eonians, both sons of Talaemeneus,
whom the lake Gygaea bore; these led the Maeonians, born beneath Mount
Tmolus.

Nastes commanded the barbarous-voiced Carians, who possessed Miletus,
and the leaf-topped mountain of Pethiri, and the streams of Maeander, and
the lofty tops of Mycale. These indeed Amphimachus and Nastes commanded,
Nastes and Amphimachus the famous sons of Nomion, who foolish went to
battle decked with gold like a young girl[143]; nor did this by any
means ward off bitter death; but he was laid low by the hands of the
swift-footed son of AEacus at the river, and warlike Achilles took away
the gold.

[Footnote 143: It was customary for virgins to wear golden
ornaments in great profusion. See Porson on Eur. Hec. 153.]

But Sarpedon and gallant Glaucus from Lycia afar, from
the eddying Xanthus, led the Lycians.

BOOK THE THIRD

ARGUMENT.

Just as the armies are on the point of engaging, Paris proposes a single
combat, but, on Menelaus advancing, retires in affright. Being rebuked
by Hector, he consents to engage Menelaus, and a treaty is arranged.
Paris is vanquished, but is brought back safe to Ilium by Venus, who
appeases the anger of Helen. Menelaus, as conqueror, calls upon the
Trojans to fulfil the conditions of the challenge.

But after they had each been marshalled along with their leaders, the
Trojans, on the one hand, moved along with both clamour and
battle-shout, like birds; just as is the noise of cranes forth under
heaven, which, after they have escaped the winter and immeasurable[144]
shower, with a clamour do these wing their way towards the streams of
the ocean, bearing slaughter and fate to the Pygmaean men; and they then
at early dawn bring fatal strife. But the Greeks, on the other hand,
breathing might,[145] advanced in silence, anxious in mind to aid one
another.

[Footnote 144: See Alberti on Hesych. s. v., t. i. p. 126; lit.
"what even a god would not say."--Buttm. Lexil. p. 359.]

[Footnote 145: Par. Lost, i. 559:

"----thus they,
Breathing united force with fixed thought,
Moved on in silence."]

As when the south wind sheds a mist over the top of a mountain, by no
means friendly to the shepherds, but more serviceable even than night
to the robber, and one can see [only] so far as he hurls a stone. So
under the feet of them proceedi