He spake, and took his seat, and after him Nestor, the king of sandy Pylus, rose, With well-considered words. “O friends,” he said, “Leaders and princes of the Grecian race, Had any other of the Argive host Related such a dream, we should have said The tale is false, and spurned the counsel given, But he has seen it who in rank and power Transcends us all, and ours it is to see How we may arm for war the sons of Greece.”