For of himself had the king of men, Agamemnon, given them benched ships wherewith to cross over the wine-dark sea, even the son of Atreus, for with matters of seafaring had they nothing to do.
αὐτὸς γάρ σφιν δῶκεν ἄναξ ἀνδρῶν Ἀγαμέμνων νῆας ἐϋσσέλμους περάαν ἐπὶ οἴνοπα πόντον Ἀτρεΐδης , ἐπεὶ οὔ σφι θαλάσσια ἔργα μεμήλει .
αὐτός γάρ σφεῖς δίδωμι ἄναξ ἀνήρ Ἀγαμέμνων ναῦς εὔσελμος περάω ἐπί οἶνοψ πόντος Ἀτρείδης , ἐπεί οὐ σφεῖς θαλάσσιος ἔργον μέλω .