Οὗτοι ἂρ’ ἡγεμόνες Δαναῶν , ἕλον ἄνδρα ἕκαστος:
ὡς δὲ λύκοι ἄρνεσσιν ἐπέχραον ἠ ἐρίφοισι
σίνται. ὑπεκ μήλων αιρεύμενοι. αἵ τ’ ἐν όρεσσι
ποιμένος ἀφραδίῃσι διέτμαγεν. οἱ δὲ ϊ᾿δόντες
αῖψα διαρπάζουσιν ἀνάλκιδα θυμὸν ἐχούσας.
ὡς Δαναοὶ Τρώεσσιν ἐπέχραον: οἱ δὲ φόβοιο
δυσκελάδου μνήσαντο: λάθοντο δὲ θούριδος ἀλκῆς:
These, then, leaders of the Damans, slew each his man. And as murderous wolves fall upon lambs or kids, choosing them from out the flocks, when through the witlessness of the shepherd they are scattered among the mountains, and the wolves seeing it, forthwith harry the young whose hearts know naught of valour; even so the Damans fell upon the Trojans, and they bethougnt them of ill-sounding flight, and forgat their furious valour.
