Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica

ἀρχόμενος σέο, Φοῖβε, παλαιγενέων κλέα φωτῶν

Beginning with you, Phoebus, the glorious deeds of men born long ago

μνήσομαι, οἳ Πόντοιο κατὰ στόμα καὶ διὰ πέτρας

I shall recall, who through the mouth of the Pontus and between

Κυανέας βασιλῆος ἐφημοσύνῃ Πελίαο

the Cyanean Rocks, at the command of King Pelias,

ἡρώων, δολιχῆς τε πόρους ἁλός, ὅσσα τʼ ἔρεξαν

of the heroes, and the paths of the long sea, and all that they did

πλαζόμενοι· Μοῦσαι δʼ ὑποφήτορες εἶεν ἀοιδῆς.

in their wanderings; and may the Muses be the interpreters of my song.

πρῶτά νυν Ὀρφῆος μνησώμεθα, τόν ῥά ποτʼ αὐτὴ

First, then, let us call to mind Orpheus, whom once she herself,

Καλλιόπη Θρήικι φατίζεται εὐνηθεῖσα

Calliope, it is said, having lain with Thracian

Οἰάγρῳ σκοπιῆς Πιμπληίδος ἄγχι τεκέσθαι

Oeagrus, bore near the Pimpleian height.

οἱ δὲ τέως μακάρεσσι θεοῖς Τιτῆσιν ἄνασσον,

and they meanwhile ruled over the blessed gods, the Titans,

ὄφρα Ζεὺς ἔτι κοῦρος, ἔτι φρεσὶ νήπια εἰδώς,

while Zeus was still a boy, still with childish thoughts in his mind,

Δικταῖον ναίεσκεν ὑπὸ σπέος· οἱ δέ μιν οὔπω

and dwelt in the Dictaean cave; and not yet had they,

γηγενέες Κύκλωπες ἐκαρτύναντο κεραυνῷ,

the earth-born Cyclopes, armed him with the thunderbolt,

βροντῇ τε στεροπῇ τε· τὰ γὰρ Διὶ κῦδος ὀπάζει.

with thunder and lightning; for these give Zeus his glory.

Βιστονίῃ φόρμιγγι λιγείης ἦρχεν ἀοιδῆς·

began a clear song to his Bistonian lyre:

ὥς ποτε πετραίῃ ὑπὸ δειράδι Παρνησσοῖο

how once beneath the rocky ridge of Parnassus

Δελφύνην τόξοισι πελώριον ἐξενάριξεν,

he slew with his arrows the monstrous Delphyne,

κοῦρος ἐὼν ἔτι γυμνός, ἔτι πλοκάμοισι γεγηθώς.

while still a naked boy, still delighting in his locks.

ἱλήκοις· αἰεί τοι, ἄναξ, ἄτμητοι ἔθειραι,

Be gracious! Always, lord, your hair is unshorn,

ῥηίδιον, τοῖός μιν ὄφις περί τʼ ἀμφί τʼ ἔρυται

easy: such a serpent guards it round about,

ἀθάνατος καὶ ἄυπνος, ὃν αὐτὴ Γαῖʼ ἀνέφυσεν

deathless and sleepless, which Earth herself brought forth

Καυκάσου ἐν κνημοῖσι, Τυφαονίη ὅθι πέτρη,

on the slopes of the Caucasus, where Typhon's Rock is,

ἔνθα Τυφάονά φασι Διὸς Κρονίδαο κεραυνῷ

where they say that Typhon, by the thunderbolt of Zeus, son of Cronus,

βλήμενον, ὁππότε οἱ στιβαρὰς ἐπορέξατο χεῖρας,

struck, when he raised his mighty hands against him,

θερμὸν ἀπὸ κρατὸς στάξαι φόνον· ἵκετο δʼ αὔτως

dripped hot blood from his head; and in that state he reached

οὔρεα καὶ πεδίον Νυσήιον, ἔνθʼ ἔτι νῦν περ

the mountains and the plain of Nysa, where even now

κεῖται ὑποβρύχιος Σερβωνίδος ὕδασι λίμνης.

he lies submerged beneath the waters of the Serbonian lake.

ὧς ἄρʼ ἔφη· πολέεσσι δʼ ἐπὶ χλόος εἷλε παρειὰς

So he spoke; and pallor seized the cheeks of many

αὐτίκα, τοῖον ἄεθλον ὅτʼ ἔκλυον. αἶψα δὲ Πηλεὺς

at once, when they heard of such a contest. But quickly Peleus

λώιον, ἢ κακὸν οἶτον ἀφειδήσαντας ἑλέσθαι.

is better than to choose an evil doom by not sparing ourselves.

