There then his strength was loosed, and from his hands he let fall to lie upon the ground the foot of great-hearted Patroclus,
τοῦ δ' αὖθι λύθη μένος , ἐκ δ' ἄρα χειρῶν Πατρόκλοιο πόδα μεγαλήτορος ἧκε χαμᾶζε κεῖσθαι ·
ὁ δέ αὖθι λύω μένος , ἐκ δέ ἄρα χείρ Πάτροκλος πούς μεγαλήτωρ ἵημι χαμᾶζε κεῖμαι ·