§14.375Ἕκτορα Πριαμίδην μενέειν μάλα περ μεμαῶτα. §14.376ὃς δέ κʼ ἀνὴρ μενέχαρμος, ἔχει δʼ ὀλίγον σάκος ὤμῳ, §14.377χείρονι φωτὶ δότω, ὃ δʼ ἐν ἀσπίδι μείζονι δύτω. §14.378ὣς ἔφαθʼ, οἳ δʼ ἄρα τοῦ μάλα μὲν κλύον ἠδὲ πίθοντο·
that Hector, son of Priam, will no longer hold his ground, though he be very eager." "And whatever steadfast warrior has but a small shield on his shoulder, let him give it to a worse man, and himself do on a larger shield." So he spoke, and they readily heard him and obeyed.
§14.379τοὺς δʼ αὐτοὶ βασιλῆες ἐκόσμεον οὐτάμενοί περ §14.380Τυδεΐδης Ὀδυσεύς τε καὶ Ἀτρεΐδης Ἀγαμέμνων· §14.381οἰχόμενοι δʼ ἐπὶ πάντας ἀρήϊα τεύχεʼ ἄμειβον· §14.382ἐσθλὰ μὲν ἐσθλὸς ἔδυνε, χέρεια δὲ χείρονι δόσκεν.
And the kings themselves, wounded though they were, marshalled them, even the son of Tydeus, and Odysseus, and Agamemnon, son of Atreus; and going through the whole host they made exchange of battle-gear; the brave warrior put on brave armor, and the worse they gave to the worse.
§14.383αὐτὰρ ἐπεί ῥʼ ἕσσαντο περὶ χροῒ νώροπα χαλκὸν §14.384βάν ῥʼ ἴμεν· ἦρχε δʼ ἄρά σφι Ποσειδάων ἐνοσίχθων §14.385δεινὸν ἄορ τανύηκες ἔχων ἐν χειρὶ παχείῃ §14.386εἴκελον ἀστεροπῇ· τῷ δʼ οὐ θέμις ἐστὶ μιγῆναι §14.387ἐν δαῒ λευγαλέῃ, ἀλλὰ δέος ἰσχάνει ἄνδρας.
Then, when they had clothed their bodies in gleaming bronze, they began to march; and Poseidon, the shaker of the earth, led them, holding in his strong hand a dread sword, long of edge, like unto a flash of lightning, wherewith it is not permitted that any should mingle in woeful fight, but dread holds men back.
§14.388Τρῶας δʼ αὖθʼ ἑτέρωθεν ἐκόσμει φαίδιμος Ἕκτωρ.
And the Trojans on their side were marshalled by illustrious Hector.
§14.389δή ῥα τότʼ αἰνοτάτην ἔριδα πτολέμοιο τάνυσσαν §14.390κυανοχαῖτα Ποσειδάων καὶ φαίδιμος Ἕκτωρ, §14.391ἤτοι ὃ μὲν Τρώεσσιν, ὃ δʼ Ἀργείοισιν ἀρήγων.
Then indeed did they stretch tight the grimmest cord of war, dark-haired Poseidon and illustrious Hector, the one aiding the Trojans and the other the Argives.
And the sea washed up to the huts and ships of the Argives; and they met with a great battle-cry.
§14.394οὔτε θαλάσσης κῦμα τόσον βοάᾳ ποτὶ χέρσον §14.395ποντόθεν ὀρνύμενον πνοιῇ Βορέω ἀλεγεινῇ· §14.396οὔτε πυρὸς τόσσός γε ποτὶ βρόμος αἰθομένοιο §14.397οὔρεος ἐν βήσσῃς, ὅτε τʼ ὤρετο καιέμεν ὕλην· §14.398οὔτʼ ἄνεμος τόσσόν γε περὶ δρυσὶν ὑψικόμοισι §14.399ἠπύει, ὅς τε μάλιστα μέγα βρέμεται χαλεπαίνων, §14.400ὅσση ἄρα Τρώων καὶ Ἀχαιῶν ἔπλετο φωνὴ §14.401δεινὸν ἀϋσάντων, ὅτʼ ἐπʼ ἀλλήλοισιν ὄρουσαν.
