Thus did the old man charge them, for he had been in many a fight, and King Agamemnon was glad. "I wish," he said to him, that your limbs were as supple and your strength [ biê ] as sure as your judgment is; but age, the common enemy of humankind, has laid his hand upon you; would that it had fallen upon some other, and that you were still young." And Nestor, horseman of Gerene, answered, "Son of Atreus, I too would gladly be the man I was when I slew mighty Ereuthalion; but the gods will not give us everything at one and the same time. I was then young, and now I am old; still I can go with my horsemen and give them that counsel which old men have a right to give. The wielding of the spear I leave to those who are younger and has more force [ biê ] than myself."
İlyada
·Kitap 4
·301-320
·machine translation (native)
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ἦ κε μέγʼ οἰμώξειε γέρων ἱππηλάτα Πηλεὺς ἐσθλὸς Μυρμιδόνων βουληφόρος ἠδʼ ἀγορητής, ὅς ποτέ μʼ εἰρόμενος μέγʼ ἐγήθεεν ᾧ ἐνὶ οἴκῳ πάντων Ἀργείων ἐρέων γενεήν τε τόκον τε. τοὺς νῦν εἰ πτώσσοντας ὑφʼ Ἕκτορι πάντας ἀκούσαι, πολλά κεν ἀθανάτοισι φίλας ἀνὰ χεῖρας ἀείραι θυμὸν ἀπὸ μελέων δῦναι δόμον Ἄϊδος εἴσω. αἲ γὰρ Ζεῦ τε πάτερ καὶ Ἀθηναίη καὶ Ἄπολλον ἡβῷμʼ ὡς ὅτʼ ἐπʼ ὠκυρόῳ Κελάδοντι μάχοντο ἀγρόμενοι Πύλιοί τε καὶ Ἀρκάδες ἐγχεσίμωροι Φειᾶς πὰρ τείχεσσιν Ἰαρδάνου ἀμφὶ ῥέεθρα. τοῖσι δʼ Ἐρευθαλίων πρόμος ἵστατο ἰσόθεος φὼς τεύχεʼ ἔχων ὤμοισιν Ἀρηϊθόοιο ἄνακτος δίου Ἀρηϊθόου, τὸν ἐπίκλησιν κορυνήτην ἄνδρες κίκλησκον καλλίζωνοί τε γυναῖκες οὕνεκʼ ἄρʼ οὐ τόξοισι μαχέσκετο δουρί τε μακρῷ,
İlyada
·Kitap 7
·121-140
but when I fought him Athena granted me victory. He was the biggest and strongest man that ever I killed, and covered much ground as he lay sprawling upon the earth. Would that I were still young and strong as I then was, for the son of Priam would then soon find one who would face him. But you, foremost among the whole host though you be, have none of you any stomach for fighting Hektor." Thus did the old man rebuke them, and forthwith nine men started to their feet. Foremost of all stood up King Agamemnon, and after him brave Diomedes the son of Tydeus. Next were the two Ajaxes, men clothed in valor as with a garment, and then Idomeneus, and Meriones his brother in arms. After these Eurypylos son of Euaemon, Thoas the son of Andraimon, and Odysseus also rose. Then Nestor horseman of Gerene again spoke, saying: "Cast lots among you to see who shall be chosen. If he come alive out of this fight he will have done good service alike to his own soul and to the Achaeans."
İlyada
·Kitap 7
·141-160
·machine translation (native)