But now—it was thus that you too might have measureless grief at heart for your dead son, whom you shall never again welcome to his home; for neither does my own heart command me live on and remain among men, unless Hector first, struck by my spear, shall lose his life, and pay back the price for he made spoil of Patroclus, son of Menoetius.
νῦν δ' ἵνα καὶ σοὶ πένθος ἐνὶ φρεσὶ μυρίον εἴη παιδὸς ἀποφθιμένοιο , τὸν οὐχ ὑποδέξεαι αὖτις οἴκαδε νοστήσαντ' , ἐπεὶ οὐ δ' ἐμὲ θυμὸς ἄνωγε ζώειν οὐ δ' ἄνδρεσσι μετέμμεναι , αἴ κε μὴ Ἕκτωρ πρῶτος ἐμῷ ὑπὸ δουρὶ τυπεὶς ἀπὸ θυμὸν ὀλέσσῃ , Πατρόκλοιο δ' ἕλωρα Μενοιτιάδεω ἀποτίσῃ . [0]
νῦν δέ ἵνα καί σύ πένθος ἐν φρήν μυρίος εἰμί παῖς ἀποφθίνω , ὁ οὐ ὑποδέχομαι αὖθις οἴκαδε νοστέω , ἐπεί οὐ δέ ἐγώ θυμός ἄνωγα ζῶ οὐ δέ ἀνήρ μέτειμι , εἰ ἄν μή Ἕκτωρ πρότερος ἐμός ὑπό δόρυ τύπτω ἀπό θυμός ὄλλυμι , Πάτροκλος δέ ἕλωρ Μενοιτιάδης ἀποτίνω .