C

C

by H

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152Kwords26chapters
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Ch. 26Book 24
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The first line of "The Iliad" is "The wrath of Achilles is my theme." Achilles, the general of the Greek coalition, was fiery and he showed his anger twice. The epic poem writes that the war has been going on for nine years and ten months, and the outcome is still uncertain. At this time, internal strife broke out among the Greek coalition forces due to the plague. The plague was caused by Agamemnon, the commander of the coalition forces, who refused to return a female prisoner because she was the daughter of the priest Apollo, the sun god. Apollo's priest asked Agamemnon to return his daughter when he was refused, so he prayed to Apollo to punish the Greek coalition forces. If the plague continues to spread, it will make the Greek coalition unstoppable, so Achilles asks Agamemnon to return the female prisoner to prevent the plague from spreading further. Agamemnon reluctantly returned the female prisoner, but unfairly took away another female prisoner originally assigned to Achilles. As compensation for his own loss, Achilles refused to participate in the battle in anger.

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