For nine days' space has strife arisen among the immortals as touching the corpse of Hector and Achilles, sacker of cities.
ἐννῆμαρ δὴ νεῖκος ἐν ἀθανάτοισιν ὄρωρεν Ἕκτορος ἀμφὶ νέκυι καὶ Ἀχιλλῆϊ πτολιπόρθῳ ·
ἐννῆμαρ δή νεῖκος ἐν ἀθάνατος ὄρνυμι Ἕκτωρ ἀμφί νέκυς καί Ἀχιλλεύς πτολίπορθος ·