otherwise )if(you go)(you come)(you are)by me, you would suffer
(submit)(dare)at least, o goddess(o dyad-of-goddesses)
(dyad-of-looking)(dyad-in-contemplation)(dyad-as-spec-
tacle)(dyad-in-performance)(they gaze)(i gaze)(gaze, you)

to swear a mighty oath(PENELOPE would swear)(be sworn):

ἀλλ᾽ εἴ μοι τλαίης γε, θεά, μέγαν ὅρκον ὀμόσσαι:

(have(it)be known now, by these(dyad)Gaia(-EARTH)and Ouranos(SKY)far-
reaching(setting higher)(erect)(carrying over)(transposing)(crossing-
holding-handing-over)(forming a superlative)from above,

and by the downward-flowing water of the STYX, which(is)the greatest
and most deinos(terrible)(wondrous)(strange)(clever)(braiding)
(braided)oath(you are)by blessed gods;

and by your hallowed(serpent)head and(indeed)our own marriage-
bed, a living tree, by which i wouldnt ever swear
in vain; and I look at you
with softening eyes;

ἴστω νῦν τόδε γαῖα καὶ οὐρανὸς εὐρὺς ὕπερθε
καὶ τὸ κατειβόμενον Στυγὸς ὕδωρ, ὅς τε μέγιστος
ὅρκος δεινότατός τε πέλει μακάρεσσι θεοῖσι,
σή θ᾽ ἱερὴ κεφαλὴ καὶ νωΐτερον λέχος αὐτῶν
κουρίδιον, τὸ μὲν οὐκ ἂν ἐγώ ποτε μὰψ ὀμόσαιμι:
(Iliad 15.36)

thither-hither, her the destined-first, to make-build-prepare
an all-around-beautiful temple(ship-like)dwelling,

to be an oracle(CHRESTERION)of human beings,

(and)nevertheless thereafter, to be made-built-prepared
temple(ship-like)dwellings, and sacred groves(with tree-
like markings)of growth, upon all human beings,

after(you are)(you come upon)(the dyad-word-song),
(i was)(or)(beingly)surely(it was saying)
a many-named-one(POLYOMONOS)
shall be.

ἐνθάδε μιν πρῶτον τεύξειν περικαλλέα νηὸν
ἔμμεναι ἀνθρώπων χρηστήριον, αὐτὰρ ἔπειτα
τεύξασθαι νηούς τε καὶ ἄλσεα δενδρηέντα
πάντας ἐπ᾽ ἀνθρώπους, ἐπεὶ ἦ πολυώνυμος ἔσται.

thus, there and then, she(DELOS)was saying; but LETO(behold)(seize)
(of aspects)(running)(shining)of goddesses(of gods)
swore a mighty oath;

ὣς ἄρ ἔφη: Λητὼ δὲ θεῶν μέγαν ὅρκον ὄμοσσε:

have(it)be known now, by these(dyad)Gaia(-EARTH)and Ouranos(SKY)far-
reaching(setting higher)(erect)(carrying over)(transposing)(crossing-
holding-handing-over)(forming a superlative)from above,

and by the downward-flowing water of the STYX, which(is)the greatest
and most deinos(terrible)(wondrous)(strange)(clever)(braiding)
(braided)oath(you are)by blessed gods;

ἴστω νῦν τάδε Γαῖα καὶ Οὐρανὸς εὐρὺς ὕπερθεν
καὶ τὸ κατειβόμενον Στυγὸς ὕδωρ, ὅστε μέγιστος
ὅρκος δεινότατός τε πέλει μακάρεσσι θεοῖσιν:

(i was)(or)(beingly)(surely)(she was saying)verily(the moon)
of PHOIBOS(of the radiant)(purify)(youre purifying)by this(here, thus)
wood-resin-smoke of dupa, and flowers of ylang-ylang,
it will always be an altar and sacred precinct;

but(it would)(will pay a price)(you will be paid)(by retribution)(-dyad)
you will be honored(it will honor)(will always be asking ‘what?')
you at least(both)outstanding(and preeminent)among all
(and you don’t even know).

