and many spears, hurled by bold hands, were some of them lodged in the flesh of youths swift in battle, and many of them, or ever they reached the white flesh, stood fixed midway in the earth, fain to glut themselves with flesh.
πολλὰ δὲ δοῦρα θρασειάων ἀπὸ χειρῶν ἄλλα μὲν ἐν χροῒ πήγνυτ' ἀρηϊθόων αἰζηῶν , πολλὰ δὲ καὶ μεσσηγὺ πάρος χρόα λευκὸν ἐπαυρεῖν ἐν γαίῃ ἵσταντο λιλαιόμενα χροὸς ἆσαι .
πολύς δέ δόρυ θρασύς ἀπό χείρ ἄλλος μέν ἐν χρώς πήγνυμι ἀρηίθοος αἰζηός , πολύς δέ καί μεσηγύ πάρος χρώς λευκός ἐπαυρέω ἐν γαῖα ἵστημι λιλαίομαι χρώς ἄω .