And Menelaus, great in war, rejoined: “O Phoenix, aged father, who wert born In days long past, would but Minerva give The needed strength, and ward from me the stroke Of weapons, then would I stand by and guard Patroclus, for his death hath filled my heart With grief. But Hector’s rage is like the rage Of fire; he ceases not to slay; for Jove Gives to his spear the glory of the day.”