τὸν δ' ἠμείβετ'. ἔπειτα μέγας Τελαμώνιος Αἴας:
ὦ πέπον. ἀλλὰ βιὸν μὲν, ἔα καὶ ταρφέας ἰ̈οὺς
κεῖσθαι. ἐπεὶ συνέχευε θεὸς. Δαναοῖσι μεγήρας:
αὐτὰρ χερσὶν ἑλὼν δολιχὸν δόρυ. καὶ σάκος ὤμῳ:
μάρναό τε Τρώεσσι. καὶ ἄλλους ὄρνυθι λαούς.
μη μὰν, ἀσπουδί γε. δαμασσάμενοί περ ἕλοιεν
νῆας ἐϋσσέλμους. ἀλλὰ μνησώμεθα χάρμης:
Then great Telamonian Aias answered him: "Aye, friend, but leave thou thy bow and thy many arrows to lie where they are, seeing that a god has confounded them, in malice toward the Danaans; but take thou in thy hand a long spear and a shield upon thy shoulder, and do battle with the Trojans, and urge on the rest of the folk. Verily not without a struggle, for all they have overpowered us, shall they take our well-benched ships; nay, let us bethink us of battle."
