And even as a man at sight of a snake in the glades of a mountain starts back, and trembling seizes his limbs beneath him, and he withdraws back again and pallor lays hold of his cheeks; even so did godlike Alexander, seized with fear of Atreus' son, shrink back into the throng of the lordly Trojans.
ὡς δ' ὅτε τίς τε δράκοντα ἰδὼν παλίνορσος ἀπέστη οὔρεος ἐν βήσσῃς , ὑπό τε τρόμος ἔλλαβε γυῖα , ἂψ δ' ἀνεχώρησεν , ὦχρός τέ μιν εἷλε παρειάς , ὣς αὖτις καθ' ὅμιλον ἔδυ Τρώων ἀγερώχων δείσας Ἀτρέος υἱὸν Ἀλέξανδρος θεοειδής . [0]
ὡς δέ ὅτε τις τε δράκων εἶδον παλίνορσος ἀφίστημι ὄρος ἐν βῆσσα , ὑπό τε τρόμος λαμβάνω γυῖον , ἄψ δέ ἀναχωρέω , ὦχρος τε μιν αἱρέω παρειά , ὡς αὖθις κατά ὅμιλος δύω Τρώς ἀγέρωχος δείδω Ἀτρεύς υἱός Ἀλέξανδρος θεοειδής .