WEBVTT 1 00:00:01.080 --> 00:00:05.280 Book fifteen. But when their flight had taken them past 2 00:00:05.320 --> 00:00:08.039 the trench and the set stakes, and many had fallen 3 00:00:08.080 --> 00:00:11.240 by the hands of the Danaans, the Trojans made a halt. 4 00:00:11.320 --> 00:00:16.280 On reaching their chariots, routed and pale with fear. Jove 5 00:00:16.399 --> 00:00:19.199 now woke on the crests of Ida, where he was 6 00:00:19.280 --> 00:00:23.000 lying with golden throned Juno by his side, and starting 7 00:00:23.039 --> 00:00:26.440 to his feet, he saw the Trojans and Achaeans, the 8 00:00:26.519 --> 00:00:30.000 one thrown into confusion, and the others driving them pell 9 00:00:30.039 --> 00:00:34.640 mell before them, with King Neptune in their midst. He 10 00:00:34.719 --> 00:00:37.359 saw Hector lying on the ground, with his comrades gathered 11 00:00:37.439 --> 00:00:41.840 round him, gasping for breath, wandering in mind, and vomiting blood. 12 00:00:42.640 --> 00:00:44.679 For it was not the feeblest of the Achaeans who 13 00:00:44.679 --> 00:00:48.200 struck him. The sire of gods and men had pity 14 00:00:48.200 --> 00:00:54.000 on him, and looked fiercely on Juno. I see, Juno, said, he, you, 15 00:00:54.159 --> 00:00:57.520 mischief making trickster, that your cunning has stayed Hector from 16 00:00:57.560 --> 00:01:00.399 fighting and has caused the rout of his host. I 17 00:01:00.439 --> 00:01:02.640 am in half a mind to thrash you, in which 18 00:01:02.679 --> 00:01:04.799 case you will be the first to reap the fruits 19 00:01:04.799 --> 00:01:08.719 of your scurvy, knavery, Do you not remember how, once 20 00:01:08.799 --> 00:01:12.640 upon a time I had you hanged. I fastened two 21 00:01:12.680 --> 00:01:15.680 anvils on to your feet and bound your hands in 22 00:01:15.760 --> 00:01:18.519 a chain of gold which none might break, and you 23 00:01:18.640 --> 00:01:22.519 hung in mid air among the clouds. All the gods 24 00:01:22.519 --> 00:01:25.159 in Olympus were in a fury, but they could not 25 00:01:25.200 --> 00:01:28.239 reach you to set you free. When I caught any 26 00:01:28.239 --> 00:01:31.319 one of them, I gripped him and hurled him from 27 00:01:31.359 --> 00:01:34.719 the heavenly threshold, till he came fainting down to earth. 28 00:01:35.879 --> 00:01:38.400 Yet even this did not relieve my mind from the 29 00:01:38.439 --> 00:01:42.159 incessant anxiety which I felt about Noble Hercules, whom you 30 00:01:42.359 --> 00:01:45.239 and Boreas had spitefully conveyed beyond the seas to Cos 31 00:01:45.920 --> 00:01:51.040 after suborning the tempests. But I rescued him, and notwithstanding 32 00:01:51.079 --> 00:01:55.079 all his mighty labors, I brought him back again to Argos. 33 00:01:55.760 --> 00:01:57.799 I would remind you of this that you may learn 34 00:01:57.799 --> 00:02:01.640 to leave off being so deceitful, and discover how much 35 00:02:01.680 --> 00:02:03.799 you are likely to gain by the embraces out of 36 00:02:03.840 --> 00:02:07.439 which you have come here to trick me. Juno trembled 37 00:02:07.439 --> 00:02:10.840 as he spoke, and said, may Heaven above and Earth 38 00:02:10.879 --> 00:02:14.639 below be my witnesses with the waters of the River Styx. 39 00:02:15.400 --> 00:02:17.840 And this is the most solemn oath that a blessed 40 00:02:17.879 --> 00:02:21.599 god can take. Nay, I swear also by your own 41 00:02:21.639 --> 00:02:25.759 almighty head and by our bridal bed, things over which 42 00:02:25.800 --> 00:02:29.520 I could never possibly perjure myself that Neptune is not 43 00:02:29.680 --> 00:02:33.199 punishing Hector and the Trojans and helping the Achaeans through 44 00:02:33.240 --> 00:02:36.159 any doing of mine. It is all of his own 45 00:02:36.199 --> 00:02:39.439 mere motion, because he was sorry to see the Achaeans 46 00:02:39.439 --> 00:02:43.199 hard pressed at their ships. If I were advising him, 47 00:02:43.639 --> 00:02:46.000 I should tell him to do as you bid him. 48 00:02:46.479 --> 00:02:50.599 The Sire of gods and men smiled and answered, if you, Juno, 49 00:02:50.879 --> 00:02:53.199 were always to support me when we sit in Council 50 00:02:53.240 --> 00:02:56.759 of the Gods, Neptune, like it or no, would soon 51 00:02:56.879 --> 00:02:59.639 come round to your and