ὡς ἔφατο κλαίουσ'. ἐπὶ δὲ, στένε δῆμος ἀπείρων:
λαοῖσιν δ' ὁ γέρων Πρίαμος μετα μῦθον ἔειπεν:
ἄξετε νῦν Τρῶες ξύλα ἄστυ δὲ. μηδέ τι θυμῷ
δείσητ' Ἀργείων πυκινὸν λόχον: ῆ γὰρ Ἀχιλλεὺς
πέμπων μ' ὧδ' ἐπέτελλε μελαινάων ἀπο νηῶν:
μὴ πρὶν πημανέειν. πρὶν δωδεκάτη μόλῃ ἠώς:
So spake she wailing, and thereat the countless throng made moan. But the old man Priam spake among the folk, saying: "Bring wood now, ye men of Troy, unto the city, neither have ye anywise fear at heart of a cunning ambush of the Argives; for verily Achilles laid upon me this word when he sent me forth from the black ships, that he would do us no hurt until the twelfth dawn be come."
