Nay, but in truth even the mighty Hyperenor, tamer of horses, had no profit of his youth, when he made light of me and abode my coming, and thought that among the Danaans I was the mean warrior;
οὐ δὲ μὲν οὐ δὲ βίη Ὑπερήνορος ἱπποδάμοιο ἧς ἥβης ἀπόνηθ' , ὅτε μ' ὤνατο καί μ' ὑπέμεινε καί μ' ἔφατ' ἐν Δαναοῖσιν ἐλέγχιστον πολεμιστὴν ἔμμεναι ·
οὐ δέ μέν οὐ δέ βία Ὑπερήνωρ ἱππόδαμος ἑός ἥβη ἀπονίναμαι , ὅτε ἐγώ ὄνομαι καί ἐγώ ὑπομένω καί ἐγώ φημί ἐν Δαναοί ἐλεγχής πολεμιστής εἰμί ·