Now while Meges abode and fought with Dolops, and yet hoped for victory, meanwhile warlike Menelaus came to bear him aid, and he took his stand on one side with his spear, unmarked of Dolops, and cast and struck him on the shoulder from behind;
εἷος ὃ τῷ πολέμιζε μένων , ἔτι δ' ἔλπετο νίκην , τόφρα δέ οἱ Μενέλαος ἀρήϊος ἦλθεν ἀμύντωρ , στῆ δ' εὐρὰξ σὺν δουρὶ λαθών , βάλε δ' ὦμον ὄπισθεν ·
ἕως ὁ ὁ πολεμίζω μένω , ἔτι δέ ἔλπω νίκη , τόφρα δέ ἕ Μενέλαος ἄρειος ἔρχομαι ἀμύντωρ , ἵστημι δέ εὐράξ σύν δόρυ λανθάνω , βάλλω δέ ὦμος ὄπισθεν ·