ὡς ἄρα μιν εἰπόντα τέλος θανάτοιο κάλυψεν:
ψυχὴ δ' ἐκ ῥεθέων πταμένη. Ἄϊδος> δὲ βεβήκει
ὃν πότμον γοόωσα: λιποῦσ' ἀνδροτῆτα καὶ ἥβην:
τὸν καὶ τεθνειῶτατεθνηῶτα προσηύδα δῖος Ἀχιλλεύς:
τέθναθι: κῆρα δ' ἐγὼ τότε δέξομαι, ὁππότε κεν δὴ
Ζεὺς ἐθέλῃ τελέσαι. ἠδ' ἀθάνατοι θεοὶ ἄλλοι:
Even as he thus spake the end of death enfolded him and his soul fleeting from his limbs was gone to Hades, bewailing her fate, leaving manliness and youth. And to him even in his death spake goodly Achilles: "Lie thou dead; my fate will I accept whenso Zeus willeth to bring it to pass and the other immortal gods."
