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the fourth he reached his goal—Ægæ, where is his their lord should return. This done he went his way glittering golden palace, imperishable, in the depths to the host of the Achæans.
of the sea. When he got there, he yoked his fleet Now the Trojans followed Hector son of Priam in brazen-footed steeds with their manes of gold all close array like a storm-cloud or flame of fire, fight-flying in the wind; he clothed himself in raiment of ing with might and main and raising the cry battle; gold, grasped his gold whip, and took his stand upon for they deemed that they should take the ships of his chariot. As he went his way over the waves the the Achæans and kill all their chiefest heroes then sea-monsters left their lairs, for they knew their lord, and there. Meanwhile earth-encircling Neptune lord and came gambolling round him from every quar-of the earthquake cheered on the Argives, for he ter of the deep, while the sea in her gladness opened had come up out of the sea and had assumed the a path before his chariot. So lightly did the horses form and voice of Calchas.
fly that the bronze axle of the car was not even wet First he spoke to the two Ajaxes, who were doing beneath it; and thus his bounding steeds took him their best already, and said, “Ajaxes, you two can be to the ships of the Achæans.
the saving of the Achæans if you will put out all Now there is a certain huge cavern in the depths your strength and not let yourselves be daunted. I of the sea midway between Tenedos and rocky am not afraid that the Trojans, who have got over Imbrus; here Neptune lord of the earthquake stayed the wall in force, will be victorious in any other his horses, unyoked them, and set before them their part, for the Achæans can hold all of them in check, ambrosial forage. He hobbled their feet with hobbles but I much fear that some evil will befall us here of gold which none could either unloose or break, where furious Hector, who boasts himself the son so that they might stay there in that place until of great Jove himself, is leading them on like a pil-190
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lar of flame. May some god, then, put it into your gods are soon recognised. Moreover I feel the lust hearts to make a firm stand here, and to incite oth-of battle burn more fiercely within me, while my ers to do the like. In this case you will drive him hands and my feet under me are more eager for the from the ships even though he be inspired by Jove fray.”
himself.”
And Ajax son of Telamon answered, “I too feel As he spoke the earth-encircling lord of the earth-my hands grasp my spear more firmly; my strength quake struck both of them with his sceptre and filled is greater, and my feet more nimble; I long, more-their hearts with daring. He made their legs light over, to meet furious Hector son of Priam, even in and active, as also their hands and their feet. Then, single combat.”
as the soaring falcon poises on the wing high above Thus did they converse, exulting in the hunger some sheer rock, and presently swoops down to after battle with which the god had filled them.
chase some bird over the plain, even so did Nep-Meanwhile the earth-encircler roused the Achæans, tune lord of the earthquake wing his flight into the who were resting in the rear by the ships overcome air and leave them. Of the two, swift Ajax son of at once by hard fighting and by grief at seeing that Oileus was the first to know who it was that had the Trojans had got over the wall in force. Tears been speaking with them, and said to Ajax son of began falling from their eyes as they beheld them, Telamon, “Ajax, this is one of the gods that dwell for they made sure that they should not escape de-on Olympus, who in the likeness of the prophet is struction; but the lord of the earthquake passed bidding us fight hard by our ships. It was not Calchas lightly about among them and urged their battal-the seer and diviner of omens; I knew him at once ions to the front.
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Peneleos, and Thoas and Deipyrus; Meriones also Let us be quick to heal, for the hearts of the brave and Antilochus, valiant warriors; all did he exhort.
