To lead the Argive battle against Troy:

Thither I go; whence to return or not

Is out of sight, but yet my marriage-making

Enters with better promise on my life

Thus hand in hand with glorious enterprise.

After some days among you I must away,

Tho’ ’tis not far.

Ul.Well said! So art thou bound.

Dio. The war that hung so long will now begin.

Lye. I ask one month, Achilles: grant one moon: