A truce is established

Some more Homer today. This is an excerpt from Book III which I translated for no known reason. I had plans to translate several other excerpts of Iliad and Odyssey, like Hector and Andromacha, or Achilles killing Hector, but then the summer ended, school started, and when March/May arrived and I had time, I decided to move on to Aeolic and Sappho, so I never translated those, unfortunately. «This is, again, translated in summer 2009, and edited in summer 2012, possibly with | to mark hands-ups with respect to making the Latin hexameters scan. A file created 2/8/09 10:48 and edited 3/2/10 14:26 has the original version given here, the other one is the remake from 2012 I suppose». OK, more precision:

1. On 12/8/09 it seems there was a shift: from translating prose authors (or more specifically Herodotus) I moved to the prose translations of these guys or the passage below;
2. I kept going with Greek stuff, so either these prose translations or the poetic translations of the other post, till 22/8, then paused 23-25 and probably 26, and on 27/8/09 is when I last edited the file containing the Prosa version below;
3. By 8/9/09, I was ready to bring the «æstivum Græcum» (summertime Greek) to a professor in my high school, so at least the Verti version below was complete; in fact, my diary mentions no Greek on 7/9, and 3-6/9 was apparently replete with schoolwork and my wannabe Latin treatise on biochemistry (don't comment, I know I'm crazy), so probably the translation below was done by 2/9; this translation, by which I mean the Verti version, is found in a file last edited 3/2/10; the 5/2 files of Sing to me of the wrath of Achilles do not feature this translation;
4. A "CoTAP" file edited 16/8/12 contains the history of this translation: "etiam alia verti" (presumably also harboring the Verti version), "quæ inde muto" (which actually features no changes whatsoever), and then a series of changes; an intermediate version between the Verti one and the final one of this file is found in Homeri versiones.doc, created 23/7/12 16:59 and edited 24/7/12 13:23;
5. With some more changes later on 24/7, some changes while updating the CoTAP file on 16/8, and the change «Nḗ Vĕnĕre͜ ā́b mī dṓnă ămā́bĭlĭa͜ á͞ure͞a prṓfer» -> «Dṓnă nĕ mī́ Vĕnĕrī́s cōntḗmnās tu͜ á͞ureæ͜ ămā́tă» (16 or 17/8/12) -> «Dṓna͜ ămā́bĭlj’ ͞a͞ur͞é͞æ Vĕnĕrī́s nĕ mĭhī́ cōntḗmnās» (within 3/9/12) -> back to previous version within 21/9/12 leads to the Demum version below; actually both the CoTAP and the files making this last change also scan fortiorem as fōrtĭŏrēm, which is wrong because the -io- has a long o, so the previous scansion as fōrti͞orēm is unavoidable.

Anyways, let's see this truce, shall we?

