He spoke, and the other turned back and started to flee, but even as he turned Odysseus fixed the spear in his back between the shoulders, and drove it through his breast.
ἦ , καὶ ὃ μὲν φύγαδ' αὖτις ὑποστρέψας ἐβεβήκει , τῷ δὲ μεταστρεφθέντι μεταφρένῳ ἐν δόρυ πῆξεν ὤμων μεσσηγύς , διὰ δὲ στήθεσφιν ἔλασσε , δούπησεν δὲ πεσών ·
ἠμί , καί ὁ μέν φύγαδε αὖθις ὑποστρέφω βαίνω , ὁ δέ μεταστρέφω μετάφρενον ἐν δόρυ πήγνυμι ὦμος μεσηγύ , διά δέ στῆθος ἐλαύνω , δουπέω δέ πίπτω ·