1. Homer, Iliad, 3.121-3.122, 6.356-6.358, 6.407-6.446, 6.448, 6.450, 6.454-6.465, 6.472-6.473, 6.484, 6.488-6.493, 6.496, 7.76-7.91, 18.333-18.335, 19.324-19.325, 22.441, 22.510-22.514, 24.723-24.745 (8th cent. BCE - 7th cent. BCE)
Tagged with subjects: • Andromache • Andromache, • Aphrodite, dialogue between Hecuba and Andromache in Troades not mentioning • Hector, and Andromache • Hector, mourned by Andromache
Found in books: Baumann and Liotsakis (2022) 198; Beck (2021) 9, 17, 18, 20, 28; Bowie (2021) 484; Braund and Most (2004) 60, 65; Castagnoli and Ceccarelli (2019) 34, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 63, 64, 66; Ekroth (2013) 233; Finkelberg (2019) 134, 220, 221; Joseph (2022) 226, 227, 229, 231, 232; Jouanna (2018) 280; Maciver (2012) 105, 162; Mcclellan (2019) 31, 33, 135, 136, 226; Pirenne-Delforge and Pironti (2022) 14, 17; Pucci (2016) 74; Thorsen et al. (2021) 30; Williams and Vol (2022) 300
3.121. Ἶρις δʼ αὖθʼ Ἑλένῃ λευκωλένῳ ἄγγελος ἦλθεν 3.122. εἰδομένη γαλόῳ Ἀντηνορίδαο δάμαρτι,
6.356. εἵνεκʼ ἐμεῖο κυνὸς καὶ Ἀλεξάνδρου ἕνεκʼ ἄτης, 6.357. οἷσιν ἐπὶ Ζεὺς θῆκε κακὸν μόρον, ὡς καὶ ὀπίσσω 6.358. ἀνθρώποισι πελώμεθʼ ἀοίδιμοι ἐσσομένοισι.
6.407. δαιμόνιε φθίσει σε τὸ σὸν μένος, οὐδʼ ἐλεαίρεις 6.408. παῖδά τε νηπίαχον καὶ ἔμʼ ἄμμορον, ἣ τάχα χήρη 6.409. σεῦ ἔσομαι· τάχα γάρ σε κατακτανέουσιν Ἀχαιοὶ 6.410. πάντες ἐφορμηθέντες· ἐμοὶ δέ κε κέρδιον εἴη 6.411. σεῦ ἀφαμαρτούσῃ χθόνα δύμεναι· οὐ γὰρ ἔτʼ ἄλλη 6.412. ἔσται θαλπωρὴ ἐπεὶ ἂν σύ γε πότμον ἐπίσπῃς 6.413. ἀλλʼ ἄχεʼ· οὐδέ μοι ἔστι πατὴρ καὶ πότνια μήτηρ. 6.414. ἤτοι γὰρ πατέρʼ ἁμὸν ἀπέκτανε δῖος Ἀχιλλεύς, 6.415. ἐκ δὲ πόλιν πέρσεν Κιλίκων εὖ ναιετάουσαν 6.416. Θήβην ὑψίπυλον· κατὰ δʼ ἔκτανεν Ἠετίωνα, 6.417. οὐδέ μιν ἐξενάριξε, σεβάσσατο γὰρ τό γε θυμῷ, 6.418. ἀλλʼ ἄρα μιν κατέκηε σὺν ἔντεσι δαιδαλέοισιν 6.419. ἠδʼ ἐπὶ σῆμʼ ἔχεεν· περὶ δὲ πτελέας ἐφύτευσαν 6.420. νύμφαι ὀρεστιάδες κοῦραι Διὸς αἰγιόχοιο. 