Yet even so, Patroclus, in warding destruction from the ships fall upon them with overwhelming force, lest in fact they burn the ships with blazing fire and rob the Greeks of their desired return.
ἀλλὰ καὶ ὧς Πάτροκλε νεῶν ἄπο λοιγὸν ἀμύνων ἔμπεσ' ἐπικρατέως , μὴ δὴ πυρὸς αἰθομένοιο νῆας ἐνιπρήσωσι , φίλον δ' ἀπὸ νόστον ἕλωνται .
ἀλλά καί ὡς Πάτροκλος ναῦς ἀπό λοιγός ἀμύνω ἐμπίπτω ἐπικρατής , μή δή πῦρ αἴθω ναῦς ἐμπρήθω , φίλος δέ ἀπό νόστος αἱρέω .