AUTOS: O(we would be)lord, indeed you have(and hold)lovely Lukia
and Meionia and Miletus, delightful(himeroeis)city on the sea,

KOURAI: indeed-undead, you winesack with dogs eyes and a deers heart.

A: but himself again(bow wow)of Delos sea-washed-round
greatly(you)lord(himself).

ὦ ἄνα, καὶ Λυκίην καὶ Μῃονίην ἐρατεινὴν
καὶ Μίλητον ἔχεις, ἔναλον πόλιν ἱμερόεσσαν,
αὐτὸς δ᾽ αὖ Δήλοιο περικλύστοιο μέγ᾽ ἀνάσσεις.

K: in the rear-ends of dusty libraries.

A: but(he)goes(and comes)playing the lyre, the glorious child of Leto(behold-
seize), by the hollow(smooth)(subtle)(elegant)lyre to rocky Pytho,

K: good riddance, see if that bitch will take you.

A: having(holding)divine(dyad)garments(they-we heap up earth
to bury)(having been)filled with sweet smells;

K: just doing to his stinky rags as hes done to us.

A: but his lyre of gold, under the plectrum(spear-point-sting)(cocks-
spur)(ankle), the sharp ring(gnashing of teeth)(mule-
wagon-rattling), has(and holds)lovely.

K: lovely under dirt.

εἶσι δὲ φορμίζων Λητοῦς ἐρικυδέος υἱὸς
φόρμιγγι γλαφυρῇ πρὸς Πυθὼ πετρήεσσαν,
ἄμβροτα εἵματ᾽ ἔχων τεθυωμένα: τοῖο δὲ φόρμιγξ
(185) χρυσέου ὑπὸ πλήκτρου καναχὴν ἔχει ἱμερόεσσαν.

A: but(whence)thence(comes and goes)to Olympos from earth, as thought,

K: a lord of non-entities —

A: (he)goes(and comes, of Zeus)toward the house of Zeus and(goes and)comes
(among)(after)the meeting of other gods and goddesses(of other seeings).

K: eats his own people, in the words of Achilles.
enjoy unfamy-infamy, you.

ἔνθεν δὲ πρὸς Ὄλυμπον ἀπὸ χθονός, ὥστε νόημα,
εἶσι Διὸς πρὸς δῶμα θεῶν μεθ᾽ ὁμήγυριν ἄλλων.

A: but immediately by immortals

K: uh-oh

A: (the dyad-strain-phrase)(by strain-phrase)

K: we think

A: (she cares)(you are cared for)the kithara and the song
(are)cared for(by immortals);

αὐτίκα δ᾽ ἀθανάτοισι μέλει κίθαρις καὶ ἀοιδή:

K: he knows our favorite

Homer: but there and then —

K: be gentle (what)

H: it caused unquenchable laughter by blessed gods
and goddesses, as they(we)saw(humble)Hephaistos hustle-
bustling(by divine limp)through the house.

K: but you know my body is sore
(hey — )
after adventure
(its a euphemismos)

ἄσβεστος δ᾽ ἄρ᾽ ἐνῶρτο γέλως μακάρεσσι θεοῖσιν
(600) ὡς ἴδον Ἥφαιστον διὰ δώματα ποιπνύοντα.

H: as then the whole day long into the setting sun

K: your hands map every(oh)knot

H: they gave a feast(were feasted), and neither was anyones thumos

K: tension(ahh)releasing

H: (heart-spirit-hunger)(wetly)lacking(nor wanting)
an equal feast,

K: (ok yes, that feels good)

H: nor indeed(did they lack)the all-around-
beautiful lyre, which Apollo was(having
and)holding

K: (heartbeat slowing)whys that

H: (hold, you)(o viper)

ὣς τότε μὲν πρόπαν ἦμαρ ἐς ἠέλιον καταδύντα
δαίνυντ᾽, οὐδέ τι θυμὸς ἐδεύετο δαιτὸς ἐΐσης,
οὐ μὲν φόρμιγγος περικαλλέος ἣν ἔχ᾽ Ἀπόλλων,
Μουσάων θ᾽ αἳ ἄειδον ἀμειβόμεναι ὀπὶ καλῇ.
Iliad 1.604

K: until your mouth(uh oh)

A: and all the Muses(o Muses)together(get it, you)taking turns
and exchanging by beautiful voice(word)(eye)(face)
(it would call)(you are beauty-called),

Μοῦσαι μέν θ᾽ ἅμα πᾶσαι ἀμειβόμεναι ὀπὶ καλῇ

K: finds the side of our neck —

they praise(by singing)there and then the divine gifts of gods and goddesses
(gifts of seeings)and miseries of human beings,

which(both)having(and holding)under immortal gods and goddesses(by
gazings and contemplations)they live(living)(by livings)senseless
and(indeed)helpless(amechanos), and not even are they able

to find(discover, devise, get, gain)a cure for death
nor indeed a defense against old age;

(190) ὑμνεῦσίν ῥα θεῶν δῶρ᾽ ἄμβροτα ἠδ᾽ ἀνθρώπων
τλημοσύνας, ὅσ᾽ ἔχοντες ὑπ᾽ ἀθανάτοισι θεοῖσι
ζώουσ᾽ ἀφραδέες καὶ ἀμήχανοι, οὐδὲ δύνανται
εὑρέμεναι θανάτοιό τ᾽ ἄκος καὶ γήραος ἄλκαρ:

K: ok but its a headache-causing headache-cure

A: nevertheless the fair-haired Graces
and well-hearted(cheerful, merry, kindly,
gracious)Hours

K: those hores

A: and Harmonia(fastening-union-order-
agreement-stringing)and Hebe(youthfulness)
and daughter-of-Zeus Aphrodite,

K: even Aphrodite?