heal quickly. You do ill to be thus remiss, you, who
“Shame on you young Argives,” he cried, “it was on are the finest soldiers in our whole army. I blame your prowess I relied for the saving of our ships; if no man for keeping out of battle if he is a weakling, you fight not with might and main, this very day but I am indignant with such men as you are. My will see us overcome by the Trojans. Of a truth my good friends, matters will soon become even worse eyes behold a great and terrible portent which I through this slackness; think, each one of you, of had never thought to see—the Trojans at our ships—
his own honour and credit, for the hazard of the they, who were heretofore like panic-stricken hinds, fight is extreme. Great Hector is now fighting at the prey of jackals and wolves in a forest, with no our ships; he has broken through the gates and the strength but in flight for they cannot defend them-strong bolt that held them.” selves. Hitherto the Trojans dared not for one mo-Thus did the earth-encircler address the Achæans ment face the attack of the Achæans, but now they and urge them on. Thereon round the two Ajaxes have sallied far from their city and are fighting at there gathered strong bands of men, of whom not our very ships through the cowardice of our leader even Mars nor Minerva, marshaller of hosts could and the disaffection of the people themselves, who make light if they went among them, for they were in their discontent care not to fight in defence of the picked men of all those who were now awaiting the ships but are being slaughtered near them. True, the onset of Hector and the Trojans. They made a King Agamemnon son of Atreus is the cause of our living fence, spear to spear, shield to shield, buckler disaster by having insulted the son of Peleus, still to buckler, helmet to helmet, and man to man. The this is no reason why we should leave off fighting.
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one another as they nodded forward, so closely Lycians, and Dardanians, fighters in close combat, seffied were they; the spears they brandished in their stand firm: the Achæans have set themselves as a strong hands were interlaced, and their hearts were wall against me, but they will not check me for long; set on battle.
they will give ground before me if the mightiest of The Trojans advanced in a dense body, with Hec-the gods, the thundering spouse of Juno, has indeed tor at their head pressing right on as a rock that comes inspired my onset.”
thundering down the side of some mountain from With these words he put heart and soul into them whose brow the winter torrents have torn it; the foun-all. Deiphobus son of Priam went about among them dations of the dull thing have been loosened by floods intent on deeds of daring with his round shield be-of rain, and as it bounds headlong on its way it sets fore him, under cover of which he strode quickly the whole forest in an uproar; it swerves neither to forward. Meriones took aim at him with a spear, right nor left till it reaches level ground, but then for nor did he fail to hit the broad orb of ox-hide; but all its fury it can go no further—even so easily did he was far from piercing it for the spear broke in Hector for a while seem as though he would career two pieces long ere he could do so; moreover through the tents and ships of the Achæans till he Deiphobus had seen it coming and had held his had reached the sea in his murderous course; but the shield well away from him. Meriones drew back closely serried battalions stayed him when he reached under cover of his comrades, angry alike at having them, for the sons of the Achæans thrust at him failed to vanquish Deiphobus, and having broken with swords and spears pointed at both ends, and his spear. He turned therefore towards the ships drove him from them so that he staggered and gave and tents to fetch a spear which he had left behind ground; thereon he shouted to the Trojans, “Trojans, in his tent.
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The others continued fighting, and the cry of of Actor, in the chest as he was coming into battle, battle rose up into the heavens. Teucer son of and his armour rang rattling round him as he fell Telamon was the first to kill his man, to wit, the heavily to the ground. Hector sprang forward to warrior Imbrius son of Mentor rich in horses. Until take Amphimachus’s helmet from off his temples, the Achæans came he had lived in Pedæum, and and in a moment Ajax threw a spear at him, but did had married Medesicaste a bastard daughter of not wound him, for he was encased all over in his Priam; but on the arrival of the Danaan fleet he terrible armour; nevertheless the spear struck the had gone back to Ilius, and was a great man among boss of his shield with such force as to drive him the Trojans, dwelling near Priam himself, who gave back from the two corpses, which the Achæans then him like honour with his own sons. The son of drew off. Stichius and Menestheus, captains of the Telamon now struck him under the ear with a spear Athenians, bore away Amphimachus to the host of which he then drew back again, and Imbrius fell the Achæans, while the two brave and impetuous headlong as an ash-tree when it is felled on the crest Ajaxes did the like by Imbrius. As two lions snatch of some high mountain beacon, and its delicate a goat from the hounds that have it in their fangs, green foliage comes toppling down to the ground.
and bear it through thick brushwood high above Thus did he fall with his bronze-dight armour ring-the ground in their jaws, thus did the Ajaxes bear ing harshly round him, and Teucer sprang forward aloft the body of Imbrius, and strip it of its armour.
with intent to strip him of his armour; but as he Then the son of Oileus severed the head from the was doing so, Hector took aim at him with a spear.
neck in revenge for the death of Amphimachus, and Teucer saw the spear coming and swerved aside, sent it whirling over the crowd as though it had whereon it hit Amphimachus, son of Cteatus son been a ball, till fell in the dust at Hector’s feet.