6.421. οἳ δέ μοι ἑπτὰ κασίγνητοι ἔσαν ἐν μεγάροισιν 6.422. οἳ μὲν πάντες ἰῷ κίον ἤματι Ἄϊδος εἴσω· 6.423. πάντας γὰρ κατέπεφνε ποδάρκης δῖος Ἀχιλλεὺς 6.424. βουσὶν ἐπʼ εἰλιπόδεσσι καὶ ἀργεννῇς ὀΐεσσι. 6.425. μητέρα δʼ, ἣ βασίλευεν ὑπὸ Πλάκῳ ὑληέσσῃ, 6.426. τὴν ἐπεὶ ἂρ δεῦρʼ ἤγαγʼ ἅμʼ ἄλλοισι κτεάτεσσιν, 6.427. ἂψ ὅ γε τὴν ἀπέλυσε λαβὼν ἀπερείσιʼ ἄποινα, 6.428. πατρὸς δʼ ἐν μεγάροισι βάλʼ Ἄρτεμις ἰοχέαιρα. 6.429. Ἕκτορ ἀτὰρ σύ μοί ἐσσι πατὴρ καὶ πότνια μήτηρ 6.430. ἠδὲ κασίγνητος, σὺ δέ μοι θαλερὸς παρακοίτης· 6.431. ἀλλʼ ἄγε νῦν ἐλέαιρε καὶ αὐτοῦ μίμνʼ ἐπὶ πύργῳ, 6.432. μὴ παῖδʼ ὀρφανικὸν θήῃς χήρην τε γυναῖκα· 6.433. λαὸν δὲ στῆσον παρʼ ἐρινεόν, ἔνθα μάλιστα 6.434. ἀμβατός ἐστι πόλις καὶ ἐπίδρομον ἔπλετο τεῖχος. 6.435. τρὶς γὰρ τῇ γʼ ἐλθόντες ἐπειρήσανθʼ οἱ ἄριστοι 6.436. ἀμφʼ Αἴαντε δύω καὶ ἀγακλυτὸν Ἰδομενῆα 6.437. ἠδʼ ἀμφʼ Ἀτρεΐδας καὶ Τυδέος ἄλκιμον υἱόν· 6.438. ἤ πού τίς σφιν ἔνισπε θεοπροπίων ἐῢ εἰδώς, 6.439. ἤ νυ καὶ αὐτῶν θυμὸς ἐποτρύνει καὶ ἀνώγει. 6.440. τὴν δʼ αὖτε προσέειπε μέγας κορυθαίολος Ἕκτωρ· 6.441. ἦ καὶ ἐμοὶ τάδε πάντα μέλει γύναι· ἀλλὰ μάλʼ αἰνῶς 6.442. αἰδέομαι Τρῶας καὶ Τρῳάδας ἑλκεσιπέπλους, 6.443. αἴ κε κακὸς ὣς νόσφιν ἀλυσκάζω πολέμοιο· 6.444. οὐδέ με θυμὸς ἄνωγεν, ἐπεὶ μάθον ἔμμεναι ἐσθλὸς 6.445. αἰεὶ καὶ πρώτοισι μετὰ Τρώεσσι μάχεσθαι 6.446. ἀρνύμενος πατρός τε μέγα κλέος ἠδʼ ἐμὸν αὐτοῦ.
6.448. ἔσσεται ἦμαρ ὅτʼ ἄν ποτʼ ὀλώλῃ Ἴλιος ἱρὴ
6.450. ἀλλʼ οὔ μοι Τρώων τόσσον μέλει ἄλγος ὀπίσσω,
6.454. ὅσσον σεῦ, ὅτε κέν τις Ἀχαιῶν χαλκοχιτώνων 6.455. δακρυόεσσαν ἄγηται ἐλεύθερον ἦμαρ ἀπούρας· 6.456. καί κεν ἐν Ἄργει ἐοῦσα πρὸς ἄλλης ἱστὸν ὑφαίνοις, 6.457. καί κεν ὕδωρ φορέοις Μεσσηΐδος ἢ Ὑπερείης 6.458. πόλλʼ ἀεκαζομένη, κρατερὴ δʼ ἐπικείσετʼ ἀνάγκη· 6.459. καί ποτέ τις εἴπῃσιν ἰδὼν κατὰ δάκρυ χέουσαν· 6.460. Ἕκτορος ἥδε γυνὴ ὃς ἀριστεύεσκε μάχεσθαι 6.461. Τρώων ἱπποδάμων ὅτε Ἴλιον ἀμφεμάχοντο. 6.462. ὥς ποτέ τις ἐρέει· σοὶ δʼ αὖ νέον ἔσσεται ἄλγος 6.463. χήτεϊ τοιοῦδʼ ἀνδρὸς ἀμύνειν δούλιον ἦμαρ. 6.464. ἀλλά με τεθνηῶτα χυτὴ κατὰ γαῖα καλύπτοι 6.465. πρίν γέ τι σῆς τε βοῆς σοῦ θʼ ἑλκηθμοῖο πυθέσθαι.
