Then could no man any more enter into the battle and make light thereof, whoso still unwounded by missile or by thrust of sharp bronze, might move throughout the midst, being led of Pallas Athene by the hand, and by her guarded from the onrush of missiles:
ἔνθά κεν οὐκέτι ἔργον ἀνὴρ ὀνόσαιτο μετελθών , ὅς τις ἔτ' ἄβλητος καὶ ἀνούτατος ὀξέϊ χαλκῷ δινεύοι κατὰ μέσσον , ἄγοι δέ ἑ Παλλὰς Ἀθήνη χειρὸς ἑλοῦσ' , αὐτὰρ βελέων ἀπερύκοι ἐρωήν ·
ἔνθα ἄν οὐκέτι ἔργον ἀνήρ ὄνομαι μετέρχομαι , ὅς τις ἔτι ἄβλητος καί ἀνούτατος ὀξύς χαλκός δινεύω κατά μέσος , ἄγω δέ ἕ Παλλάς Ἀθήνη χείρ αἱρέω , ἀτάρ βέλος ἀπερύκω ἐρωή ·