Category: Great Books
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The Iliad: Book I
Summary After King Agamemnon and Achilles sacked the city of Thebe, King Agamemnon took Chryseis and Achilles took Briseis. Both women were daughters of Chryses, a priest of Apollo. Chryses, the priest of Apollo, prayed to Apollo for the return of his daughter Chryseis, who responded by firing arrows at the Greeks for approximately nine…