Then had ruin come and deeds beyond remedy been wrought, and they had been penned in Ilios like lambs, had not the father of men and gods been quick to see.
ἔνθά κε λοιγὸς ἔην καὶ ἀμήχανα ἔργα γένοντο , καί νύ κε σήκασθεν κατὰ Ἴλιον ἠΰτε ἄρνες , εἰ μὴ ἄρ' ὀξὺ νόησε πατὴρ ἀνδρῶν τε θεῶν τε · [0]
ἔνθα ἄν λοιγός εἰμί καί ἀμήχανος ἔργον γίγνομαι , καί νῦν ἄν σηκάζω κατά Ἴλιος ἠύτε ἀρνός , εἰ μή ἄρα ὀξύς νοέω πατήρ ἀνήρ τε θεός τε ·