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Neptune was exceedingly angry that his grand-Jove that the Achæans should perish ingloriously son Amphimachus should have fallen; he therefore here far from Argos: you, Thoas, have been always went to the tents and ships of the Achæans to urge staunch, and you keep others in heart if you see the Danaans still further, and to devise evil for the any fail in duty; be not then remiss now, but exhort Trojans. Idomeneus met him, as he was taking leave all to do their utmost.”
of a comrade, who had just come to him from the To this Neptune lord of the earthquake made an-fight, wounded in the knee. His fellow-soldiers bore swer, “Idomeneus, may he never return from Troy, him off the field, and Idomeneus having given or-but remain here for dogs to batten upon, who is ders to the physicians went on to his tent, for he this day wilfully slack in fighting. Get your armour was still thirsting for battle. Neptune spoke in the and go, we must make all haste together if we may likeness and with the voice of Thoas son of be of any use, though we are only two. Even cow-Andræmon who ruled the Ætolians of all Pleuron ards gain courage from companionship, and we two and high Calydon, and was honoured among his can hold our own with the bravest.” people as though he were a god. “Idomeneus,” said Therewith the god went back into the thick of he, “lawgiver to the Cretans, what has now become the fight, and Idomeneus when he had reached his of the threats with which the sons of the Achæans tent donned his armour, grasped his two spears, and used to threaten the Trojans?” sallied forth. As the lightning which the son of Sat-And Idomeneus chief among the Cretans an-urn brandishes from bright Olympus when he would swered, “Thoas, no one, so far as I know, is in fault, show a sign to mortals, and its gleam flashes far for we can all fight. None are held back neither by and wide—even so did his armour gleam about him fear nor slackness, but it seems to be the of almighty as he ran. Meriones his sturdy squire met him while 195
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he was still near his tent (for he was going to fetch and wherever there has been hard fighting have held his spear) and Idomeneus said, my own among the foremost. There may be those
“Meriones, fleet son of Molus, best of comrades, among the Achæans who do not know how I fight, why have you left the field? Are you wounded, and but you know it well enough yourself.” is the point of the weapon hurting you? or have Idomeneus answered, “I know you for a brave you been sent to fetch me? I want no fetching; I man: you need not tell me. If the best men at the had far rather fight than stay in my tent.” ships were being chosen to go on an ambush—and
“Idomeneus,” answered Meriones, “I come for a there is nothing like this for showing what a man is spear, if I can find one in my tent; I have broken made of; it comes out then who is cowardly and the one I had, in throwing it at the shield of who brave; the coward will change colour at every Deiphobus.”
touch and turn; he is full of fears, and keeps shift-And Idomeneus captain of the Cretans answered, ing his weight first on one knee and then on the
“You will find one spear, or twenty if you so please, other; his heart beats fast as he thinks of death, standing up against the end wall of my tent. I have and one can hear the chattering of his teeth; whereas taken them from Trojans whom I have killed, for I the brave man will not change colour nor be on am not one to keep my enemy at arm’s length; there-finding himself in ambush, but is all the time long-fore I have spears, bossed shields, helmets, and bur-ing to go into action—if the best men were being nished corslets.”
chosen for such a service, no one could make light Then Meriones said, “I too in my tent and at my of your courage nor feats of arms. If you were struck ship have spoils taken from the Trojans, but they by a dart or smitten in close combat, it would not are not at hand. I have been at all times valorous, be from behind, in your neck nor back, but the 196
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weapon would hit you in the chest or belly as you Idomeneus answered, “There are others to defend were pressing forward to a place in the front ranks.
the centre—the two Ajaxes and Teucer, who is the But let us no longer stay here talking like children, finest archer of all the Achæans, and is good also in lest we be ill spoken of; go, fetch your spear from a hand-to-hand fight. These will give Hector son of the tent at once.”
