Let every man whet well his spear and bestow well his shield, and let him well give to his swift-footed horses their food, and look well to his chariot on every side, and bethink him of fighting; that the whole day through we may contend in hateful war.
εὖ μέν τις δόρυ θηξάσθω , εὖ δ' ἀσπίδα θέσθω , εὖ δέ τις ἵπποισιν δεῖπνον δότω ὠκυπόδεσσιν , εὖ δέ τις ἅρματος ἀμφὶς ἰδὼν πολέμοιο μεδέσθω , ὥς κε πανημέριοι στυγερῷ κρινώμεθ' Ἄρηϊ .
εὖ μέν τις δόρυ θήγω , εὖ δέ ἀσπίς τίθημι , εὖ δέ τις ἵππος δεῖπνον δίδωμι ὠκύπους , εὖ δέ τις ἅρμα ἀμφίς εἶδον πόλεμος μέδομαι , ὡς ἄν πανημέριος στυγερός κρίνω Ἄρης .