The Iliad 24.797–804

lest the well-greaved Achaeans should set upon them before the time. And when they had piled the barrow they went back, and gathering together duly feasted a glorious feast in the palace of Priam, the king fostered of Zeus. On this wise held they funeral for horse-taming Hector.

αἶψα δʼ ἄρʼ ἐς κοίλην κάπετον θέσαν, αὐτὰρ ὕπερθε πυκνοῖσιν λάεσσι κατεστόρεσαν μεγάλοισι· ῥίμφα δὲ σῆμʼ ἔχεαν, περὶ δὲ σκοποὶ ἥατο πάντῃ, μὴ πρὶν ἐφορμηθεῖεν ἐϋκνήμιδες Ἀχαιοί. χεύαντες δὲ τὸ σῆμα πάλιν κίον· αὐτὰρ ἔπειτα εὖ συναγειρόμενοι δαίνυντʼ ἐρικυδέα δαῖτα δώμασιν ἐν Πριάμοιο διοτρεφέος βασιλῆος. ὣς οἵ γʼ ἀμφίεπον τάφον Ἕκτορος ἱπποδάμοιο.

Lattimore commentary

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