Thus they conferred, rejoicing as they felt That ardor for the battle which the god Had breathed into their hearts. Meantime he roused The Achaians at the rear, who in their ships too Sought respite, and whose limbs were faint with toil, And their hearts sad to see the Trojan host With tumult pouring o’er the lofty wall. As they beheld, the tears came gushing forth From underneath their lids; they little hoped For rescue from destruction; but when came The power that shakes the shores, he woke anew The spirit of their valiant phalanxes. Teucer he first addressed, and Leitus, The hero Peneleus and Thoas next, Deipyrus, Meriones expert In battle, and Antilochus his peer, And thus exhorted them with wingèd words:⁠—