7/4/2023 0 Comments The iliad story![]() ![]() ![]() Zeus is indebted to Thetis, and he grants her request. Achilles asks his mother, the goddess Thetis, to prevail on Zeus, king of the gods, to bring ruin on the Achaeans as long as Achilles does not fight for them. Agamemnon has Briseis taken from Achilles, and he returns Chryses' daughter to him. Horribly dishonored, Achilles returns to his ships and refuses to fight. Agamemnon says he will take back Briseis, a captive woman who was given to Achilles as a prize for valor. Agamemnon demands that he be compensated for the loss of the girl, and Achilles, the greatest Achaean warrior, objects. The Achaean prophet Calchas correctly identifies the cause of the problem, and he suggests giving the girl back with gifts to Apollo. When Agamemnon treats him roughly and refuses the ransom, Apollo is angered and brings plague on the Achaeans. In the tenth and final year of the Trojan War, Chryses, a priest of Apollo, attempts to ransom his daughter from Agamemnon, commander-in-chief of the Achaeans, who has taken her captive while on a raid. ![]()
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