Apollo, God of Plague

June 5, 2009

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The priest Chryses asks Apollo to make the Greeks pay for the wrong they have done him. Iliad 1.37-47, discussed, translated, and read in Greek by Elizabeth Parker, May 2009.

κλῦθί μευ ἀργυρότοξ᾽, ὃς Χρύσην ἀμφιβέβηκας
Κίλλάν τε ζαθέην Τενέδοιό τε ἶφι ἀνάσσεις,
Σμινθεῦ εἴ ποτέ τοι χαρίεντ᾽ ἐπὶ νηὸν ἔρεψα,
ἢ εἰ δή ποτέ τοι κατὰ πίονα μηρί᾽ ἔκηα
ταύρων ἠδ᾽ αἰγῶν, τὸ δέ μοι κρήηνον ἐέλδωρ·
τίσειαν Δαναοὶ ἐμὰ δάκρυα σοῖσι βέλεσσιν.

ὧς ἔφατ᾽ εὐχόμενος, τοῦ δ᾽ ἔκλυε Φοῖβος Ἀπόλλων,
βῆ δὲ κατ᾽ Οὐλύμποιο καρήνων χωόμενος κῆρ,
τόξ᾽ ὤμοισιν ἔχων ἀμφηρεφέα τε φαρέτρην·
ἔκλαγξαν δ᾽ ἄρ᾽ ὀϊστοὶ ἐπ᾽ ὤμων χωομένοιο,
αὐτοῦ κινηθέντος· ὁ δ᾽ ἤϊε νυκτὶ ἐοικώς.

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8 Responses to “Apollo, God of Plague”

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    June 10th, 2009 at 3:17 pm

    I will one day speak and write Greek.

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  3.   Min En Says:
    June 15th, 2009 at 2:19 am

    The Greek language is beautiful and of such great depth!

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    June 25th, 2009 at 5:51 am

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  5.   yiwu Says:
    July 16th, 2009 at 5:08 am

    I can not speak Greek.

  6.   Jayne Says:
    October 23rd, 2009 at 11:03 am

    I would love to speak Greek!

  7.   Emily Winters Says:
    March 16th, 2011 at 12:26 am

    In my many years of teaching latin and greek I have never heard such a wonderful discussion of this particular section of the Iliad. I am going to share this with my greek club next week! Thanks for sharing.

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    May 25th, 2011 at 6:26 am

    @jayne, thats really great to hear that you want to speak Greek. I can help you with that if you like.

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