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δή ῥά μιν ὀξεῖαι κραδίην ἐλέλιξαν ἀνῖαι
νωλεμές. αἶψα δὲ νόσφιν Ἰήσονα μοῦνον ἑταίρων
ἐκπροκαλεσσαμένη ἄγεν ἄλλυδις, ὄφρ᾿ ἐλίασθεν
πολλὸν ἑκάς, στονόεντα δ᾿ ἐνωπαδὶς ἔκφατο μῦθον·
“Αἰσονίδη, τίνα τήνδε συναρτύνασθε μενοινὴν 355
ἀμφ᾿ ἐμοί; ἦέ σε πάγχυ λαθιφροσύναις ἐνέηκαν
ἀγλαΐαι, τῶν δ᾿ οὔ τι μετατρέπῃ, ὅσσ᾿ ἀγόρευες
χρειοῖ ἐνισχόμενος; ποῦ τοι Διὸς Ἱκεσίοιο
ὅρκια, ποῦ δὲ μελιχραὶ ὑποσχεσίαι βεβάασιν;
ᾗς ἐγὼ οὐ κατὰ κόσμον ἀναιδήτῳ ἰότητι 360
πάτρην τε κλέα τε μεγάρων αὐτούς τε τοκῆας
νοσφισάμην, τά μοι ἦεν ὑπέρτατα, τηλόθι δ᾿ οἴη
λυγρῇσιν κατὰ πόντον ἅμ᾿ ἀλκυόνεσσι φορεῦμαι,
σῶν ἕνεκεν καμάτων, ἵνα μοι σόος ἀμφί τε βουσὶν
ἀμφί τε γηγενέεσσιν ἀναπλήσειας ἀέθλους· 365
ὕστατον αὖ καὶ κῶας, ἐπεί τ᾿ ἐπάιστον ἐτύχθη,
εἷλες ἐμῇ ματίῃ, κατὰ δ᾿ οὐλοὸν αἶσχος ἔχευα
θηλυτέραις· τῶ φημι τεὴ κούρη τε δάμαρ τε
αὐτοκασιγνήτη τε μεθ᾿ Ἑλλάδα γαῖαν ἕπεσθαι.
πάντῃ νυν πρόφρων ὑπερίστασο, μηδέ με μούνην 370
σεῖο λίπῃς ἀπάνευθεν, ἐποιχόμενος βασιλῆας,
ἀλλ᾿ αὔτως εἴρυσο· δίκη δέ τοι ἔμπεδος ἔστω
καὶ θέμις, ἣν ἄμφω συναρέσσαμεν· ἢ σύ γ᾿ ἔπειτα
φασγάνῳ αὐτίκα τόνδε μέσον διὰ λαιμὸν ἀμῆσαι,
ὄφρ᾿ ἐπίηρα φέρωμαι ἐοικότα μαργοσύνῃσιν. 375
σχέτλιε, εἰ <γάρ> κέν με κασιγνήτοιο δικάσσῃ
ἔμμεναι οὗτος ἄναξ, τῷ ἐπίσχετε τάσδ᾿ ἀλεγεινὰς
ἄμφω συνθεσίας, πῶς ἵξομαι ὄμματα πατρός;
ἦ μάλ᾿ ἐυκλειής. τίνα δ᾿ οὐ τίσιν ἠὲ βαρεῖαν
ἄτην οὐ σμυγερῶς δεινῶν ὕπερ, οἷα ἔοργα, 380
ὀτλήσω, σὺ δέ κεν θυμηδέα νόστον ἕλοιο;
μὴ τό γε παμβασίλεια Διὸς τελέσειεν ἄκοιτις,
ᾗ ἔπι κυδιάεις. μνήσαιο δὲ καί ποτ᾿ ἐμεῖο
στρευγόμενος καμάτοισι, δέρος δέ τοι ἶσον ὀνείρῳ
οἴχοιτ᾿ εἰς ἔρεβος μεταμώνιον· ἐκ δέ σε πάτρης 385
αὐτίκ᾿ ἐμαί σ᾿ ἐλάσειαν Ἐρινύες, οἷα καὶ αὐτὴ
σῇ πάθον ἀτροπίῃ. τὰ μὲν οὐ θέμις ἀκράαντα
ἐν γαίῃ πεσέειν, μάλα γὰρ μέγαν ἤλιτες ὅρκον,
νηλεές· ἀλλ᾿ οὔ θήν μοι ἐπιλλίζοντες ὀπίσσω
δὴν ἕσσεσθ᾿ εὔκηλοι ἕκητί γε συνθεσιάων.” 390
ὣς φάτ᾿ ἀναζείουσα βαρὺν χόλον· ἵετο δ᾿ ἥ γε
νῆα καταφλέξαι διά τ᾿ ἔμπεδα πάντα κεάσσαι,
ἐν δὲ πεσεῖν αὐτὴ μαλερῷ πυρί. τοῖα δ᾿ Ἰήσων
μειλιχίοις ἐπέεσσιν ὑποδδείσας προσέειπεν·
“ἴσχεο, δαιμονίη· τὰ μὲν ἁνδάνει οὐδ᾿ ἐμοὶ αὐτῷ, 395
ἀλλά τιν᾿ ἀμβολίην διζήμεθα δηιοτῆτος,
ὅσσον δυσμενέων ἀνδρῶν νέφος ἀμφιδέδηεν
εἵνεκα σεῦ. πάντες γάρ, ὅσοι χθόνα τήνδε νέμονται,
Ἀψύρτῳ μεμάασιν ἀμυνέμεν, ὄφρα σε πατρί,
οἷά τε ληισθεῖσαν, ὑπότροπον οἴκαδ᾿ ἄγοιντο· 400
αὐτοὶ δὲ στυγερῷ κεν ὀλοίμεθα πάντες ὀλέθρῳ,
μείξαντες δαῒ χεῖρας· ὅ τοι καὶ ῥίγιον ἄλγος
ἔσσεται, εἴ σε θανόντες ἕλωρ κείνοισι λίποιμεν.
ἥδε δὲ συνθεσίη κρανέει δόλον, ᾧ μιν ἐς ἄτην
βήσομεν· οὐδ᾿ ἂν ὁμῶς περιναιέται ἀντιόωσιν 405
Κόλχοις ἦρα φέροντες ὑπὲρ σέο, νόσφιν ἄνακτος,
ὅς τοι ἀοσσητήρ τε κασίγνητός τε τέτυκται·
οὐδ᾿ ἂν ἐγὼ Κόλχοισιν ὑπείξω μὴ πτολεμίζειν
ἀντιβίην, ὅτε μή με διὲξ εἰῶσι νέεσθαι.”

