§17.276Τρῶες ὑπέρθυμοι ἕλον ἔγχεσιν ἱέμενοί περ, §17.277ἀλλὰ νέκυν ἐρύοντο· μίνυνθα δὲ καὶ τοῦ Ἀχαιοὶ §17.278μέλλον ἀπέσσεσθαι· μάλα γάρ σφεας ὦκʼ ἐλέλιξεν §17.279Αἴας, ὃς περὶ μὲν εἶδος, περὶ δʼ ἔργα τέτυκτο §17.280τῶν ἄλλων Δαναῶν μετʼ ἀμύμονα Πηλεΐωνα.
Yet not any of them could the high-spirited Trojans slay with their spears, eager though they were, but they were dragging the corpse; yet for but a little while were the Achaeans to be holding back from it; for right quickly did Ajax rally them, he who in form and in deeds of war was fashioned the best of the other Danaans after the blameless son of Peleus.
§17.281ἴθυσεν δὲ διὰ προμάχων συῒ εἴκελος ἀλκὴν §17.282καπρίῳ, ὅς τʼ ἐν ὄρεσσι κύνας θαλερούς τʼ αἰζηοὺς §17.283ῥηϊδίως ἐκέδασσεν, ἑλιξάμενος διὰ βήσσας· §17.284ὣς υἱὸς Τελαμῶνος ἀγαυοῦ φαίδιμος Αἴας §17.285ῥεῖα μετεισάμενος Τρώων ἐκέδασσε φάλαγγας §17.286οἳ περὶ Πατρόκλῳ βέβασαν, φρόνεον δὲ μάλιστα §17.287ἄστυ πότι σφέτερον ἐρύειν καὶ κῦδος ἀρέσθαι.
And he rushed through the foremost fighters like a wild boar in strength, a boar which in the mountains easily scatters dogs and lusty youths, wheeling about through the glens; even so the glorious Ajax, son of lordly Telamon, easily entering among them, scattered the phalanxes of the Trojans who had stood about Patroclus, and were most of all minding to drag him to their city and win glory.
§17.288ἤτοι τὸν Λήθοιο Πελασγοῦ φαίδιμος υἱὸς §17.289Ἱππόθοος ποδὸς ἕλκε κατὰ κρατερὴν ὑσμίνην §17.290δησάμενος τελαμῶνι παρὰ σφυρὸν ἀμφὶ τένοντας §17.291Ἕκτορι καὶ Τρώεσσι χαριζόμενος· τάχα δʼ αὐτῷ §17.292ἦλθε κακόν, τό οἱ οὔ τις ἐρύκακεν ἱεμένων περ.
Indeed, the glorious son of Lethus the Pelasgian, Hippothous, was dragging him by the foot through the mighty conflict, having bound him with a strap about the tendons by the ankle, doing a pleasure to Hector and the Trojans; but quickly to himself came evil, which no one warded off from him, eager though they were.
§17.293τὸν δʼ υἱὸς Τελαμῶνος ἐπαΐξας διʼ ὁμίλου §17.294πλῆξʼ αὐτοσχεδίην κυνέης διὰ χαλκοπαρῄου· §17.295ἤρικε δʼ ἱπποδάσεια κόρυς περὶ δουρὸς ἀκωκῇ §17.296πληγεῖσʼ ἔγχεΐ τε μεγάλῳ καὶ χειρὶ παχείῃ, §17.297ἐγκέφαλος δὲ παρʼ αὐλὸν ἀνέδραμεν ἐξ ὠτειλῆς §17.298αἱματόεις· τοῦ δʼ αὖθι λύθη μένος, ἐκ δʼ ἄρα χειρῶν §17.299Πατρόκλοιο πόδα μεγαλήτορος ἧκε χαμᾶζε §17.300κεῖσθαι· ὃ δʼ ἄγχʼ αὐτοῖο πέσε πρηνὴς ἐπὶ νεκρῷ §17.301τῆλʼ ἀπὸ Λαρίσης ἐριβώλακος, οὐδὲ τοκεῦσι §17.302θρέπτρα φίλοις ἀπέδωκε, μινυνθάδιος δέ οἱ αἰὼν §17.303ἔπλεθʼ ὑπʼ Αἴαντος μεγαθύμου δουρὶ δαμέντι.
