As long as Hector yet lived, and Achilles yet cherished his wrath, and the city of king Priam was unsacked, even so long the great wall of the Achaeans likewise abode unbroken.
ὄφρα μὲν Ἕκτωρ ζωὸς ἔην καὶ μήνι' Ἀχιλλεὺς καὶ Πριάμοιο ἄνακτος ἀπόρθητος πόλις ἔπλεν , τόφρα δὲ καὶ μέγα τεῖχος Ἀχαιῶν ἔμπεδον ἦεν .
ὄφρα μέν Ἕκτωρ ζωός εἰμί καί μηνίω Ἀχιλλεύς καί Πρίαμος ἄναξ ἀπόρθητος πόλις πέλω , τόφρα δέ καί μέγας τεῖχος Ἀχαιός ἔμπεδος εἰμί .