Τὸν δ`' ἐπὶ μειδήσας προσέφη κρείων Ἀγαμέμνων
ὡς γνῶ χωομένοιο: πάλιν δ`' ὅ γε λάζετο μῦθον:
διογενὲς: Λαερτιάδη: πολυμήχαν' Ὀδυσσεῦ:
οὔτέ σε νεικείω περιώσιον, οὔτε κελεύω.
οἶδα γὰρ. ὥς τοι θυμὸς ἐνὶ στήθεσσι φίλοισιν
ἥπια, δήνεα οἶδε: τὰ γὰρ φρονέεις ἅ τ' ἐγώ περ:
ἀλλ' ἴθι: ταῦτα δ`' ὄπισθεν ἀρεσσόμεθ'. εἴ τι κακὸν νῦν
εἴρηται: τὰ δὲ πάντα θεοὶ μεταμώνια θεῖεν:
Then lord Agamemnon spake to him with a smile, when he knew that he was wroth, and took back his words: "Zeus-born son of Laertes, Odysseus of many wiles, neither do I chide thee overmuch nor urge thee on, for I know that the heart in thy breast knoweth kindly thoughts, seeing thou art minded even as I am. Nay, come, these things will we make good hereafter, if any harsh word hath been spoken now; and may the gods make all to come to naught."
