Pelides spake: the abler charioteers Arose, and, first of all, the king of men, Eumelus, eminent in horsemanship, The dear son of Admetus. Then arose The valiant son of Tydeus, Diomed, And led beneath the yoke the Trojan steeds Won from Aeneas when Apollo saved That chief from death. The son of Atreus next, The noble Menelaus, yellow-haired, Brought two swift coursers underneath the yoke, King Agamemnon’s Aethè, and with her His own Podargus. Echepolus once, Anchises’ son, sent Aethè as a gift To Agamemnon, that he might be free From following with the army to the heights Of Ilium, and enjoy the ease he loved; For Jove had given him wealth, and he abode On Sicyon’s plains. Now, eager for the race, She took the yoke. Antilochus, the fourth, The gallant son of the magnanimous king, Neleian Nestor, harnessed next his steeds With stately manes. Swift coursers that were foaled At Pylus drew his chariot. To his side as His father came and stood, and spake and gave Wise counsels, though the youth himself was wise:⁠—