Iliad

Then uprose the two mighty men Polypoites and Leonteus, with Ajax son of Telamon and noble Epeios. They stood up one after the other and Epeios took the quoit, whirled it, and flung it from him, which set all the Achaeans laughing. After him threw Leonteus of the race of Ares. Ajax son of Telamon threw third, and sent the quoit beyond any mark [ sêma ] that had been made yet, but when mighty Polypoites took the quoit he hurled it as though it had been a stockman's stick which he sends flying about among his cattle when he is driving them, so far did his throw out-distance those of the others in the contest [ agôn ]. All who saw it roared approval, and his comrades carried the prize [ athlon ] for him and set it on board his ship.

IliadBook 23, Line 836Samuel ButlerEnglishVerse permalinkRead in Book 23

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