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Italian Trulliἡ μὲν ἄρ᾽ ὣς εἰποῦσ᾽ ἀπέβη γλαυκῶπις Ἀθήνη
Οὔλυμπόνδ᾽, ὅθι φασὶ θεῶν ἕδος ἀσφαλὲς αἰεὶ
ἔμμεναι. οὔτ᾽ ἀνέμοισι τινάσσεται οὔτε ποτ᾽ ὄμβρῳ
δεύεται οὔτε χιὼν ἐπιπίλναται, ἀλλὰ μάλ᾽ αἴθρη
πέπταται ἀνέφελος, λευκὴ δ᾽ ἐπιδέδρομεν αἴγλη:
τῷ ἔνι τέρπονται μάκαρες θεοὶ ἤματα πάντα.

(Hom. Od. 6.41-46)

("So saying, owl-faced Athena went away
to Olympus, which they say is the everlasting home
of the gods. Here no wind beats roughly, and neither rain
nor snow can fall; but it abides in everlasting sunshine and in a great peacefulness of light, wherein the blessed gods are illumined for ever and ever.")

: "she", pron sg fem nom attic homeric ionic indeclform (NOM sg masc: ὅς)

ἄρ᾽: contracted form of ἄρα (partic indeclform), "then", expressing consequence, or mere succession.

ὣς: "so, thus"

εἰποῦσ: "saying", part sg aor act fem nom attic epic doric ionic, from εἶπον ("to say, speak").

ἀπέβη: "went" verb 3rd sg aor ind act, from ἀποβαίνω ("to go away, depart")