εἶπεν ἆραι ασπίδα κατὰ μέσον τον πλοῦν

From LSJ

τίς δ' οἶδεν εἰ τὸ ζῆν μέν ἐστι κατθανεῖν, τὸ κατθανεῖν δὲ ζῆν κάτω νομίζεται → who knows if life is death, and if in the underworld death is considered life

Source

English > Greek (Woodhouse Quotes Reversed)

he bade them raise a shield when half way across