IL.1.1 μῆνιν ἄειδε θεὰ [1Πηληϊάδεω Ἀχιλῆος1]
IL.1.1 SING, goddess, the anger of Peleus' son Achilleus
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οὐλομένην, ἣ μυρί' Ἀχαιοῖς [2ἄλγε' [3ἔθηκε,2]
IL.1.2 and its devastation, which put pains thousandfold upon the Achaians,
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πολλὰς δ'3] ἰφθίμους ψυχὰς [4Ἄϊδι προΐαψεν4]
IL.1.3 hurled in their multitudes to the house of Hades strong souls
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ἡρώων, αὐτοὺς δὲ ἑλώρια τεῦχε κύνεσσιν
IL.1.4 of heroes, but gave their bodies to be the delicate feasting
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οἰωνοῖσί τε [5πᾶσι, [6[7Διὸς5] δ' ἐτελείετο7] βουλή,6]
IL.1.5 of dogs, of all birds, and the will of Zeus was accomplished
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ἐξ οὗ δὴ τὰ πρῶτα διαστήτην ἐρίσαντε
IL.1.6 since that time when first there stood in division of conflict
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Ἀτρεΐδης τε [8ἄναξ ἀνδρῶν8] [9καὶ [10δῖος Ἀχιλλεύς.9]10]
IL.1.7 Atreus' son the lord of men and brilliant Achilleus.
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τίς τ' ἄρ σφωε [11θεῶν ἔριδι11] [12ξυνέηκε μάχεσθαι;12]
IL.1.8 What god was it then set them together in bitter collision?
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Λητοῦς [13καὶ [14[15Διὸς υἱός:13]15] ὃ14] γὰρ βασιλῆϊ χολωθεὶς
IL.1.9 Zeus' son and Leto's, Apollo, who in anger at the king drove
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νοῦσον ἀνὰ στρατὸν [16ὦρσε κακήν,16] ὀλέκοντο δὲ λαοί,
IL.1.10 the foul pestilence along the host, and the people perished,
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οὕνεκα τὸν Χρύσην ἠτίμασεν ἀρητῆρα
IL.1.11 since Atreus' son had dishonoured Chryses, priest of Apollo,
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Ἀτρεΐδης: ὃ γὰρ [17[18ἦλθε [19[20θοὰς [21ἐπὶ [22νῆας18]20] Ἀχαιῶν17]19]21]22]
IL.1.12 when he came beside the fast ships of the Achaians to ransom
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[23λυσόμενός τε θύγατρα φέρων [24τ' [25ἀπερείσι' ἄποινα,24]25]
IL.1.13 back his daughter, carrying gifts beyond count and holding
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στέμματ' [26ἔχων ἐν χερσὶν26] [27ἑκηβόλου Ἀπόλλωνος27]
IL.1.14 in his hands wound on a staff of gold the ribbons of Apollo
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χρυσέῳ ἀνὰ σκήπτρῳ, καὶ ἐλίσσετο [28πάντας Ἀχαιούς,28]
IL.1.15 who strikes from afar, and supplicated all the Achaians,
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Ἀτρεΐδα δὲ μάλιστα δύω, [29κοσμήτορε λαῶν:23]29]
IL.1.16 but above all Atreus' two sons, the marshals of the people:
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[30[31Ἀτρεΐδαι τε [32καὶ [33ἄλλοι31] [34ἐϋκνήμιδες Ἀχαιοί,30]32]33]34]
IL.1.17 'Sons of Atreus and you other strong-greaved Achaians,
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ὑμῖν μὲν [35θεοὶ [36δοῖεν35] [37Ὀλύμπια36] δώματ' ἔχοντες37]
IL.1.18 to you may the gods grant who have their homes on Olympos
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ἐκπέρσαι [38Πριάμοιο [39πόλιν,38] εὖ39] δ' [40οἴκαδ' ἱκέσθαι:40]
IL.1.19 Priam's city to be plundered and a fair homecoming thereafter,
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παῖδα δ' ἐμοὶ [41λύσαιτε φίλην,41] τὰ δ' ἄποινα δέχεσθαι,
IL.1.20 but may you give me back my own daughter and take the ransom,
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ἁζόμενοι [42[43Διὸς υἱὸν43] [44ἑκηβόλον42] Ἀπόλλωνα.44]
IL.1.21 giving honour to Zeus' son who strikes from afar, Apollo.'
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[45[46ἔνθ' ἄλλοι μὲν πάντες46] ἐπευφήμησαν Ἀχαιοὶ
IL.1.22 Then all the rest of the Achaians cried out in favour
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αἰδεῖσθαί θ' ἱερῆα [47καὶ ἀγλαὰ [48δέχθαι ἄποινα:47]48]
IL.1.23 that the priest be respected and the shining ransom be taken;
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[49ἀλλ' οὐκ [50Ἀτρεΐδῃ Ἀγαμέμνονι49]50] [51ἥνδανε θυμῷ,51]
IL.1.24 yet this pleased not the heart of Atreus' son Agamemnon,
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ἀλλὰ κακῶς ἀφίει, [52κρατερὸν [53δ' ἐπὶ μῦθον ἔτελλε:45]52]53]
IL.1.25 but harshly he drove him away with a strong order upon him:
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μή σε γέρον κοίλῃσιν ἐγὼ παρὰ νηυσὶ κιχείω
IL.1.26 'Never let me find you again, old sir, near our hollow
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ἢ νῦν δηθύνοντ' ἢ ὕστερον [54αὖτις ἰόντα,54]
IL.1.27 ships, neither lingering now nor coming again hereafter,
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[55μή νύ τοι οὐ χραίσμῃ55] σκῆπτρον καὶ στέμμα θεοῖο:
IL.1.28 for fear your staff and the god's ribbons help you no longer.
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[56τὴν δ' ἐγὼ οὐ56] λύσω: πρίν μιν καὶ [57γῆρας ἔπεισιν57]
IL.1.29 The girl I will not give back; sooner will old age come upon her
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ἡμετέρῳ ἐνὶ οἴκῳ ἐν Ἄργεϊ [58τηλόθι πάτρης58]
IL.1.30 in my own house, in Argos, far from her own land, going