For if Zeus, that thunders on high, is utterly to crush our foes in his wrath, and is minded to give aid to the Trojans, there truly were I too fain that this might forthwith come to pass, that the Achaeans should perish here far from Argos, and have no name;
εἰ μὲν γὰρ τοὺς πάγχυ κακὰ φρονέων ἀλαπάζει Ζεὺς ὑψιβρεμέτης , Τρώεσσι δὲ ἵετ' ἀρήγειν , ἦ τ' ἂν ἔγωγ' ἐθέλοιμι καὶ αὐτίκα τοῦτο γενέσθαι , νωνύμνους ἀπολέσθαι ἀπ' Ἄργεος ἐνθάδ' Ἀχαιούς ·
εἰ μέν γάρ ὁ πάγχυ κακός φρονέω ἀλαπάζω Ζεύς ὑψιβρεμέτης , Τρώς δέ ἵημι ἀρήγω , ἦ τε ἄν ἐγώ ἐθέλω καί αὐτίκα οὗτος γίγνομαι , νώνυμνος ἀπόλλυμι ἀπό Ἄργος ἐνθάδε Ἀχαιός ·