Argonautica

"Τὼ μὲν ἐπ᾽ ἀστραγάλοισι ποδῶν ἑκάτερθεν ἐρεμνὰς σεῖον ἀειρομένω πτέρυγας, μέγα θάμβος ἰδέσθαι, χρυσείαις φολίδεσσι διαυγέας· ἀμφὶ δὲ νώτοις κράατος ἐξ ὑπάτοιο καὶ αὐχένος ἔνθα καὶ ἔνθα κυάνεαι δονέοντο μετὰ πνοιῇσιν ἔθειραι."

"Like Maias son he stood, And shook his plumes, that heavenly fragrance filled The circuit wide."

"Kεῖνος ἀνὴρ καὶ πόντου ἐπὶ γλαυκοῖο θέεσκεν οἴδματος, οὐδὲ θοοὺς βάπτεν πόδας, ἀλλ᾽ ὅσον ἄκροις ἴχνεσι τεγγόμενος διερῇ πεφόρητο κελεύθῳ."

"Mulcentem tigres, et agentem carmine quercus."

"Skilled he was to predict a rising storm out on the broad sea, saw hurricanes coming, could steer a ships course by sun or stars!"

"Et dedit aequoreos caelo duce tendere cursus."

"Νῆα μὲν οὖν οἱ πρόσθεν ἔτι κλείουσιν ἀοιδοί Ἄργον Ἀθηναίης καμέειν ὑποθημοσύνῃσι."

"How the Serpent, whom they called Ophion with Eurynome, the wide- Encroaching Eve perhaps, had first the rule Of high Olympus, thence by Saturn driven."

"Ne, quaeso, ne me lacrimis neve omine tanto prosequere in duri certamina Martis euntem, o mater."

"How at first Ophion and Oceans daughter Eurynome were masters over snowy Olympos, and how he yielded up his honor to strong-armed Kronos..."

"The angel ended, and in Adams ear So charming left his voice, that he awhile Thought him still speaking, still stood fixed to hear."

"Μή μοι λευγαλέας ἐνιβάλλεο, μῆτερ, ἀνίας ὧδε λίην, ἐπεὶ οὐ μὲν ἐρητύσεις κακότητος δάκρυσιν, ἀλλ ἔτι κεν καὶ ἐπ ἄλγεσιν ἄλγος ἄροιο. πήματα γάρ τ ἀίδηλα θεοὶ θνητοῖσι fέμουσιν, τῶν μοῖραν κατὰ θυμὸν ἀνιάζουσά περ ἔμπης τλῆθι φέρειν."