Even so would that I had died and met my fate on that day when the throngs of the Trojans hurled upon me bronze-tipped spears, fighting around the body of the dead son of Peleus.
ὡς δὴ ἐγώ γ' ὄφελον θανέειν καὶ πότμον ἐπισπεῖν ἤματι τῷ ὅτε μοι πλεῖστοι χαλκήρεα δοῦρα Τρῶες ἐπέρριψαν περὶ Πηλεΐωνι θανόντι .
ὡς δή ἐγώ γε ὀφείλω θνήσκω καί πότμος ἐφέπω ἦμαρ ὁ ὅτε ἐγώ πλεῖστος χαλκήρης δόρυ Τρώς ἐπιρρίπτω περί Πηλεύς θνήσκω .