ὣς ἔφατ' Αἰνείας δε' ἑκατηβόλον Ἀπόλλωνα
ἔγνω ἐςάντα ἰδὼν: μέγα δ' Ἑκτορα εἶπε βοήσας.
Ἕκτορ τ' ἠδ' ἄλλοι Τρώων ἀγοὶ ἠδ' ἐπικούρων:
αἰδὼς μὲν νῦν ἥδε γ' ἀρηιφίλων ὑπ' Ἀχαιῶν
Ἴλιον εἰσαναβῆναι ἀναλκίῃσι δαμέντας:
ἀλλ' ἔτι γάρ τις φησὶ θεῶν ἐμοὶ ἄγχι παραστάς
Ζῆν' ὕπατον μήστορα μάχης ἐπιτάροθον εἶναι:
τῷ ῥ' ἰθὺς Δαναῶν ἴομεν: μὴδ' οἵ γε ἕκηλοι
Πάτροκλον νηυσὶ πελασαίατο τεθνηῶτα:
So spake he, and Aeneas knew Apollo that smiteth afar, when he looked upon his face, and he called aloud, and spake to Hector: "Hector, and ye other leaders of the Trojans and allies, shame verily were this, if before the Achaeans, dear to Ares, we be driven back to Ilios, vanquished in our cowardice. Howbeit even yet, declareth one of the gods that stood by my side, is Zeus, the counsellor most high, our helper in the fight. Wherefore let us make straight for the Danaans, and let it not be at their ease that they bring to the ships the dead Patroclus."
