Then sage Ulysses answered: “Pride of Greece! Neleian Nestor, truly might a god Have given us nobler steeds than even these. All power is with the gods. But these of which Thou askest, aged man, are brought from Thrace, And newly come. Brave Diomed hath slain Their lord, and twelve companions by his side⁠— All princes. Yet another victim fell⁠— A spy whom, near our ships, we put to death⁠— A man whom Hector and his brother chiefs Sent forth by midnight to explore our camp.”