Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1907-09-05
Hours With Homer
Book |. A Literal Translation by
6. MdCIean, Ph. D.

hetacomb. And when at length
they reached near the very deep
harbor, they furled their sails, and
stored them away in the black ship.
Then having quickly lowered the
mast by the forestays, they put it
in the mast receiver, and rowed it
Ii. e., the ship with oars to the
anchoring place. Then they cast
out the ''sleepers' 'and made fast the
hawsers, and also they themselves
disembarked upon the beach of
the sea, and they unloaded the heca-
tomb Ito be offered) in honor of the
far shooting Apollo. Then Chryses
disembarked from the sea travelling
ship. Then the wise Ulysses, lead
ing her to the altar, placed her in
her dear fathers arms and said to
him:
20 Chryses, Agamemnon, king
of men, sent me forth to bring to
thee thy child and to offer to Phoe-
bus sacred hecatomb in behalf of
the Danai, in order that we
might conciliate the king, who has
now sent woes causing many groans
Il. e. heavy woes) upon the Ar
gives"
Having thus spoken, he placed
her in his arms, and he, rejoicing,
received his dear child. Then they
quickly arranged in order around
the well-built altar, in honor of the
god, the sacred hecatomb, and after
that they washed their hands and
took up the bruised and roasted bar
leycorn (see Lev. 2:l3).
Now Chryses, holding forth his
hands, prayed with a loud voice for
them.
''Hear me, o bearer of the silver
bow, who continually guest as a
protector, around Chrysa and rulest
over Tenedos with might. AS thou
didst hear my former prayer, and
didst honor me, and didst sever ely
afflict the army of the Achaeaus, so
now also fulfill this desire for me
Forthwith turn pitiful ruin from
the Danai.'
Thus he spoke in prayer Tit. pray
ing and Phocbus Apollo heard him.
And then when they h al prayed
and poured forth upon them) the
oulochytae Ii. e., bruised barley
corn mixed with salt) they drew
upwards the heads (of the victims)
cut their throats(i. c., opened the
large artery of the. neck and flaycd
them. Then they cut out the thighs
and covered them with fat, making
it double ii. c., placing two layers
of fat upon the thighs. This fat
was usually taken from the kid
ncys) and then placing
pieces Of raw flcsh
upon them(i c. pieces from differ
ent parts of the victims). Then
the elder burned the thigh pieces
(thus prepared on cleft wood, and
poured out as libation, sparkling
wine, and the young men by the
priest himself ii. C., the attendants
held the five-tined forks in their
hands. And when they had thor
oughly burned the thighs and had
eaten the entrails, they then both
cut into small pieces the rest ano
pierced them from side to side with
spits; and when they carefully
roasted them, they drew all of
from the spits). Then when they
had ceased from their labor and pre-.
pared food, they Toasted, nor die
their appetites at all want for fooc
equally shared ii. e., of which eact
had fair share). And when the,
had sent away ii. e., satisfied tn,
desire for food ami drink the youns
men filled the mixers to the briu
with drink, they then, having per
formed the dedicatory rites Will
the cups, distributed 10 all, and al
day long they, the young men o
the Achaeans, were appeasing tn,
gods with song, singing beautiful
paeans, hynlning the Far-darter
and he, hearing, was delighted il
his heart. And when the sun wen
down and darkness came on, thei
they lay themselves down to res
along the stern hawsers of tn
ships. And when rosy-fingere
Dawn, daughter of the Morning
appeared, then without delay bega
they to put out for the broad cam
of the Achaeans; and the Far-dart
or Apollo sent a wind followin
them ii. c., sent a favorable wind
They set up for themselves the mas
and spread the white sails; and tn
foaming sea roared loudly on bot
sides of the keel as the ship wa
running; and she the ship) skippe
from wave to wave accomplishing
her way. Then, when they reach
ed opposite the wide camp of tn