But Hector laid hold of the stern of a seafaring ship, a fair ship, swift upon the brine, that had borne Protesilaus to Troy, but brought him not back again to his native land.
Ἕκτωρ δὲ πρυμνῆς νεὸς ἥψατο ποντοπόροιο καλῆς ὠκυάλου , ἣ Πρωτεσίλαον ἔνεικεν ἐς Τροίην , οὐ δ' αὖτις ἀπήγαγε πατρίδα γαῖαν .
Ἕκτωρ δέ πρυμνός ναῦς ἅπτω ποντοπόρος καλός ὠκύαλος , ὅς Πρωτεσίλαος φέρω εἰς Τροία , οὐ δέ αὖθις ἀπάγω πατρίς γαῖα .