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[288] The combat has been “ἐξ ἔριδος” only, a mere trial of skill. Thus Hector means, ‘Since you have proved yourself a match for me, we need go no further.’ This chivalrous acknowledgment of an enemy's prowess is rare in Homer, and recalls rather the stories of mediaeval knighthood.

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