τὸν δ' ὰρ ὑπόδρα ἰ̈δὼν προσέφη: κρατερὸς Διομήδης:
μὴ δή μοι φύξίν γε Δόλων ἐμβάλλεο θυμῷ
ἐσθλά περ ἀγγείλας. ἐπεὶ ΐκεο χεῖρας ἐς ἁμάς
εἰ μὲν γάρ κέ σε νῦν ἀπολύσομεν. ἠὲ μεθῶμεν.
ἦ´ τε καὶ ὕστερον εῖσθα θοὰς ἐπὶ νῆας Ἀχαιῶν.
ἠὲ διοπτεύσων. ἢ ἐναντίβιον πολεμίξων:
εἰ δέ κ' ἐμῇ´ς ὑπο: χερσὶ δαμεὶς. ἀπο θυμὸν ὀλέσσῃς:
οὐκέτ' ἔπειτα σὺ πῆμά ποτ' ἔσσεαι Ἀργείοισιν:
Then with an angry glance from beneath his brows, spake to him mighty Diomedes: "Nay, I bid thee, Dolon, put no thought of escape in thy heart, even though thou hast brought good tidings, seeing thou hast come into our hands. For if so be we release thee now or let thee go, yet even hereafter wilt thou come to the swift ships of the Achaeans, either to spy upon us, or to fight in open combat; but if, subdued beneath my hands, thou lose thy life, never again wilt thou prove a bane to the Argives."
