Thus were these praying to the daughter of great Zeus, but Hector went his way to the palace of Alexander, the fair palace that himself had built with the men that were in that day the best builders in deep-soiled Troy; these had made him a chamber and hall and court nearby the palaces of Priam and Hector in the citadel.
ὣς αἳ μέν ῥ' εὔχοντο Διὸς κούρῃ μεγάλοιο , Ἕκτωρ δὲ πρὸς δώματ' Ἀλεξάνδροιο βεβήκει καλά , τά ῥ' αὐτὸς ἔτευξε σὺν ἀνδράσιν οἳ τότ' ἄριστοι ἦσαν ἐνὶ Τροίῃ ἐριβώλακι τέκτονες ἄνδρες , οἵ οἱ ἐποίησαν θάλαμον καὶ δῶμα καὶ αὐλὴν ἐγγύθι τε Πριάμοιο καὶ Ἕκτορος ἐν πόλει ἄκρῃ .
ὡς ὁ μέν ἄρα εὔχομαι Ζεύς κόρη μέγας , Ἕκτωρ δέ πρός δῶμα Ἀλέξανδρος βαίνω καλός , ὁ ἄρα αὐτός τεύχω σύν ἀνήρ ὅς τότε ἄριστος εἰμί ἐν Τροία ἐριβῶλαξ τέκτων ἀνήρ , ὅς ἕ ποιέω θάλαμος καί δῶμα καί αὐλή ἐγγύθι τε Πρίαμος καί Ἕκτωρ ἐν πόλις ἄκρος .