But when Patroclus had cut off the foremost battalions, he hemmed them back again towards the ships and would not suffer them for all their eagerness to set foot in the city, but in the mid-space between the ships and the river and the high wall he rushed among them and killed them, and got him vengeance for many a slain comrade.
Πάτροκλος δ' ἐπεὶ οὖν πρώτας ἐπέκερσε φάλαγγας , ἂψ ἐπὶ νῆας ἔεργε παλιμπετές , οὐ δὲ πόληος εἴα ἱεμένους ἐπιβαινέμεν , ἀλλὰ μεσηγὺ νηῶν καὶ ποταμοῦ καὶ τείχεος ὑψηλοῖο κτεῖνε μεταΐσσων , πολέων δ' ἀπετίνυτο ποινήν .
Πάτροκλος δέ ἐπεί οὖν πρῶτος ἐπικείρω φάλαγξ , ἄψ ἐπί ναῦς ἔργω παλιμπετής , οὐ δέ πόλις ἐάω ἵημι ἐπιβαίνω , ἀλλά μεσηγύ ναῦς καί ποταμός καί τεῖχος ὑψηλός κτείνω μεταίσσω , πολύς δέ ἀποτίνω ποινή .