Truly it was your boast in the past that you were a better man than Menelaus, dear to Ares, in the might of your hands and with your spear.
ἦ μὲν δὴ πρίν γ' εὔχε' ἀρηϊφίλου Μενελάου σῇ τε βίῃ καὶ χερσὶ καὶ ἔγχεϊ φέρτερος εἶναι ·
ἦ μέν δή πρίν γε εὔχομαι ἀρηίφιλος Μενέλαος σός τε βία καί χείρ καί ἔγχος φέρτατος εἰμί ·