The Iliad 12.364–365
Forthwith he spake winged words to the son of Oïleus:
Aias, do ye twain, thou and strong Lycomedes, stand fast here and urge on the Danaans to fight amain, but I will go thither, and confront the war, and quickly will I come again, when to the full I have borne them aid.
ὣς ἔφατʼ, οὐδʼ ἀπίθησε μέγας Τελαμώνιος Αἴας.
αὐτίκʼ Ὀϊλιάδην ἔπεα πτερόεντα προσηύδα·