ἀλλὰ σὺ, μή μοι ταῦτα νόει φρεσί: μὴ δέ σε δαίμων
ἐνταῦθα τρέψειε φίλος: χαλεπὸν δέ κεν εἴη
νηυσὶν καιομένῃσιν ἀμυνέμεν: ἀλλ' ἐπι δώροις
ἔρχεο: ἶ̈σον γάρ σε θεῷ τίσουσιν Ἀχαιοί:
εἰ δέ κ' ἄτερ δώρων πόλεμον φθισήνορα δύῃς.
οὐκ' έθ' ὁμῶς τιμῆς ἔσεαι πόλεμόν περ ἀλαλκών:
"But, friend, let me not see thee thus minded in heart, neither let heaven turn thee into this path; it were a harder task to save the ships already burning. Nay, come while yet gifts may be had; the Achaeans shall honour thee even as a god. But if without gifts thou enter into the battle, the bane of men, thou shalt not then be in like honour, for all thou mayest ward off the battle."
