§13.559ἤ τευ ἀκοντίσσαι, ἠὲ σχεδὸν ὁρμηθῆναι.
whether to cast his spear at someone, or to rush in close.
§13.560ἀλλʼ οὐ λῆθʼ Ἀδάμαντα τιτυσκόμενος καθʼ ὅμιλον §13.561Ἀσιάδην, ὅ οἱ οὖτα μέσον σάκος ὀξέϊ χαλκῷ §13.562ἐγγύθεν ὁρμηθείς· ἀμενήνωσεν δέ οἱ αἰχμὴν §13.563κυανοχαῖτα Ποσειδάων βιότοιο μεγήρας.
But he did not escape the notice of Adamas, son of Asius, as he aimed through the throng, who rushed close from nearby and struck his shield in the middle with sharp bronze; but dark-haired Poseidon made his spear-point powerless for him, grudging him his life.
§13.564καὶ τὸ μὲν αὐτοῦ μεῖνʼ ὥς τε σκῶλος πυρίκαυστος §13.565ἐν σάκει Ἀντιλόχοιο, τὸ δʼ ἥμισυ κεῖτʼ ἐπὶ γαίης· §13.566ἂψ δʼ ἑτάρων εἰς ἔθνος ἐχάζετο κῆρʼ ἀλεείνων· §13.567Μηριόνης δʼ ἀπιόντα μετασπόμενος βάλε δουρὶ §13.568αἰδοίων τε μεσηγὺ καὶ ὀμφαλοῦ, ἔνθα μάλιστα §13.569γίγνετʼ Ἄρης ἀλεγεινὸς ὀϊζυροῖσι βροτοῖσιν.
And one part of it remained there like a fire-hardened stake in the shield of Antilochus, and the other half lay on the ground; and he shrank back into the throng of his companions, avoiding death; but Meriones followed him as he retreated and struck him with his spear between the private parts and the navel, where most of all painful death comes to wretched mortals.
§13.570ἔνθά οἱ ἔγχος ἔπηξεν· ὃ δʼ ἑσπόμενος περὶ δουρὶ §13.571ἤσπαιρʼ ὡς ὅτε βοῦς τόν τʼ οὔρεσι βουκόλοι ἄνδρες §13.572ἰλλάσιν οὐκ ἐθέλοντα βίῃ δήσαντες ἄγουσιν· §13.573ὣς ὃ τυπεὶς ἤσπαιρε μίνυνθά περ, οὔ τι μάλα δήν, §13.574ὄφρά οἱ ἐκ χροὸς ἔγχος ἀνεσπάσατʼ ἐγγύθεν ἐλθὼν §13.575ἥρως Μηριόνης· τὸν δὲ σκότος ὄσσε κάλυψε.
There he fixed his spear; and he, bending over the spear, writhed as an ox which herdsmen in the mountains bind with ropes and lead away by force against its will; so he, when struck, writhed for a little while, not very long, until the hero Meriones came near and drew the spear out of his flesh; and darkness covered his eyes.
§13.576Δηΐπυρον δʼ Ἕλενος ξίφεϊ σχεδὸν ἤλασε κόρσην §13.577Θρηϊκίῳ μεγάλῳ, ἀπὸ δὲ τρυφάλειαν ἄραξεν.
And Helenus struck Deipyrus on the temple from close at hand with a great Thracian sword, and knocked off his helmet.
§13.578ἣ μὲν ἀποπλαγχθεῖσα χαμαὶ πέσε, καί τις Ἀχαιῶν §13.579μαρναμένων μετὰ ποσσὶ κυλινδομένην ἐκόμισσε· §13.580τὸν δὲ κατʼ ὀφθαλμῶν ἐρεβεννὴ νὺξ ἐκάλυψεν.
It was knocked off and fell to the ground, and one of the fighting Achaeans gathered it as it rolled among their feet; and dark night covered his eyes.
