He spake: Oilean Ajax, swift of foot, Started in anger from his seat, to cast Reproaches back, and long and fierce had been The quarrel if Achilles had not risen, And said: “No longer let this strife go on, Idomeneus and Ajax! Ill such words Become you; ye would blame in other men What now ye do. Sit then among the rest, And watch the race; for soon the charioteers Contending for the victory will be here, And each of you⁠—for well ye know the steeds Of the Greek chieftains⁠—for himself will see Whose hold the second place, and whose are first.”