If one of these were to have sight of you through the swift black night, forthwith might he by chance tell it to Agamemnon, shepherd of the host, and so should there arise delay in the giving back of the body.
τῶν εἴ τίς σε ἴδοιτο θοὴν διὰ νύκτα μέλαιναν , αὐτίκ' ἂν ἐξείποι Ἀγαμέμνονι ποιμένι λαῶν , καί κεν ἀνάβλησις λύσιος νεκροῖο γένηται .
ὁ εἰ τις σύ εἶδον θοός διά νύξ μέλας , αὐτίκα ἄν ἐξεῖπον Ἀγαμέμνων ποιμήν λαός , καί ἄν ἀνάβλησις λύσις νεκρός γίγνομαι .