There the Boeotians and the Ionians, of trailing tunics, and the Locrians, and Phthians, and glorious Epeians, had much ado to stay his onset upon the ships, and did not avail to thrust back from themselves brilliant Hector, that was like a flame of fire,—even they that were picked men of the Athenians;
ἔνθα δὲ Βοιωτοὶ καὶ Ἰάονες ἑλκεχίτωνες Λοκροὶ καὶ Φθῖοι καὶ φαιδιμόεντες Ἐπειοὶ σπουδῇ ἐπαΐσσοντα νεῶν ἔχον , οὐ δὲ δύναντο ὦσαι ἀπὸ σφείων φλογὶ εἴκελον Ἕκτορα δῖον οἳ μὲν Ἀθηναίων προλελεγμένοι · [0]
ἔνθα δέ Βοιωτός καί Ἰάονες ἑλκεχίτων Λοκροί καί Φθῖος καί φαιδιμόεις Ἐπειός σπουδή ἐπαίσσω ναῦς ἔχω , οὐ δέ δύναμαι ὠθέω ἀπό σφεῖς φλόξ εἴκελος Ἕκτωρ δῖος ὅς μέν Ἀθηναῖος προλέγω ·