But Hector sprang back a wondrous way, and mingled with the throng, and he fell upon his knees and thus abode, and with his stout hand leaned upon the earth,
Ἕκτωρ δ' ὦκ' ἀπέλεθρον ἀνέδραμε , μίκτο δ' ὁμίλῳ , στῆ δὲ γνὺξ ἐριπὼν καὶ ἐρείσατο χειρὶ παχείῃ γαίης ·
Ἕκτωρ δέ ὦκα ἀπέλεθρος ἀνατρέχω , μίγνυμι δέ ὅμιλος , ἵστημι δέ γνύξ ἐρείπω καί ἐρείδω χείρ παχύς γαῖα ·