§13.581Ἀτρεΐδην δʼ ἄχος εἷλε βοὴν ἀγαθὸν Μενέλαον· §13.582βῆ δʼ ἐπαπειλήσας Ἑλένῳ ἥρωϊ ἄνακτι §13.583ὀξὺ δόρυ κραδάων· ὃ δὲ τόξου πῆχυν ἄνελκε.
And grief seized the son of Atreus, Menelaus, good at the war-cry; and he went, threatening the hero prince Helenus, brandishing his sharp spear; and the other drew the horn of his bow.
So the two at the same time, the one with his sharp spear was eager to cast, and the other to shoot an arrow from the string.
§13.586Πριαμίδης μὲν ἔπειτα κατὰ στῆθος βάλεν ἰῷ §13.587θώρηκος γύαλον, ἀπὸ δʼ ἔπτατο πικρὸς ὀϊστός.
Then the son of Priam struck him with an arrow on the chest, on the plate of his corselet; but the bitter arrow leapt away.
§13.588ὡς δʼ ὅτʼ ἀπὸ πλατέος πτυόφιν μεγάλην κατʼ ἀλωὴν §13.589θρῴσκωσιν κύαμοι μελανόχροες ἢ ἐρέβινθοι §13.590πνοιῇ ὕπο λιγυρῇ καὶ λικμητῆρος ἐρωῇ, §13.591ὣς ἀπὸ θώρηκος Μενελάου κυδαλίμοιο §13.592πολλὸν ἀποπλαγχθεὶς ἑκὰς ἔπτατο πικρὸς ὀϊστός.
And as when from a broad shovel on a great threshing-floor black-skinned beans or chickpeas leap under the whistling wind and the sweep of the winnowed; so from the corselet of glorious Menelaus, rebounding far away, the bitter arrow flew.
§13.593Ἀτρεΐδης δʼ ἄρα χεῖρα βοὴν ἀγαθὸς Μενέλαος §13.594τὴν βάλεν ᾗ ῥʼ ἔχε τόξον ἐΰξοον· ἐν δʼ ἄρα τόξῳ §13.595ἀντικρὺ διὰ χειρὸς ἐλήλατο χάλκεον ἔγχος.
And then Menelaus, good at the war-cry, struck the hand with which he was holding his well-polished bow; and in the bow, straight through his hand, the bronze spear was driven.
§13.596ἂψ δʼ ἑτάρων εἰς ἔθνος ἐχάζετο κῆρʼ ἀλεείνων §13.597χεῖρα παρακρεμάσας· τὸ δʼ ἐφέλκετο μείλινον ἔγχος.
And he shrank back into the throng of his companions, avoiding death, letting his hand hang down; and the ashen spear trailed after him.
§13.598καὶ τὸ μὲν ἐκ χειρὸς ἔρυσεν μεγάθυμος Ἀγήνωρ, §13.599αὐτὴν δὲ ξυνέδησεν ἐϋστρεφεῖ οἰὸς ἀώτῳ §13.600σφενδόνῃ, ἣν ἄρα οἱ θεράπων ἔχε ποιμένι λαῶν.
And great-souled Agenor drew it from his hand, and bound up the hand itself with a well-twisted band of sheep's wool, a sling, which a squire held for him, the shepherd of the host.
§13.601Πείσανδρος δʼ ἰθὺς Μενελάου κυδαλίμοιο §13.602ἤϊε· τὸν δʼ ἄγε μοῖρα κακὴ θανάτοιο τέλος δὲ §13.603σοὶ Μενέλαε δαμῆναι ἐν αἰνῇ δηϊοτῆτι.
And Peisandrus went straight against glorious Menelaus; but an evil fate was leading him to the end of death, to be vanquished by you, Menelaus, in the dread conflict.
