r/AncientGreek • • Aug 28 '26

Greek Audio/Video Please help me transcribe a short Ancient Greek spoken word track by Manowar

Χαίρετε.

In 2022, heavy metal legends Manowar released an EP entitled Highlights from the Revenge of Odysseus, which includes two (non-metal) songs featuring narration in Ancient Greek. But rather than a recitation of the original Homeric verses, we get to hear Mr. Joey DeMaio's own adaptation of the Odyssey, translated into Ancient Greek by Sakis Tolis of Rotting Christ.

The first of these two tracks, "Telemachus, Pt. 1" (YouTube), features Konstantinos Kazakos in the role of Telemachus. (Manowar also uploaded a short making-of video.)

Here is my attempt at transcribing the song:

Ἐν τῇ ἐμῇ γενέσει ὁ πατὴρ ἐτάγη, οἶκον ἐγκατέλειψε.
Ἔπλευσε σὺν τοῖς στρατιώταις τούτου πόλεμον παρασκευάζοντος [?].
Ἔτη πολλὰ παρῆλθον, μὰ φήμης περὶ πατρὸς οὐκ ἔμαθον.
Ἐπ(ε)ὶ […] δεκάτου ἔτους μνηστῆρες τῆς ἐμῆς μητρὸς ἐφάνησαν.
Ἔφησαν νεκρὸν τὸν πατέρα εἶναι, καὶ τὴν μητέρα θέλουσι (ὑ)πανδρεύειν [?].
[…]
Ἀπόντος πατρὸς, μηδενός ὑπερασπιζομένου […]ον τοῦ οἴκου ἐμόν.
Ὕβριζον τὴν μητέρα, καὶ ᾔσχυνον τὸν οἶκον, δειπνοῦντες τὴν περιουσίαν, ποτιζόμενοι τὸν οἶνον, σφαγιάζοντες τοὺς βοῦς, μολύνοντες τοὺς δούλους […].
[…] ἀπέλπιδες […].
Κατ’ ἐκάστην ἡμέραν θεοῖς […].
[…] θεοὶ κατένευσαν.
Ἡ θεὰ Ἀθηνᾶ ἦλθε καί μοι ὡμίλησε.
Προσέφη πάντας […]ρα.
[…]ρεύσω μνήστηρσι συμπεριλαμβανομένοις.
Θεὰν ἤρωτησα· Τίνας λόγους λέξω;
Μὴ φοβοῦ. Λέξεις ἐλεύσονται. Ἡγούμενος ὑπὸ τὴν τοῦ πατρὸς δύναμιν καὶ τὸ τῆς θεᾶς Ἀθηνᾶς σθένος φωνασκῶ [?] […] τοῖς πᾶσι μανθάν[…] τὰ τῶν μνηστήρων αἴσχη, ἃ τὸ μένος τῶν θεῶν ἤγαγον, […] τῶν θεῶν […].
[…]δίο(ν) ἐφάνησαν ἐν νεφέλαις.
Ὁ μάντις Ἁλιθέρσης προεμήνυσε […].
[…] οἱ μνηστῆρες θανοῦνται.
«Αυτό είναι σημάδι των θεών. Θάνατος θα βρει τοὺς μνηστήρες.»
Ἐγέλασαν […].
[…] ουδαμᾶ […].
[…], ἐμνημόνευσα τὰ τῆς μητρὸς ἔπεα.
Ἐπ(ε)ὶ τῇ γῇ τοῦ πατρὸς ἀναχωρι[…]
[…]
Ὅτι εἰ μὴ πάλιν νοστεῖ οὗτος, ἄλλον τινὰ (ὑ)πανδρεύ[…]
Ἡ δὲ ὥμνυτο, εἰ μὴ πάλιν νοστεῖ, αὐτὴ ἀνα[…] τοῦτο.

Now, I am familiar with Classical Greek and Homeric Greek but not so much with Modern Greek, which some parts of this version seem to be based on.

Can someone who is more familiar with Modern Greek pronunciation and vocabulary help me out with the few remaining gaps?

Thank you very much!

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