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The Achaeans reached the Hellespont before dispersing to their ships.
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“the Achaeans when they reached the Hellespont went back every man to his own ship”
Book 23
Chapter 23
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THUS did they make their moan throughout the city, while the Achaeans when they reached the Hellespont went back every man to his own ship. But Achilles would not let the Myrmidons go, and spoke to his brave comrades saying, ‘Myrmidons, famed horsemen and my own trusted friends, not yet, forsooth, let us unyoke, but with horse and chariot draw near to the body and mourn Patroclus, in due honour to the dead. When we have had full comfort of lamentation we will unyoke our horses and take supper all of us here.’
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Achilles kept the Myrmidons together and directed a chariot-borne communal lament for Patroclus before supper.
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“But Achilles would not let the Myrmidons go, and spoke to his brave comrades saying, ‘Myrmidons, famed horsemen and my own trusted friends, not yet, forsooth, let us unyoke, but with horse and chariot draw near to the body and mourn Patroclus, in due honour to the dead. When we have had full comfort of lamentation we will unyoke our horses and take supper all of us here.’”
The Myrmidons, called famed horsemen and Achilles's trusted friends, were ordered to approach Patroclus with horses and chariots and mourn together.
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“Achilles would not let the Myrmidons go, and spoke to his brave comrades saying, ‘Myrmidons, famed horsemen and my own trusted friends, not yet, forsooth, let us unyoke, but with horse and chariot draw near to the body and mourn Patroclus, in due honour to the dead. When we have had full comfort of lamentation we will unyoke our horses and take supper all of us here.’”
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After the Achaeans return to their ships, Achilles keeps the Myrmidons together and orders them to drive around Patroclus, mourn him fully, and then unyoke and eat.