The man of many skills and the Sirens

And today we move to the Odyssey to finish our Homer series with the introduction to the Odyssey and the song of the Sirens, the latter being from book 12. Again, Latin hexameters.

1. The post used to say «from summer 2009 with edits in summer 2012, perhaps some | to mark where I gave up on making a line scan. This time we also have caesuras marked with ||.». This is complete baloney. Indeed, the first place we even see the song of the Sirens separated from the big passage Odyssey XII ll. 174-201, which it was included in and meant to be translated as a part of, is file 3 mentioned below, and files 1-2 only have two lines of the opening; I assume this wrong dating is due to the general intro the translation corpus mentioned below makes for all the Homer translations;
2. The first trace of the opening of the Odyssey, in the form of the manuscript of ll. 1-2 reading «Vérsutum ínsece, Músa, virúm mihi, plúrima quídem / Quí passúst Troiǽ postquám sacram árcem erépsit.», appear in the diary for 3/2/10, saying that I translated them thus as I walked during PE class;
3. This aligns with the fact that file 1, last edited 3/2/10 14:26 and created 2/8/2009 10:48, only has precisely those two lines of it, in the form given below as original; it does change erepsit to evertit in l. 2, but the rest is pretty much as in the manuscript; as with all three of the numbered files mentioned here, there are 6 copies of it;
4. Then we have file 2, last edited 5/2/10 18:41 and created 3/2/10 14:35, where absolutely nothing happens to the translations of this post in that file;
5. The diary informs us that on 5/2 I translated both passages to prose except for words I didn't know, and looked up what Greek music was supposed to be like back in Homer's time, and that on 6/2 just before lunch I looked up the missing words; this explains both the prose translations of file 3, and its name "Pezzi_da_musicare_el-lat": I was literally planning to musicate these things (and the opening of the Iliad) according to Ancient Greek music styles; not that I ever got to that though; indeed, the CoTAP outright states «statui in musicam non ponere» (I decided not to musicate); anyway, file 3 is last edited 6/2/10 22:37 and created 5/2/10 18:14, and it gives the remaining lines of the original version; it also implements the change of file 2 (see above), and changes "quidem" to "vero" in l. 1, and changes ārcĕm ēvērtit to ārcem ēvērtit, i.e. implements an elision there in l. 2;
6. A newfound CoTAP (Corpus Traductionum Aliorum Poematum) file edited 16/8/12 12:07 starts from the 6/2 version and gives a bunch of edits, dated to various dates from «anno 2011 aut forsan 2010» (year 2011 or maybe 2010), dates which include 16/4, 16/1, 16 or 26/1, 4 or 6/2, 13/3, and 26/2, and with a bunch of changes from 22/7/12 gets us to the 22/7 version below;
7. It then proceeds with changes on 23-24/7 to get to the final version, save for the final item below; now, a 24/7/12 13:23 file has an intermediate version between 22/7 and final, where, besides the item below, the only changes are the older «Sḗd nēc sī́c cŏmĭtḗs || sērvá͞it, cŭpĕrḗt bĕnĕ quā́mvīs;» at l. 6 of the opening, and the incorrectly scanned “Hḗia͜ ăge͜ ĭḗns, || ō clā́rĕ Ŭlī́|xēs, glṓrĭa͜ Ăchī́vûm, for l. 1 of the Siren song;
8. Finally, as per the previous version of this post, «16:34 24/8/19, checkup time, I notice I can avoid the hiatus «se esse opima» by using "sese", an archaic form, and eliding it».

Let's see!

