However, for their aid he sent brilliant Thrasymedes, and himself went again to bestride the warrior Patroclus; and he ran, and took his stand beside the Aiantes, and forthwith spoke to them :
ἀλλ' ὅ γε τοῖσιν μὲν Θρασυμήδεα δῖον ἀνῆκεν , αὐτὸς δ' αὖτ' ἐπὶ Πατρόκλῳ ἥρωϊ βεβήκει , στῆ δὲ παρ' Αἰάντεσσι θέων , εἶθαρ δὲ προσηύδα ·
ἀλλά ὁ γε ὁ μέν Θρασυμήδης δῖος ἀνίημι , αὐτός δέ αὖτε ἐπί Πάτροκλος ἥρως βαίνω , ἵστημι δέ παρά Αἴας θέω , εἶθαρ δέ προσαυδάω ·