But when he had come upon her as he pursued her through the great throng, then the son of great-souled Tydeus thrust with his sharp spear and leapt upon her, and wounded the surface of her delicate hand,
ἀλλ' ὅτε δή ῥ' ἐκίχανε πολὺν καθ' ὅμιλον ὀπάζων , ἔνθ' ἐπορεξάμενος μεγαθύμου Τυδέος υἱὸς ἄκρην οὔτασε χεῖρα μετάλμενος ὀξέϊ δουρὶ ἀβληχρήν ·
ἀλλά ὅτε δή ἄρα κιχάνω πολύς κατά ὅμιλος ὀπάζω , ἔνθα ἐπορέγω μεγάθυμος Τυδεύς υἱός ἄκρος οὐτάζω χείρ μεθάλλομαι ὀξύς δόρυ ἀβληχρός ·