Odyssey ix 140-151
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Ἑλληνική Transliterate
Ἑλληνική Transliterate
αὐτὰρ ἐπὶ κρατὸς λιμένος ῥέει ἀγλαὸν ὕδωρ ,
κρήνη ὑπὸ σπείους : περὶ δ᾽ αἴγειροι πεφύασιν .
ἔνθα κατεπλέομεν , καί τις θεὸς ἡγεμόνευεν
νύκτα δι᾽ ὀρφναίην , οὐδὲ προυφαίνετ᾽ ἰδέσθαι :
ἀὴρ γὰρ περὶ νηυσὶ βαθεῖ᾽ ἦν , οὐδὲ σελήνη
145οὐρανόθεν προύφαινε , κατείχετο δὲ νεφέεσσιν .
ἔνθ᾽ οὔ τις τὴν νῆσον ἐσέδρακεν ὀφθαλμοῖσιν ,
οὔτ᾽ οὖν κύματα μακρὰ κυλινδόμενα προτὶ χέρσον
εἰσίδομεν , πρὶν νῆας ἐυσσέλμους ἐπικέλσαι .
κελσάσῃσι δὲ νηυσὶ καθείλομεν ἱστία πάντα ,
150ἐκ δὲ καὶ αὐτοὶ βῆμεν ἐπὶ ῥηγμῖνι θαλάσσης :
ἔνθα δ᾽ ἀποβρίξαντες ἐμείναμεν Ἠῶ δῖαν .
κρήνη ὑπὸ σπείους : περὶ δ᾽ αἴγειροι πεφύασιν .
ἔνθα κατεπλέομεν , καί τις θεὸς ἡγεμόνευεν
νύκτα δι᾽ ὀρφναίην , οὐδὲ προυφαίνετ᾽ ἰδέσθαι :
ἀὴρ γὰρ περὶ νηυσὶ βαθεῖ᾽ ἦν , οὐδὲ σελήνη
145οὐρανόθεν προύφαινε , κατείχετο δὲ νεφέεσσιν .
ἔνθ᾽ οὔ τις τὴν νῆσον ἐσέδρακεν ὀφθαλμοῖσιν ,
οὔτ᾽ οὖν κύματα μακρὰ κυλινδόμενα προτὶ χέρσον
εἰσίδομεν , πρὶν νῆας ἐυσσέλμους ἐπικέλσαι .
κελσάσῃσι δὲ νηυσὶ καθείλομεν ἱστία πάντα ,
150ἐκ δὲ καὶ αὐτοὶ βῆμεν ἐπὶ ῥηγμῖνι θαλάσσης :
ἔνθα δ᾽ ἀποβρίξαντες ἐμείναμεν Ἠῶ δῖαν .
Furthermore
,
at
the
head
of
the
harbor
[
there
]
flows
bright
water
,
[ A ] spring under caves , and [ all ] around , poplars have grown .
Into [ it ] we were sailing , and some god was leading us ,
Through the murky night , and nothing was showing to be seen .
[ The ] air around [ the ] ships [ was ] thick , nor [ the ] moon
From heaven was appearing , but was being held fast by the clouds .
Inside [ that ] nobody saw the island with eyes ,
Or even the great swells breaking on the shore
Did we see , until the well-benched ships beached themselves .
And from the beached ships we took down all the sails ,
And out [ of them , i . e . the ships ] we lay down on the shore of the sea ,
And having fallen asleep we awaited the godly dawn .
[ A ] spring under caves , and [ all ] around , poplars have grown .
Into [ it ] we were sailing , and some god was leading us ,
Through the murky night , and nothing was showing to be seen .
[ The ] air around [ the ] ships [ was ] thick , nor [ the ] moon
From heaven was appearing , but was being held fast by the clouds .
Inside [ that ] nobody saw the island with eyes ,
Or even the great swells breaking on the shore
Did we see , until the well-benched ships beached themselves .
And from the beached ships we took down all the sails ,
And out [ of them , i . e . the ships ] we lay down on the shore of the sea ,
And having fallen asleep we awaited the godly dawn .