For if now all the best of us were being told off besides the ships for an ambush, in which the valour of men is best discerned—there the coward comes to light and the man of valour;
εἰ γὰρ νῦν παρὰ νηυσὶ λεγοίμεθα πάντες ἄριστοι ἐς λόχον , ἔνθα μάλιστ' ἀρετὴ διαείδεται ἀνδρῶν , ἔνθ' ὅ τε δειλὸς ἀνὴρ ὅς τ' ἄλκιμος ἐξεφαάνθη · [0]
εἰ γάρ νῦν παρά ναῦς λέγω πᾶς ἄριστος εἰς λόχος , ἔνθα μάλιστα ἀρετή διαείδω ἀνήρ , ἔνθα ὁ τε δειλός ἀνήρ ὅς τε ἄλκιμος ἐκφαίνω ·