gre I, 68-73ἤτοι ὅ γ᾽ ὣς εἰπὼν κατ᾽ ἄρ᾽ ἕζετο: τοῖσι δ᾽ ἀνέστη
Κάλχας Θεστορίδης οἰωνοπόλων ὄχ᾽ ἄριστος,
70 ὃς ᾔδη τά τ᾽ ἐόντα τά τ᾽ ἐσσόμενα πρό τ᾽ ἐόντα,
καὶ νήεσσ᾽ ἡγήσατ᾽ Ἀχαιῶν Ἴλιον εἴσω
ἣν διὰ μαντοσύνην, τήν οἱ πόρε Φοῖβος Ἀπόλλων:
ὅ σφιν ἐὺ φρονέων ἀγορήσατο καὶ μετέειπεν:
Tr. Leontius Pilatus, 1362 (1462), p. 136vCerte hic sic dixit · Intra sedit · his aut surrexit
Calcas thestorides augur auium valde optimus
Qui sciebat quaeque presentia quaeque futura et ante existentia
Et nauem conduxit grecorum Ilion intra
Quam per diuinationem · hanc sibi? enim? dedit phoebus apollo
Qui eis bene sentiens concionatus eest et vera dixit
Tr. A.T. Murray, 1924When he had thus spoken he sat down, and among them arose Calchas son of Thestor, far the best of bird-diviners, who knew the things that were, and that were to be, and that had been before, [70] and who had guided the ships of the Achaeans to Ilios by his own prophetic powers which Phoebus Apollo had bestowed upon him. He with good intent addressed the gathering, and spoke among them:
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Setting the scene, the rage of Achilles, Chryses and his daughter taken by Agamemnon, his denial to send her back and the pestilence sent by Apollo l.1-56
