Now as long as it was morn and the sacred day was waxing, so long the missiles of either side struck home, and the people kept falling.
ὄφρα μὲν ἠὼς ἦν καὶ ἀέξετο ἱερὸν ἦμαρ , τόφρα μάλ' ἀμφοτέρων βέλε' ἥπτετο , πῖπτε δὲ λαός .
ὄφρα μέν ἠώς εἰμί καί ἀέξω ἱερός ἦμαρ , τόφρα μάλα ἀμφότερος βέλος ἅπτω , πίπτω δέ λαός .