Αἴας δ’ ὁ μέγας αἰὲν ἐφ’ Ἕκτορι χαλκοκορυστῇ
ΐετ’ ἀκοντίσσαι: ὁ δὲ ϊδρείῃ πολέμοιο.
ἀσπίδι ταυρείῃ κεκαλυμμένος εὐρέας ὤμους:
σκέπτετ’ ὀϊστῶν τε ῥοῖζον καὶ δοῦπον ἀκόντων:
ῆ μὲν δὴ γίνωσκε μάχης ἑτεραλκέα νίκην:
ἀλλὰ καὶ ὡς ἀνέμιμνε, σάω δ’ ἐρίηρας ἑταίρους.
And the great Aias was ever fain to cast his spear at Hector, harnessed in bronze, but he in his cunning of war, his broad shoulders covered with shield of bull's-hide, ever watched the whirring of arrows and the hurtling of spears. In sooth he knew the tide of victory was turning, but even so he abode, and sought to save his trustv comrades.
