§16.369Τρωϊκόν, οὓς ἀέκοντας ὀρυκτὴ τάφρος ἔρυκε.
the Trojan host, whom against their will the dug trench held back.
And many swift chariot-drawing horses in the trench, having shattered the yokes at the tip of the pole, left the chariots of their masters.
§16.372Πάτροκλος δʼ ἕπετο σφεδανὸν Δαναοῖσι κελεύων §16.373Τρωσὶ κακὰ φρονέων· οἳ δὲ ἰαχῇ τε φόβῳ τε §16.374πάσας πλῆσαν ὁδούς, ἐπεὶ ἂρ τμάγεν· ὕψι δʼ ἀέλλη §16.375σκίδναθʼ ὑπὸ νεφέων, τανύοντο δὲ μώνυχες ἵπποι §16.376ἄψορρον προτὶ ἄστυ νεῶν ἄπο καὶ κλισιάων.
And Patroclus followed, calling fiercely to the Danaans, planning evils for the Trojans; and they, with shouting and panic, filled all the roads, since they were scattered; and on high a whirlwind was scattered under the clouds, and the single-hoofed horses strained backward toward the city away from the ships and shelters.
§16.377Πάτροκλος δʼ ᾗ πλεῖστον ὀρινόμενον ἴδε λαόν, §16.378τῇ ῥʼ ἔχʼ ὁμοκλήσας· ὑπὸ δʼ ἄξοσι φῶτες ἔπιπτον §16.379πρηνέες ἐξ ὀχέων, δίφροι δʼ ἀνακυμβαλίαζον.
But Patroclus, wherever he saw the host most confused, there drove with a shout; and under the axles men fell headlong from their chariots, and the chariots were overturned.
§16.380ἀντικρὺ δʼ ἄρα τάφρον ὑπέρθορον ὠκέες ἵπποι §16.381ἄμβροτοι, οὓς Πηλῆϊ θεοὶ δόσαν ἀγλαὰ δῶρα, §16.382πρόσσω ἱέμενοι, ἐπὶ δʼ Ἕκτορι κέκλετο θυμός· §16.383ἵετο γὰρ βαλέειν· τὸν δʼ ἔκφερον ὠκέες ἵπποι.
And straight across the trench leaped the swift immortal horses, which the gods gave as glorious gifts to Peleus, eager to press forward; and Patroclus' heart urged him against Hector, for he was eager to strike him; but his swift horses carried Hector away.
§16.384ὡς δʼ ὑπὸ λαίλαπι πᾶσα κελαινὴ βέβριθε χθὼν §16.385ἤματʼ ὀπωρινῷ, ὅτε λαβρότατον χέει ὕδωρ §16.386Ζεύς, ὅτε δή ῥʼ ἄνδρεσσι κοτεσσάμενος χαλεπήνῃ, §16.387οἳ βίῃ εἰν ἀγορῇ σκολιὰς κρίνωσι θέμιστας, §16.388ἐκ δὲ δίκην ἐλάσωσι θεῶν ὄπιν οὐκ ἀλέγοντες· §16.389τῶν δέ τε πάντες μὲν ποταμοὶ πλήθουσι ῥέοντες, §16.390πολλὰς δὲ κλιτῦς τότʼ ἀποτμήγουσι χαράδραι, §16.391ἐς δʼ ἅλα πορφυρέην μεγάλα στενάχουσι ῥέουσαι §16.392ἐξ ὀρέων ἐπικάρ, μινύθει δέ τε ἔργʼ ἀνθρώπων· §16.393ὣς ἵπποι Τρῳαὶ μεγάλα στενάχοντο θέουσαι.
And as under a tempest all the dark earth is heavy, on an autumn day when Zeus pours down most violent water, when indeed he is angry and harsh with men, who by force judge crooked decrees in the assembly, and drive out justice, caring nothing for the watch of the gods; and all their rivers run full, and many hillsides then the torrents sweep away, and flowing headlong from the mountains into the purple sea they groan aloud, and the works of men are wasted; so the Trojan horses groaned aloud as they ran.
