§16.725αἴ κέν πώς μιν ἕλῃς, δώῃ δέ τοι εὖχος Ἀπόλλων.
if by any means you may slay him, and Apollo give you glory.
§16.726ὣς εἰπὼν ὃ μὲν αὖτις ἔβη θεὸς ἂμ πόνον ἀνδρῶν, §16.727Κεβριόνῃ δʼ ἐκέλευσε δαΐφρονι φαίδιμος Ἕκτωρ §16.728ἵππους ἐς πόλεμον πεπληγέμεν.
So saying, the god went back again into the toil of men, and glorious Hector commanded war-minded Cebriones to lash his horses into the battle.
αὐτὰρ Ἀπόλλων §16.729δύσεθʼ ὅμιλον ἰών, ἐν δὲ κλόνον Ἀργείοισιν §16.730ἧκε κακόν, Τρωσὶν δὲ καὶ Ἕκτορι κῦδος ὄπαζεν.
But Apollo went and entered the throng, and among the Argives he sent a terrible panic, but to the Trojans and Hector he gave glory.
§16.731Ἕκτωρ δʼ ἄλλους μὲν Δαναοὺς ἔα οὐδʼ ἐνάριζεν· §16.732αὐτὰρ ὃ Πατρόκλῳ ἔφεπε κρατερώνυχας ἵππους.
And Hector let the other Danaans be, nor did he slay them, but drove his strong-hooved horses against Patroclus.
§16.733Πάτροκλος δʼ ἑτέρωθεν ἀφʼ ἵππων ἆλτο χαμᾶζε §16.734σκαιῇ ἔγχος ἔχων· ἑτέρηφι δὲ λάζετο πέτρον §16.735μάρμαρον ὀκριόεντα τόν οἱ περὶ χεὶρ ἐκάλυψεν, §16.736ἧκε δʼ ἐρεισάμενος, οὐδὲ δὴν χάζετο φωτός, §16.737οὐδʼ ἁλίωσε βέλος, βάλε δʼ Ἕκτορος ἡνιοχῆα §16.738Κεβριόνην νόθον υἱὸν ἀγακλῆος Πριάμοιο §16.739ἵππων ἡνίʼ ἔχοντα μετώπιον ὀξέϊ λᾶϊ.
And Patroclus from his chariot on the other side leaped to the ground, in his left hand holding his spear; and with the other he grasped a stone, a jagged piece of white marble, which his hand fully covered; he threw it, planting his stance, nor did he shrink far from his man, nor was his throw in vain, but he struck the charioteer of Hector, Cebriones, the bastard son of glorious Priam, as he held the reins of the horses, on the forehead with the sharp stone.
§16.740ἀμφοτέρας δʼ ὀφρῦς σύνελεν λίθος, οὐδέ οἱ ἔσχεν §16.741ὀστέον, ὀφθαλμοὶ δὲ χαμαὶ πέσον ἐν κονίῃσιν §16.742αὐτοῦ πρόσθε ποδῶν· ὃ δʼ ἄρʼ ἀρνευτῆρι ἐοικὼς §16.743κάππεσʼ ἀπʼ εὐεργέος δίφρου, λίπε δʼ ὀστέα θυμός.
And the stone crushed both his brows, nor did the bone hold, and his eyes fell to the ground in the dust right before his feet; and like a diver he fell from the well-wrought chariot, and his spirit left his bones.
§16.744τὸν δʼ ἐπικερτομέων προσέφης Πατρόκλεες ἱππεῦ· §16.745ὢ πόποι ἦ μάλʼ ἐλαφρὸς ἀνήρ, ὡς ῥεῖα κυβιστᾷ.
And mocking him you spoke, knight Patroclus: "Ah, look, indeed a very nimble man, how easily he dives!
§16.746εἰ δή που καὶ πόντῳ ἐν ἰχθυόεντι γένοιτο, §16.747πολλοὺς ἂν κορέσειεν ἀνὴρ ὅδε τήθεα διφῶν §16.748νηὸς ἀποθρῴσκων, εἰ καὶ δυσπέμφελος εἴη, §16.749ὡς νῦν ἐν πεδίῳ ἐξ ἵππων ῥεῖα κυβιστᾷ.
