therefore were it well that you make the battle of the Achaeans to cease at daybreak, and we will gather to hale here on carts the corpses with oxen and mules;
τώ σε χρὴ πόλεμον μὲν ἅμ' ἠοῖ παῦσαι Ἀχαιῶν , αὐτοὶ δ' ἀγρόμενοι κυκλήσομεν ἐνθάδε νεκροὺς βουσὶ καὶ ἡμιόνοισιν ·
τῷ σύ χρή πόλεμος μέν ἅμα ἠώς παύω Ἀχαιός , αὐτός δέ ἀγείρω κυκλέω ἐνθάδε νεκρός βοῦς καί ἡμίονος ·