It was Hector that drew close to Aias and struck his ashen spear with his great sword just beneath the socket, at the base ot the point, and cut it away all the way through.
Ἕκτωρ Αἴαντος δόρυ μείλινον ἄγχι παραστὰς πλῆξ' ἄορι μεγάλῳ αἰχμῆς παρὰ καυλὸν ὄπισθεν , ἀντικρὺ δ' ἀπάραξε ·
Ἕκτωρ Αἴας δόρυ μέλινος ἄγχι παρίστημι πλήσσω ἄορ μέγας αἰχμή παρά καυλός ὄπισθεν , ἀντικρύ δέ ἀπαράσσω ·