but ourselves, all we that declare us to be the the best in the host, let us take our stand, if so be we first may face him, and thrust him back with our outstretched spears;
αὐτοὶ δ' , ὅσσοι ἄριστοι ἐνὶ στρατῷ εὐχόμεθ' εἶναι , στήομεν , εἴ κεν πρῶτον ἐρύξομεν ἀντιάσαντες δούρατ' ἀνασχόμενοι ·
αὐτός δέ , ὅσος ἄριστος ἐν στρατός εὔχομαι εἰμί , ἵστημι , εἰ ἄν πρῶτος ἐρύκω ἀντιάω δόρυ ἀνέχω ·