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The Iliad 4.313–316

The Iliad 4.313–316
But evil177.1 old age presseth hard upon thee; would that some other among the warriors had thy years, and that thou wert among the youths.
γέρον εἴθʼ ὡς θυμὸς ἐνὶ στήθεσσι φίλοισιν ὥς τοι γούναθʼ ἕποιτο, βίη δέ τοι ἔμπεδος εἴη· ἀλλά σε γῆρας τείρει ὁμοίϊον· ὡς ὄφελέν τις ἀνδρῶν ἄλλος ἔχειν, σὺ δὲ κουροτέροισι μετεῖναι.
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