but even as you are go to the trench, and show yourself to the men of Troy, if so be that, seized with fear of you, the Trojans may desist from battle, and the warlike sons of the Achaeans may take breath, wearied as they are;
ἀλλ' αὔτως ἐπὶ τάφρον ἰὼν Τρώεσσι φάνηθι , αἴ κέ σ' ὑποδείσαντες ἀπόσχωνται πολέμοιο Τρῶες , ἀναπνεύσωσι δ' ἀρήϊοι υἷες Ἀχαιῶν τειρόμενοι ·
ἀλλά αὔτως ἐπί τάφρος εἶμι Τρώς φαίνω , εἰ ἄν σύ ὑποδείδω ἀπέχω πόλεμος Τρώς , ἀναπνέω δέ ἄρειος υἱός Ἀχαιός τείρω ·