For the son of Telamon, darting through the crowd, struck him in close fight through his bronze-cheeked helmet; and the horse-hair crested helmet was split about the spear-point, stricken by the great spear and the stout hand, and the brain ran out from the wound along the socket of the spear, all bloody; and his strength was slackened there, and from his hands he let fall the foot of great-hearted Patroclus to lie upon the ground, and he himself fell headlong near him upon the corpse, far from fertile Larisa, nor did he repay to his dear parents the cost of his nurture, and short was his span of life, laid low by the spear of great-hearted Ajax.
§17.304Ἕκτωρ δʼ αὖτʼ Αἴαντος ἀκόντισε δουρὶ φαεινῷ· §17.305ἀλλʼ ὃ μὲν ἄντα ἰδὼν ἠλεύατο χάλκεον ἔγχος §17.306τυτθόν· ὃ δὲ Σχεδίον μεγαθύμου Ἰφίτου υἱὸν §17.307Φωκήων ὄχʼ ἄριστον, ὃς ἐν κλειτῷ Πανοπῆϊ §17.308οἰκία ναιετάασκε πολέσσʼ ἄνδρεσσιν ἀνάσσων, §17.309τὸν βάλʼ ὑπὸ κληῗδα μέσην· διὰ δʼ ἀμπερὲς ἄκρη §17.310αἰχμὴ χαλκείη παρὰ νείατον ὦμον ἀνέσχε· §17.311δούπησεν δὲ πεσών, ἀράβησε δὲ τεύχεʼ ἐπʼ αὐτῷ.
And Hector in turn cast at Ajax with his bright spear; but he, looking face to face at it, avoided the bronze spear by a little; but Hector struck Schedius, son of great-hearted Iphitus, far the best of the Phocians, who dwelt in his home in glorious Panopeus, ruling over many men; him he struck beneath the middle of the collar-bone, and right through and out at the base of the shoulder the bronze point stood forth; and he fell with a thud, and his armor clanged upon him.
§17.312Αἴας δʼ αὖ Φόρκυνα δαΐφρονα Φαίνοπος υἱὸν §17.313Ἱπποθόῳ περιβάντα μέσην κατὰ γαστέρα τύψε· §17.314ῥῆξε δὲ θώρηκος γύαλον, διὰ δʼ ἔντερα χαλκὸς §17.315ἤφυσʼ· ὃ δʼ ἐν κονίῃσι πεσὼν ἕλε γαῖαν ἀγοστῷ.
And Ajax in turn struck warlike Phorcys, son of Phaenops, as he bestrode Hippothous, right in the middle of the belly; and he broke the plate of his corselet, and the bronze let out his bowels; and he fell in the dust and clutched the earth with his palm.
§17.316χώρησαν δʼ ὑπό τε πρόμαχοι καὶ φαίδιμος Ἕκτωρ· §17.317Ἀργεῖοι δὲ μέγα ἴαχον, ἐρύσαντο δὲ νεκροὺς §17.318Φόρκυν θʼ Ἱππόθοόν τε, λύοντο δὲ τεύχεʼ ἀπʼ ὤμων.
Then the foremost fighters and glorious Hector gave way; and the Argives shouted aloud, and dragged away the dead, both Phorcys and Hippothous, and stripped the armor from their shoulders.
