He spake, and gave a silver-studded sword And scabbard with its fair embroidered belt; And Ajax gave a girdle brightly dyed With purple. Then they both departed⁠—one To join the Grecian host, and one to meet The Trojan people, who rejoiced to see Hector alive, unwounded, and now safe From the great might and irresistible arm Of Ajax. Straightway to the town they led Him for whose life they scarce had dared to hope. And Ajax also by the well-armed Greeks, Exulting in his feats of arms, was brought To noble Agamemnon. When the chiefs Were in his tents, the monarch sacrificed A bullock of five summers to the son Of Saturn, sovereign Jupiter. They flayed The carcass, dressed it, carved away the limbs, Divided into smaller parts the flesh, Fixed them on spits, and roasted them with care, And drew them from the fire. And when the task Was finished, and the banquet all prepared, They feasted, and there was no guest who lacked His equal part in that repast. The son Of Atreus, Agamemnon, brave, and lord