...thus ; " The wrath of Peleus" son, the direful spring Of ail the Grecian woes, O Goddess, sing ; That wrath which hurl'd to Pluto's gloomy reign The souls of mighty chiefs untimely slain." The stern Pelides' rage, O Goddess, sing, wrath Of all the woes of Greece the fatal spring, Grecian...

...thus : The wrath of Peleus' son, the direful spring Of all the Grecian woes, O goddess, sing ; That wrath which hurl'd to Pluto's gloomy reign The souls of mighty chiefs untimely slain. The stern Pelides" rage, O goddess, sing, wrath Of all the woes of Greece the fatal spring, Grecian...

...decline : Achilles' wrath, to Greece the direful spring Of woes unnumber'd, heav'nly Goddess sing; The wrath which hurl'd to Pluto's gloomy reign The souls of mighty chiefs untimely shiin. In the first couplet the language is distorted by inversions, clogged with superfluities, and...

...thus : The wrath of Peleus" son, the direful spring Of all the Grecian woes, O goddess, sing ; That wrath which hurl'd to Pluto's gloomy reign The souls of mighty chiefs untimely skin. The stern Pelides' rage, 0 goddess, sing, wrath Of all the woes of Greece the fatal spring, Grecian...

...The wrath of Peleus' son, the direful spring Of all the Grecian woes, O goddess, sing ; That wratk which hurl'd to Pluto's gloomy reign The souls of mighty chiefs untimely slain. The stern Pelides' rage, O goddess, sing, wrath Of all the woes ofGneeoe the fatal sprang, Grecian...

...thus: The wrath of Peleus' eon, the direful spring Of all the Grecian woes, О Goddess, sing, That , , , The stern Pelides' rage О Goddess, sing, wrath Of all the woes of Greece the fatal spring, Grecian...

...I. 9 ACHILLES' wrath, to Greece the direful spring Of woes unnumber'd, heavenly goddess sing! That wrath which hurl'd to Pluto's gloomy reign The souls of mighty chiefs untimely slain ; Whose limbs, unburied on the naked shore, Devouring dogs and hungry vultures tore ; Since great Achilles and Atrides...

...ancient bards, we find them frequently dwelling on the same important theme. They tell us of, " The wrath which hurl'd to Pluto's gloomy reign The souls of mighty chiefs, untimely slain; Whose limbs, unburied on the naked shore, Devouring dogs and hungry vultures tore." They tell us of the descent...

...moral action. Thus, we read in Homer's Iliad of a plague affecting the Grecian camp : " Winch hurled to Pluto's gloomy reign The souls of mighty chiefs...the naked shore, Devouring dogs and hungry vultures toie." This plague, according to the poet, originated in the refusal, on the part of Achilles, to give...

...ACHILLES' wrath, to Greece the direful spring Of woes unnnmher'd, heavenly goddess, sing ! That wrath Vhich for to the farther shore When once we pass, i Whose limhs unhuried on the naked shore, Devouring dugs and hungry vultures tore ; Since great Achilles...