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Years that bring me labour accurst of hurtling spears��
Woe that hath no respite or end��
But wide´spread over the plains of Troy
Works sorrow and shame for Hellas' sons。
antistrophe 1
Would he had vanished away from the earth��
Rapt to the skies�察�or sunk to devouring Hades��
He who first revealed to the Greeks the use of arms
Leagued in fierce confederate war��
Ah�察�toils eternally breeding toils��
Yea�察�he was the fiend who wrought man's ruin。
strophe 2
The wretch accurst�察�what were his gifts��
Neither the glad�察�festival wreath��
Nor the divine�察�mirth´giving wine´cup��
No music of flutes�察�soothing and sweet��
Slumber by night�察�blissful and calm��
None he bequeathed us。
And love's joys�察�alas� �love did he banish from me。
Here couching alone neglected��
With hair by unceasing dews drenched evermore�察�we curse
Thy shores�察�O cruel Ilium。
antistrophe 2
Erewhile against terror by night��
javelin or sword�察�firm was our trust��
He was our shield�察�valiant Ajax。
But now a malign demon of fate
Claims him。 Alas� �When�察�when again
Shall joy befall me��
Oh once more to stand�察�where on the wooded headland
The ocean is breaking�察�under
The shadow of Sunium's height�察�thence could I greet from far
The divine city of Athens。
��TEUCER enters�察�followed by AGAMEMNON and his retinue。��
TEUCER
In haste I come�察�for the captain of the host��
Agamemnon�察�I have seen hurrying hither。
To a perverse tongue now will he give rein。
AGAMEMNON
Is it you�察�they tell me�察�have dared to stretch your lips
In savage raillery against us�察�unpunished��
'Tis you I mean�察�the captive woman's son。
Verily of well´born mother had you been bred��
Superb had been your boasts and high your strut��
Since you�察�being nought�察�have championed one who is nought��
Vowing that no authority is ours
By sea or land to rule the Greeks or you。
Are not these monstrous taunts to hear from slaves��
What was this man whose praise you vaunt so loudly��
Whither went he�察�or where stood he�察�where I was not��
Among the Greeks are there no men but he��
In evil hour�察�it seems�察�did we proclaim
The contest for Achilles' panoply��
If come what may Teucer is to call us knaves��
And if you never will consent�察�though worsted��
To accept the award that seemed just to most judges��
But either must keep pelting us with foul words��
Or stab us craftily in your rage at losing。
Where such discords are customary�察�never
Could any law be stablished and maintained��
If we should thrust the rightful winners by��
And bring the rearmost to the foremost place。
But such wrong must be checked。 'Tis not the big
Broad´shouldered men on whom we most rely��
No�察�'tis the wise who are masters everywhere。
An ox�察�however large of rib�察�may yet
Be kept straight on the road by a little whip。
And this corrective�察�I perceive�察�will soon
Descend on you�察�unless you acquire some wisdom��
Who�察�though this man is dead�察�a mere shade now��
Can wag your insolent lips so freely and boldly。
Come to your senses�此�think what you are by birth。
Bring hither someone else�察�a man born free��
Who in your stead may plead your cause before us。
For when you speak�察�the sense escapes me quite��
I comprehend not your barbarian tongue。
LEADER OF THE CHORUS
Would that you both might learn wisdom and temperance。
There is no better counsel I can give you。
TEUCER
Alas� �how soon gratitude to the dead
Proves treacherous and vanishes from men's minds��
If for thee�察�Ajax�察�this man has no more
The least word of remembrance�察�he for whom oft
Toiling in battle thou didst risk thy life。
But all that is forgotten and flung aside。
Thou who but now wast uttering so much folly��
Hast thou no memory left�察�how in that hour
When�察�pent within your lines�察�you were already
No more than men of nought�察�routed in battle��
He alone stood forth to save you�察�while the flames
Were blazing round the stern´decks of the ships
Already�察�and while Hector�察�leaping high
Across the trench�察�charged down upon the hulls��
Who checked this ruin�拭�Was it not he�察�who nowhere
So much as stood beside thee�察�so thou sayest��
Would you deny he acted nobly there��
Or when again chosen by lot�察�unbidden��
Alone in single combat he met Hector��
For no runaway's lot did he cast in��
No lump of clammy earth�察�but such that first
It should leap lightly from the crested helm��
His were these exploits�察�and beside him stood
I the slave�察�the barbarian mother's son。
Wretch�察�with what face can you fling forth such taunts��
Know you not that of old your father's father
Was Pelops�察�a barbarian�察�and a Phrygian��
That your sire Atreus set before his brother
A feast most impious of his own children's flesh��
And from a Cretan mother you were born��
Whom when her father found her with a paramour��
He doomed her for dumb fishes to devour。
Being such�察�do you reproach me with my lineage��
Telamon is the father who begat me��
Who�察�as the foremost champion of the Greeks��
Won as his bride my mother�察�a princes
By birth�察�Laomedon's daughter�此�a chosen spoil
She had been given him by Alcmena's son。
Thus of two noble parents nobly born��
How should I shame one of my blood�察�whom now��
Laid low by such calamity�察�you would thrust
Unburied forth�察�and feel no shame to say it��
But of this be sure�此�wheresoever you may cast him��
Us three also with him will you cast forth。
For it beseems me in his cause to die
In sight of all�察�rather than for the sake
Of your wife´or your brother's should I say��
Look then not to my interest�察�but your own。
For if you assail me�察�you shall soon wish rather
To have been a coward than too bold against me。
��ODYSSEUS enters。��
LEADER
In good time�察�King Odysseus�察�hast thou come��
If 'tis thy purpose not to embroil but reconcile。
ODYSSEUS
What is it�察�friends�拭�Far off I heard high words
From the Atreidae over this hero's corpse。
AGAMEMNON
Royal Odysseus�察�but now from this man
We have been listening to most shameful taunts。
ODYSSEUS
How shameful�拭�I could find excuse for one
Who�察�when reviled�察�retorts with bitter words。
AGAMEMNON
Yes�察�I repaid his vile deeds with reviling。
ODYSSEUS
What has he done thee whereby thou art wronged��
AGAMEMNON
He says he will not leave yon corpse unhonoured
By sepulture�察�but will bury it in my spite。
ODYSSEUS
May now a friend speak out the truth�察�yet still
As ever ply his oar in stroke with thine��
AGAMEMNON
Speak�此�I should be witless else�察�for thee
Of all the Greeks I count the greatest friend。
ODYSSEUS
Then listen。 For the gods' sake venture not
Thus ruthlessly to cast forth this man unburied��
And in no wise let violence compel thee
To such deep hate that thou shouldst tread down justice。
Once for me too this man was my worst foe��
From that hour when I won Achilles' arms��
Yet�察�though he was such towards me�察�I would not so
Repay him with dishonour as to deny
That of all Greeks who came to Troy�察�no hero
So valiant save Achilles have I seen。
So it is not just thou shouldst dishonour him。
Not him wouldst thou be wronging�察�but the laws
Of heaven。 It is not righteousness to outrage
A brave man dea