Τὸν δ`' ἂρ ὑπόδρα ἰ̈δὼν προσέφη κρατερὸς Διομήδης.
τέττα σιωπῇ ἧσο. ἐμῷ δ' ἐπιπείθεο μύθῳ:
οὐ γὰρ ἐγὼ, νεμεσῶ Ἀγαμέμνονι ποιμένι λαῶν
ὀτρύνοντι μάχεσθαι ἐϋκνήμιδας Ἀχαιούς:
τούτῳ μὲν γὰρ κῦδος ἅμ' ἕψεται, εἴ κεν Ἀχαιοὶ
Τρῶας δῃώσωσιν: ἕλωσί τε Ἴ̈λιον ἱ̈ρήν ἱ̈ρὴν:
τούτῳ δ' αὖ, μέγα πένθος Ἀχαιῶν δῃωθέντων.
ἀλλά γε δὴ καὶ νῶϊ μεδώμεθα θούριδος ἀλκῆς:
Then with an angry glance from beneath his brows stalwart Diomedes addressed him: "Good friend, abide in silence, and hearken to my word. I count it not shame that Agamemnon, shepherd of the host, should urge on to battle the well-greaved Achaeans; for upon him will great glory attend if the Achaeans shall slay the Trojans and take sacred Ilios, and upon him likewise will fall great sorrow, if the Achaeans be slain. Nay, come, let us twain also bethink us of furious valour."