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Notes on Apollonius Rhodius: Argonautica4.350–69:
 
350:πεμπάζομαιis equivalent to ἀναπεμπάζομαι, the usual word for mental calculation. The qualification of πεμπάσσατο by νόῳ (4.350) and θυμῷ (4.1748) makes this clear.
 
351:δή ῥά: (Smyth §2844). μιν (= αὐτήν) . . . κραδίην: ‘her in her heart’, ‘accusative of part and whole’ (Smyth § 985). The enfolding order of μιν . . . ὀξεῖαι . . . ἀνῖαι (‘bitter pains’ of anger as much as grief) around the verb (ἐλέλιξαν), strengthens the phrase and emphasises the depth of her passion, entending on to the next line with the enjambmentof νωλεμές, (‘violently’).
 
352–4: The effort that Medeamakes to confront Jason on his own, ‘face to face’ (ἐνωπαδὶς) is stressed by the number of phrases denoting separation (νόσφιν, ‘apart’, μοῦνον ἑταίρων, ‘away from his friends’, ἄλλυδις, ‘to another place’, and then the climax: ὄφρ’ ἐλίασθεν, ‘until they were separated’).
 
353: ἐκπροκαλεσσαμένη must convey a fighting image. She is ‘calling him out’ for a fight or confrontation.
 
354: στονόεντα . . . μῦθον: ‘ a sorrowful speech’. The hyperbatonof the two words, separated by the verb, increases the strength of the phrase.
 
