ὡς εἰπὼν. Δρύοπ' οῦτα κατ' αὐχένα μέσσον ἄκοντι:
ἤριπε δὲ προπάροιθε ποδῶν : ὁ δὲ : τὸν μὲν ἔασε :
Δημοῦχον δὲ Φιλητορίδην, ἠΰν τε : μέγαν τε :
καγ γόνυ δουρὶ βαλὼν ἠρύκακε. τὸν μὲν ἔπειτα
οὐτάζων ξίφεϊ μεγάλῳ ἐξαίνυτο θυμόν:
αὐτὰρ ὃ Λαόγονον καὶ Δάρδανον: υἷε Βίαντος.
ἄμφω ἐφορμηθεὶς. ἐξ ἵππων ὦσε χαμᾶζε:
τὸν μὲν δουρὶ βαλὼν. τὸν δὲ σχεδὸν ἄορι τύψας:
Τρῶα δ' Ἀλαστορίδην. ὁ μὲν ἀντίος ἤλυθε γούνων.
εἴπως, εὗ, πεφίδοιτο λαβὼν. καὶ ζωὸν ἀφείη:
μηδὲ κατακτείνειεν, ὁμηλικίην ἐλεήσας:
νήπιος. οὐδὲ τὸ ᾔδη. ὃ, οὐ πείσεσθαι ἔμελλεν:
οὐ γάρ τι γλυκύθυμος ἀνὴρ ἦν; οὐδ' ἀγανόφρων:
ἀλλὰ μάλ' ἐμμεμαώς. ὁ μὲν ἥπτετο χείρεσι γούνων
ϊέμενος λίσσεσθ', ὁ δὲ φασγάνῳ οῦτα καθ ῆπαρ:
ἐκ δέ οἱ ἧπαρ ὄλισθεν: ἀτὰρ μέλαν αἷμα κατ αὐτοῦ
κόλπον ἐνέπλησενἐνέπρησεν: τὸν δὲ σκότος, ὄσσε κάλυψε
θυμοῦ δευόμενον: ὁ δὲ Μούλιον οῦτα παραστὰς
δουρὶ παρ' οῦς: εῖθαρ δὲ δι' οὔατος ἦλθ' ἑτέροιο
So saying he smote Dryops full upon the neck with a thrust of his spear, and he fell down before his feet. But he left him there, and stayed from fight Demuchus, Philetor's son, a valiant man and tall, striking him upon the knee with a cast of his spear; and thereafter he smote him with his great sword, and took away his life. Then setting upon Laogonus and Dardanus, sons twain of Bias, he thrust them both from their chariot to the ground, smiting the one with a cast of his spear and the other with his sword in close fight. Then Tros, Alastor's son—he came to clasp his knees, if so be he would spare him, by taking him captive, and let him go alive, and slay him not, having pity on one of like age, fool that he was! nor knew, he this, that with him was to be no hearkening; for nowise soft of heart or gentle of mind was the man, but exceeding fierce—he sought to clasp Achilles' knees with his hands, fain to make his prayer; but he smote him upon the liver with his sword, and forth the liver slipped, and the dark blood welling forth therefrom filled his bosom; and darkness enfolded his eyes, as he swooned. Then with his spear Achilles drew nigh unto Mulius and smote him upon the ear, and clean through the other ear passed the spear-point of bronze.
