You may also be interested in our Kobo FAQ.Īdvanced epub â An advanced format that uses the latest technology not yet fully supported by most ereaders. Also download the Kindle cover thumbnail to see the cover in your Kindleâs library. Achilles refuses.Ĭompatible epub â All devices and apps except Kindles and Kobos.Īzw3 â Kindle devices and apps. To stop this plague, Agamemnon returns Chryseis to her father, but then orders Achilles to give him Briseis as compensation. Chryseisâ father, the cityâs priest, prays to the god Apollo and asks for a plague on the Achaean army. One of the maidens, Chryseis, is given to Agamemnon, the leader of the Achaeans, and the other maiden, Briseis, was given to the armyâs best warrior, Achilles. This epic poem begins with the Achaean army sacking the city of Chryse and capturing two maidens as prizes of war. Although this rhyme scheme sounds beautiful in its native language, in modern English it can sound awkward and, as Eric McMillan humorously describes it, resembles âpumpkins rolling on a barn floor.â William Cullen Bryant avoided this problem by converting his translation into blank verse. It was originally written in ancient Greek and utilized a dactylic hexameter rhyme scheme. Homerâs epic poem belongs in a collection called the Epic Cycle, which includes the Odyssey. The Iliad is one of the oldest works of Western literature, dating back to classical antiquity.

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The iliad translation