Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1907-10-03
Hours With Homer
Book l.. A Literal Translation by
c. MdClean. Ph. D.


can-of glorious-or renowned
skill began to speak for them, do
ing service of love for his r,other,
the white armed Hera:
Truly now, here will be bad
doings, and no longer bearable, if
now ye two strive in this way on
account of the mortals, and carry
on a brawl in the midst of the
gods; nor will there be any
pleasure in the toothsome feast,
since these bad-lit. worse-prac-
tices prevail. Nov, l counsel my
mother, although she herself well
understands is proper to
be done-to do services of love for
my dear father, Zcus, that my
father may not upbraid again and
disturb us at the feast. For if the
Olympian, the hurler of tighten
ing, wish to thrust us from our
seats-he can do it;-for he is
much the bravest. But do thou
approach him with winning words
then straighway the Oiympian
will be kipd to u.s.
Thus ne spoke, and starting up
he put the two handled cup in
the hand of his dear mother, and
said to her:
''Have courage, my mother, and
hold myself up though very grieved,
lest, very dear as thou art, I be-
hold thee struck before my eyes
And then l will not be abls
though very grieved, to help
thee. For the Oiympian is hare
to be opposed-See The Odyssey
Blk a :397-. For already on an
other occasion aiso-less lit. Ono,
before-when l rushed to defend
thee, seizing me by the foot, h,
hurled me from the divine TIRES
hold. And all day was | borne
downward-and at the setting o
the sun fell on Lemnos, and Their
j was yet little life left in mc-Sc
Per. Lost, Blk /, 73s, etc.
There the Sintian men-hsvin
seen me fall, Immediately too
u me up-and cared-for me- -
Thus he spoke, and the goddess
, the white armed Hcra, smiled an
smiling she received the cup wit
her hand from her son. An
: then from left to right he pourc
out ~eet nectar as wine to all ii
rest of the gods, drawing from tt
mixing bowl. And suddenly &
IN irrepressiblc laughter arose amor
r; the blessed gods, when they sa
lie Hephacstus-i. c. Wuican-puffir
NJ through the palace. Thus the
V indeed, did they feast all day uni
,d the going down of the sun, ar
e. their heart did not at all wa
s. for feast fairly shared, nor f
IN the charming Tyre which Apol
" had, nor for the MUSES. who sal
II responsive with mciodious-li
t. beautiful voice. Then, when Il
!, bright light went down, they d
vi parted, each one to his house
" lie down, where for each the r
e. nouned Hcphaestus, with skilf
10 T1ind-aDd with-two strong arm
made room. And Zcus, t
=. Olympian hurler of lightcnir
~ went to his bed where formerly
was wont to lie, when sweet sic
-. came upon him. Here, havi
~ gone up. he courted sleep, and He
y of the golden throne was-by
side.
Note. That Zeus did not sic
- is evident from Book 2, w. II
concludes Book l.
Wv. :47-Zeus fools Agame
es non and keeps his promise to Th~t
I'd, Accordingly, the rest of the e
on the one hand, and the hor
arming men on the other ha
Sc slept all night long, but refresh
IN sleep did not continue to hold Zc
For he ponder ed in his heart h
he might honor Achilles, and d
troy many of the Achaeans n
ON their ships. Then this as plar
him in mind seemed best-to 81
a bsneful dream to AgamcmD
lot the son of Aureus: And lifting
his voice he addressed to I
winged words:
uys 80 bancful dreami Up
get thee to the swift ships of
Achaeans. Then go to the tent
ess 3 earaemnon. the son of Atreus
tell him very accurately eve
thing as l command thee.
Oii him to arm with all haste the IL
haired Achaeans. For now he II
80. if he makes the attempt, seize
take the wide-wayed city of
. inhabit the Olympian hall no IL
er are divided in opinion oucf
the destruction of Troy. For +