Τὸν δ' αῦτ' Ϊδομενεὺς Κρητῶν ἀγὸς, ἀντίον ηὔδᾱ:
Ἀτρείδη: μάλα μέν τοι ἐγὼν ἐρίηρος ἑταῖρος
ἔσσομαι. ὡς τὸ πρῶτον ὑπέστην καὶ κατένευσα:
ἀλλ`' ἄλλους ὄτρυνε κάρη κομόωντας Ἀχαιοὺς
ὄφρα τάχιστα μαχώμεθ', ἐπεὶ σύν γ' ὄρκι' ἔχευαν
Τρῶες, τοῖσιν δ' αῦ θάνατος καὶ κήδε' ὀπίσσω
ἔσσετ'. ἐπεὶ πρότεροι ὑπὲρ όρκια δηλήσαντο:
To him then Idomeneus, leader of the Cretans, made answer, saying: "Son of Atreus, of a surety will I be to thee a trusty comrade, even as at the first I promised and gave my pledge; but do thou urge on the other long-haired Achaeans that we may fight with speed, seeing the Trojans have made of none effect our oaths. Death and woes shall hereafter be their lot, for that they were the first to work violence in defiance of the oaths."
