τὸν δ' αὖ Πηλεγόνος προσεφώνεε φαίδιμος υἱός:
Πηλεΐδη μεγάθυμε τί ἦ γενεὴν ἐρεείνεις;
εἴμ' ἐκ Παιονίης ἐριβώλου τηλόθ' ἐούσης
Παίονας ἄνδρας ἄγων δολιχεγχέας: ἥδε δέ μοι νῦν
ἠὼς ἑνδεκάτη ὅτε Ἴλιον εἰλήλουθα.
αὐτὰρ ἐμοὶ γενεὴ ἐξ Ἀξιοῦ εὐρὺ ῥέοντος
ὃς τέκε Πηλεγόνα κλυτὸν ἔγχεϊ: τὸν δ' ἐμέ φασι
γείνασθαι: νῦν αὖτε μαχώμεθα φαίδιμ' Ἀχιλλεῦ.
Then spake unto him the glorious son of Pelegon: "Great-souled son of Peleus, wherefore enquirest thou of my lineage? I come from deep-soiled Paeonia, a land afar, leading the Paeonians with their long spears, and this is now my eleventh morn, since I came to Ilios. But my lineage is from wide-flowing Axius--Axius, the water whereof flows the fairest over the face of the earth—who begat Pelegon famed for his spear, and he, men say, was my father. Now let us do battle, glorious Achilles."