• Prose
• Original
• 22/7
• Final

Τὸ προοίμιον τῆς Ὀδυσσείας Ἄνδρα μοι ἔννεπε, Μοῦσα, || πολύτροπον, ὃς μάλα πολλὰ Πλάγχθη, ἐπεὶ Τροίης || ἱερὸν πτολίεθρον ἔπερσε· Πολλῶν δ’ ἀνθρώπων || ἴδεν ἄστεα καὶ νόον ἔγνω, Πολλὰ δ’ ὅ γ’ ἐν πόντῳ || πάθεν ἄλγεα ὃν κατὰ θυμόν, Ἀρνύμενος || ἥν τε ψυχὴν || καὶ νόστον ἑταίρων.      5 Ἀλλ’ οὐδ’ ὧς ἑτάρους || ἐῤῥύσατο, ἱέμενός περ· Αὐτῶν γὰρ σφετέρῃσιν || ἀτασθαλίῃσιν ὄλοντο, Νήπιοι, οἳ κατὰ βοῦς || Ὑπερίονος Ἠελίοιο Ἤσθιον· αὐτὰρ ὁ τοῖσιν || ἀφείλετο νόστιμον ἦμαρ. Τῶν ἁμόθεν γε, θεά, || θύγατερ Διός, εἰπὲ καὶ ἡμῖν.      10 Ἀοιδὴ Σειρηνάων «δεῦρ’ ἄγ’ ἰών, || πολύαιν’ Ὀδυσεῦ, || μέγα κῦδος Ἀχαιῶν,      185 νῆα κατάστησον, || ἵνα νωϊτέρην ὄπ’ ἀκούσῃς. οὐ γάρ πώ τις τῇδε || παρήλασε νηῒ μελαίνῃ, πρίν γ’ ἡμέων || μελίγηρυν ἀπὸ || στομάτων ὄπ’ ἀκοῦσαι, ἀλλ’ ὅ γε τερψάμενος || νεῖται καὶ πλείονα εἰδώς. ἴδμεν γάρ τοι πάνθ’, || ὅσ’ ἐνὶ Τροίῃ εὐρείῃ      190 Ἀργεῖοι Τρῶές τε || θεῶν ἰότητι μόγησαν, ἴδμεν δ’ ὅσσα γένηται || ἐπὶ χθονὶ πουλυβοτείρῃ».

Proœmium Odysseæ Virum mihi insece, Musa, versutum, qui quidem multa Passus est, postquam Troiæ sacram arcem delevit; Multorumque virorum vidit urbes et mentem cognovit, Multaque ipse in mari passus dolores suo in corde, Redimere conans suumque animum et reditum comitum. Sed nec ita comites servavit, cupiens etsi: Eorum enim suis stultitiis deleti sunt, Pueruli, qui boves Hyperionis Solis Vorare; at ille illis abstulit reditus diem. Horum undelibet quidem, dea, filia Iovis, dic et nobis. Cantus Sirenarum “Heia age iens, clare Ulixes, magna gloria Achæorum, Navem siste, ut nostram (duarum) vocem audias. Non enim umquam quis hic transivit navi nigra, Antequam quidem nostram dulcisonoram ab oribus vocem audisset, At ille quidem delectatus navigat et plura sciens. Scimus enim quidem omnia, quæ in Troia ampla Argivi Troianique deorum consilio passi sunt, Scimusque quanta fiant super terra fecunda.”

Τὸ προοίμιον τῆς Ὀδυσσείας Ἄνδρα μοι ἔννεπε, Μοῦσα, || πολύτροπον, ὃς μάλα πολλὰ Πλάγχθη, ἐπεὶ Τροίης || ἱερὸν πτολίεθρον ἔπερσε· Πολλῶν δ’ ἀνθρώπων || ἴδεν ἄστεα καὶ νόον ἔγνω, Πολλὰ δ’ ὅ γ’ ἐν πόντῳ || πάθεν ἄλγεα ὃν κατὰ θυμόν, Ἀρνύμενος || ἥν τε ψυχὴν || καὶ νόστον ἑταίρων.      5 Ἀλλ’ οὐδ’ ὧς ἑτάρους || ἐῤῥύσατο, ἱέμενός περ· Αὐτῶν γὰρ σφετέρῃσιν || ἀτασθαλίῃσιν ὄλοντο, Νήπιοι, οἳ κατὰ βοῦς || Ὑπερίονος Ἠελίοιο Ἤσθιον· αὐτὰρ ὁ τοῖσιν || ἀφείλετο νόστιμον ἦμαρ. Τῶν ἁμόθεν γε, θεά, || θύγατερ Διός, εἰπὲ καὶ ἡμῖν.      10 Ἀοιδὴ Σειρηνάων «δεῦρ’ ἄγ’ ἰών, || πολύαιν’ Ὀδυσεῦ, || μέγα κῦδος Ἀχαιῶν,      185 νῆα κατάστησον, || ἵνα νωϊτέρην ὄπ’ ἀκούσῃς. οὐ γάρ πώ τις τῇδε || παρήλασε νηῒ μελαίνῃ, πρίν γ’ ἡμέων || μελίγηρυν ἀπὸ || στομάτων ὄπ’ ἀκοῦσαι, ἀλλ’ ὅ γε τερψάμενος || νεῖται καὶ πλείονα εἰδώς. ἴδμεν γάρ τοι πάνθ’, || ὅσ’ ἐνὶ Τροίῃ εὐρείῃ      190 Ἀργεῖοι Τρῶές τε || θεῶν ἰότητι μόγησαν, ἴδμεν δ’ ὅσσα γένηται || ἐπὶ χθονὶ πουλυβοτείρῃ».