If he were somewhere on the fish-teeming sea, this man would satisfy many, diving for oysters, leaping from the ship, even if the sea were stormy, as now on the plain he easily dives from his horses.
§16.750ἦ ῥα καὶ ἐν Τρώεσσι κυβιστητῆρες ἔασιν. §16.751ὣς εἰπὼν ἐπὶ Κεβριόνῃ ἥρωϊ βεβήκει §16.752οἶμα λέοντος ἔχων, ὅς τε σταθμοὺς κεραΐζων §16.753ἔβλητο πρὸς στῆθος, ἑή τέ μιν ὤλεσεν ἀλκή· §16.754ὣς ἐπὶ Κεβριόνῃ Πατρόκλεες ἆλσο μεμαώς.
Surely there are divers even among the Trojans!" So saying, he went against the hero Cebriones with the rush of a lion, which, while wasting the farmsteads, is struck in the breast, and his own courage destroys him; even so, Patroclus, did you leap eagerly upon Cebriones.
§16.755Ἕκτωρ δʼ αὖθʼ ἑτέρωθεν ἀφʼ ἵππων ἆλτο χαμᾶζε.
And Hector on the other side leaped from his chariot to the ground.
§16.756τὼ περὶ Κεβριόναο λέονθʼ ὣς δηρινθήτην, §16.757ὥ τʼ ὄρεος κορυφῇσι περὶ κταμένης ἐλάφοιο §16.758ἄμφω πεινάοντε μέγα φρονέοντε μάχεσθον· §16.759ὣς περὶ Κεβριόναο δύω μήστωρες ἀϋτῆς §16.760Πάτροκλός τε Μενοιτιάδης καὶ φαίδιμος Ἕκτωρ §16.761ἵεντʼ ἀλλήλων ταμέειν χρόα νηλέϊ χαλκῷ.
And the two fought over Cebriones like lions, who on the mountain peaks fight over a slain hind, both hungry, both proud in spirit; so over Cebriones the two masters of the war-cry, Patroclus son of Menoetius and glorious Hector, were eager to cleave each other's flesh with the pitiless bronze.
§16.762Ἕκτωρ μὲν κεφαλῆφιν ἐπεὶ λάβεν οὐχὶ μεθίει· §16.763Πάτροκλος δʼ ἑτέρωθεν ἔχεν ποδός· οἳ δὲ δὴ ἄλλοι §16.764Τρῶες καὶ Δαναοὶ σύναγον κρατερὴν ὑσμίνην.
Hector, when he caught him by the head, would not let go; and Patroclus on the other side held him by the foot; and the others, both Trojans and Danaans, joined in fierce combat.
§16.765ὡς δʼ Εὖρός τε Νότος τʼ ἐριδαίνετον ἀλλήλοιιν §16.766οὔρεος ἐν βήσσῃς βαθέην πελεμιζέμεν ὕλην §16.767φηγόν τε μελίην τε τανύφλοιόν τε κράνειαν, §16.768αἵ τε πρὸς ἀλλήλας ἔβαλον τανυήκεας ὄζους §16.769ἠχῇ θεσπεσίῃ, πάταγος δέ τε ἀγνυμενάων, §16.770ὣς Τρῶες καὶ Ἀχαιοὶ ἐπʼ ἀλλήλοισι θορόντες §16.771δῄουν, οὐδʼ ἕτεροι μνώοντʼ ὀλοοῖο φόβοιο.
And as the East Wind and the South Wind strive with one another in the glens of a mountain to shake a deep forest, oak and ash and thin-barked cornel-tree, which strike their sharp branches against one another with a wondrous roar, and there is a crash of breaking boughs; even so the Trojans and Achaeans, leaping upon one another, were slaying, nor did either side think of destructive flight.
