Homer, Iliad

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He spoke, and ox-eyed lady Hera was seized with fear, and sat down in silence, curbing her heart. Then troubled were the gods of heaven throughout the palace of Zeus, [570] and among them Hephaestus, the famed craftsman, was first to speak, doing pleasure to his dear mother, white-armed Hera: Surely this will be sorry work, that is no longer bearable, if you two are to wrangle thus for mortals' sakes, and set the gods in tumult; neither will there be any joy in the excellent feast, [575] since worse things prevail. And I give counsel to my mother, wise though she be herself, to do pleasure to our dear father Zeus, that the father upbraid her not again, and bring confusion upon our feast. What if the Olympian, the lord of the lightning, were minded [580] to dash us from our seats! for he is mightiest far. But address him with gentle words; so shall the Olympian forthwith be gracious to us. So saying, he sprang up and placed in his dear mother's hand the double cup, and spoke to her: [585] Be patient, my mother, and endure for all your grief, lest, dear as you are to me, my eyes see you stricken, and then I shall in no way be able to succour you for all my sorrow; for a hard foe is the Olympian to meet in strife. On a time before this, when I was striving to save you, [590] he caught me by the foot and hurled me from the heavenly threshold; the whole day long I was carried headlong, and at sunset I fell in Lemnos, and but little life was in me. There the Sintian folk quickly tended me for my fall. So he spoke, and the goddess, white-armed Hera, smiled, [595] and smiling took in her hand the cup from her son. Then he poured wine for all the other gods from left to right, drawing forth sweet nectar from the bowl. And unquenchable laughter arose among the blessed gods, as they saw Hephaestus puffing through the palace. [600] Thus the whole day long till the setting of the sun they feasted, nor did their heart lack anything of the equal feast, nor of the beauteous lyre, that Apollo held, nor yet of the Muses, who sang, replying one to the other with sweet voices. But when the bright light of the sun was set, [605] they went each to his own house to take their rest, where for each one a palace had been built with cunning skill by the famed Hephaestus, the limping god; and Zeus, the Olympian, lord of the lightning, went to his couch, where of old he took his rest, whenever sweet sleep came upon him. [610] There went he up and slept, and beside him lay Hera of the golden throne.

There are a total of 83 comments on and cross references to this page.

Further comments from Walter Leaf, Commentary on the Iliad (1900):
book 1 (general note)
book 1, card 568 (general note)
book 1, card 568: epi êra pherôn
book 1, card 568: kolôion
book 1, card 568: ta chereiona
book 1, card 568: paraphêmi
book 1, card 568: sun
book 1, card 568: kathaptesthai
book 1, card 568: hilaos
book 1, card 568: amphikupellon
book 1, card 568: alexemenai
book 1, card 568: te-tag-ôn
book 1, card 568: paidos
book 1, card 568: cheiri
book 1, card 568: endexia
book 1, card 568: oinochoei
book 1, card 568: gelôs
book 1, card 568: ameibomenai
book 1, card 568: amphiguêeis
book 1, card 568: katheudô

Further comments from Allen Rogers Benner, Selections from Homer's Iliad:
book 1 (general note)
book 1, card 568 (general note)
book 1, card 568: eddeisen
book 1, card 568: kathêsto
book 1, card 568: philon
book 1, card 568: epi êra
book 1, card 568: pherôn
book 1, card 568: ê dê loigia erga
book 1, card 568: tad'
book 1, card 568: e
book 1, card 568: sphôi
book 1, card 568: elaoneton
book 1, card 568: daitos
book 1, card 568: esthlês êdos
book 1, card 568: epei ta chereiona
book 1, card 568: nikai
book 1, card 568: kai autêi per noeousêi
book 1, card 568: kai ... per
book 1, card 568: neikeiêisi
book 1, card 568: sun ... taraxêi
book 1, card 568: ei per
book 1, card 568: stuphelixai
book 1, card 568: kathaptesthai
book 1, card 568: hilaos
book 1, card 568: tetlathi
book 1, card 568: en
book 1, card 568: theinomenên
book 1, card 568: antipheresthai
book 1, card 568: êdê gar ... allote
book 1, card 568: memaôta
book 1, card 568: kappeson
book 1, card 568: meidêsasa
book 1, card 568: paidos
book 1, card 568: cheiri
book 1, card 568: oinochoei
book 1, card 568: aphussôn
book 1, card 568: enôrto
book 1, card 568: gelos
book 1, card 568: phormingos
book 1, card 568: Mousaôn
book 1, card 568: kakkeiontes
book 1, card 568: eban
book 1, card 568: hêchi
book 1, card 568: amphiguêeis
book 1, card 568: iduiêisi
book 1, card 568: prapidessin

Cross references from Harry Thurston Peck, Harpers Dictionary of Classical Antiquities (1898):
hecatoncheires [Hecatoncheires]

Cross references from William Watson Goodwin, Syntax of the Moods and Tenses of the Greek Verb:
488 [Apodosis contained in the Protasis.]
669 [Simple Sentences in Indirect Discourse: Indicative and Optative after hoti and hôs, and in Indirect Questions.]

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This text is based on the following book(s):
Homer. The Iliad with an English Translation by A.T. Murray, Ph.D. in two volumes. Cambridge, MA., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1924.
OCLC: 38101377
ISBN: 0674991885, 0674991893

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