ng." The other interpretation is,
however, favoured by Virg. AEn. ii. 721: "Fulvique insternor pelle
leonis."]

But him king Agamemnon, answering, addressed: "O Jove-nurtured Menelaus,
need of prudent counsel [comes upon] both thee and me, which will
protect and preserve the Greeks and their ships, since the mind of Jove
is altered. Surely he has rather given his attention to the Hectorean
sacrifices; for never have I beheld, nor heard a person who related,
that one man has devised so many arduous deeds in one day as Hector,
dear to Jove, hath performed upon the sons of the Greeks in such a
manner, [although] the dear child neither of a goddess nor of a god. But
such deeds hath he done as I conceive will long and for many a day be a
cause of care to the Greeks; so many evils hath he wrought against the
Greeks. But go now, call Ajax and Idomeneus, running quickly to their
ships, but I will go to noble Nestor, and exhort him to arise, if he be
willing to go to the sacred company[335] of guards and give orders; for
to him will they most attentively listen, because his son commands the
guards, along with Meriones, the armour-bearer of Idomeneus; for to them
we intrusted the chief charge."

[Footnote 335: Some picked troop chosen for the especial purpose
of keeping watch. Heyne compares S, 504: [Greek: ieros kuklos];
681: [Greek: lathon ierous pulaorous]. Compare, also, the [Greek:
ieros lochos] of the Thebans, Plutarch, in Pelop. t. i. p. 285;
E. Athen. xiii. p. 561.]

But him Menelaus, valiant in the din of war, then answered: "In what
manner dost thou command and exhort me in thy speech? Shall I remain
there with them, waiting till thou come, or shall I run back again to
thee, after I have duly given them orders?"

But him, in turn, Agamemnon, king of men, addressed: "Wait there, lest,
as we come, we miss[336] one another; for there are many ways through
the camp. But shout aloud whithersoever thou goest, and enjoin them to
be watchful, accosting each man by a name from his paternal race,[337]
honourably addressing all; nor be thou haughty in thy mind. Nay, let
even us ourselves labour, whatever be our station, so heavy a calamity
hath Jove laid upon us at our birth."

Thus saying, he dismissed his brother, having duly charged him. But he
hastened to go to Nestor, the shepherd of the people. Him he found on
his soft couch beside his tent and black ship, and by him lay his
variegated arms, a shie