17 Oh, how I would far rather wish to see her taking a dancing step that arouses passionate love, 18 and to see the luminous radiance from the look of her face 19 than to see those chariots of the Lydians and the footsoldiers in their armor as they fight in battle. She was swept along reminds me right now of Anaktoria. You see, that woman who was by far supreme 7 in beauty among all humans, Helen, 8 she her best of all husbands, 9 him she left behind and sailed to Troy, caring not about her daughter and her dear parents, 11 not caring at all. It’s really quite easy to make this understandable 6 to everyone, this thing. But I say it is that one thing 4 that anyone passionately loves. … Don’t you have the resources for me to be able, Mother, to celebrate at the right season the festival, which is a delight for mortals, creatures of the day that we are?ġ Some say a massing of chariots and their drivers, some say of footsoldiers, 2 some say of ships, if you think of everything that exists on the surface of this black earth, 3 is the most beautiful thing of them all. 11 The catastrophic pain … in the past, he was feeling sorrow …. 9 But may he wish to make his sister worthy of more honor. As for us, 8 may we have no enemies, not a single one. 6 Let him become a joy to those who are near-and-dear to him, 7 and let him be a pain to those who are enemies. And however many mistakes he made in the past, undo them all. ġ O Queen Nereids, unharmed 2 may my brother, please grant it, arrive to me here, 3 and whatever thing he wants in his heart to happen, 4 let that thing be fulfilled. Youģ Do not dominate with hurts and pains, 4 O Queen, my heart. My heart yearns to get done, you do for me. If she is not taking gifts, soon she will be giving them.Ĭome to me even now, and free me from harsh Setting out to bring her to your love? Who is doing you,įor if she is fleeing now, soon she will give chase. To my frenzied heart ? “Whom am I once again this time to persuade, Once again this time do I invoke you,Īnd what is it that I want more than anything to happen Kept asking what is it once again this time that has happened to me and for what reason Swirling with their dense plumage from the sky through theĪnd straightaway they arrived. Having harnessed the chariot and you were carried along by beautiful You heeded me, and leaving the palace of your father, You with pattern-woven flowers, immortal Aphrodite,Ĭhild of Zeus, weaver of wiles, I implore you,īut come here, if ever at any other time
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