prospiptousai, oste bastazein ten orophen aitines kai sustatai
kalountai].--Schol.]

[Footnote 770: See Kennedy.]

"O most noble son of Laertes, Ulysses of many wiles, either lift up me,
or I thee, and all these things will be a care to Jove."

So saying, he lifted him up: but yet was not Ulysses unmindful of a
stratagem. Aiming at his ham, he struck him behind, and relaxed his
limbs, and threw him on his back; but Ulysses fell upon his breast; then
the people admiring gazed, and were stupified. Next noble, much-enduring
Ulysses, lifted him in turn, and moved him a little from the ground, nor
did he lift him up completely; but he bent his knee; and both fell upon
the ground near to each other, and were defiled with dust. And, getting
up, they had surely wrestled for the third time, had not Achilles
himself stood up and restrained them:

"No longer contend, nor exhaust yourselves with evils; for there is
victory to both: so depart, receiving equal rewards, in order that the
other Greeks also may contend." Thus he spoke; but they indeed heard him
willingly, and obeyed; and, wiping off the dust, put on their tunics.
But the son of Peleus immediately staked other rewards of swiftness, a
wrought silver cup, which contained, indeed, six measures, but in beauty
much excelled [all] upon the whole earth, for the ingenious Sidonians
had wrought it cunningly, and Phoenician men had carried it over the
shadowy sea, and exposed it for sale in the harbours, and presented it
as a gift to Thoas. Euneus, son of Jason, however, had given it to the
hero Patroclus, as a ransom for Lycaon, son of Priam. This also Achilles
offered as a new prize, to be contended for, in honour of his companion,
whoever should be the nimblest on swift feet; for the second, again, he
proposed an ox, large and luxuriant in fat; and for the last he staked
half a talent of gold. But he stood upright, and spoke amongst the
Greeks:

"Arise, ye who will make trial of this contest also." Thus he spoke; and
immediately swift Ajax, son of Oileus, arose, and much-enduring Ulysses;
and after them Antilochus, son of Nestor; for he, indeed, excelled all
the youths in fleetness. But they stood in order, and Achilles pointed
out the goal; and their course was stretched out from the goal.[771]
Then swiftly leaped forth the son of Oileus; but very close after him
rushed noble Ulysses; as when a shuttle is at the breast of a
well-girdled dame, which she throws ve