And took my counsel. Hearken also ye, And let my words persuade you for the best. Thou, powerful as thou art, take not from him The maiden; suffer him to keep the prize Decreed him by the sons of Greece; and thou, Pelides, strive no longer with the king, Since never Jove on sceptred prince bestowed Like eminence to his. Though braver thou, And goddess-born, yet hath he greater power And wider sway. Atrides, calm thy wrath⁠— ’Tis I who ask⁠—against the chief who stands The bulwark of the Greeks in this fierce war.”

To him the sovereign Agamemnon said:⁠— “The things which thou hast uttered, aged chief, Are fitly spoken; but this man would stand Above all others; he aspires to be The master, over all to domineer, And to direct in all things; yet, I think, There may be one who will not suffer this. For if by favor of the immortal gods He was made brave, have they for such a cause Given him the liberty of insolent speech?”