ἔνθ' ἑλέτην δίφρον τε καὶ ἀνέρε δήμου ἀρίστω.
υἷε δύω Μέροπος Περκωσίου. ὃς περὶ πάντων
ᾔδεε μαντοσύνας. οὐδ' ἑοὺς παῖδας ἔασκε
στείχειν ἐς πόλεμον φθισήνορα: τὼ δέ οἱ οὔ τι
πειθέσθην: κῆρες γὰρ ἄγον μέλανος θανάτοιο:
τοὺς μὲν Τυδείδης δουρὶ, κλυτὸς Διομήδης
θυμοῦ καὶ ψυχῆς κεκαδὼν, κλυτὰ τεύχ' ἀπηύρα:
Ἱ̈ππόδαμόν δ' Ὀδυσεὺς καὶ Ὑπείροχον ἐξενάριξεν:
Then took they a chariot and two men, the best of their people, sons twain of Merops of Percote, that was above all men skilled in prophesying, and would not suffer his sons to go into war, the bane of men; but the twain would in no wise hearken to him, for the fates of black death were leading them on. These did the son of Tydeus, Diomedes, famed for his spear, rob of spirit and of life, and took from them their goodly battle-gear. And Odysseus slew Hippodamus and Hypeirochus.