κούρη τις μεγάροισιν ἐνιτρέφετʼ Αἰήταο,

There is a girl brought up in the halls of Aeetes,

τὴν Ἑκάτη περίαλλα θεὰ δάε τεχνήσασθαι

whom the goddess Hecate taught surpassingly to work with

φάρμαχʼ, ὅσʼ ἤπειρός τε φύει καὶ νήχυτον ὕδωρ,

drugs, all that the mainland and the flowing water grow;

τοῖσι καὶ ἀκαμάτοιο πυρὸς μειλίσσετʼ ἀυτμή,

by them even the blast of tireless fire is soothed,

καὶ ποταμοὺς ἵστησιν ἄφαρ κελαδεινὰ ῥέοντας,

and she stops rivers at once as they flow roaring,

ἄστρα τε καὶ μήνης ἱερῆς ἐπέδησε κελεύθους.

and binds fast the stars and the paths of the holy moon.

τῆς μὲν ἀπὸ μεγάροιο κατὰ στίβον ἐνθάδʼ ἰόντες

Of her, as we came here along the path from the palace,

μνησάμεθʼ, εἴ κε δύναιτο, κασιγνήτη γεγαυῖα,

we made mention, in case she, being her sister, might be able

αἰετοῦ ὠμηστέω κνημοῖς ἔνι Καυκασίοισιν

the flesh-devouring eagle, on the slopes of the Caucasus,

αἱματόεντʼ ἰχῶρα Προμηθῆος μογεροῖο.

the bloody ichor of tormented Prometheus.

τοῦ δʼ ἤτοι ἄνθος μὲν ὅσον πήχυιον ὕπερθεν

Its flower, about a cubit high above [the ground],

χροιῇ Κωρυκίῳ ἴκελον κρόκῳ ἐξεφαάνθη,

appeared in colour like the Corycian crocus,

καυλοῖσιν διδύμοισιν ἐπήορον· ἡ δʼ ἐνὶ γαίῃ

raised on twin stalks; but in the earth

σαρκὶ νεοτμήτῳ ἐναλιγκίη ἔπλετο ῥίζα.

the root was like flesh newly cut.

τῆς οἵην τʼ ἐν ὄρεσσι κελαινὴν ἰκμάδα φηγοῦ

Its juice, dark like the sap of an oak in the mountains,

Κασπίῃ ἐν κόχλῳ ἀμήσατο φαρμάσσεσθαι,

she had gathered in a Caspian shell to make her drug,

ἑπτὰ μὲν ἀενάοισι λοεσσαμένη ὑδάτεσσιν,

after bathing seven times in ever-flowing waters

ἑπτάκι δὲ Βριμὼ κουροτρόφον ἀγκαλέσασα,

and seven times calling on Brimo, nurse of the young,

Βριμὼ νυκτιπόλον, χθονίην, ἐνέροισιν ἄνασσαν,

Brimo the night-wanderer, of the underworld, queen among the dead,

λυγαίῃ ἐνὶ νυκτί, σὺν ὀρφναίοις φαρέεσσιν.

in the gloom of night, in dark garments.

μυκηθμῷ δʼ ὑπένερθεν ἐρεμνὴ σείετο γαῖα,

And with a bellowing the black earth shook beneath

ῥίζης τεμνομένης Τιτηνίδος· ἔστενε δʼ αὐτὸς

as the Titanian root was cut; and he himself groaned,

Ἰαπετοῖο πάις ὀδύνῃ πέρι θυμὸν ἀλύων.

the son of Iapetus, his spirit distraught with pain.

τό ῥʼ ἥγʼ ἐξανελοῦσα θυώδεϊ κάτθετο μίτρῃ,

This she had taken out and placed in the fragrant band

ἥ τέ οἱ ἀμβροσίοισι περὶ στήθεσσιν ἔερτο.

which was fastened round her ambrosial breast.

