Iliad 2.299–300

Odysseus to the Achaeans, citing the seer Calchas

τλῆτε φίλοι, καὶ μείνατʼ ἐπὶ χρόνον ὄφρα δαῶμεν

ἢ ἐτεὸν Κάλχας μαντεύεται ἦε καὶ οὐκί.

Endure, friends, and remain for a time, until we learn

whether Calchas prophesies truly or not.

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