And Achilles answered, "Fear not, but speak as it is borne in upon you from heaven, for by Apollo, Calchas, to whom you pray, and whose oracles you reveal to us, not a Danaan at our ships shall lay his hand upon you, while I yet live to look upon the face of the earth—no, not though you name Agamemnon himself, who is by far the foremost of the Achaeans."
Thereon the seer spoke boldly. "The god," he said, "is angry neither about vow nor hecatomb, but for his priest's sake, whom Agamemnon has dishonoured, in that he would not free his daughter nor take a ransom for her; therefore has he sent these evils upon us, and will yet send others. He will not deliver the Danaans from this pestilence till Agamemnon has restored the girl without fee or ransom to her father, and has sent a holy hecatomb to Chryse. Thus we may perhaps appease him."
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With these words he sat down, and Agamemnon rose in anger. His heart was black with rage, and his eyes flashed fire as he scowled on Calchas and said, "Seer of evil, you never yet prophesied smooth things concerning me, but have ever loved to foretell that which was evil. You have brought me neither comfort nor performance; and now you come seeing among Danaans, and saying that Apollo has plagued us because I would not take a ransom for this girl, the daughter of Chryses. I have set my heart on keeping her in my own house, for I love her better even than my own wife Clytemnestra, whose peer she is alike in form and feature, in understanding and accomplishments. Still I will give her up if I must, for I would have the people live, not die; but you must find me a prize instead, or I alone among the Argives shall be without one. This is not well; for you behold, all of you, that my prize is to go elsewhither."
".dlofruof dna eerht uoy etiuqer lliw ew yorT fo ytic eht kcas ot su stnarg evoJ reve fi dna ,dog eht ot ,erofereht ,lrig siht eviG .ydaerla edam neeb evah taht sdrawa eht wollasid tonnac ew ;dedrawa neeb evah seitic eht morf koot ew esohT .eno ekat ot hcihw morf erots nommoc on evah eW ?ezirp rehtona uoy dnif snaeahcA eht llahs woh ,dniknam lla dnoyeb suotevoc ,suertA fo nos elbon tsoM" ,derewsna sellihcA dnA
ton llahs uoY .em tiwtuo suht ton llahs uoy ,eb uoy hguoht tnailav ,sellihcA" ,dias nonmemagA nehT