my way of thinking. If 52 00:02:59.680 --> 00:03:02.639 then you are speaking the truth and mean what you say, 53 00:03:03.280 --> 00:03:06.039 go among the rank and file of the gods, and 54 00:03:06.120 --> 00:03:09.039 tell Iris and Apollo, lord of the Bow, that I 55 00:03:09.120 --> 00:03:12.800 want them. Iris that she may go to the Achaean 56 00:03:12.879 --> 00:03:15.680 host and tell Neptune to leave off fighting and go home, 57 00:03:16.719 --> 00:03:20.120 and Apollo that he may send Hector again into battle 58 00:03:20.319 --> 00:03:23.800 and give him fresh strength. He will thus forget his 59 00:03:23.879 --> 00:03:27.599 present sufferings and drive the Achaeans back in confusion till 60 00:03:27.599 --> 00:03:30.319 they fall among the ships of Achilles, son of Pelias. 61 00:03:31.719 --> 00:03:35.639 Achilles will then send his comrade Patroclus into battle, and 62 00:03:35.759 --> 00:03:38.039 Hector will kill him in front of Ilius. After he 63 00:03:38.080 --> 00:03:42.560 has slain many warriors, and among them my own noble son, Sarpadan. 64 00:03:43.960 --> 00:03:47.639 Achilles will kill Hector to avenge Patroclus. And from that 65 00:03:47.800 --> 00:03:50.719 time I will bring it about that the Achaeans shall 66 00:03:50.759 --> 00:03:54.039 persistently drive the Trojans back till they fulfill the councils 67 00:03:54.080 --> 00:03:57.759 of Minerva and take Ilius. But I will not stay 68 00:03:57.800 --> 00:04:01.080 my anger, nor permit any God to help the Danans 69 00:04:01.120 --> 00:04:03.439 till I have accomplished the desire of the son of Pelias, 70 00:04:03.759 --> 00:04:06.159 according to the promise I made by bowing my head 71 00:04:06.159 --> 00:04:09.000 on the day when Thetis touched my knees and besought 72 00:04:09.039 --> 00:04:13.800 me to give him honor. Juno heeded his words and 73 00:04:13.879 --> 00:04:18.079 went from the heights of Ida to Great Olympus, swift 74 00:04:18.079 --> 00:04:20.360 as the thought of one whose fancy carries him over 75 00:04:20.439 --> 00:04:24.839 vast countinents. And he says to himself, now I will 76 00:04:24.839 --> 00:04:28.680 be here or there, And he would have all manner 77 00:04:28.720 --> 00:04:32.199 of things Even so swiftly did Juno wing her way 78 00:04:32.240 --> 00:04:34.839 till she came to high Olympus and went in among 79 00:04:34.920 --> 00:04:37.040 the gods who were gathered in the House of Jove. 80 00:04:38.399 --> 00:04:40.439 When they saw her, they all of them came up 81 00:04:40.480 --> 00:04:42.800 to her and held out their cups to her by 82 00:04:42.839 --> 00:04:46.720 way of greeting. She let the others be, but took 83 00:04:46.759 --> 00:04:49.560 the cup offered her by lovely themis who was first 84 00:04:49.560 --> 00:04:53.920 to come running up to her. Juno said she, Why 85 00:04:53.959 --> 00:04:58.000 are you here and you seem troubled? Has your husband, 86 00:04:58.000 --> 00:05:03.839 the son of Saturn, been frightening you? And Juno answered themis, 87 00:05:04.480 --> 00:05:07.519 do not ask me about it. You know what a 88 00:05:07.560 --> 00:05:11.879 proud and cruel disposition my husband has lead the gods 89 00:05:11.920 --> 00:05:15.439 to table where you and all the immortals can hear 90 00:05:15.480 --> 00:05:19.240 the wicked designs which he has avowed. Many a one, 91 00:05:19.480 --> 00:05:23.759 mortal and immortal will be angered by them, however peaceably 92 00:05:23.800 --> 00:05:29.480 he may be feasting now on this. Juno sat down, 93 00:05:29.959 --> 00:05:32.480 and the gods were troubled throughout the House of Jove. 94 00:05:33.800 --> 00:05:37.240 Laughter sat on her lips, but her brow was furrowed 95 00:05:37.240 --> 00:05:41.040 with care, and she spoke up in a rage. Fools 96 00:05:41.079 --> 00:05:44.680 that we are, she cried to be thus madly angry 97 00:05:44.680 --> 00:05:47.240 with Jove. We keep on wanting to go up to 98 00:05:47.319 --> 00:05:50.680 him and stay him by force or by persuasion. But 99 00:05:50.759 --> 00:05:54.079 he sits aloof and cares for nobody, for he knows 100 00:05:54.120 --> 00:05:57.279 that he is much stronger than any other of the immortals, 101 00:05:57.839 --> 00:06:01.079 make the best. Therefore, of whatever ills he may choose 102 00:06:01.120 --> 00:06:04.240 to send each one of you, Mars, I