Last Moments

Homer, Iliad 5.42 (tr. Peter Green):

He fell with a thud, and his armor rattled upon him.

δούπησεν δὲ πεσών, ἀράβησε δὲ τεύχε᾽ ἐπ᾽ αὐτῷ.

5.47:

He slumped from his chariot, and loathsome darkness took him.

ἤριπε δ᾽ ἐξ ὀχέων, στυγερὸς δ᾽ ἄρα μιν σκότος εἷλε.

5.68:

He screamed and fell to his knees, and death enfolded him.

γνὺξ δ᾽ ἔριπ᾽ οἰμώξας, θάνατος δέ μιν ἀμφεκάλυψε.

5.75:

He collapsed in the dust, teeth clamped on the cold bronze.

ἤριπε δ᾽ ἐν κονίῃ, ψυχρὸν δ᾽ ἕλε χαλκὸν ὀδοῦσιν.

5.82-83:

                                                                        His eyes
were closed by blood-red death and all-mastering fate.

                                                       τὸν δὲ κατ᾽ ὄσσε
ἔλλαβε πορφύρεος θάνατος καὶ μοῖρα κραταιή.