So spoke he, and the herald did not fail to listen as he heard, but set him to run beside the wall of the brazen-coated Achaeans, and he came and stood by the Aiantes, and straightway said:
ὣς ἔφατ' , οὐ δ' ἄρα οἱ κῆρυξ ἀπίθησεν ἀκούσας , βῆ δὲ θέειν παρὰ τεῖχος Ἀχαιῶν χαλκοχιτώνων , στῆ δὲ παρ' Αἰάντεσσι κιών , εἶθαρ δὲ προσηύδα ·
ὡς φημί , οὐ δέ ἄρα ἕ κῆρυξ ἀπιθέω ἀκούω , βαίνω δέ θέω παρά τεῖχος Ἀχαιός χαλκοχίτων , ἵστημι δέ παρά Αἴας κίω , εἶθαρ δέ προσαυδάω ·