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The Iliad 13.170–184

The Iliad 13.170–184
And Teucer, son of Telamon, was first to slay his man, even the spearman Imbrius, the son of Mentor, rich in horses. He dwelt in Pedaeum before the sons of the Achaeans came, and had to wife a daughter of Priam that was born out of wedlock, even Medesicaste; but when the curved ships of the Danaans came he returned back to Ilios and was pre-eminent among the Trojans, and he dwelt in the house of Priam, who held him in like honour with his own children. Him did the son of Telamon smite beneath the ear with a thrust of his long spear, and again drew forth the spear; and he fell like an ash-tree that, on the summit of a mountain that is seen from afar on every side, is cut down by the bronze, and bringeth its tender leafage to the ground; even so fell he, and about him rang his armour dight with bronze. And Teucer rushed forth eager to strip from him his armour, but Hector, even as he rushed, cast at him with his bright spear. Howbeit Teucer, looking steadily at him, avoided the spear of bronze by a little,
Τεῦκρος δὲ πρῶτος Τελαμώνιος ἄνδρα κατέκτα Ἴμβριον αἰχμητὴν πολυΐππου Μέντορος υἱόν· ναῖε δὲ Πήδαιον πρὶν ἐλθεῖν υἷας Ἀχαιῶν, κούρην δὲ Πριάμοιο νόθην ἔχε, Μηδεσικάστην· αὐτὰρ ἐπεὶ Δαναῶν νέες ἤλυθον ἀμφιέλισσαι, ἂψ ἐς Ἴλιον ἦλθε, μετέπρεπε δὲ Τρώεσσι, ναῖε δὲ πὰρ Πριάμῳ· δέ μιν τίεν ἶσα τέκεσσι. τόν ῥʼ υἱὸς Τελαμῶνος ὑπʼ οὔατος ἔγχεϊ μακρῷ νύξʼ, ἐκ δʼ ἔσπασεν ἔγχος· δʼ αὖτʼ ἔπεσεν μελίη ὣς τʼ ὄρεος κορυφῇ ἕκαθεν περιφαινομένοιο χαλκῷ ταμνομένη τέρενα χθονὶ φύλλα πελάσσῃ· ὣς πέσεν, ἀμφὶ δέ οἱ βράχε τεύχεα ποικίλα χαλκῷ. Τεῦκρος δʼ ὁρμήθη μεμαὼς ἀπὸ τεύχεα δῦσαι· Ἕκτωρ δʼ ὁρμηθέντος ἀκόντισε δουρὶ φαεινῷ. ἀλλʼ μὲν ἄντα ἰδὼν ἠλεύατο χάλκεον ἔγχος
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