for much people followed with him, and among them he was himself pre-eminent in fight.
πολέες γὰρ ἅμ' αὐτῷ λαοὶ ἕποντ' , ἐν δ' αὐτὸς ἀριστεύεσκε μάχεσθαι ·
πολύς γάρ ἅμα αὐτός λαός ἕπομαι , ἐν δέ αὐτός ἀριστεύω μάχομαι ·