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He sprang on to his chariot, and bade his charioteer drive to
the ships, for he was in great agony. With a loud clear voice
he shouted to the Danaans, ‘My friends, princes and coun-
sellors of the Argives, defend the ships yourselves, for Jove
has not suffered me to fight the whole day through against
the Trojans.’
With this the charioteer turned his horses towards the
ships, and they flew forward nothing loth. Their chests were
white with foam and their bellies with dust, as they drew
the wounded king out of the battle.
When Hector saw Agamemnon quit the field, he shouted
to the Trojans and Lycians saying, ‘Trojans, Lycians, and
Dardanian warriors, be men, my friends, and acquit your-
selves in battle bravely; their best man has left them, and
Jove has vouchsafed me a great triumph; charge the foe with
your chariots that you may win still greater glory.’
With these words he put heart and soul into them all,
and as a huntsman hounds his dogs on against a lion or wild
boar, even so did Hector, peer of Mars, hound the proud
Trojans on against the Achaeans. Full of hope he plunged
in among the foremost, and fell on the fight like some fierce
tempest that swoops down upon the sea, and lashes its deep
blue waters into fury.
What, then is the full tale of those whom Hector son of
Priam killed in the hour of triumph which Jove then vouch-
safed him? First Asaeus, Autonous, and Opites; Dolops
son of Clytius, Opheltius and Agelaus; Aesymnus, Orus
and Hipponous steadfast in battle; these chieftains of the
Achaeans did Hector slay, and then he fell upon the rank

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