Nay, Hector pressed on where at the first he had leapt within the gate and the wall, and had burst the close ranks of the Danaan shield-men, even in the place where were the ships of Aias and Protesilaus, drawn up along the beach of the grey sea,
ἀλλ' ἔχεν ᾗ τὰ πρῶτα πύλας καὶ τεῖχος ἐσᾶλτο ῥηξάμενος Δαναῶν πυκινὰς στίχας ἀσπιστάων , ἔνθ' ἔσαν Αἴαντός τε νέες καὶ Πρωτεσιλάου θῖν' ἔφ' ἁλὸς πολιῆς εἰρυμέναι ·
ἀλλά ἔχω ᾗ ὁ πρῶτος πύλη καί τεῖχος εἰσάλλομαι ῥήγνυμι Δαναοί πυκνός στίξ ἀσπιστής , ἔνθα εἰμί Αἴας τε ναῦς καί Πρωτεσίλαος θίς ἐπί ἅλς1 πολιός ἐρύω1 ·