Now Hector, when he had stripped from Patroclus his glorious armour, sought to hale him away that he might cut the head from off his shoulders with the sharp bronze, and drag off the corpse, and give it to the dogs of Troy;
Ἕκτωρ μὲν Πάτροκλον ἐπεὶ κλυτὰ τεύχε' ἀπηύρα , ἕλχ' ἵν' ἀπ' ὤμοιιν κεφαλὴν τάμοι ὀξέϊ χαλκῷ , τὸν δὲ νέκυν Τρῳῇσιν ἐρυσσάμενος κυσὶ δοίη .
ἕκτωρ μέν Πάτροκλος ἐπεί κλυτός τεῦχος ἀπαυράω , ἕλκω ἵνα ἀπό ὦμος κεφαλή τέμνω ὀξύς χαλκός , ὁ δέ νέκυς Τρωιός ἐρύω1 κύων δίδωμι .