And often as swift-footed, brilliant Achilles strove to make stand against him and to learn if all the immortals that hold broad heaven were driving him in rout, so often would the great flood of the heaven-fed River beat upon his shoulders from above;
ὁσσάκι δ' ὁρμήσειε ποδάρκης δῖος Ἀχιλλεὺς στῆναι ἐναντίβιον καὶ γνώμεναι εἴ μιν ἅπαντες ἀθάνατοι φοβέουσι , τοὶ οὐρανὸν εὐρὺν ἔχουσι , τοσσάκι μιν μέγα κῦμα διιπετέος ποταμοῖο πλάζ' ὤμους καθύπερθεν ·
ὁσάκις δέ ὁρμάω ποδάρκης δῖος Ἀχιλλεύς ἵστημι ἐναντίβιος καί γιγνώσκω εἰ μιν ἅπας ἀθάνατος φοβέω , ὁ οὐρανός εὐρύς ἔχω , τοσάκις μιν μέγας κῦμα Διιπετής ποταμός πλάζω ὦμος καθύπερθε ·