ἄξονες τ' ἐπ' ἄξοσι νεκροί τε νεκροῖς ἐξεσωρεύονθ' ὁμοῦ
From LSJ
εἰ ἀποκρυπτόντων τῶν Μήδων τὸν ἥλιον ὑπὸ σκιῇ ἔσοιτο πρὸς αὐτοὺς ἡ μάχη καὶ οὐκ ἐν ἡλίῳ → if the Medes hid the sun, the battle would be to them in the shade and not in the sun
English > Greek (Woodhouse Quotes Reversed)
axles were heaped up on axles and dead on dead, axles were piled on axles and dead on dead