Then would they all have sprung up and rushed to the hollow ships, had not a man, wise in the wisdom of old, stayed them, even Nestor, whose counsel had before appeared the best.
καί νύ κ' ἀναΐξαντες ἔβαν κοίλας ἐπὶ νῆας , εἰ μὴ ἀνὴρ κατέρυκε παλαιά τε πολλά τε εἰδώς , Νέστωρ , οὗ καὶ πρόσθεν ἀρίστη φαίνετο βουλή ·
καί νῦν ἄν ἀναίσσω βαίνω κοῖλος ἐπί ναῦς , εἰ μή ἀνήρ κατερύκω παλαιός τε πολύς τε οἶδα , Νέστωρ , ὅς καί πρόσθεν ἄριστος φαίνω βουλή ·