Then answered Agamemnon, king of men:⁠— “Most noble Menelaus, much we need Wise counsel⁠—thou and I⁠—to save our men And galleys from destruction, since the will Of Jove is changed. Now hath the God respect To Hector’s sacrifices; for in truth I never saw⁠—I never heard of one Who in one day performed such mighty deeds As Hector, dear to Jove, just now hath wrought, Though not the son of goddess or of god. Those deeds will be, I deem, for many a day A cause of bitter sorrow to the Greeks⁠— Such evil hath he wrought. Now go at once, And from their galleys call Idomeneus And Ajax; while to noble Nestor’s tent I go, and pray that he will rise and give Their orders to the sacred band of guards;⁠— For they will hearken to him, since his son Commands them jointly with Meriones, The armor-bearer of Idomeneus⁠— Both named by us to that important trust.”