Homer, Iliad

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[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; thus the plan of Zeus came to fulfillment, [5] from the time when¹ first they parted in strife Atreus' son, king of men, and brilliant Achilles. Who then of the gods was it that brought these two together to contend? The son of Leto and Zeus; for he in anger against the king roused throughout the host an evil pestilence, and the people began to perish, [10] because upon the priest Chryses the son of Atreus had wrought dishonour. For he had come to the swift ships of the Achaeans to free his daughter, bearing ransom past counting; and in his hands he held the wreaths of Apollo who strikes from afar,² on a staff of gold; and he implored all the Achaeans, [15] but most of all the two sons of Atreus, the marshallers of the people: Sons of Atreus, and other well-greaved Achaeans, to you may the gods who have homes upon Olympus grant that you sack the city of Priam, and return safe to your homes; but my dear child release to me, and accept the ransom [20] out of reverence for the son of Zeus, Apollo who strikes from afar. Then all the rest of the Achaeans shouted assent, to reverence the priest and accept the glorious ransom, yet the thing did not please the heart of Agamemnon, son of Atreus, but he sent him away harshly, and laid upon him a stern command: [25] Let me not find you, old man, by the hollow ships, either tarrying now or coming back later, lest your staff and the wreath of the god not protect you. Her I will not set free. Sooner shall old age come upon her in our house, in Argos, far from her native land, [30] as she walks to and fro before the loom and serves my bed. But go, do not anger me, that you may return the safer.

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There are a total of 95 comments on and cross references to this page.

Further comments from Walter Leaf, Commentary on the Iliad (1900):
book 1 (general note)
book 1, card 1 (general note)
book 1, card 1: thea
book 1, card 1: Pêlêïadeô
book 1, card 1: oulomenên
book 1, card 1: muria
book 1, card 1: iphthimos
book 1, card 1: Aïdi
book 1, card 1: proïapse
book 1, card 1: autous
book 1, card 1: pasi
book 1, card 1: ex hou
book 1, card 1: tar
book 1, card 1: eridi
book 1, card 1: sphôe
book 1, card 1: êtimasen
book 1, card 1: ton Chrusên ... arêtêra
book 1, card 1: lusomenos
book 1, card 1: echôn
book 1, card 1: stemma
book 1, card 1: lisseto
book 1, card 1: lusaite
book 1, card 1: ta d'
book 1, card 1: epeuphêmêsan
book 1, card 1: thumôi
book 1, card 1: kicheiô
book 1, card 1: chraismêi
book 1, card 1: antioôsan
book 1, card 1: epoichomenên

Further comments from Allen Rogers Benner, Selections from Homer's Iliad:
book 1 (general note)
book 1, card 1 (general note)
book 1, card 1: aeide
book 1, card 1: thea
book 1, card 1: Pêlêiadeô
book 1, card 1: Achilêos
book 1, card 1: oulomenên
book 1, card 1: muri'
book 1, card 1: Achaiois
book 1, card 1: alge'
book 1, card 1: ethêken
book 1, card 1: iphthimous
book 1, card 1: Aidi
book 1, card 1: autous
book 1, card 1: teuche
book 1, card 1: kunessin
book 1, card 1: oiônoisi
book 1, card 1: Dios
book 1, card 1: d'
book 1, card 1: e
book 1, card 1: eteleieto
book 1, card 1: boulê
book 1, card 1: ex hou
book 1, card 1: diastêtên
book 1, card 1: Atreïdês
book 1, card 1: anax
book 1, card 1: Achilleus
book 1, card 1: ar
book 1, card 1: sphôe
book 1, card 1: theôn
book 1, card 1: xun-eêke
book 1, card 1: machesthai
book 1, card 1: Lêtous
book 1, card 1: huios
book 1, card 1: ho
book 1, card 1: basilêi
book 1, card 1: ana straton
book 1, card 1: olekonto
book 1, card 1: laoi
book 1, card 1: houneka
book 1, card 1: ton
book 1, card 1: arêtêra
book 1, card 1: nêas
book 1, card 1: lusomenos
book 1, card 1: apoina
book 1, card 1: hekêbolou
book 1, card 1: Apollônos
book 1, card 1: chruseôi
book 1, card 1: Atreïda
book 1, card 1: duô
book 1, card 1: kosmêtore
book 1, card 1: euknêmides
book 1, card 1: theoi
book 1, card 1: doien
book 1, card 1: Priamoio
book 1, card 1: polin
book 1, card 1: eu
book 1, card 1: lusai ... dechesthai
book 1, card 1: ta
book 1, card 1: hazomenoi
book 1, card 1: ep-eu-phêmêsan
book 1, card 1: aideisthai
book 1, card 1: th'
book 1, card 1: hierêa
book 1, card 1: dechthai
book 1, card 1: ouk ... hêndane
book 1, card 1: hêndane
book 1, card 1: thumôi
book 1, card 1: epi ... etellen
book 1, card 1: muthon
book 1, card 1: mê se ... kicheiô
book 1, card 1: koilêisin
book 1, card 1: nêusi
book 1, card 1: kicheiô
book 1, card 1: nu
book 1, card 1: toi
book 1, card 1: tên
book 1, card 1: prin
book 1, card 1: min
book 1, card 1: hêmeterôi
book 1, card 1: eni
book 1, card 1: oikôi
book 1, card 1: en Argeï
book 1, card 1: patrês
book 1, card 1: lechos
book 1, card 1: saôteros
book 1, card 1: ke
book 1, card 1: neêai

