ourselves at least suffer to flee and escape, and permit not the Achaeans thus to be vanquished by the Trojans.
αὐτοὺς δή περ ἔασον ὑπεκφυγέειν καὶ ἀλύξαι , μη δ' οὕτω Τρώεσσιν ἔα δάμνασθαι Ἀχαιούς .
αὐτός δή πέρ ἐάω ὑπεκφεύγω καί ἀλύσκω , μηδέ δέ οὕτως Τρώς ἐάω δάμνημι Ἀχαιός .