Priam enough to do; fight as he may, he will find it On this Meriones, peer of Mars, went to the tent hard to vanquish their indomitable fury, and fire and got himself a spear of bronze. He then followed the ships, unless the son of Saturn fling a firebrand after Idomeneus, big with great deeds of valour. As upon them with his own hand. Great Ajax son of when baneful Mars sallies forth to battle, and his Telamon will yield to no man who is in mortal mould son Panic so strong and dauntless goes with him, to and eats the grain of Ceres, if bronze and great stones strike terror even into the heart of a hero—the pair can overthrow him. He would not yield even to Achil-have gone from Thrace to arm themselves among les in hand-to-hand fight, and in fleetness of foot there the Ephyri or the brave Phlegyans, but they will is none to beat him; let us turn therefore towards the not listen to both the contending hosts, and will left wing, that we may know forthwith whether we give victory to one side or to the other—even so are to give glory to some other, or he to us.” did Meriones and Idomeneus, captains of men, go Meriones, peer of fleet Mars, then led the way out to battle clad in their bronze armour. Meriones till they came to the part of the host which was first to speak. “Son of Deucalion,” said he, Idomeneus had named.
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towards him all in a body, and a furious hand-to-Argives to incite them, having come up from the hand fight raged under the ships’ sterns. Fierce as grey sea in secret, for he was grieved at seeing them the shrill winds that whistle upon a day when dust vanquished by the Trojans, and was furiously anlies deep on the roads, and the gusts raise it into a gry with Jove. Both were of the same race and coun-thick cloud—even such was the fury of the combat, try, but Jove was elder born and knew more, there-and might and main did they hack at each other fore Neptune feared to defend the Argives openly, with spear and sword throughout the host. The field but in the likeness of man, he kept on encouraging bristled with the long and deadly spears which they them throughout their host. Thus, then, did these bore. Dazzling was the sheen of their gleaming hel-two devise a knot of war and battle, that none could mets, their fresh-burnished breastplates, and glit-unloose or break, and set both sides tugging at it, tering shields as they joined battle with one another.
to the failing of men’s knees beneath them.
Iron indeed must be his courage who could take And now Idomeneus, though his hair was already pleasure in the sight of such a turmoil, and look on flecked with grey, called loud on the Danaans and it without being dismayed.
spread panic among the Trojans as he leaped in Thus did the two mighty sons of Saturn devise among them. He slew Othryoneus from Cabesus, a evil for mortal heroes. Jove was minded to give vic-sojourner, who had but lately come to take part in tory to the Trojans and to Hector, so as to do honour the war. He sought Cassandra the fairest of Priam’s to fleet Achilles, nevertheless he did not mean to daughters in marriage, but offered no gifts of woo-utterly overthrow the Achæan host before Ilius, and ing, for he promised a great thing, to wit, that he only wanted to glorify Thetis and her valiant son.
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promised her to him, whereon he fought on the he could feel their ‘breath upon his shoulder. He strength of the promises thus made to him.
was longing to strike down Idomeneus, but ere he Idomeneus aimed a spear, and hit him as he came could do so Idomeneus smote him with his spear in striding on. His cuirass of bronze did not protect the throat under the chin, and the bronze point him, and the spear stuck in his belly, so that he fell went clean through it. He fell as an oak, or poplar, heavily to the ground. Then Idomeneus vaunted or pine which shipwrights have felled for ship’s tim-over him saying, “Othryoneus, there is no one in ber upon the mountains with whetted axes—even the world whom I shall admire more than I do you, thus did he lie full length in front of his chariot and if you indeed perform what you have promised horses, grinding his teeth and clutching at the blood-Priam son of Dardanus in return for his daughter.
stained just. His charioteer was struck with panic We too will make you an offer; we will give you the and did not dare turn his horses round and escape: loveliest daughter of the son of Atreus, and will bring thereupon Antilochus hit him in the middle of his her from Argos for you to marry, if you will sack the body with a spear; his cuirass of bronze did not goodly city of Ilius in company with ourselves; so protect him, and the spear stuck in his belly. He fell come along with me, that we may make a covenant gasping from his chariot and Antilochus great at the ships about the marriage, and we will not be Nestor’s son, drove his horses from the Trojans to hard upon you about gifts of wooing.” the Achæans.
