and Imbrius the two Aiantes bore away, their hearts fierce with furious valour. And as when two lions that have snatched away a goat from sharp-toothed hounds, bear it through the thick brush, holding it in their jaws high above the ground, even so the two warrior Aiantes held Imbrius on high, and stripped him of his armour.
Ἴμβριον αὖτ' Αἴαντε μεμαότε θούριδος ἀλκῆς ὥς τε δύ' αἶγα λέοντε κυνῶν ὕπο καρχαροδόντων ἁρπάξαντε φέρητον ἀνὰ ῥωπήϊα πυκνὰ ὑψοῦ ὑπὲρ γαίης μετὰ γαμφηλῇσιν ἔχοντε , ὥς ῥα τὸν ὑψοῦ ἔχοντε δύω Αἴαντε κορυστὰ τεύχεα συλήτην · [0]
Ἴμβριος αὖτε Αἴας μέμαα θοῦρις ἀλκή ὡς τε δύο αἴξ λέων κύων ὑπό καρχαρόδων ἁρπάζω φέρω ἀνά ῥωπήιον πυκνός ὑψοῦ ὑπέρ γαῖα μετά γαμφηλαί ἔχω , ὡς ἄρα ὁ ὑψοῦ ἔχω δύο Αἴας κορυστός τεῦχος συλάω ·