Nay, let us seek to take him, and work shame upon his body, and strip the armour from his shoulders, and many a one of his comrades that seek to defend his body let us kill with the pitiless bronze.
ἀλλ' εἴ μιν ἀεικισσαίμεθ' ἑλόντες , τεύχεά τ' ὤμοιιν ἀφελοίμεθα , καί τιν' ἑταίρων αὐτοῦ ἀμυνομένων δαμασαίμεθα νηλέϊ χαλκῷ .
ἀλλά εἰ μιν ἀεικίζω αἱρέω , τεῦχος τε ὦμος ἀφαιρέω , καί τις ἑταῖρος αὐτός ἀμύνω δαμάζω νηλής χαλκός .