οὐδ' άρ' ἂπ' ἀσφάραγον μελίη τάμε χαλκοβάρεια.
ὄφρα τί μιν προτιείποι ἀμειβόμενος ἐπέεσσιν:
ἤριπε δ' ἐν κονίῃς'. ὃ δ' ἐπεύξατοἐπεύχετο δῖος Ἀχιλλεύς:
Ἕκτορ. ἀτάρ που ἔφης Πατροκλῆ ἐξεναρίζων.
σῶς. ἔσσεσθ', ἐμὲ δ' οὐδὲν οπίζεο νόσφιν ἐόντα.
νήπιε: τοῖο δ' ἄνευθεν ἀοσσητὴρ, μέγ' ἀμείνων
νηυσὶν ἐπὶ γλαφυρῇσιν ἐγὼ μετ' όπισθε λελείμμην.
ὅς τοι γούνατ' ἔλυσα: σε μὲν κύνες ἠδ' οἰωνοὶ
ἑλκήσουσ' ἀϊκῶς: τὸν δὲ κτεριοῦσιν Ἀχαιοί:
Howbeit the ashen spear, heavy with bronze, clave not the windpipe, to the end that he might yet make answer and speak unto his foe. Then fell he in the dust, and goodly Achilles exulted over him;\: "Hector, thou thoughtest, I ween, whilst thou wast spoiling Patroclus, that thou wouldest be safe, and hadst no thought of me that was afar, thou fool. Far from him a helper, mightier far, was left behind at the hollow ships, even I, that have loosed thy knees. Thee shall dogs and birds rend in unseemly wise, but to him shall the Achaeans give burial."
