But and if thou art one of the immortals come down from heaven, then will I not fight with the heavenly gods. Unhappy are they whose children face my might. Until this day, but now hast thou come forth far in advance of all in thy hardihood, in that thou abidest my far-shadowing spear. And when the twain were now come near as they advanced one against the other, Diomedes, good at the war-cry, was first to speak, saying:“Who art thou, mighty one, among mortal men? For never have I seen thee in battle where men win glory So saying, Hector of the flashing helm departed, and the black hide at either end smote against his ankles and his neck, 1 even the rim that ran about the outermost edge of his bossed shield.īut Glaucus, son of Hippolochus, and the son of TydeusĬame together in the space between the two hosts, eager to do battle.
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