355-6:Αἰσονίδη:Son of Aeson, i.e. Jason. τίνα τήνδε: ‘What is this . . . ?’ (Smyth §2647,  LSJ 1.4). συναρτύνομαι:with the prefix and in the plural form indicates that she feels that the Argonauts are plotting against her. 
356:ἀμφ᾽ ἐμοί, ‘about me’ is another strong enjambment, marking the supposed conflict (Jason and the Argonauts combining against Medea). ἦέ (epic for ἦ)introduces the next stage of Medea’s questioning (Smyth §2661). 
 
356–7: σε . . . λαθιφροσύναις ἐνέηκαν / ἀγλαΐαι, ‘have your glorious successes plunged you into forgetfulness’. Medea uses very extravagant language to reinforce her sarcastic attack. The use of two juxtaposed abstract nouns is very unusual. 
 
357: τῶν δ᾽ οὔτι μετατρέπῃ, ὅσσ' ἀγόρευες ‘do you care nothing at all, for the things that (lit. as many as) you said’ (Smyth §2538b). μετατρέπομαι takes the genitive. 
 
358–9: χρειοῖ ἐνισχόμενος: ‘held fast by necessity’. The anaphoraof ποῦ . . . ποῦ is another rhetorical device which Medea uses to make her argument. The repetition adds force to her insistent questions. Ἱκεσίος is a common cult-title of Zeus but Medea’s phrase is a strong one. βεβάασιν: 3rd pl. perf. ind. act. epic of βαίνω.
 
360: ᾗς: ‘by which’ (epic dat. pl.) referring back to ὑποσχεσίαι and deeply ironical in tone. The rest of the line describes the manner of Medea’s flight, with οὐ κατὰ κόσμον (lit. ‘not according to what is proper’, ‘abandoning all restraint,’) functioning almost as a gloss on the the rarer phrase ἀναιδήτῳ ἰότητι’,( ‘with shameless determination’).
 
361–2: Connecting τε (Smyth §2968) helps to form a powerful tricolon, consisting of the things which Medea has abandoned (πάτρην, ‘fatherland’, κλέα . . . μεγάρων, ‘the glories of my home’, αὐτούς . . . τοκῆας, ‘my very parents’). ἦεν: verb 3rd sg. imperf. ind. of εἰμί, to be.
 
363: λυγρῇσιν . . . ἅμ᾽ ἀλκυόνεσσι, ‘together with the plaintive Halcyons’. φορεῦμαι: ‘I am carried’ (1st sg. pres. ind. pass. epic, doric, ionic, contracted of φορέομαι). 
 
364: σῶν ἕνεκεν καμάτων: ‘for the sake of your sufferings’ The prominent position of μοι σόος (‘safe because of me’) stresses that it is thanks to Medea that Jason is alive at all. Similarly, the parallelism of ἀμφί . . . ἀμφί emphasises the extent of Medea’s help against the worst that animals and men had to offer. βουσὶν(cattle) and γηγενέεσσιν (earthborn men) refer to the ἄεθλοι(contests) set for Jason by King Aietesof Colchis. 
 
365: ἀναπλήσειας ἀέθλους: ‘so that you might accomplish the contests’. The optative (Smyth §2196) is used because of the historic sequence of νοσφισάμην, with τηλόθι . . . φορεῦμαι as a parenthesis. 
 
366: ἐφ’ ᾧ πλόος ὔμμιν ἐτύχθη: ‘for which your voyage was made’. The transmitted text here is very uncertain. The alternative, ἐπεί τ᾽ ἐπαϊστὸν ἐτύχθη, would mean ‘when the matter had become known’. The lemmatised phrase is to be preferred because it suits the rhetorical nature of Medea’s speech. Coming after κῶας it emphasises how important the Fleece was – the very goal of their expedition – and the value of Medea’s contribution.
 
367–8: εἷλες ἐμῇ ματίῃ: ‘you took it through my folly’. She bitterly regrets her assistance even as she recounts it. κατὰ δ᾽ οὐλοὸν αἶσχος ἔχευα: ‘I poured deadly shame’, the tmesisof the verb enclosing its powerful object reinforces the rhetorical power of Medea’s recrimination. θηλυτέραις: Understand γυναιξί.  It is typical of Apollonius’ learned style that he shortens a formula which he borrows from Homer (e.g. Il.8.520 θηλύτεραι δὲ γυναῖκες).
 
