HIST 1001 Chapter : Extract From The Iliad
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[the long epic poems begins with the greek army still camped outside troy after a nine-year siege. The god apollo sends a terrible plague to punish them for capturing the daughter of a local priest and not ransoming her. This will be the start of a huge dispute between agamemnon, the warlord of the. Greeks, and achilles, the greatest warrior in his army. Note: homer often uses alternative names for people. Peleus" son is achilles, and atreides is agamemnon (son of atreus). The poem begins with a prayer to the muse, who will inspire the song of the poet. ] Atreus" son the lord of men and brilliant achilleus. The corpse fires burned everywhere and did not stop burning. Now when they were all assembled in one place together, Achilleus of the swift feet stood up among them and spoke forth:
