οἱ δ`' Εὔβοιαν ἔχον μένεα πνείοντες Ἄβαντες
Χαλκίδα τ' Εἰρέτριάν τε πολυστάφυλόν τ' Ἰ̈στίαιαν
Κήρινθόν τ' ἔφαλον. Δίου τ' αἰπὺ πτολίεθρον.
οἵ τε Κάρυστον ἔχον: ἠδ' οἱ Στύρα ναιετάασκον.
τῶν αὖθ' ἡγεμόνευ' Ἐλεφήνωρ ὄζος Ἄρηος
Χαλκωδοντιάδης μεγαθύμων ἀρχὸς Ἀβάντων:
τῷ δ' ἅμ' Ἄβαντες ἕποντο θοοὶ ὄπιθεν κομόωντες
αἰχμηταὶ: μεμαῶτες ὀρεκτῇσιν μελίῃσιν
θώρηκας ῥήξειν δηΐων ἀμφι στήθεσσι:
τῷ δ' ἅμα τεσσαράκοντα μέλαιναι νῆες ἕποντο:
And the Abantes, breathing fury, that held Euboea and Chalcis and Eretria and Histiaea, rich in vines, and Cerinthus, hard by the sea, and the steep citadel of Dios; and that held Carystus and dwelt in Styra,— all these again had as leader Elephenor, scion of Ares, him that was son of Chalcodon and captain of the great-souled Abantes. And with him followed the swift Abantes, with hair long at the back, spearmen eager with outstretched ashen spears to rend the corselets about the breasts of the foemen. And with him there followed forty black ships.
