The Iliad 16.556–561
and strip the armour from his shoulders, and many a one of his comrades that seek to defend his body let us slay with the pitiless bronze.
Αἴαντε νῦν σφῶϊν ἀμύνεσθαι φίλον ἔστω,
οἷοί περ πάρος ἦτε μετʼ ἀνδράσιν ἢ καὶ ἀρείους.
κεῖται ἀνὴρ ὃς πρῶτος ἐσήλατο τεῖχος Ἀχαιῶν
Σαρπηδών· ἀλλʼ εἴ μιν ἀεικισσαίμεθʼ ἑλόντες,
τεύχεά τʼ ὤμοιιν ἀφελοίμεθα, καί τινʼ ἑταίρων
αὐτοῦ ἀμυνομένων δαμασαίμεθα νηλέϊ χαλκῷ.