and often to this side and to that surged the battle over the plain, as they aimed one at the other their bronze-tipped spears between the Simoïs and the streams of Xanthus.
πολλὰ δ' ἄρ' ἔνθα καὶ ἔνθ' ἴθυσε μάχη πεδίοιο ἀλλήλων ἰθυνομένων χαλκήρεα δοῦρα μεσσηγὺς Σιμόεντος ἰδὲ Ξάνθοιο ῥοάων .
πολύς δέ ἄρα ἔνθα καί ἔνθα ἰθύω μάχη πεδίον ἀλλήλων ἰθύνω χαλκήρης δόρυ μεσηγύ Σιμόεις ἰδέ Ξάνθος ῥοή .