Then rushed the Trojans fiercely on the Greeks, With Hector, sorrowing for Sarpedon’s fall, Leading them on, while the bold-hearted chief, Patroclus Menoetiades, aroused The courage of the Greeks. He thus addressed The warriors Ajax, eager like himself For combat: “Be it now your welcome task, O warriors Ajax, to drive back the foe; He who first sprang across the Grecian wall, Sarpedon, lies a corpse, and we must now Dishonor the dead chief, and strip from him His armor, and strike down with our good spears Whoever of his comrades shall resist.”