And sack all Hellas with the sword, till theseDoers of deeds shall know what suffering is.HECTOR.By heaven, could I once see this peril rolledPast us, and live in Ilion as of old,Untrembling, I would thank my gods! To seekArgos and sack the cities of the Greek-’Twere not such light work as thou fanciest.RHESUS.These Greeks that face thee, are they not their best?P. 26, l. 480. It may be remarked that the play here uses a fairly common Homeric phrase in a sense which the scholars of our tradition knew but rejected.HECTOR.We seek not better. These do all we need.RHESUS.When these are beaten, then, we have done the deed.HECTOR.Lose not thy path watching a distant view.RHESUS.Thou seem’st content to suffer, not to do?HECTOR.I have a kingdom large by mine own right ..What station will best please thee in this fightTo ground the targe and stablish thine array?Right, left, or midmost in the allies? Say.RHESUS.’Twould please me best to fight these Greeks alone.Yet, if ’twould irk thine honour not to have thrownOne firebrand on the ships with me, why, thenSet us to face Achilles and his men.