For which reason Achilles never thought in his heart that he was dead, but that he would return alive, after he had reached even to the gates; nor yet thought he this in any way, that Patroclus would sack the city without him, nay, nor with him,
τό μιν οὔ ποτε ἔλπετο θυμῷ τεθνάμεν , ἀλλὰ ζωὸν ἐνιχριμφθέντα πύλῃσιν ἂψ ἀπονοστήσειν , ἐπεὶ οὐ δὲ τὸ ἔλπετο πάμπαν ἐκπέρσειν πτολίεθρον ἄνευ ἕθεν , οὐ δὲ σὺν αὐτῷ · [0] [1]
ὁ μιν οὐ ποτέ ἔλπω θυμός θνήσκω , ἀλλά ζωός ἐγχρίμπτω πύλη ἄψ ἀπονοστέω , ἐπεί οὐ δέ ὁ ἔλπω πάμπαν ἐκπέρθω πτολίεθρον ἄνευ ἕ , οὐ δέ σύν αὐτός ·