ἂλλ' ὅτε δὴ πόρον ΐξον ἐϋρρεῖος ποταμοῖο
Ξάνθου δῑνήεντος, ὃν ἀθάνατος τέκετο Ζεύς:
ἔνθά μιν ἐξ ἵ̈ππων πέλασαν χθονὶ. καδ δέ οἱ, ὕδωρ
χεῦαν: ὁ δ' ἀμπνύνθη. καὶ ἀνέδρακεν ὀφθαλμοῖσιν:
ἑζόμενος δ' ἐπὶ γοῦνα, κελαινεφὲς αἷμ' ἀπέμασσεν
αὖτις δ' ἐξ ὀ πίσω πλῆτο χθονί. τὼ δέ οἱ, ὄσσε
νυ̏ξ ἐκάλυψε μέλαινα: βέλος δ' ἔτι θυμὸν ἐδάμνα:
But when they were now come to the ford of the fair-flowing river, even eddying Xanthus, that immortal Zeus begat, there they lifted him from the chariot to the ground and poured water upon him. And he revived, and looked up with his eyes, and kneeling on his knees he vomited forth black blood. Then again he sank back upon the ground, and both his eyes were enfolded in black night; and the blow still overwhelmed his spirit.
