He came down furious from the summits of Olympus, with his bow and his quiver upon his shoulder, 46 and on his shoulders the arrows made a sound with the rage 47 that trembled within him his face was as dark as night. Thus did he pray, and Apollo heard his prayer. If I have ever decked your temple with garlands, or burned your thigh-pieces in fat of bulls or goats, grant my prayer, and let your arrows avenge these my tears upon the Danaans.” “Hear me,” he cried, “O god of the silver bow, you who protects Khrysē and holy Killa and rules Tenedos with your might, hear me O Sminthian God of Plague Apollo. Not a word he spoke, but went by the shore of the sounding sea and prayed apart to King Apollo, whom lovely fine-haired Leto had borne. She shall grow old in my house at Argos far from her own home, busying herself with her loom and visiting my bed so go, and do not provoke me or it shall be the worse for you.” Your scepter of the god and your wreath shall profit you nothing. “Old man,” said he, “let me not find you tarrying about our ships, nor yet coming hereafter. Then the rest of the Achaeans with one voice were for respecting the priest and taking the ransom that he offered but not so Agamemnon, son of Atreus who spoke fiercely to him and sent him roughly away.
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“Sons of Atreus,” he cried, “and all other Achaeans, may the gods who dwell in Olympus grant you to destroy the city of Priam, and to reach your homes in safety but free my daughter, and accept a ransom for her, in reverence to Apollo, son of Zeus.” Now Khrysēs had come to the ships of the Achaeans to free his daughter, and had brought with him a great ransom : moreover he bore in his hand the scepter of Apollo wreathed with a suppliant’s wreath and he besought the Achaeans, but most of all the two sons of Atreus, who were their chiefs. For he, infuriated at the king, caused an evil disease to arise throughout the mass of warriors, and the people were getting destroyed, because the son of Atreus had dishonored Khrysēs his priest. 8 So, which one of the gods was it who impelled the two to fight with each other in strife ? 9 It was the son of Leto and of Zeus. Rhapsody 1Īnger, goddess, sing it, of Achilles, son of Peleus- 2 disastrous anger that made countless pains for the Achaeans, 3 and many steadfast lives it drove down to Hādēs, 4 heroes’ lives, but their bodies it made prizes for dogs and for all birds, and the Will of Zeus was reaching its fulfillment - 6 sing starting from the point where the two-I now see it-first had a falling out, engaging in strife, 7 I mean, the son of Atreus, lord of men, and radiant Achilles.
Revised by Soo-Young Kim, Kelly McCray, Gregory Nagy, and Timothy Power
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