ἐκ δ' ἄρα σύριγγος πατρώϊον ἐσπάσατ' ἔγχος
βριθὺ, μέγα. στιβαρόν: τὸ μὲν οὐ δύνατ' ἄλλος Ἀχαιῶν
πάλλειν: ἀλλά μιν οἶος ἐπίστατο πῆλαι Ἀχιλλεὺς
Πηλιάδα μελίην. τὴν πατρὶ φίλῳ τάμε Χείρων
Πηλίου ἐκἐν κορυφῆςκορυφῇς. φόνον ἔμμεναι ἡρώεσσιν:
And forth from its stand he drew his father's spear, heavy and huge and strong, that none other of the Achaeans could wield, but Achilles alone was skilled to wield it, even the Pelian spear of ash that Cheiron had given to his dear father from the peak of Pelion, to be for the slaying of warriors.
