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The Iliad 11.195–199

The Iliad 11.195–199
So spake he, and wind-footed swift Iris failed not to hearken, but went down from the hills of Ida to sacred Ilios. She found the son of wise-hearted Priam, goodly Hector, standing in his jointed car; and swift-footed Iris drew nigh him and spake unto him, saying:
ὣς ἔφατʼ, οὐδʼ ἀπίθησε ποδήνεμος ὠκέα Ἶρις, βῆ δὲ κατʼ Ἰδαίων ὀρέων εἰς Ἴλιον ἱρήν. εὗρʼ υἱὸν Πριάμοιο δαΐφρονος Ἕκτορα δῖον ἑσταότʼ ἔν θʼ ἵπποισι καὶ ἅρμασι κολλητοῖσιν· ἀγχοῦ δʼ ἱσταμένη προσέφη πόδας ὠκέα Ἶρις·
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