a reading of life-第7章

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Companioned　by　the　sweetest；　ay　renewed；

Unconquerable；　whose　aim　for　aid　is　Good！

Advantage　to　the　Many：　　that　we　name

God's　voice；　have　there　the　surety　in　our　aim。

This　thought　unto　my　sister　do　I　owe；

And　irony　and　satire　off　me　throw。

They　crack　a　childish　whip；　drive　puny　herds；

Where　numbers　crave　their　sustenance　in　words。

Now　let　the　perils　thicken：　　clearer　seen；

Your　Chieftain　Mind　mounts　over　them　serene。

Who　never　yet　of　scattered　lamps　was　born

To　speed　a　world；　a　marching　world　to　warn；

But　sunward　from　the　vivid　Many　springs；

Counts　conquest　but　a　step；　and　through　disaster　sings。









Fragments　of　the　Iliad　in　English　Hexameter　Verse









Poem：　The　Invective　Of　Achilles







＇Iliad；　B。　I。　V。　149＇



〃Heigh　me！　brazen　of　front；　thou　glutton　for　plunder；　how　can　one；

Servant　here　to　thy　mandates；　heed　thee　among　our　Achaians；

Either　the　mission　hie　on　or　stoutly　do　fight　with　the　foemen？

I；　not　hither　I　fared　on　account　of　the　spear…armed　Trojans；

Pledged　to　the　combat；　they　unto　me　have　in　nowise　a　harm　done；

Never　have　they；　of　a　truth；　come　lifting　my　horses　or　oxen；

Never　in　deep…soiled　Phthia；　the　nurser　of　heroes；　my　harvests

Ravaged；　they；　for　between　us　is　numbered　full　many　a　darksome

Mountain；　ay；　therewith　too　the　stretch　of　the　windy　sea…waters。

O　hugely　shameless！　thee　did　we　follow　to　hearten　thee；　justice

Pluck　from　the　Dardans　for　him；　Menelaos；　thee　too；　thou　dog…eyed！

Whereof　little　thy　thought　is；　nought　whatever　thou　reckest。

Worse；　it　is　thou　whose　threat　'tis　to　ravish　my　prize　from　me；

portion

Won　with　much　labour；　the　which　my　gift　from　the　sons　of　Achaia。

Never；　in　sooth；　have　I　known　my　prize　equal　thine　when　Achaians

Gave　some　flourishing　populous　Trojan　town　up　to　pillage。

Nay；　sure；　mine　were　the　hands　did　most　in　the　storm　of　the　combat；

Yet　when　came　peradventure　share　of　the　booty　amongst　us；

Bigger　to　thee　went　the　prize；　while　I　some　small　blessed　thing

bore

Off　to　the　ships；　my　share　of　reward　for　my　toil　in　the　bloodshed！

So　now　go　I　to　Phthia；　for　better　by　much　it　beseems　me

Homeward　go　with　my　beaked　ships　now；　and　I　hold　not　in　prospect；

I　being　outraged；　thou　mayst　gather　here　plunder　and　wealth…store。〃







Poem：　The　Invective　of　Achilles　…　V。　225。







〃Bibber　besotted；　with　scowl　of　a　cur；　having　heart　of　a　deer；

thou！

Never　to　join　to　thy　warriors　armed　for　the　press　of　the　conflict；

Never　for　ambush　forth　with　the　princeliest　sons　of　Achaia

Dared　thy　soul；　for　to　thee　that　thing　would　have　looked　as　a

death…stroke。

Sooth；　more　easy　it　seems；　down　the　lengthened　array　of　Achaians；

Snatch　at　the　prize　of　the　one　whose　voice　has　been　lifted　against

thee。

Ravening　king　of　the　folk；　for　that　thou　hast　thy　rule　over

abjects；

Else；　son　of　Atreus；　now　were　this　outrage　on　me　thy　last　one。

Nay；　but　I　tell　thee；　and　I　do　swear　a　big　oath　on　it　likewise：

Yea；　by　the　sceptre　here；　and　it　surely　bears　branches　and　leaf…

buds

Never　again；　since　first　it　was　lopped　from　its　trunk　on　the

mountains；

No　more　sprouting；　for　round　it　all　clean　has　the　sharp　metal

clipped　off

Leaves　and　the　bark；　ay；　verify　now　do　the　sons　of　Achaia；

Guardian　hands　of　the　counsels　of　Zeus；　pronouncing　the　judgement；

Hold　it　aloft；　so　now　unto　thee　shall　the　oath　have　its　portent；

Loud　will　the　cry　for　Achilles　burst　from　the　sons　of　Achaia

Throughout　the　army；　and　thou　chafe　powerless；　though　in　an

anguish；

How　to　give　succour　when　vast　crops　down　under　man…slaying　Hector