§13.604οἳ δʼ ὅτε δὴ σχεδὸν ἦσαν ἐπʼ ἀλλήλοισιν ἰόντες §13.605Ἀτρεΐδης μὲν ἅμαρτε, παραὶ δέ οἱ ἐτράπετʼ ἔγχος, §13.606Πείσανδρος δὲ σάκος Μενελάου κυδαλίμοιο §13.607οὔτασεν, οὐδὲ διὰ πρὸ δυνήσατο χαλκὸν ἐλάσσαι· §13.608ἔσχεθε γὰρ σάκος εὐρύ, κατεκλάσθη δʼ ἐνὶ καυλῷ §13.609ἔγχος· ὃ δὲ φρεσὶν ᾗσι χάρη καὶ ἐέλπετο νίκην.
And when they were come near as they advanced against each other, the son of Atreus missed, and his spear was turned aside; but Peisandrus struck the shield of glorious Menelaus, yet he could not drive the bronze clean through; for the broad shield held it off, and the spear was broken at the shaft; and he rejoiced in his heart and hoped for victory.
§13.610Ἀτρεΐδης δὲ ἐρυσσάμενος ξίφος ἀργυρόηλον §13.611ἆλτʼ ἐπὶ Πεισάνδρῳ· ὃ δʼ ὑπʼ ἀσπίδος εἵλετο καλὴν §13.612ἀξίνην εὔχαλκον ἐλαΐνῳ ἀμφὶ πελέκκῳ §13.613μακρῷ ἐϋξέστῳ· ἅμα δʼ ἀλλήλων ἐφίκοντο.
But the son of Atreus, drawing his silver-studded sword, leapt upon Peisandrus; and he from beneath his shield took a beautiful battle-axe of fine bronze, on a long, well-polished shaft of olive wood; and at the same time they reached each other.
§13.614ἤτοι ὃ μὲν κόρυθος φάλον ἤλασεν ἱπποδασείης §13.615ἄκρον ὑπὸ λόφον αὐτόν, ὃ δὲ προσιόντα μέτωπον §13.616ῥινὸς ὕπερ πυμάτης· λάκε δʼ ὀστέα, τὼ δέ οἱ ὄσσε §13.617πὰρ ποσὶν αἱματόεντα χαμαὶ πέσον ἐν κονίῃσιν, §13.618ἰδνώθη δὲ πεσών· ὃ δὲ λὰξ ἐν στήθεσι βαίνων §13.619τεύχεά τʼ ἐξενάριξε καὶ εὐχόμενος ἔπος ηὔδα· §13.620λείψετέ θην οὕτω γε νέας Δαναῶν ταχυπώλων §13.621Τρῶες ὑπερφίαλοι δεινῆς ἀκόρητοι ἀϋτῆς, §13.622ἄλλης μὲν λώβης τε καὶ αἴσχεος οὐκ ἐπιδευεῖς §13.623ἣν ἐμὲ λωβήσασθε κακαὶ κύνες, οὐδέ τι θυμῷ §13.624Ζηνὸς ἐριβρεμέτεω χαλεπὴν ἐδείσατε μῆνιν §13.625ξεινίου, ὅς τέ ποτʼ ὔμμι διαφθέρσει πόλιν αἰπήν· §13.626οἵ μευ κουριδίην ἄλοχον καὶ κτήματα πολλὰ §13.627μὰψ οἴχεσθʼ ἀνάγοντες, ἐπεὶ φιλέεσθε παρʼ αὐτῇ·
Now the one struck the horn of the horsehair-crested helmet right under the crest itself, but the other struck him, as he came on, on the forehead above the base of the nose; and the bones cracked, and his two eyes fell bloody on the ground in the dust beside his feet; and he bowed and fell; and the other, setting his foot upon his breast, stripped off his armor and spoke boasting words: "Thus surely at last you will leave the ships of the Danaans of swift steeds, you overweening Trojans, insatiable of the dread battle-cry, not lacking in any other outrage and shame with which you outraged me, you evil dogs; nor did you fear at all in your hearts the heavy wrath of loud-thundering Zeus, the god of hospitality, who will one day destroy your steep city; you who carried off my wedded wife and many possessions in wantonness, leading them away, though you had been welcomed by her;"