for in no way did this ward off from him woeful destruction, nay, not though the heart within him had been of iron.
οὐ γάρ οἵ τι τάδ' ἤρκεσε λυγρὸν ὄλεθρον , οὐ δ' εἴ οἱ κραδίη γε σιδηρέη ἔνδοθεν ἦεν .
οὐ γάρ ἕ τις ὅδε ἀρκέω λυγρός ὄλεθρος , οὐ δέ εἰ ἕ καρδία γε σιδήρεος ἔνδοθεν εἰμί .