for it was their fate to perish when their city should enclose the great horse of wood, in which were sitting all the best of the Argives, bearing to the Trojans death and fate.
αἶσα γὰρ ἦν ἀπολέσθαι , ἐπὴν πόλις ἀμφικαλύψῃ δουράτεον μέγαν ἵππον , ὅθ' ἥατο πάντες ἄριστοι Ἀργείων Τρώεσσι φόνον καὶ κῆρα φέροντες .
αἶσα γάρ εἰμί ἀπόλλυμι , ἐπήν πόλις ἀμφικαλύπτω δουράτεος μέγας ἵππος , ὅθι ἧμαι πᾶς ἄριστος Ἀργεῖος Τρώς φόνος καί κήρ φέρω .