thus gave
charge: 'My son, Achilles indeed ia superior in birth; but thou art the
elder. And he is much superior in strength: but still do thou frequently
suggest to him proper advice, and admonish and direct him, and he will
surely be obedient in what is for [his own] good.' Thus did the old man
command thee; but thou art forgetful: but even now do thou mention
these things to warlike Achilles, if perchance he may be obedient. Who
knows if, advising him, thou mayest, with the gods' assistance, arouse
his mind? For the admonition of a friend is good. But if within his mind
he avoid some prophecy, and his venerable mother has told him anything
from Jove, let him at least send thee forth; and with thee let the other
forces of the Myrmidons follow, if indeed thou mayest be some aid to the
Greeks. Let him likewise give his beautiful armour to thee, to be borne
into battle, if perchance the Trojans, assimilating thee to him, may
abstain from the conflict, and the warlike sons of the Greeks, already
afflicted, may respire; and there be a little respite from
fighting.[388] But you, [who are] fresh, will, with fighting, easily
drive back men wearied, towards the city, from the ships and tents."

[Footnote 384: Cf iv. 540, for the distinction between [Greek:
beylemenoi] and [Greek: outamenoi].]

[Footnote 385: _I. e._ the reputed sons.]

[Footnote 386: See Schol. Etym. M. s.v., and Alberti on Hesych.
t, ii. p. 1247]

[Footnote 387: Properly, the fence or barrier of the enclosure.]

[Footnote 388: There are several different interpretations for
this line: 1. Schneider explains it: "They have but short time to
respire; for if not at once assisted, they will be destroyed." 2.
"Short will be the cessation from war." 3. "A cessation, or
breathing-time, from war, although short, will be agreeable." 4.
"Supply '_may be_', and translate, 'and that there _may be_ a
short breathing-time from the battle;' although this last
involves some tautology with the preceding line."--Ed. Dubl.]

Thus he spake, and he aroused the spirit within his breast; and he
hastened to run to the ships to Achilles, the grandson of AEacus. But
when now Patroclus, running, arrived at the ships of godlike Ulysses,
where were their forum and seat of justice, and there the altars of
their gods also were erected, there Eurypylus, the noble son of Evaemon,
wounded with an arrow in the thigh, limping from the battle, met h