Then would the Trojans have been driven again by the Achaeans, dear to Ares, up to Ilios, vanquished in their cowardice, and the Argives would have won glory even beyond the allotment of Zeus, by reason of their might and their strength,
ἔνθά κεν αὖτε Τρῶες ἀρηϊφίλων ὑπ' Ἀχαιῶν Ἴλιον εἰσανέβησαν ἀναλκείῃσι δαμέντες , Ἀργεῖοι δέ κε κῦδος ἕλον καὶ ὑπὲρ Διὸς αἶσαν κάρτεϊ καὶ σθένεϊ σφετέρῳ ·
ἔνθα ἄν αὖτε Τρώς ἀρηίφιλος ὑπό Ἀχαιός Ἴλιος εἰσαναβαίνω ἀνάλκεια δαμάζω , Ἀργεῖος δέ ἄν κῦδος αἱρέω καί ὑπέρ Ζεύς αἶσα κάρτος καί σθένος σφέτερος ·