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in charge of a less valiant soldier. The next company was led
by Paris, Alcathous, and Agenor; the third by Helenus and
Deiphobus, two sons of Priam, and with them was the hero
Asius—Asius, the son of Hyrtacus, whose great black horses
of the breed that comes from the river Selleis had brought
him from Arisbe. Aeneas, the valiant son of Anchises, led
the fourth; he and the two sons of Antenor, Archelochus
and Acamas, men well versed in all the arts of war. Sarpe-
don was captain over the allies, and took with him Glaucus
and Asteropaeus whom he deemed most valiant after him-
self—for he was far the best man of them all. These helped
to array one another in their ox-hide shields, and then
charged straight at the Danaans, for they felt sure that they
would not hold out longer and that they should themselves
now fall upon the ships.
The rest of the Trojans and their allies now followed the
counsel of Polydamas but Asius, son of Hyrtacus, would
not leave his horses and his esquire behind him; in his fool-
hardiness he took them on with him towards the ships, nor
did he fail to come by his end in consequence. Nevermore
was he to return to wind-beaten Ilius, exulting in his char-
iot and his horses; ere he could do so, death of ill-omened
name had overshadowed him and he had fallen by the spear
of Idomeneus the noble son of Deucalion. He had driven
towards the left wing of the ships, by which way the Achae-
ans used to return with their chariots and horses from the
plain. Hither he drove and found the gates with their doors
opened wide, and the great bar down—for the gatemen kept
them open so as to let those of their comrades enter who

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