Ὡς ἔφαθ'. οἱ δ' ἄρα πάντες ἀκὴν ἐγένοντο σιωπῇ:
τοῖσι δὲ καὶ μετέειπε βοὴν ἀγαθὸς Διομήδης:
Νέστωρ. ἒμ' ὀτρύνει κραδίη καὶ θυμὸς ἀγήνωρ
ἀνδρῶν δυσμενέων δῦναι στρατὸν ἐγγὺς ἐόντωνἐόντα
Τρώων. ἂλλ' εἴ τις μοι ἀνῆρ ἀνὴρ ἅμ' ἕποιτο καὶ ἄλλος.
μᾶλλον θαλπωρὴ. καὶ θαρσαλεώτερον ἔσταιἔστι
σύν τε δύ' ἐρχομένω: καί τε πρὸ, ὃ. τοῦ ἐνόησεν
ὅππως κέρδος έῃ: μοῦνος δ' εἴ πέρ τε νοήσῃ.
ἀλλά τέ οἱ βράσσων τε νόος. λεπτὴ δέ τε μῆτις:
So said he, and they all became hushed in silence. Then spake among them Diomedes, good at the war-cry: "Nestor, my heart and proud spirit urge me to enter the camp of the foemen that are near, even of the Trojans; howbeit if some other man were to follow with me, greater comfort would there be, and greater confidence. When two go together, one discerneth before the other how profit may be had; whereas if one alone perceive aught, yet is his wit the shorter, and but slender his device."
