Τρώων δ' οἰώθη καὶ Ἀχαιῶν φύλοπις αἰνή:
πολλὰ δ' ὰρ ἔνθα καὶ ἔνθ' ἴ̈θυσε μάχη πεδίοιο
ἀλλήλων ἰ̈θυνομένων χαλκήρεα δοῦρα
μεσσηγὺς Σιμόεντος ἰ̈δὲ Ξάνθοιο ῥοάων:
So was the dread strife of the Trojans and Achaeans left to itself, and oft to this side and to that surged the battle over the plain, as they aimed one at the other their bronze-tipped spears between the Simoïs and the streams of Xanthus.
