Homer Odyssey 

Book XI 235-259 - Tyro

ἔνθ᾽ἦ τοι πρώτην Τυρὼἴδον εὐπατέρειαν,                                          235

ἣ φάτο Σαλμωνῆος ἀμύμονος ἔκγονος εἶναι,

φῆ δὲ Κρηθῆος γυνὴἔμμεναι Αἰολίδαο:

ἣ ποταμοῦἠράσσατ᾽Ἐνιπῆος θείοιο,

ὃς πολὺ κάλλιστος ποταμῶν ἐπὶ γαῖαν ἵησι,

καί ῥ᾽ἐπ᾽Ἐνιπῆος πωλέσκετο καλὰῥέεθρα.                                        240

τῷ δ᾽ἄρα εἰσάμενος γαιήοχος ἐννοσίγαιος

ἐν προχοῇς ποταμοῦ παρελέξατο δινήεντος:

πορφύρεον δ᾽ἄρα κῦμα περιστάθη, οὔρεϊ ἶσον,

κυρτωθέν, κρύψεν δὲ θεὸν θνητήν τε γυναῖκα.

λῦσε δὲ παρθενίην ζώνην, κατὰ δ᾽ὕπνον ἔχευεν.                               245

αὐτὰρ ἐπεί ῥ᾽ἐτέλεσσε θεὸς φιλοτήσια ἔργα,

ἔν τ᾽ἄρα οἱ φῦ χειρί, ἔπος τ᾽ἔφατ᾽ἔκ τ᾽ὀνόμαζε:

‘χαῖρε, γύναι, φιλότητι: περιπλομένου δ᾽ἐνιαυτοῦ

τέξεις ἀγλαὰ τέκνα, ἐπεὶ οὐκ ἀποφώλιοι εὐναὶ

ἀθανάτων: σὺ δὲ τοὺς κομέειν ἀτιταλλέμεναί τε.                              250

νῦν δ᾽ἔρχευ πρὸς δῶμα, καὶἴσχεο μηδ᾽ὀνομήνῃς:

αὐτὰρ ἐγώ τοί εἰμι Ποσειδάων ἐνοσίχθων.’

ὣς εἰπὼν ὑπὸ πόντον ἐδύσετο κυμαίνοντα.

ἡ δ᾽ ὑποκυσαμένη Πελίην τέκε καὶ Νηλῆα,

τὼ κρατερὼ θεράποντε Διὸς μεγάλοιο γενέσθην                                255

ἀμφοτέρω: Πελίης μὲν ἐν εὐρυχόρῳ Ἰαωλκῷ

ναῖε πολύρρηνος, ὁ δ᾽ ἄρ᾽ ἐν Πύλῳ ἠμαθόεντι.

τοὺς δ᾽ ἑτέρους Κρηθῆι τέκεν βασίλεια γυναικῶν,

Αἴσονά τ᾽ ἠδὲ Φέρητ᾽ Ἀμυθάονά θ᾽ ἱππιοχάρμην.

[235] “Then verily the first that I saw was high-born Tyro, who said that she was the daughter of noble Salmoneus, and declared herself to be the wife of Cretheus, son of Aeolus. She became enamoured of the river, divine Enipeus, who is far the fairest of rivers that send forth their streams upon the earth, [240] and she was wont to resort to the fair waters of Enipeus. But the Enfolder and Shaker of the earth took his form, and lay with her at the mouths of the eddying river. And the dark wave stood about them like a mountain, vaulted-over, and hid the god and the mortal woman. [245] And he loosed her maiden girdle, and shed sleep upon her. But when the god had ended his work of love, he clasped her hand, and spoke, and addressed her: “‘Be glad, woman, in our love, and as the year goes on its course thou shalt bear glorious children, for not weak are the embraces [250] of a god. These do thou tend and rear. But now go to thy house, and hold thy peace, and tell no man; but know that I am Poseidon, the shaker of the earth.’ “So saying, he plunged beneath the surging sea. But she conceived and bore Pelias and Neleus, [255] who both became strong servants of great Zeus; and Pelias dwelt in spacious Iolcus, and was rich in flocks, and the other dwelt in sandy Pylos. But her other children she, the queenly among women, bore to Cretheus, even Aeson, and Pheres, and Amythaon, who fought from chariots.  [260]

Reference

Homer. The Odyssey. Greek text with an English translation by A. T. Murray, Cambridge Mass. Harvard UP, 1919. perseus.tufts.edu, n.d. Go to site.