and let him give you his fair armour to bear into the war, in hope that the Trojans may take you for him, and so hold aloof from battle, and the warlike sons of the Achaeans may take breath, wearied though they be;
καί τοι τεύχεα καλὰ δότω πόλεμον δὲ φέρεσθαι , αἴ κέ σε τῷ εἴσκοντες ἀπόσχωνται πολέμοιο Τρῶες , ἀναπνεύσωσι δ' ἀρήϊοι υἷες Ἀχαιῶν τειρόμενοι ·
καί σύ τεῦχος καλός δίδωμι πόλεμος δέ φέρω , εἰ ἄν σύ ὁ ἐίσκω ἀπέχω πόλεμος Τρώς , ἀναπνέω δέ ἄρειος υἱός Ἀχαιός τείρω ·