Tell me now, Muses, that have dwellings on Olympus, who it was that first came to face Agamemnon, either of the Trojans themselves or of their famed allies.
ἔσπετε νῦν μοι Μοῦσαι Ὀλύμπια δώματ' ἔχουσαι ὅς τις δὴ πρῶτος Ἀγαμέμνονος ἀντίον ἦλθεν ἢ αὐτῶν Τρώων ἠὲ κλειτῶν ἐπικούρων .
εἶπον νῦν ἐγώ Μοῦσα Ὀλύμπιος δῶμα ἔχω ὅς τις δή πρῶτος Ἀγαμέμνων ἀντίος ἔρχομαι ἤ αὐτός Τρώς ἠέ κλειτός ἐπίκουρος .