Nine dogs had the prince, that fed beneath his table, and of these did Achilles cut the throats of two, and cast them upon the pyre. And twelve valiant sons of the great-souled Trojans killed he with the bronze—
ἐννέα τῷ γε ἄνακτι τραπεζῆες κύνες ἦσαν , καὶ μὲν τῶν ἐνέβαλλε πυρῇ δύο δειροτομήσας , δώδεκα δὲ Τρώων μεγαθύμων υἱέας ἐσθλοὺς χαλκῷ δηϊόων ·
ἐννέα ὁ γε ἄναξ τραπεζεύς κύων εἰμί , καί μέν ὁ ἐμβάλλω πυρεύς δύο δειροτομέω , δώδεκα δέ Τρώς μεγάθυμος υἱός ἐσθλός χαλκός δηιόω ·