τὸν δ' ἀπαμειβόμενος προσέφη κρατερὸς Διομήδης
ἤτοι ἐγὼ μενέω καὶ τλήσομαι: ἀλλὰ μίνυνθα
ἡμέων ἔσσεται ῆδος: ἐπεὶ νεφεληγερέτα Ζεὺς
Τρωσὶν δὴ βόλεται δοῦναι κράτος ἠέ περ ἡμῖν:
Then in answer to him spake mighty Diomedes: "Of a surety will I abide and endure, howbeit but for scant space shall be our profit, for Zeus, the cloud-gatherer, plainly willeth to give victory to the Trojans rather than to us."
