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The Iliad 5.280–283

The Iliad 5.280–283
So saying, he poised and hurled his far-shadowing spear, and smote upon the shield of Tydeus' son; and straight therethrough sped the point of bronze and reached the corselet. Then over him shouted aloud the glorious son of Lycaon: Thou art smitten clean through the belly, and not for long, methinks,shalt thou endure; but to me hast thou granted great glory. Then with no touch of fear spake to him mighty Diomedes: Thou hast missed and not hit; but ye twain, I deem, shall not cease till one or the other of you shall have fallen and glutted with his blood Ares, the warrior with tough shield of hide.
ῥα καὶ ἀμπεπαλὼν προΐει δολιχόσκιον ἔγχος καὶ βάλε Τυδεΐδαο κατʼ ἀσπίδα· τῆς δὲ διὰ πρὸ αἰχμὴ χαλκείη πταμένη θώρηκι πελάσθη· τῷ δʼ ἐπὶ μακρὸν ἄϋσε Λυκάονος ἀγλαὸς υἱός·
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