Over him did you then vaunt, O knight Patroclus, saying, "Bless my heart, how active he is, and how well he dives.

If we had been at sea this fellow would have dived from the ship's side and brought up as many oysters as the whole crew could stomach, even in rough water, for he has dived beautifully off his chariot on to the ground.

It seems, then, that there are divers also among the Trojans." As he spoke he flung himself on Cebriones with the spring, as it were, of a lion that while attacking a stockyard is himself struck in the chest, and his courage is his own bane--even so furiously, O Patroclus, did you then spring upon Cebriones.

Hector sprang also from his chariot to the ground.

The pair then fought over the body of Cebriones.