for with shields were they fenced in on every side, as they stood around Patroclus, and before them they held their spears.
σάκεσσι γὰρ ἔρχατο πάντῃ ἑσταότες περὶ Πατρόκλῳ , πρὸ δὲ δούρατ' ἔχοντο .
σάκος γάρ ἔργνυμι πάντῃ ἵστημι περί Πάτροκλος , πρό δέ δόρυ ἔχω .