take it 103 00:06:04.639 --> 00:06:07.439 has had a taste of them already, for his son 104 00:06:07.639 --> 00:06:11.759 Ascalaphus has fallen in battle, the man whom of all 105 00:06:11.839 --> 00:06:15.120 others he loved most dearly, and whose father he owns 106 00:06:15.199 --> 00:06:18.839 himself to be. When he heard this, Mars smote his 107 00:06:18.879 --> 00:06:21.720 two sturdy thighs with the flat of his hands, and said, 108 00:06:21.759 --> 00:06:24.600 in anger, do not blame me, you gods that dwell 109 00:06:24.639 --> 00:06:26.000 in heaven, if I go to the ships of the 110 00:06:26.000 --> 00:06:28.639 Achaeans and avenge the death of my son, even though 111 00:06:28.680 --> 00:06:31.519 it end in my being struck by Jove's lightning and 112 00:06:31.680 --> 00:06:35.920 lying in blood and dust among the corpses. As he spoke, 113 00:06:36.199 --> 00:06:38.959 he gave orders to yoke his horse's panic and rout 114 00:06:39.319 --> 00:06:42.879 while he put on his armor. On this, Jove would 115 00:06:42.920 --> 00:06:45.839 have been roused to still more fierce and implacable enmity 116 00:06:46.120 --> 00:06:50.120 against the other immortals had not. Minerva, armed for the 117 00:06:50.120 --> 00:06:54.279 safety of the gods, sprung from her seat and hurried outside. 118 00:06:55.680 --> 00:06:58.040 She tore the helmet from his head and the shield 119 00:06:58.040 --> 00:07:00.879 from his shoulders, and she took the bronze spear from 120 00:07:00.879 --> 00:07:04.720 his strong hand and set it on one side. Then 121 00:07:04.720 --> 00:07:09.279 she said to Mars, madman, you are undone. You have 122 00:07:09.360 --> 00:07:12.639 ears that hear not, or you have lost all judgment 123 00:07:12.680 --> 00:07:16.439 and understanding. Have you not heard what Juno has said 124 00:07:16.439 --> 00:07:19.879 on coming straight from the presence of Olympian Jove, do 125 00:07:19.959 --> 00:07:22.399 you wish to go through all kinds of suffering before 126 00:07:22.439 --> 00:07:25.639 you are brought back sick and sorry to Olympus after 127 00:07:25.680 --> 00:07:30.439 having caused infinite mischief to all us others, Jove would 128 00:07:30.480 --> 00:07:34.399 instantly leave the Trojans and Achaeans to themselves. He would 129 00:07:34.439 --> 00:07:37.120 come to Olympus to punish us, and would grip us 130 00:07:37.199 --> 00:07:42.439 up one after another, guilty or not guilty. Therefore, lay 131 00:07:42.439 --> 00:07:45.959 aside your anger for the death of your son. Better 132 00:07:46.000 --> 00:07:48.879 men than he have either been killed already or will 133 00:07:48.879 --> 00:07:54.600 fall hereafter, And one cannot protect everyone's whole family. With 134 00:07:54.680 --> 00:07:58.800 these words, she took Mars back to his seat. Meanwhile, 135 00:07:58.920 --> 00:08:04.680 Juno called Apollo outside with Iris the messenger of the gods, Jove. 136 00:08:05.040 --> 00:08:07.480 She said to them, desires you to go to him 137 00:08:07.519 --> 00:08:10.600 at once on Mount Ida. When you have seen him, 138 00:08:10.759 --> 00:08:14.680 you are to do as he may then bid you. Thereon, 139 00:08:14.759 --> 00:08:18.680 Juno left them and resumed her seat inside, while Iris 140 00:08:18.680 --> 00:08:22.680 and Apollo made all haste on their way. When they 141 00:08:22.680 --> 00:08:26.319 reached many fountained Ida, Mother of wild Beasts, they found 142 00:08:26.399 --> 00:08:30.199 Jove seated on topmost gargarus, with a fragrant cloud encircling 143 00:08:30.199 --> 00:08:34.559 his head as with a diadem. They stood before his presence, 144 00:08:35.240 --> 00:08:37.080 and he was pleased with them for having been so 145 00:08:37.200 --> 00:08:40.080 quick in obeying the orders his wife had given them. 146 00:08:40.600 --> 00:08:46.600 He spoke to Iris first, go, said he Fleet, Iris, 147 00:08:47.120 --> 00:08:49.759 tell King Neptune what I now bid you, and tell 148 00:08:49.840 --> 00:08:53.720 him true. Bid him leave off fighting, and either join 149 00:08:53.759 --> 00:08:56.320 the company of the gods or go down into the sea. 150 00:08:57.840 --> 00:09:00.720 If he takes no heed and disobeys me, let him 151 00:09:00.720 --> 00:09:02.919 consider well whether he is strong enough to hold his 152 00:09:02.960 --> 00:09:06.679 own against me