ὣς ἔφατο κλαίουσ' ἐπὶ δὲ στενάχοντο γυναῖκες:
Πάτροκλον πρόφασιν: σφῶν δ' αὐτῶν κήδε' ἑκάστη.
αὐτὸν δ' ἀμφὶ γέροντες Ἀχαιῶν ἠγερέθοντο
λισσόμενοι δειπνῆσαι: ὃ δ' ἠρνεῖτο στεναχίζων
λίσσομαι εἴ τις ἔμοιγε φίλων ἐπιπείθεθ' ἑταίρων
μή με πρὶν σίτοιο κελεύετε μὴ δὲ ποτῆτος
ἄσασθαι φίλον ἦτορ: ἐπεί μ' ἄχος αἰνὸν ἱκάνει.
δύντα δ' ἐς ἠέλιον μενέω καὶ τλήσομαι ἔμπης:
So spake she wailing, and thereto the women added their laments; Patroclus indeed they mourned, but therewithal each one her own sorrows. But around Achilles gathered the elders of the Achaeans, beseeching him that he would eat; but he refused them, moaning the while: "I beseech you, if any of my dear comrades will hearken unto me, bid me not before the time sate my heart with food or drink, seeing dread grief is come upon me. Till set of sun will I abide, and endure even as I am."
