and yet furthur would the strife between the two have gone, had not Achilles himself stood up, and spoken, saying:
καί νύ κε δὴ προτέρω ἔτ' ἔρις γένετ' ἀμφοτέροισιν , εἰ μὴ Ἀχιλλεὺς αὐτὸς ἀνίστατο καὶ φάτο μῦθον ·
καί νῦν ἄν δή προτέρω ἔτι ἔρις γίγνομαι ἀμφότερος , εἰ μή Ἀχιλλεύς αὐτός ἀνίστημι καί φημί μῦθος ·