6.472. αὐτίκʼ ἀπὸ κρατὸς κόρυθʼ εἵλετο φαίδιμος Ἕκτωρ, 6.473. καὶ τὴν μὲν κατέθηκεν ἐπὶ χθονὶ παμφανόωσαν·
6.484. δακρυόεν γελάσασα· πόσις δʼ ἐλέησε νοήσας,
6.488. μοῖραν δʼ οὔ τινά φημι πεφυγμένον ἔμμεναι ἀνδρῶν, 6.489. οὐ κακὸν οὐδὲ μὲν ἐσθλόν, ἐπὴν τὰ πρῶτα γένηται. 6.490. ἀλλʼ εἰς οἶκον ἰοῦσα τὰ σʼ αὐτῆς ἔργα κόμιζε 6.491. ἱστόν τʼ ἠλακάτην τε, καὶ ἀμφιπόλοισι κέλευε 6.492. ἔργον ἐποίχεσθαι· πόλεμος δʼ ἄνδρεσσι μελήσει 6.493. πᾶσι, μάλιστα δʼ ἐμοί, τοὶ Ἰλίῳ ἐγγεγάασιν.
6.496. ἐντροπαλιζομένη, θαλερὸν κατὰ δάκρυ χέουσα.
7.76. ὧδε δὲ μυθέομαι, Ζεὺς δʼ ἄμμʼ ἐπιμάρτυρος ἔστω· 7.77. εἰ μέν κεν ἐμὲ κεῖνος ἕλῃ ταναήκεϊ χαλκῷ, 7.78. τεύχεα συλήσας φερέτω κοίλας ἐπὶ νῆας, 7.79. σῶμα δὲ οἴκαδʼ ἐμὸν δόμεναι πάλιν, ὄφρα πυρός με 7.80. Τρῶες καὶ Τρώων ἄλοχοι λελάχωσι θανόντα. 7.81. εἰ δέ κʼ ἐγὼ τὸν ἕλω, δώῃ δέ μοι εὖχος Ἀπόλλων, 7.82. τεύχεα σύλησας οἴσω προτὶ Ἴλιον ἱρήν, 7.83. καὶ κρεμόω προτὶ νηὸν Ἀπόλλωνος ἑκάτοιο, 7.84. τὸν δὲ νέκυν ἐπὶ νῆας ἐϋσσέλμους ἀποδώσω, 7.85. ὄφρά ἑ ταρχύσωσι κάρη κομόωντες Ἀχαιοί, 7.86. σῆμά τέ οἱ χεύωσιν ἐπὶ πλατεῖ Ἑλλησπόντῳ. 7.87. καί ποτέ τις εἴπῃσι καὶ ὀψιγόνων ἀνθρώπων 7.88. νηῒ πολυκλήϊδι πλέων ἐπὶ οἴνοπα πόντον· 7.89. ἀνδρὸς μὲν τόδε σῆμα πάλαι κατατεθνηῶτος, 7.90. ὅν ποτʼ ἀριστεύοντα κατέκτανε φαίδιμος Ἕκτωρ. 7.91. ὥς ποτέ τις ἐρέει· τὸ δʼ ἐμὸν κλέος οὔ ποτʼ ὀλεῖται.
18.333. νῦν δʼ ἐπεὶ οὖν Πάτροκλε σεῦ ὕστερος εἶμʼ ὑπὸ γαῖαν, 18.334. οὔ σε πρὶν κτεριῶ πρίν γʼ Ἕκτορος ἐνθάδʼ ἐνεῖκαι 18.335. τεύχεα καὶ κεφαλὴν μεγαθύμου σοῖο φονῆος·
19.324. χήτεϊ τοιοῦδʼ υἷος· ὃ δʼ ἀλλοδαπῷ ἐνὶ δήμῳ 19.325. εἵνεκα ῥιγεδανῆς Ἑλένης Τρωσὶν πολεμίζω·
22.441. δίπλακα πορφυρέην, ἐν δὲ θρόνα ποικίλʼ ἔπασσε.
22.510. γυμνόν· ἀτάρ τοι εἵματʼ ἐνὶ μεγάροισι κέονται 22.511. λεπτά τε καὶ χαρίεντα τετυγμένα χερσὶ γυναικῶν. 22.512. ἀλλʼ ἤτοι τάδε πάντα καταφλέξω πυρὶ κηλέῳ 22.513. οὐδὲν σοί γʼ ὄφελος, ἐπεὶ οὐκ ἐγκείσεαι αὐτοῖς, 22.514. ἀλλὰ πρὸς Τρώων καὶ Τρωϊάδων κλέος εἶναι.
