Iliad 1-10
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English
Ἑλληνική Transliterate
The wrath sing , goddess , of Peleus ' son , Achilles , that destructive wrath which brought countless woes upon the Achaeans , and sent forth to Hades many valiant souls of heroes , and made them themselves spoil for dogs and every bird ; thus the plan of Zeus came to fulfillment , from the time when first they parted in strife Atreus ' son , king of men , and brilliant Achilles . Who then of the gods was it that brought these two together to contend ? The son of Leto and Zeus ; for he in anger against the king roused throughout the host an evil pestilence , and the people began to perish , because upon the priest Chryses the son of Atreus had wrought dishonour .
μῆνιν
ἄειδε
θεὰ
Πηληϊάδεω
Ἀχιλῆος
οὐλομένην
,
ἣ
μυρί᾽
Ἀχαιοῖς
ἄλγε᾽
ἔθηκε
,
πολλὰς
δ᾽
ἰφθίμους
ψυχὰς
Ἄϊδι
προΐαψεν
ἡρώων
,
αὐτοὺς
δὲ
ἑλώρια
τεῦχε
κύνεσσιν
οἰωνοῖσί
τε
πᾶσι
,
Διὸς
δ᾽
ἐτελείετο
βουλή
,
ἐξ
οὗ
δὴ
τὰ
πρῶτα
διαστήτην
ἐρίσαντε
Ἀτρεΐδης
τε
ἄναξ
ἀνδρῶν
καὶ
δῖος
Ἀχιλλεύς
.
τίς
τ᾽
ἄρ
σφωε
θεῶν
ἔριδι
ξυνέηκε
μάχεσθαι
;
Λητοῦς
καὶ
Διὸς
υἱός
:
ὃ
γὰρ
βασιλῆϊ
χολωθεὶς
νοῦσον
ἀνὰ
στρατὸν
ὄρσε
κακήν
,
ὀλέκοντο
δὲ
λαοί
,
οὕνεκα
τὸν
Χρύσην
ἠτίμασεν
ἀρητῆρα
Ἀτρεΐδης