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Aias (son Of Oileus)/aias (son Of Telamon)

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Lines 269–276
or whoso is lesser, for in nowise are all men equal in war, now is there a work for all, and this, I ween, ye know even of yourselves. Let no man turn him back to the ships now that he has heard one that cheers him on;565.1 nay, press ye forward, and urge ye one the other, in hope that Olympian Zeus, lord of the lightning, may grant us to thrust back the assault and drive our foes to the city.
φίλοι Ἀργείων ὅς τʼ ἔξοχος ὅς τε μεσήεις ὅς τε χερειότερος, ἐπεὶ οὔ πω πάντες ὁμοῖοι ἀνέρες ἐν πολέμῳ, νῦν ἔπλετο ἔργον ἅπασι· καὶ δʼ αὐτοὶ τόδε που γιγνώσκετε. μή τις ὀπίσσω τετράφθω ποτὶ νῆας ὁμοκλητῆρος ἀκούσας, ἀλλὰ πρόσω ἵεσθε καὶ ἀλλήλοισι κέλεσθε, αἴ κε Ζεὺς δώῃσιν Ὀλύμπιος ἀστεροπητὴς νεῖκος ἀπωσαμένους δηΐους προτὶ ἄστυ δίεσθαι.