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wrath of the son of Peleus—O goddess of song, unfold! The deadly wrath of Achilles: To Greece the source of many woes! Which peopled the regions of death—with shades of heroes untimely slain: While pale they lay along the shore: Torn by beasts and birds of prey: But such was the will of Jove! Begin the verse, from the source of rage—between Achilles and the sovereign of men.

of the gods was ? Who kindled rage between the chiefs? Who, but the son of Latona and high-thundering Jove? —rouzed to wrath against the king—threw death and disease, among the host. The people perished before him. The son of Atreus had dishonoured his priest. White-haired, the aged Chryses came—to the swift ships of the Argive powers. He came to redeem his daughter. The high-prized ransom is borne before. In his hands is the wreath of the god—the golden scepter of