but the Achaeans, when they were come to the ships and the Hellespont, scattered each man to his own ship; however the Myrmidons would Achilles in no way suffer to be scattered, but spoke among his war-loving comrades, saying:
αὐτὰρ Ἀχαιοὶ ἐπεὶ δὴ νῆάς τε καὶ Ἑλλήσποντον ἵκοντο , οἳ μὲν ἄρ' ἐσκίδναντο ἑὴν ἐπὶ νῆα ἕκαστος , Μυρμιδόνας δ' οὐκ εἴα ἀποσκίδνασθαι Ἀχιλλεύς , ἀλλ' ὅ γε οἷς ἑτάροισι φιλοπτολέμοισι μετηύδα ·
ἀτάρ Ἀχαιός ἐπεί δή ναῦς τε καί Ἑλλήσποντος ἱκνέομαι , ὁ μέν ἄρα σκίδνημι ἑός ἐπί ναῦς ἕκαστος , Μυρμιδόνες δέ οὐ ἐάω ἀποσκίδναμαι Ἀχιλλεύς , ἀλλά ὁ γε ἐός ἑταῖρος φιλοπόλεμος μεταυδάω ·