and by as far as is the range of a team of mules in fallow land, by so far he shot to the front and reached the host, and the others were left behind.
ὅσσον τ' ἐν νειῷ οὖρον πέλει ἡμιόνοιιν , τόσσον ὑπεκπροθέων λαοὺς ἵκεθ' , οἱ δ' ἐλίποντο .
ὅσος τε ἐν νειός οὖρον πέλω ἡμίονος , τόσος ὑπεκπροθέω λαός ἱκνέομαι , ὁ δέ λείπω .