ith a triple-barbed arrow. For him then the
valour-breathing Greeks trembled, lest perchance they should slay him,
the battle giving way, and immediately Idomeneus addressed noble Nestor:

"O Neleian Nestor, great glory of the Greeks, come, ascend thy chariot,
and let Machaon mount beside thee; and direct thy solid-hoofed horses
with all speed towards the ships, for a medical man is equivalent to
many others, both to cut out arrows, and to apply mild remedies." [378]

[Footnote 378: Scribonius Largus, Compos. Med. cc. "Neque
chirurgia sine diaetetica, neque haec sine chirurgia, id est, sine
ea parte quae medicamentorum utilium usum habeat, perfici possunt;
sed aliae ab aliis adjuvantur, et quasi consumantur." Where John
Rhodius well observes: "Antiquos chirurgos Homerus Chironis
exemplo herbarum succis vulnera sanasse memorat. Hunc et
sectiones adhibuisse notat Pindarus Pyth. Od. iii. Neque
ingeniorum fons [Greek: Il. L. to ektamein] omisit." Cf. Celsus, Pref.
with the notes of Almeloveen, and lib. vii. praef., where the
chirurgical part of ancient medicine is amusingly discussed.]

Thus he spoke, nor did the Gerenian knight Nestor disobey. Forthwith he
ascended his chariot, and Machaon, the son of AEsculapius, blameless
physician, mounted beside him; but he lashed on the steeds, and they
flew not unwillingly towards the hollow ships, for there it was
agreeable to their inclination [to go].

But Cebriones, sitting beside Hector, perceived the Trojans in
confusion, and addressed him in [these] words: "Hector, we two are
mingling here with the Greeks in the outskirt of evil-sounding battle,
whilst the other Trojans are thrown into confusion in crowds, both their
horses and themselves. Telamonian Ajax is routing them, for I know him
well, for around his shoulders he bears a broad shield. But let us also
direct our horses and chariot thither, where cavalry and infantry,
having engaged in the evil strife, are slaughtering each other, and
inextinguishable tumult hath arisen."

Thus then having spoken, he lashed on the fair-maned steeds with his
shrill-cracking lash. But they, sensible of the stroke, speedily bore
the swift chariot through Trojans and Greeks, trampling on both corses
and shields. With blood the whole axletree was stained beneath, and the
rims around the chariot-seat, which the drops from the horses' hoofs,
and from the wheel-tires, spattered. But he longed to enter the crowd o