So spoke he, and the river became the more angry at heart, and pondered in mind how he should stay brilliant Achilles from his labour and ward off ruin from the Trojans.
ὣς ἄρ' ἔφη , ποταμὸς δὲ χολώσατο κηρόθι μᾶλλον , ὅρμηνεν δ' ἀνὰ θυμὸν ὅπως παύσειε πόνοιο δῖον Ἀχιλλῆα , Τρώεσσι δὲ λοιγὸν ἀλάλκοι .
ὡς ἄρα φημί , ποταμός δέ χολόω κηρόθι μᾶλλον , ὁρμαίνω δέ ἀνά θυμός ὅπως παύω πόνος δῖος Ἀχιλλεύς , Τρώς δέ λοιγός ἄλαλκε .