τὸν δ' ἠμείβετ' ἔπειτα μέγας Τελαμώνιος Αἴας:
πάντα κατ' αἶσαν ἔειπες ἀγακλεὲς ὦ Μενέλαε:
ἀλλὰ σὺ μὲν καὶ Μηριόνης ὑποδύντε μάλ' ὦκα:
νεκρὸν ἀείραντες. φέρετ' ἐκ πόνου: αὐτὰρ ὄπισθε
νῶϊ μαχησόμεθα Τρωσίν τε καὶ Ἕκτορι δίῳ:
ῗσον θυμὸν ἔχοντες, ὁμώνυμοι. οἳ τὸ πάρος περ
μίμνομεν ὀξὺν Ἄρηα παρ' ἀλλήλοισι μένοντες:
Then great Telamonian Aias answered him: "All this hast thou spoken aright, most glorious Menelaus. But do thou and Meriones stoop with all speed beneath the corpse, and raise him up, and bear him forth from out the toil of war; but behind you we twain will do battle with the Trojans and goodly Hector, one in heart as we are one in name, even we that aforetime have been wont to stand firm in fierce battle, abiding each by the other's side."
