ou liest; death is here
upon thee. Thy birth, however, is at the Gygaean lake, where is thy
paternal land, beside fishy Hyllus, and eddying Hermus."

Thus he spoke, boasting; but darkness covered his (Iphition's) eyes, but
the horses of the Greeks tore him with the tires of the wheels in the
front ranks. After him Achilles smote Demoleon, son of Antenor, a brave
repeller of the fight, in the temples, through his brazen-cheeked
helmet. Nor indeed did the brazen casque resist it, but through it the
eager javelin broke the bone, and the whole brain within was defiled;
and he subdued him, ardent. Next he wounded with his spear in the back,
Hippodamas, as he was leaping down from his chariot, while flying before
him. But he breathed out his soul, and groaned, like as when a bull,
dragged round the Heliconian king,[665] bellows, as the youths drag him;
and the earth-shaker is delighted with them: so, as he moaned, his
fierce soul left his bones. But he went with his spear against godlike
Polydorus,[666] the son of Priam; but him his father did not permit to
fight, because he was the youngest among all, and dearest to him, and
surpassed all in speed. Then, indeed, through youthful folly, exhibiting
the excellence of his speed, he ran among the front ranks till he lost
his life. Him noble swift-footed Achilles smote rushing by, in the
middle of the back, where the golden rings of his belt clasped together,
and the doubled corslet met. Right through at the navel pierced the
point of the spear, and uttering a groan, he fell upon his knees; a
black cloud enveloped him, and stooping down, he gathered his intestines
in his hands. But when Hector perceived his brother Polydorus holding
his intestines in his hands, and rolled on the earth, a darkness was
immediately poured over his eyes, nor could he any longer be employed
afar off, but advanced towards Achilles, like unto a flame, brandishing
his sharp spear. On the other hand, Achilles, as soon as he saw him,
leaped up, and boasting, spoke:

[Footnote 665: Neptune was a favourite god among the Ionians (cf.
Mueller, Dor. vol. i. p. 417), but derived this name from Helice,
a town in the northern coast of the Peloponnese, out of which the
principal Achaean families were driven by Tisamenus, whose tomb
was shown there. See Mueller, id. p. 74.]

[Footnote 666: This is not the Polydorus of Virgil and Euripides,
but the son of Laothoe, daughter of Altas, king of the