And now had they been striking with their swords in close fight, but that the heralds, messengers of Zeus and men, came, one from the Trojans and one from the brazen-coated Achaeans, even Talthybius and Idaeus, men of prudence both.
καί νύ κε δὴ ξιφέεσσ' αὐτοσχεδὸν οὐτάζοντο , εἰ μὴ κήρυκες Διὸς ἄγγελοι ἠδὲ καὶ ἀνδρῶν ἦλθον , ὃ μὲν Τρώων , ὃ δ' Ἀχαιῶν χαλκοχιτώνων , Ταλθύβιός τε καὶ Ἰδαῖος πεπνυμένω ἄμφω ·
καί νῦν ἄν δή ξίφος αὐτοσχεδόν οὐτάζω , εἰ μή κῆρυξ Ζεύς ἄγγελος ἠδέ καί ἀνήρ ἔρχομαι , ὅς μέν Τρώς , ὅς δέ Ἀχαιός χαλκοχίτων , Ταλθύβιος τε καί Ἰδαῖος πέπνυμαι ἄμφω ·