But as the other sprang back Thoas of Aetolia struck him with a cast of his spear in the breast above the nipple, and the bronze was fixed in his lung;
τὸν δὲ Θόας Αἰτωλὸς ἀπεσσύμενον βάλε δουρὶ στέρνον ὑπὲρ μαζοῖο , πάγη δ' ἐν πνεύμονι χαλκός ·
ὁ δέ Θόας Αἰτωλός ἀποσεύω βάλλω δόρυ στέρνον ὑπέρ μαστός , πήγνυμι δέ ἐν πνεύμων χαλκός ·