τὸν δ' ἠμείβετ' ἔπειτα γέρων Πρίαμος θεοειδής:
μή πω μ' ἐς θρόνον ΐζε διοτρεφές. ὄφρά κεν Ἕκτωρ
κεῖται ἐνι κλισίῃσιν ἀκηδής: ἀλλὰ τάχιστα
λῦσον. ἵν' ὀφθαλμοῖσιν ἴ̈δω: σὺ δὲ δέξαι ἄποινα
πολλὰ, τά τοι φέρομεν; σὺ δὲ τῶνδ' ἀπόναιο καὶ ἔλθοις
σὴν ἐς πατρίδα γαῖαν, ἐπεί με πρῶτον ᾿ἕασας:
αὐτόν τε ζώειν καὶ ὁρᾶν φάος ἠελίοιο:
And the old man, godlike Priam, answered him: "Seat me not anywise upon a chair, O thou fostered of Zeus, so long as Hector lieth uncared-for amid the huts; nay, give him back with speed, that mine eyes may behold him; and do thou accept the ransom, the great ransom, that we bring. So mayest thou have joy thereof, and come to thy native land, seeing that from the first thou hast spared me."
