But Hector, when he beheld great-souled Patroclus drawing back, struck with the sharp bronze, came near him through the ranks, and struck him with a thrust of his spear in the nethermost belly, and drove the bronze clean through;
Ἕκτωρ δ' ὡς εἶδεν Πατροκλῆα μεγάθυμον ἂψ ἀναχαζόμενον βεβλημένον ὀξέϊ χαλκῷ , ἀγχίμολόν ῥά οἱ ἦλθε κατὰ στίχας , οὖτα δὲ δουρὶ νείατον ἐς κενεῶνα , διὰ πρὸ δὲ χαλκὸν ἔλασσε ·
Ἕκτωρ δέ ὡς εἶδον Πάτροκλος μεγάθυμος ἄψ ἀναχάζω βάλλω ὀξύς χαλκός , ἀγχίμολος ἄρα ἕ ἔρχομαι κατά στίξ , οὐτάω δέ δόρυ νέατος εἰς κενεών , διά πρό δέ χαλκός ἐλαύνω ·