for they thought that they would no more be stayed of the Achaeans, but would fall upon the black ships—fools that they were! for at the gate they found two warriors most valiant, high-hearted sons of Lapith spearmen, the one stalwart Polypoetes, son of Peirithous, and the other Leonteus, peer of Ares the harm of men.
ἔφαντο γὰρ οὐκ ἔτ' Ἀχαιοὺς σχήσεσθ' , ἀλλ' ἐν νηυσὶ μελαίνῃσιν πεσέεσθαι νήπιοι , ἐν δὲ πύλῃσι δύ' ἀνέρας εὗρον ἀρίστους υἷας ὑπερθύμους Λαπιθάων αἰχμητάων , τὸν μὲν Πειριθόου υἷα κρατερὸν Πολυποίτην , τὸν δὲ Λεοντῆα βροτολοιγῷ ἶσον Ἄρηϊ .
φημί γάρ οὐ ἔτι Ἀχαιός ἔχω , ἀλλά ἐν ναῦς μέλας πίπτω νήπιος , ἐν δέ πύλη δύο ἀνήρ εὑρίσκω ἄριστος υἱός ὑπέρθυμος Λαπίθαι αἰχμητής , ὁ μέν Πειρίθοος υἱός κρατερός Πολυποίτης , ὁ δέ Λεοντεύς βροτολοιγός ἴσος Ἄρης .