IB HL Ancient Greek Illiad 22.304-329

μὴ μὰν ἀσπουδί γε καὶ ἀκλειῶς ἀπολοίμην, ἀλλὰ μέγα ῥέξας τι καὶ ἐσσομένοισι πυθέσθαι.'

even so, let me not die ingloriously without a fight, without some great deed done for future men to learn of".

ὣς ἄρα φωνήσας εἰρύσσατο φάσγανον ὀξύ,τό οἱ ὑπὸ λαπάρην τέτατο μέγα τε στιβαρόν τε,

so speaking he drew the sharp sword that hung long and heavy by his side,

οἴμησεν δὲ ἀλεὶς ὥς τ᾽ αἰετὸς ὑψιπετήεις,

and he gathered himself together and charged like a high flying eagle

ὅς τ᾽ εἶσιν πεδίον δὲ διὰ νεφέων ἐρεβεννῶν ἁρπάξων ἢ ἄρν᾽ ἀμαλὴν ἤ πτῶκα λαγωόν:

who rushes through the dark clouds to the plain to snatch a feeble lamb or a cowering hare:

ὣς Ἕκτωρ οἴμησε τινάσσων φάσγανον ὀξύ.

so hector swooped to attack, flourishing his sharp sword.

ὁρμήθη δ᾽ Ἀχιλεύς, μένεος δ᾽ ἐμπλήσατο θυμὸν ἀγρίου,

and achilles charged against him, his heart filled with savage fury,

πρόσθεν δὲ σάκος στέρνοιο κάλυψε καλὸν δαιδάλεον,

and he held his shield in front of his chest to protect, him, his fine, well-made shield

κόρυθι δ᾽ ἐπένευε φαεινῇ τετραφάλῳ:

and his gleaming helmet with its four crests nodded above:

καλαὶ δὲ περισσείοντο ἔθειραι χρύσεαι,

and the bright golden hairs

ἃς Ἥφαιστος ἵει λόφον ἀμφὶ θαμειάς.

which hephaistos had set thickly around the ridge shook around it.

οἷος δ᾽ ἀστὴρ εἶσι μετ᾽ ἀστράσι νυκτὸς ἀμολγῷ ἕσπερος,

as the evening star goes among the stars in the darkness of the night,

ὃς κάλλιστος ἐν οὐρανῷ ἵσταται ἀστήρ,

the loveliest star which stands in the sky,

ὣς αἰχμῆς ἀπέλαμπ᾽ εὐήκεος, ἣν ἄρ᾽ Ἀχιλλεὺς πάλλεν δεξιτερῇ

such was the light gleaming from the point of his sharp spear which achilles shook in his right hand

φρονέων κακὸν Ἕκτορι δίῳ εἰσορόων χρόα καλόν, ὅπῃ εἴξειε μάλιστα.

as he purposed death for godlike hector, looking over his fine body for where it best offered a target.

τοῦ δὲ καὶ ἄλλο τόσον μὲν ἔχε χρόα χάλκεα τεύχεα καλά,

all the rest of his body was covered by his bronze armour, the fine armour

τὰ Πατρόκλοιο βίην ἐνάριξε κατακτάς:

which he had taken from the mighty patroklos when he had killed him.

φαίνετο δ᾽ ᾗ κληῗδες ἀπ᾽ ὤμων αὐχέν᾽ ἔχουσι λαυκανίην,

but flesh showed where the collarbones divide the neck from the shoulders- the throat,

ἵνα τε ψυχῆς ὤκιστος ὄλεθρος:

where the destruction of a man's life is the quickest.

τῇ ῥ᾽ ἐπὶ οἷ μεμαῶτ᾽ ἔλασ᾽ ἔγχεϊ δῖος Ἀχιλλεύς,

that was where god-like achilles drove at him eagerly with his spear,

ἀντικρὺ δ᾽ ἁπαλοῖο δι᾽ αὐχένος ἤλυθ᾽ ἀκωκή:

and the point went right through the soft neck.

οὐδ᾽ ἄρ᾽ ἀπ᾽ ἀσφάραγον μελίη τάμε χαλκοβάρεια,

but the ash spear with its weight of bronze did not sever the windpipe,

ὄφρά τί μιν προτιείποι ἀμειβόμενος ἐπέεσσιν.

so that hector could still speak and answer achilles.