And now would the old man here have lost his life, had not Diomedes, good at the war-cry, been quick to see;
καί νύ κεν ἔνθ' ὁ γέρων ἀπὸ θυμὸν ὄλεσσεν εἰ μὴ ἄρ' ὀξὺ νόησε βοὴν ἀγαθὸς Διομήδης ·
καί νῦν ἄν ἔνθα ὁ γέρων ἀπό θυμός ὄλλυμι εἰ μή ἄρα ὀξύς νοέω βοή ἀγαθός Διομήδης ·