He spake, and with a shout he rushed away, Seen from afar, like a snow-mountain’s peak, And flew among the Trojans and allies, Who crowded round the brave Polydamas, The son of Panthoüs, at Hector’s call. Among the foremost combatants he sought Deïphobus, and mighty Helenus, The king; he looked for Adamas, the son Of Asius, and for Asius of the house Of Hyrtacus. Some not unharmed he found, Yet not o’ercome; while others lay in death Beneath the galley sterns, where Grecian hands Had slain them; others on the wall, struck down By missiles, or in combat hand to hand. There on the left of that disastrous fray He met the noble Alexander, spouse Of fair-haired Helen, as he cheered his men, And rallied them to battle. Hector thus Addressed his brother with reproachful words:⁠—

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