but sorely am I afraid lest to my sorrow brilliant Achilles may have cut off from the city bold Hector by himself alone, and have driven him to the plain, aye, and have by now made him to cease from the harmful valour that possessed him; seeing he would never remain in the throng of men, but would ever charge far to the front, yielding to no man in his might.
ἀλλὰ μάλ' αἰνῶς δείδω μὴ δή μοι θρασὺν Ἕκτορα δῖος Ἀχιλλεὺς μοῦνον ἀποτμήξας πόλιος πεδίον δὲ δίηται , καὶ δή μιν καταπαύσῃ ἀγηνορίης ἀλεγεινῆς ἥ μιν ἔχεσκ' , ἐπεὶ οὔ ποτ' ἐνὶ πληθυῖ μένεν ἀνδρῶν , ἀλλὰ πολὺ προθέεσκε , τὸ ὃν μένος οὐδενὶ εἴκων .
ἀλλά μάλα αἰνός δείδω μή δή ἐγώ θρασύς Ἕκτωρ δῖος Ἀχιλλεύς μόνος ἀποτμήγω πόλις πεδίον δέ δίω , καί δή μιν καταπαύω ἀγηνορία ἀλεγεινός ὅς μιν ἔχω , ἐπεί οὐ ποτέ ἐν πληθύς μένω ἀνήρ , ἀλλά πολύς προθέω , ὁ ἑός μένος οὐδείς εἴκω .