Now therefore, seeing I return not to my dear native land, neither proved in any way a light of deliverance to Patroclus nor to my other comrades, those many that have been slain by brilliant Hector, but remain here by the ships. >Profitless burden upon the earth— I that in war am such as is none other of the brazen-coated Achaeans,
νῦν δ' ἐπεὶ οὐ νέομαί γε φίλην ἐς πατρίδα γαῖαν , οὐ δέ τι Πατρόκλῳ γενόμην φάος οὐ δ' ἑτάροισι τοῖς ἄλλοις , οἳ δὴ πολέες δάμεν Ἕκτορι δίῳ , ἀλλ' ἧμαι παρὰ νηυσὶν ἐτώσιον ἄχθος ἀρούρης , τοῖος ἐὼν οἷος οὔ τις Ἀχαιῶν χαλκοχιτώνων ἐν πολέμῳ · [0] [1]
νῦν δέ ἐπεί οὐ νέομαι γε φίλος εἰς πατρίς γαῖα , οὐ δέ τις Πάτροκλος γίγνομαι φάος οὐ δέ ἑταῖρος ὁ ἄλλος , ὅς δή πολύς δαμάζω Ἕκτωρ δῖος , ἀλλά ἧμαι παρά ναῦς ἐτώσιος ἄχθος ἄρουρα , τοῖος εἰμί οἷος οὐ τις Ἀχαιός χαλκοχίτων ἐν πόλεμος ·