Αἴας δ' αὖ Φόρκυνα δαΐφρονα Φαίνοπος υἱόν
Ἱπποθόῳ περιβάντα μέσην κατὰ γαστέρα τύψεν.
ῥῆξε δὲ θώρηκος γύαλον δια δ' ἔντερα χαλκός
ἤφυσ': ὅδ' ἐν κονίῃσι πεσὼν ἕλε γαῖαν ἀγοστῷ:
χώρησαν δ' ὑπό τε πρόμαχοι καὶ φαίδιμος Ἕκτωρ
Ἀργεῖοι δὲ μέγ' ἴαχον: ἐρύσαντο δὲ νεκρούς
Φόρκυν Ἱππόθοόν τε λύοντο δὲ τεύχε' ἀπ' ὤμων:
And Aias in his turn smote wise-hearted Phorcys, son of Phaenops, full upon the belly as he bestrode Hippothous, and he brake the plate of his corselet, and the bronze let forth the bowels there-through; and he fell in the dust and clutched the earth in his palm. Thereat the foremost fighters and glorious Hector gave ground, and the Argives shouted aloud, and drew off the dead, even Phorcys and Hippothous, and set them to strip the armour from their shoulders.
