Swift-footed Iris stood near him and said, 200 “Great Hector, son of Priam, you are equal to Zeus in counsel. Zeus has sent me here to tell you this. As long as you can see that Agamemnon, shepherd of the people, runs riot at the front and slaughters men, 270 hold back from battle. Tell the other troops to grapple with the enemy in combat. But when he jumps into his chariot, struck by a spear or wounded by an arrow, then you will gain from Zeus the strength to kill until you reach the Greek ships set with benches, at sunset, when the holy darkness comes.”
