Fearless though he be and insatiate of battle, I think he will be glad to bend his knees in rest, if so be he escape from the fury of war and the dread conflict.
εἴ περ ἀδειής τ' ἐστὶ καὶ εἰ μόθου ἔστ' ἀκόρητος , φημί μιν ἀσπασίως γόνυ κάμψειν , αἴ κε φύγῃσι δηΐου ἐκ πολέμοιο καὶ αἰνῆς δηϊοτῆτος .
εἰ πέρ ἀδεής τε εἰμί καί εἰ μόθος εἰμί ἀκόρητος , φημί μιν ἀσπάσιος γόνυ κάμπτω , εἰ ἄν φεύγω δάιος ἐκ πόλεμος καί αἰνός δηιοτής .