These, I believe, shall soon be riding upon the hollow ships, and I among them; and you, my child, shall follow with me to a place where you shall labour at unseemly tasks, toiling before the face of some harsh master, or else some Achaean shall seize you by the arm and hurl you from the wall, a woeful death, being angry for Hector killed his brother by chance, or his father, or his son, seeing that full many Achaeans at the hands of Hector have bitten the vast earth with their teeth;
σὺ δ' αὖ τέκος ἢ ἐμοὶ αὐτῇ ἕψεαι , ἔνθά κεν ἔργα ἀεικέα ἐργάζοιο ἀθλεύων πρὸ ἄνακτος ἀμειλίχου , ἤ τις Ἀχαιῶν ῥίψει χειρὸς ἑλὼν ἀπὸ πύργου λυγρὸν ὄλεθρον χωόμενος , ᾧ δή που ἀδελφεὸν ἔκτανεν Ἕκτωρ ἢ πατέρ' ἠὲ καὶ υἱόν , ἐπεὶ μάλα πολλοὶ Ἀχαιῶν Ἕκτορος ἐν παλάμῃσιν ὀδὰξ ἕλον ἄσπετον οὖδας .
σύ δέ αὖ τέκος ἤ ἐγώ αὐτός ἕπομαι , ἔνθα ἄν ἔργον ἀεικής ἐργάζομαι ἀθλεύω πρό ἄναξ ἀμείλιχος , ἤ τις Ἀχαιός ῥίπτω χείρ αἱρέω ἀπό πύργος λυγρός ὄλεθρος χώομαι , ὅς δή πού ἀδελφός κτείνω Ἕκτωρ ἤ πατήρ ἤ καί υἱός , ἐπεί μάλα πολύς Ἀχαιός Ἕκτωρ ἐν παλάμη ὀδάξ αἱρέω ἄσπετος οὖδας .