Iliad 16.30–32

Patroclus to Achilles as the ships are threatened

μὴ ἐμέ γʼ οὖν οὗτός γε λάβοι χόλος, ὃν σὺ φυλάσσεις

αἰναρέτη· τί σευ ἄλλος ὀνήσεται ὀψίγονός περ

αἴ κε μὴ Ἀργείοισιν ἀεικέα λοιγὸν ἀμύνῃς;

May I never be seized by the anger you cherish,

terrible in courage! What use will you be to anyone born hereafter

if you do not ward off shameful ruin from the Argives?

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