for though the man be beforehand with her and strike her with thrust or with dart, yet even pierced through with the spear she ceases not from her fury until she grapple with him or be slain;
εἴ περ γὰρ φθάμενός μιν ἢ οὐτάσῃ ἠὲ βάλῃσιν , ἀλλά τε καὶ περὶ δουρὶ πεπαρμένη οὐκ ἀπολήγει ἀλκῆς , πρίν γ' ἠὲ ξυμβλήμεναι ἠὲ δαμῆναι ·
εἰ πέρ γάρ φθάνω μιν ἤ οὐτάζω ἤ βάλλω , ἀλλά τε καί περί δόρυ πείρω οὐ ἀπολήγω ἀλκή , πρίν γε ἤ συμβάλλω ἤ δαμάζω ·