So spoke Polydamas, and his prudent counsel was well pleasing to Hector, and forthwith he leapt in his armour from his chariot to the ground; and he spoke and addressed him with winged words:
ὣς φάτο Πουλυδάμας , ἅδε δ' Ἕκτορι μῦθος ἀπήμων , αὐτίκα δ' ἐξ ὀχέων σὺν τεύχεσιν ἆλτο χαμᾶζε καί μιν φωνήσας ἔπεα πτερόεντα προσηύδα ·
ὡς φημί Πουλυδάμας , ἁνδάνω δέ Ἕκτωρ μῦθος ἀπήμων , αὐτίκα δέ ἐκ ὄχος σύν τεῦχος ἅλλομαι χαμᾶζε καί μιν φωνέω ἔπος πτερόεις προσαυδάω ·