Then Ajax, son of Telamon, hit Simoeisius,
Anthemion's son, a fine young warrior.              550
He was born on the banks of the river Simoeis,
while his mother was coming down Mount Ida,
accompanying her parents to watch their flocks.
That's why the people called him Simoeisius.
But he did not repay his fond parents for raising him.
His life was cut short on great Ajax's deadly spear.
As he was moving forward with the men in front,      [480]
Ajax struck him in the chest, by the right nipple.
The bronze spear went clean through his shoulder.
He collapsed in the dust, like a poplar tree,
[Johnson 4.549]

38.1.003 2006
colored pencil, graphite, watercolor on board
14" x 17"