If for some other's honour we Achaeans were now holding contests, surely it were I that should win the first prize, and bear it to my hut;
εἰ μὲν νῦν ἐπὶ ἄλλῳ ἀεθλεύοιμεν Ἀχαιοὶ ἦ τ' ἂν ἐγὼ τὰ πρῶτα λαβὼν κλισίην δὲ φεροίμην .
εἰ μέν νῦν ἐπί ἄλλος ἀθλεύω Ἀχαιός ἦ τε ἄν ἐγώ ὁ πρῶτος λαμβάνω κλισία δέ φέρω .