For a long time now I have had to do with allies, yes, ever since Achaea ’s army settled in this land, and never a harsh word have I known them say of me; but with you I am to make a beginning. Never may such longing for horses seize me that I should slay my friends! This is the work of Odysseus; for who of all the Argives but he would have devised or carried out such a deed? I fear him; and my mind is a little troubled lest he should have met and slain Dolon as well; for he has been gone a long time and does not appear. Charioteer I do not know this Odysseus of whom you speak. It was no enemy’s hand that struck us.