ὣς ἔφαθʼ, οἱ δʼ ἔδεισαν, ἑτοιμάσσαντο δὲ ταύρους.
ὣς οἱ μέν ῥʼ εὔχοντο Ποσειδάωνι ἄνακτι185
δήμου Φαιήκων ἡγήτορες ἠδὲ μέδοντες,
ἑσταότες περὶ βωμόν. ὁ δʼ ἔγρετο δῖος Ὀδυσσεὺς
εὕδων ἐν γαίῃ πατρωΐῃ, οὐδέ μιν ἔγνω,
ἤδη δὴν ἀπεών· περὶ γὰρ θεὸς ἠέρα χεῦε
Παλλὰς Ἀθηναίη, κούρη Διός, ὄφρα μιν αὐτὸν190
ἄγνωστον τεύξειεν ἕκαστά τε μυθήσαιτο,
μή μιν πρὶν ἄλοχος γνοίη ἀστοί τε φίλοι τε,
πρὶν πᾶσαν μνηστῆρας ὑπερβασίην ἀποτῖσαι.
τοὔνεκʼ ἄρʼ ἀλλοειδέα φαινέσκετο πάντα ἄνακτι,
ἀτραπιτοί τε διηνεκέες λιμένες τε πάνορμοι195
πέτραι τʼ ἠλίβατοι καὶ δένδρεα τηλεθόωντα.
στῆ δʼ ἄρʼ ἀναΐξας καί ῥʼ εἴσιδε πατρίδα γαῖαν·
ᾤμωξέν τʼ ἄρ ἔπειτα καὶ ὣ πεπλήγετο μηρὼ
χερσὶ καταπρηνέσσʼ, ὀλοφυρόμενος δʼ ἔπος ηὔδα·
ὤ μοι ἐγώ, τέων αὖτε βροτῶν ἐς γαῖαν ἱκάνω;200
ἦ ῥʼ οἵ γʼ ὑβρισταί τε καὶ ἄγριοι οὐδὲ δίκαιοι,
ἦε φιλόξεινοι, καί σφιν νόος ἐστὶ θεουδής;
πῇ δὴ χρήματα πολλὰ φέρω τάδε; πῇ τε καὶ αὐτὸς
πλάζομαι; αἴθʼ ὄφελον μεῖναι παρὰ Φαιήκεσσιν
αὐτοῦ· ἐγὼ δέ κεν ἄλλον ὑπερμενέων βασιλήων205
ἐξικόμην, ὅς κέν μʼ ἐφίλει καὶ ἔπεμπε νέεσθαι.
νῦν δʼ οὔτʼ ἄρ πῃ θέσθαι ἐπίσταμαι, οὐδὲ μὲν αὐτοῦ
καλλείψω, μή πώς μοι ἕλωρ ἄλλοισι γένηται.
ὢ πόποι, οὐκ ἄρα πάντα νοήμονες οὐδὲ δίκαιοι
ἦσαν Φαιήκων ἡγήτορες ἠδὲ μέδοντες,210
οἵ μʼ εἰς ἄλλην γαῖαν ἀπήγαγον, ἦ τέ μʼ ἔφαντο
ἄξειν εἰς Ἰθάκην εὐδείελον, οὐδʼ ἐτέλεσσαν.
Ζεὺς σφέας τίσαιτο ἱκετήσιος, ὅς τε καὶ ἄλλους
ἀνθρώπους ἐφορᾷ καὶ τίνυται ὅς τις ἁμάρτῃ.
ἀλλʼ ἄγε δὴ τὰ χρήματʼ ἀριθμήσω καὶ ἴδωμαι,215
μή τί μοι οἴχωνται κοίλης ἐπὶ νηὸς ἄγοντες.
notes
As the Phaiacians prepare their sacrifice, the scene abruptly shifts back to Ithaka, where Odysseus wakes up in confusion and wonders where he is.
188 μιν: that is, Ithaka.
189 ἀπεών: masc. nom. sing. pres. act. ptc. > ἄπειμι. Although a present participle, it must refer to the past (“having been absent”).
189 περὶ … χεῦε: “spread around,” 3rd sing. aor. act. indic., tmesis > περιχέω. Understand Odysseus as the object.
190 μιν αὐτὸν / ἄγνωστον: double acc. (external obj. and pred.) with the verb τεύχω (Smyth 1613). μιν αὐτὸν refers to Odysseus.
192 πρὶν …, / πρὶν: “(first) …, before …” The first πρίν need not be translated (Smyth 2440 a).
194 φαινέσκετο: iterative impf. A singular verb with a neuter plural subject (πάντα).
194 ἄνακτι: referring to Odysseus, the ἄναξ of Ithaka.
198 ὣ … μηρὼ: “his thighs,” acc. dual.
200 τέων: interrogative pron., = τίνων (Smyth 334 D).
200 αὖτε: “this time” (literally, “again”).
201 ἦ ῥ᾽ …, / ἦε: “Are they …, or …,” double question, with the verb εἰσί implied.
203 φέρω: probably a deliberative subjunctive, although some commentators take it as an indicative.
204 αἴθ᾽ ὄφελον μεῖναι: expressing an unattainable wish (Smyth 1781). Some commentators take ὄφελον as 3rd singular and χρήματα as the neuter plural subject of the singular verb. Others take the verb as a 1st person singular.
205 κεν … / ἐξικόμην, ὅς κέν μ᾽ ἐφίλει καὶ ἔπεμπε: past unreal conditional relative (Smyth 2564).
207 θέσθαι: understand χρήματα as the object.
208 καλλείψω: 1st sing. fut. act. indic. > καταλείπω. For the contraction (apocope) of καταλ– to καλλ–, see Smyth 75D. Again, understand χρήματα as the object.
208 μοι: ethical dat. (Smyth 1486).
209 ἄρα: “after all,” “it seems” (Smyth 2790). Paired with the imperfect ἦσαν (210), ἄρα forms the “imperfect of a truth just recognized” (Smyth 1902).
209 πάντα: “entirely,” “altogether,” adverbial.
211 ἦ τέ: “although” (LSJ ἦ I)
214 τίνυται ὅς τις ἁμάρτῃ: present general conditional relative (Smyth 2567), with the antecedent of the relative clause omitted (Smyth 2510).
215 ἴδωμαι, / μή … οἴχωνται: “let me see whether they are leaving ...” For μή following a verb of seeing in an indirect question, see Smyth 2676 b. Smyth and Monro (Monro 358 d) take μή οἴχωνται as a clause of fearing: “let me see, lest (as I fear is the case) they are leaving …”
216 τί: “something,” the indefinite pronoun (τι) with an accent from the enclitic μοι.