368–9: The infinitive ἕπεσθαι depends on φημί, ‘Therefore, I tell you that I follow you to the land of Hellas’.



 

ἔνθα there, thither; where, whither δέ but, and ἐπεί, ἐπείδη when ὁ ἡ τό the ἕκαστος -η -ον each, every one νόος mind, perception πεμπάζω to count on the five fingers κόρη -ης ἡ girl δή indeed, of course ἄρα well then, really μιν himself, herself (indecl.) ὀξύς -εῖα -ύ sharp καρδία -ας ἡ heart ἐλελίζω to whirl round ἀνίη torment, vexation; νωλεμές without pause, unceasingly, continually αἶψα forthwith, at once, directly δέ but, and νόσφι aloof, apart, afar, away Ἰάσων Jason μόνος -η -ον alone, solitary ἑταῖρος -ου ὁ comrade, companion ἐκπροκαλέομαι to call to oneself ἄγω ἄξω ἤγαγον ἦχα ἦγμαι ἤχθην do, drive, go ἄλλυδις elsewhither ὄφρα so that, until λιάζω to loosen πολύς (πολλός) πολλή πολύ many, much ἑκάς far, afar, far off στονόεις causing groans δέ but, and 0 0 ἔκφημι to speak out μῦθος -ου ὁ spoken thing, speech, plan, story Αἰσονίδης Aesonides τίς τί who? what? ὅδε ἥδε τόδε this, that συναρτύνω fit out, furnish with μενοινή eager desire ἀμφί on both sides ἐγώ I ἤ or, than σύ σοῦ σοί σέ you (sg.) πάγχυ quite, wholly, entirely, altogether λαθιφροσύνη forgetfulness ἐνίημι to send in ἀγλαΐα splendour, beauty ὁ ἡ τό the δέ but, and οὐκ οὐχ οὐκι οὐχι not τις τι anyone, anything, someone something μετατρέπομαι to turn oneself round, turn round ὅσος -η -ον how great/long as great/long as ἀγορεύω ἀγορεύσω ἠγόρευσα ἠγόρευκα ἠγόρευμαι ἠγορεύθην harangue, speak χρεώ want, need; ἐνέχω to hold within πού where, how τοι let me tell you, surely Ζεύς Διός ὁ Zeus ἱκέσιος of or for suppliants ὅρκιον an oath πού where, how δέ but, and μελιχρός honey-sweet προϋπόσχεσις previous promise βαίνω βήσομαι ἔβην βέβηκα --- --- go, step, walk ἵημι ἥσω ἧκα εἷκα εἷμαι εἵθην put in motion, let go, shoot; (mid.) hasten, rush ἐγώ I οὐκ οὐχ οὐκι οὐχι not κατά against, down κόσμος -ου ὁ ornament, world 0 0 ἰότης will, desire πάτρα fatherland, native land, country, home τε and κλέος -ους τό glory τε and μέγαρον -ου τό a large room, hall, feast-hall αὐτός -ή -ό his/her/itself τε and τοκεύς one who begets, a father νοσφίζω turn away, shrink back ὁ ἡ τό the ἐγώ I εἰμί, ἔσομαι, impf. ἦν, infin. εἶναι to be ὑπέρ over, beyond, on behalf of 0 0 δέ but, and οἶος -η -ον alone λυγρός -ά -όν sad, mournful, miserable κατά against, down πόντος -ου ὁ sea, the deep ἅμα at once, at the same time ἀλκυών the kingfisher φορέω bear or carry habitually or repeatedly σός -ή -όν yours ἕνεκα on account of κάματος toil, trouble, labour ἵνα where; that, in order that ἐγώ I σῶς safe and sound, alive and well, in good case ἀμφί on both sides τε and βοῦς βοός ὁ/ἡ bull, cow pl. cattle ἀμφί on both sides τε and γηγενής earthborn ἀναπίμπλημι to fill up; to contaminate, infect ἆθλος -ου ὁ contest ὕστατος -η -ον