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    Homer, Odyssey

    Editions and translations: Greek | English | English (ed. Samuel Butler)
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    ton d' aute psuchê prosephôneen Atreidao:
    “olbie Pêleos huie, theois epieikel' Achilleu,
    hos thanes en Troiêi hekas Argeos: amphi de s' alloi
    kteinonto Trôôn kai Achaiôn huies aristoi,
    marnamenoi peri seio: su d' en strophalingi koniês
    40
    keiso megas megalôsti, lelasmenos hipposunaôn.
    hêmeis de propan êmar emarnameth': oude ke pampan
    pausametha ptolemou, ei mê Zeus lailapi pausen.
    autar epei s' epi nêas eneikamen ek polemoio,
    katthemen en lecheessi, kathêrantes chroa kalon
    45
    hudati te liarôi kai aleiphati: polla de s' amphi
    dakrua therma cheon Danaoi keironto te chaitas.
    mêtêr d' ex halos êlthe sun athanatêis haliêisin
    angeliês aïousa: boê d' epi ponton orôrei
    thespesiê, hupo de tromos ellabe pantas Achaious:
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    kai nu k' anaïxantes eban koilas epi nêas,
    ei mê anêr kateruke palaia te polla te eidôs,
    Nestôr, hou kai prosthen aristê phaineto boulê:
    ho sphin eüphroneôn agorêsato kai meteeipen:

    “ischesth', Argeioi, mê pheugete, kouroi Achaiôn:
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    mêtêr ex halos hêde sun athanatêis haliêisin
    erchetai, hou paidos tethnêotos antioôsa.”

    “hôs ephath', hoi d' eschonto phobou megathumoi Achaioi:
    amphi de s' estêsan kourai halioio gerontos
    oiktr' olophuromenai, peri d' ambrota heimata hessan.
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    Mousai d' ennea pasai ameibomenai opi kalêi
    thrêneon: entha ken ou tin' adakruton g' enoêsas
    Argeiôn: toion gar hupôrore Mousa ligeia.
    hepta de kai deka men se homôs nuktas te kai êmar
    klaiomen athanatoi te theoi thnêtoi t' anthrôpoi:
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    oktôkaidekatêi d' edomen puri, polla de s' amphi
    mêla katektanomen mala piona kai helikas bous.
    kaieo d' en t' esthêti theôn kai aleiphati pollôi
    kai meliti glukerôi: polloi d' hêrôes Achaioi
    teuchesin errôsanto purên peri kaiomenoio,
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    pezoi th' hippêes te: polus d' orumagdos orôrei
    autar epei dê se phlox ênusen Hêphaistoio,
    êôthen dê toi legomen leuk' oste', Achilleu,
    oinôi en akrêtôi kai aleiphati: dôke de mêtêr
    chruseon amphiphorêa: Diônusoio de dôron
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    phask' emenai, ergon de periklutou Hêphaistoio.
    en tôi toi keitai leuk' ostea, phaidim' Achilleu,
    migda de Patrokloio Menoitiadao thanontos,
    chôris d' Antilochoio, ton exocha ties hapantôn
    tôn allôn hetarôn, meta Patroklon ge thanonta.
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    amph' autoisi d' epeita megan kai amumona tumbon
    cheuamen Argeiôn hieros stratos aichmêtaôn
    aktêi epi prouchousêi, epi platei Hellêspontôi,
    hôs ken têlephanês ek pontophin andrasin eiê
    tois hoi nun gegaasi kai hoi metopisthen esontai.

    There are a total of 3 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 24 (general note)

    Cross references from W. Walter Merry, James Riddell, D. B. Monro, Commentary on the Odyssey (1886):
    1, 122 [Book 1 (a)]
    11, 543 [Book 11 (l)]

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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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