1. O Kaneh, recite to me now and say
Who pitched tents in that plain with horses?

2. The best horses among them are mares
With the son of the son of Phiras Aphamilis

3. Equal in stature, age, and color
Running like birds above the hills

4. In the meadows of Phirias they graze
Alas, for the spread of awesome, terrible chaos

5. And the fiercest warrior is Aias
Son of Telamon after the might of Achilles

6. For the son of Peleus surpassed him greatly
And of horses took each noble breed

7. He remained devising plans
To quench fierce Atrydaeus’ thirst for revenge

8. And the spear-throwers attack him
With arrows and spears over a long cliff

9. With horses concealed in tents
And steeds in deep moats

10. And the heads of the armies wandered, scattered
Not finding a way for the fray

11. Except their protector advanced
Burdening them with every heavy sorrow

12. And it was as if the plains flew into sparks
With the march of the Greeks over the plains

13. The earth shuddered under their footsteps
As Arima shuddered on the day of tremendous chaos

14. When enraged Zeus hurled thunderbolts
Upon the grave of murdered Tiphys

15. The elders and youth of the Trojans
In their assembly, in important deliberation

16. Stood at the gates of Priam’s palace
When suddenly the swiftest messenger came to them

17. The soul of Iris, like the nimble breeze
And Priam's son Polites kept watch

18. Over the grave of Aethytis the noble
The people assigned him to keep watch then graze

19. The people of Argos outside the fleet
To go and inform if he saw

20. A serious matter with his sworn enemy
She resembled him in voice and form and said

21. To his father in the most accurate portrayal
O elder, wars are violent

22. Like a warrior reveling in gossip and tales
How often the frenzied attacked, but our enemies today

23. Are unmatched
They attacked like sand or leaves of trees

24. Listen to what I say
For the armies of allies with you

25. Differ in tongues and minds
So let each lodger write to his relatives

26. And you have command over all lodgers
At once Hektor assembled the troops

27. And did not doubt that voice
The soldiers rushed to arms altogether

28. And all the gates were bolted
They opened them hustling between urgency

29. And men between the spear and lance
Shouts among them and clash of weapons

30. With commotion, tumult, and neighing of horses
And they sprawled on that plain until

31. A hillock ennobled with enduring glory
The gods called it Mirenes' grave

32. And the rabble Bateia in ignorance of origins
Then Hektor organized them between

33. Kinsmen and newcomers in ranks
And on his head flickered

34. A plumed helmet, he who merits veneration
The house of Troy there took a stand

35. To endure the clash of battle with expected patience
And they were the most numerous tribes

36. And the most powerful of every tribe