But the liers-in-wait, when they saw these coming on, rushed forth against them and speedily cut off the herds of cattle and fair flocks of white-fleeced sheep, and killed the herdsmen withal.
οἳ μὲν τὰ προϊδόντες ἐπέδραμον , ὦκα δ' ἔπειτα τάμνοντ' ἀμφὶ βοῶν ἀγέλας καὶ πώεα καλὰ ἀργεννέων οἰῶν , κτεῖνον δ' ἐπὶ μηλοβοτῆρας .
ὁ μέν ὁ προεῖδον ἐπιτρέχω , ὦκα δέ ἔπειτα τέμνω ἀμφί βοῦς ἀγέλη καί πῶυ καλός ἀργεννός ὄις , κτείνω δέ ἐπί μηλοβοτήρ .