τὸν δ' ἀπαμειβόμενος προσέφη κρείων Ἀγαμέμνων:
ναὶ δὴ ταῦτά γε πάντα γέρον κατα μοῖραν ἔειπες:
ἀλλ' ὁ δ' ἀνὴρ ἐθέλει περὶ πάντων ἔμμεναι ἄλλων:
πάντων μὲν κρατέειν ἐθέλει, πάντεσσι δ' ἀνάσσειν,
πᾶσι δὲ σημαίνειν, ἅ, τιν' οὐ πείσεσθαι ὀΐω:
εἰ δέ μιν αἰχμητὴν ἔθεσαν θεοὶ αἰὲν ἐόντες
τοῦνεκά οἱ προθέουσιν ὀνείδεα μυθήσασθαι;
In answer to him spoke lord Agamemnon: "All these things, old man, to be sure, you have spoken as is right. But this man wishes to be above all others; over all he wishes to rule and over all to be king, and to all to give orders; in this, I think, there is someone who will not obey. If the gods who exist for ever made him a spearman, do they therefore license him to keep uttering insults?"
