Would that I were still young and strong as I then was, for the son of Priam would then soon find one who would face him.

But you, foremost among the whole host though you be, have none of you any stomach for fighting Hector." Thus did the old man rebuke them, and forthwith nine men started to their feet.

Foremost of all uprose King Agamemnon, and after him brave Diomed the son of Tydeus.

Next were the two Ajaxes, men clothed in valour as with a garment, and then Idomeneus, and Meriones his brother in arms.

After these Eurypylus son of Euaemon, Thoas the son of Andraemon, and Ulysses also rose.