§4.478θρέπτρα φίλοις ἀπέδωκε, μινυνθάδιος δέ οἱ αἰὼν §4.479ἔπλεθʼ ὑπʼ Αἴαντος μεγαθύμου δουρὶ δαμέντι.
nor did he pay back the recompense of nurture to his dear parents, and his life was short, laid low as he was beneath the spear of great-hearted Ajax.
§4.480πρῶτον γάρ μιν ἰόντα βάλε στῆθος παρὰ μαζὸν §4.481δεξιόν· ἀντικρὺ δὲ διʼ ὤμου χάλκεον ἔγχος §4.482ἦλθεν· ὁ δʼ ἐν κονίῃσι χαμαὶ πέσεν αἴγειρος ὣς §4.483ἥ ῥά τʼ ἐν εἱαμενῇ ἕλεος μεγάλοιο πεφύκει §4.484λείη, ἀτάρ τέ οἱ ὄζοι ἐπʼ ἀκροτάτῃ πεφύασι· §4.485τὴν μέν θʼ ἁρματοπηγὸς ἀνὴρ αἴθωνι σιδήρῳ §4.486ἐξέταμʼ, ὄφρα ἴτυν κάμψῃ περικαλλέϊ δίφρῳ· §4.487ἣ μέν τʼ ἀζομένη κεῖται ποταμοῖο παρʼ ὄχθας.
For as he came on first, Ajax struck him upon the chest by the right breast, and straight through his shoulder the bronze spear passed; and he fell to the ground in the dust like a poplar tree which has grown in the meadow of a great marsh, smooth, yet with branches growing at its very top; which a chariot-maker has cut down with the gleaming iron so that he might bend a rim for a beautiful chariot; and it lies drying by the banks of a river.
§4.488τοῖον ἄρʼ Ἀνθεμίδην Σιμοείσιον ἐξενάριξεν §4.489Αἴας διογενής· τοῦ δʼ Ἄντιφος αἰολοθώρηξ §4.490Πριαμίδης καθʼ ὅμιλον ἀκόντισεν ὀξέϊ δουρί.
In such a way did Zeus-born Ajax despoil Simoeisius, son of Anthemion; and at him Antiphus of the gleaming corselet, the son of Priam, cast with his sharp spear through the throng.
§4.491τοῦ μὲν ἅμαρθʼ, ὃ δὲ Λεῦκον Ὀδυσσέος ἐσθλὸν ἑταῖρον §4.492βεβλήκει βουβῶνα, νέκυν ἑτέρωσʼ ἐρύοντα· §4.493ἤριπε δʼ ἀμφʼ αὐτῷ, νεκρὸς δέ οἱ ἔκπεσε χειρός.
Him he missed, but Leucus, the brave companion of Odysseus, he struck in the groin as he was dragging the corpse to one side; so he fell upon it, and the dead man fell from his hand.
§4.494τοῦ δʼ Ὀδυσεὺς μάλα θυμὸν ἀποκταμένοιο χολώθη, §4.495βῆ δὲ διὰ προμάχων κεκορυθμένος αἴθοπι χαλκῷ, §4.496στῆ δὲ μάλʼ ἐγγὺς ἰὼν καὶ ἀκόντισε δουρὶ φαεινῷ §4.497ἀμφὶ ἓ παπτήνας· ὑπὸ δὲ Τρῶες κεκάδοντο §4.498ἀνδρὸς ἀκοντίσσαντος· ὃ δʼ οὐχ ἅλιον βέλος ἧκεν, §4.499ἀλλʼ υἱὸν Πριάμοιο νόθον βάλε Δημοκόωντα §4.500ὅς οἱ Ἀβυδόθεν ἦλθε παρʼ ἵππων ὠκειάων.
But Odysseus was wondrously angered in heart for his slain companion, and went through the foremost fighters, harnessed in gleaming bronze; he came and stood very near, and having glanced around him cast with his bright spear; and back shrank the Trojans as the warrior cast; and he did not let fly a fruitless weapon, but struck Democoon, the bastard son of Priam, who had come to him from Abydus, from the pastures of swift mares.
