ὡς ἔφαθ', οἱ δὲ καὶ αὐτοὶ ἀλέξασθαι μενέαινον:
ἐν θυμῷ δ' ἐβάλοντο ἔπος. φράξαντο δὲ νῆας
ἔγκεϊ χαλκείῳ: ἐπὶ δὲ Ζεὺς Τρῶας ἔγειρεν:
Ἀντίλοχον δ' ὤτρυνε βοὴν ἀγαθὸς Μενέλαος:
Ἀντίλοχ'. οὔ τις σεῖο νεώτερος ἄλλος Ἀχαιῶν.
οὔτε ποσὶν θάσσων οὔτ' ἄλκιμος ὡς σὺ μάχεσθαι:
εἴ τινά που Τρώων ἐξάλμενος ἄνδρα βάλοισθα:
So spake he, and they even of themselves were eager to ward off the foe, but they laid up his word in their hearts, and fenced in the ships with a hedge of bronze; and against them Zeus urged on the Trojans. Then Menelaus, good at the war-cry, exhorted Antilochus: "Antilochus, none other of the Achaeans is younger than thou, nor swifter of foot, nor valiant as thou art in fight; I would thou mightest leap forth, and smite some man of the Trojans."
