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| τίπτε δεδάκρυσαι, Πατρόκλεες, ἠΰτε κούρη νηπίη, ἥ θ ̓ ἅμα μητρὶ θέουσ ̓ ἀνελέσθαι ἀνώγει εἱανοῦ ἁπτομένη, καί τ ̓ ἐσσυμένην κατερύκει, δακρυόεσσα δέ μιν ποτιδέρκεται, ὄφρ ̓ ἀνέληται· |
| Patroclus, why are you crying like a young girl, who runs to her mother and asks her to pick her up, clutching at her dress, and stops her as she rushes past, and looks at her tearfully until she picks her up? |
| Homer Iliad 16.7-10 (124) |