As a star goes forth among stars in the darkness of night, the star of evening, that is set in heaven as the fairest of all; even so went forth a gleam from the keen spear that Achilles poised in his right hand, as he devised evil for brilliant Hector, looking the while upon his fair flesh to find where it was most open to a blow.
οἷος δ' ἀστὴρ εἶσι μετ' ἀστράσι νυκτὸς ἀμολγῷ ἕσπερος , ὃς κάλλιστος ἐν οὐρανῷ ἵσταται ἀστήρ , ὣς αἰχμῆς ἀπέλαμπ' εὐήκεος , ἣν ἄρ' Ἀχιλλεὺς πάλλεν δεξιτερῇ φρονέων κακὸν Ἕκτορι δίῳ εἰσορόων χρόα καλόν , ὅπῃ εἴξειε μάλιστα .
οἷος δέ ἀστήρ εἶμι μετά ἀστήρ νύξ ἀμολγός ἕσπερος , ὅς καλός ἐν οὐρανός ἵστημι ἀστήρ , ὡς αἰχμή ἀπολάμπω εὐήκης , ὅς ἄρα Ἀχιλλεύς πάλλω δεξιτερός φρονέω κακός Ἕκτωρ δῖος εἰσοράω χρώς καλός , ὅπη εἴκω μάλα .