Then Tros, Alastor's son—he came to clasp his knees, if so be he would spare him, by taking him captive, and let him go alive, and kill him not, having pity on one of like age, fool that he was! nor knew, he this, that with him was to be no hearkening;
Τρῶα δ' Ἀλαστορίδην , ὃ μὲν ἀντίος ἤλυθε γούνων , εἴ πώς εὑ πεφίδοιτο λαβὼν καὶ ζωὸν ἀφείη μη δὲ κατακτείνειεν ὁμηλικίην ἐλεήσας , νήπιος , οὐ δὲ τὸ ᾔδη ὃ οὐ πείσεσθαι ἔμελλεν · [0]
Τρώς δέ Ἀλαστορίδης , ὁ μέν ἀντίος ἔρχομαι γόνυ , εἰ πως ἕ φείδομαι λαμβάνω καί ζωός ἀφίημι μή δέ κατακτείνω ὁμηλικία ἐλεέω , νήπιος , οὐ δέ ὁ οἶδα ὅς οὐ πείθω μέλλω ·