A: (they)dance(and leap and bound)holding one anothers hands
at the(fruit, grain)wrist;

αὐτὰρ ἐυπλόκαμοι Χάριτες καὶ ἐύφρονες Ὧραι
(195) Ἁρμονίη θ᾽ Ἥβη τε Διὸς θυγάτηρ τ᾽ Ἀφροδίτη
ὀρχεῦντ᾽ ἀλλήλων ἐπὶ καρπῷ χεῖρας ἔχουσαι:

K: we didnt know we had a(fruit, grain)wrist

H: but of them, the girls had fine(delicate-subtle)linen clothes(sail-cloth),

K: its us!

H: while the boys(sitting idly)wore well-spun tunics,

K: omg, its them

H: glistening softly
with olive oil;

K: yum.

H: and the girls had beautiful circlets,

K: we love circlets

H: while the boys

K: give us fantasy!

H: had golden daggers hanging from silver belt-straps.

(595) τῶν δ᾽ αἳ μὲν λεπτὰς ὀθόνας ἔχον, οἳ δὲ χιτῶνας
εἵατ᾽ ἐϋννήτους, ἦκα στίλβοντας ἐλαίῳ:
καί ῥ᾽ αἳ μὲν καλὰς στεφάνας ἔχον, οἳ δὲ μαχαίρας
εἶχον χρυσείας ἐξ ἀργυρέων τελαμώνων.

K: yesss

H: but when the boys ran(we ran)by knowing(standing-on)feet, very
(secretly)easily;

K: hows that

H: as when some potter, seating(-himself)will trial
and test a close-fitted wheel in the palms(of his hands),

K: uh-huh

H: the girls, by seeing, would set and run and shine;

K: oh,

H: but at another(time)again(bow wow)the girls would run
across(you march)the rows, to-for-by one-another.

οἳ δ᾽ ὁτὲ μὲν θρέξασκον ἐπισταμένοισι πόδεσσι
(600) ῥεῖα μάλ᾽, ὡς ὅτε τις τροχὸν ἄρμενον ἐν παλάμῃσιν
ἑζόμενος κεραμεὺς πειρήσεται, αἴ κε θέῃσιν:
ἄλλοτε δ᾽ αὖ θρέξασκον ἐπὶ στίχας ἀλλήλοισι.

K: oh heavens,

H: but a crowd of many was standing

K: stand, yall!

H: around the lovely(himeroeis)dance-
chorus, being filled with solace
and cheer;

K: well, we hope so,

H: but two(a dyad of)tumbling acrobats among them,

K: us??

H: initiating-ruling the song and dance, were whirling

K: we whirl! we whirl!

H: (yes, but)through the middle.

πολλὸς δ᾽ ἱμερόεντα χορὸν περιίσταθ᾽ ὅμιλος
τερπόμενοι:
(605) δοιὼ δὲ κυβιστητῆρε κατ᾽ αὐτοὺς
μολπῆς ἐξάρχοντες ἐδίνευον κατὰ μέσσους.

K: (whirling into the poet)sorry —

H: but —

K: (in disbelief) what powers this?

H: into(it)he put the great and mighty river Ocean
around the outermost rim of the solidly-made shield.

ἐν δ᾽ ἐτίθει ποταμοῖο μέγα σθένος Ὠκεανοῖο
ἄντυγα πὰρ πυμάτην σάκεος πύκα ποιητοῖο.
Iliad 18.594-608

K: (gratified)you guys know we love the beach!

A: by which indeed(it)celebrates(after)with(meta)song
neither shameful
nor mean;

K: (dreamily)he had us at hephaestos

A: but(its)very(dyad-secret)(stage whispers)and large
to see and(indeed)form(o
form)admirable,

K: OMG! omg omg its — (covers own mouth)

A: Artemis arrow-pouring(being)nursed the same with(by)Apollo.

K: . . . o monumental!

τῇσι μὲν οὔτ᾽ αἰσχρὴ μεταμέλπεται οὔτ᾽ ἐλάχεια,
ἀλλὰ μάλα μεγάλη τε ἰδεῖν καὶ εἶδος ἀγητή,
Ἄρτεμις ἰοχέαιρα ὁμότροφος Ἀπόλλωνι.

from hymn 3 to Apollo

(I of XVIII books, in 21 parts, over one moon)