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"If I were to yield to you in every matter you might speak of;
Assign these tasks to others, but do not
Command me; for I do not think I shall obey you any longer.
I will tell you something else, and you store it in your heart:
With my hands I will not fight for the sake of the girl,
Neither with you, nor with any other, since you take away what you gave.
But of the other things that are mine by my swift black ship,
You shall not carry away anything against my will.
Come now, make the attempt, so that these men may know also.
Quickly your black blood will spurt around my spear."
And stood up. They dissolved the assembly by the ships of the Achaeans.
The son of Peleus went to his tents and well-balanced ships,
Together with the son of Menoetius Patroclus and his companions.
Agamemnon sends Chryseis back to her own land.
But the son of Atreus launched a swift ship into the sea.
He chose twenty rowers, and placed a hecatomb a sacrifice of one hundred oxen
For the god; he brought the fair-cheeked Chryseis
And led her on board; and the resourceful Odysseus went as leader.
They boarded and sailed over the watery paths.
The son of Atreus commanded the people to purify themselves.
They purified themselves, and cast the filth into the sea.
They performed for Apollo perfect hecatombs
Of bulls and goats beside the shore of the barren sea.
The savour rose to heaven, curling in the smoke.
Thus they were busy in the camp; but Agamemnon