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So he spoke, and the old man, seized by fear, obeyed. Away now don’t provoke me if you’d leave safely.’

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Her, I shall not free old age will claim her first, far from her own country, in Argos, my home, where she can tend the loom, and share my bed. Then the rest of the Achaeans shouted in agreement, that the priest should be respected, and the fine ransom taken but this troubled the heart of Agamemnon, son of Atreus, and he dismissed the priest harshly, and dealt with him sternly: ‘Old man, don’t let me catch you loitering by the hollow ships today, and don’t be back later, lest your staff and the god’s ribbons fail to protect you. ‘Chryses begs Agamemnon for his daughter’ - Crispijn van de Passe (I), 1613 He it was who came to the swift Achaean ships, to free his daughter, bringing a wealth of ransom, carrying a golden staff adorned with the ribbons of far-striking Apollo, and called out to the Achaeans, above all to the two leaders of armies, those sons of Atreus: ‘Atreides, and all you bronze-greaved Achaeans, may the gods who live on Olympus grant you to sack Priam’s city, and sail back home in safety but take this ransom, and free my darling child show reverence for Zeus’s son, far-striking Apollo.’ Which of the gods set these two to quarrel? Apollo, the son of Leto and Zeus, angered by the king, brought an evil plague on the army, so that the men were dying, for the son of Atreus had dishonoured Chryses the priest. Sing of it from the moment when Agamemnon, Atreus’ son, that king of men, parted in wrath from noble Achilles. Goddess, sing me the anger, of Achilles, Peleus’ son, that fatal anger that brought countless sorrows on the Greeks, and sent many valiant souls of warriors down to Hades, leaving their bodies as spoil for dogs and carrion birds: for thus was the will of Zeus brought to fulfilment. Bk I:568-611 Hephaestus calms his mother Hera.Bk I:428-487 Chryses’ daughter is returned.

Bk I:357-427 Achilles complains to Thetis, his mother.Bk I:148-187 Agamemnon and Achilles quarrel.This work may be freely reproduced, stored and transmitted, electronically or otherwise, for any non-commercial purpose. Kline © Copyright 2009 All Rights Reserved

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