He escorted Chryseis on board and sent moreover a hecatomb for the god.

And Ulysses went as captain.
These, then, went on board and sailed their ways over the sea.

But the son of Atreus bade the people purify themselves; so they purified themselves and cast their filth into the sea.

Then they offered hecatombs of bulls and goats without blemish on the sea-shore, and the smoke with the savour of their sacrifice rose curling up towards heaven.
Thus did they busy themselves throughout the host.

But Agamemnon did not forget the threat that he had made Achilles, and called his trusty messengers and squires Talthybius and Eurybates.