For not yet were the Trojans driven in headlong rout by the Achaeans, dear to Ares, from the black ships, but still they sought to withstand them, and gave ground from the ships of necessity.
οὐ γάρ πώ τι Τρῶες ἀρηϊφίλων ὑπ' Ἀχαιῶν προτροπάδην φοβέοντο μελαινάων ἀπὸ νηῶν , ἀλλ' ἔτ' ἄρ' ἀνθίσταντο , νεῶν δ' ὑπόεικον ἀνάγκῃ .
οὐ γάρ πω τις Τρώς ἀρηίφιλος ὑπό Ἀχαιός προτροπάδην φοβέω μέλας ἀπό ναῦς , ἀλλά ἔτι ἄρα ἀνθίστημι , ναῦς δέ ὑπείκω ἀνάγκη .