But Telemachus was too quick for him, and cast, and struck him from behind with his bronze-tipped spear between the shoulders, and drove it through his breast;
ἀλλ' ἄρα μιν φθῆ Τηλέμαχος κατόπισθε βαλὼν χαλκήρεϊ δουρὶ ὤμων μεσσηγύς , διὰ δὲ στήθεσφιν ἔλασσεν ·
ἀλλά ἄρα μιν φθάνω Τηλέμαχος κατόπισθεν βάλλω χαλκήρης δόρυ ὦμος μεσηγύ , διά δέ στῆθος ἐλαύνω ·