if I attack him. I am older 153 00:09:07.039 --> 00:09:09.960 and much stronger than he is. Yet he is not 154 00:09:10.039 --> 00:09:12.799 afraid to set himself up as on a level with myself, 155 00:09:13.440 --> 00:09:18.039 of whom all the other gods stand in awe. Iris 156 00:09:18.399 --> 00:09:22.159 fleet as the wind obeyed him, and as the cold 157 00:09:22.240 --> 00:09:25.080 hail or snowflakes that fly from out the clouds before 158 00:09:25.120 --> 00:09:28.039 the blast of Bereas, even so did she wing her 159 00:09:28.080 --> 00:09:30.559 way till she came close up to the great shaker 160 00:09:30.600 --> 00:09:36.320 of the earth. Then she said, I have come, o, 161 00:09:36.519 --> 00:09:39.080 dark haired king that holds the world in his embrace, 162 00:09:40.000 --> 00:09:43.799 to bring you a message from Jove. He bids you 163 00:09:43.960 --> 00:09:47.120 leave off fighting and either join the company of the 164 00:09:47.120 --> 00:09:50.639 gods or go down into the sea. If, however, you 165 00:09:50.720 --> 00:09:54.200 take no heed and disobey him, he says he will 166 00:09:54.200 --> 00:09:57.559 come down here and fight you. He would have you 167 00:09:57.679 --> 00:10:00.559 keep out of his reach, for he is old and 168 00:10:00.679 --> 00:10:03.519 much stronger than you are. And yet you are not 169 00:10:03.600 --> 00:10:06.200 afraid to set yourself up as on a level with himself, 170 00:10:06.799 --> 00:10:10.960 of whom all the other gods stand in awe. Neptune 171 00:10:11.080 --> 00:10:14.879 was very angry and said, Great Heavens, strong as Jove 172 00:10:14.960 --> 00:10:16.919 may be, he has said more than he can do 173 00:10:17.000 --> 00:10:19.600 if he has threatened violence against me, who am of 174 00:10:19.720 --> 00:10:22.919 like honor with himself. We were three brothers whom rear 175 00:10:23.000 --> 00:10:26.200 boort to Saturn, Jove myself and Hades, who rules the 176 00:10:26.200 --> 00:10:30.639 world below. Heaven and Earth were divided into three parts, 177 00:10:31.399 --> 00:10:33.559 and each of us was to have an equal share. 178 00:10:35.200 --> 00:10:37.919 When we cast lots. It fell to me to have 179 00:10:38.039 --> 00:10:41.679 my dwelling in the sea for evermore. Hades took the 180 00:10:41.759 --> 00:10:45.159 darkness of the realms under the earth, while air and 181 00:10:45.240 --> 00:10:48.039 sky and clouds were a portion that fell to Jove. 182 00:10:49.000 --> 00:10:52.159 But Earth and greater Olympus are the common property of all. 183 00:10:53.279 --> 00:10:55.519 Therefore I will not walk as Jove would have me 184 00:10:56.879 --> 00:10:59.639 for all his strength. Let him keep to his own 185 00:10:59.679 --> 00:11:02.919 third share and be contented, without threatening to lay hands 186 00:11:02.960 --> 00:11:06.000 upon me as though I were nobody. Let him keep 187 00:11:06.000 --> 00:11:08.840 his bragging talk for his own sons and daughters, who 188 00:11:08.960 --> 00:11:14.840 must perforce obey him. Iris fleet as the Wind, then answered, 189 00:11:15.639 --> 00:11:19.000 am I really Neptune to take this daring and unyielding 190 00:11:19.039 --> 00:11:24.000 message to Jove? Or will you reconsider your answer? Sensible 191 00:11:24.000 --> 00:11:26.440 people are open to argument, and you know that the 192 00:11:26.600 --> 00:11:29.759 erinnyas always range themselves on the side of the older person. 193 00:11:31.000 --> 00:11:35.919 Neptune answered, Goddess Iris, your words have been spoken in season. 194 00:11:37.080 --> 00:11:41.360 It is well when a messenger shows so much discretion. Nevertheless, 195 00:11:41.360 --> 00:11:43.639 it cuts me to the very heart that anyone should 196 00:11:43.679 --> 00:11:47.759 rebuke so angrily another who is his own peer and 197 00:11:47.799 --> 00:11:52.679 of like empire, with himself. Now, however, I will give 198 00:11:52.720 --> 00:11:56.360 way in spite of my displeasure. Furthermore, let me tell you, 199 00:11:56.399 --> 00:11:59.559 and I mean what I say, if contrary to the 200 00:11:59.559 --> 00:12:05.360 desire myself Minerva, driver of the spoil, Juno Mercury, and 201 00:12:05.480 --> 00:12:10.039 King Vulcan, Jove spares steep Ilius and will not let 202 00:12:10.080 --> 00:12:13.159 the Achaeans have the great triumph of sacking it. Let 203 00:12:13.200 --> 00:12:17.960 him understand that he will incur our implacable resentment. Neptune 204 00:12:18.000 --> 00:12:20.519 now left the field to go down under the sea, 205 00:12:21.000 --> 00:12:24.759 and sorely did the Achaeans miss him. Then Jove said 206 00:12:24.759 --> 00:12:30.200 to Apollo, go dear Phoebus to hector, for Neptune, who 207 00:12:30.279 --> 00:12:32.799 holds the earth in his embrace, has now gone down 208 00:12:32.919 --> 00:12:35.600 under the sea to avoid the severity of my displeasure. 