for these were in valiance far the best of all the suitors who still lived and fought for their lives;
οἱ γὰρ μνηστήρων ἀρετῇ ἔσαν ἔξοχ' ἄριστοι , ὅσσοι ἔτ' ἔζωον περί τε ψυχέων ἐμάχοντο ·
ὁ γάρ μνηστήρ ἀρετή εἰμί ἔξοχος ἄριστος , ὅσος ἔτι ζώω περί τε ψυχή μάχομαι ·