The Iliad

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Zeus supreme god and king of Olympos
Poseidon younger brother of Zeus; god of sea


Chryseis and Briseis who were captured during a raid in Troy are awarded
as ‘war prizes' to Agamemnon and Achilles. Chryseis for Agamemnon and Briseis
for Achilles. Chryseis is the daughter of Chryses which prays Apollo to help
get back his daughter. Apollo causes a deadly plague in the Achaian camp.
Achilles asked Kalchas to explain the cause of Apollo's anger. Apollo plagued
the Achaians because Agamemnon refused to return Chryseis to her father.
Agamemnon demands Achilles' war prize in place of Chryseis. Achilles because
angry at Agamemnon's demand and withdraws his troops from the Achaian army.
Agamemnon returns Chryseis to her father then collects Briseis from Achilles.
Strangely, Achilles gives him the girl. Then, Achilles decides to tell his
mother about the problem. Achilles asks his mother to ask Zeus to make sure
that the Trojans win. Thetis ...

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fight and the army is cheerfully responding to Agamemnon's praises.
The battle then continues and has an outstanding warrior, Diomedes.
Pandaros then wounds Diomedes and Diomedes asks for Athena's aid. She gives him
more courage, and the advantage of being able to tell between gods and mortals.
She tells him not to fight with any of the gods but Aphrodite. Diomedes kills
many Trojans including Pandaros. Then, he wounds Aeneas and takes his horses as
a war prize. Diomedes is angry at Aphrodite's interference so he wounds her in
the hand. The Achaians are slowly loosing and withdrawing. Hera and Athena
helps the Achaians. Ares complains to Zeus about the bad treatment he got ...

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