Fagles translation

and strapping the golden armor round his body,
seized his whip that coils lithe and gold
and boarded his chariot launching up and out,

χρύσεα δ᾽ ἀμφ᾽ ὤμοισιν ἔδυ τεύχεα καλὰ, εἵλετο δὲ χρυσείην μάστιγα καμπυλόμητιν, βῆ δ᾽ ἐπὶ δίφρον ἑών, τὸν δ᾽ οἴδματα πορφυρὰ φέρβεν