Far as is the flight of a long javelin, that a man casts, making trial of his strength, in a contest, by chance, or in war beneath the press of murderous enemies, even so far did the Trojans draw back, and the Achaeans drove them.
ὅσση δ' αἰγανέης ῥιπὴ ταναοῖο τέτυκται , ἥν ῥά τ' ἀνὴρ ἀφέῃ πειρώμενος ἢ ἐν ἀέθλῳ ἠὲ καὶ ἐν πολέμῳ δηΐων ὕπο θυμοραϊστέων , τόσσον ἐχώρησαν Τρῶες , ὤσαντο δ' Ἀχαιοί . [0]
ὅσος δέ αἰγανέη ῥιπή ταναός τεύχω , ὅς ἄρα τε ἀνήρ ἀφίημι πειράω ἤ ἐν ἆθλος ἤ καί ἐν πόλεμος δάιος ὑπό θυμοραιστής , τόσος χωρέω Τρώς , ὠθέω δέ Ἀχαιός .