Lycia when I visit Lycia’s towns; And let us in the tumult of the fray Avoid each other’s spears, for there will be Of Trojans and of their renowned allies Enough for me to slay whene’er a god Shall bring them in my way. In turn for thee Are many Greeks to smite whomever thou Canst overcome. Let us exchange our arms, That even these may see that thou and I Regard each other as ancestral guests.”
Thus having said, and leaping from their cars, They clasped each other’s hands and pledged their faith. Then did the son of Saturn take away The judging mind of Glaucus, when he gave His arms of gold away for arms of brass Worn by Tydides Diomed—the worth Of fivescore oxen for the worth of nine.
And now had Hector reached the Scaean gates And beechen tree. Around him flocked the wives And daughters of the Trojans eagerly; Tidings of sons and brothers they required, And friends and husbands. He admonished all Duly to importune the gods in prayer, For woe, he said, was near to many a one.