Then had ruin come, and deeds beyond remedy been wrought, and now would the Achaeans in flight have flung themselves upon their ships, had not Odysseus called to Diomedes, son of Tydeus:
ἔνθά κε λοιγὸς ἔην καὶ ἀμήχανα ἔργα γένοντο , καί νύ κεν ἐν νήεσσι πέσον φεύγοντες Ἀχαιοί , εἰ μὴ Τυδεΐδῃ Διομήδεϊ κέκλετ' Ὀδυσσεύς ·
ἔνθα ἄν λοιγός εἰμί καί ἀμήχανος ἔργον γίγνομαι , καί νῦν ἄν ἐν ναῦς πίπτω φεύγω Ἀχαιός , εἰ μή Τυδεΐδης Διομήδης κέλομαι Ὀδυσσεύς ·