And first of all did Ajax Telamon, The bulwark of the Achaians, break the ranks Of Troy and raise the hopes of those who fought Beside him; for he smote the bravest man Of all the Thracian warriors⁠—Acamas, Son of Eussorus, strong and large of limb. His spear-head, through the plumèd helmet’s cone Entering the forehead of the Thracian, pierced The bone, and darkness gathered o’er his eyes. The valiant Diomed slew Axylus, The son of Teuthras. To the war he came From nobly-built Arisba; great his wealth, And greatly was he loved, for courteously He welcomed to his house beside the way All comers. None of these could interpose Between him and his death, for Diomed Slew him and his attendant charioteer, Calysius; both went down below the earth.