for he was aware of it in time and crouched, and the spear of bronze flew over, and fixed itself in the earth;
ἕζετο γὰρ προϊδών , τὸ δ' ὑπέρπτατο χάλκεον ἔγχος , ἐν γαίῃ δ' ἐπάγη ·
ἕζομαι γάρ προεῖδον , ὁ δέ ὑπερπέτομαι χάλκεος ἔγχος , ἐν γαῖα δέ πήγνυμι ·