Tumble　expiring；　and　thou　deep　in　thee　shalt　tear　at　thy　heart…

strings；

Rage…wrung；　thou；　that　in　nought　thou　didst　honour　the　flower　of

Achaians。〃







Poem：　Marshalling　Of　The　Achaians







＇Iliad；　B。　II　V。　455＇



Like　as　a　terrible　fire　feeds　fast　on　a　forest　enormous；

Up　on　a　mountain　height；　and　the　blaze　of　it　radiates　round　far；

So　on　the　bright　blest　arms　of　the　host　in　their　march　did　the

splendour

Gleam　wide　round　through　the　circle　of　air　right　up　to　the　sky…

vault。

They；　now；　as　when　swarm　thick　in　the　air　multitudinous　winged

flocks；

Be　it　of　geese　or　of　cranes　or　the　long…necked　troops　of　the　wild…

swans；

Off　that　Asian　mead；　by　the　flow　of　the　waters　of　Kaistros；

Hither　and　yon　fly　they；　and　rejoicing　in　pride　of　their　pinions；

Clamour；　shaped　to　their　ranks；　and　the　mead　all　about　them

resoundeth；

So　those　numerous　tribes　from　their　ships　and　their　shelterings

poured　forth

On　that　plain　of　Scamander；　and　horrible　rumbled　beneath　them

Earth　to　the　quick…paced　feet　of　the　men　and　the　tramp　of　the

horse…hooves。

Stopped　they　then　on　the　fair…flower'd　field　of　Scamander；　their

thousands

Many　as　leaves　and　the　blossoms　born　of　the　flowerful　season。

Even　as　countless　hot…pressed　flies　in　their　multitudes　traverse；

Clouds　of　them；　under　some　herdsman's　wonning；　where　then　are　the

milk…pails

Also；　full　of　their　milk；　in　the　bountiful　season　of　spring…time；

Even　so　thickly　the　long…haired　sons　of　Achaia　the　plain　held；

Prompt　for　the　dash　at　the　Trojan　host；　with　the　passion　to　crush

them。

Those；　likewise；　as　the　goatherds；　eyeing　their　vast　flocks　of

goats；　know

Easily　one　from　the　other　when　all　get　mixed　o'er　the　pasture；

So　did　the　chieftains　rank　them　here　there　in　their　places　for

onslaught；

Hard　on　the　push　of　the　fray；　and　among　them　King　Agamemnon；

He；　for　his　eyes　and　his　head；　as　when　Zeus　glows　glad　in　his

thunder；

He　with　the　girdle　of　Ares；　he　with　the　breast　of　Poseidon。







Poem：　Agamemnon　In　The　Fight







＇Iliad；　B。　XI。　V。　148＇



These；　then；　he　left；　and　away　where　ranks　were　now　clashing　the

thickest；

Onward　rushed；　and　with　him　rushed　all　of　the　bright…greaved

Achaians。

Foot　then　footmen　slew；　that　were　flying　from　direful　compulsion；

Horse　at　the　horsemen　（up　from　off　under　them　mounted　the　dust…

cloud；

Up　off　the　plain；　raised　up　cloud…thick　by　the　thundering　horse…

hooves）

Hewed　with　the　sword's　sharp　edge；　and　so　meanwhile　Lord　Agamemnon

Followed；　chasing　and　slaughtering　aye；　on…urgeing　the　Argives。



Now；　as　when　fire　voracious　catches　the　unclipped　wood…land；

This　way　bears　it　and　that　the　great　whirl　of　the　wind；　and　the

scrubwood

Stretches　uptorn；　flung　forward　alength　by　the　fire's　fury　rageing；

So　beneath　Atreides　Agamemnon　heads　of　the　scattered

Trojans　fell；　and　in　numbers　amany　the　horses；　neck…stiffened；

Rattled　their　vacant　cars　down　the　roadway　gaps　of　the　war…field；

Missing　the　blameless　charioteers；　but；　for　these；　they　were

outstretched

Flat　upon　earth；　far　dearer　to　vultures　than　to　their　home…mates。







Poem：　Paris　And　Diomedes







＇Iliad；　B。　XI　V。　378＇



So　he；　with　a　clear　shout　of　laughter；

Forth　of　his　ambush　leapt；　and　he　vaunted　him；　uttering　thiswise：

〃Hit　thou　art！　not　in　vain　flew　the　shaft；　how　by　rights　it　had

pierced　thee

Into　the　undermost　gut；　therewith　to　have　rived　thee　of　life…

breath！

Following　that　had　the　Trojans　plucked　a　new　breath　from　their

direst；

They　all　frighted　of　thee；　as　the　goats　bleat　in　flight　from　a

lion。〃

Then　unto　him　untroubled　made　answer　stout　Diomedes：

