The Iliad 11.516–522

to the hollow ships, for there were they fain to be. But Cebriones beheld the Trojans being driven in rout, as he stood by Hector's side in his chariot, and he spake to him, saying: Hector, we twain have dalliance with the Danaans here, on the skirts of dolorous war, whereas the otherTrojans are driven in rout confusedly, both horses and men. And it is Aias, son of Telamon, that driveth them; well do I know him, for wide is the shield he hath about his shoulders. Nay, let us too drive thither our horses and car, where most of all horsemen and footmen, vying in evil rivalry,are slaying one another, and the cry goes up unquenchable.