latest, last αὖ, αὖθις back again; besides καί and κῶας a fleece ἐπεί, ἐπείδη when τε and ἐπάϊστος heard of, detected τεύχω τεύξω ἔτευξα τέτευχα τέτυγμαι ἐτύχθην build αἱρέω αἱρήσω εἷλον ᾕρηκα ᾕρημαι ᾑρέθην take mid. choose ἐμός -ή -όν my ματία a vain attempt κατά against, down δέ but, and ὀλοός destroying, destructive, fatal, deadly, murderous αἶσχος shame, disgrace χέω χέω ἔχεα κέχυκα κέχυμαι ἐχύθην to pour θῆλυς θήλεια θῆλυ female, feminine, soft τῶ then, therefore φημί φήσω ἔφησα --- --- --- say τεός = σός, 'your' κόρη -ης ἡ girl τε and δάμαρ a wife, spouse τε and αὐτοκασιγνήτη an own sister τε and μετά among, after, in pursuit of Ἕλλας -αδος ἡ Greece γαῖα -ας ἡ earth ἕπομαι ἕψομαι ἑσπόμην --- --- --- to follow πάντη every way, on every side νῦν or νύ now, as it is πρόφρων with forward mind ὑπερίσταμαι to stand over μηδέ but not, not even ἐγώ I μόνος -η -ον alone, solitary σύ σοῦ σοί σέ you (sg.) λείπω λείψω ἔλιπον λέλοιπα λέλειμμαι ἐλείφθην leave ἀπάνευθε afar off, far away ἐποίχομαι to go towards, approach βασιλεύς βασιλέως ὁ king ἀλλά but αὔτως in the same way, just as it is, merely, in vain ἐρύω draw, drag off δίκη -ης ἡ justice δέ but, and τοι let me tell you, surely ἔμπεδος in the ground, firm-set, steadfast εἰμί, ἔσομαι, impf. ἦν, infin. εἶναι to be καί and θέμις that which is laid down ὅς ἥ τό who, which ἄμφω both (dual) συναρέσκω to please ἤ or, than σύ σοῦ σοί σέ you (sg.) γε at least; yes (emphatic) ἔπειτα thereupon φάσγανον a sword αὐτίκα immediately, straightway, at once; presently ὅδε ἥδε τόδε this, that μέσος -η -ον middle, in the middle διά through, on account of λαιμός the throat, gullet ἀμάω reap, mow down ὄφρα so that, until ἐπίηρα acceptable gifts φέρω οἴσω ἤνεγκα ἐνήνοχα ἐνήνεγμαι ἠνέχθην bear, carry ἔοικα, ptc. εἰκώς be like, look like, seem μαργοσύνη, ἡ gluttony, lust, wantonness σχέτλιος unwearying εἰ if, whether γάρ for ἄν conditional particle ἐγώ I κασίγνητος a brother; adj of a brother; sibling δικάζω δικάσω ἐδίκασα δεδίκακα δεδίκασμαι ἐδικάσθην to judge εἰμί, ἔσομαι, impf. ἦν, infin. εἶναι to be οὗτος αὓτη τοῦτο this ἄναξ -ακτος ὁ ruler, lord ὁ ἡ τό the ἐπέχω ἐφέξω ἐπέσχον ἐπέσχηκα --- --- have, present, direct toward ὅδε ἥδε τόδε this, that ἀλεγεινός hard ἄμφω both (dual) συνθεσία a covenant, treaty πῶς how? ἱκνέομαι ἵξομαι ἱκόμην --- ἷγμαι --- come ὄμμα -ατος τό eye πατήρ πατρός ὁ father ἤ or, than μάλα very, very much εὐκλεής -ές of good report, famous, glorious τίς τί who? what? δέ but, and οὐκ οὐχ οὐκι οὐχι not τίσις payment by way of return ἠέ ah! βαρύς -εῖα -ύ heavy, tiresome ἄτη -ης ἡ blindness, destruction οὐκ οὐχ οὐκι οὐχι not σμυγερός with pain, painful δεινός -ή -όν awesome, terrible ὑπέρ over, beyond, on behalf of οἷος -α -ον such as, of what sort, like, (exclam.) what a!, how! ; οἷός τε (+infin.) fit or able to; οἷόν τε (+infin.) it