Again the blue-eyed Pallas, answering, said:⁠— “Tydides Diomed, most dear of men, Nay, fear thou nothing from this Mars, nor yet From any other of the gods; for I Will be thy sure defence. First urge thy course Full against Mars, with thy firm-footed steeds. Engage him hand to hand; respect him not, The fiery, frantic Mars, the unnatural plague Of man, the fickle god, who promised me And Juno, lately, to take part with us Against the Trojans and befriend the Greeks. Now he forgets, and joins the sons of Troy.”