Seba.Health
The Iliad 2.190–197
Good Sir, it beseems not to seek to affright thee as if thou were a coward, but do thou thyself sit thee down, and make the rest of thy people to sit. For thou knowest not yet clearly what is the mind of the son of Atreus; now he does but make trial, whereas soon he will smite the sons of the Achaeans. Did we not all hear what he spake in the council?Beware lest waxing wroth he work mischief to the sons of the Achaeans. Proud is the heart of kings, fostered of heaven; for their honour is from Zeus, and Zeus, god of counsel, loveth them.
But whatsoever man of the people he saw, and found brawling, him would he smite with his staff; and chide with words, saying, Beware lest waxing wroth he work mischief to the sons of the Achaeans. Proud is the heart of kings, fostered of heaven; for their honour is from Zeus, and Zeus, god of counsel, loveth them.
δαιμόνιʼ οὔ σε ἔοικε κακὸν ὣς δειδίσσεσθαι,
ἀλλʼ αὐτός τε κάθησο καὶ ἄλλους ἵδρυε λαούς·
οὐ γάρ πω σάφα οἶσθʼ οἷος νόος Ἀτρεΐωνος·
νῦν μὲν πειρᾶται, τάχα δʼ ἴψεται υἷας Ἀχαιῶν.
ἐν βουλῇ δʼ οὐ πάντες ἀκούσαμεν οἷον ἔειπε.
μή τι χολωσάμενος ῥέξῃ κακὸν υἷας Ἀχαιῶν·
θυμὸς δὲ μέγας ἐστὶ διοτρεφέων βασιλήων,
τιμὴ δʼ ἐκ Διός ἐστι, φιλεῖ δέ ἑ μητίετα Ζεύς.
Lattimore commentary