For before that might be Lycurgus came upon him at unawares and pierced him through the middle with his spear, and backward was he hurled upon the earth;
πρὶν γὰρ Λυκόοργος ὑποφθὰς δουρὶ μέσον περόνησεν , ὃ δ' ὕπτιος οὔδει ἐρείσθη ·
πρίν γάρ Λυκοῦργος ὑποφθάνω δόρυ μέσος περονάω , ὁ δέ ὕπτιος οὖδας ἐρείδω ·