Menis – sing goddess of the type of anger
when the warriors’ feud lasts for longer,
and Achilles carried within his mind
current and past rage combined.
Many dead Achaeans was the result
of this fierce and cultural insult.
What part did gods and goddesses play
when bodies were torn by birds of prey?
Corpses lying unburied upon the ground
eaten by packs of dogs roaming around.
The souls of Achaean bodies
sent across the Styx to Hades.
The will of Zeus thus concluded
when two warriors had intruded.
Achilles, who was Peleus’ son
and king of men, Agamemnon.
Apollo’s priest had been dishonoured.
The Greek camp by plague was punished.