ὡς ἔφατ'. οὐδ' ἀπίθησε μέγας Τελαμώνιος Αἴας:
αὐτίκ' Ὀϊλιάδην ἔπεα πτερόεντα προσηύδα:
Αἶαν. σφῶϊ μὲν αὖθι, σὺ καὶ κρατερὸς Λυκομήδης
ἑσταότες. Δαναοὺς ὀτρύνετον ἶφι μάχεσθαι:
αὐτὰρ ἐγὼ κεῖσ' εἶμι. καὶ ἀντιόω πολέμοιο:
αῖψα δ' ἐλεύσομαι αὖτις. ἐπὴν εὖ τοῖς ἐπαμύνω:
So spake he, and great Telamonian Aias failed not to hearken. Forthwith he spake winged words to the son of Oïleus: "Aias, do ye twain, thou and strong Lycomedes, stand fast here and urge on the Danaans to fight amain, but I will go thither, and confront the war, and quickly will I come again, when to the full I have borne them aid."
