ὡς φάτ' ἐποτρύνων: Τρώεσσι δὲ φαίδιμος Ἕκτωρ.
κέκλεθ' ὁμοκλήσας. φάτο δ' ΐμεναι ἄντ' Ἀχιλῆος:
Τρῶες ὑπέρθυμοι: μὴ δείδιτε Πηλείωνα:
καί κεν, ἐγὼν ἐπέεσσι καὶ ἀθανάτοισι μαχοίμην:
ἔγχεϊ δ' ἀργαλέον. ἐπει ῆ πολὺ φέρτεροί εισιν:
οὐδ' Ἀχιλεὺς πάντεσσι τέλος μύθοις ἐπιθήσει.
ἀλλὰ τὸ μὲν τελέει. τὸ δὲ καὶ μεσσηγὺ κολούει:
τῷ δ' ἐγὼ ἀντίος εἶμι: καὶ εἲ πυρὶ χεῖρας ἔοικεν:
εἰ πυρὶ χεῖρας ἔοικε. μένος δ' αἴθωνι σιδήρῳ:
So spake he, urging them on; and to the Trojans glorious Hector called with a shout, and declared that he would go forth to face Achilles: "Ye Trojans, high of heart, fear not the son of Peleus I too with words could fight even the immortals, but with the spear it were hard, for they are mightier far, Neither shall Achilles bring to fulfillment all his words, but a part thereof will he fulfill, and a part leave incomplete. Against him will I go forth, though his hands be even as fire, though his hands be as fire and his fury as the flashing steel."
