So spake the chief, and all who heard received Courage and strength. Then Hector put to death Schedius, the son of Perimedes, prince Of the Phocaeans. Ajax also slew Laodamas, Antenor’s honored son, A chief of infantry. Polydamas Struck down Cyllenian Otus, who had come, The comrade of Phylides, at the head Of the high-souled Epeians. Meges saw, And rushed upon Polydamas, who sprang Aside unharmed, for Phoebus suffered not The son of Panthoüs thus to be o’erthrown, Fighting among the foremost. But the spear Of Meges wounded Croesmus in the breast; He fell with clanging arms. The slayer stripped The corpse; but Dolops, son of Lampus, skilled To wield the spear, leaped on him in the act. Lampus, the father, best of men, was son Of king Laomedon, and eminent For warlike prowess. Dolops struck the shield Of Meges in the midst; the corselet stayed The blade with its close jointed plates, and saved The warrior’s life. That corselet Phyleus brought From Ephyrè, beside the Selleis,