and clean through the curiously wrought corselet did it force its way, and through the taslet which he wore, a screen for his flesh and a barrier against darts, in which was his primary defence;
διὰ μὲν ἂρ ζωστῆρος ἐλήλατο δαιδαλέοιο , καὶ διὰ θώρηκος πολυδαιδάλου ἠρήρειστο μίτρης θ' , ἣν ἐφόρει ἔρυμα χροὸς ἕρκος ἀκόντων , ἥ οἱ πλεῖστον ἔρυτο ·
διά μέν ἄρα ζωστήρ ἐλαύνω δαιδάλεος , καί διά θώραξ πολυδαίδαλος ἐρείδω μίτρα τε , ὅς ἐφοράω ἔρυμα χρώς ἕρκος ἄκων , ὅς ἕ πλεῖστος ἐρύω2 ·