So spoke he, and Hector rejoiced greatly when he heard his words; and he went into the midst, and kept back the battalions of the Trojans with his spear grasped by the middle;
ὣς ἔφαθ' , Ἕκτωρ δ' αὖτ' ἐχάρη μέγα μῦθον ἀκούσας , καί ῥ' ἐς μέσσον ἰὼν Τρώων ἀνέεργε φάλαγγας μέσσου δουρὸς ἑλών ·
ὡς φημί , Ἕκτωρ δέ αὖτε χαίρω μέγας μῦθος ἀκούω , καί ἆρα εἰς μέσος εἶμι Τρώς ἀνείργω φάλαγξ μέσος δόρυ αἱρέω ·