And now would he have dragged away the body, and have won glory unspeakable, had not wind-footed, swift Iris speeding from Olympus with a message that he array him for battle, come to the son of Peleus, all unknown of Zeus and the other gods,
καί νύ κεν εἴρυσσέν τε καὶ ἄσπετον ἤρατο κῦδος , εἰ μὴ Πηλεΐωνι ποδήνεμος ὠκέα Ἶρις ἄγγελος ἦλθε θέουσ' ἀπ' Ὀλύμπου θωρήσσεσθαι κρύβδα Διὸς ἄλλων τε θεῶν ·
καί νῦν ἄν ἐρύω1 τε καί ἄσπετος αἴρω κῦδος , εἰ μή Πηλεύς ποδήνεμος ὠκύς Ἶρις ἄγγελος ἔρχομαι θέω ἀπό Ὄλυμπος θωρήσσω κρύβδα Ζεύς ἄλλος τε θεός ·