And when they were near as they advanced one against the other, the son of Atreus missed, and his spear was turned aside, but Iphidamas stabbed him on the girdle beneath the corselet, and put his weight into the thrust, trusting in his heavy hand;
οἳ δ' ὅτε δὴ σχεδὸν ἦσαν ἐπ' ἀλλήλοισιν ἰόντες , Ἀτρεΐδης μὲν ἅμαρτε , παραὶ δέ οἱ ἐτράπετ' ἔγχος , Ἰφιδάμας δὲ κατὰ ζώνην θώρηκος ἔνερθε νύξ' , ἐπὶ δ' αὐτὸς ἔρεισε βαρείῃ χειρὶ πιθήσας ·
ὅς δέ ὅτε δή σχεδόν εἰμί ἐπί ἀλλήλων εἶμι , Ἀτρείδης μέν ἁμαρτάνω , παρά δέ ἕ τρέπω ἔγχος , Ἰφιδάμας δέ κατά ζώνη θώραξ ἔνερθε νύσσω , ἐπί δέ αὐτός ἐρείδω βαρύς χείρ πείθω ·