![]() ![]() ![]() Him he was first to smite upon the horn of his helmet with thick crest of horse-hair,Īnd drave the spear into his forehead so that the point of bronze pierced within the bone and darkness enfolded his eyes.Īnd Diomedes, good at the war-cry, slew Axylus, Teuthras' son, that dwelt in well-built Arisbe, a man rich in substance, that was beloved of all men įor he dwelt in a home by the high-road and was wont to give entertainment to all. So was the dread strife of the Trojans and Achaeans left to itself, and oft to this side and to that surged the battle over the plain, as they aimed one at the other their bronze-tipped spears between the Simoïs and the streams of Xanthus.Īias, son of Telamon, bulwark of the Achaeans was first to break a battalion of the Trojans, and to bring a light of deliverance to his comrades, for he smote a man that was chiefest among the Thracians, even Eüssorus' son Acamas, a valiant man and tall. ![]()
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