Ὡς έφατ', οὐδ' ἀπίθησε πατὴρ ἀνδρῶν τε θεῶν τε:
αὐτίκ' Ἀθηναίην ἔπεα πτερόεντα προσηῦδα προσηύδα:
αἶψα μάλ' ἐ στρατὸν ἐλθέ ἐλθὲ μετα Τρῶας καὶ Ἀχαιούς:
πειρᾶν δ' ὥς κεν Τρῶες ὑπερκύδαντας Ἀχαιοὺς
ἄρξωσι πρότεροι ὑπερόρκια δηλήσασθαι:
So said she, and the father of men and gods failed not to hearken; forthwith he spake to Athene winged words: "Haste thee with all speed unto the host into the midst of Trojans and Achaeans, and contrive how that the Trojans may be first in defiance of their oaths to work evil upon the Achaeans that exult in their triumph."
