and to Meleager the elders of the Aetolians made prayer, sending to him the best of the priests of the gods, that he should come forth and help them, and they promised him a mighty gift;
τὸν δὲ λίσσοντο γέροντες Αἰτωλῶν , πέμπον δὲ θεῶν ἱερῆας ἀρίστους , ἐξελθεῖν καὶ ἀμῦναι ὑποσχόμενοι μέγα δῶρον ·
ὁ δέ λίσσομαι γέρων Αἰτωλός , πέμπω δέ θεός ἱερεύς ἄριστος , ἐξέρχομαι καί ἀμύνω ὑπισχνέομαι μέγας δῶρον ·