Thus mighty Aias charged them, and the earth grew wet with dark blood, and the dead fell thick and fast alike of the Trojans and their mighty allies, and of the Danaans;
ὣς Αἴας ἐπέτελλε πελώριος , αἵματι δὲ χθὼν δεύετο πορφυρέῳ , τοὶ δ' ἀγχιστῖνοι ἔπιπτον νεκροὶ ὁμοῦ Τρώων καὶ ὑπερμενέων ἐπικούρων καὶ Δαναῶν ·
ὡς Αἴας ἐπιτέλλω πελώριος , αἷμα δέ χθών δεύω1 πορφύρεος , ὁ δέ ἀγχιστῖνος πίπτω νεκρός ὁμοῦ Τρώς καί ὑπερμενής ἐπίκουρος καί Δαναοί ·