“Shame on you Argives, we are now utterly undone, unless we can save ourselves by driving the enemy from our ships. Do you think, if Hector takes them, that you will be able to get home by land? Can you not hear him cheering on his whole host to fire our fleet, and bidding them remember that they are not at a dance but in battle?” WarHumorHumorousMythologyHomerAjaxThe IliadArgives Author:Homer Translated by Samuel Butler