ὣς ἔφαθ': οἱ δ`' ἄρα πάντες ἐπῄνησαν βασιλῆες:
Τρώων δ' αὖτ' ἀγορὴ γένετ' Ἰ̈λίου ἐν πόλει ἄκρῃ
δεινὴ. τετρηχυῖα. παρὰ Πριάμοιο θύρῃσι:
τοῖσιν δ' Ἀντήνωρ πεπνυμένος ἀντίον ηύδα
κέκλυτέ μευ Τρῶες. καὶ Δάρδανοι. ἢδ' ἐπίκουροι:
ὄφρ' εἴπω. τά με θυμὸς ἐνι στήθεσσι κελεύει:
δεῦτ' άγετ': Ἀργείην Ἑλένην. καὶ κτήμαθ' ἅμ' αὐτῇ
δώομεν Ἀτρείδῃσιν ἄγειν: νῦν δ' ὅρκια πιστὰ
ψευσάμενοι μαχόμεσθα: τῶ οὔ νύ̆ τι κέρδιον ἥμιν
ἔλπομαι ἐκτελέεσθαι. ἵνα μὴ ῥέξομεν ὧδε:
So spake he, and all the kings assented thereto. And of the Trojans likewise was a gathering held in the citadel of Ilios, a gathering fierce and tumultuous, beside Priam's doors. Among them wise Antenor was first to speak, saying: "Hearken to me, ye Trojans and Dardanians and allies, that I may speak what the heart in my breast biddeth me. Come ye now, let us give Argive Helen and the treasure with her unto the sons of Atreus to take away. Now do we fight after proving false to our oaths of faith, wherefore have I no hope that aught will issue to our profit, if we do not thus."