Σπονδήν ποιέειν κρίνεται (λογος γʹ) Οἱ δ’ ὅτε δὴ σχεδὸν ἦσαν ἐπ’ ἀλλήλοισιν ἰόντες,      15 Τρωσὶν μὲν προμάχιζεν Ἀλέξανδρος θεοειδὴς Παρδαλέην ὤμοισιν ἔχων καὶ καμπύλα τόξα Καὶ ξίφος· αὐτὰρ δοῦρε δύω κεκορυθμένα χαλκῷ Πάλλων Ἀργείων προκαλίζετο πάντας ἀρίστους Ἀντίβιον μαχέσασθαι ἐν αἰνῇ δηϊοτῆτι.      20 Τὸν δ’ ὡς οὖν ἐνόησεν ἀρηΐφιλος Μενέλαος Ἐρχόμενον προπάροιθεν ὁμίλου μακρὰ βιβάντα, Ὥς τε λέων ἐχάρη μεγάλῳ ἐπὶ σώματι κύρσας Εὑρὼν ἢ ἔλαφον κεραὸν ἢ ἄγριον αἶγα Πεινάων· μάλα γάρ τε κατεσθίει, εἴ περ ἂν αὐτὸν      25 Σεύωνται ταχέες τε κύνες θαλεροί τ’ αἰζηοί· Ὣς ἐχάρη Μενέλαος Ἀλέξανδρον θεοειδέα Ὀφθαλμοῖσιν ἰδών· φάτο γὰρ τίσεσθαι ἀλείτην· Αὐτίκα δ’ ἐξ ὀχέων σὺν τεύχεσιν ἆλτο χαμᾶζε. Τὸν δ’ ὡς οὖν ἐνόησεν Ἀλέξανδρος θεοειδὴς      30 Ἐν προμάχοισι φανέντα, κατεπλήγη φίλον ἦτορ, Ἂψ δ’ ἑτάρων εἰς ἔθνος ἐχάζετο κῆρ’ ἀλεείνων. Ὣς δ’ ὅτε τίς τε δράκοντα ἰδὼν παλίνορσος ἀπέστη Οὔρεος ἐν βήσσῃς, ὑπό τε τρόμος ἔλλαβε γυῖα, Ἂψ δ’ ἀνεχώρησεν, ὦχρός τέ μιν εἷλε παρειάς,      35 Ὣς αὖτις καθ’ ὅμιλον ἔδυ Τρώων ἀγερώχων Δείσας Ἀτρέος υἱὸν Ἀλέξανδρος θεοειδής. Τὸν δ’ Ἕκτωρ νείκεσσεν ἰδὼν αἰσχροῖς ἐπέεσσιν· «Δύσπαρι εἶδος ἄριστε γυναιμανὲς ἠπεροπευτὰ Αἴθ’ ὄφελες ἄγονός τ’ ἔμεναι ἄγαμός τ’ ἀπολέσθαι·      40 Καί κε τὸ βουλοίμην, καί κεν πολὺ κέρδιον ἦεν Ἢ οὕτω λώβην τ’ ἔμεναι καὶ ὑπόψιον ἄλλων. Ἦ που καγχαλόωσι κάρη κομόωντες Ἀχαιοὶ Φάντες ἀριστῆα πρόμον ἔμμεναι, οὕνεκα καλὸν Εἶδος ἔπ’, ἀλλ’ οὐκ ἔστι βίη φρεσὶν οὐδέ τις ἀλκή.      45 Ἦ τοιόσδε ἐὼν ἐν ποντοπόροισι νέεσσι Πόντον ἐπιπλώσας, ἑτάρους ἐρίηρας ἀγείρας, Μιχθεὶς ἀλλοδαποῖσι γυναῖκ’ εὐειδέ’ ἀνῆγες Ἐξ ἀπίης γαίης νυὸν ἀνδρῶν αἰχμητάων Πατρί τε σῷ μέγα πῆμα πόληΐ τε παντί τε δήμῳ,      50 Δυσμενέσιν μὲν χάρμα, κατηφείην δὲ σοὶ αὐτῷ; Οὐκ ἂν δὴ μείνειας ἀρηΐφιλον Μενέλαον; Γνοίης χ’ οἵου φωτὸς ἔχεις θαλερὴν παράκοιτιν· Οὐκ ἄν τοι χραίσμῃ κίθαρις τά τε δῶρ’ Ἀφροδίτης Ἥ τε κόμη τό τε εἶδος ὅτ’ ἐν κονίῃσι μιγείης.      55 Ἀλλὰ μάλα Τρῶες δειδήμονες· ἦ τέ κεν ἤδη Λάϊνον ἕσσο χιτῶνα κακῶν ἕνεχ’ ὅσσα ἔοργας». Τὸν δ’ αὖτε προσέειπεν Ἀλέξανδρος θεοειδής· « Ἕκτορ ἐπεί με κατ’ αἶσαν ἐνείκεσας οὐδ’ ὑπὲρ αἶσαν· αἰεί τοι κραδίη πέλεκυς ὥς ἐστιν ἀτειρὴς      60 Ὃς τ’ εἶσιν διὰ δουρὸς ὑπ’ ἀνέρος ὅς ῥά τε τέχνῃ Νήϊον ἐκτάμνῃσιν, ὀφέλλει δ’ ἀνδρὸς ἐρωήν· Ὣς σοὶ ἐνὶ στήθεσσιν ἀτάρβητος νόος ἐστί· Μή μοι δῶρ’ ἐρατὰ πρόφερε χρυσέης Ἀφροδίτης· Οὔ τοι ἀπόβλητ’ ἐστὶ θεῶν ἐρικυδέα δῶρα      65 Ὅσσα κεν αὐτοὶ δῶσιν, ἑκὼν δ’ οὐκ ἄν τις ἕλοιτο· Νῦν αὖτ’ εἴ μ’ ἐθέλεις πολεμίζειν ἠδὲ μάχεσθαι, Ἄλλους μὲν κάθισον Τρῶας καὶ πάντας Ἀχαιούς, Αὐτὰρ ἔμ’ ἐν μέσσῳ καὶ ἀρηΐφιλον Μενέλαον Συμβάλετ’ ἀμφ’ Ἑλένῃ καὶ κτήμασι πᾶσι μάχεσθαι·      70 Ὁππότερος δέ κε νικήσῃ κρείσσων τε γένηται, Κτήμαθ’ ἑλὼν εὖ πάντα γυναῖκά τε οἴκαδ’ ἀγέσθω· Οἱ δ’ ἄλλοι φιλότητα καὶ ὅρκια πιστὰ ταμόντες Ναίοιτε Τροίην ἐριβώλακα, τοὶ δὲ νεέσθων Ἄργος ἐς ἱππόβοτον καὶ Ἀχαιΐδα καλλιγύναικα».      75 Ὣς ἔφαθ’, Ἕκτωρ δ’ αὖτ’ ἐχάρη μέγα μῦθον ἀκούσας.

