ILIAD 1-21
, Muse, the rage of Achilles,
thing, which inflicted upon the Greeks.
Many souls it sent spiraling down to Hades --
,
-- and it left their bodies for the dogs.
It all fell out as Zeus planned it,
from the very beginning, when
Agamemnon -- -- and Achilles
first split in disagreement,
.
Who among the gods ?
The son of Zeus and Leto, Apollo -- he was angry with Agamemnon,
,
and sent onto the Achaean army, and men were dying fast
because Agamemnon had dishonored the priest Chryses,
who had approached the of the Greeks
bearing a king's ransom so as to free his daughter,
,
and holding as well the golden scepter of Apollo,
topped with a supplicant's wreath.
He all the Greeks, but most of all the two sons of Atreus,
who were : "Sons of Atreus,
and all you other well-armored Greeks,
,
may the Olympian gods grant to you the sack of Troy,
Priam's city, and a safe journey home.
but please free my dear child, and take this ransom,
in honor of Zeus and the far-shooter Apollo".