But those who held Pelasgian Argos, those Who dwelt in Alos, Trachys, Alope, Phthia, and Hellas full of lovely dames⁠— Named Myrmidons, Achaians, Hellenes, Achilles led their fifty ships; but they Now heeded not the summons to the war, For there was none to form their ranks for fight. The great Achilles, swift of foot, remained Within his ships, indignant for the sake Of the fair-haired Briscis, whom he brought A captive from Lyrnessus after toils And dangers many. He had sacked and spoiled Lyrnessus, and o’erthrown the walls of Thebes And smitten Mynes and Epistrophus, The warlike sons of King Evenus, sprung From old Selapius. For this cause he kept Within his ships, full soon to issue forth.