ὣς ἔφαθ᾽, οἳ δ᾽
ἄρα πατρὸς ὑποδείσαντες ὁμοκλὴν
ἐκ μὲν ἄμαξαν ἄειραν
ἐΰτροχον ἡμιονείην
καλὴν
πρωτοπαγέα, πείρινθα δὲ δῆσαν ἐπ᾽ αὐτῆς,
κὰδ δ᾽ ἀπὸ
πασσαλόφι ζυγὸν ᾕρεον ἡμιόνειον
πύξινον ὀμφαλόεν
εὖ οἰήκεσσιν ἀρηρός:
ἐκ δ᾽ ἔφερον
ζυγόδεσμον ἅμα ζυγῷ ἐννεάπηχυ.
So he spoke,
and they, seized with fear of their father’s rebuke, brought out the
light-running mule wagon, fair and newly made, and bound on it the wicker box;
and down from its peg they took the mule yoke, a boxwood yoke with a knob on
it, well fitted with guiding rings; and they brought out the yoke band of nine
cubits, and with it the yoke.
Priam的小孩阻止父親不成，立即幫父親準備「騾車」(ἡμιονείην)，這一部騾車是新制的、也很美觀，用這部騾車運用贖金與禮物給Achilles，才顯得氣派與誠意。荷馬史詩出現「騾車」三次左右 (Od. 6.72, Iliad
24.189，Iliad 24.266)，也說明古希臘已經使用騾當交通運輸工具。
這一段詳細記載這部「騾車」(ἡμιονείην)的設備：有一個柳條箱(πείρινθα)，應該是用來裝物品。此外有車軛(ζυγὸν)，以木樁(πασσαλόφι)固定；此外在軛的上面有把手(ὀμφαλόεν)，捆著長9單位(ἐννεάπηχυ)長的軛帶。
Mules pulling a cisium.