Prosa Verti Homeri versiones Demum Indutias facere statuitur (liber III) Iique cum quidem prope erant alteri in alteros euntes, Troianis cum præpugnabat Alexandrus dei similis Pantheræ pellem humeris habens et curvum arcum Et gladium; at hastas duas mucronibus sidereis Vibrans Argivûm provocabat omnes optimos Comminus pugnare in terribili pugna. Eumque ut igitur vidit Marti carus Menelaus Venientem ante multitudinem longis passubus gradientem, Ut leo solet gaudere magno corpori cum inciderit Cum invenerit aut cervum cornutum aut selvaticam capram Esuriens; multum enim edit, etsi eum Premant rapidi canes florentesque iuvenes: Ita gavisust Menelaus Alexandrum dei similis Oculis cum vidisset; dixerat enim soluturum sceleratum; Tum autem ex currubus cum armis saltavit humum. Eumque ut igitur vidit Alexandrus dei similis In præpugnantibus ostensum, perterritus est caro corde, Retrorsumque comitum at multitudinem redivit mortem fugiens. Ut autem cum quidam serpentem cum viderit retrocedens solet fugere Montis in valle, et horror invadit membra, Retrorsumque redire (solet), pallorque eum invadit genas, Ita retrorsum in multitudinem se immersit Troianûm fortium Cum timuisset Atrei filium Alexandrus dei similis. Eumque Hector reprendit cum vidisset turpibus verbis: «Paris maledicte corpus optime mulierose seductor utinam posses et non natum esse et non iunctum mortuum esse: Et hoc velim, et multo utilius esset Quam ita dedecusque esse et invisum omnibus. Certe credo gaudent caput longis comis Achæi Dicentes insigne caput esse, quod pulchrum Aspectu in, at non est vis cordi nec ulla virtus. Nonne talis cum esses in mare percurrentibus navibus Mare cum navigasses, comites caros cum collegisses, Mixtus externis mulierem pulchram abduxisti E longinqua terra uxorem virûm bellicosûm Patrique tuo magnum damnum urbique totique populo, Hostibus cum gaudium, dedecus autem tibi ipsi? Non quidem expectes Marti carum Menelaum? Scias et qualis viri habes florentem uxorem; Non [sint] tibi auxilio cithara et dona Veneris Comaque aspectusque cum in pulvere iaceas. Sed multum Troiani timidi: certe