To him in turn the plumèd Hector said:⁠— “Ajax, although God gave thee bulk and strength And prudence, and in mastery of the spear Thou dost excel the other Greeks, yet now Pause we from battle and the rivalry Of prowess for this day. Another time We haply may renew the fight till fate Shall part us and bestow the victory On one of us. But now the night is here, And it is good to obey the night, that thou Mayst gladden at the fleet the Greeks and all Thy friends and comrades, and that I in turn May give the Trojan men and long-robed dames, In the great city where King Priam reigns, Cause to rejoice⁠—the dames who pray for me, Thronging the hallowed temple. Let us now Each with the other leave some noble gift, That all men, Greek or Trojan, thus may say: ‘They fought indeed in bitterness of heart, But they were reconciled, and parted friends.’ ”