Then would Aeneas have struck him with the stone, as he rushed upon him, either on helmet or on the shield that had warded from him woeful destruction, and the son of Peleus in close combat would with his sword have robbed Aeneas of life, had not Poseidon, the Shaker of Earth, been quick to see.
ἔνθά κεν Αἰνείας μὲν ἐπεσσύμενον βάλε πέτρῳ ἢ κόρυθ' ἠὲ σάκος , τό οἱ ἤρκεσε λυγρὸν ὄλεθρον , τὸν δέ κε Πηλεΐδης σχεδὸν ἄορι θυμὸν ἀπηύρα , εἰ μὴ ἄρ' ὀξὺ νόησε Ποσειδάων ἐνοσίχθων ·
ἔνθα ἄν Αἰνείας μέν ἐπισεύω βάλλω πέτρος ἤ κόρυς ἤ σάκος , ὁ ἕ ἀρκέω λυγρός ὄλεθρος , ὁ δέ ἄν Πηλείδης σχεδόν ἄορ θυμός ἀπαυράω , εἰ μή ἄρα ὀξύς νοέω Ποσειδεών Ἐνοσίχθων ·