Then Antilochus, biding his time, leapt upon Thoön, as he turned his back, and struck him with a thrust, and wholly severed the vein that runs along the back continually until it reaches the neck;
Ἀντίλοχος δὲ Θόωνα μεταστρεφθέντα δοκεύσας οὔτασ' ἐπαΐξας , ἀπὸ δὲ φλέβα πᾶσαν ἔκερσεν , ἥ τ' ἀνὰ νῶτα θέουσα διαμπερὲς αὐχέν' ἱκάνει ·
Ἀντίλοχος δέ Θόων μεταστρέφω δοκεύω οὐτάζω ἐπαίσσω , ἀπό δέ φλέψ πᾶς κείρω , ὅς σύ ἀνά νῶτον θέω διαμπερές αὐχήν ἱκάνω ·