Proœmium Odysseæ Vḗrsūtum ī́nsĕcĕ, Mūsă, vĭrūm mĭhĭ, plūrĭmă quīdĕ̄m Quī pāssūst Tro͞iǣ pōstquām săcrăm ārcĕm ērēpsĭt; Mū́ltōrū́mquĕ vĭrū̂́m|| mēntḗmquĕ ĕt ṓppĭdă nṓvĭt, Mū́ltă mărī́ pāssū́st|| pœ̄nā́rum̸͜ īn cṓrdĕ sŭṓquĕ, Ū́t rĕdĭtū́m cŏmĭtū́m|que̸͜ ănĭmū́mquĕ sŭū́m sērvā́rĕt. Sḗd nēc sī́c cŏmĭtḗs|| sērvá͞it, quāmvī́s cŭpĕrḗt quĭdem̸͜; ͜Ī́lli ̸͜ĕtĕnī́m|| su͞a stū́ltĭtĭā́|| sūnt tḗmpŏrĕ cǣ́sī, Quṓ, pŭĕrī́ stūltī́!,|| bōvḗs Hy̆pĕrī́ŏnĭs Sṓlĭs Ḗxēsḗrĕ; ăt é͞is|| rĕdĭtū́s īlle̸͜ ā́bstŭlĭt lū́cĕm. Hṓrūmque ̸͜ū́ndĕlĭbḗt,|| dĕă, fī́lĭa ̸͜Iŏvī́s, dīc nṓbīs. Cantus Sirenarum “Hḗia ̸͜ăge ̸͜ĭḗns,|| ō clā́rĕ Ŭlī́|xēs, glṓrĭa͜ Ăchī́vûm, Nā́vēm sī́stĕ, ŭtī́|| nōstrā́m dūlcem̸͜ á͞udĭăs ā́rtĕm. Nā́m hīc nḗmō ū́m|quām nā́vĕ ătrā́ trānsī́vĭt Ā́nte ̸͜a͞udī́tām nṓs|trām vṓcēm dū́lcĭsŏnṓrǎm, Sḗd dēlḗctātū́s|| īs nā́vĭgăt ā́tquĕ scĭḗns plū̆s. Vēre ̸͜ĕnĭm ṓmnĭă scī́|mūs, Trṓiā quǣ́quĕ ĭn ā́mplā Trṓiānī́s ĕt Ăchī́|vīs ā́rbĭtrĭṓ de͞ûm fā́ctă, Quā́ntăquĕ tḗrră sŭpḗr|| vĭdĕā́t sē ḗssĕ ŏpī́mă.”

