Adrastus, whose two coursers, as they scoured The plain in terror, struck against a branch Of tamarisk, and, there entangled, snapped The chariot pole, and, breaking from it, fled Whither were others fleeing. From the car Adrastus to the dust beside the wheel Fell, on his face. There, lifting his huge spear, Atrides Menelaus o’er him stood. Adrastus clasped the warrior’s knees and said:⁠—

“O son of Atreus, take me prisoner, And thou shalt have large ransom. In the house Of my rich father ample treasures lie⁠— Brass, gold, and tempered steel⁠—and he shall send Gifts without end when he shall hear that I Am spared alive and in the Grecian fleet.”

He spake, and moved the conqueror, who now Was minded to give charge that one among His comrades to the Grecian fleet should lead The captive. Agamemnon came in haste, And, lifting up his voice, rebuked him thus:⁠—