ἄλλοι δ' ἀμφ' ἄλλησι ἄλλῃσι μάχην ἐμάχοντο πύλῃσιν.
ἀργαλέον δέ με ταῦτα θεὸν ὡς πάντ' ἀγορεῦσαι:
πάντῃ γὰρ περὶ τεῖχος ὀρώρει θεσπιδαὲς πῦρ.
λάϊνον. Ἀργεῖοι δὲ καὶ ἀχνύμενοί περ. ἀνάγκῃ
νηῶν ἠμύνοντο. θεοὶ δ' ἀκαχείατο θυμὸν
πάντες, ὅσοι Δαναοῖσι μάχης ἐπιτάρροθοι ἦσαν:
αἰετὸς ὑψιπέτης ἐπ' ἀριστερὰ λαὸν εέργων:
But others were fighting in battle about the other gates, and hard were it for me, as though I were a god, to tell the tale of all these things, for everywhere about the wall of stone rose the wondrous-blazing fire; for the Argives, albeit in sore distress, defended their ships perforce; and the gods were grieved at heart, all that were helpers of the Danaans in battle.