ἦ μὴν Φοίβου τῇδε θυώδης ἔσσεται αἰεὶ
βωμὸς καὶ τέμενος, τίσει δέ σέ γ᾽ ἔξοχα πάντων.

nevertheless, since(by the dyad-word-song)(you set upon)(you approach)
there and then, it swears(will-swear-to-fulfill)and it accomplishes(brings
to pass)(finishes)the oath;

DELOS(indeed)(on the one hand)very(arm-pits-like-white-tailed-apples)was
rejoicing(rejoice!)by the begetter(by the daughter)(she begets)(you are begotten)
of the from-afar(hekatos)(spring-drawn)lord;

αὐτὰρ ἐπεί ῥ᾽ ὄμοσέν τε τελεύτησέν τε τὸν ὅρκον,
Δῆλος μὲν μάλα χαῖρε γονῇ ἑκάτοιο ἄνακτος:

but(on the other hand)LETO(behold)(seize)(her dyad)for nine days and nine(spending
youth)(senseless)nights beyond hope(you wouldnt have hope)by unhoped-
for pangs(throes and travails)she had been pierced.

but(all)goddesses(you run)(you shine)(you gaze)(she would gaze)(you would be put in place)
(by looking at)(by contemplation)(by the sight)were being within(at home)by all(be got,
you)(to sprinkle)(she would sprinkle)(be sprinkled)(as with salt or pharmakon)
(eat, drink, partake, you);

Λητὼ δ᾽ ἐννῆμάρ τε καὶ ἐννέα νύκτας ἀέλπτοις
ὠδίνεσσι πέπαρτο. θεαὶ δ᾽ ἔσαν ἔνδοθι πᾶσαι,

Λητὼ δ᾽ ἐννῆμάρ τε καὶ ἐννέα νύκτας ἀέλπτοις
ὠδίνεσσι πέπαρτο. θεαὶ δ᾽ ἔσαν ἔνδοθι πᾶσαι,

they were(they would)(she would)(you would allow)(by allowing)
as great as the best(they and you would go eat brunch)(best meal),

and DIONE and RHEIA(she would flow and you are flowing)
and ICHNAIOS(following the track)and THEMIS(as its right to do)
and(indeed)much-groaning AMPHITRITE and other immortals, except
for HERA of the white arms, aloof(absent)(apart)(in her home);

ὅσσαι ἄρισται ἔασι, Διώνη τε Ῥείη τε
Ἰχναίη τε Θέμις καὶ ἀγάστονος Ἀμφιτρίτη
ἄλλαι τ᾽ ἀθάναται νόσφιν λευκωλένου Ἥρης:

for she had been seated in the(heavenly)halls of Zeus-cloud-gatherer,
and speaking(i am upon)the winged-word-songs(she)was speaking-through;

ἧστο γὰρ ἐν μεγάροισι Διὸς νεφεληγερέταο,
καί μιν φωνήσασ᾽ ἔπεα πτερόεντα προσηύδα:
(Iliad 15.36)

have(it)be known now, by these(dyad)Gaia(-EARTH)and Ouranos(SKY)far-
reaching(setting higher)(erect)(carrying over)(transposing)(crossing-
holding-handing-over)(forming a superlative)from above,

and by the downward-flowing water of the STYX, which(is)the greatest
and most deinos(terrible)(wondrous)(strange)(clever)(braiding)
(braided)oath(you are)by blessed gods;

ἴστω νῦν τόδε γαῖα καὶ οὐρανὸς εὐρὺς ὕπερθε
καὶ τὸ κατειβόμενον Στυγὸς ὕδωρ, ὅς τε μέγιστος
ὅρκος δεινότατός τε πέλει μακάρεσσι θεοῖσι,

(three tries by KALYPSO) not any (to)(for)(by)yourself bad misery will
-to-devise another;

not another-bad-misery will-to-devise another-bad-misery(to)(for)(by)yourself;

that no more bad blues will devise bad blues
by your own self; I look at you
with softening eyes.

μή τί τοι αὐτῷ πῆμα κακὸν βουλευσέμεν ἄλλο.
(Odyssey 5.184)

but the only one who hadnt heard(learned)was EILEITHUIA(mogis-postokos)
of toils-and-travails of birth;

μούνη δ᾽ οὐκ ἐπέπυστο μογοστόκος Εἰλείθυια:

for she had been seated by the highest-extreme-peak of OLYMPOS, under golden clouds,
of prudent white-armed HERA, where she was restraining(restrain, you)her
in jealousy(and zeal),

when(which)(that)there and then the blameless and steadfast child
LETO(behold)(seize)(her dyad)will beget, of beautiful(deinos)braids of hair,
at that time was(imminently)destined(and about to do).

ἧστο γὰρ ἄκρῳ Ὀλύμπῳ ὑπὸ χρυσέοισι νέφεσσιν,
Ἥρης φραδμοσύνης λευκωλένου, ἥ μιν ἔρυκε
ζηλοσύνῃ, ὅτ᾽ ἄρ᾽ υἱὸν ἀμύμονά τε κρατερόν τε
Λητὼ τέξεσθαι καλλιπλόκαμος τότ᾽ ἔμελλεν.


from hymn 3 to Apollo