not one, he commanded them, should give ground backward from the corpse, nor yet fight in front of the rest of the Achaeans as one pre-eminent above them all; but stand firm close beside the corpse and do battle hand to hand.
οὔτέ τιν' ἐξοπίσω νεκροῦ χάζεσθαι ἀνώγει οὔτέ τινα προμάχεσθαι Ἀχαιῶν ἔξοχον ἄλλων , ἀλλὰ μάλ' ἀμφ' αὐτῷ βεβάμεν , σχεδόθεν δὲ μάχεσθαι . [0] [1]
οὔτε τις ἐξοπίσω νεκρός χάζω ἄνωγα οὔτε τις προμάχομαι Ἀχαιός ἔξοχος ἄλλος , ἀλλά μάλα ἀμφί αὐτός βαίνω , σχεδόθεν δέ μάχομαι .