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Menelaus' Finest Hour 443 {I 5-45] BOOK 17: MENELAUS' FINEST HOUR 443 BOOK SEVEN T EE N 'to spear Patroclus down in the last rough charge. So let me seize my glory among the Trojans now- or I'll spear you too, I'll rip your own sweet life away!" But the red-haired captain flared back in anger: "Father Zeus-listen to this indecent, reckless bluster! 20 Not even the leopard's fury makes the beast so proud, not even the lion's, not the murderous wild boar's, the greatest pride of all, bursting the boar's chest­ they're nothing next to the pride of Panthous' sons with their s.trong ashen spears. But no, no joy did even powerful Hyperenor, breaker of horses, get from his young strength when he scorned me, stood up to me, reviling me as the weakest fighter in all Achaea's armies. Ho~~ he went, I'd say, but not on his own two feet, and brought no cheer 30 to his loyal, loving wife and devoted parents. Menelaus' And you, I'll break your courage for you too if you try to take me on. Finest Hour Go back to your own rank and file, I tell you! Don't stand up against me:-or you will meet your death. Even a fool learns something once it hits him." So he warned B ut Atreus' son the fighting Menelaus marked it all­ but failed to shake Euphorbus who shot right back, the Trojans killing Patroclus there in the brutal carnage­ "Now, high and mighty Atrides, now by heaven and crested now in his gleamiiJ.g bronze gear Atrides you pay in blood for the brother you laid low! plowed through the front to stand astride the body, You glory over it too-making his wife a widow braced like a mother cow lowing over a calf, lost in the depths of their new bridal chamber, her first-born, first labor-pangs she'd felt. bringing his parents cursed tears and grief. So the red-haired captain bestrode Patroclus now, But I could stop that wretched couple's pain shielding his corpse with spear and round buckler, if only I brought your head and bloody armor home burning to kill off any man who met him face-to-face. · and laid them in Panthous' arms, in lovely Phrontis' arms! But Euphorbus who hurled the lethal ashen spear 10 We're wasting time. Our fight's unfought, untested­ would not neglect his kill, Patroclus' handsome body. we'll see who stands his ground, who cuts and runs." Halting close beside it he taunted fighting Menelaus: "Back, high and mfghty Atrides, captain of armies­ And he stabbed Menelaus' round shield, full center, back from the corpse, and leave the bloody gear! not battering through-the brazen point bent back I was the first Trojan, first of the famo~s allies in the tough armor. 442 {76-105/ 444 HOMER : TilE ILIAD {45-76/ BOOK 17: MENELAUS' FINEST HOUR 445 But his tum next, Menelaus so They're hard for mortal men to curb and drive, . rose with a bronze lance and a prayer to Father Zeus for all but Achilles-his mother is immonal. and lunging out at Euphorbus just dropping back, But all the while Menelaus, Atreus' fighting son pierced the pit of his throat-leaning into it hard, bestrides Patrodus-he's killed the Trojans' best, his whole arm's weight in the stroke to drive it home Panthous' son Euphorbus, stopped his fury cold." 90 and the point went slicing tluough the tender neck. He fell with a crash, armor ringing against his ribs, And back Apollo mode, a god in the wars of men. his locks like the Graces' locks splashed with blood, But grief bore down on Hector, packing his dark hean still braided tight with gold and silver clips, as he scanned the battle lines and saw the worst at once: pinched in like a wasp's waist. There he lay the two men there, one stripping the gleaming armor, like an olive slip a farmer rears to strength 60 the other sprawled on the ground, on a lonely hilltop, drenching it down with water, blood still spuning warm from his slashed throat. a fine young stripling tree, and the winds stir it softly, Down the from he charged, crested in flashing bronze, rustling from every side. and it bursts with silver shoot.s- Hector loosing a savage cry and flaring on like fire, then suddenly out of nowhere a wind in gale force comes storming, like the god of fire, the blaze that never dies. · rips it out of its trench, stretches it out on the earth- And the cry pierced Menelaus, deeply tom now 100 so Panthous' stripling son lay sprawled in death, as he probed his own great heart: "What can I do? Euphorbus who hurled the strong ashen