With this Idomeneus began dragging him by the Deiphobus then came close up to Idomeneus to foot through the thick of the fight, but Asius came avenge Asius, and took aim at him with a spear, but up to protect the body, on foot, in front of his horses Idomeneus was on the look-out and avoided it, for which his esquire drove so close behind him that he was covered by the round shield he always bore—
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a shield of oxhide and bronze with two arm-rods some Trojan in the darkness of death, or himself to on the inside. He crouched under cover of this, and fall while warding off the evil day from the Achæans.
the spear flew over him, but the shield rang out as Then fell Alcathous son of noble Æsyetes: he was the spear grazed it, and the weapon sped not in son-in-law to Anchises, having married his eldest vain from the strong hand of Deiphobus, for it struck daughter Hippodameia who was the darling of her Hypsenor son of Hippasus, shepherd of his people, father and mother, and excelled all her generation in the liver under the midriff, and his limbs failed in beauty, accomplishments, and understanding, beneath him. Deiphobus vaunted over him and cried wherefore the bravest man in all Troy had taken with a loud voice saying, “Of a truth Asius has not her to wife—him did Neptune lay low by the hand fallen unavenied; he will be glad even while passing of Idomeneus, blinding his bright eyes and binding into the house of Hades, strong warden of the gate, his strong limbs in fetters so that he could neither that I have sent some one to escort him.” go back nor to one side, but stood stock still like Thus did he vaunt, and the Argives were stung by pillar or lofty tree when Idomeneus struck him with his saying. Noble Antilochus was more angry than a spear in the middle of his chest. The coat of mail any one, but grief did not make him forget his friend that had hitherto protected his body was now bro-and comrade. He ran up to him, bestrode him, and ken, and rang harshly as the spear tore through it.
covered him with his shield; then two of his staunch He fell heavily to the ground, and the spear stuck comrades, Mecisteus son of Echius, and Alastor in his heart, which still beat, and made the butt-stooped down, and bore him away groaning heavily end of the spear quiver till dread Mars put an end to the ships. But Idomeneus ceased not his fury.
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are in a mood to vaunt, shall we cry quits now that sister brought you up when you were a child in his we have killed three men to your one? Nay, sir, stand house, and now Idomeneus has slain him.” in fight with me yourself, that you may learn what With these words he moved the heart of Æneas, manner of Jove-begotten man am I that have come and he went in pursuit of Idomeneus, big with great hither. Jove first begot Minos chief ruler in Crete, deeds of valour; but Idomeneus was not to be thus and Minos in his turn begot a son, noble Deucalion; daunted as though he were a mere child; he held Deucalion begot me to be a ruler over many men in his ground as a wild boar at bay upon the moun-Crete, and my ships have now brought me hither, to tains, who abides the coming of a great crowd of be the bane of yourself, your father, and the Trojans.” men in some lonely place—the bristles stand up-Thus did he speak, and Deiphobus was in two right on his back, his eyes flash fire, and he whets minds, whether to go back and fetch some other his tusks in his eagerness to defend himself against Trojan to help him, or to take up the challenge hounds and men—even so did famed Idomeneus single-handed. In the end, he deemed it best to go hold his ground and budge not at the coming of and fetch Æneas, whom he found standing in the Æneas. He cried aloud to his comrades looking to-rear, for he had long been aggrieved with Priam be-wards Ascalaphus, Aphareus, Deipyrus, Meriones, cause in spite his brave deeds he did not give him and Antilochus, all of them brave soldiers—”Hither his due share of honour. Deiphobus went up to him my friends,” he cried, “and leave me not single-and said, “Æneas, prince among the Trojans, if you handed—I go in great fear by fleet Æneas, who is know any ties of kinship, help me now to defend coming against me, and is a redoubtable dispenser the body of your sister’s husband; come with me to of death battle. Moreover he is in the flower of youth the rescue of Alcathous, who being husband to your when a man’s strength is greatest; if I was of the 201
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same age as he is and in my present mind, either he the ground. Idomeneus meanwhile smote Oenomaus or I should soon bear away the prize of victory.
