Nay then, come, you gods, bethink you and take counsel whether we shall save him from death, or now at length shall kill him, good man though he be, by the hand of Achilles, son of Peleus.
ἀλλ' ἄγετε φράζεσθε θεοὶ καὶ μητιάασθε ἠέ μιν ἐκ θανάτοιο σαώσομεν , ἦέ μιν ἤδη Πηλεΐδῃ Ἀχιλῆϊ δαμάσσομεν ἐσθλὸν ἐόντα .
ἀλλά ἄγε φράζω θεός καί μητιάω ἤ μιν ἐκ θάνατος σώζω , ἤ μιν ἤδη Πηλεύς Ἀχιλλεύς δαμάζω ἐσθλός εἰμί .