ὡς φάτ' ἐποτρύνων: οἱ δ' ἀντίοι ἔγχε' ἄειραν
Τρῶες, τῶν δ' ἄμυδις μίχθη μένος. ῶρτο δ' ἀϋτή:
καὶ τότ' ὰρ' Ἕκτορα εἶπε παραστὰς Φοῖβος Ἀπόλλων:
Ἕκτορ. μηκέτι πάμπαν Ἀχιλλῆϊπρομάχιζε_
ἀλλὰ κατὰ πληθύν τε καὶ ἐκ φλοίσβοιο δέδεξο:
μή πως σ' ἠὲ βάλῃ. ἠὲ σχεδὸν ἄορι τύψῃ:
So spake he, urging them on; and the Trojans with their faces toward the foe lifted their spears on high, and the fury of both sides clashed confusedly, and the battle cry arose. Then Phoebus Apollo drew nigh to Hector, and spake, saying: "Hector, no longer do thou anywise stand forth as a champion against Achilles, but in the throng await thou him and from amid the din of conflict, lest so be he smite thee with a cast of his spear or with his sword in close combat."
