It is to his people now that you show favour, neither seek you with us that the overweening Trojans may perish miserably in utter ruin with their children and their honoured wives. Then spoke to him lord Apollo, that works afar:
τοῦ δὴ νῦν λαοῖσι φέρεις χάριν , οὐ δὲ μεθ' ἡμέων πειρᾷ ὥς κε Τρῶες ὑπερφίαλοι ἀπόλωνται πρόχνυ κακῶς σὺν παισὶ καὶ αἰδοίῃς ἀλόχοισι τὸν δ' αὖτε προσέειπεν ἄναξ ἑκάεργος Ἀπόλλων ·
ὁ δή νῦν λαός φέρω χάρις , οὐ δέ μετά ἐγώ πειράω ὡς ἄν Τρώς ὑπερφίαλος ἀπόλλυμι πρόχνυ κακός σύν παῖς καί αἰδοῖος ἄλοχος ὁ δέ αὖτε προσεῖπον ἄναξ Ἑκάεργος Ἀπόλλων ·