ὡς ἔφατ' οὐδ' ἀπίθησε βοὴν ἀγαθὸς Μενέλαος:
ἤϋσεν δὲ διαπρύσιον Δαναοῖσι γεγωνώς.
ὦ φίλοι. Ἀργείων ἡγήτορες ἠδὲ μέδοντες:
οἵ τε παρ' Ἀτρείδῃς Ἀγαμέμνονι καὶ Μενελάῳ.
δήμια πίνουσιν. καὶ σημαίνουσιν ἕκαστος
λαοῖς. ἐκ δὲ Διὸς τιμὴ καὶ κῦδος ὀπηδεῖ:
ἀργαλέον δέ μοι ἐστὶ διασκοπιᾶσθαι ἕκαστον
ἡγεμόνων. τόσση γὰρ ἔρις πολέμοιο δέδηεν:
ἀλλά τις αὐτὸς ΐτω, νεμεσιζέσθω δ' ἐνι θυμῷ.
Πάτροκλον Τρῳῇσι κυσὶν μέλπηθρα γενέσθαι:
So spake he, and Menelaus, good at the war-cry, failed not to hearken, but uttered a piercing shout and called to the Danaans: "Friends, leaders and rulers of the Argives, ye that at the board of the sons of Atreus, Agamemnon and Menelaus, drink at the common cost, and give commands each one to his folk--ye upon whom attend honour and glory from Zeus—hard is it for me to discern each man of the chieftains, in such wise is the strife of war ablaze. Nay, let every man go forth unbidden, and have shame at heart that Patroclus should become the sport of the dogs of Troy."
