for about him his comrades, men of Thrace that wear the hair long at the top, stood with long spears grasped in their hands, and for all that he was great and mighty and lordly, drove him back from them,
περίστησαν γὰρ ἑταῖροι Θρήϊκες ἀκρόκομοι δολίχ' ἔγχεα χερσὶν ἔχοντες , οἵ ἑ μέγαν περ ἐόντα καὶ ἴφθιμον καὶ ἀγαυὸν ὦσαν ἀπὸ σφείων ·
περιίστημι γάρ ἑταῖρος Θρᾷξ ἀκρόκομος δολιχός ἔγχος χείρ ἔχω , ὅς ἕ μέγας πέρ εἰμί καί ἴφθιμος καί ἀγαυός ὠθέω ἀπό σφεῖς ·