Not so loudly bellows the wave of the sea against the land, when it is driven from the deep by the dread blast of the North Wind; nor is the roar of blazing fire so great in the glades of a mountain, when it leaps to burn the forest; nor does the wind shriek so loud about the high-crested oaks— the wind that roars the loudest in its wrath— as was the cry of Trojans and Achaeans, shouting terribly as they rushed upon one another.
§14.402Αἴαντος δὲ πρῶτος ἀκόντισε φαίδιμος Ἕκτωρ §14.403ἔγχει, ἐπεὶ τέτραπτο πρὸς ἰθύ οἱ, οὐδʼ ἀφάμαρτε, §14.404τῇ ῥα δύω τελαμῶνε περὶ στήθεσσι τετάσθην, §14.405ἤτοι ὃ μὲν σάκεος, ὃ δὲ φασγάνου ἀργυροήλου· §14.406τώ οἱ ῥυσάσθην τέρενα χρόα.
First at Ajax did illustrious Hector cast with his spear, since Ajax was turned right toward him, and he did not miss, but struck him where the two baldrics were stretched across his breast, the one of his shield, and the other of his silver-studded sword; these two protected his tender skin.
χώσατο δʼ Ἕκτωρ, §14.407ὅττί ῥά οἱ βέλος ὠκὺ ἐτώσιον ἔκφυγε χειρός, §14.408ἂψ δʼ ἑτάρων εἰς ἔθνος ἐχάζετο κῆρʼ ἀλεείνων.
And Hector was wroth that the swift weapon had flown from his hand in vain, and he shrank back into the throng of his comrades, avoiding fate.
§14.409τὸν μὲν ἔπειτʼ ἀπιόντα μέγας Τελαμώνιος Αἴας §14.410χερμαδίῳ, τά ῥα πολλὰ θοάων ἔχματα νηῶν §14.411πὰρ ποσὶ μαρναμένων ἐκυλίνδετο, τῶν ἓν ἀείρας §14.412στῆθος βεβλήκει ὑπὲρ ἄντυγος ἀγχόθι δειρῆς, §14.413στρόμβον δʼ ὣς ἔσσευε βαλών, περὶ δʼ ἔδραμε πάντῃ.
Then, as he was shrinking back, great Ajax, son of Telamon, with a hand-stone—for many, serving as props for the swift ships, rolled about among the feet of the fighters; one of these he lifted, and struck him on the breast, over the shield-rim, near the neck, and set him spinning like a top with the blow, so that he reeled round and round.
§14.414ὡς δʼ ὅθʼ ὑπὸ πληγῆς πατρὸς Διὸς ἐξερίπῃ δρῦς §14.415πρόρριζος, δεινὴ δὲ θεείου γίγνεται ὀδμὴ §14.416ἐξ αὐτῆς, τὸν δʼ οὔ περ ἔχει θράσος ὅς κεν ἴδηται §14.417ἐγγὺς ἐών, χαλεπὸς δὲ Διὸς μεγάλοιο κεραυνός, §14.418ὣς ἔπεσʼ Ἕκτορος ὦκα χαμαὶ μένος ἐν κονίῃσι·
And even as when beneath the blast of father Zeus an oak falls uprooted, and a dread smell of sulfur arises from it, and no courage possesses him that looks thereon, though he be near by, for dread is the lightning of great Zeus; even so fell mighty Hector swiftly to the ground in the dust.
§14.419χειρὸς δʼ ἔκβαλεν ἔγχος, ἐπʼ αὐτῷ δʼ ἀσπὶς ἑάφθη §14.420καὶ κόρυς, ἀμφὶ δέ οἱ βράχε τεύχεα ποικίλα χαλκῷ.
And the spear fell from his hand, and his shield was cast upon him, and his helmet, and round about him clanged his armor dight with bronze.
