for of his own will he held back from urging them, lest by chance the single-hooved horses should clash together in the track, and overturn the well-plaited cars, and themselves be hurled in the dust in their eager haste for victory.
αὐτὸς γὰρ ἑκὼν μεθέηκεν ἐλαύνειν μή πως συγκύρσειαν ὁδῷ ἔνι μώνυχες ἵπποι , δίφρους τ' ἀνστρέψειαν ἐϋπλεκέας , κατὰ δ' αὐτοὶ ἐν κονίῃσι πέσοιεν ἐπειγόμενοι περὶ νίκης .
αὐτός γάρ ἑκών μεθίημι ἐλαύνω μή πως συγκυρέω ὁδός ἐν μῶνυξ ἵππος , δίφρος τε ἀναστρέφω ἐυπλεκής , κατά δέ αὐτός ἐν κονία πίπτω ἐπείγω περί νίκη .