But now, when the son of crooked-counselling Cronos has promised me to win glory at the ships, and to pen the Achaeans, beside the sea, no longer, you fool, show forth counsels such as these among the people.
νῦν δ' ὅτε πέρ μοι ἔδωκε Κρόνου πάϊς ἀγκυλομήτεω κῦδος ἀρέσθ' ἐπὶ νηυσί , θαλάσσῃ τ' ἔλσαι Ἀχαιούς , νήπιε μηκέτι ταῦτα νοήματα φαῖν' ἐνὶ δήμῳ ·
νῦν δέ ὅτε πέρ ἐγώ δίδωμι Κρόνος παῖς ἀγκυλομήτης κῦδος αἴρω ἐπί ναῦς , θάλασσα τε εἴλω Ἀχαιός , νήπιος μηκέτι οὗτος νόημα φαίνω ἐν δῆμος ·