τονδ' ἀπαμειβόμενος προσέφη πόδας ὠκὺς Ἀχιλλεύς:
θαρσήσας μάλα, εἰπὲ θεοπρόπιον ὅ τι οἶσθα:
οὐ, μὰ, γὰρ, Ἀπόλλωνα Διῒ φίλον, ᾧ τε σὺ Κάλχαν
εὐχόμενος, Δαναοῖσι θεοπροπίας ἀναφαίνεις
οὔ τις ἐμεῦ ζῶντος καὶ ἐπι χθονὶ δερκομένοιο.
σοὶ κοίλῃς παρὰ νηυσὶ βαρείας χεῖρας ἐποίσει
συμπάντων Δαναῶν. οὐδ ἢν Ἀγαμέμνονα εἴπῃς
ὃς νῦν πολλὸν ἄριστος ἐνι σρτατῷ εὔχεται εἶναι:
In answer to him spoke swift-footed Achilles: "Take heart, and speak out whatever oracle you know; for by Apollo, dear to Zeus, to whom you, Calchas, pray when you reveal oracles to the Danaans, no one, while I live and have sight on the earth, shall lay heavy hands on you beside the hollow ships, no one of the whole host of the Danaans, not even if you name Agamemnon, who now claims to be far the best of the Achaeans."
