ὡς εἰπὼν. ὁ μὲν ἦρχ'. ὁ δ' ἅμ' ἕσπετο ἰ̈σόθεος φῶς φώς:
Ἀργείους δ' ὤτρυνε μέγας Τελαμώνιος Αἴας:
ὦ φίλοι ἀνέρες έστε: καὶ αἰδῶ θέσθ' ἐνι θυμῷ:
ἀλλήλους τ' αἰδεῖσθε κατα κρατερὰς ὑσμίνας:
αἰδομένων δ' ἀνδρῶν πλέονες σόοι ἠὲ πέφανται:
φευγόντων δ' οὔτ' ὰρ κλέος ὄρνυται. οὔτέ τις ἀλκή:
So saying, he led the way, and the other followed with him, a godlike man. And the Argives did great Telamonian Aias urge on, saying: "My friends, be men, and take ye shame in your hearts, and have shame each of the other in the fierce conflict. Of men that have shame more are saved than are slain; but from them that flee springeth neither glory nor any avail."
