But those in the midst suffered woes by reason of the darkness and the war, and were sore distressed with the pitiless bronze, even all they that were chieftains.
τοὶ δ' ἐν μέσῳ ἄλγε' ἔπασχον ἠέρι καὶ πολέμῳ , τείροντο δὲ νηλέϊ χαλκῷ ὅσσοι ἄριστοι ἔσαν ·
ὁ δέ ἐν μέσος ἄλγος πάσχω ἀήρ καί πόλεμος , τείρω δέ νηλής χαλκός ὅσος ἄριστος εἰμί ·