εὖτʼ ἂν δὴ μετιόντι πατὴρ ἐμὸς ἐγγυαλίξῃ

When my father, on your coming to him, puts into your hands

ἐξ ὄφιος γενύων ὀλοοὺς σπείρασθαι ὀδόντας,

the deadly teeth from the serpent's jaws to sow,

δὴ τότε μέσσην νύκτα διαμμοιρηδὰ φυλάξας,

then, watching for the middle of the night, when it is divided in two,

ἀκαμάτοιο ῥοῇσι λοεσσάμενος ποταμοῖο,

having bathed in the streams of the tireless river,

οἶος ἄνευθʼ ἄλλων ἐνὶ φάρεσι κυανέοισιν

alone, apart from others, in dark garments,

βόθρον ὀρύξασθαι περιηγέα· τῷ δʼ ἔνι θῆλυν

dig a rounded pit; and in it a female

ἀρνειὸν σφάζειν, καὶ ἀδαίετον ὠμοθετῆσαι,

sheep slaughter, and lay it out whole as a raw offering,

αὐτῷ πυρκαϊὴν εὖ νηήσας ἐπὶ βόθρῳ.

having piled a pyre well over the pit itself.

μουνογενῆ δʼ Ἑκάτην Περσηίδα μειλίσσοιο,

And propitiate Hecate, the only-begotten daughter of Perses,

λείβων ἐκ δέπαος σιμβλήια ἔργα μελισσέων.

pouring from a cup the hive-stored work of bees.

ἔνθα δʼ ἐπεί κε θεὰν μεμνημένος ἱλάσσηαι,

Then, when you have called the goddess to mind and propitiated her,

ἂψ ἀπὸ πυρκαϊῆς ἀναχάζεο· μηδέ σε δοῦπος

withdraw back from the pyre; and let neither the thud

ἠὲ ποδῶν ὄρσῃσι μεταστρεφθῆναι ὀπίσσω,

of feet rouse you to turn around behind you,

ἠὲ κυνῶν ὑλακή, μή πως τὰ ἕκαστα κολούσας

nor the baying of dogs, lest somehow, spoiling everything,

οὐδʼ αὐτὸς κατὰ κόσμον ἑοῖς ἑτάροισι πελάσσῃς.

you yourself do not return in proper order to your comrades.

ἦρι δὲ μυδήνας τόδε φάρμακον, ἠύτʼ ἀλοιφῇ

At dawn, moisten this drug, and like an ointment,

γυμνωθεὶς φαίδρυνε τεὸν δέμας· ἐν δέ οἱ ἀλκὴ

stripped bare, rub it over your body; and in it there will be prowess

ἔσσετʼ ἀπειρεσίη μέγα τε σθένος, οὐδέ κε φαίης

boundless, and great strength, and you would say you were a match not

ἀνδράσιν, ἀλλὰ θεοῖσιν ἰσαζέμεν ἀθανάτοισιν.

for men but for the immortal gods.

πρὸς δὲ καὶ αὐτῷ δουρὶ σάκος πεπαλαγμένον ἔστω

And besides, let your shield be sprinkled, along with the spear itself,

καὶ ξίφος. ἔνθʼ οὐκ ἄν σε διατμήξειαν ἀκωκαὶ

and your sword. Then the points would not cut you

πῦρ ὑπένερθεν ἱείς, ἐπὶ δὲ μιγάδας χέε λοιβάς,

putting fire beneath, and over it he poured mingled libations,

Βριμὼ κικλήσκων Ἑκάτην ἐπαρωγὸν ἀέθλων.

calling on Brimo Hecate as helper in his contests.

καί ῥʼ ὁ μὲν ἀγκαλέσας πάλιν ἔστιχεν· ἡ δʼ ἀίουσα

And having called on her he went back; and she, hearing,

κευθμῶν ἐξ ὑπάτων δεινὴ θεὸς ἀντεβόλησεν

the dread goddess, came from the utmost depths to meet

ἱροῖς Αἰσονίδαο· πέριξ δέ μιν ἐστεφάνωντο

the rites of the son of Aeson; and all around her were wreathed

σμερδαλέοι δρυΐνοισι μετὰ πτόρθοισι δράκοντες.

terrible serpents among oak boughs.

στράπτε δʼ ἀπειρέσιον δαΐδων σέλας· ἀμφὶ δὲ τήνγε

And the boundless blaze of torches flashed; and around her

ὀξείῃ ὑλακῇ χθόνιοι κύνες ἐφθέγγοντο.

the hounds of the underworld howled with shrill barking.

πίσεα δʼ ἔτρεμε πάντα κατὰ στίβον· αἱ δʼ ὀλόλυξαν

All the meadows trembled along her path; and they cried aloud,

νύμφαι ἑλειονόμοι ποταμηίδες, αἳ περὶ κείνην

the marsh-dwelling river nymphs, who around that

τήνγε φυλακτήρων, λάθε δέ σφεας ὁρμηθεῖσα.

her among the guards, and she escaped their notice as she sped.

