HUM 1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Lycia, Sarpedon, Lycians
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Menelaos gets in a fight with euphorbias the first man to spear patroklos. Menelaus kills euphorbus and starts stripping off his gear, but then backs down in the face of stronger trojan numbers. he also recognizes that the god apollo is aiding hector. Next menelaos goes and gets ajax, who comes to help defend the body. By this point, however, it is already too late to preserve his armor hector has taken it. Ajax stands over patroklos and the trojans back off. Glaukos starts cursing hector, calling him a wuss. Glaukos says the lycians should desert, for all the thanks they get for being such good allies of the trojans. He wants to know how come they didn"t put more effort into defending sarpedon. Even though hector tells glaukos off for his insolence, he nonetheless instructs his comrades to work at capturing the body of patroklos.
