τόν δ' ἀπαμειβόμενος προσέφη πόδας ὠκὺς Ἀχιλλεύς.
Ἀτρείδη κυδιστε ἄναξ ἀνδρῶν Ἀγάμεμνον:
δῶρα μὲν αἴ κ' ἐθέλησθα παρασχέμεν ὡς ἐπιεικές
ἤ τ' ἐχέμεν παρὰ σοί⁚ νῦν δὲ μνησώμεθα χάρμης
αἶψα μάλ' οὐ γὰρ χρὴ κλοτοπεύειν ἐνθάδ' ἐόντας
οὐδὲ διατρίβειν: ἔτι γὰρ μέγα ἔργον ἄρεκτον.
ὥς κέ τις αὖτ' Ἀχιλῆα μετὰ πρώτοισιν ἴδηται
ἔγχει χαλκείῳ Τρώων ὀλέκοντα φάλαγγας:
ὧδέ τις ὑμείων μεμνημένος ἀνδρὶ μαχέσθω:
Then swift-footed Achilles answered him, and said: "Most glorious son of Atreus, Agamemnon, king of men, for the gifts, to give them if thou wilt, as is but seemly, or to withhold them, rests with thee. But now let us bethink us of battle with all speed; it beseemeth not to dally here in talk, neither to make delay, for yet is a great work undone—to the end that many a one may again behold Achilles amid the foremost laying waste with his spear of bronze the battalions of the men of Troy. Thereon let each one of you take thought as he fighteth with his man."