ἔνθεν ἴμεν νηόνδε μάλʼ ἐφράσατʼ· οὐ γὰρ ἄιδρις

From there she resolved to go to the temple; for she was not unacquainted

ἦεν ὁδῶν, θαμὰ καὶ πρὶν ἀλωμένη ἀμφί τε νεκρούς,

with the roads, having often roamed before around corpses

ἀμφί τε δυσπαλέας ῥίζας χθονός, οἷα γυναῖκες

and around the stubborn roots of the earth, as women

φαρμακίδες· τρομερῷ δʼ ὑπὸ δείματι πάλλετο θυμός.

who are sorceresses do; and her heart quivered with trembling fear.

τὴν δὲ νέον Τιτηνὶς ἀνερχομένη περάτηθεν

And as the Titanian one, newly rising from the far horizon,

φοιταλέην ἐσιδοῦσα θεὰ ἐπεχήρατο Μήνη

saw her wandering in frenzy, the goddess Mene [the Moon] gloated over her

ἁρπαλέως, καὶ τοῖα μετὰ φρεσὶν ᾗσιν ἔειπεν·

with glee, and spoke such words in her own heart:

οὐκ ἄρʼ ἐγὼ μούνη μετὰ Λάτμιον ἄντρον ἀλύσκω,

'So I am not the only one to slip away to the Latmian cave,

οὐδʼ οἴη καλῷ περιδαίομαι Ἐνδυμίωνι·

nor do I alone burn for handsome Endymion;

ἦ θαμὰ δὴ καὶ σεῖο κίον δολίῃσιν ἀοιδαῖς,

truly, often have I gone away at your guileful incantations,

μνησαμένη φιλότητος, ἵνα σκοτίῃ ἐνὶ νυκτὶ

thinking of my love, so that in the dark night

φαρμάσσῃς εὔκηλος, ἅ τοι φίλα ἔργα τέτυκται.

you might work your sorcery at ease, the deeds that are dear to you.

νῦν δὲ καὶ αὐτὴ δῆθεν ὁμοίης ἔμμορες ἄτης·

But now you yourself, it seems, have your share of a like madness;

δῶκε δʼ ἀνιηρόν τοι Ἰήσονα πῆμα γενέσθαι

and has given you Jason to be a grievous affliction,

Ἄργου φραδμοσύνῃσιν ἀριστῆες μεθέηκαν.

the chieftains, on the advice of Argus, set ashore.

τὼ δὲ διʼ ἀτραπιτοῖο μεθʼ ἱερὸν ἄλσος ἵκοντο,

And the two came by a footpath to the sacred grove,

φηγὸν ἀπειρεσίην διζημένω, ᾗ ἔπι κῶας

seeking the vast oak on which the fleece

βέβλητο, νεφέλῃ ἐναλίγκιον, ἥ τʼ ἀνιόντος

was hung, like a cloud that at the rising

ἠελίου φλογερῇσιν ἐρεύθεται ἀκτίνεσσιν.

sun's fiery rays turns red.

αὐτὰρ ὁ ἀντικρὺ περιμήκεα τείνετο δειρὴν

But right opposite, he stretched out his huge long neck,

ὑψοῦ σμερδαλέην κεφαλὴν μενέαινεν ἀείρας

raising its terrible head on high, it was eager

ἀμφοτέρους ὀλοῇσι περιπτύξαι γενύεσσιν.

to enfold both of them in its deadly jaws.

ἡ δέ μιν ἀρκεύθοιο νέον τετμηότι θαλλῷ

But she, with a newly cut sprig of juniper

βάπτουσʼ ἐκ κυκεῶνος ἀκήρατα φάρμακʼ ἀοιδαῖς

dipping pure drugs from the brew, with incantations

ῥαῖνε κατʼ ὀφθαλμῶν· περί τʼ ἀμφί τε νήριτος ὀδμὴ

sprinkled them over its eyes; and all around, the immense scent

φαρμάκου ὕπνον ἔβαλλε· γένυν δʼ αὐτῇ ἐνὶ χώρῃ

of the drug cast sleep; and its jaw, in that very place,

θῆκεν ἐρεισάμενος· τὰ δʼ ἀπείρονα πολλὸν ὀπίσσω

it laid down, resting it; and far behind, those endless

κύκλα πολυπρέμνοιο διὲξ ὕλης τετάνυστο.

coils were stretched out through the thick-trunked wood.

