τὸν δ' ἠμείβετ' ἔπειτα γέρων Πρίαμος θεοειδής:
εἰ μὲν δή μ' ἐθέλεις τελέσαι τάφον Ἕκτορι δίῳ.
ὧδέ κέ μοι ῥέζων Ἀχιλεῦ, κεχαρισμένα θείης:
οἶσθα γὰρ ὡς κατὰ ἄστυ ἐέλμεθα. τηλόθι δ' ὕλη:
ἀξέμεν ἐξ ὄρεος: μάλα δὲ Τρῶες δεδίασιν:
ἐννῆμαρ μέν κ' αὐτὸν ἐνὶ μεγάροις γοάοιμεν:
τῇ δεκάτῃ δέ κε θάπτοιμεν. δαινῦτό τε λαός:
ἑνδεκάτῃ δέ κε τύμβον ἐπ' αὐτῷ ποιήσαιμεν:
τῇ δὲ δυωδεκάτῃ πτολεμίξομεν. εἴ περ ἀνάγκη:
And the old man, godlike Priam, answered him: saying: "If thou indeed art willing that I accomplish for goodly Hector his burial, then in doing on this wise, O Achilles, wilt thou do according to my wish. Thou knowest how we are pent within the city, and far is it to fetch wood from the mountain, and the Trojans are sore afraid. For nine days' space will we wail for him in our halls, and on the tenth will we make his funeral, and the folk shall feast, and on the eleventh will we heap a barrow over him, and on the twelfth will we do battle, if so be we must."
