Now hear this! All troops will mess tonight With guards posted and on general alert. [320] If any of you are worried about your effects, You can hand them over for distribution! Better our men should have them than the Greeks. At first light we strap on our armor And start fighting hard by the ships. If Achilles really has risen up again And wants to come out, he’ll find it tough going, For I will be there. I, for one, Am not retreating. Maybe he’ll win, maybe I will. The War God doesn’t care which one he kills.” [330] Thus Hector, and the Trojans cheered, The fools, their wits dulled by
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