Now when, as they passed along within the wall, they reached the post of great-souled Menestheus—and to men hard pressed they came— the foe were mounting upon the battlements like a dark whirlwind, even the mighty leaders and rulers of the Lycians;
εὖτε Μενεσθῆος μεγαθύμου πύργον ἵκοντο τείχεος ἐντὸς ἰόντες , ἐπειγομένοισι δ' ἵκοντο , οἳ δ' ἐπ' ἐπάλξεις βαῖνον ἐρεμνῇ λαίλαπι ἶσοι ἴφθιμοι Λυκίων ἡγήτορες ἠδὲ μέδοντες · [0]
εὖτε Μενεσθεύς μεγάθυμος πύργος ἱκνέομαι τεῖχος ἐντός εἶμι , ἐπείγω δέ ἱκνέομαι , ὁ δέ ἐπί ἔπαλξις βαίνω ἐρεμνός λαῖλαψ ἴσος ἴφθιμος Λύκιοι ἡγήτωρ ἠδέ μέδων ·