for with darkness were they shrouded in the fight, all the chieftains that stood around the slain son of Menoetius.
ἠέρι γὰρ κατέχοντο μάχης ἐπί θ' ὅσσον ἄριστοι ἕστασαν ἀμφὶ Μενοιτιάδῃ κατατεθνηῶτι .
ἀήρ γάρ κατέχω μάχη ἐπί τε ὅσος ἄριστος ἵστημι ἀμφί Μενοιτιάδης καταθνήσκω .