§16.394Πάτροκλος δʼ ἐπεὶ οὖν πρώτας ἐπέκερσε φάλαγγας, §16.395ἂψ ἐπὶ νῆας ἔεργε παλιμπετές, οὐδὲ πόληος §16.396εἴα ἱεμένους ἐπιβαινέμεν, ἀλλὰ μεσηγὺ §16.397νηῶν καὶ ποταμοῦ καὶ τείχεος ὑψηλοῖο §16.398κτεῖνε μεταΐσσων, πολέων δʼ ἀπετίνυτο ποινήν.
But Patroclus, when he had cut off the first battalions, drove them back again toward the ships, and did not allow them, eager though they were, to mount to the city, but between the ships and the river and the high wall, he slew them as he rushed among them, and exacted the price for many.
§16.399ἔνθʼ ἤτοι Πρόνοον πρῶτον βάλε δουρὶ φαεινῷ §16.400στέρνον γυμνωθέντα παρʼ ἀσπίδα, λῦσε δὲ γυῖα· §16.401δούπησεν δὲ πεσών·
There indeed he first struck Pronous with his shining spear, where his breast was left bare beside the shield, and loosed his limbs; and he fell with a thud.
ὃ δὲ Θέστορα Ἤνοπος υἱὸν §16.402δεύτερον ὁρμηθείς· ὃ μὲν εὐξέστῳ ἐνὶ δίφρῳ §16.403ἧστο ἀλείς· ἐκ γὰρ πλήγη φρένας, ἐκ δʼ ἄρα χειρῶν §16.404ἡνία ἠΐχθησαν·
Next he rushed upon Thestor, son of Enops, who sat cowering in his well-polished chariot; for his mind was struck with terror, and the reins had slipped from his hands.
ὃ δʼ ἔγχεϊ νύξε παραστὰς §16.405γναθμὸν δεξιτερόν, διὰ δʼ αὐτοῦ πεῖρεν ὀδόντων, §16.406ἕλκε δὲ δουρὸς ἑλὼν ὑπὲρ ἄντυγος, ὡς ὅτε τις φὼς §16.407πέτρῃ ἔπι προβλῆτι καθήμενος ἱερὸν ἰχθὺν §16.408ἐκ πόντοιο θύραζε λίνῳ καὶ ἤνοπι χαλκῷ· §16.409ὣς ἕλκʼ ἐκ δίφροιο κεχηνότα δουρὶ φαεινῷ, §16.410κὰδ δʼ ἄρʼ ἐπὶ στόμʼ ἔωσε· πεσόντα δέ μιν λίπε θυμός.
And Patroclus, standing close by, stabbed him with his spear on the right jaw, and drove it through his teeth; and he dragged him over the rim of the chariot, holding the spear, as when a man sitting on a jutting rock drags a sacred fish out of the sea with line and bright bronze; so he dragged him gaping from the chariot with his shining spear, and cast him down on his face; and as he fell his life left him.
§16.411αὐτὰρ ἔπειτʼ Ἐρύλαον ἐπεσσύμενον βάλε πέτρῳ §16.412μέσσην κὰκ κεφαλήν· ἣ δʼ ἄνδιχα πᾶσα κεάσθη §16.413ἐν κόρυθι βριαρῇ· ὃ δʼ ἄρα πρηνὴς ἐπὶ γαίῃ §16.414κάππεσεν, ἀμφὶ δέ μιν θάνατος χύτο θυμοραϊστής.
Then next he struck Erylaus as he rushed upon him with a stone, full on the middle of the head; and it was split all asunder within his heavy helmet; and he fell headlong upon the earth, and soul-destroying death was poured around him.
§16.415αὐτὰρ ἔπειτʼ Ἐρύμαντα καὶ Ἀμφοτερὸν καὶ Ἐπάλτην §16.416Τληπόλεμόν τε Δαμαστορίδην Ἐχίον τε Πύριν τε §16.417Ἰφέα τʼ Εὔιππόν τε καὶ Ἀργεάδην Πολύμηλον §16.418πάντας ἐπασσυτέρους πέλασε χθονὶ πουλυβοτείρῃ.
