But when they were now about to dart forth to win the prize, then Aias slipped as he ran—for Athene hampered him— where was strewn the filth from the slaying of the loud bellowing bulls that swift-footed Achilles had slain in honour of Patroclus;
ἀλλ' ὅτε δὴ τάχ' ἔμελλον ἐπαΐξασθαι ἄεθλον , ἔνθ' Αἴας μὲν ὄλισθε θέων , βλάψεν γὰρ Ἀθήνη , τῇ ῥα βοῶν κέχυτ' ὄνθος ἀποκταμένων ἐριμύκων , οὓς ἐπὶ Πατρόκλῳ πέφνεν πόδας ὠκὺς Ἀχιλλεύς ·
ἀλλά ὅτε δή τάχα μέλλω ἐπαίσσω ἆθλον , ἔνθα Αἴας μέν ὀλισθάνω θέω , βλάπτω γάρ Ἀθήνη , τῇ ἄρα βοάω χέω ὄνθος ἀποκτείνω ἐρίμυκος , ὅς ἐπί Πάτροκλος θείνω πούς ὠκύς Ἀχιλλεύς ·