now has Zeus promised us a day that is recompense for all— to take the ships that came here in spite of the gods, and brought us many woes, by reason of the cowardice of the elders, who, when I was eager to fight at the sterns of the ships, kept me back, and withheld the host.
νῦν ἡμῖν πάντων Ζεὺς ἄξιον ἦμαρ ἔδωκε νῆας ἑλεῖν , αἳ δεῦρο θεῶν ἀέκητι μολοῦσαι ἡμῖν πήματα πολλὰ θέσαν , κακότητι γερόντων , οἵ μ' ἐθέλοντα μάχεσθαι ἐπὶ πρυμνῇσι νέεσσιν αὐτόν τ' ἰσχανάασκον ἐρητύοντό τε λαόν ·
νῦν ἐγώ πᾶς Ζεύς ἄξιος ἦμαρ δίδωμι ναῦς αἱρέω , ὅς δεῦρο θεός ἀέκητι βλώσκω ἐγώ πῆμα πολύς τίθημι , κακότης γέρων , ὅς ἐγώ ἐθέλω μάχομαι ἐπί πρυμνός ναῦς αὐτός τε ἰσχανάω ἐρητύω τε λαός ·