24.723. τῇσιν δʼ Ἀνδρομάχη λευκώλενος ἦρχε γόοιο 24.724. Ἕκτορος ἀνδροφόνοιο κάρη μετὰ χερσὶν ἔχουσα· 24.725. ἆνερ ἀπʼ αἰῶνος νέος ὤλεο, κὰδ δέ με χήρην 24.726. λείπεις ἐν μεγάροισι· πάϊς δʼ ἔτι νήπιος αὔτως 24.727. ὃν τέκομεν σύ τʼ ἐγώ τε δυσάμμοροι, οὐδέ μιν οἴω 24.728. ἥβην ἵξεσθαι· πρὶν γὰρ πόλις ἥδε κατʼ ἄκρης 24.729. πέρσεται· ἦ γὰρ ὄλωλας ἐπίσκοπος, ὅς τέ μιν αὐτὴν 24.730. ῥύσκευ, ἔχες δʼ ἀλόχους κεδνὰς καὶ νήπια τέκνα, 24.731. αἳ δή τοι τάχα νηυσὶν ὀχήσονται γλαφυρῇσι, 24.732. καὶ μὲν ἐγὼ μετὰ τῇσι· σὺ δʼ αὖ τέκος ἢ ἐμοὶ αὐτῇ 24.733. ἕψεαι, ἔνθά κεν ἔργα ἀεικέα ἐργάζοιο 24.734. ἀθλεύων πρὸ ἄνακτος ἀμειλίχου, ἤ τις Ἀχαιῶν 24.735. ῥίψει χειρὸς ἑλὼν ἀπὸ πύργου λυγρὸν ὄλεθρον 24.736. χωόμενος, ᾧ δή που ἀδελφεὸν ἔκτανεν Ἕκτωρ 24.737. ἢ πατέρʼ ἠὲ καὶ υἱόν, ἐπεὶ μάλα πολλοὶ Ἀχαιῶν 24.738. Ἕκτορος ἐν παλάμῃσιν ὀδὰξ ἕλον ἄσπετον οὖδας. 24.739. οὐ γὰρ μείλιχος ἔσκε πατὴρ τεὸς ἐν δαῒ λυγρῇ· 24.740. τὼ καί μιν λαοὶ μὲν ὀδύρονται κατὰ ἄστυ, 24.741. ἀρητὸν δὲ τοκεῦσι γόον καὶ πένθος ἔθηκας 24.742. Ἕκτορ· ἐμοὶ δὲ μάλιστα λελείψεται ἄλγεα λυγρά. 24.743. οὐ γάρ μοι θνῄσκων λεχέων ἐκ χεῖρας ὄρεξας, 24.744. οὐδέ τί μοι εἶπες πυκινὸν ἔπος, οὗ τέ κεν αἰεὶ 24.745. μεμνῄμην νύκτάς τε καὶ ἤματα δάκρυ χέουσα.''. None | 3.121. and he failed not to hearken to goodly Agamemnon.But Iris went as a messenger to white-armed Helen, in the likeness of her husband's sister, the wife of Antenor's son, even her that lord Helicaon, Antenor's son, had to wife, Laodice, the comeliest of the daughters of Priam. " "3.122. and he failed not to hearken to goodly Agamemnon.But Iris went as a messenger to white-armed Helen, in the likeness of her husband's sister, the wife of Antenor's son, even her that lord Helicaon, Antenor's son, had to wife, Laodice, the comeliest of the daughters of Priam. " '
6.356. my brother, since above all others has trouble encompassed thy heart because of shameless me, and the folly of Alexander; on whom Zeus hath brought an evil doom, that even in days to come we may be a song for men that are yet to be. Then made answer to her great Hector of the flashing helm:
6.407. but Andromache came close to his side weeping, and clasped his hand and spake to him, saying:Ah, my husband, this prowess of thine will be thy doom, neither hast thou any pity for thine infant child nor for hapless me that soon shall be thy widow; for soon will the Achaeans 6.410. all set upon thee and slay thee. But for me it were better to go down to the grave if I lose thee, for nevermore shall any comfort be mine, when thou hast met thy fate, but only woes. Neither father have I nor queenly mother. 6.414. all set upon thee and slay thee. But for me it were better to go down to the grave if I lose thee, for nevermore shall any comfort be mine, when thou hast met thy fate, but only woes. Neither father have I nor queenly mother. My father verily goodly Achilles slew, 6.415. for utterly laid he waste the well-peopled city of the Cilicians, even Thebe of lofty gates. He slew Eëtion, yet he despoiled him not, for his soul had awe of that; but he burnt him in his armour, richly dight, and heaped over him a barrow; and all about were elm-trees planted by nymphs of the mountain, daughters of Zeus that beareth the aegis. 6.420. And the seven brothers that were mine in our halls, all these on the selfsame day entered into the house of Hades, for all were slain of swift-footed, goodly Achilles, amid their kine of shambling gait and their white-fleeced sheep. 6.424. And the seven brothers that were mine in our halls, all these on the selfsame day entered into the house of Hades, for all were slain of swift-footed, goodly Achilles, amid their kine of shambling gait and their white-fleeced sheep. ' "6.425. And my mother, that was queen beneath wooded Placus, her brought he hither with the rest of the spoil, but thereafter set her free, when he had taken ransom past counting; and in her father's halls Artemis the archer slew her. Nay, Hector, thou art to me father and queenly mother, " "6.429. And my mother, that was queen beneath wooded Placus, her brought he hither with the rest of the spoil, but thereafter set her free, when he had taken ransom past counting; and in her father's halls Artemis the archer slew her. Nay, Hector, thou art to me father and queenly mother, " '6.430. thou art brother, and thou art my stalwart husband. Come now, have pity, and remain here on the wall, lest thou make thy child an orphan and thy wife a widow. And for thy host, stay it by the wild fig-tree, where the city may best be scaled, and the wall is open to assault. 