Peneleus of Bueotia led the fight. A spear that lighted on the shoulder-tip, As he came forward, wounded him. The blade, Hurled by Polydamas in close assault, Entered and grazed the bone. Then Hector pierced The wrist of Leitus, Alectryon’s son, And made him leave the combat. As he fled He looked around in fear, nor hoped again To wield the spear against the men of Troy. As Hector followed Leitus, he met The long spear of Idomeneus, which struck His corselet near the pap; the weapon broke Sheer at the socket, and the Trojans raised A shout, while Hector at Idomeneus Let fly his spear. It missed the chief, but smote Coeranus, who from pleasant Lyctus came, The friend and follower of Meriones. For on that day Idomeneus had come From his good ships on foot, and great had been The triumph of the Trojans at his fall, If Coeranus had not with his swift steeds Passed near and bid him mount. ’Twas thus he came To save Idomeneus from death, and yield To the man-queller Hector his own life;