τὸν δ' ὀλιγοδρανέων προσέφη κορυθαίολος Ἕκτωρ:
λίσσομ' ὑπὲρ ψυχῆς. καὶ γούνων, σῶν τε τοκήων.
μή με ἔα παρα νηυσὶ κύνας καταδάψαιἈχαιῶν.
ἀλλὰ σὺ μὲν χαλκόν τε ἅλις χρυσόν τε δέδεξο
δῶρα τά τοι δώσουσι πατὴρ καὶ πότνια μήτηρ.
σῶμα δὲ οἴκαδ' ἐμὸν δόμεναι πάλιν. ὄφρα πυρός με
Τρῶες καὶΤρώων ἄλοχοι λελάχωσι θανόντα:
Then, his strength all spent, spake to him Hector of the flashing helm: "I implore thee by thy life and knees and parents, suffer me not to be devoured of dogs by the ships of the Achaeans; nay, take thou store of bronze and gold, gifts that my fathec and queenly mother shall give thee, but my bodv give thou back to my home, that the Trojans and the Trojans' wives may give me my due meed of fire in my death."
