τοῖσι δὲ καὶ μετέειπεν ἄναξ ἀνδρῶν Ἀγαμέμνων:
κέκλυτέ μευ Τρῶες καὶ Δάρδανοι ἠδ' ἐπίκουροι:
νίκη μὲν δὴ φαίνετ' ἀρηϊφίλου Μενελάου:
ὑμεῖς δ' Ἀργείην Ἑλένην καὶ κτήμαθ' ἅμ' αὐτῇ
ἔκδοτε: καὶ τιμὴν ἀποτινέμεν ἥν τιν' ἔοικεν:
ἥ τε καὶ ἐσσομένοισι μετ' ἀνθρώποισι πέληται:
Then the king of men, Agamemnon, spake among them, saying: "Hearken to me, ye Trojans and Dardanians and allies. Victory is now of a surety seen to rest with Menelaus, dear to Ares; do ye therefore give up Argive Helen and the treasure with her, and pay ye in requital such recompense as beseemeth, even such as shall abide in the minds of men that are yet to be."
