nay, well before that might be, the long spear-shaft was broken in the socket;
τῆς δ' οὔ τι διήλασεν , ἀλλὰ πολὺ πρὶν ἐν καυλῷ ἐάγη δολιχὸν δόρυ ·
ὁ δέ οὐ τις διελαύνω , ἀλλά πολύς πρίν ἐν καυλός ἄγνυμι δολιχός δόρυ ·