Ὡς ἔφαθ', οἱ δὲ κλῆρον ἐσημήναντο ἕκαστος:
ἒν δ' έβαλον κυνέῃ Ἀγαμέμνονος Ἀτρείδαο:
λαοὶ δ' ἠρήσαντο θεοῖς. ἰδὲ χεῖρας ἀνέσχον:
ὧδε δέ τις εἴπεσκεν. ἰ̈δὼν εἰς οὐρανὸν εὐρύν:
Ζεῦ πάτερ. ἠ Αἴαντα λαχεῖν. ἢ Τυδέος υἱὸν.
ἢ αὐτὸν βασιλῆα πολυχρύσοιο Μυκήνης:
So said he, and they marked each man his lot and cast them in the helmet of Agamemnon, son of Atreus; and the host made prayer, and lifted up their hands to the gods. And thus would one say with a lance up to the broad heaven: "Father Zeus, grant that the lot fall of Aias or the son of Tydeus or else on the king himself of Mycene rich in gold."
