Soft fools! base things of shame, you women of Achaea, men no more, homeward let us go with our ships, and leave this man here in the land of Troy to digest his prizes, that so he may learn whether in us too there is anything of aid for him or no—
ὦ πέπονες κάκ' ἐλέγχε' Ἀχαιΐδες οὐκέτ' Ἀχαιοὶ οἴκαδέ περ σὺν νηυσὶ νεώμεθα , τόνδε δ' ἐῶμεν αὐτοῦ ἐνὶ Τροίῃ γέρα πεσσέμεν , ὄφρα ἴδηται ἤ ῥά τί οἱ χἠμεῖς προσαμύνομεν ἦε καὶ οὐκί · [0]
ὦ πέπων κακός ἔλεγχος Ἀχαιίς οὐκέτι Ἀχαιός οἴκαδε πέρ σύν ναῦς νέομαι , ὅδε δέ ἐάω αὐτοῦ ἐν Τροία γέρας πέσσω , ὄφρα εἶδον ἤ ἄρα τις ἕ ἐγώ προσαμύνω ἤ καί οὐ ·