1. Now when they came to the ford of the full-flowing river Xanthus, begotten of immortal Jove, Achilles cut their forces in two: one half he chased over the plain towards the city by the same way that the Achaeans had taken when flying panic-stricken on the preceding day with Hector in full triumph; this way did they fly pell-mell, and Juno sent down a thick mist in front of them to stay them.
但是，当他们跑到清水河的边岸，其父宙斯，不死的天神，卷着漩涡的珊索斯的滩沿，阿基琉斯截开溃败的人群，追迫其中的一部撒腿平野，朝着特洛伊日跑――天前，就在那个地方，阿开亚人自己亦被光荣的赫克托耳，被他的狂烈赶得惶惶奔逃。现在，特洛伊人也在那片泥地上成群地回跑，但赫拉降下一团浓雾，布罩在他们眼前，挡住他们的归路。