But now he offers you many gifts forthwith, and promises you more afterwards, and has sent forth warriors to beseech you, choosing them that are best throughout the host of the Achaeans, and that to your own self are dearest of the Argives;
νῦν δ' ἅμα τ' αὐτίκα πολλὰ διδοῖ τὰ δ' ὄπισθεν ὑπέστη , ἄνδρας δὲ λίσσεσθαι ἐπιπροέηκεν ἀρίστους κρινάμενος κατὰ λαὸν Ἀχαιϊκόν , οἵ τε σοὶ αὐτῷ φίλτατοι Ἀργείων · [0]
νῦν δέ ἅμα τε αὐτίκα πολύς δίδωμι ὁ δέ ὄπισθεν ὑφίστημι , ἀνήρ δέ λίσσομαι ἐπιπροίημι ἄριστος κρίνω κατά λαός Ἀχαιικός , ὅς τε σύ αὐτός φίλτατος Ἀργεῖος ·