in the middle of his belly, and broke the plate of his On this, all of them as one man stood near him, corslet, whereon his bowels came gushing out and shield on shoulder. Æneas on the other side called he clutched the earth in the palms of his hands as to his comrades, looking towards Deiphobus, Paris, he fell sprawling in the dust. Idomeneus drew his and Agenor, who were leaders of the Trojans along spear out of the body, but could not strip him of with himself, and the people followed them as sheep the rest of his armour for the rain of darts that were follow the ram when they go down to drink after showered upon him: moreover his strength was now they have been feeding, and the heart of the shep-beginning to fail him so that he could no longer herd is glad—even so was the heart of Æneas glad-charge, and could neither spring forward to recover dened when he saw his people follow him.
his own weapon nor swerve aside to avoid one that Then they fought furiously in close combat about was aimed at him; therefore, though he still defended the body of Alcathous, wielding their long spears; himself in hand-to-hand fight, his heavy feet could and the bronze armour about their bodies rang fear-not bear him swiftly out of the battle. Deiphobus fully as they took aim at one another in the press of aimed a spear at him as he was retreating slowly from the fight, while the two heroes Æneas and the field, for his bitterness against him was as fierce Idomeneus, peers of Mars, outxied every one in their as ever, but again he missed him, and hit Ascalaphus, desire to hack at each other with sword and spear.
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his son had fallen, for he was sitting on the sumin his throat which was turned towards him; his mits of Olympus under the golden clouds, by com-head fell on one side, his helmet and shield came mand of Jove, where the other gods were also sit-down along with him, and death, life’s foe, was shed ting, forbidden to take part in the battle. Mean-around him. Antilochus spied his chance, flew for-while men fought furiously about the body.
ward towards Thoon, and wounded him as he was Deiphobus tore the helmet from off his head, but turning round. He laid open the vein that runs all Meriones sprang upon him, and struck him on the the way up the back to the neck; he cut this vein arm with a spear so that the visored helmet fell from clean away throughout its whole course, and Thoon his hand and came ringing down upon the ground.
fell in the dust face upwards, stretching out his Thereon Meriones sprang upon him like a vulture, hands imploringly towards his comrades. Antilochus drew the spear from his shoulder, and fell back un-sprang upon him and stripped the armour from his der cover of his men. Then Polites, own brother of shoulders, glaring round him fearfully as he did so.
Deiphobus passed his arms around his waist, and The Trojans came about him on every side and bore him away from the battle till he got to his struck his broad and gleaming shield, but could not horses that were standing in the rear of the fight wound his body, for Neptune stood guard over the with the chariot and their driver. These took him son of Nestor, though the darts fell thickly round towards the city groaning and in great pain, with him. He was never clear of the foe, but was always the blood flowing from his arm.
in the thick of the fight; his spear was never idle; he The others still fought on, and the battle-cry rose poised and aimed it in every direction, so eager was to heaven without ceasing. Æneas sprang on he to hit some one from a distance or to fight him Aphareus son of Caletor, and struck him with a spear hand to hand.
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As he was thus aiming among the crowd, he was combat and tearing the helmet from his head; the seen by Adamas son of Asius, who rushed towards helmet fell to the ground, and one of those who him and struck him with a spear in the middle of were fighting on the Achæan side took charge of it his shield, but Neptune made its point without ef-as it rolled at his feet, but the eyes of Deipyrus fect, for he grudged him the life of Antilochus. One were closed in the darkness of death.
half, therefore, of the spear stuck fast like a charred On this Menelaus was grieved, and made menac-stake in Antilochus