Him was he first to strike upon the horn of his helmet with crest of horse-hair, and into his forehead drove the spear, and the point of bronze passed within the bone;
τόν ῥ' ἔβαλε πρῶτος κόρυθος φάλον ἱπποδασείης , ἐν δὲ μετώπῳ πῆξε , πέρησε δ' ἄρ' ὀστέον εἴσω αἰχμὴ χαλκείη ·
ὁ ἄρα βάλλω πρῶτος κόρυς φάλος ἱπποδάσεια , ἐν δέ μέτωπον πήγνυμι , περάω δέ ἄρα ὀστέον εἴσω αἰχμή χάλκειος ·