§4.501τόν ῥʼ Ὀδυσεὺς ἑτάροιο χολωσάμενος βάλε δουρὶ §4.502κόρσην· ἣ δʼ ἑτέροιο διὰ κροτάφοιο πέρησεν §4.503αἰχμὴ χαλκείη· τὸν δὲ σκότος ὄσσε κάλυψε, §4.504δούπησεν δὲ πεσών, ἀράβησε δὲ τεύχεʼ ἐπʼ αὐτῷ.
Him Odysseus, in anger for his companion, struck with his spear on the temple, and through the other temple passed the bronze spear-point; and darkness covered his eyes, and he fell with a thud, and his armor clattered upon him.
§4.505χώρησαν δʼ ὑπό τε πρόμαχοι καὶ φαίδιμος Ἕκτωρ· §4.506Ἀργεῖοι δὲ μέγα ἴαχον, ἐρύσαντο δὲ νεκρούς, §4.507ἴθυσαν δὲ πολὺ προτέρω·
And the foremost fighters and glorious Hector shrank back; and the Argives shouted aloud, and dragged away the dead, and charged far further onward.
νεμέσησε δʼ Ἀπόλλων §4.508Περγάμου ἐκκατιδών, Τρώεσσι δὲ κέκλετʼ ἀΰσας· §4.509ὄρνυσθʼ ἱππόδαμοι Τρῶες μηδʼ εἴκετε χάρμης §4.510Ἀργείοις, ἐπεὶ οὔ σφι λίθος χρὼς οὐδὲ σίδηρος §4.511χαλκὸν ἀνασχέσθαι ταμεσίχροα βαλλομένοισιν·
But Apollo looked down from Pergamus and was wroth, and called aloud to the Trojans: "Rouse yourselves, horse-taming Trojans, and yield not the battle to the Argives; for their flesh is not stone nor iron, to withstand the flesh-cleaving bronze when they are struck.
§4.512οὐ μὰν οὐδʼ Ἀχιλεὺς Θέτιδος πάϊς ἠϋκόμοιο §4.513μάρναται, ἀλλʼ ἐπὶ νηυσὶ χόλον θυμαλγέα πέσσει. §4.514ὣς φάτʼ ἀπὸ πτόλιος δεινὸς θεός· αὐτὰρ Ἀχαιοὺς §4.515ὦρσε Διὸς θυγάτηρ κυδίστη Τριτογένεια §4.516ἐρχομένη καθʼ ὅμιλον, ὅθι μεθιέντας ἴδοιτο.
Nay, and Achilles too, the son of fair-haired Thetis, fights not, but by the ships nurses his heart-grieving wrath." So spoke the dread god from the city; but the Achaeans were urged on by the daughter of Zeus, most glorious Tritogeneia, as she went through the throng, wherever she saw them slackening.
§4.517ἔνθʼ Ἀμαρυγκείδην Διώρεα μοῖρα πέδησε· §4.518χερμαδίῳ γὰρ βλῆτο παρὰ σφυρὸν ὀκριόεντι §4.519κνήμην δεξιτερήν· βάλε δὲ Θρῃκῶν ἀγὸς ἀνδρῶν §4.520Πείρως Ἰμβρασίδης ὃς ἄρʼ Αἰνόθεν εἰληλούθει.
Then was Diores, son of Amarynceus, fettered by fate; for he was struck on the right leg near the ankle with a jagged stone; and it was the leader of the Thracian warriors, Peiros, son of Imbrasus, who had come from Aenus, that struck him.
