:
    hai dê hoi kai epeita phonos kai moira genonto,
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    epei dê Dios huion aphiketo karterothumon,
    phôth' Hêraklêa, megalôn epiistora ergôn,
    hos min xeinon eonta katektanen hôi eni oikôi,
    schetlios, oude theôn opin êidesat' oude trapezan,
    tên hên hoi parethêken: epeita de pephne kai auton,
    30
    hippous d' autos eche kraterônuchas en megaroisi.
    tas ereôn Odusêï sunênteto, dôke de toxon,
    to prin men rh' ephorei megas Eurutos, autar ho paidi
    kallip' apothnêiskôn en dômasin hupsêloisi.
    tôi d' Oduseus xiphos oxu kai alkimon enchos edôken,
    35
    archên xeinosunês proskêdeos: oude trapezêi
    gnôtên allêlôn: prin gar Dios huios epephnen
    Iphiton Eurutidên, epieikelon athanatoisin,
    hos hoi toxon edôke. to d' ou pote dios Odusseus
    erchomenos polemonde melainaôn epi nêôn
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    hêireit', all' autou mnêma xeinoio philoio
    kesket' eni megaroisi, phorei de min hês epi gaiês.

    There are a total of 2 comments on and cross references to this page.

    Further comments from W. Walter Merry, James Riddell, D. B. Monro, Commentary on the Odyssey (1886):
    book 21 (general note)

    Cross references from W. Walter Merry, James Riddell, D. B. Monro, Commentary on the Odyssey (1886):
    5, 427 [Book 5 (e)]

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    This text is based on the following book(s):
    Homer. The Odyssey with an English Translation by A.T. Murray, PH.D. in two volumes. Cambridge, MA., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1919.
    OCLC: 22584673
    ISBN: 0674995619, 0674995627

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