ὡς φάμενος προἕηκε, βέλος δ' ἴθυνεν Ἀθήνη
ῥῖνα παρ' ὀφθαλμόν, λευκοὺς δ' ἐπέρησεν ὀδόντας:
τοῦ δ' ἀπὸ μὲν γλῶσσαν πρυμνὴν τάμε χαλκὸς ἀτειρὴς:
αἰχμὴ δ' ἐξελύθη παρὰ νείατον ἀνθερεῶνα:
ἤριπε δ' ἐξ οχέων: ἀράβησε δὲ τεύχε' ἐπ' αὐτῷ
αἰόλα: παμφανόωντα: παρέτρεσσαν δέ οἱ ἵπποι
ὠκύποδες: τοῦ δ' αῦθι λύθη ψυχή τε μένος τε:
So spake he and hurled; and Athene guided the spear upon his nose beside the eye, and it pierced through his white teeth. So the stubborn bronze shore off his tongue at its root, and the spear-point came out by the base of the chin. Then he fell from out the car, and his armour all bright and flashing clanged upon him, and the swift-footed horses swerved aside; and there his spirit and his strength were undone.