iam Lapideum [tibi] indueres chitonem mala propter quanta fecisti Eique rursus respondit Alexander dei similis: «Hector etsi me secundum convenientem accusasti nec contra convenientem; Semper tibi cor securis ut est indelebilis/e dura/um Quæque it per lignum ab homine qui igiturque arte Navale cædat, augetque viri fortitudinem; Ita tibi in pectore imperterrita mens est; Ne mi dona amabilia profer aureæ Veneris: Non tibi contemnenda sunt divûm splendida dona Quantacumque illi dent, volens autem non quivis obtineat; Nunc autem si me vis bellare aut pugnare, Ceteros cum sessum pone Troianos et omnes Achæos, At me in medio et Marti carum Menelaum Iubete ob Helenam et bona omnia pugnare; Utervisque vincat fortiorque fiat, Bona cum prenderit bene omnia mulieremque domum ducatur; Et ceteri societatem et fœdus credibile cum feriritis Habitetis [si] Troiam uberem, illique navigent Argos ad equûm nutricem et Achaidem pulchris mulieribus». Sic dixit, Hectorque autem gavisust multum verbum cum audisset. Indutias facere statuitur (liber III) Ā́tque͜ īllī́ dēnsā́tī ā́ltĕri͜ ĭn ā́lt’rōs cum͜ ī́rēnt, Trṓiānī́s Părĭs ī́psē dé͞i sĭmĭlī́s prǣpū́gnāt Pā́nthērǣ́ hŭmĕrī́s pēllem͜ ḗt cūrvum͜ ā́rcŭm hăbḗnsquĕ Ḗt glădĭum;͜ ā́t hāstā́s du͞as ī́n mănĭbū́s vībrā́ndō Sī́dĕrĕā́s mūcrṓnēs, Ā́rgīvûm͜ ṓptĭmŭm ṓmnēm Tḗrrĭbĭlī́ pūgnǣ́ prōvŏcā́bāt cṓmmĭnŭs. Ā́tquĕ ͞Éum ĭgĭtū́r cārŭs ū́t vīdī́t Mārtī́ Mĕnĕlā́ŭs ͞Éuntēm lṓngīs pā́ssŭbŭs ā́nte͜ ōmnḗs ălĭṓs, tūm Ū́t le͞o mā́gnūm cṓrpūs gá͞udio si͜ ī́ncĭdĭt ū́t’tūr Cṓrnūtū́m cērvum͜ á͞ut cāpram͜ ī́nvĕnĭḗns ēsū́ri͞ens Sī́lvēstrḗm; pĕrĕdī́tque͜ ĕnĭm, ḗtsī ā́ răpĭdī́s tūm Ṓpprĭmĭtū́r cănĭbū́s pŭĕrī́s ēt flṓrĭdo͜ ĭn ǣ́vō: Sī́c gāvī́sūst dé͞i sĭmĭlḗm Părĭdḗm cūm vī́dī̆t Ī́lle͜ ŏcŭlī́s; cūm sṓlvēndū́m dīxḗt scĕlŭs ī́llī; Tū́m dē cū́rrū cū́m ārmī́s sāltā́vĭt ăd hū́mŭm. ͞Éumque͜ ĭgĭtū́r cūm vī́dĭt Ălḗxāndḗr sĭmĭlī́s d͞ei Prǣ́pūgnā́ntem͜ ĭn Ăchī́vīs, cā́rūm tḗrrĭtŭs ḗst cōr, Rḗtrōrsum͜ ā́d cŏmĭtḗs rĕdĭī́tquĕ, fŭgí͞ens ŏbĭtū́m sīc. Ū́t quī sḗrpēntem͜ ā́spĭcĭā́t fŭgĭt ī́ndĕ rĕtrṓrsum Ī́n mōntī́s vālle,͜ ā́tque͜ hōrrṓr mēmbra͜ ī́nvādĭt ī́llī, Rḗtrōrsū́mquĕ rĕdī́t, pāllṓrquĕ gĕnā́s ĕŭm ī́nīt, Sī́c rētrṓrsum͜ īn fṓrtēs Ī́lĭăcṓs se͜ īmmḗrsit D͞éi sĭmĭlī́s vĕrĭtū́s Părĭs Ā́tr͞ei fī́lĭŭm ī́llum. Vḗrbīsque͜ é͞um vīsū́m rēprḗndīt tū́rpĭbŭs Hḗctōr: «Sḗdūctṓr mălĕdī́ctĕ Părī́s, tū ṓptĭmĕ cṓrpūs, Mū́lĭĕrṓse,͜ ŭtĭnā́m pōssḗs nōn nā́tum͜ ĕt ĭniū́nctūm Mṓrtŭŭm ḗssĕ: ĕt hṓc cŭpĭam͜ ḗt mĕlĭū́s mūlto͜ ḗssēt Quā́m sīc dḗdĕcŭs ṓmnĭbŭs ḗssĕquĕ ī́nvīsū́mquĕ. Cḗrte͜ Āchī́vī cŏmā́s lōngī́ nōs tḗmpŏrĕ rī́dēnt Hṓc, īnsī́gnĕ căpū́t dīcḗntēs, quṓd spĕcĭe͜ ī́llĕ Pū́lchēr ḗst, āt cṓr nēc strḗnŭŭs ḗst nēc fṓrtīs. Nṓnnĕ tălī́s cūmque ḗssēs ḗt mărĕ cū́m pĕrĭī́ssēs Nā́vĭbŭs ḗt cōllḗgīssḗs fīdṓs cŏmĭtḗs, ̆tūm Ā́bdūxī́stī pū́lchrām mū́lĭĕrḗm, pērmī́xtŭs Ḗxtērnī́s, ūxṓrēm bḗllīcṓsûm͜ hŏmĭnū́mquĕ Tú͞oquĕ pătrī́ dāmnū́m māgnū́mque͜ ūrbī́quĕ tŏtī́quĕ Vū́lgō, hṓstĭbŭs ḗt gaud́i͞um, āc dḗdĕcŭs ī́psī? Nṓnne͜ a͞utem͜ ḗxpēctḗs Mārtī́ cārū́m Mĕnĕlā́ūm? Quā́līs ū́xōrḗm vĭri ͜ hăbé͞as flōrḗntem͜ ĭtă sći͞asquĕ; Tī́bī á͞uxĭlĭṓ cĭthăra͜ ḗt dōnă nṓn Vĕnĕrī́s sīnt Nḗc cŏmă nḗc spĕcĭḗs īn pū́lvĕrĕ sī́ iăcĕā́s tū. Sḗd mūltū́m tĭmĭdī́ Trōiā́ni,͜ ălĭtḗr iām cḗrtē Ī́ndŭĕrḗs lăpĭdé͞am tŭnĭcā́m prōptḗr mălă fā́ctă». Ā́tquĕ ĕī́ rēspṓndĭt Ălḗxāndḗr sĭmĭlī́s de͞i: «Hḗctōr, cū́m rēctḗ rĕprĕhḗndĕrĭs ḗt nŏn ĭńi͞ustē Mḗ: sēmpḗr tībī́ cŏr ŭtī́ āsći͞ast rĭgĭdūm, quæ Pḗr līgnū́m mīttā́tŭr ăb ā́rte hŏmĭnī́s quī cǽ̄dāt Lī́gnūm nā́vī, ī́psăquĕ é͞i fōrtĭtū́dĭnĕm á͞ugĕt; Sī́c īnfḗxĭbĭlī́s mēns ḗst īn pḗctŏrĕ tī́bī; Nḗ Vĕnĕre͜ ā́b mī dṓnă ămā́bĭlĭa͜ á͞ure͞a prṓfer: Nā́m nōn cṓntēmnḗndă dĕū́̂m sūnt splḗndĭdă dṓnă Tī́bī, quǣ́cūmque͜͞ íi dēnt, nū́llŭs hăbé͞at quī quǽ̄răt; Ā́t sī nū́nc mē vī́s cōntḗndĕrĕ á͞ut pūgnā́rĕ, Ū́t rĕlĭquī́ Trōiā́ni͜ ĕt Ăchī́vi͜ ōmnḗs sĕdĕānt fā́c, Ā́tque ĕgŏ ḗt Mārtī́ cārū́s Mĕnĕlá͞us pūgnḗmŭs Ī́n mĕdĭṓ Hĕlĕnā́m prōptḗr ātque͜ ṓmnĭă bṓnă; Ā́tquĕ ŭtḗrvīs nṓstrūm ā́lt’rō fṓrtĭŏr vī́ncāt, Bṓnă ăgḗndō mū́lĭĕrḗmquĕ dŏmū́m rĕdĕā́t bēne͜ ͜Ḗt vōs ṓmnēs ī́cto hăbĭtētīs fœ̄́dĕrĕ Ī́li͞um Fḗrtĭlĕm, Ā́rgōs vḗrsum,͜ ŭbĭ sū́stēntā́ntŭr ĕquṓsquĕ, Mū́lĭĕrḗsquĕ Ăchǣ́ās pū́lchrās nā́vĭbŭs é͞ant͞ ii». Fā́tŭs, ĕū́mque a͞ud́i͞ens Hēctṓr plūrĭmū́m gāvī́sūst. Indutias facere statuitur (liber III) Ā́tque͜ īllī́ dēnsā́tī