Οινοβαρες, κυνος ομματ' εχων, κραδιην δ' ελαφοιο. —Il. α. v. 225.
Δημοβορος βασιλευς, &c.—Il. α. v. 231.
Nay, he proceeded so far in his insolence, as to draw out his sword, with intention to kill him;
Ελκετο δ' εκ κολεοιο μεγα ξιφος. —Il. α. v. 194.
and, if Minerva had not appeared, and held his hand, he had executed his design; and it was all she could do to dissuade him from it. The event was, that he left the army, and would fight no more. Agamemnon gives his character thus to Nestor;
Αλλ' `οδ ανηρ εθελει περι παντων εμμεναι αλλων,
Παντων μεν κρατεει εθελει, παντεσσι δ' ανασσειν.
Il. α. v. 287, 288
and Horace gives the same description of him in his Art of Poetry.
—Honoratum si fortè reponis Achillem,