§4.521ἀμφοτέρω δὲ τένοντε καὶ ὀστέα λᾶας ἀναιδὴς §4.522ἄχρις ἀπηλοίησεν· ὃ δʼ ὕπτιος ἐν κονίῃσι §4.523κάππεσεν ἄμφω χεῖρε φίλοις ἑτάροισι πετάσσας §4.524θυμὸν ἀποπνείων· ὃ δʼ ἐπέδραμεν ὅς ῥʼ ἔβαλέν περ §4.525Πείροος, οὖτα δὲ δουρὶ παρʼ ὀμφαλόν· ἐκ δʼ ἄρα πᾶσαι §4.526χύντο χαμαὶ χολάδες, τὸν δὲ σκότος ὄσσε κάλυψε.
Both the tendons and the bones did the shameless stone utterly crush; and he fell backward in the dust, stretching out both his hands to his dear companions, breathing out his life; and Peiros ran up, he who had struck him, and stabbed him with his spear beside the navel; and all his bowels gushed out upon the ground, and darkness covered his eyes.
§4.527τὸν δὲ Θόας Αἰτωλὸς ἀπεσσύμενον βάλε δουρὶ §4.528στέρνον ὑπὲρ μαζοῖο, πάγη δʼ ἐν πνεύμονι χαλκός·
But as he sprang back, Thoas the Aetolian struck him with his spear on the chest above the breast, and the bronze fixed in his lung.
§4.529ἀγχίμολον δέ οἱ ἦλθε Θόας, ἐκ δʼ ὄβριμον ἔγχος §4.530ἐσπάσατο στέρνοιο, ἐρύσσατο δὲ ξίφος ὀξύ, §4.531τῷ ὅ γε γαστέρα τύψε μέσην, ἐκ δʼ αἴνυτο θυμόν.
And Thoas came close to him, and from his chest dragged the heavy spear, and drew his sharp sword with which he struck him full in the belly, and took away his life.
§4.532τεύχεα δʼ οὐκ ἀπέδυσε· περίστησαν γὰρ ἑταῖροι §4.533Θρήϊκες ἀκρόκομοι δολίχʼ ἔγχεα χερσὶν ἔχοντες, §4.534οἵ ἑ μέγαν περ ἐόντα καὶ ἴφθιμον καὶ ἀγαυὸν §4.535ὦσαν ἀπὸ σφείων· ὃ δὲ χασσάμενος πελεμίχθη.
Yet he did not strip off his armor; for his companions encompassed him, Thracians with hair-tufts on their crowns, holding long spears in their hands, who, great though he was, and mighty, and noble, thrust him from them; and he gave ground and was shaken.
§4.536ὣς τώ γʼ ἐν κονίῃσι παρʼ ἀλλήλοισι τετάσθην, §4.537ἤτοι ὃ μὲν Θρῃκῶν, ὃ δʼ Ἐπειῶν χαλκοχιτώνων §4.538ἡγεμόνες· πολλοὶ δὲ περὶ κτείνοντο καὶ ἄλλοι.
So these two lay stretched in the dust beside each other, leaders, the one of the Thracians, the other of the bronze-clad Epeians; and many others besides were slain around them.
§4.539ἔνθά κεν οὐκέτι ἔργον ἀνὴρ ὀνόσαιτο μετελθών, §4.540ὅς τις ἔτʼ ἄβλητος καὶ ἀνούτατος ὀξέϊ χαλκῷ §4.541δινεύοι κατὰ μέσσον, ἄγοι δέ ἑ Παλλὰς Ἀθήνη §4.542χειρὸς ἑλοῦσʼ, αὐτὰρ βελέων ἀπερύκοι ἐρωήν· §4.543πολλοὶ γὰρ Τρώων καὶ Ἀχαιῶν ἤματι κείνῳ §4.544πρηνέες ἐν κονίῃσι παρʼ ἀλλήλοισι τέταντο.
Then could no man any more have made light of the battle, if anyone as yet unhit and unwounded by the sharp bronze should range through the midst, and Pallas Athena should lead him by the hand and ward off the rush of missiles; for many of the Trojans and Achaeans on that day lay stretched prone in the dust beside one another.