εἴ κε δόλον ξείνοισιν ἐπʼ ἀνδράσι τεχνήσαιτο.

in case she might contrive some trick against the strangers.

καὶ τὼ μὲν τὰ ἕκαστα συνῄνεον ἀλλήλοισιν·

And the two of them were agreeing with each other on every point;

αὐτίκα δʼ Αἰσονίδης πυκινοῦ ἐξᾶλτο λόχοιο,

and at once the son of Aeson sprang out of the close ambush,

γυμνὸν ἀνασχόμενος παλάμῃ ξίφος· αἶψα δὲ κούρη

raising his naked sword in his hand; and at once the girl

ἔμπαλιν ὄμματʼ ἔνεικε, καλυψαμένη ὀθόνῃσιν,

turned her eyes away, veiling herself in linen,

μὴ φόνον ἀθρήσειε κασιγνήτοιο τυπέντος.

so as not to see the slaughter of her brother as he was struck.

τὸν δʼ ὅγε, βουτύπος ὥστε μέγαν κερεαλκέα ταῦρον,

And him, as an ox-slaughterer [strikes] a great strong-horned bull,

πλῆξεν ὀπιπεύσας νηοῦ σχεδόν, ὅν ποτʼ ἔδειμαν

he struck, having watched for him, near the temple which once

Ἀρτέμιδι Βρυγοὶ περιναιέται ἀντιπέρηθεν.

the Brygi who dwell around, on the mainland opposite, built for Artemis.

ῥέζε θυηπολίην, οἵῃ τʼ ἀπολυμαίνονται

she performed the sacrifice by which are cleansed

νηλειεῖς ἱκέται, ὅτʼ ἐφέστιοι ἀντιόωσιν.

ruthless suppliants when they come to the hearth.

πρῶτα μὲν ἀτρέπτοιο λυτήριον ἥγε φόνοιο

First, as a release from the inexorable murder, she

τειναμένη καθύπερθε συὸς τέκος, ἧς ἔτι μαζοὶ

stretched out above [them] the young of a sow whose teats still

πλήμμυρον λοχίης ἐκ νηδύος, αἵματι χεῖρας

were brimming from the womb newly delivered, and their hands with blood

τέγγεν, ἐπιτμήγουσα δέρην· αὖτις δὲ καὶ ἄλλοις

she wetted, cutting its throat; and again with other

μείλισσεν χύτλοισι, καθάρσιον ἀγκαλέουσα

libations she made propitiation, invoking as Purifier

Ζῆνα, παλαμναίων τιμήορον ἱκεσιάων.

Zeus, the protector of the supplications of the blood-guilty.

καὶ τὰ μὲν ἀθρόα πάντα δόμων ἐκ λύματʼ ἔνεικαν

And all the defilements together they carried out of the house,

νηιάδες πρόπολοι, ταί οἱ πόρσυνον ἕκαστα.

the Naiad attendants, who saw to every task for her.

εἴρυσσαν τανύσαντες ἐν ἱμάντεσσι κεραίης.

they hauled up, stretching it in the straps of the yard.

νῆα δʼ ἐυκραὴς ἄνεμος φέρεν. αἶψα δὲ νῆσον

A steady wind carried the ship. And soon an island,

καλήν, Ἀνθεμόεσσαν ἐσέδρακον, ἔνθα λίγειαι

a fair one, Anthemoessa, they beheld, where the clear-voiced

Σειρῆνες σίνοντʼ Ἀχελωίδες ἡδείῃσιν

Sirens, daughters of Achelous, would destroy, with their sweet

θέλγουσαι μολπῇσιν, ὅτις παρὰ πεῖσμα βάλοιτο.

songs enchanting him, whoever cast a mooring-rope there.

πίδακα μαστεύεσκον· ἐπὶ ξηρὴ γὰρ ἔκειτο

they kept searching for a spring; for a parching

δίψα δυηπαθίῃ τε καὶ ἄλγεσιν, οὐδʼ ἐμάτησαν

thirst lay on them, besides their hardship and pains; and not in vain

πλαζόμενοι· ἷξον δʼ ἱερὸν πέδον, ᾧ ἔνι Λάδων

did they wander. They came to the holy plain where Ladon,

εἰσέτι που χθιζὸν παγχρύσεα ῥύετο μῆλα

until only yesterday, it seems, guarded the all-golden apples

χώρῳ ἐν Ἄτλαντος, χθόνιος ὄφις· ἀμφὶ δὲ νύμφαι

in the land of Atlas, the serpent of the earth; and around him the nymphs,

Ἑσπερίδες ποίπνυον, ἐφίμερον ἀείδουσαι.

the Hesperides, busied themselves, singing their lovely song.