209 00:12:36.799 --> 00:12:39.080 Had he not done so, those gods who are below 210 00:12:39.120 --> 00:12:40.919 with Saturn would have come to hear of the fight 211 00:12:41.000 --> 00:12:44.279 between us. It is better for both of us that 212 00:12:44.360 --> 00:12:46.799 he should have curbed his anger and kept out of 213 00:12:46.799 --> 00:12:50.759 my reach, for I should have had much trouble with him. 214 00:12:51.320 --> 00:12:55.080 Take then your tasseled eegis and shake it furiously, so 215 00:12:55.200 --> 00:13:00.360 as to set the Achaean heroes in a panic. Take moreover, brave, Hector, 216 00:13:00.960 --> 00:13:04.919 O far data into your own care, and rouse him 217 00:13:04.960 --> 00:13:07.960 to deeds of daring, till the Achaeans are sent flying 218 00:13:08.000 --> 00:13:11.360 back to their ships and to the Hellespont. From that 219 00:13:11.519 --> 00:13:14.759 point I will think it well over how the Achaeans 220 00:13:14.759 --> 00:13:18.919 may have a respite from their troubles. Apollo obeyed his 221 00:13:19.000 --> 00:13:22.600 father's saying and left the crests of Ida, flying like 222 00:13:22.639 --> 00:13:26.679 a falcon, bane of doves and swiftest of all birds. 223 00:13:27.320 --> 00:13:30.240 He found Hector no longer lying upon the ground, but 224 00:13:30.320 --> 00:13:33.000 sitting up, for he had just come to himself again. 225 00:13:34.080 --> 00:13:36.679 He knew those who were about him, and the sweat 226 00:13:36.679 --> 00:13:38.759 and hard breathing had left him from the moment when 227 00:13:38.799 --> 00:13:42.080 the will of Aegis bearing Jove had revived him. Apollo 228 00:13:42.080 --> 00:13:46.200 stood beside him and said, Hector, son of Priam, why 229 00:13:46.200 --> 00:13:48.519 are you so faint? And why are you here away 230 00:13:48.559 --> 00:13:52.879 from the others? Has any mishap befallen you? Hector, in 231 00:13:52.919 --> 00:13:56.320 a weak voice, answered, and which kind sir of the 232 00:13:56.360 --> 00:14:00.240 gods are you who now ask me? Thus? Do you 233 00:14:00.279 --> 00:14:02.720 not know that Ajax struck me on the chest with 234 00:14:02.759 --> 00:14:04.960 a stone as I was killing his comrades at the 235 00:14:05.000 --> 00:14:08.559 ships of the Achaeans, and compelled me to leave off fighting. 236 00:14:09.600 --> 00:14:12.279 I made sure that this very day I should breathe 237 00:14:12.279 --> 00:14:15.440 my last and go down into the house of Hades. 238 00:14:17.080 --> 00:14:21.279 Then King Apollo said to him, take heart, the son 239 00:14:21.320 --> 00:14:23.840 of Saturn has sent you a mighty helper from Ida 240 00:14:23.919 --> 00:14:28.120 to stand by you and defend you. Even me Phoebus, 241 00:14:28.120 --> 00:14:31.840 Apollo of the Golden Sword, who have been guardian hitherto 242 00:14:31.960 --> 00:14:36.120 not only of yourself, but of your city. Now, therefore, 243 00:14:36.600 --> 00:14:39.120 order your horsemen to drive their chariots to the ships 244 00:14:39.120 --> 00:14:42.799 in great multitudes. I will go before your horses to 245 00:14:42.840 --> 00:14:45.679 smooth the way for them, and will turn the Achaeans 246 00:14:45.679 --> 00:14:49.639 in flight. As he spoke, he infused great strength into 247 00:14:49.639 --> 00:14:53.320 the shepherd of his people, And as a horse, stabled 248 00:14:53.360 --> 00:14:56.639 and full fed, breaks loose and gallops gloriously over the 249 00:14:56.639 --> 00:14:58.679 plain to the place where he is wont to take 250 00:14:58.679 --> 00:15:03.159 his bath in the river. He tosses his head, and 251 00:15:03.279 --> 00:15:06.000 his mane streams over his shoulders, as in all the 252 00:15:06.039 --> 00:15:08.879 pride of his strength. He flies full speed to the 253 00:15:08.960 --> 00:15:14.480 pastures