For which reason let us make straight for the Danaans, and let it not be at their ease that they bring to the ships the dead Patroclus.
τώ ῥ' ἰθὺς Δαναῶν ἴομεν , μη δ' οἵ γε ἕκηλοι Πάτροκλον νηυσὶν πελασαίατο τεθνηῶτα .
τῷ ἄρα ἰθύς Δαναοί εἶμι , μή δέ ὁ γε ἕκηλος Πάτροκλος ναῦς πελάζω θνήσκω .