§16.772πολλὰ δὲ Κεβριόνην ἀμφʼ ὀξέα δοῦρα πεπήγει §16.773ἰοί τε πτερόεντες ἀπὸ νευρῆφι θορόντες, §16.774πολλὰ δὲ χερμάδια μεγάλʼ ἀσπίδας ἐστυφέλιξαν §16.775μαρναμένων ἀμφʼ αὐτόν· ὃ δʼ ἐν στροφάλιγγι κονίης §16.776κεῖτο μέγας μεγαλωστί, λελασμένος ἱπποσυνάων.
And many sharp spears were fixed around Cebriones, and winged arrows leaping from the bow-string, and many great hand-stones battered the shields of those fighting around him; but he in the whirl of dust lay mighty in his mightiness, forgetful of his horsemanship.
§16.777ὄφρα μὲν Ἠέλιος μέσον οὐρανὸν ἀμφιβεβήκει, §16.778τόφρα μάλʼ ἀμφοτέρων βέλεʼ ἥπτετο, πῖπτε δὲ λαός· §16.779ἦμος δʼ Ἠέλιος μετενίσετο βουλυτὸν δέ, §16.780καὶ τότε δή ῥʼ ὑπὲρ αἶσαν Ἀχαιοὶ φέρτεροι ἦσαν.
As long as the Sun was striding across the middle of heaven, so long did the weapons of both sides take hold, and the people fell; but when the Sun turned toward the time for unyoking oxen, then indeed beyond measure the Achaeans were the stronger.
§16.781ἐκ μὲν Κεβριόνην βελέων ἥρωα ἔρυσσαν §16.782Τρώων ἐξ ἐνοπῆς, καὶ ἀπʼ ὤμων τεύχεʼ ἕλοντο, §16.783Πάτροκλος δὲ Τρωσὶ κακὰ φρονέων ἐνόρουσε.
They dragged the hero Cebriones out from the darts, away from the clamor of the Trojans, and stripped the armor from his shoulders, and Patroclus leaped upon the Trojans with evil in his heart.
§16.784τρὶς μὲν ἔπειτʼ ἐπόρουσε θοῷ ἀτάλαντος Ἄρηϊ §16.785σμερδαλέα ἰάχων, τρὶς δʼ ἐννέα φῶτας ἔπεφνεν.
Three times then he rushed on, the equal of swift Ares, crying terribly, and three times he slew nine men.
§16.786ἀλλʼ ὅτε δὴ τὸ τέταρτον ἐπέσσυτο δαίμονι ἶσος, §16.787ἔνθʼ ἄρα τοι Πάτροκλε φάνη βιότοιο τελευτή· §16.788ἤντετο γάρ τοι Φοῖβος ἐνὶ κρατερῇ ὑσμίνῃ §16.789δεινός· ὃ μὲν τὸν ἰόντα κατὰ κλόνον οὐκ ἐνόησεν, §16.790ἠέρι γὰρ πολλῇ κεκαλυμμένος ἀντεβόλησε· §16.791στῆ δʼ ὄπιθεν, πλῆξεν δὲ μετάφρενον εὐρέε τʼ ὤμω §16.792χειρὶ καταπρηνεῖ, στρεφεδίνηθεν δέ οἱ ὄσσε.
But when for the fourth time he rushed on like a god, then, Patroclus, did the end of your life appear; for Phoebus met you in the fierce combat, dreadful; and Patroclus did not perceive him coming through the tumult, for he met him shrouded in thick mist; and he stood behind him, and smote his back and broad shoulders with the flat of his hand, and his eyes spun round.
§16.793τοῦ δʼ ἀπὸ μὲν κρατὸς κυνέην βάλε Φοῖβος Ἀπόλλων· §16.794ἣ δὲ κυλινδομένη καναχὴν ἔχε ποσσὶν ὑφʼ ἵππων §16.795αὐλῶπις τρυφάλεια, μιάνθησαν δὲ ἔθειραι §16.796αἵματι καὶ κονίῃσι·
And from his head Phoebus Apollo struck the helmet; and it rolled away with a clang beneath the horses' feet, the crested helmet, and the plumes were defiled with blood and dust.
πάρος γε μὲν οὐ θέμις ἦεν
Before this time indeed it was not permitted (for the dust to defile it).