For truly all they that in the past were bravest, lie among the ships struck by darts or wounded with spear-thrusts at the hands of the Trojans,
οἳ μὲν γὰρ δὴ πάντες , ὅσοι πάρος ἦσαν ἄριστοι , ἐν νηυσὶν κέαται βεβλημένοι οὐτάμενοί τε χερσὶν ὕπο Τρώων ·
ὅς μέν γάρ δή πᾶς , ὅσος πάρος εἰμί ἄριστος , ἐν ναῦς κεῖμαι βάλλω οὐτάω τε χείρ ὑπό Τρώς ·