τὸν δ' αὖ Σαρπηδὼν Λυκίων ἀγὸς ἀντίον ηὔδᾱ:
Τληπόλεμ', ἤτοι κεῖνος ἀπώλεσεν ´Ϊλιον ῾ϊρὴν
ἀνέρος ἀφραδίῃσιν ἀγαυοῦ Λαομέδοντος:
ὁς ῥά μιν εὖ έρξαντα: κακῷ ἠνίπαπε μύθω.
οὐδ' ἀπέδωχ' ἵππους: τὧν εἵνεκα τηλόθεν ἦλθε:
σοὶ δ' ἐγὼ ἐνθάδε φημὶ φόνον καὶ κῆρα μέλαιναν
ἐξ ἐμέθεν τεύξεσθαι: ἐμῷ δ' ὑπο δουρὶ δαμέντα.
εὖχος ἐμοὶ δώσειν, ψυχὴν δ' Ἄϊδι κλυτοπώλῳ:
And to him Sarpedon, captain of the Lycians, made answer: "Tlepolemus, thy sire verily destroyed sacred Ilios through the folly of the lordly man, Laomedon, who chid with harsh words him that had done him good service, and rendered him not the mares for the sake of which he had come from afar. But for thee, I deem that death and black fate shall here be wrought by my hands, and that vanquished beneath my spear thou shalt yield glory to me, and thy soul to Hades of the goodly steeds."
