but if they turn upon us and we be driven back from the ships and become entangled in the digged ditch, then I think shall not one man of us return back to the city from before the Achaeans when they rally, even to bear the tidings.
εἰ δέ χ' ὑποστρέψωσι , παλίωξις δὲ γένηται ἐκ νηῶν καὶ τάφρῳ ἐνιπλήξωμεν ὀρυκτῇ , οὐκέτ' ἔπειτ' ὀΐω οὐ δ' ἄγγελον ἀπονέεσθαι ἄψορρον προτὶ ἄστυ ἑλιχθέντων ὑπ' Ἀχαιῶν .
εἰ δέ ἄν ὑποστρέφω , παλίωξις δέ γίγνομαι ἐκ ναῦς καί τάφρος ἐμπλήσσω ὀρυκτός , οὐκέτι ἔπειτα οἴομαι οὐ δέ ἄγγελος ἀπονέομαι ἄψορρος πρός ἄστυ ἑλίσσω ὑπό Ἀχαιός .