Then Erymas and Amphoterus and Epaltes, and Tlepolemus son of Damastor, and Echion and Pyris, and Ipheus and Euippus and Polymelus son of Argeas, all one after another he brought down to the bounteous earth.
§16.419Σαρπηδὼν δʼ ὡς οὖν ἴδʼ ἀμιτροχίτωνας ἑταίρους §16.420χέρσʼ ὕπο Πατρόκλοιο Μενοιτιάδαο δαμέντας, §16.421κέκλετʼ ἄρʼ ἀντιθέοισι καθαπτόμενος Λυκίοισιν· §16.422αἰδὼς ὦ Λύκιοι·
But Sarpedon, when he saw his companions with unbelted tunics vanquished beneath the hands of Patroclus, son of Menoetius, called out, rebuking the godlike Lycians: "Shame, O Lycians!
πόσε φεύγετε;
Whither do ye flee?
νῦν θοοὶ ἔστε.
Now be ye swift.
§16.423ἀντήσω γὰρ ἐγὼ τοῦδʼ ἀνέρος, ὄφρα δαείω §16.424ὅς τις ὅδε κρατέει καὶ δὴ κακὰ πολλὰ ἔοργε §16.425Τρῶας, ἐπεὶ πολλῶν τε καὶ ἐσθλῶν γούνατʼ ἔλυσεν. §16.426ἦ ῥα, καὶ ἐξ ὀχέων σὺν τεύχεσιν ἆλτο χαμᾶζε.
For I will go against this man, so that I may learn who this is who has such power and has already wrought much evil to the Trojans, since he has loosed the knees of many and noble men." He spoke, and leaped from his chariot with his armor to the ground.
§16.427Πάτροκλος δʼ ἑτέρωθεν ἐπεὶ ἴδεν ἔκθορε δίφρου.
And Patroclus on the other side, when he saw him, leaped from his chariot.
§16.428οἳ δʼ ὥς τʼ αἰγυπιοὶ γαμψώνυχες ἀγκυλοχεῖλαι §16.429πέτρῃ ἐφʼ ὑψηλῇ μεγάλα κλάζοντε μάχωνται, §16.430ὣς οἳ κεκλήγοντες ἐπʼ ἀλλήλοισιν ὄρουσαν.
And as crooked-clawed, hook-beaked vultures fight upon a high rock, screaming aloud, so they with cries rushed upon each other.
§16.431τοὺς δὲ ἰδὼν ἐλέησε Κρόνου πάϊς ἀγκυλομήτεω, §16.432Ἥρην δὲ προσέειπε κασιγνήτην ἄλοχόν τε· §16.433ὤ μοι ἐγών, ὅ τέ μοι Σαρπηδόνα φίλτατον ἀνδρῶν §16.434μοῖρʼ ὑπὸ Πατρόκλοιο Μενοιτιάδαο δαμῆναι.
And seeing them, the son of crooked-counseling Cronus took pity, and spoke to Hera, his sister and wife: "Ah, woe is me, since it is Sarpedon's fate, dearest of men to me, to be vanquished by Patroclus, son of Menoetius.
§16.435διχθὰ δέ μοι κραδίη μέμονε φρεσὶν ὁρμαίνοντι, §16.436ἤ μιν ζωὸν ἐόντα μάχης ἄπο δακρυοέσσης §16.437θείω ἀναρπάξας Λυκίης ἐν πίονι δήμῳ, §16.438ἦ ἤδη ὑπὸ χερσὶ Μενοιτιάδαο δαμάσσω. §16.439τὸν δʼ ἠμείβετʼ ἔπειτα βοῶπις πότνια Ἥρη· §16.440αἰνότατε Κρονίδη ποῖον τὸν μῦθον ἔειπες.
And my heart is divided in two as I ponder in my mind, whether to snatch him up alive away from the tearful battle and set him down in the rich land of Lycia, or now to subdue him under the hands of the son of Menoetius." And then ox-eyed queenly Hera answered him: "Most dread son of Cronus, what word hast thou spoken?"