But so long as I was warring among the Achaeans Hector had no mind to rouse battle far from the wall, but would come only so far as the Scaean gates and the oak-tree;
ὄφρα δ' ἐγὼ μετ' Ἀχαιοῖσιν πολέμιζον οὐκ ἐθέλεσκε μάχην ἀπὸ τείχεος ὀρνύμεν Ἕκτωρ , ἀλλ' ὅσον ἐς Σκαιάς τε πύλας καὶ φηγὸν ἵκανεν ·
ὄφρα δέ ἐγώ μετά Ἀχαιός πολεμίζω οὐ ἐθέλω μάχη ἀπό τεῖχος ὄρνυμι Ἕκτωρ , ἀλλά ὅσος εἰς Σκαιαί τε πύλη καί φηγός ἱκάνω ·