where the mares are feeding. Even so, Hector, when 254 00:15:14.480 --> 00:15:17.519 he heard what the God said, urged his horsemen on 255 00:15:18.320 --> 00:15:22.279 and sped forward as fast as his limbs could take him. 256 00:15:22.360 --> 00:15:24.879 As country peasants set their hounds on to a horned 257 00:15:24.919 --> 00:15:28.279 stag or wild goat. He has taken shelter under rock 258 00:15:28.360 --> 00:15:31.799 or thicket, and they cannot find him. But lo, a 259 00:15:31.840 --> 00:15:35.200 bearded lion, whom their shouts have roused, stands in their path, 260 00:15:35.679 --> 00:15:37.879 and they are in no further humour for the chase. 261 00:15:38.919 --> 00:15:41.639 Even so, the Achaeans were still charging on in a body, 262 00:15:42.000 --> 00:15:45.159 using their swords and spears pointed at both ends. But 263 00:15:45.240 --> 00:15:48.000 when they saw Hector going about among his men, they 264 00:15:48.000 --> 00:15:51.200 were afraid, and their hearts fell down into their feet. 265 00:15:53.120 --> 00:15:57.039 Then spoke Thoas, son of Andreaemon, leader of the Aetolians, 266 00:15:57.080 --> 00:15:59.440 a man who could throw a good throw, and who 267 00:15:59.519 --> 00:16:02.639 was staunched also in close fight, while few could surpass 268 00:16:02.720 --> 00:16:06.200 him in debate. When opinions were divided, he then, with 269 00:16:06.279 --> 00:16:10.399 all sincerity and good will, addressed them. Thus, what in 270 00:16:10.519 --> 00:16:13.759 Heaven's name do I now see? Is it not Hector 271 00:16:13.879 --> 00:16:17.440 come to life again? Everyone made sure he had been 272 00:16:17.519 --> 00:16:20.879 killed by Ajax, son of Telemann. But it seems that 273 00:16:20.919 --> 00:16:23.879 one of the gods has again rescued him. He has 274 00:16:23.960 --> 00:16:26.799 killed many of us Dinans already, and I take it 275 00:16:26.799 --> 00:16:29.759 will yet do so for the hand of Jove must 276 00:16:29.759 --> 00:16:32.519 be with him, or he would never dare show himself 277 00:16:32.559 --> 00:16:36.480 so masterful in the forefront of the battle. Now, therefore, 278 00:16:36.879 --> 00:16:39.919 let us all do as I say. Let us order 279 00:16:39.960 --> 00:16:42.559 the main body of our forces to fall back upon 280 00:16:42.600 --> 00:16:44.960 the ships. But let those of us who profess to 281 00:16:44.960 --> 00:16:47.960 be the flower of the army stand firm and see 282 00:16:47.960 --> 00:16:50.559 whether we cannot hold Hector back at the point of 283 00:16:50.600 --> 00:16:53.600 our spears. As soon as he comes near us, I 284 00:16:53.720 --> 00:16:56.440 conceive that he will then think better of it, before 285 00:16:56.440 --> 00:16:59.240 he tries to charge into the press of the Danaans. 286 00:17:00.960 --> 00:17:03.679 Thus did he speak, and they did even as he 287 00:17:03.720 --> 00:17:07.839 had said. Those who were about Ajax and King Idomineus, 288 00:17:08.319 --> 00:17:12.680 the followers moreover of Tusa, Meriones, and Megji's peer of Mars, 289 00:17:13.000 --> 00:17:15.960 called all their best men about them, and sustained the 290 00:17:15.960 --> 00:17:19.279 fight against Hector and the Trojans. But the main body 291 00:17:19.480 --> 00:17:22.880 fell back upon the ships of the Achaeans. The Trojans 292 00:17:22.920 --> 00:17:26.119 pressed forward in a dense body, with Hector striding on 293 00:17:26.160 --> 00:17:30.079 at their head. Before him went Phoebus Apollo, shrouded in 294 00:17:30.160 --> 00:17:33.960 cloud about his shoulders. He bore aloft the terrible Eegis 295 00:17:34.000 --> 00:17:37.119 with its shaggy fringe, which Vulcan the Smith had given 296 00:17:37.200 --> 00:17:40.960 Jove to strike terror into the hearts of men. With 297 00:17:41.000 --> 00:17:44.400 this in his hand, he led on the Trojans. The 298 00:17:44.519 --> 00:17:48.519 Argives held together and stood their ground. The cry of 299 00:17:48.519 --> 00:17:51.839 battle rose high from either side, and the arrows flew 300 00:17:51.880 --> 00:17:55.640 from the bowstrings. Many a spear sped from strong hands 301 00:17:55.680 --> 00:17:58.119 and fastened in the bodies of many a valiant warrior, 302 00:17:58.559 --> 00:18:02.039 while others fell to earth way before they could taste 303 00:18:02.039 --> 00:18:06.920 of man's fair flesh and glut themselves with blood. So 304 00:18:07.079 --> 00:18:10.039 long as Phoebus Apollo held his aeges quietly and without 305 00:18:10.039 --> 00:18:13.799 shaking it, the weapons on either side took effect, and 306 00:18:13.839 --> 00:18:16.759 the people fell. But when he shook it straight in 307 00:18:16.799 --> 00:18:19.799 the face of the Danons and raised his mighty battle cry, 308 00:18:19.839 --> 00:18:23.559 their hearts fainted within them, and they forgot their former prowess. 