but Asius, son of Hyrtacus, leader of men, was not minded to leave there his horses and his squire the charioteer, but chariot and all he drew near to the swift ships, fool that he was! for he was not to escape the evil fates, and return, glorying in horses and chariot, back from the ships to windy Ilios.
ἀλλ' οὐχ Ὑρτακίδης ἔθελ' Ἄσιος ὄρχαμος ἀνδρῶν αὖθι λιπεῖν ἵππους τε καὶ ἡνίοχον θεράποντα , ἀλλὰ σὺν αὐτοῖσιν πέλασεν νήεσσι θοῇσι νήπιος , οὐ δ' ἄρ' ἔμελλε κακὰς ὑπὸ κῆρας ἀλύξας ἵπποισιν καὶ ὄχεσφιν ἀγαλλόμενος παρὰ νηῶν ἂψ ἀπονοστήσειν προτὶ Ἴλιον ἠνεμόεσσαν ·
ἀλλά οὐ Ὑρτακίδης ἐθέλω Ἄσιος ὄρχαμος ἀνήρ αὖθι λιπάω ἵππος τε καί ἡνίοχος θεράπων , ἀλλά σύν αὐτός πελάζω ναῦς θοός νήπιος , οὐ δέ ἄρα μέλλω κακός ὑπό κήρ ἀλύσκω ἵππος καί ὄχος ἀγάλλω παρά ναῦς ἄψ ἀπονοστέω πρός Ἴλιος ἠνεμόεις ·