οἱ μὲν ὰρ ἀντίθεον Σαρπηδόνα δῖοι ἑταῖροι
ἐξέφερον πολέμοιο: βάρυνε δέ μιν δόρυ μακρὸν
ἑλκόμενον: τὸ μὲν οὔ τις ἐπεφράσατ' οὐδ' ἐνόησε
μηροῦ ἐξερύσαι δόρυ μείλινον ὄφρ' ἐπιβαίῃ
σπευδόντων: τοῖον γὰρ ἔχον πόνον ἀμφιέποντες:
Then his goodly companions bare godlike Sarpedon forth from out the fight, and the long spear burdened him sore, as it trailed, but no man marked it or thought in their haste to draw forth from his thigh the spear of ash, that he might stand upon his feet; such toil had they in tending him.
