τὸνδ' ἠμείβετ' ἔπειτα ἄναξ ἀνδρῶν Ἀγαμέμνων:
ὦ Ὀδυσεῦ. μάλα πῶς με καθΐκεο θυμὸν ἐνιπῇ
ἀργαλέῃ: ἀτὰρ οὐ μὲν ἐγὼν ἀέκοντας ἄνωγα.
νῆας ἐϋσσέλμους ἅλα δ' ἑλκέμεν υἷας Ἀχαιῶν:
νῦν δ' εἴη. ὃς τῆσδέ γ' ἀμείνονα μῆτιν ἐνίσποι
ἢ νέος. ἠὲ παλαιὸς. ἐμοὶ δέ κεν, ἀσμένῳ εἴη:
ὡς εἰπὼν, μέγ' ἄϋσεν ἐπεσσύμενος πεδίοιο:
To him then made answer, Agamemnon, king of men: "Odysseus, in good sooth thou hast stung my heart with harsh reproof; yet I urge not that against their will the sons of the Achaeans should drag the well-benched ships down to the sea. But now I would there were one who might utter counsel better than this of mine, be he young man or old; right welcome were it unto me."
