Ἔνθά κεν οὔ, κ έτι. ἔργον ἀνὴρ ὀνόσαιτο μετελθὼν
ὅς τις έτ' ἄβλητος καὶ ἀνούτατος ὀξέϊ χαλκῷ
δινεύοι κατὰ μέσσον: ἄγοι δέ ἑ Παλλὰς Ἀθήνη
χειρὸς ἑλοῦσ', αὐτὰρ βελέων: ἀπερύκοι ἐρωήν:
πολλοὶ γὰρ Τρώων καὶ Ἀχαιῶν ἤματι κείνῳ
πρηνέες ἐν κονίῃσι παρ' ἀλλήλοισι τέταντο ⁑
Then could no man any more enter into the battle and make light thereof, whoso still unwounded by missile or by thrust of sharp bronze, might move throughout the midst, being led of Pallas Athene by the hand, and by her guarded from the onrush of missiles: for multitudes of Trojans and Achaeans alike were that day stretched one by the other's side with faces in the dust.
