Iliad 5.655–5.667
Mackense Greico /
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Thus spoke Sarpedon , and Tlepolemos upraised his spear . They threw at the same moment , and Sarpedon struck his foe in the middle of his throat ; the spear went right through , and the darkness of death fell upon his eyes . Tlepolemos ' spear struck Sarpedon on the left thigh with such force that it tore through the flesh and grazed the bone , but his father as yet warded off destruction from him . His comrades bore Sarpedon out of the fight , in great pain by the weight of the spear that was dragging from his wound . They were in such haste and stress [ ponos ] as they bore him that no one thought of drawing the spear from his thigh so as to let him walk uprightly .
ὣς φάτο Σαρπηδών , ὃ δʼ ἀνέσχετο μείλινον ἔγχος
Τληπόλεμος · καὶ τῶν μὲν ἁμαρτῇ δούρατα μακρὰ
ἐκ χειρῶν ἤϊξαν · ὃ μὲν βάλεν αὐχένα μέσσον
Σαρπηδών , αἰχμὴ δὲ διαμπερὲς ἦλθʼ ἀλεγεινή ·
τὸν δὲ κατʼ ὀφθαλμῶν ἐρεβεννὴ νὺξ ἐκάλυψε .
Τληπόλεμος δʼ ἄρα μηρὸν ἀριστερὸν ἔγχεϊ μακρῷ
βεβλήκειν , αἰχμὴ δὲ διέσσυτο μαιμώωσα
ὀστέω ἐγχριμφθεῖσα , πατὴρ δʼ ἔτι λοιγὸν ἄμυνεν .
οἳ μὲν ἄρʼ ἀντίθεον Σαρπηδόνα δῖοι ἑταῖροι
ἐξέφερον πολέμοιο · βάρυνε δέ μιν δόρυ μακρὸν
ἑλκόμενον · τὸ μὲν οὔ τις ἐπεφράσατʼ οὐδὲ νόησε
μηροῦ ἐξερύσαι δόρυ μείλινον ὄφρʼ ἐπιβαίη
σπευδόντων · τοῖον γὰρ ἔχον πόνον ἀμφιέποντες .
Τληπόλεμος · καὶ τῶν μὲν ἁμαρτῇ δούρατα μακρὰ
ἐκ χειρῶν ἤϊξαν · ὃ μὲν βάλεν αὐχένα μέσσον
Σαρπηδών , αἰχμὴ δὲ διαμπερὲς ἦλθʼ ἀλεγεινή ·
τὸν δὲ κατʼ ὀφθαλμῶν ἐρεβεννὴ νὺξ ἐκάλυψε .
Τληπόλεμος δʼ ἄρα μηρὸν ἀριστερὸν ἔγχεϊ μακρῷ
βεβλήκειν , αἰχμὴ δὲ διέσσυτο μαιμώωσα
ὀστέω ἐγχριμφθεῖσα , πατὴρ δʼ ἔτι λοιγὸν ἄμυνεν .
οἳ μὲν ἄρʼ ἀντίθεον Σαρπηδόνα δῖοι ἑταῖροι
ἐξέφερον πολέμοιο · βάρυνε δέ μιν δόρυ μακρὸν
ἑλκόμενον · τὸ μὲν οὔ τις ἐπεφράσατʼ οὐδὲ νόησε
μηροῦ ἐξερύσαι δόρυ μείλινον ὄφρʼ ἐπιβαίη
σπευδόντων · τοῖον γὰρ ἔχον πόνον ἀμφιέποντες .
So spake Sarpedon , and Tlepolemus lifted on high his ashen spear , and the long spears sped from the hands of both at one moment . Sarpedon smote him full upon the neck , and the grievous point passed clean through , and down upon his eyes came the darkness of night and enfolded him . And Tlepolemus smote Sarpedon upon the left thigh with his long spear , and the point sped through furiously and grazed the bone ; howbeit his father as yet warded from him destruction . Then his goodly companions bare godlike Sarpedon forth from out the fight , and the long spear burdened him sore , as it trailed , but no man marked it or thought in their haste to draw forth from his thigh the spear of ash , that he might stand upon his feet ; such toil had they in tending him .