About her dear son she flung her white arms, and before him she spread a fold of her bright garment to be a shelter against missiles, lest any of the Danaans with swift horses might hurl a spear of bronze into his breast and take away his life.
ἀμφὶ δ' ἑὸν φίλον υἱὸν ἐχεύατο πήχεε λευκώ , πρόσθε δέ οἱ πέπλοιο φαεινοῦ πτύγμα κάλυψεν ἕρκος ἔμεν βελέων , μή τις Δαναῶν ταχυπώλων χαλκὸν ἐνὶ στήθεσσι βαλὼν ἐκ θυμὸν ἕλοιτο .
ἀμφί δέ ἑός φίλος υἱός χέω πῆχυς λευκός , πρόσθεν δέ ἕ πέπλος φαεινός πτύγμα καλύπτω ἕρκος εἰμί βέλος , μή τις Δαναοί ταχύπωλος χαλκός ἐν στῆθος βάλλω ἐκ θυμός αἱρέω .