ODYSSEUS (indignantly).
'Tis not for thee to know. This day thou diest for
thy knavery!
CAPTAIN.
Stop! Give the watchword quick, before I have thy
body on my pike.
ODYSSEUS (in a tone of authority).
Halt every man and have no fear!
CAPTAIN.
Come, gather round. Be quick to strike.
ODYSSEUS (to CAPTAIN).
'Twas thou that killed King Rhesus!
CAPTAIN.
No: 'tis I that kill the man that killed . . .
Flies at ODYSSEUS, but other men hold him back.
ODYSSEUS.
Hold back all!
VOICES.
No more holding back!
ODYSSEUS (as they attack him).
What, strike an ally in the field?
CAPTAIN.
Then give the watchword!
ODYSSEUS.
Phoebus.
CAPTAIN.
Right. Ho, every man hold back his spear!-
Then know'st thou where the men are gone?
ODYSSEUS.
We saw them running, somewhere here.
He makes off into the darkness. DIOMEDE
follows, and some Thracians.
CAPTAIN.
Off every one upon their track!
A MAN.
Or should we rouse the army?
CAPTAIN.
No;
To stir the allies in the night and make more panic!
Let us go.
