Iliad 21.110–113

Achilles to Lycaon, who begs for his life

ἀλλʼ ἔπι τοι καὶ ἐμοὶ θάνατος καὶ μοῖρα κραταιή·

ἔσσεται ἢ ἠὼς ἢ δείλη ἢ μέσον ἦμαρ

ὁππότε τις καὶ ἐμεῖο Ἄρῃ ἐκ θυμὸν ἕληται

ἢ ὅ γε δουρὶ βαλὼν ἢ ἀπὸ νευρῆφιν ὀϊστῷ.

Yet death and mighty fate stand over me as well.

There will come a dawn, an evening, or a midday

when someone will take the life from me in battle,

striking with a spear or an arrow from the bowstring.

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