οἱ μὲν ἅμ' Ἕκτόρ' ἴ̈σαν καὶ ἀμύμονι Πουλυδάμαντι.
οἳ, πλεῖστοι καὶ ἄριστοι ἔσαν: μέμασαν δὲ μάλιστα
τεῖχος ῥηξάμενοι κοίλῃς ἐπὶ νηυσὶ μάχεσθαι.
καί σφιν Κεβριόνης τρίτος εἵπετο: πὰρ δ' ὰρ ὄχεσφιν.
ἄλλον Κεβριόναο χερείονα, κάλλιπεν Ἕκτωρ.
τῶν δ' ἑτέρων Πάρις ἦρχε καὶ Ἀλκάθοος καὶ Ἀγήνωρ.
τῶν δὲ τρίτων Ἕλενος καὶ Δηΐφοβος θεοειδὴς
υἷε δύω Πριάμοιο. τρίτος δ' ἦν Ἄσιος ἥρως.
Ἄσιος Ὑρτακίδης. ὃν, Ἀρίσβηθεν φέρον ἵπποι.
αἴθωνες, μεγάλοι, ποταμοῦ ἄπο Σελλήεντος.
τῶν δὲ τετάρτων ἦρχεν ἐῢς πάϊς Ἀγχίσαο
Αἰνείας. ἅμα τῷ γε δύω Ἀντήνορος υἷε
Ἀρχέλοχός τ'. Ἀκάμας τε. μάχης εὖ εἰδότε πάσης;
Σαρπηδὼν δ' ἡγήσατ' ἀγακλειτῶν ἐπικούρων,
πρὸς δ' ἕλετο Γλαῦκον καὶ ἀρήϊον Ἀστεροπαῖον,
οἳ γάρ οἱ εἴσαντο διακριδὸν εἶναι ἄριστοι
τῶν ἄλλων μετά γ' αὐτόν: ὁ δ' ἔπρεπε καὶ δια πάντων:
οἳ δ' ἐπεὶ ἀλλήλους ἄραρον τυκτῇσι βόεσσι.
βάν ῥ' ἰ̈θὺς Δαναῶν λελιημένοι. οὐδ έτ' ἔφαντο
σχήσεσθ'. ἂλλ' ἐν νηυσὶ μελαίνῃσιν πεσέεσθαι:
αἰετὸς ὑψιπέτης ἐπ' ἀριστερὰ λαὸν εέργων:
Some went with Hector and peerless Polydamas, even they that were most in number and bravest, and that were most fain to break through the wall and fight by the hollow ships, and with them followed Cebriones as the third; for by his chariot had Hector left another man, weaker than Cebriones. The second company was led by Paris and Alcathous and Agenor, and the third by Helenus and godlike Deïphobus—sons twain of Priam; and a third was with them, the warrior Asius,—Asius son of Hyrtacus, whom his horses tawny and great had borne from Arisbe, from the river Selleïs. And of the fourth company the valiant son of Anchises was leader, even Aeneas, and with him were Antenor's two sons, Archelochus and Acamas, well skilled in all manner of fighting. And Sarpedon led the glorious allies, and he chose as his comrades Glaucus and warlike Asteropaeus, for these seemed to him to be the bravest beyond all others after his own self, but he was pre-eminent even amid all. These then when they had fenced one another with their well-wrought shields of bull's-hide, made straight for the Danaans, full eagerly, nor deemed they that they would any more be stayed, but would fall upon the black ships.
