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Τρώων δ᾽ οἰώθη καὶ Ἀχαιῶν φύλοπις αἰνή :
πολλὰ δ᾽ ἄρ᾽ ἔνθα καὶ ἔνθ᾽ ἴθυσε μάχη πεδίοιο
ἀλλήλων ἰθυνομένων χαλκήρεα δοῦρα
μεσσηγὺς Σιμόεντος ἰδὲ Ξάνθοιο ῥοάων .
Αἴας δὲ πρῶτος Τελαμώνιος ἕρκος Ἀχαιῶν
Τρώων ῥῆξε φάλαγγα , φόως δ᾽ ἑτάροισιν ἔθηκεν ,
ἄνδρα βαλὼν ὃς ἄριστος ἐνὶ Θρῄκεσσι τέτυκτο
υἱὸν Ἐϋσσώρου Ἀκάμαντ᾽ ἠΰν τε μέγαν τε .
πολλὰ δ᾽ ἄρ᾽ ἔνθα καὶ ἔνθ᾽ ἴθυσε μάχη πεδίοιο
ἀλλήλων ἰθυνομένων χαλκήρεα δοῦρα
μεσσηγὺς Σιμόεντος ἰδὲ Ξάνθοιο ῥοάων .
Αἴας δὲ πρῶτος Τελαμώνιος ἕρκος Ἀχαιῶν
Τρώων ῥῆξε φάλαγγα , φόως δ᾽ ἑτάροισιν ἔθηκεν ,
ἄνδρα βαλὼν ὃς ἄριστος ἐνὶ Θρῄκεσσι τέτυκτο
υἱὸν Ἐϋσσώρου Ἀκάμαντ᾽ ἠΰν τε μέγαν τε .
The
fight
between
Trojans
and
Achaeans
was
now
left
to
rage
as
it
would
,
and
the
tide
of
war
surged
hither
and
thither
over
the
plain
as
they
aimed
their
bronze-shod
spears
at
one
another
between
the
streams
of
Simoeis
and
Xanthos
.
First
,
Ajax
son
of
Telamon
,
tower
of
strength
to
the
Achaeans
,
broke
a
phalanx
of
the
Trojans
,
and
came
to
the
assistance
of
his
comrades
by
killing
Akamas
son
of
Eussoros
,
the
best
man
among
the
Thracians
,
being
both
brave
and
of
great
stature
.