otherwise had I long suffered woes there among the gruesome heaps of the dead, or else had lived strengthless by reason of the smitings of the spear.
ἦ τέ κε δηρὸν αὐτοῦ πήματ' ἔπασχον ἐν αἰνῇσιν νεκάδεσσιν , ἤ κε ζὼς ἀμενηνὸς ἔα χαλκοῖο τυπῇσι .
ἤ τε ἄν δηρός αὐτοῦ πῆμα πάσχω ἐν αἰνός νεκάς , ἤ ἄν ζώς ἀμενηνός εἰμί χαλκός τυπή .