§14.421οἳ δὲ μέγα ἰάχοντες ἐπέδραμον υἷες Ἀχαιῶν §14.422ἐλπόμενοι ἐρύεσθαι, ἀκόντιζον δὲ θαμειὰς §14.423αἰχμάς· ἀλλʼ οὔ τις ἐδυνήσατο ποιμένα λαῶν §14.424οὐτάσαι οὐδὲ βαλεῖν· πρὶν γὰρ περίβησαν ἄριστοι §14.425Πουλυδάμας τε καὶ Αἰνείας καὶ δῖος Ἀγήνωρ §14.426Σαρπηδών τʼ ἀρχὸς Λυκίων καὶ Γλαῦκος ἀμύμων.
Then with loud shouting the sons of the Achaeans ran forward, hoping to drag him off, and they cast their many spears; but no one was able to wound or hit the shepherd of the host, for before that the bravest gathered round him, even Polydamas, and Aeneas, and godlike Agenor, and Sarpedon, leader of the Lycians, and peerless Glaucus.
And of the rest no one neglected him, but before him they held their well-rounded shields.
τὸν δʼ ἄρʼ ἑταῖροι §14.429χερσὶν ἀείραντες φέρον ἐκ πόνου, ὄφρʼ ἵκεθʼ ἵππους §14.430ὠκέας, οἵ οἱ ὄπισθε μάχης ἠδὲ πτολέμοιο §14.431ἕστασαν ἡνίοχόν τε καὶ ἅρματα ποικίλʼ ἔχοντες· §14.432οἳ τόν γε προτὶ ἄστυ φέρον βαρέα στενάχοντα.
But his companions lifted him in their arms and bore him out of the toil of war, until he came to the swift horses, which stood for him behind the battle and the war, having their charioteer and their richly-dight chariot; these bore him toward the city, groaning heavily.
§14.433ἀλλʼ ὅτε δὴ πόρον ἷξον ἐϋρρεῖος ποταμοῖο §14.434Ξάνθου δινήεντος, ὃν ἀθάνατος τέκετο Ζεύς, §14.435ἔνθά μιν ἐξ ἵππων πέλασαν χθονί, κὰδ δέ οἱ ὕδωρ §14.436χεῦαν· ὃ δʼ ἀμπνύνθη καὶ ἀνέδρακεν ὀφθαλμοῖσιν, §14.437ἑζόμενος δʼ ἐπὶ γοῦνα κελαινεφὲς αἷμʼ ἀπέμεσσεν· §14.438αὖτις δʼ ἐξοπίσω πλῆτο χθονί, τὼ δέ οἱ ὄσσε §14.439νὺξ ἐκάλυψε μέλαινα· βέλος δʼ ἔτι θυμὸν ἐδάμνα.
But when they came to the ford of the fair-flowing river, eddying Xanthus, whom immortal Zeus begat, there they lifted him from the chariot to the ground, and poured water upon him; and he revived, and looked up with his eyes, and kneeling down he vomited black blood; but again he fell back upon the ground, and both his eyes did black night cover; for the blow still subdued his spirit.
§14.440Ἀργεῖοι δʼ ὡς οὖν ἴδον Ἕκτορα νόσφι κιόντα §14.441μᾶλλον ἐπὶ Τρώεσσι θόρον, μνήσαντο δὲ χάρμης.
But the Argives, when they saw Hector withdrawing, leapt yet more upon the Trojans, and bethought them of battle-lust.
§14.442ἔνθα πολὺ πρώτιστος Ὀϊλῆος ταχὺς Αἴας §14.443Σάτνιον οὔτασε δουρὶ μετάλμενος ὀξυόεντι §14.444Ἠνοπίδην, ὃν ἄρα νύμφη τέκε νηῒς ἀμύμων §14.445Ἤνοπι βουκολέοντι παρʼ ὄχθας Σατνιόεντος.
Then far the first did swift Ajax, son of Oileus, leap forward and wound Satnius with his sharp spear, the son of Enops, whom a peerless Naiad nymph bore to Enops, as he herded his kine by the banks of Satnioeis.
§14.446τὸν μὲν Ὀϊλιάδης δουρὶ κλυτὸς ἐγγύθεν ἐλθὼν
To him did the son of Oileus, famous for his spear, draw near, and...