For in truth he thought that he should take the city of Priam that very day, fool that he was! seeing he knew not what deeds Zeus was purposing,
φῆ γὰρ ὅ γ' αἱρήσειν Πριάμου πόλιν ἤματι κείνῳ νήπιος , οὐ δὲ τὰ ᾔδη ἅ ῥα Ζεὺς μήδετο ἔργα ·
φημί γάρ ὁ γε αἱρέω Πρίαμος πόλις ἦμαρ ἐκεῖνος νήπιος , οὐ δέ ὁ οἶδα ὅς ἄρα Ζεύς μήδομαι ἔργον ·