let her gather the aged wives to the temple of flashing-eyed Athene in the citadel, and when she has opened with the key the doors of the holy house, the robe that seems to her the fairest and amplest in her hall, and that is far dearest to her own self, this let her lay upon the knees of fair-haired Athene, and vow to her that she will sacrifice in her temple twelve sleek heifers that have not felt the goad, if she will have compassion on the city and the Trojan's wives and their little children; in hope she may hold back from sacred Ilios the son of Tydeus, that savage spearman, a mighty deviser of rout, who has truly, I think, proved himself the mightiest of the Achaeans.
ἣ δὲ ξυνάγουσα γεραιὰς νηὸν Ἀθηναίης γλαυκώπιδος ἐν πόλει ἄκρῃ οἴξασα κληῗδι θύρας ἱεροῖο δόμοιο πέπλον , ὅς οἱ δοκέει χαριέστατος ἠδὲ μέγιστος εἶναι ἐνὶ μεγάρῳ καί οἱ πολὺ φίλτατος αὐτῇ , θεῖναι Ἀθηναίης ἐπὶ γούνασιν ἠϋκόμοιο , καί οἱ ὑποσχέσθαι δυοκαίδεκα βοῦς ἐνὶ νηῷ ἤνις ἠκέστας ἱερευσέμεν , αἴ κ' ἐλεήσῃ ἄστύ τε καὶ Τρώων ἀλόχους καὶ νήπια τέκνα , ὥς κεν Τυδέος υἱὸν ἀπόσχῃ Ἰλίου ἱρῆς ἄγριον αἰχμητὴν κρατερὸν μήστωρα φόβοιο , ὃν δὴ ἐγὼ κάρτιστον Ἀχαιῶν φημι γενέσθαι . [0] [1] [2]
ὅς δέ συνάγω γεραιός ναός Ἀθήνη γλαυκῶπις ἐν πόλις ἄκρις οἴγω κλείς θύρα ἱερός δόμος πέπλος , ὅς ἕ δοκέω χαρίεις ἠδέ μέγας εἰμί ἐν μέγαρον καί ἕ πολύς φίλτατος αὐτός , τίθημι Ἀθήνη ἐπί γόνυ εὔκομος , καί ἕ ὑπισχνέομαι δυοκαίδεκα βοῦς ἐν ναός ἦνις ἤκεστος ἱερεύω , εἰ ἄν ἐλεέω ἄστυ τε καί Τρώς ἄλοχος καί νήπιος τέκνον , ὡς ἄν Τυδεύς υἱός ἀπέχω Ἴλιος ἱρός ἄγριος αἰχμητής κρατερός μήστωρ φόβος , ὅς δή ἐγώ κράτιστος Ἀχαιός φημί γίγνομαι .