309 00:18:24.480 --> 00:18:26.759 As when two wild beasts spring in the dead of 310 00:18:26.839 --> 00:18:29.279 night on a herd of cattle, or a large flock 311 00:18:29.319 --> 00:18:32.599 of sheep, when the herdsman is not there. Even so 312 00:18:32.799 --> 00:18:36.160 were the Danons struck helpless, for Apollo filled them with 313 00:18:36.240 --> 00:18:40.720 panic and gave victory to Hector and the Trojans. The 314 00:18:40.759 --> 00:18:43.759 fight then became more scattered, and they killed one another, 315 00:18:43.759 --> 00:18:48.319 where they best could. Hector killed Stychius and Arcesilaus, the 316 00:18:48.359 --> 00:18:51.759 one leader of the Baotians, and the other friend and 317 00:18:51.839 --> 00:18:57.160 comrade of Menestheus. Eneus killed Maidan and Iiasis. The first 318 00:18:57.240 --> 00:19:00.799 was bastard, son to Eulius and brother to Ajax, but 319 00:19:00.880 --> 00:19:04.079 he lived in Phylacy, away from his own country, for 320 00:19:04.160 --> 00:19:07.480 he had killed a man, a kinsman of his stepmother Eriopis, 321 00:19:07.920 --> 00:19:11.640 whom Eulius had married. Iasis had become a leader of 322 00:19:11.640 --> 00:19:15.279 the Athenians, and was son of Sphelus, the son of Bucolos. 323 00:19:16.759 --> 00:19:21.079 Polydamus killed Mesistius and polytes Echius in the front of 324 00:19:21.119 --> 00:19:26.079 the battle, while Agenor slew Clonius. Paris struck Diocus from 325 00:19:26.119 --> 00:19:28.480 behind in the lower part of the shoulder as he 326 00:19:28.559 --> 00:19:31.079 was flying among the foremost, and the point of the 327 00:19:31.079 --> 00:19:35.000 spear went clean through him. While they were spoiling these 328 00:19:35.039 --> 00:19:38.319 heroes of their armor, the Achaeans were flying pellmell to 329 00:19:38.359 --> 00:19:41.359 the trench and the set stakes, and were forced back 330 00:19:41.480 --> 00:19:45.559 within their wall. Hector then cried out to the Trojans, 331 00:19:46.359 --> 00:19:49.960 forward to the ships, and let the spoils be If 332 00:19:50.000 --> 00:19:52.519 I see any man keeping back on the other side 333 00:19:52.680 --> 00:19:55.079 the wall, away from the ships, I will have him killed. 334 00:19:55.880 --> 00:19:58.880 His kinsmen and kinswomen shall not give him his dues 335 00:19:58.880 --> 00:20:02.160 of fire, but dogs shall tear him in pieces in 336 00:20:02.200 --> 00:20:05.799 front of our city. As he spoke, he laid his 337 00:20:05.839 --> 00:20:08.680 whip about his horses shoulders, and called to the Trojans 338 00:20:08.680 --> 00:20:11.960 throughout their ranks. The Trojans shouted with a cry that 339 00:20:12.079 --> 00:20:14.640 rent the air, and kept their horses neck and neck 340 00:20:14.680 --> 00:20:18.480 with his own phoebus. Apollo went before and kicked down 341 00:20:18.480 --> 00:20:20.720 the banks of the deep trench into its middle, so 342 00:20:20.799 --> 00:20:23.400 as to make a great broad bridge, as broad as 343 00:20:23.440 --> 00:20:25.720 the throw of a spear when a man is trying 344 00:20:25.759 --> 00:20:30.680 his strength. The Trojan battalions poured over the bridge, and Apollo, 345 00:20:30.799 --> 00:20:33.880 with his redoubtable aegis led the way. He kicked down 346 00:20:33.920 --> 00:20:36.000 the wall of the Achaeans as easily as a child 347 00:20:36.039 --> 00:20:37.960 who playing on the sea shore, has built a house 348 00:20:38.000 --> 00:20:41.359 of sand, and then kicks it down again and destroys it. 349 00:20:42.599 --> 00:20:46.880 Even so did you, o Apollo shed toil and trouble 350 00:20:46.960 --> 00:20:53.279 upon the Argives, filling them with panic and confusion. Thus 351 00:20:53.359 --> 00:20:56.440 then were the Achaeans hemmed in at their ships, calling 352 00:20:56.480 --> 00:20:59.519 out