and against them was strained a conflict fierce as fire that, rushing upon a city of men with sudden onset, sets it aflame, and houses fall among the mighty glare,
ἐπὶ δὲ πτόλεμος τέτατό σφιν ἄγριος ἠΰτε πῦρ , τό τ' ἐπεσσύμενον πόλιν ἀνδρῶν ὄρμενον ἐξαίφνης φλεγέθει , μινύθουσι δὲ οἶκοι ἐν σέλαϊ μεγάλῳ · [0]
ἐπί δέ πόλεμος τείνω σφεῖς ἄγριος ἠύτε πῦρ , ὁ τε ἐπισεύω πόλις ἀνήρ ὄρνυμι ἐξαίφνης φλεγέθω , μινύθω δέ οἶκος ἐν σέλας μέγας ·