And the lot fell upon those whom I myself would fain have chosen; four they were, and I was numbered with them as the fifth.
οἱ δ' ἔλαχον τοὺς ἄν κε καὶ ἤθελον αὐτὸς ἑλέσθαι , τέσσαρες , αὐτὰρ ἐγὼ πέμπτος μετὰ τοῖσιν ἐλέγμην .
ὁ δέ λαγχάνω ὁ ἄν ἄν καί ἐθέλω αὐτός αἱρέω , τέσσαρες , ἀτάρ ἐγώ πέμπτος μετά ὁ λέγω .