but the cowards he drove into the midst, that were he never so loath each man must fight of necessity.
κακοὺς δ' ἐς μέσσον ἔλασσεν , ὄφρα καὶ οὐκ ἐθέλων τις ἀναγκαίῃ πολεμίζοι .
κακός δέ εἰς μέσος ἐλαύνω , ὄφρα καί οὐ ἐθέλω τις ἀνάγκη πολεμίζω .