τοῖσι δὲ καὶ μετέειπε βοὴν ἀγαθὸς Διομήδης: ‘ἐγγὺς ἀνήρ: οὐ δηθὰ ματεύσομεν: αἴ κ᾽ ἐθέλητε 110 πείθεσθαι, καὶ μή τι κότῳ ἀγάσησθε ἕκαστος οὕνεκα δὴ γενεῆφι νεώτατός εἰμι μεθ᾽ ὑμῖν: πατρὸς δ᾽ ἐξ ἀγαθοῦ καὶ ἐγὼ γένος εὔχομαι εἶναι Τυδέος, ὃν Θήβῃσι χυτὴ κατὰ γαῖα καλύπτει. Πορθεῖ γὰρ τρεῖς παῖδες ἀμύμονες ἐξεγένοντο, 115 οἴκεον δ᾽ ἐν Πλευρῶνι καὶ αἰπεινῇ Καλυδῶνι Ἄγριος ἠδὲ Μέλας, τρίτατος δ᾽ ἦν ἱππότα Οἰνεὺς πατρὸς ἐμοῖο πατήρ: ἀρετῇ δ᾽ ἦν ἔξοχος αὐτῶν. ἀλλ᾽ ὃ μὲν αὐτόθι μεῖνε, πατὴρ δ᾽ ἐμὸς Ἄργεϊ νάσθη πλαγχθείς: ὡς γάρ που Ζεὺς ἤθελε καὶ θεοὶ ἄλλοι. 120 Ἀδρήστοιο δ᾽ ἔγημε θυγατρῶν, ναῖε δὲ δῶμα ἀφνειὸν βιότοιο, ἅλις δέ οἱ ἦσαν ἄρουραι πυροφόροι, πολλοὶ δὲ φυτῶν ἔσαν ὄρχατοι ἀμφίς, πολλὰ δέ οἱ πρόβατ᾽ ἔσκε: κέκαστο δὲ πάντας Ἀχαιοὺς ἐγχείῃ: τὰ δὲ μέλλετ᾽ ἀκουέμεν, εἰ ἐτεόν περ. 125 τὼ οὐκ ἄν με γένος γε κακὸν καὶ ἀνάλκιδα φάντες μῦθον ἀτιμήσαιτε πεφασμένον ὅν κ᾽ ἐῢ εἴπω. δεῦτ᾽ ἴομεν πόλεμον δὲ καὶ οὐτάμενοί περ ἀνάγκῃ. ἔνθα δ᾽ ἔπειτ᾽ αὐτοὶ μὲν ἐχώμεθα δηϊοτῆτος ἐκ βελέων, μή πού τις ἐφ᾽ ἕλκεϊ ἕλκος ἄρηται: 130 ἄλλους δ᾽ ὀτρύνοντες ἐνήσομεν, οἳ τὸ πάρος περ θυμῷ ἦρα φέροντες ἀφεστᾶσ᾽ οὐδὲ μάχονται. ’ And then among them spoke the master of war-cry, Diomedes: “Close by is that man—we won’t search for him for a long time—if you’re willing 110 To listen, and hold no grudge—each one of you— just because by age I am the youngest among you: For by blood I do claim to be from a noble father Tydeus, whom a mound of earth is covering, in Thebes. From Portheus, three excellent sons were born, 115 Dwelling in Pleuron and lofty Calydon— Agrius and Melas, and in the third place was Oeneus the horseman Father of my father—in virtue he was the most eminent of them all. But he stayed there, while my father being driven away Dwelled in Argos—somewhere just as Zeus and other gods willed. 120 He married one of Adrestus’s daughters, and dwelled in a house Rich in substance, and his wheat-bearing seed-fields were in plenty, Many were the rows of trees planted around, And there were many herds; and he surpassed all the Achaeans With his spear. But these you must’ve heard, if it’s all true. 125 So at least by blood you would not say I am ignoble and impotent, Nor disdain a speech I’ve given which I perhaps speak well. But come! Let’s head for the fight, though we’re wounded, but also needed. Then we shall bring ourselves from the battle, Out of reach of the arrows, in case anyone takes wound upon wound. 130 But we will send in the others, stirring them up, who were all formerly Absent from battle, though showing favor to their rage.

1. νεώτατός εἰμι μεθ᾽ ὑμῖν (I am the youngest among you): in case anyone’s curious about whom Diomedes claimed himself to be the youngest among, here’s the context: Nestor, Agamemnon, Diomedes, and Odysseus were pulling themselves away from the battle (and everyone else) to hold an emergency meeting. Thus, the “you” (ὑμῖν) Diomedes was referring to could only be Agamemnon, Nestor, and Odysseus.
2. πλαγχθείς (wandered; be driven aside): the same word used for Odysseus at the start of the Odyssey. I would translate it for Tydeus “be driven away (from homeland)” and for Odysseus “wandered” considering the nature of their stories.
3. Ἀδρήστοιο … ἔσκε: 1) so Homer did not specify Deipyle’s name, but he did use the genitive plural form of θυγάτηρ (θυγατρῶν here, “of daughters”), implying the presence of Argeia and later on Aegialeia; 2) so Tydeus was given a house (presumably from Adrastus), and got his own fields and orchards and herds before heading off for war. (Which means Diomedes was probably not raised in the same house with Thersandros and Aegialeus, but still…they were in Argos together)
4. ἐγχείῃ: Tydeus the spearman that you are
5. θυμῷ ἦρα φέροντες: I had to check for the use of this phrase, and ἦρα φέρειν seems to be more commonly applied with the meaning of “showing favor” as a fixed expression (see Od.3.164, 16.375, 18.56). So here together with θυμῷ “mind; heart, spirit; rage, passion” it could mean something like “holding grudges” so it could be stirred up like Diomedes said

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