He spake. The admiring Greeks confirmed with shouts The words of Diomed the knight, and thus King Agamemnon to Idaeus said:⁠—

“Idaeus, thou thyself hast heard the Greeks Pronounce their answer. What to them seems good Pleases me also. For the slain, I give Consent to burn them; to the dead we bear No hatred; when they fall the rite of fire Should soon be paid. Let Juno’s husband, Jove The Thunderer, bear witness to our truce.”

The monarch spake, and raised to all the gods His sceptre, while Idaeus took his way To hallowed Ilium. There in council sat Trojans and Dardans, waiting his return. He came, and standing in the midst declared His message. Then they all went forth in haste, Some to collect the slain and some to fell Trees in the forest. From their well-benched ships The Achaians also issued, some to bring The dead together, some to gather wood.