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[67] μή τι … ἔργα, ‘lest they make some change, in wrath at evil deeds.’ For the construction of “ἀγασσάμενοι” with “ἔργα” cp. Od.23. 64“ὕβριν ἀγασσάμενος θυμαλγέα, καὶ κακὰ ἔργα”, and for “μεταστρέφειν” in a quasi-intransitive sense, viz. ‘change their attitude,’ as here, from passive indifference to active interference, cp. Il.15. 202“τόνδε φέρω Διὶ μῦθον ἀπηνέα τε κρατερόν τε”

“ἦ τι μεταστρέψεις; στρεπταὶ μέν τε φρένες ἐσθλῶν”. Fäsi joins “μεταστρέψωσιν κακὰ ἔργα” in the sense of ‘punish,’ ‘bring down on the head of the guilty,’ comparing “μετάτροπα ἔργα” Hesiod , Hesiod Theog.89.With this rendering, “ἀγασσάμενοι” will mean ‘in wrath.’

Homer's Odyssey. W. Walter Merry. James Riddell. D. B. Monro. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1886-1901.

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