Iliad 23: 93-98

From the Venetus A MS

τὸν δ' ἀπαμειβόμενος προσέφη πόδας ὠκὺς Ἀχιλλεύς.

τίπτέ μοι ἠθείη κεφαλὴ δεῦρ' εἰλήλουθας:

καί μοι ταῦτα ἕκαστ' ἐπιτέλλεαι: αὐτὰρ ἐγώ τοι

πάντα μάλ' ἐκτελέω. καὶ πείσομαι. ὡς σὺ κελεύεις:

ἀλλά μοι άσσον στῆθι: μίνυνθά περ ἀμφιβαλόντε

ἀλλήλους, ὀλοοῖο τεταρπώμεσθα γόοιο:

Then in answer spake to him Achilles, swift of foot: "Wherefore, O head beloved, art thou come hither, and thus givest me charge about each thing? Nay, verily I will fulfill thee all, and will hearken even as thou biddest. But, I pray thee, draw thou nigher; though it be but for a little space let us clasp our arms one about the other, and take our fill of dire lamenting."

A. T. Murray (1924)