But Patroclus, overcome by the stroke of the god and by the spear, drew back into the throng of his comrades, avoiding fate.
Πάτροκλος δὲ θεοῦ πληγῇ καὶ δουρὶ δαμασθεὶς ἂψ ἑτάρων εἰς ἔθνος ἐχάζετο κῆρ' ἀλεείνων .
Πάτροκλος δέ θεός πληγή καί δόρυ δαμάζω ἄψ ἑταῖρος εἰς ἔθνος χάζω κήρ ἀλεείνω .