“O Father Jove! Unseemly boasts are these! For not the panther’s nor the lion’s might, Nor that of the fierce forest-boar whose rage Is heightened into fury, is as great As that which these distinguished spearmen, sons Of Panthoüs, utter with their lips. And yet The horseman Hyperenor did not long Enjoy his youth when he with insolent words Assailed me, and withstood me⁠—when he said That I was the most craven wretch who bore Arms in the Grecian host. He never turned, I think, his footsteps homeward to delight His reverend parents and beloved wife; And I, like his, will take thy life, if thou Oppose me. Heed my counsel, and withdraw Among the crowd, and so avoid my stroke Before thou come to harm. He is a fool Who only sees the mischiefs that are past.”