“Hither my friends,” he cried, “and leave me not single-handed - I go in great fear by fleet Aeneas, who is coming against me, and is a redoubtable dispenser of death in battle. Moreover he is in the flower of youth when a man’s strength is greatest; if I was of the same age as he is and in my present mind, either he or I should soon bear away the prize of victory.”
~ The Iliad - Book XIII (Samuel Butler Translation. p93 / v486)
The Trojans advanced beyond the trenches and the fortifications but they couldn’t reach and destroy the ships. The Greeks fought back. Ajax (both of them) and Idomeneus are the heroes on this day, without whom the war might have been lost. They do get help from the sea god Neptune (Poseidon) in the form of encouragement.
In Book 13 of The Iliad, Idomeneus is leading the way in defending the Greeks. He targets to kill Deiphobus who runs back and seeks Aeneas’s help. When Idomeneus sees Deiphobus returning with Aeneas, he says “He is in the flower of youth when a man’s strength is greatest; if I was of the same age as he is and in my present mind, either he or I should soon bear away the prize of victory.” How old is Idomeneus at this stage in comparison to Aeneas?