ā́ltĕri͜ ĭn ā́lt’rōs cum͜ ī́rēnt, Trṓiānī́s Părĭs ī́psĕ dĕī́ sĭmĭlī́s prǣpū́gnāt Pā́nthērǣ́ hŭmĕrī́s pēllem͜ ḗt cūrvum͜ ā́rcŭm hăbḗbat Ḗt glădĭum;͜ ā́t hāstā́s du͞as ī́n mănĭbū́squĕ vĭbrā́băt Sī́dĕrĕā́s mūcrṓnēs Ā́rgīvûm͜ ṓptĭmŭm ṓmnēm Tḗrrĭbĭlī́ pūgnǣ́quĕ vŏcā́bāt cṓmmĭnŭs. Ā́tquĕ Ī́llum͜ ērgo͜ ū́t vīdī́t cārū́s Mārtī́ Mĕnĕlā́ŭs ͞Éuntēm lṓngīs pā́ssŭbŭs ā́nte͜ ōmnḗs ălĭṓs, tūm Ū́t lĕŏ mā́gnūm cṓrpūs si͜ ī́nvĕnĭt ͞é͞o bĕnĕ gá͞udĕt Cṓrnūtū́m cērvum͜ á͞ut cāpram͜ ī́nvĕnĭḗns ēsū́ri͞ens Sī́lvēstrḗm; pĕrĕdī́tque͜ ĕnĭm, ḗtjāmsi͜ ā́ răpĭdī́s tūm Ṓpprĭmĭtū́r cănĭbū́s, pŭĕrī́s ēt flṓrĭdo͜ ĭn ǣ́vō: Sī́c gāvī́sūst dé͞i sĭmĭlḗm Părĭdḗm cūm vī́dī̆t Ī́lle͜ ŏcŭlī́s; cūm sṓlvēndū́m dīxḗt scĕlŭs ī́llī; Tū́m dē cū́rrū cū́m ārmī́s sāltā́vĭt ăd hū́mŭm. [|] ͞Éumque͜ ĭgĭtū́r cūm vī́dĭt Ălḗxāndḗr sĭmĭlī́s d͞ei Prǣ́pūgnā́ntem͜ ĭn Ăchī́vīs, cā́rūm tḗrrĭtŭs ḗst cōr, Rḗtrōrsum͜ ā́d cŏmĭtḗs rĕdĭī́tque͜, ŏbĭtū́mque͜ ēffū́gĭt. Ū́t quī sḗrpēntem͜ ā́spĭcĭā́t fŭgĭt ī́ndĕ rĕtrṓrsum Ī́n mōntī́s vālle,͜ ā́tque͜ hōrrṓr mēmbrī́s ĭnĭt ī́llŭm, Rḗtrōrsū́mquĕ rĕdī́t, pāllṓrquĕ gĕnā́s ĭnĭt ī́llŭm, Sī́c rētrṓrsum͜ īn fṓrtēs Ī́lĭăcṓs se͜ īmmḗrsit D͞éi sĭmĭlī́s vĕrĭtū́s Părĭ’ fī́lĭŭm Ā́trĕi͜ ĕū́nce. Vḗrbīsque͜ é͞um vīsū́m rēprḗndīt tū́rpĭbŭs Hḗctōr: «Sḗdūctṓr mălĕdī́ctĕ Părī́s, tū ṓptĭmĕ cṓrpūs, Mū́lĭĕrṓse,͜ ŭtĭnā́m pōssḗs nōn nā́tum͜ ĕt ĭniū́nctūm Mṓrtŭŭm ḗssĕ: ĕt hṓc cŭpĭam͜ ḗt mĕlĭū́s mūlto͜ ḗssēt Quā́m sīc dḗdĕcŭs ṓmnĭbŭs ḗssĕquĕ ī́nvīsū́mquĕ. Grā́ī cḗrtă cŏmā́s lōngī́ nōs tḗmpŏrĕ rī́dēnt Hṓc, īnsī́gnĕ căpū́t dīcḗntēs, quṓd spĕcĭe͜ ī́llĕ Pū́lchĕr ădḗst, āt cṓr nēc strḗnŭŭs ḗst nēc fṓrtīs. Nṓnnĕ tălī́s cūmque ḗssēs ḗt mărĕ cū́m pĕrĭī́ssēs Nā́vĭbŭs ḗt cōllḗgīssḗs fīdṓs cŏmĭtḗs, ̆tūm Ā́bdūxī́stī pū́lchrām mū́lĭĕrḗm, pērmī́xtŭs Ḗxtērnī́s, ūxṓrēm bḗllīcṓsûm͜ hŏmĭnū́mquĕ Tú͞oquĕ pătrī́ dāmnū́m māgnū́mque͜ ūrbī́quĕ tŏtī́quĕ Vū́lgō, hṓstĭbŭs ḗt gaud́i͞um, āc dḗdĕcŭs ī́psī? Nṓnne͜ a͞utem͜ ḗxpēctḗs Mārtī́ cārū́m Mĕnĕlā́ūm? Quā́lī’ vĭri͜ ū́xōrḗm tu͜ hăbé͞as flōrḗntem͜ ĭtă scī́bis; Dṓnă tĭbi͜ á͞uxĭlĭṓ Vĕnĕrī́s, cĭthărā́mque,͜ hăbĕā́s nōn, Nḗc cŏmă nḗc spĕcĭḗs, īn pū́lvĕrĕ sī́ iăcĕā́s tū. Sḗd mūltū́m tĭmĭdī́ Trōiā́ni,͜ ălĭtḗr