Iliad

[Excerpt from Book I] Sing, Goddess, of the rage of Peleus' son Achilles, the accursed rage that brought great suffering to the Achaeans, and sent many valiant souls hurrying down to Hades, leaving their bodies as carrion for dogs and feasting birds; and the will of Zeus was fulfilled. Begin at the time when first they stood in contention, the king of men Agamemnon and godlike Achilles.