δὴ τότε δʼ ἤδη τῆμος ὑφʼ Ἡρακλῆι δαϊχθεὶς

But by then, at that very time, struck down by Heracles,

μήλειον βέβλητο ποτὶ στύπος· οἰόθι δʼ ἄκρῃ

he lay flung against the trunk of the apple tree; only with the tip

οὐρῇ ἔτι σκαίρεσκεν· ἀπὸ κρατὸς δὲ κελαινὴν

of his tail was he still writhing; but from his head along his dark

Κάρπαθος· ἔνθεν δʼ οἵγε περαιώσεσθαι ἔμελλον

Carpathus; and from there they meant to cross over

Κρήτην, ἥ τʼ ἄλλων ὑπερέπλετο εἰν ἁλὶ νήσων.

to Crete, which surpasses the other islands in the sea.

τοὺς δὲ Τάλως χάλκειος, ἀπὸ στιβαροῦ σκοπέλοιο

But bronze Talos, from the massive crag

ῥηγνύμενος πέτρας, εἶργε χθονὶ πείσματʼ ἀνάψαι,

breaking off rocks, kept them from tying their cables to the land

Δικταίην ὅρμοιο κατερχομένους ἐπιωγήν·

as they came into the sheltering anchorage of Dicte.

τὸν μὲν χαλκείης μελιηγενέων ἀνθρώπων

Him, of the bronze race of men sprung from ash trees

ῥίζης λοιπὸν ἐόντα μετʼ ἀνδράσιν ἡμιθέοισιν

the one left over from that stock among the men who were demigods,

Εὐρώπῃ Κρονίδης νήσου πόρεν ἔμμεναι οὖρον,

the son of Cronus gave to Europa to be the warden of the island,

τρὶς περὶ χαλκείοις Κρήτην ποσὶ δινεύοντα.

striding three times around Crete on his bronze feet.

ἀλλʼ ἤτοι τὸ μὲν ἄλλο δέμας καὶ γυῖα τέτυκτο

Now, the rest of his body and his limbs were made

βήσατʼ ἐπʼ ἰκριόφιν· χειρὸς δέ ἑ χειρὶ μεμαρπὼς

she went up onto the deck; and grasping her hand in his hand,

Αἰσονίδης ἐκόμιζε διὰ κληῖδας ἰοῦσαν.

the son of Aeson guided her as she went between the benches.

ἔνθα δʼ ἀοιδῇσιν μειλίσσετο, μέλπε δὲ Κῆρας

There with songs she sought to appease, and hymned the Kēres [spirits of death],

θυμοβόρους, Ἀίδαο θοὰς κύνας, αἳ περὶ πᾶσαν

heart-devouring, swift hounds of Hades, who, through all

ἠέρα δινεύουσαι ἐπὶ ζωοῖσιν ἄγονται.

the air whirling, are driven against the living.

τὰς γουναζομένη τρὶς μὲν παρεκέκλετʼ ἀοιδαῖς,

Beseeching them, three times she called on them with songs,

τρὶς δὲ λιταῖς· θεμένη δὲ κακὸν νόον, ἐχθοδοποῖσιν

three times with prayers; and, setting her mind to evil, with hostile

ὄμμασι χαλκείοιο Τάλω ἐμέγηρεν ὀπωπάς·

eyes she cast the evil eye on the eyes of bronze Talos;

λευγαλέον δʼ ἐπί οἱ πρῖεν χόλον, ἐκ δʼ ἀίδηλα

against him she ground out baleful wrath, and sent forth

δείκηλα προΐαλλεν, ἐπιζάφελον κοτέουσα.

destructive phantoms, in vehement fury.

Ζεῦ πάτερ, ἦ μέγα δή μοι ἐνὶ φρεσὶ θάμβος ἄηται,

Father Zeus, truly great wonder stirs in my mind,

εἰ δὴ μὴ νούσοισι τυπῇσί τε μοῦνον ὄλεθρος

if indeed destruction [comes upon us] not only by diseases and wounds