6.435. For thrice at this point came the most valiant in company with the twain Aiantes and glorious Idomeneus and the sons of Atreus and the valiant son of Tydeus, and made essay to enter: whether it be that one well-skilled in soothsaying told them, or haply their own spirit urgeth and biddeth them thereto. 6.439. For thrice at this point came the most valiant in company with the twain Aiantes and glorious Idomeneus and the sons of Atreus and the valiant son of Tydeus, and made essay to enter: whether it be that one well-skilled in soothsaying told them, or haply their own spirit urgeth and biddeth them thereto.' "6.440. Then spake to her great Hector of the flashing helm:Woman, I too take thought of all this, but wondrously have I shame of the Trojans, and the Trojans' wives, with trailing robes, if like a coward I skulk apart from the battle. Nor doth mine own heart suffer it, seeing I have learnt to be valiant " "6.445. always and to fight amid the foremost Trojans, striving to win my father's great glory and mine own. For of a surety know I this in heart and soul: the day shall come when sacred Ilios shall be laid low, and Priam, and the people of Priam with goodly spear of ash. " "
6.450. Yet not so much doth the grief of the Trojans that shall be in the aftertime move me, neither Hecabe's own, nor king Priam's, nor my brethren's, many and brave, who then shall fall in the dust beneath the hands of their foemen, as doth thy grief, when some brazen-coated Achaean " "
6.454. Yet not so much doth the grief of the Trojans that shall be in the aftertime move me, neither Hecabe's own, nor king Priam's, nor my brethren's, many and brave, who then shall fall in the dust beneath the hands of their foemen, as doth thy grief, when some brazen-coated Achaean " '6.455. hall lead thee away weeping and rob thee of thy day of freedom. Then haply in Argos shalt thou ply the loom at another s bidding, or bear water from Messeis or Hypereia, sorely against thy will, and strong necessity shall be laid upon thee. And some man shall say as he beholdeth thee weeping: 6.460. Lo, the wife of Hector, that was pre-eminent in war above all the horse-taming Trojans, in the day when men fought about Ilios. So shall one say; and to thee shall come fresh grief in thy lack of a man like me to ward off the day of bondage. But let me be dead, and let the heaped-up earth cover me, 6.465. /ere I hear thy cries as they hale thee into captivity.
6.472. as he marked it waving dreadfully from the topmost helm. Aloud then laughed his dear father and queenly mother; and forthwith glorious Hector took the helm from his head and laid it all-gleaming upon the ground. But he kissed his dear son, and fondled him in his arms, 6.473. as he marked it waving dreadfully from the topmost helm. Aloud then laughed his dear father and queenly mother; and forthwith glorious Hector took the helm from his head and laid it all-gleaming upon the ground. But he kissed his dear son, and fondled him in his arms, ' "
6.484. and may he bear the blood-stained spoils of the foeman he hath slain, and may his mother's heart wax glad. So saying, he laid his child in his dear wife's arms, and she took him to her fragrant bosom, smiling through her tears; and her husband was touched with pity at sight of her, " '
6.488. and he stroked her with his hand, and spake to her, saying:Dear wife, in no wise, I pray thee, grieve overmuch at heart; no man beyond my fate shall send me forth to Hades; only his doom, methinks, no man hath ever escaped, be he coward or valiant, when once he hath been born. 6.490. Nay, go thou to the house and busy thyself with thine own tasks, the loom and the distaff, and bid thy handmaids ply their work: but war shall be for men, for all, but most of all for me, of them that dwell in Ilios. So spake glorious Hector and took up his helm
6.496. with horse-hair crest; and his dear wife went forthwith to her house, oft turning back, and shedding big tears. Presently she came to the well-built palace of man-slaying Hector and found therein her many handmaidens; and among them all she roused lamentation.
