and he sent me to Troy and straitly charged me ever to be bravest and pre-eminent above all, and not bring shame upon the race of my fathers, that were far the noblest in Ephyre and in wide Lycia.
πέμπε δέ μ' ἐς Τροίην , καί μοι μάλα πόλλ' ἐπέτελλεν αἰὲν ἀριστεύειν καὶ ὑπείροχον ἔμμεναι ἄλλων , μη δὲ γένος πατέρων αἰσχυνέμεν , οἳ μέγ' ἄριστοι ἔν τ' Ἐφύρῃ ἐγένοντο καὶ ἐν Λυκίῃ εὐρείῃ .
πέμπω δέ ἐγώ εἰς Τροία , καί ἐγώ μάλα πολύς ἐπιτέλλω ἀεί ἀριστεύω καί ὑπέροχος εἰμί ἄλλος , μηδέ δέ γένος πατήρ αἰσχύνω , ὅς μέγας ἄριστος ἐν τε Ἐφύρα γίγνομαι καί ἐν Λυκία εὐρύς .