ῆ: καὶ Ταλθύβιον θεῖον κήρυκα προσηῦδα προσηύδα:
Ταλθύβι': ὅτι τάχιστα Μαχάονα δεῦρο κάλεσσον
φῶτ' Ἀσκληπιοῦ υἱὸν ἀμύμονος ἰ̈ητῆρος:
ὄφρα ἴδῃ Μενέλαον ἀρήϊον Ἀτρέος υἱὸν:
ὅν τις ὀϊστεύσας ἔβαλεν τόξων εὖ εἰδὼς
Τρώων ἢ Λυκίων: τῷ μὲν κλέος ἄμμι δὲ πένθος:
Therewith he spake to Talthybius, the godlike herald: "Talthybius, make haste to call hither Machaon, son of Asclepius, the peerless leech, to see warlike Menelaus, son of Atreus, whom some man well skilled in archery hath smitten with an arrow, some Trojan or Lycian, compassing glory for himself but for us sorrow."
