Ἀργεῖοι δ' ὑπ' Ἄρηϊ καὶ Ἕκτορι χαλκοκορυστῇ.
οὔτέ ποτε προτρέποντο μελαινάων ἐπὶ νηῶν
οὐτέ ποτ' ἄντ' εφέροντο μάχῃ: ἀλλ`' αἰὲν ὀπίσσω
χάζονθ': ὡς ἐπύθοντο μετα Τρώεσσιν Ἄρηα.
But the Argives before the onset of Ares and Hector harnessed in bronze neither turned them to make for the black ships, nor yet could they hold out in fight, but they ever gave ground backward, when they heard that Ares was amid the Trojans.
