οἳ δ' ἄλλοι μάρναντο. βοὴ δ' ἄσβεστος ὀρώρει:
ἔνθ' Αἰνέας Ἀφαρῆα Καλητορίδην ἐπορούσας.
λαιμὸν τύψ'. ἐπι οἷ τετραμμένον. ὀξέϊ δουρί:
ἐκλίνθη δ' ἑτέρωσε κάρη: ἐπὶ δ' ἀσπὶς ἑά̆φθη
καὶ κόρυς. ἀμφὶ δέ οι, θάνατος χύτο θυμοραϊστής.
Ἀντίλοχος δὲ Θόωνα μεταστρεφθέντα δοκεύσας
οὔτασ' ἐπαΐξας. ἀπὸ δὲ φλέβα πᾶσαν ἔκερσεν.
ἥ τ' ἀνὰ νῶτα θέουσα διαμπερὲς αὐχέν' ϊκάνει.
τὴν ἀπὸ πᾶσαν ἔκερσεν. ὁ δ' ὕπτιος ἐν κονίῃσι
κάππεσεν: ἄμφω χεῖρε φίλοις ἑτάροισι πετάσσας:
Ἀντίλοχος δ' ἐπόρουσε. καὶ αἴνυτο τεύχε' ἀπ' ὤμων
παπταίνων. Τρῶες δὲ περισταδὸν ἄλλοθεν ἄλλος
οὔταζον σάκος εὐρὺ παναίολον. οὐδε δύναντο
εἴσω ἐπιγράψαι τέρενα χρόα νηλέϊ χαλκῷ
Ἀντιλόχου. περι γάρ ῥα Ποσειδάων ἐνοσίχθων
Νέστορος υἱὸν ἔρυτο καὶ ἐν πολλοῖσι βέλεσσιν:
οὐ μὲν γάρ ποτ' ἄνευ δηΐων ἦν: ἀλλὰ κατ' αὐτοὺς
στρωφᾶτ': οὐδέ οἱ ἔγχος ἔχ' ἀτρέμας, ἀλλὰ μάλ' αἰεὶ
σειόμενον ἐλέλικτο. τιτύσκετο δὲ φρεσὶν, ᾗσιν:
ἤ τευ ἀκοντίσσαι, ἠὲ σχεδὸν ὁρμηθῆναι:
But the rest fought on, and a cry unquenchable arose. Then Aeneas leapt upon Aphareus, son of Caletor, that was turned toward him, and struck him on the throat with his sharp spear, and his head sank to one side, and his shield was hurled upon him and his helm withal, and death that slayeth the spirit encompassed him. Then Antilochus, biding his time, leapt upon Thoön, as he turned his back, and smote him with a thrust, and wholly severed the vein that runneth along the back continually until it reacheth the neck; this he severed wholly, and Thoön fell on his back in the dust, stretching out both his hands to his dear comrades. But Antilochus leapt upon him and set him to strip the armour from off his shoulders, looking warily around the while; for the Trojans encircled him and thrust from this side and from that upon his broad, shining shield; howbeit they prevailed not to pierce through and graze the tender flesh of Antilochus with the pitiless bronze; for mightily did Poseidon, the Shaker of Earth, guard Nestor's son, even in the midst of many darts. For never aloof from the foe was Antilochus, but he ranged among them, nor ever was his spear at rest, but was ceaselessly brandished and shaken; and he ever aimed in heart to cast at some foeman, or rush upon him in close fight.
