Togail na Tebe = The Thebiad of Statius : the Irish text

THE THEBAIDwere scattered and dispersed before him to the edges of harboursand havens. There one of Hippomedon's people, to wit, Ion,encountered Chromis, a Theban, in the middle of the river, andIon fell there by the Theban. That however was no unrequiteddeed; for Antiphos,a Greek, vanquished Chromis forthwith.again, was nothing but what happened toThat,Antiphos, for he fellbefore Hypseus son of Asopus, a Theban ; and that was an endof days to Astyages and Linus, Greeks ; for they fell there inthe same fall as Theban Hypseus. There Hippomedon overthrewand bore down the dispirited hosts of Thebes. On theother hand, Hypseus, in opposition to him, threw into confusionthe Greek companies that were along with Hippomedon, sothat the beautiful stream of Ismenos was at that time crimsonand bloody, though its waves were welling and pure-sided whenthose battalions came. That was natural mat" the surface ofthe river from one bank to another was a strong easily crossedbridge of much broken armour ; and mangled heroes submergedto the gravel and sand at the bottom of the river formed firmanchors for a road.When they were thus, Agripus, a Theban, stretched out hishand to a tree that was above his head on the river bank ; andMenoeceus, a Greek, dealt him a sword-stroke, so that he leftthe hand clinging to the tree, and he fell into the river forthwith.Moreover Hypseus, a Theban, dealt Tages, a Greek (sic),a spear-thrust so that his skin was full of open wounds at thebottom of the river. And Agenor his brother proceeded to raisehim up with him, and as he was unable to carry him, he lethimself be drowned along with him. And also Capetus, a Theban,fell there into the whirlpool that was nigh, and he was drownedin it. Now though death was the end of each of those heroes,their fates were various, for there the spear of Mycalesius (sic),a Theban, in its course down the stream collided with Agyrtes,a Greek, and left him lifeless.Now, there was wounded the bright-flanked mare of Tydeus,which was under Hippomedon, so that she was restively madlythrowing him off. And he wondered at that, for he did notknow what ailed her, till he saw the spear standing out fromher. And when he saw that, he leaped off her, and plucked the229