So spake the crested Hector, and withdrew From the fierce conflict, and with rapid steps O’ertook his comrades as they bore away Townward the glorious arms of Peleus’ son. There from that deadly strife apart he stood, And changed his coat of mail. He gave his own To his companions, to be carried thence To sacred Ilium, and he buckled on The immortal armor of Achilles, son Of Peleus, which the gods of heaven bestowed Upon his father, who in his old age Consigned them to Achilles; but the son Was never in that armor to grow old.