Often as he strove to rush straight for the Dardanian gates to gain the shelter of the well-built walls, if so be his fellows from above might help him with missiles, so often would Achilles be beforehand with him and turn him back toward the plain,
ὁσσάκι δ' ὁρμήσειε πυλάων Δαρδανιάων ἀντίον ἀΐξασθαι ἐϋδμήτους ὑπὸ πύργους , εἴ πως οἷ καθύπερθεν ἀλάλκοιεν βελέεσσι , τοσσάκι μιν προπάροιθεν ἀποστρέψασκε παραφθὰς πρὸς πεδίον ·
ὁσάκις δέ ὁρμάω πύλη Δαρδάνιος ἀντίος ἀίσσω εὔδμητος ὑπό πύργος , εἰ πως ἕ καθύπερθε ἄλαλκε βέλος , τοσάκις μιν προπάροιθεν ἀποστρέφω παραφθάνω πρός πεδίον ·