τὸν δ' αὖτ' Ἰ¨δομενεὺς Κρητῶν ἀγὸς ἀντίον ηὔδα:
δούρατα δ' αἴ κ' ἐθέλῃσθα καὶ ἓν. καὶ εἵκοσι δήεις
ἑσταότ' ἐν κλισίῃ. προσενώπια. παμφανόωντα.
Τρώϊα, τὰ κταμένων ἀποαίνυμαι: οὐ γὰρ ὀΐω
ἀνδρῶν δυσμενέων ἑκὰς ἱστάμενος πολεμίζειν:
τῶ μοι δούρατά τ' ἐστι καὶ ἀσπίδες ὀμφαλόεσσαι.
καὶ κόρυθες, καὶ θώρηκες λαμπρὸν γανόωντες:
And to him Idomeneus, leader of the Cretans, made answer: "Spears, if thou wilt, thou shalt find, be it one or twenty, standing in the hut against the bright entrance wall, spears of the Trojans whereof it is my wont to despoil their slain. For I am not minded to fight with the foemen while standing afar off; wherefore I have spears and bossed shields, and helms, and corselets gleaming bright."