spear ... If I leave this splendid gear and desen Patroclus­ Menelaus cut him down, was stripping otT his armor- who fell here fighting, all to redeem my honor­ won't any comrade curse me, seeing me break away? Menelaus fierce as a mountain lion sure of his power. But if I should take on Hector and Hector's Trojans seizing the choicest head from a good grazing herd. 10 alone, in single combat-trying to save my pride-­ First he cracks its neck, clamped in his huge jaws, won't they encircle me, one against so many? mauling the kill then down in gulps he bolts it, This flashing Hector has all Troy at his back! blood and guts, and around him dogs and shepherds But why debate, my friend, why thrash things out? raise a fierce din but they keep their distance, When you fight a man against the will of the gods, 110 lacking nerve to go in and take the lion on- a man they have sworn to honor-then look out, the fear that grips their spirit makes them blanch. · a heavy wave of ruin's about to overwhelm you. So now not a single Trojan fighter had the spine Surely no Achaean will curse me, seeing me now, to go and face Atrides tensing in all his strength. giving ground to Hector ... Then and there Menelaus might have stripped Euphorbus since fighting Hector's flanked by god almighty. and swept the Trojan's glittering armor off with ease so Ah if only I knew where Ajax could be found, if Apollo had ·not grudged him all that glory, that man with his ringing war cry- we two together rousing Hector against him, swift as Ares. would go back to the melee calling up our fury, Taking a man's shape, the Cicones' captain Mentes, even fight in the teeth of every god on high Apollo spurred him on with winged orders: "Hector­ and haul the body back to Achilles-somehow. 120 you're chasing the wild wind, fiery Achi~les' team! Things are bad, but that would be the best." 446 HOMER : THE ILIAD {106-37/ {IJB- 68/ BOOK 17 : MENELAUS ' FINEST HO U R 447 Working it out. his heart racing as on they came, the fighting Atrides right beside him. standing fast. waves of Trojan soldiers and Hector led them in. his grief mounting, every waiting moment. And Atrides gave ground, he left the corpse But Glaucus. but kept on turning round to face an attack- Hippolochus· son and lord of Lycia's forces now, 160 like a great bearded lion the dogs and fi eld hands scowled at Hector. lashing out at him: "Hector­ drive back from the folds with spears and sharp cries our prince of beauty. in battle all a sham! and the brave, battling heart in his chest freezes tight That empty glory of yours a runner's glory, and the big cat, all reluctance, pulls back from the sheds. a scurrying girl's at that. So the red-haired captain backed away from Patroclus' corpse 130 Now you'd better plan how to save your city, but wheeled at bay when he reached his waiting allies. you alone and your native troopers born in Troy. glancing round and round for Ajax' massive hulk. Now not a single Lycian goes to fight the Argives, All at once on the left flank he marked him, not to save your Troy. What lasting thanks for us. spurring companions, urging them to fight. for warring with your enemies, on and on, no end? for Phoebus had filled each man with quaking fear. What hope has the common soldier in your ranks 170 Atrides went on the run and reached him. shouting, "Ajax! to be saved by you. Hector. you heart of iron?- Hurry, my friend. this way-fight for dead Patrodus! if you could quit Sarpedon. your guest and friend-in-arms At least we could bring his body back to Achilles. abandoned there as carrion fit for the Argive maws. stripped as Patrodus is-but not Achilles' armor: Think what a staunch support Sarpedon was to you Hector with that flashing helmet has seized it all." 140 and to all Troy while the man was still alive! Now you lack the daring to save him from the dogs. So he roused the fury in battling Ajax' heart So now. if any Lycian troops will obey my orders, and down the front he stalked with the red-haired king. home we go-and headlong death can come and topple Troy. Hector, tearing the famous armor off Patroclus. If the Trojans had that courage, unswerving courage tugged hard at the corpse, that fires men who fight for their own country, 180 mad to hack the head from the neck with bronze beating their enemies down in war and struggle, and drag the trunk away to glut the dogs of Troy.
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