7.76. come hither from among you all to be your champion against goodly Hector. And thus do I declare my word, and be Zeus our witness thereto: if so be he shall slay me with the long-edged bronze, let him spoil me of my armour and bear it to the hollow ships, but my body let him give back to my home, 7.80. that the Trojans and the Trojan wives may give me my due meed of fire in my death. But if so be I slay him, and Apollo give me glory, I will spoil him of his armour and bear it to sacred Ilios and hang it upon the temple of Apollo, the god that smiteth afar, but his corpse will I render back to the well-benched ships, 7.85. that the long-haired Achaeans may give him burial, and heap up for him a barrow by the wide Hellespont. And some one shall some day say even of men that are yet to be, as he saileth in his many-benched ship over the wine-dark sea: ‘This is a barrow of a man that died in olden days, 7.90. whom on a time in the midst of his prowess glorious Hector slew.’ So shall some man say, and my glory shall never die.
18.333. here in the land of Troy; since neither shall I come back to be welcomed of the old knight Peleus in his halls, nor of my mother Thetis, but even here shall the earth hold me fast. But now, Patroclus, seeing I shall after thee pass beneath the earth, I will not give thee burial till I have brought hither the armour and the head of Hector, 18.335. the slayer of thee, the great-souled; and of twelve glorious sons of the Trojans will I cut the throats before thy pyre in my wrath at thy slaying. Until then beside the beaked ships shalt thou lie, even as thou art, and round about thee shall deep-bosomed Trojan and Dardanian women
19.324. will have naught of meat and drink, though they be here at hand, through yearning for thee. Naught more grievous than this could I suffer, not though I should hear of the death of mine own father, who now haply in Phthia is shedding round tears for lack of a son like me, while I in a land of alien folk 19.325. for the sake of abhorred Helen am warring with the men of Troy; nay, nor though it were he that in Scyrus is reared for me, my son well-beloved —if so be godlike Neoptolemus still liveth. For until now the heart in my breast had hope that I alone should perish far from horse-pasturing Argos,
22.441. but she was weaving a web in the innermost part of the lofty house, a purple web of double fold, and therein was broidering flowers of varied hue. And she called to her fair-tressed handmaids through the house to set a great tripod on the fire,to the end that there should be a hot bath for Hector whenso he returned from out the battle—unwitting one,
22.510. yet in thy halls lieth raiment, finely-woven and fair, wrought by the hands of women. Howbeit all these things will I verily burn in blazing fire—in no wise a profit unto thee, seeing thou shalt not lie therein, but to be an honour unto thee from the men and women of Troy.
24.723. laid him on a corded bedstead, and by his side set singers, leaders of the dirge, who led the song of lamentation—they chanted the dirge, and thereat the women made lament. And amid these white-armed Andromache led the wailing, holding in her arms the while the head of man-slaying Hector: 24.725. Husband, perished from out of life art thou, yet in thy youth, and leavest me a widow in thy halls; and thy son is still but a babe, the son born of thee and me in our haplessness; neither do I deem that he will come to manhood, for ere that shall this city be wasted utterly. For thou hast perished that didst watch thereover, 24.730. thou that didst guard it, and keep safe its noble wives and little children. These, I ween, shall soon be riding upon the hollow ships, and I among them; and thou, my child, shalt follow with me to a place where thou shalt labour at unseemly tasks, toiling before the face of some ungentle master, or else some Achaean shall seize thee by the arm 24.735. and hurl thee from the wall, a woeful death, being wroth for that Hector slew his brother haply, or his father, or his son, seeing that full many Achaeans at the hands of Hector have bitten the vast earth with their teeth; for nowise gentle was thy father in woeful war. 24.740. Therefore the folk wail for him throughout the city, and grief unspeakable and sorrow hast thou brought upon thy parents, Hector; and for me beyond all others shall grievous woes be left. For at thy death thou didst neither stretch out thy hands to me from thy bed, nor speak to me any word of wisdom whereon 24.745. /I might have pondered night and day with shedding of tears. '". None |
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