to one another and raising their hands with loud cries, 353 00:20:59.640 --> 00:21:04.839 every man to heaven, Nestor of Geren, tower of strength 354 00:21:04.880 --> 00:21:07.759 to the Achaeans, lifted up his hands to the starry 355 00:21:07.759 --> 00:21:11.559 firmament of heaven, and prayed more fervently than any of them. 356 00:21:12.720 --> 00:21:16.799 Father Jove said he, if ever anyone in wheat growing 357 00:21:16.920 --> 00:21:19.839 argus burned you fat thigh bones of sheep or heifer, 358 00:21:19.880 --> 00:21:23.359 and prayed that he might return safely home whereon you 359 00:21:23.440 --> 00:21:25.720 bowed your head to him in assent, bear it in 360 00:21:25.799 --> 00:21:28.960 mind now, and suffer not the Trojans to triumph. Thus 361 00:21:29.039 --> 00:21:33.799 over the Achaeans, all counseling, Jove thundered loudly in answer 362 00:21:33.839 --> 00:21:37.240 to the prayer of the aged son of Nelius. When 363 00:21:37.240 --> 00:21:40.799 they heard Jove thunder, they flung themselves yet more fiercely 364 00:21:40.839 --> 00:21:44.119 on the Achaeans, as a wave breaking over the bulwarks 365 00:21:44.119 --> 00:21:46.720 of a ship when the sea runs high before a gale. 366 00:21:47.119 --> 00:21:49.119 For it is the force of the wind that makes 367 00:21:49.119 --> 00:21:52.400 the waves so great. Even so did the Trojans spring 368 00:21:52.480 --> 00:21:55.640 over the wall with a shout and drive their chariots onwards. 369 00:21:56.720 --> 00:21:59.359 The two sides fought, with their double pointed spears in 370 00:21:59.480 --> 00:22:03.480 hand to hand, encounter the Trojans from their chariots, and 371 00:22:03.519 --> 00:22:06.119 the Achaeans climbing up into their ships and wielding the 372 00:22:06.160 --> 00:22:08.240 long pikes that were lying on the decks, ready for 373 00:22:08.359 --> 00:22:14.200 use in a sea fight, jointed and shod with bronze. Now, Patroclus, 374 00:22:14.240 --> 00:22:16.680 so long as the Achaeans and Trojans were fighting about 375 00:22:16.680 --> 00:22:19.240 the wall but were not yet within it and at 376 00:22:19.240 --> 00:22:22.680 the ships, remained sitting in the tent of good Eurypolus, 377 00:22:22.839 --> 00:22:26.079 entertaining him with his conversation and spreading herbs over his 378 00:22:26.160 --> 00:22:30.359 wound to ease his pain. When, however, he saw the 379 00:22:30.400 --> 00:22:33.440 Trojans swarming through the breach in the wall, while the 380 00:22:33.440 --> 00:22:37.279 Achaeans were clamoring and struck with panic, he cried aloud 381 00:22:37.720 --> 00:22:40.359 and smote his two thighs with the flat of his hands. 382 00:22:41.880 --> 00:22:45.799 Eurypolus said he in his dismay, I know you want 383 00:22:45.839 --> 00:22:48.559 me badly, but I cannot stay with you any longer, 384 00:22:49.160 --> 00:22:52.359 for there is hard fighting going on. A servant shall 385 00:22:52.359 --> 00:22:55.079 take care of you now, for I must make all 386 00:22:55.119 --> 00:22:58.200 speed to Achilles and induce him to fight. If I can. 387 00:22:59.119 --> 00:23:02.400 Who knows, But with Heaven's help I may persuade him. 388 00:23:02.640 --> 00:23:04.880 A man does well to listen to the advice of 389 00:23:04.880 --> 00:23:09.799 a friend. When he had thus spoken, he went his way. 390 00:23:11.240 --> 00:23:15.519 The Achaeans stood firm and resisted the attack of the Trojans. Yet, 391 00:23:15.519 --> 00:23:18.480 though these were fewer in number, they could not drive 392 00:23:18.559 --> 00:23:21.680 them back from the ships. Neither could the Trojans break 393 00:23:21.720 --> 00:23:24.359 the Achaean ranks and make their way in among the 394 00:23:24.400 --> 00:23:28.119 tents and ships. As a carpenter's line gives a true 395 00:23:28.200 --> 00:23:30.640 edge to a piece of ship's timber in the hand 396 00:23:30.680 --> 00:23:33.680 of some skilled workmen, whom Minerva has instructed in all 397 00:23:33.759 --> 00:23:37.559 kinds of useful arts. Even so, level was the issue 398 00:23:37.559 --> 00:23:40.119 of the fight between the two sides. As they fought 399 00:23:40.160 --> 00:23:44.440 some round one and some round another. Hector made straight 400 00:23:44.480 --> 00:23:48.039 for Ajax, and the two fought fiercely about the same ship. 401 00:23:48.880 --> 00:23:51.759