So spoke he and Hector rejoiced greatly when he heard his words; and he went into the midst and kept back the battalions of the Trojans with his spear grasped by the middle;
ὣς ἔφαθ' , Ἕκτωρ δ' αὖτε χάρη μέγα μῦθον ἀκούσας , καί ῥ' ἐς μέσσον ἰὼν Τρώων ἀνέεργε φάλαγγας , μέσσου δουρὸς ἑλών ·
ὡς φημί , Ἕκτωρ δέ αὖτε χαίρω μέγας μῦθος ἀκούω , καί ἄρα εἰς μέσος εἶμι Τρώς ἀνείργω φάλαγξ , μέσος δόρυ αἱρέω ·