Then for him not even in death would they have piled the up-piled earth, but the dogs and birds would have torn him as he lay on the plain far from the city, nor would any of the Achaean women have bewailed him;
τῶ κέ οἱ οὐ δὲ θανόντι χυτὴν ἐπὶ γαῖαν ἔχευαν , ἀλλ' ἄρα τόν γε κύνες τε καὶ οἰωνοὶ κατέδαψαν κείμενον ἐν πεδίῳ ἑκὰς ἄστεος , οὐ δέ κέ τίς μιν κλαῦσεν Ἀχαιιάδων ·
τῷ ἄν ἕ οὐ δέ θνήσκω χυτός ἐπί γαῖα χέω , ἀλλά ἄρα ὁ γε κύων τε καί οἰωνός καταδάπτω κεῖμαι ἐν πεδίον ἑκάς ἄστυ , οὐ δέ ἄν τις μιν κλαίω Ἀχαιίς ·