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. Agamemnon, commanderinchief of the achaean army, takes chryseis as his prize. Learn literature vocabulary book 1 iliad with free interactive flashcards. Achilles, one of the achaeans most valuable warriors, claims briseis.
Sing of it from the moment when agamemnon, atreus son, that king of. Translated by ian johnston, vancouver island university, nanaimo, british columbia, canada. Choose from 500 different sets of literature vocabulary book 1 iliad flashcards on quizlet. Now when dawn in robe of saffron was hasting from the streams ofoceanus to bring light to mortals and immortals thetis reached theships with the. It is based upon a careful examination of whatever has been contributed by scholars of every age towards the elucidation of the text, including the ancient scholiasts and. Thetis, book 1 it is a terrible thing for a parent to foresee the death of a child, even a brawny, grown one. The first six books of homers iliad, the original text.
The narrative begins nine years after the start of the war, as the achaeans sack a trojanallied town and capture two beautiful maidens, chryseis and briseis. The poet invokes a muse to aid him in telling the story of the rage of achilles, the greatest greek hero to fight in the trojan war. Book 1 of homers the iliad begins with homer invoking the muse, asking for help in telling the story. Murray 1 the wrath sing, goddess, of peleus son, achilles, that destructive wrath which brought countless woes upon the achaeans, and sent forth to hades many valiant souls of heroes, and made them themselves spoil for dogs and every bird. It all begins when agamemnon refuses chryses request to return his daughter. The present translation of the iliad will, it is hoped, be found to convey, more accurately than any which has preceded it, the words and thoughts of the original. The iliad, a major founding work of european literature, is usually dated to around the 8th century bc, and attributed to homer. Interlinearliteral iliad translation textkit greek and. Goddess, sing me the anger, of achilles, peleus son, that fatal anger. Goddess, sing me the anger, of achilles, peleus son, that fatal.
But go, do not anger me, that you may return the safer. Homer, iliad, book 1, line 1 perseus digital library. Classical library for three quarters of a century, the greek text facing a faithful and literate prose translation by a. From the iliad, lines 117, by homer, translated by stanley lombardo and published by hackett publishing.
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