Τὴν δ' αῦτε προσέειπεν ἄναξ, Διὸς υἱὸς. Ἀπόλλων:
Ἕκτορος όρσωμεν κρατερὸν μένος ἱπποδάμοιο.
ἤν τινά που Δαναῶν προκαλέσσεται οἰόθεν οἶος
ἀντίβιον μαχέσασθαι ἐν αἰνῇ δηϊοτῆτι:
οἱ δέ κ' ἀγασσάμενοι χαλκοκνήμιδες Ἀχαιοὶ,
οἶον ἐπόρσειαν πολεμίζειν Ἕκτορι δίῳ:
Then in answer to her spake king Apollo, son of Zeus: "Let us rouse the valiant spirit of horse-taming Hector, in hope that he may challenge some one of the Danaans in single fight to do battle with him man to man in dread combat. So shall the bronze-greaved Achaeans have indignation and rouse some one to do battle in single combat against goodly Hector."