Τὸ προοίμιον τῆς Ὀδυσσείας Ἄνδρα μοι ἔννεπε, Μοῦσα, || πολύτροπον, ὃς μάλα πολλὰ Πλάγχθη, ἐπεὶ Τροίης || ἱερὸν πτολίεθρον ἔπερσε· Πολλῶν δ’ ἀνθρώπων || ἴδεν ἄστεα καὶ νόον ἔγνω, Πολλὰ δ’ ὅ γ’ ἐν πόντῳ || πάθεν ἄλγεα ὃν κατὰ θυμόν, Ἀρνύμενος || ἥν τε ψυχὴν || καὶ νόστον ἑταίρων.      5 Ἀλλ’ οὐδ’ ὧς ἑτάρους || ἐῤῥύσατο, ἱέμενός περ· Αὐτῶν γὰρ σφετέρῃσιν || ἀτασθαλίῃσιν ὄλοντο, Νήπιοι, οἳ κατὰ βοῦς || Ὑπερίονος Ἠελίοιο Ἤσθιον· αὐτὰρ ὁ τοῖσιν || ἀφείλετο νόστιμον ἦμαρ. Τῶν ἁμόθεν γε, θεά, || θύγατερ Διός, εἰπὲ καὶ ἡμῖν.      10 Ἀοιδὴ Σειρηνάων «δεῦρ’ ἄγ’ ἰών, || πολύαιν’ Ὀδυσεῦ, || μέγα κῦδος Ἀχαιῶν,      185 νῆα κατάστησον, || ἵνα νωϊτέρην ὄπ’ ἀκούσῃς. οὐ γάρ πώ τις τῇδε || παρήλασε νηῒ μελαίνῃ, πρίν γ’ ἡμέων || μελίγηρυν ἀπὸ || στομάτων ὄπ’ ἀκοῦσαι, ἀλλ’ ὅ γε τερψάμενος || νεῖται καὶ πλείονα εἰδώς. ἴδμεν γάρ τοι πάνθ’, || ὅσ’ ἐνὶ Τροίῃ εὐρείῃ      190 Ἀργεῖοι Τρῶές τε || θεῶν ἰότητι μόγησαν, ἴδμεν δ’ ὅσσα γένηται || ἐπὶ χθονὶ πουλυβοτείρῃ».

Proœmium Odysseæ Vḗrsūtum͜ ī́nsĕcĕ, Mū|să, vĭrūm mĭhĭ, plūrĭmă vērō Quī pāssūst Tro͞iǣ || pōstquām săcrăm ārcem̸͜ ēvērtĭt; Mū́ltōrū́mquĕ vĭrū̂́m || mēntḗs ātque͜ ṓppĭdă nṓvĭt, Mū́ltă mărī́ pāssū́st || pœ̄nā́rum̸͜ īn cṓrdĕ sŭṓquĕ, Ū́t cŏmĭtū́m rĕdĭtū́s || ănĭmū́mquĕ sŭū́m sērvā́rĕt. Sḗd nēc sī́c cŏmĭtḗs || sērvá͞it, quāmvī́s cŭpĕrḗt quĭdem̸͜; ͜Ī́lli͜ ĕtĕnī́m || su͞a stū́ltĭtĭā́ || sūnt tḗmpŏrĕ cǣ́sī, Quṓ, pŭĕrī́ stūltī́!,|| bōvḗs Hy̆pĕrī́ŏnĭ' Sṓlĭs Ḗxēsḗre;͜ ăt ĕī́s|| rĕdĭtū́s īlle͜ ā́bstŭlĭt hṓram. Hṓrūmque͜ ū́ndĕlĭbḗt, || Iŏvĭ' fī́lĭa, dī́c, dĕă nṓbīs. Cantus Sirenarum “Hḗia͜ ăge͜ ĭḗns, || ō clā́rĕ Ŭlī́|xēs, glṓrĭa͜ Ăchī́vûm, Nā́vēm sī́stĕ, ŭtī́ || nōstrā́m dūlcem͜ á͞udĭăs ā́rtĕm. Nā́m hāc nḗmo͜ ūmquā́m || trānsī́vĭt ătrā́ cūm nā́vī Ā́ntĕquăm ͞á͞udīrḗt || hānc vṓcēm dū́lcĭsŏnṓrǎm, Sḗd dēlḗctātū́s || tūm nā́vĭgăt ā́tquĕ scĭḗns plū̆s. Scī́|mūs ĕnī́m cūncta͜ ͞é͞a, || Trŏĭā́ quæ͜ īn mā́gna͜ ădĭḗrĕ Ā́rbĭtrĭṓ dīv͞û́m || Trōiā́nōs ā́tquĕ Ăchī́|vōs, Quā́ntăquĕ tḗrră sŭpḗr || vĭdĕā́t sē ḗssĕ ŏpī́mă.”

