Ajax and the Greeks Fought on the Decks of the Ships

Ajax and his archer companion tried again and again to wound and to kill Hector, but divine protection stalled their spears and arrows. As the first damaging assaults scarred the Greek ships, Patroclus could take it no longer. The dear companion of Achilles gritted his teeth and said he would get his king to help the Greeks. Fighting and grisly violence ensued. Skulls exploded, jaws and teeth shattered, men were disemboweled and eyes flew out of sockets.