〃Bow…puller；　jiber；　thy　bow　for　thy　glorying；　spyer　at　virgins！

If　that　thou　dared'st　face　me　here　out　in　the　open　with　weapons；

Nothing　then　would　avail　thee　thy　bow　and　thy　thick　shot　of　arrows。

Now　thou　plumest　thee　vainly　because　of　a　graze　of　my　footsole；

Reck　I　as　were　that　stroke　from　a　woman　or　some　pettish　infant。

Aye　flies　blunted　the　dart　of　the　man　that's　emasculate；

noughtworth！

Otherwise　hits；　forth　flying　from　me；　and　but　strikes　it　the

slightest；

My　keen　shaft；　and　it　numbers　a　man　of　the　dead　fallen　straightway。

Torn；　troth；　then　are　the　cheeks　of　the　wife　of　that　man　fallen

slaughtered；

Orphans　his　babes；　full　surely　he　reddens　the　earth　with　his　blood…

drops；

Rotting；　round　him　the　birds；　more　numerous　they　than　the　women。〃







Poem：　Hypnos　On　Ida







＇Iliad；　B。　XIV。　V。　283＇



They　then　to　fountain…abundant　Ida；　mother　of　wild　beasts；

Came；　and　they　first　left　ocean　to　fare　over　mainland　at　Lektos；

Where　underneath　of　their　feet　waved　loftiest　growths　of　the

woodland。

There　hung　Hypnos　fast；　ere　the　vision　of　Zeus　was　observant；

Mounted　upon　a　tall　pine…tree；　tallest　of　pines　that　on　Ida

Lustily　spring　off　soil　for　the　shoot　up　aloft　into　aether。

There　did　he　sit　well…cloaked　by　the　wide…branched　pine　for

concealment；

That　loud　bird；　in　his　form　like；　that　perched　high　up　in　the

mountains；

Chalkis　is　named　by　the　Gods；　but　of　mortals　known　as　Kymindis。







Poem：　Clash　In　Arms　Of　The　Achaians　And　Trojans







＇Iliad；　B。　XIV。　　V。　394＇



Not　the　sea…wave　so　bellows　abroad　when　it　bursts　upon　shingle；

Whipped　from　the　sea's　deeps　up　by　the　terrible　blast　of　the

Northwind；

Nay；　nor　is　ever　the　roar　of　the　fierce　fire's　rush　so　arousing；

Down　along　mountain…glades；　when　it　surges　to　kindle　a　woodland；

Nay；　nor　so　tonant　thunders　the　stress　of　the　gale　in　the　oak…

trees'

Foliage…tresses　high；　when　it　rages　to　raveing　its　utmost；

As　rose　then　stupendous　the　Trojan's　cry　and　Achaians'；

Dread　upshouting　as　one　when　together　they　clashed　in　the　conflict。







Poem：　The　Horses　Of　Achilles







＇Iliad；　B。　XVII。　V。　426＇



So　now　the　horses　of　Aiakides；　off　wide　of　the　war…ground；

Wept；　since　first　they　were　ware　of　their　charioteer　overthrown

there；

Cast　down　low　in　the　whirl　of　the　dust　under　man…slaying　Hector。

Sooth；　meanwhile；　then　did　Automedon；　brave　son　of　Diores；

Oft；　on　the　one　hand；　urge　them　with　flicks　of　the　swift　whip；　and

oft；　too；

Coax　entreatingly；　hurriedly；　whiles　did　he　angrily　threaten。

Vainly；　for　these　would　not　to　the　ships；　to　the　Hellespont

spacious；

Backward　turn；　nor　be　whipped　to　the　battle　among　the　Achaians。

Nay；　as　a　pillar　remains　immovable；　fixed　on　the　tombstone；

Haply；　of　some　dead　man　or　it　may　be　a　woman　there…under；

Even　like　hard　stood　they　there　attached　to　the　glorious　war…car；

Earthward　bowed　with　their　heads；　and　of　them　so　lamenting

incessant

Ran　the　hot　teardrops　downward　on　to　the　earth　from　their　eyelids；

Mourning　their　charioteer；　all　their　lustrous　manes　dusty…clotted；

Right　side　and　left　of　the　yoke…ring　tossed；　to　the　breadth　of　the

yoke…bow。

Now　when　the　issue　of　Kronos　beheld　that　sorrow；　his　head　shook

Pitying　them　for　their　grief；　these　words　then　he　spake　in　his

bosom；

〃Why；　ye　hapless；　gave　we　to　Peleus　you；　to　a　mortal

Master；　ye　that　are　ageless　both；　ye　both　of　you　deathless！

Was　it　that　ye　among　men　most　wretched　should　come　to　have　heart…

grief？

'Tis　most　true；　than　the　race　of　these　men　is　there　wretcheder

nowhere

Aught　over　earth's　range　found　that　is　gifted　with　breath　and　has

movement。〃







Poem：　The　Mares　Of　The　Camargue