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Ἀρχόμενος σέο Φοῖβε παλαιγενέων κλέα φωτῶν
μνήσομαι οἳ Πόντοιο κατὰ στόμα καὶ διὰ πέτρας
Κυανέας βασιλῆος ἐφημοσύνῃ Πελίαο
χρύσειον μετὰ κῶας ἐύζυγον ἤλασαν Ἀργώ.
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Book I
(ll. 1-4) Beginning with thee, O Phoebus, I will recount the famous deeds of men of old, who, at the behest of King Pelias, down through the mouth of Pontus and between the Cyanean rocks, sped well-benched Argo in quest of the golden fleece.
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Τοίην γὰρ Πελίης φάτιν ἔκλυεν, ὥς μιν ὀπίσσω
μοῖρα μένει στυγερή, τοῦδ᾽ ἀνέρος ὅντιν᾽ ἴδοιτο
δημόθεν οἰοπέδιλον ὑπ᾽ ἐννεσίῃσι δαμῆναι·
δηρὸν δ᾽ οὐ μετέπειτα τεὴν κατὰ βάξιν Ἰήσων,
χειμερίοιο ῥέεθρα κιὼν διὰ ποσσὶν Ἀναύρου,
ἄλλο μὲν ἐξεσάωσεν ὑπ᾽ ἰλύος ἄλλο δ᾽ ἔνερθεν
κάλλιπεν αὖθι πέδιλον ἐνισχόμενον προχοῇσιν·
ἵκετο δ᾽ ἐς Πελίην αὐτοσχεδόν, ἀντιβολήσων
εἰλαπίνης ἣν πατρὶ Ποσειδάωνι καὶ ἄλλοις
ῥέζε θεοῖς, Ἥρης δὲ Πελασγίδος οὐκ ἀλέγιζεν·
αἶψα δὲ τόνγ᾽ ἐσιδὼν ἐφράσσατο, καί οἱ ἄεθλον
ἔντυε ναυτιλίης πολυκηδέος, ὄφρ᾽ ἐνὶ πόντῳ
ἠὲ καὶ ἀλλοδαποῖσι μετ᾽ ἀνδράσι νόστον ὀλέσσῃ.
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(ll. 5-17) Such was the oracle that Pelias heard, that a hateful doom awaited him to be slain at the prompting of the man whom he should see coming forth from the people with but one sandal. And no long time after, in accordance with that true report, Jason crossed the stream of wintry Anaurus on foot, and saved one sandal from the mire, but the other he left in the depths held back by the flood. And straightway he came to Pelias to share the banquet which the king was offering to his father Poseidon and the rest of the gods, though he paid no honour to Pelasgian Hera. Quickly the king saw him and pondered, and devised for him the toil of a troublous voyage, in order that on the sea or among strangers he might lose his home-return.
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Νῆα μὲν οὖν οἱ πρόσθεν ἔτι κλείουσιν ἀοιδοί
Ἄργον Ἀθηναίης καμέειν ὑποθημοσύνῃσι·
νῦν δ᾽ ἂν ἐγὼ γενεήν τε καὶ οὔνομα μυθησαίμην
ἡρώων, δολιχῆς τε πόρους ἁλός, ὅσσα τ᾽ ἔρεξαν
πλαζόμενοι· Μοῦσαι δ᾽ ὑποφήτορες εἶεν ἀοιδῆς.
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(ll. 18-22) The ship, as former bards relate, Argus wrought by the guidance of Athena. But now I will tell the lineage and the names of the heroes, and of the long sea-paths and the deeds they wrought in their wanderings; may the Muses be the inspirers of my song!
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Πρῶτά νυν Ὀρφῆος μνησώμεθα, τόν ῥά ποτ᾽ αὐτή
Καλλιόπη Θρήικι φατίζεται εὐνηθεῖσα
Οἰάγρῳ σκοπιῆς Πιμπληίδος ἄγχι τεκέσθαι.
αὐτὰρ τόνγ᾽ ἐνέπουσιν ἀτειρέας οὔρεσι πέτρας
θέλξαι ἀοιδάων ἐνοπῇ ποταμῶν τε ῥέεθρα·
φηγοὶ δ᾽ ἀγριάδες κείνης ἔτι σήματα μολπῆς
ἀκτῇ Θρηικίῃ Ζώνης ἔπι τηλεθόωσαι
ἑξείης στιχόωσιν ἐπήτριμοι, ἃς ὅγ᾽ ἐπιπρό
θελγομένας φόρμιγγι κατήγαγε Πιερίηθεν.
