Iliad. A.

Enraged, that you did not honor the best of the Achaeans at all.

Studded with golden nails, and sat down.
But the son of Atreus raged on the other side; then Nestor
The sweet-spoken arose, the clear-voiced orator of the Pylians,
From whose tongue flowed speech sweeter than honey.
Already two generations of mortal men had perished,
Who had been born and reared before him
In holy Pylos, and he reigned over the third.
He, well-disposed, addressed them and spoke among them:
"Alas, a great grief comes upon the Achaean land.
Surely Priam would rejoice, and the sons of Priam,
And the other Trojans would greatly delight in their hearts,
If they were to hear all this strife between you two,
You who are the best of the Danaans in counsel and the best in fighting.
But obey me; you are both younger than I.
For already I have associated with men even better than you,
And never did they disregard me.
I have never seen such men, nor shall I see them,
As Peirithoos, and Dryas, the shepherd of the people,
And Caeneus, and Exadius, and god-like Polyphemus,
And Theseus, son of Aegeus, a peer to the immortals.
These were the mightiest of men nurtured on the earth.
They were the mightiest, and they fought against the mightiest,
The mountain-dwelling Centaurs, and destroyed them terribly."

Nestor attempts to settle the contention between Achilles and Agamemnon.