but the son of Atreus, Menelaus famed for his spear, struck him as he fled before him with a thrust of his spear in the back between the shoulders, and drove it through his breast. So he fell face foremost, and upon him his armour clanged.
ἀλλά μιν Ἀτρεΐδης δουρικλειτὸς Μενέλαος πρόσθεν ἕθεν φεύγοντα μετάφρενον οὔτασε δουρὶ ὤμων μεσσηγύς , διὰ δὲ στήθεσφιν ἔλασσεν , ἤριπε δὲ πρηνής , ἀράβησε δὲ τεύχε' ἐπ' αὐτῷ .
ἀλλά μιν Ἀτρείδης δουρικλειτός Μενέλαος πρόσθεϝ ἕ φεύγω μετάφρενον οὐτάζω δόρυ ὦμος μεσηγύ , διά δέ στῆθος ἐλαύνω , ἐρείπω δέ πρηνής , ἀραβέω δέ τεῦχος ἐπί αὐτός .