Yet would the brilliant Achaeans in no way have given ground from their course, had not Alexander, the lord of fair-haired Helen, stayed Machaon, shepherd of the host, in the midst of his valorous deeds, and struck him on the right shoulder with a three-barbed arrow.
οὐ δ' ἄν πω χάζοντο κελεύθου δῖοι Ἀχαιοὶ εἰ μὴ Ἀλέξανδρος Ἑλένης πόσις ἠϋκόμοιο παῦσεν ἀριστεύοντα Μαχάονα ποιμένα λαῶν , ἰῷ τριγλώχινι βαλὼν κατὰ δεξιὸν ὦμον . [0]
οὐ δέ ἄν πω χάζω κέλευθος δῖος Ἀχαιός εἰ μή Ἀλέξανδρος Ἑλένη πόσις1 εὔκομος παύω ἀριστεύω Μαχάων ποιμήν λαός , ἰός τριγλώχις βάλλω κατά δεξιός ὦμος .