§17.319ἔνθά κεν αὖτε Τρῶες ἀρηϊφίλων ὑπʼ Ἀχαιῶν §17.320Ἴλιον εἰσανέβησαν ἀναλκείῃσι δαμέντες, §17.321Ἀργεῖοι δέ κε κῦδος ἕλον καὶ ὑπὲρ Διὸς αἶσαν §17.322κάρτεϊ καὶ σθένεϊ σφετέρῳ· ἀλλʼ αὐτὸς Ἀπόλλων §17.323Αἰνείαν ὄτρυνε δέμας Περίφαντι ἐοικὼς §17.324κήρυκι Ἠπυτίδῃ, ὅς οἱ παρὰ πατρὶ γέροντι §17.325κηρύσσων γήρασκε φίλα φρεσὶ μήδεα εἰδώς· §17.326τῷ μιν ἐεισάμενος προσέφη Διὸς υἱὸς Ἀπόλλων· §17.327Αἰνεία πῶς ἂν καὶ ὑπὲρ θεὸν εἰρύσσαισθε §17.328Ἴλιον αἰπεινήν;
Then indeed would the Trojans have gone up again to Ilium, vanquished by their own cowardice before the Achaeans dear to Ares, and the Argives would have won glory even beyond the ordinance of Zeus by their own might and strength; had not Apollo himself aroused Aeneas, in the likeness of Periphas the herald, son of Epytus, who beside his old father had grown old as a herald, knowing thoughts friendly to his heart; in his likeness spoke Apollo, the son of Zeus, to him: "Aeneas, how could you ever defend steep Ilium, even against the will of a god?
ὡς δὴ ἴδον ἀνέρας ἄλλους §17.329κάρτεΐ τε σθένεΐ τε πεποιθότας ἠνορέῃ τε §17.330πλήθεΐ τε σφετέρῳ καὶ ὑπερδέα δῆμον ἔχοντας· §17.331ἡμῖν δὲ Ζεὺς μὲν πολὺ βούλεται ἢ Δαναοῖσι §17.332νίκην· ἀλλʼ αὐτοὶ τρεῖτʼ ἄσπετον οὐδὲ μάχεσθε. §17.333ὣς ἔφατʼ, Αἰνείας δʼ ἑκατηβόλον Ἀπόλλωνα §17.334ἔγνω ἐς ἄντα ἰδών, μέγα δʼ Ἕκτορα εἶπε βοήσας· §17.335Ἕκτόρ τʼ ἠδʼ ἄλλοι Τρώων ἀγοὶ ἠδʼ ἐπικούρων §17.336αἰδὼς μὲν νῦν ἥδε γʼ ἀρηϊφίλων ὑπʼ Ἀχαιῶν §17.337Ἴλιον εἰσαναβῆναι ἀναλκείῃσι δαμέντας.
As I have seen other men do, trusting in their own might and strength and valor, and in their own multitude, and possessing a people that fears nothing; whereas for us Zeus wills victory far more than for the Danaans; yet you yourselves tremble without measure and fight not." So he spoke, and Aeneas, looking face to face at him, knew far-darting Apollo, and he shouted aloud and spoke to Hector: "Hector and you other leaders of the Trojans and allies, a shame indeed is this now, that we should go up again to Ilium, vanquished by our own cowardice before the Achaeans dear to Ares.
§17.338ἀλλʼ ἔτι γάρ τίς φησι θεῶν ἐμοὶ ἄγχι παραστὰς §17.339Ζῆνʼ ὕπατον μήστωρα μάχης ἐπιτάρροθον εἶναι· §17.340τώ ῥʼ ἰθὺς Δαναῶν ἴομεν, μηδʼ οἵ γε ἕκηλοι §17.341Πάτροκλον νηυσὶν πελασαίατο τεθνηῶτα. §17.342ὣς φάτο, καί ῥα πολὺ προμάχων ἐξάλμενος ἔστη· §17.343οἳ δʼ ἐλελίχθησαν καὶ ἐναντίοι ἔσταν Ἀχαιῶν.
But still some one of the gods, standing near me, says that Zeus supreme, the counselor of battle, is our helper; therefore let us go straight against the Danaans, nor let them at their ease bring the dead Patroclus near to the ships." So he spoke, and leaping far before the foremost fighters, he stood; and they rallied and stood face to face with the Achaeans.
Then Aeneas wounded with his spear Leocritus, son of Arisbas, the brave companion of Lycomedes.
§17.346τὸν δὲ πεσόντʼ ἐλέησεν ἀρηΐφιλος Λυκομήδης,
And as he fell, Lycomedes, dear to Ares, pitied him,