ῇ καὶ μαιμώων ἔφεπ' ἔγχεϊ ὀξυόεντι:
ὅς τις δὲ Τρώων, κοίλῃς ἐπὶ νηυσὶ φέροιτο
σὺν πυρὶ κηλείῳ χάριν Ἕκτορος ὀτρύναντος.
τὸν δ' Αἴας ούτασκε δεδεγμένος ἔγχεϊ μακρῷ:
δώδεκα δὲ προπάροιθε, νεῶν αὐτοσχεδὸν οῦτα ⁑
He spake, and kept driving furiously at the foe with his sharp spear. And whoso of the Trojans would rush upon the hollow ships with blazing fire, doing pleasure to Hector at his bidding, for him would Aias wait, and wound him with a thrust of his long spear; and twelve men did he wound in close fight in front of the ships.