is possible to ἔρδω to do ὀτλέω suffer, endure σύ σοῦ σοί σέ you (sg.) δέ but, and ἄν conditional particle θυμηδής well-pleasing νόστος -ου ὁ return (home) αἱρέω αἱρήσω εἷλον ᾕρηκα ᾕρημαι ᾑρέθην take mid. choose μή not, lest ὁ ἡ τό the γε at least; yes (emphatic) παμβασίλεια queen of all, all-powerful queen Ζεύς Διός ὁ Zeus τελέω τελέσω ἐτέλεσα τετέλεκα τετέλεσμαι ἐτελέσθην fulfill; pay; initiate ἄκοιτις a spouse, wife ὁ ἡ τό the ἐπί on, upon κυδιάω to bear oneself proudly, go proudly along, exult μιμνήσκω μνήσω ἔμνησα --- μέμνημαι ἐμνήσθην --- remind, remember δέ but, and καί and πότε when? ἐγώ I στρεύγομαι to be squeezed out in drops κάματος toil, trouble, labour δέρος skin, fleece δέ but, and τοι let me tell you, surely ἴσος -η -ον equal in size, weight, or number; like ὄνειρος τό a dream οἴχομαι οἰχήσομαι --- --- --- --- to be gone, to have gone εἰς into, to ἔρεβος darkness μεταμώνιος borne by the wind ἐκ out of δέ but, and σύ σοῦ σοί σέ you (sg.) πάτρα fatherland, native land, country, home αὐτίκα immediately, straightway, at once; presently ἐμός -ή -όν my σύ σοῦ σοί σέ you (sg.) ἐλαύνω ἐλῶ ἤλασα ἐλήλακα ἐλήλαμαι ἐλάθην to drive, set in motion Ἐρινύς the Erinys οἷος -α -ον such as, of what sort, like, (exclam.) what a!, how! ; οἷός τε (+infin.) fit or able to; οἷόν τε (+infin.) it is possible to καί and αὐτός -ή -ό his/her/itself σός -ή -όν yours πάσχω πείσομαι ἔπαθον πέπονθα --- --- to suffer, undergo, be affected ἀτροπία inflexibility ὁ ἡ τό the μέν as, while, whereas οὐκ οὐχ οὐκι οὐχι not θέμις that which is laid down ἀκράαντος unfulfilled, fruitless ἐν in, on γαῖα -ας ἡ earth πίπτω πεσοῦμαι ἔπεσον πέπτωκα --- --- to fall μάλα very, very much γάρ for μέγας μεγάλη μέγα big, great ἀλιταίνω to sin ὅρκος -ου ὁ oath νηλής pitiless, ruthless ἀλλά but οὐκ οὐχ οὐκι οὐχι not θήν surely now ἐγώ I ἐπιλλίζω to make signs to ὀπίσω backwards, back, back again δήν long, for a long while εἰμί, ἔσομαι, impf. ἦν, infin. εἶναι to be εὔκηλος free from care, at one's ease ἕκητι by means of, by virtue of, by the aid of γε at least; yes (emphatic) συνθεσία a covenant, treaty ὡς as, as if, how; to φημί φήσω ἔφησα --- --- --- say ἀναζέω to boil up βαρύς -εῖα -ύ heavy, tiresome χόλος -ου ὁ gall ἵημι ἥσω ἧκα εἷκα εἷμαι εἵθην put in motion, let go, shoot; (mid.) hasten, rush δέ but, and ἤ or, than γε at least; yes (emphatic) ναῦς νεώς ἡ ship καταφλέγω to burn down, burn up, consume διά through, on account of τε and ἔμπεδος in the ground, firm-set, steadfast πᾶς πᾶσα πᾶν all, every κεάζω to split, cleave ἐν in, on δέ but, and πίπτω πεσοῦμαι ἔπεσον πέπτωκα --- --- to fall αὐτός -ή -ό his/her/itself μαλερός mighty, fierce, devouring, ravening πῦρ πυρός τό fire τοῖος -α -ον quality, such, such-like δέ but, and Ἰάσων Jason μειλίχιος gentle, mild, soothing ἔπος -ους τό word ὑποδείδω to cower