τῶν δ' ἅπαν ἐπλήσθη πεδίον.καὶ ἐλάμπετο χαλκῷ.
ἀνδρῶν ἠδ' ἵππων. κάρκαιρε δὲ γαῖα πόδεσσιν
ὀρνυμένων ἄμυδις: δύο δ' ἀνέρες ἔξοχ' ἄριστοι.
ἐς μέσον ἀμφοτέρων συνίτην μεμαῶτε μάχεσθαι.
Αἰνείας τ' Ἀγχισιάδης καὶ δῖος Ἀχιλλεύς
Αἰνείας δὲ πρῶτος ἀπειλήσας ἐβεβήκει.
νευστάζων κόρυθι βριαρῇ: ἀτὰρ ἀσπίδα θοῦριν
πρόσθεν ἔχε στέρνοιο: τίνασσε δὲ χάλκεον ἔγχος:
Πηλείδης δ' ἑτέρωθεν ἐναντίον ῶρτο. λέων ὡς
σίντης. ὅν τε καὶ ἄνδρες ἀποκτάμεναι μεμάασιν
ἀγρόμενοι πᾶς δῆμος: ὁ δὲ. πρῶτον μὲν ἀτιζῶν
ἔρχεται. ἂλλ' ὅτε κέν τις ἀρηϊθόων αἰζηῶν
δουρὶ βάλῃ. ἐάλη τε χανὼν. περί τ' ἀφρὸς ὀδόντας
γίνεται. ἒν δέ τε οἱ κραδίῃ. στένει ἄλκιμον ῆτορ.
οὐρῇ δὲ πλευράς τε καὶ ῗσχία ἀμφοτέρωθεν
μαστίεται: ἑὲ δ' αὐτὸν ἐποτρύνει μαχέεσθαι.
γλαυκιόων δ'. ῗθὺς φέρεται μένει, ἤν τινα πέφνῃ
ἀνδρῶν. ἢ αὐτὸς φθίεται πρώτῳ ἐν ὁμίλῳ.
ὡς Ἀχιλῆ' ὤτρυνε μένος καὶ θυμὸς ἀγήνωρ
ἀντίον ἐλθέμεναι μεγαλήτορος Αἰνείαο:
Howbeit the whole plain was filled with men and horses, and aflame with bronze, and the earth resounded beneath their feet as they rushed together; and two warriors best by far of all came one against the other into the space between the two hosts, eager to do battle, even Aeneas, Anchises' son, and goodly Achilles. Aeneas first strode forth with threatening mien, his heavy hem nodding above him; his valorous shield he held before his breast, and he brandished a spear of bronze. And on the other side the son of Peleus rushed against him him like a lion, a ravening lion that men are fain to slay, even a whole folk that be gathered together; and he at the first recking naught of them goeth his way, but when one of the youths swift in battle hath smitten him with a spear-cast, then he gathereth himself open-mouthed, and foam cometh forth about his teeth, and in his heart his valiant spirit groaneth, and with his tail he lasheth his ribs and his flanks on this side and on that, and rouseth himself to fight, and with glaring eyes he rusheth straight on in his fury, whether he slay some man or himself be slain in the foremost throng; even so was Achilles driven by his fury, and his lordly spirit to go forth to face great-hearted Aeneas.
