But when they had put from them the desire of food and drink, the Muse moved the minstrel to sing of the glorious deeds of warriors, from that lay the fame whereof had then reached broad heaven, even the quarrel of Odysseus and Achilles, son of Peleus, how once they strove with furious words at a rich feast of the gods, and Agamemnon, king of men, was glad at heart that the best of the Achaeans were quarrelling;
αὐτὰρ ἐπεὶ πόσιος καὶ ἐδητύος ἐξ ἔρον ἕντο , μοῦσ' ἄρ' ἀοιδὸν ἀνῆκεν ἀειδέμεναι κλέα ἀνδρῶν , οἴμης τῆς τότ' ἄρα κλέος οὐρανὸν εὐρὺν ἵκανε , νεῖκος Ὀδυσσῆος καὶ Πηλεΐδεω Ἀχιλῆος , ὥς ποτε δηρίσαντο θεῶν ἐν δαιτὶ θαλείῃ ἐκπάγλοις ἐπέεσσιν , ἄναξ δ' ἀνδρῶν Ἀγαμέμνων χαῖρε νόῳ , ὅ τ' ἄριστοι Ἀχαιῶν δηριόωντο .
ἀτάρ ἐπεί πόσις2 καί ἐδητύς ἐκ ἔρος ἵημι , Μοῦσα ἄρα ἀοιδός ἀνήκω ἀείδω κλέος ἀνήρ , οἴμη ὁ τότε ἄρα κλέος οὐρανός εὐρύς ἱκάνω , νεῖκος Ὀδυσσεύς καί Πηλείδης Ἀχιλλεύς , ὡς ποτέ δηριάομαι θεός ἐν δαίς1 θάλεια ἔκπαγλος ἔπος , ἄναξ δέ ἀνήρ Ἀγαμέμνων χαίρω νόος , ὅτι τε ἄριστος Ἀχαιός δηριάομαι .