He spake, and sprang upon Cebriones. With all a lion’s fury, which attacks The stables and is wounded in the breast, And perishes through his own daring; thus, Patroclus, didst thou fall upon the slain, While Hector, hastening also, left his steeds, And both contended for Cebriones. As lions for the carcass of a deer Fight on a mountain summit, hungry both, And both unyielding, thus two mighty men Of war, Patroclus Menoetiades And glorious Hector, eager each to smite His adversary with the cruel spear, Fought for Cebriones. The slain man’s head Was seized by Hector’s powerful hand, whose grasp Relaxed not, while Patroclus held the foot; And, thronging to the spot, the other Greeks And Trojans mingled in the desperate strife.