ὡς ἔφαθ', ἡνίοχος δ' ΐμασεν καλλίτριχας ἵ̈ππους
νῆας ἐπὶ γλαφυρὰς, τὼ δ' οὐκ ἄκοντε πετέσθην:
άφρεον δὲ στήθεα: ῥαίνοντο δὲ, νέρθε κονίῃ.
τειρόμενον βασιλῆα μάχης ἀπάνευθε φέροντες:
So spake he, and the charioteer lashed the fair-maned horses towards the hollow ships, and nothing loath the pair sped onward. With foam were their breasts flecked, and with dust their bellies stained beneath them as they bore the wounded king forth from the battle.
