The Iliad authored by the ancient poet Homer, chronicles the heated climax of the Trojan War, primarily focusing on the Greek hero Achilles and his internal and external conflicts. While the narrative revolves around Achilles’ wrath and its dire consequences, it also delves into the intertwined fates of soldiers, kings, and gods. This foundational text of the Greco-Roman Classics offers profound insights into the nature of heroism, fate, and the human condition.
The rage of Achilles — sing it now, goddess, sing through me the deadly rage that caused the Achaeans such grief and hurled down to Hades the souls of so many fighters, leaving their naked flesh to be eaten by dogs and carrion birds, as the will of Zeus was accomplished. Begin at the time when bitter words first divided that king of men, Agamemnon, and godlike Achilles…