τοὺς δὲ ἰδοῦσ' ἐλέησε θεὰ λευκώλενος Ἥρη:
αἶψα δ' Ἀθηναίην ἔπεα πτερόεντα προσηύδα:
ὦ πόποι αἰγιόχοιο Διὸς τέκος. οὐκέτι νῶϊ
ὀλλυμένων Δαναῶν κεκαδησόμεθ' ὑστάτιόν περ.
οἵ κεν δὴ κακὸν οἶτον ἀναπλήσαντες ὄλωνται
ἀνδρὸς ἑνὸς ῥιπῇ: ὁ δὲ μαίνεται οὐκέτ' ἀνεκτῶς
Ἕκτωρ Πριαμίδης, καὶ δὴ κακὰ πολλὰ ἔοργε:
Now at sight of them the goddess, white-armed Hera, had pity; and forthwith spake winged words to Athene: "Out upon it, thou child of Zeus that beareth the aegis, shall not we twain any more take thought of the Danaans that are perishing, even for this last time? Now will they fill up the measure of evil doom and perish before the onset of one single man, even of Hector, Priam's son, who now rageth past all bearing, and lo, hath wrought evils manifold."
