Book Seventeen

From the fallen Patroclus the armour Hector strips
But Ajax tries to get the corpse to take back to the ships
Hector falls back, but Glaukos scowls “What? Have you run away?
Then don’t expect my Lykians to fight another day!”
“Me?” says Hector “run away? Do not be so deranged!
I just won some new armour so I came back to get changed.”
Round Patroclus’ body now the battle once more rages
Ajax and Hector, others too, they seem to fight for ages
Till Menelaus and Meriones get the body back
And take it to the ships while Ajax holds off the attack