Ὀρφέα μὲν δὴ τοῖον ἑῶν ἐπαρωγὸν ἀέθλων
Αἰσονίδης Χείρωνος ἐφημοσύνῃσι πιθήσας
δέξατο, Πιερίῃ Βιστωνίδι κοιρανέοντα·
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(ll. 23-34) First then let us name Orpheus whom once Calliope bare, it is said, wedded to Thracian Oeagrus, near the Pimpleian height. Men say that he by the music of his songs charmed the stubborn rocks upon the mountains and the course of rivers. And the wild oak-trees to this day, tokens of that magic strain, that grow at Zone on the Thracian shore, stand in ordered ranks close together, the same which under the charm of his lyre he led down from Pieria. Such then was Orpheus whom Aeson's son welcomed to share his toils, in obedience to the behest of Cheiron, Orpheus ruler of Bistonian Pieria.
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ἤλυθε δ᾽ Ἀστερίων αὐτοσχεδόν, ὅν ῥα Κομήτης
γείνατο, δινήεντος ἐφ᾽ ὕδασιν Ἀπιδανοῖο
Πειρεσιὰς ὄρεος Φυλληίου ἀγχόθι ναίων,
ἔνθα μὲν Ἀπιδανός τε μέγας καὶ δῖος Ἐνιπεύς
ἄμφω συμφορέονται, ἀπόπροθεν εἰς ἓν ἰόντες.
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(ll. 35-39) Straightway came Asterion, whom Cometes begat by the waters of eddying Apidanus; he dwelt at Peiresiae near the Phylleian mount, where mighty Apidanus and bright Enipeus join their streams, coming together from afar.
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Λάρισαν δ᾽ ἐπὶ τοῖσι λιπὼν Πολύφημος ἵκανεν
Εἰλατίδης, ὃς πρὶν μὲν ἐρισθενέων Λαπιθάων,
ὁππότε Κενταύροις Λαπίθαι ἐπὶ θωρήσσοντο,
ὁπλότερος προμάχιζε· τότ᾽ αὖ βαρύθεσκέ οἱ ἤδη
γυῖα, μένεν δ᾽ ἔτι θυμὸς ἀρήιος ὡς τὸ πάρος περ·
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(ll. 40-44) Next to them from Larisa came Polyphemus, son of Eilatus, who aforetime among the mighty Lapithae, when they were arming themselves against the Centaurs, fought in his younger days; now his limbs were grown heavy with age, but his martial spirit still remained, even as of old.
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οὐδὲ μὲν Ἴφικλος Φυλάκῃ ἔνι δηρὸν ἔλειπτο,
μήτρως Αἰσονίδαο, κασιγνήτην γὰρ ὄπυιεν
Αἴσων Ἀλκιμέδην Φυλακηίδα· τῆς μιν ἀνώγει
πηοσύνη καὶ κῆδος ἐνικρινθῆναι ὁμίλῳ·
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(ll. 45-48) Nor was Iphiclus long left behind in Phylace, the uncle of Aeson's son; for Aeson had wedded his sister Alcimede, daughter of Phylacus: his kinship with her bade him be numbered in the host.
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οὐδὲ Φεραῖς Ἄδμητος ἐυρρήνεσσιν ἀνάσσων
μίμνεν ὑπὸ σκοπιὴν ὄρεος Χαλκωδονίοιο·
οὐδ᾽ Ἀλόπῃ μίμνον πολυλήιοι Ἑρμείαο
υἱέες εὖ δεδαῶτε δόλους, Ἔρυτος καὶ Ἐχίων·
τοῖσι δ᾽ ἐπὶ τρίτατος γνωτὸς κίε νισσομένοισιν
Αἰθαλίδης· καὶ τὸν μὲν ἐπ᾽ Ἀμφρυσσοῖο ῥοῇσιν
Μυρμιδόνος κούρη Φθιὰς τέκεν Εὐπολέμεια,
τὼ δ᾽ αὖτ᾽ ἐκγεγάτην Μενετηίδος Ἀντιανείρης.
Ἤλυθε δ᾽ ἀφνειὴν προλιπὼν Γυρτῶνα Κόρωνος
Καινεΐδης, ἐσθλὸς μέν, ἑοῦ δ᾽ οὐ πατρὸς ἀμείνων.
Καινέα γὰρ ζωόν _περ ἔτι κλείουσιν ἀοιδο_ί
Κενταύροισιν ὀλέσθαι, ὅτε σφέας οἶος ἀπ᾽ ἄλλων
ἤλασ᾽ ἀριστεύων, οἱ δ᾽ ἔμπαλιν ὁρμηθέντες
οὔτε μιν ἀγκλῖναι προτέρω σθένον οὔτε δαΐξαι,
ἀλλ᾽ ἄρρηκτος ἄκαμπτος ἐδύσετο νειόθι γαίης,
θεινόμενος στιβαρῇσι καταΐγδην ἐλάτῃσιν.
Ἤλυθε δ᾽ αὖ Μόψος Τιταρήσιος, ὃν περὶ πάντων
Λητοΐδης ἐδίδαξε θεοπροπίας οἰωνῶν·
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