Τὸ προοίμιον τῆς Ὀδυσσείας Ἄνδρα μοι ἔννεπε, Μοῦσα, || πολύτροπον, ὃς μάλα πολλὰ Πλάγχθη, ἐπεὶ Τροίης || ἱερὸν πτολίεθρον ἔπερσε· Πολλῶν δ’ ἀνθρώπων || ἴδεν ἄστεα καὶ νόον ἔγνω, Πολλὰ δ’ ὅ γ’ ἐν πόντῳ || πάθεν ἄλγεα ὃν κατὰ θυμόν, Ἀρνύμενος || ἥν τε ψυχὴν || καὶ νόστον ἑταίρων.      5 Ἀλλ’ οὐδ’ ὧς ἑτάρους || ἐῤῥύσατο, ἱέμενός περ· Αὐτῶν γὰρ σφετέρῃσιν || ἀτασθαλίῃσιν ὄλοντο, Νήπιοι, οἳ κατὰ βοῦς || Ὑπερίονος Ἠελίοιο Ἤσθιον· αὐτὰρ ὁ τοῖσιν || ἀφείλετο νόστιμον ἦμαρ. Τῶν ἁμόθεν γε, θεά, || θύγατερ Διός, εἰπὲ καὶ ἡμῖν.      10 Ἀοιδὴ Σειρηνάων «δεῦρ’ ἄγ’ ἰών, || πολύαιν’ Ὀδυσεῦ, || μέγα κῦδος Ἀχαιῶν,      185 νῆα κατάστησον, || ἵνα νωϊτέρην ὄπ’ ἀκούσῃς. οὐ γάρ πώ τις τῇδε || παρήλασε νηῒ μελαίνῃ, πρίν γ’ ἡμέων || μελίγηρυν ἀπὸ || στομάτων ὄπ’ ἀκοῦσαι, ἀλλ’ ὅ γε τερψάμενος || νεῖται καὶ πλείονα εἰδώς. ἴδμεν γάρ τοι πάνθ’, || ὅσ’ ἐνὶ Τροίῃ εὐρείῃ      190 Ἀργεῖοι Τρῶές τε || θεῶν ἰότητι μόγησαν, ἴδμεν δ’ ὅσσα γένηται || ἐπὶ χθονὶ πουλυβοτείρῃ».

Proœmium Odysseæ Vḗrsūtum͜ ī́nsĕcĕ, Mū́să, || vĭrū́m mĭhĭ, plū́rĭmă vḗrō Quī́ pāssū́st Tr͞oiǣ́ || pōstquam͜ ī́llĕ săcram͜ ārcem͜ ēvērtĭt; Mū́ltōrū́mquĕ vĭrū̂́m || mēntḗs ātque͜ ṓppĭdă nṓvĭt, Mū́ltă mărī́ pāssū́st || pœ̄nā́rum͜ īn cṓrdĕ sŭo͜ ī́llĕ, Ū́t cŏmĭtū́m rĕdĭtū́s || ănĭmū́mquĕ sŭū́m sērvā́rĕt. Sḗd nēc sī́c cŏmĭtḗs || sērvá͞it, cŭpĕrḗt cum͜ ĕquĭdem͜ īllĕ; Ī́lli͜ ĕtĕnī́m || su͞a stū́ltĭtĭā́ || sūnt tḗmpŏrĕ cǣ́sī, Quṓ, pŭĕrī́ stūltī́!,|| bōvḗs Hy̆pĕrī́ŏnĭ’ Sṓlĭs Ḗxēsḗre;͜ ăt ĕī́s || rĕdĭtū́s īlle͜ ā́bstŭlĭt hṓram. Hṓrūmque͜ ū́ndĕlĭbḗt, || Iŏvĭ’ fī́lĭa, dī́c, dĕă nṓbīs. Cantus Sirenarum «Hḗia͜ ăge͜ ĭḗns, ō clā́rĕ || Ŭlī́xēs, glṓrĭa͜ Ăchī́vûm, Nā́vēm sī́stĕ, ŭtī́ || nōstrā́m dūlcem͜ á͞udĭăs ā́rtĕm. Nā́m hāc nḗmo͜ ūmquā́m || trānsī́vĭt ătrā́ cūm nā́vī Ā́ntĕquăm ͞á͞udīrḗt || hānc vṓcēm dū́lcĭsŏnṓrǎm, Sḗd dēlḗctātū́s || tūm nā́vĭgăt ā́tquĕ scĭḗns plū̆s. Scī́mūs ĕnī́m cūncta͜ ͞é͞a, || Trŏĭā́ quæ͜ īn mā́gna͜ ădĭḗrĕ Ā́rbĭtrĭṓ dīv͞û́m || Trōiā́nōs ā́tquĕ Ăchī́|vōs, Quā́ntăquĕ tḗrră sŭpḗr || vĭdĕā́t sēsē͜ ḗssĕ ŏpī́mă».