iām cḗrtē Ī́ndŭĕrḗs lăpĭdé͞am tŭnĭcā́m prōptḗr mălă fā́ctă». Ā́tquĕ ĕī́ rēspṓndĭt Ălḗxāndḗr sĭmĭlī́s de͞i: «Hḗctōr, cū́m rēctḗ rĕprĕhḗndĕrĭ’, nḗc īńi͞ustē, Mḗ: sēmpḗr tĭbĭ ḗst ŭtĭ ā́scĭă cṓr rĭgĭdū́m, quǣ Pḗr līgnū́m mīttā́tŭr ăb ā́rte hŏmĭnī́s quī cǽ̄dāt Lī́gnūm nā́vī, fṓrti͞orḗmque͜ īllum͜ ī́psă făcĭt tŭm; Sī́c īnfḗxĭbĭlī́s mēns ḗst tĭbĭ pḗctŏre͜ ĭn ī́mō; Nḗ Vĕnĕre͜ ā́b mī dṓnă ămā́bĭlĭa͜ á͞ure͞a prṓfer: | Nā́m nōn cṓntēmnḗndă dĕū́̂m sūnt splḗndĭdă dṓnă, Quǣ́cūmque͜ ī́llī dḗnt, nūllū́s cum͜ hăbé͞at quī quǽ̄răt; Ā́t sī nū́nc mē vī́s cōntḗndĕrĕ á͞ut pūgnā́rĕ, | Ū́t rĕlĭquī́ Trōiā́ni͜ ĕt Ăchī́vi͜ ōmnḗs sĕdĕānt fā́c, Ā́tque ĕgŏ ḗt Mārtī́ cārū́s Mĕnĕlá͞us pūgnḗmŭs Ī́n mĕdĭṓ Hĕlĕnā́m prōptḗr ātque͜ ṓmnĭă bṓnă; Ā́tquĕ ŭtḗrvīs nṓstrūm ā́lt’rō fṓrtĭŏr vī́ncāt, Bṓnă ăgḗndō mū́lĭĕrḗmquĕ dŏmū́m rĕdĕā́t bēne͜ ͜Ḗt vōs ṓmnēs ī́cto hăbĭtētīs fœ̄́dĕrĕ Ī́li͞um Fḗrtĭlĕm, Ā́rgōs vḗrsum,͜ ŭbĭ sū́stēntā́ntŭr ĕquṓsquĕ, Mū́lĭĕrḗsquĕ Ăchǣ́ās pū́lchrās nā́vĭbŭs é͞ant͞ ii». Fā́tŭs, ĕū́mque a͞ud́i͞ens Hēctṓr tūm g͞á͞udĭă sēnt͞iit. Indutias facere statuitur (liber III) Ā́tque͜ īllī́, dēnsā́ti͜ ĭn ălí͞os ălĭī́, cūm tum͜ ī́rēnt, Trṓiānī́s Părĭs ī́psĕ dĕṓ sĭmĭlī́s prǣpū́gnāt Pā́nthērǣ́ hŭmĕrī́s pēllem͜ ḗt cūrvum͜ ā́rcŭm hăbḗbat Ḗt glădĭum;͜ ā́t hāstā́s du͞as ī́n mănĭbū́s vībrā́băt Sī́dĕrĕā́s mūcrṓnēs, Ā́rgīvûm͜ ṓptĭmŭm ṓmnēm Tḗrrĭbĭlī́ pūgnǣ́quĕ vŏcā́bāt cṓmmĭnŭs. Ā́tquĕ Ī́llum͜ ērgo͜ ū́t vīdī́t cārū́s Mārtī́ Mĕnĕlā́ŭs ͞Éuntēm lṓngīs pā́ssŭbŭs ā́nte͜ ōmnḗs ălĭṓs, tūm Ū́t lĕŏ mā́gnūm cṓrpūs si͜ ī́nvĕnĭt ͞é͞o bĕnĕ gá͞udĕt Cṓrnūtū́m cērvum͜ á͞ut cāpram͜ ī́nvĕnĭḗns ēsū́ri͞ens Sī́lvēstrḗm; pĕrĕdī́tque͜ ĕnĭm, ḗtjāmsi͜ ā́ răpĭdī́s tūm Ṓpprĭmĭtū́r cănĭbū́s, pŭĕrī́s ēt flṓrĭdo͜ ĭn ǣ́vō: Sī́c gāvī́sūst dé͞o sĭmĭlḗm Părĭdḗm cūm vī́dī̆t Ī́lle͜ ŏcŭlī́s; cūm sṓlvēndū́m dīxḗt scĕlŭs ī́llī; Ā́rmǎ fĕrḗns tūm dḗ cūrrū́ sāltā́vĭt ăd hū́mŭm. ͞Éumque͜ ĭgĭtū́r cūm vī́dĭt Ălḗxāndḗr sĭmĭlī́s d͞eo Prǣ́pūgnā́ntem͜ ĭn Ăchī́vīs, cā́rūm tḗrrĭtŭs ḗst cōr, Rḗtrōrsum͜ ā́d cŏmĭtḗs rĕdĭī́tque͜, ŏbĭtū́mque͜ ēffū́gĭt. Ū́t quī sḗrpēntem͜ ā́spĭcĭā́t fŭgĭt ī́ndĕ rĕtrṓrsum Ī́n mōntī́s vālle,͜ ā́tque͜ hōrrṓr mēmbrī́s ĭnĭt ī́llŭm, Rḗtrōrsū́mquĕ rĕdī́t, pāllṓrquĕ gĕnā́s ĭnĭt ī́llŭm, Sī́c rētrṓrsum͜ īn fṓrtēs Ī́lĭăcṓs se͜ īmmḗrsit D͞éo sĭmĭlī́s vĕrĭtū́s Părĭ’ fī́lĭŭm Ā́trĕi͜ ĕū́nce. Vḗrbīsque͜ é͞um vīsū́m rēprḗndīt tū́rpĭbŭs Hḗctōr: «Sḗdūctṓr mălĕdī́ctĕ Părī́s, tū ṓptĭmĕ cṓrpūs, Mū́lĭĕrṓse,͜ ŭtĭnā́m pōssḗs nōn nā́tum͜ h͞a͞ud iū́nctūm Mṓrtŭŭm ḗssĕ: ĕt hṓc cŭpĭam͜ ḗt mĕlĭū́s mūlto͜ ḗssēt Quā́m sīc dḗdĕcŭs ṓmnĭbŭs ḗssĕquĕ ī́nvīsū́mquĕ. Grā́ī cḗrtă cŏmā́s lōngī́ nōs tḗmpŏrĕ rī́dēnt Hṓc, īnsī́gnĕ căpū́t dīcḗntēs, quṓd spĕcĭe͜ ī́llĕ Pū́lchĕr ădḗst, āt cṓr nēc strḗnŭŭs ḗst nēc fṓrtīs. Nṓnnĕ tălī́s cūmque͜ ḗssēs ḗt mărĕ cū́m pĕrĭī́ssēs Nā́vĭbŭs ḗt cōllḗgīssḗs fīdṓs cŏmĭtḗs, ̆tūm Ā́bdūxī́stī pū́lchrām mū́lĭĕrḗm, pērmī́xtŭs Ḗxtērnī́s, ūxṓrēm bḗllīcṓsûm͜ hŏmĭnū́mquĕ Tú͞oquĕ pătrī́ dāmnū́m māgnū́mque͜ ūrbī́quĕ tŏtī́quĕ Vū́lgō, hṓstĭbŭ’ g͞á͞udĭŭm, ā́c tĭbĭ dḗdĕcŭs ī́psī? Nṓnne͜ a͞utem͜ ḗxpēctḗs Mārtī́ cārū́m Mĕnĕlā́ūm? Quā́lī’ vĭri͜ ū́xōrḗm tu͜ hăbé͞as flōrḗntem͜ ĭtă scī́bis; Dṓnă tĭbi͜ á͞uxĭlĭṓ Vĕnĕrī́s, cĭthărā́mque,͜ hăbĕā́s nōn, Nḗc cŏmă nḗc spĕcĭḗs, īn pū́lvĕrĕ sī́ iăcĕā́s tū. Sḗd mūltū́m tĭmĭdī́ Trōiā́ni,͜ ălĭtḗr iām cḗrtē Ī́ndŭĕrḗs lăpĭdū́m tŭnĭcā́m prōptḗr mălă fā́ctă». Ā́tquĕ ĕī́ rēspṓndĭt Ălḗxāndḗr sĭmĭlī́s de͞o: «Hḗctōr, cū́m rēctḗ rĕprĕhḗndĕrĭ’, nṓn īniū́stē, Mḗ: sēmpḗr tĭbĭ ḗst ŭtĭ ā́scĭă cṓr rĭgĭdū́m, quǣ Pḗr līgnū́m mīttā́tŭr ăb ā́rte͜ hŏmĭnī́s quī cǽ̄dāt Lī́gnūm nā́vī, fṓrti͞orḗmque͜ īllum͜ ī́psă făcĭt tŭm; Sī́c īnfḗxĭbĭlī́s mēns ḗst tĭbĭ pḗctŏre͜ ĭn ī́mō; Dṓnă nĕ mī́ Vĕnĕrī́s cōntḗmnās tu͜ á͞ureæ͜ ămā́tă: Nā́m nōn cṓntēmnḗndă dĕū́̂m sūnt splḗndĭdă dṓnă, Quǣ́cūmque͜ ī́llī dḗnt, nūllū́s cum͜ hăbé͞at quī quǽ̄răt; Ā́t sī nū́nc mē vī́s cōntḗndĕrĕ á͞ut pūgnā́rĕ, Ū́t rĕlĭquī́ Trōiā́ni͜ ĕt Ăchī́vi͜ ōmnḗs sĕdĕā́nt fāc, Ā́tque͜ ĕgŏ ḗt Mārtī́ cārū́s Mĕnĕlá͞us pūgnḗmŭs Ī́n mĕdĭṓ Hĕlĕnā́m prōptḗr ātque͜ ṓmnĭă bṓnă; Ā́tquĕ ŭtḗrvīs nṓstrum͜ ādvī́ncăt ĭn ā́ltĕrŭm, ī́llĕ Bṓnă mū́lĭĕrḗmquĕ ăgḗns, dŏmum͜ ĕā́t bĕnĕ rū́rsŭs; Ḗt vōs ṓmnēs ī́cto͜ hăbĭtētīs fœ̄́dĕrĕ Ī́li͞um Fḗrtĭlem,͜ ălḗtnĕm ĕquṓs Ārgṓs vērsū́s făcĭā́nt͞ ii Nā́vĭbŭ’ cūrs’ ăc Ăchǣ́ās pū́lchrās mū́lĭĕrḗs s͞u͞as». Fā́tŭs, ĕū́mque a͞ud́i͞ens Hēctṓr tūm g͞á͞udĭă sēnt͞iit.