Further comments from Thomas D. Seymour, Commentary on Homer's Iliad, Books I-III:
book 1 (general note)
book 1, card 1 (general note)
book 1, card 1: mênin
book 1, card 1: thea
book 1, card 1: Pêlêiadeô
book 1, card 1: Achilêos
book 1, card 1: oulomenên
book 1, card 1: muria
book 1, card 1: algea
book 1, card 1: ethêken
book 1, card 1: pollas
book 1, card 1: iphthimous
book 1, card 1: Aïdi proïapsen
book 1, card 1: Aïdi
book 1, card 1: hêrôôn
book 1, card 1: autous
book 1, card 1: helôria
book 1, card 1: teuche kunessin
book 1, card 1: teuche
book 1, card 1: daita
book 1, card 1: Dios . . . boulê
book 1, card 1: eteleieto
book 1, card 1: ex hou
book 1, card 1: ta
book 1, card 1: diastêtên erisante
book 1, card 1: Atreïdês
book 1, card 1: anax andrôn
book 1, card 1: dios
book 1, card 1: tis t ar
book 1, card 1: eridi xuneêke
book 1, card 1: xuneêke
book 1, card 1: machesthai
book 1, card 1: Lêtous
book 1, card 1: ho
book 1, card 1: basilêi
book 1, card 1: cholôtheis
book 1, card 1: nouson
book 1, card 1: ana straton
book 1, card 1: kakên
book 1, card 1: laoi
book 1, card 1: ton Chrusên
book 1, card 1: êtimasen
book 1, card 1: arêtêra
book 1, card 1: thoas
book 1, card 1: epi nêas
book 1, card 1: lusomenos
book 1, card 1: thugatra
book 1, card 1: pherôn
book 1, card 1: apereisi apoina
book 1, card 1: stemmat Apollônos
book 1, card 1: hekêbolou
book 1, card 1: Apollônos
book 1, card 1: chruseôi
book 1, card 1: ana skêptrôi
book 1, card 1: pantas
book 1, card 1: Atreïda duô
book 1, card 1: kosmêtore
book 1, card 1: euknêmides
book 1, card 1: theoi
book 1, card 1: polin
book 1, card 1: oikade
book 1, card 1: paida de
book 1, card 1: lusai
book 1, card 1: ta t apoina
book 1, card 1: epeuphêmêsan
book 1, card 1: aideisthai
book 1, card 1: aglaa
book 1, card 1: dechthai
book 1, card 1: thumôi
book 1, card 1: kakôs
book 1, card 1: aphiei
book 1, card 1: krateron
book 1, card 1: epi muthon etellen
book 1, card 1: epi
book 1, card 1: muthon
book 1, card 1: kicheiô
book 1, card 1: autis ionta
book 1, card 1: ou chraismêi
book 1, card 1: prin
book 1, card 1: epeisin
book 1, card 1: hêmeterôi
book 1, card 1: en Argeï
book 1, card 1: histon epoichomenên
book 1, card 1: lechos
book 1, card 1: ithi, erethize
book 1, card 1: saôteros
book 1, card 1: hôs

Cross references from Aristotle, Rhetoric (ed. W. D. Ross):
3, 14, 6

Cross references from Thomas W. Allen, E. E. Sikes, Commentary on the Homeric Hymns:
* [HYMN TO APHRODITE]

Cross references from W. Walter Merry, James Riddell, D. B. Monro, Commentary on the Odyssey (1886):
1, 50 [Book 1 (a)]

Cross references from Harry Thurston Peck, Harpers Dictionary of Classical Antiquities (1898):
hecatoncheires [Hecatoncheires]
pigres [Pigres]

Cross references from William Watson Goodwin, Syntax of the Moods and Tenses of the Greek Verb:
488 [Apodosis contained in the Protasis.]
669 [Simple Sentences in Indirect Discourse: Indicative and Optative after hoti and hôs, and in Indirect Questions.]

Cross references from Basil Lanneau Gildersleeve, Syntax of Classical Greek:
3, 2, 20 [Omission of ô.]

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Homer. The Iliad with an English Translation by A.T. Murray, Ph.D. in two volumes. Cambridge, MA., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1924.
OCLC: 38101377
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