οἱ δ' ἄρα δεῖπνον ἕλοντο κάρη κομόωντες Ἀχαιοὶ
ῥίμφα κατὰ κλισίας, ἀπὸ δ' αὐτοῦ θωρήσσοντο:
Τρῶες δ' αῦθ' ἑτέρωθεν ἀνὰ πτόλιν ὡπλίζοντο
παυρότεροι: μέμασαν δὲ καὶ ὡς ὑσμῖνι μάχεσθαι
χρειοῖ ἀναγκαίῃ: πρό τε παίδων. καὶ πρὸ γυναικῶν:
πᾶσαι δ' ὠΐγνυντο πύλαι, ἐκ δ' έσσυτο λαὸς
πεζοί θ' ἱ̈ππῆές τε. πολὺς δ' ὀρυμαγδὸς, ὀρώρει:
But the long-haired Achaeans took their meal hastily throughout the huts, and as they rose up therefrom arrayed them in armour; and in like manner, the Trojans, on their side, armed themselves throughout the city; fewer they were, but even so were they eager to contend in battle through utter need, for their children's sake and their wives'. And all the gates were opened, and the host hasted forth, footmen alike and charioteers; and a great din arose.
