For the Achaeans will not maintain their fight once the ships are drawn down to the sea, but will ever be looking away, and will withdraw them from battle.
οὐ γὰρ Ἀχαιοὶ σχήσουσιν πόλεμον νηῶν ἅλα δ' ἑλκομενάων , ἀλλ' ἀποπαπτανέουσιν , ἐρωήσουσι δὲ χάρμης .
οὐ γάρ Ἀχαιός ἔχω πόλεμος ναῦς ἅλς1 δέ ἕλκω , ἀλλά ἀποπαπταίνω , ἐρωέω δέ χάρμη .