Then would the sons of the Achaeans have taken high-gated Troy by the hands of Patroclus, for around and before him he raged with his spear, had not Phoebus Apollo taken his stand upon the well-builded wall thinking thoughts of harm for him, but bearing aid to the Trojans.
ἔνθά κεν ὑψίπυλον Τροίην ἕλον υἷες Ἀχαιῶν Πατρόκλου ὑπὸ χερσί , περὶ πρὸ γὰρ ἔγχεϊ θῦεν , εἰ μὴ Ἀπόλλων Φοῖβος ἐϋδμήτου ἐπὶ πύργου ἔστη τῷ ὀλοὰ φρονέων , Τρώεσσι δ' ἀρήγων .
ἔνθα ἄν ὑψίπυλος Τροία αἱρέω υἱός Ἀχαιός Πάτροκλος ὑπό χείρ , περί πρό γάρ ἔγχος θύω , εἰ μή Ἀπόλλων Φοῖβος εὔδμητος ἐπί πύργος ἵστημι ὁ ὀλοός φρονέω , Τρώς δέ ἀρήγω .