under 0 0 ἴσχω hold; hold back, check, restrain δαιμόνιος of or belonging to a δαίμων; miraculous, marvellous ὁ ἡ τό the μέν as, while, whereas ἁνδάνω to please, delight, gratify οὐδέ but not, not even ἐγώ I αὐτός -ή -ό his/her/itself ἀλλά but τις τι anyone, anything, someone something ἀμβολίη delay δίζημαι to seek out, look for δηιοτής battle-strife, battle, death ὅσος -η -ον how great/long as great/long as δυσμενής full of ill-will, hostile ἀνήρ ἀνδρός ὁ man νέφος a cloud, mass ἀμφιδαίω to burn ἕνεκα on account of ἐγώ I πᾶς πᾶσα πᾶν all, every γάρ for ὅσος -η -ον how great/long as great/long as χθών χθονός ἡ the earth, ground ὅδε ἥδε τόδε this, that νέμω νεμῶ ἔνειμα νενέμηκα νενέμημαι ἐνεμήθην distribute 0 0 μάω be eager, press on ἀμύνω ἀμυνῶ ἤμυνα ἤμυκα ἤμυμαι ἠμύνηθην defend ὄφρα so that, until σύ σοῦ σοί σέ you (sg.) πατήρ πατρός ὁ father οἶος -η -ον alone τε and ληΐζομαι seize, carry off as booty ὑπότροπος returning οἶκος -ου ὁ house, dwelling; household ἄγω ἄξω ἤγαγον ἦχα ἦγμαι ἤχθην do, drive, go αὐτός -ή -ό his/her/itself δέ but, and στυγερός hated, abominated, loathed ἄν conditional particle ὄλλυμι ὀλῶ ὤλεσα (or ὠλόμην) ὀλώλεκα (or ὄλωλα) --- --- destroy, lose πᾶς πᾶσα πᾶν all, every ὄλεθρος ruin, destruction, death μίγνυμι, μείξω, ἔμειξα, μέμειγμαι, ἐμείχθην mix, mingle διά through, on account of χείρ χειρός ἡ (dat. pl. χέρσι) hand ὁ ἡ τό the τοι let me tell you, surely καί and ῥίγιον more frosty, colder ἄλγος -ους τό pain εἰμί, ἔσομαι, impf. ἦν, infin. εἶναι to be εἰ if, whether σύ σοῦ σοί σέ you (sg.) θνήσκω ἀποθανοῦμαι ἀπέθανον τέθνηκα --- --- die, be slain ἕλωρ booty, spoil, prey ἐκεῖνος -η -ον that one λείπω λείψω ἔλιπον λέλοιπα λέλειμμαι ἐλείφθην leave ὅδε ἥδε τόδε this, that δέ but, and συνθεσία a covenant, treaty κραίνω to accomplish, fulfil, bring to pass δόλος -ου ὁ trick ὅς ἥ τό who, which μιν himself, herself (indecl.) εἰς into, to ἄτη -ης ἡ blindness, destruction βαίνω βήσομαι ἔβην βέβηκα --- --- go, step, walk οὐδέ but not, not even ἄν conditional particle ὅμως still, nevertheless περιναιέτης one of those who dwell round, a neighbour ἀντιάζω to meet face to face Κόλχος a Colchian ἦρα service, gratification φέρω οἴσω ἤνεγκα ἐνήνοχα ἐνήνεγμαι ἠνέχθην bear, carry ὑπέρ over, beyond, on behalf of σοῦ shoo! νόσφι aloof, apart, afar, away ἄναξ -ακτος ὁ ruler, lord ὅς ἥ τό who, which τοι let me tell you, surely ἀοσσητήρ an assistant, helper, aider τε and κασίγνητος a brother; adj of a brother; sibling τε and τεύχω τεύξω ἔτευξα τέτευχα τέτυγμαι ἐτύχθην build οὐδέ but not, not even ἄν conditional particle ἐγώ I Κόλχος a Colchian ὑπείκω to retire, withdraw, depart μή not, lest πολεμίζω to wage war, make war, fight ἀντιβίην against, face to face ὅτε when μή not, lest ἐγώ I διέκ through and out of ἐάω ἐάσω εἴασα εἴακα εἴαμαι εἰάθην suffer, permit νέομαι to go