ὡς ἔφαθ', οἱ δ' ἄνεσάν τε πύλας. καὶ ἀπῶσαν ὀχῆας:
ἁι δὲ πετασθεῖσαι τεῦξαν φάος: αὐτὰρ Ἀπόλλων
ἀντίος ἐξέθορε. Τρώων ἵνα λοιγὸν ἀλάλκοι:
οἱ δ' ἰθὺς πόλιος καὶ τείχεος ὑψηλοῖο.
δίψῃ καρχαλέοι. κεκονιμένοι ἐκ πεδίοιο
φεῦγον: ὁ δὲ σφεδανῶν ἔφεπ' ἔγχεϊ: λύσσα δέ οἱ, κῆρ
αἰὲν ἔχε, κρατερὴ, μενέαινε δὲ κῦδος ἀρέσθαι:
So spake he, and they undid the gates and thrust back the bars; and the gates being flung wide wrought deliverance. But Apollo leapt forth to face Achilles, that so he might ward off ruin from the Trojans. And they, the while, were fleeing straight for the city and the high wall, parched with thirst, and begrimed with dust from the plain, while Achilles pressed upon them furiously with his spear; for fierce madness ever possessed his heart, and he was eager to win him glory.
